Participants: C.A. Murray (Host), John Carter
Series Code: 15HC
Program Code: 15HC000012A
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00:51 Hello and welcome once again to 3ABN Fall Camp Meeting
00:55 2015. It is Sabbath afternoon 00:59 and we have just returned from lunch. 01:03 And lunch has not left some of us, but 01:06 praise the Lord we are still here and we are expecting 01:10 a powerful message from our pastor and friend John Carter 01:13 who is going to be preaching on the subject Not Ashamed. 01:16 I like that. This is no time to be ashamed. 01:18 No one is ashamed of anything 01:20 and Adventists have nothing to be ashamed of. Praise God! 01:24 Because we love the Lord. 01:25 It's been a beautiful Sabbath day outside and in. 01:28 Not too hot, not too cool; not too sunny, not too shady. 01:31 The Lord has provided us a very beautiful Sabbath day. 01:33 And, though we are halfway through the day, I must say 01:36 you look as beautiful and radiant as you did this morning 01:39 when ere we first saw you. 01:41 So we praise the Lord for that. 01:43 And we hope that you who are watching us at home, 01:46 listening to us on the radio, or however you are receiving us - 01:49 perhaps the app on your computer of iPhone - 01:51 are being blessed also. Because we've had a wonderful day 01:54 in the Lord. And didn't you like that worship service? 01:57 It wasn't the classic sermon. Of course, Danny never gives you 02:00 the classic sermon. Never gives the classic anything. 02:02 But to see how the Lord is blessing and what the Lord 02:06 is doing and the confidence that he and this ministry 02:09 places in God's ability to finish what He has started. 02:13 And so we love the Lord, and we love to see what He's doing 02:17 throughout the world because God is so desperate 02:21 to save men and women. As we said this morning, 02:23 if you just out of the way and just surrender, 02:26 He'll get you home. If you don't fight Him, 02:28 He will save you because that's what Christ came precisely 02:31 to do. This afternoon we've got a couple of special things 02:36 we are going to do just in advance of the sermon. 02:40 First of all I think we're going to have prayer 02:41 and then we'll go through this song. 02:44 The song is written from... 02:48 oh, it's second volume of the Testimonies page 319. 02:51 Ellen White was writing to a woman who was sick 02:54 for a long time. And you know when you're in pain for a long 02:56 time it does things to your head. 02:58 And she was beginning to believe and her friends were telling her 03:01 that the Lord didn't love her anymore. 03:03 And Ellen White was telling her that when you think that way 03:06 you're allowing them to put you in prison. 03:08 You need to come to the Lord and go free. 03:12 Then she tells one of the most powerful statements 03:14 in all of the Spirit of Prophecy. 03:15 She says: "If you can't believe God for yourself 03:18 we will believe God for you. 03:20 God accepts our faith in your behalf. " 03:26 Powerful powerful statement. 03:27 Right there: 319 second vol. of the Testimonies. 03:30 Don't let the devil whisper lies in your ear. 03:33 You keep trusting God. 03:35 So the song is Go Free. Let's pray. Father God, 03:37 we just praise You and thank you so very much 03:39 for Your Word and for the power of Your Word. 03:42 We thank you for Elder Carter who has been such a stalwart 03:45 in preaching Your Word for so many years. 03:47 We ask from You for him heaven's very best 03:50 as he lifts up again the mighty and matchless name 03:54 of Jesus. Please, dear Lord, 03:56 feed him so that he may feed us 03:59 and then water our thirsty souls. 04:01 And we thank you, dear Father, in Jesus' name. Amen. Go Free. 04:18 Troubled soul, 04:22 why are you sad and downhearted? 04:27 Don't you know 04:31 He doesn't care where you started? 04:36 Yesterday can't change tomorrow... 04:42 so leave behind all your sorrow. 04:48 Go free, go free 04:53 in the name of Jesus go free. 04:59 Child of God, child adored: 05:05 come to the Lord and go free. 05:19 Trembling soul, 05:23 I know you're so tired of aching. 05:28 Don't you know 05:32 Jesus has cures for the taking? 05:38 The battle that's raging is so strong... 05:43 you've been a captive for so long. 05:49 Go free, go free 05:54 in the name of Jesus go free. 06:00 Child of God, child adored: 06:06 come to the Lord and go free. 06:20 Trembling soul, 06:24 by now you're so tired of fighting. 06:29 Don't you know 06:32 that He sees the wound you've been hiding? 06:38 The battle still rages and it's so strong... 06:44 you've been a captive far too long. 06:51 Go free, ah, you've gotta go free 06:56 in the name of Jesus go free. 07:02 Child of God, 07:05 child adored: 07:09 come to the Lord 07:14 and go free 07:17 in the name of Jesus go free. 07:23 Child of God, 07:25 child adored: 07:29 come to the Lord 07:34 and go free... 07:37 go free... 07:40 go free... 07:44 now go free. 07:54 Amen! 08:04 Pastor Murray: thank you. 08:05 Wasn't that good, folks? Amen! 08:13 Don't know about you folks, but I'm ashamed about some things. 08:20 I'm ashamed of some things. 08:23 Can I whisper this to you? 08:27 I find it hard to whisper anyhow. 08:30 But I'm ashamed of what the Supreme Court did. 08:34 Amen. 08:36 I'm ashamed about that. 08:38 But I want you to know one thing: 08:41 I'm not ashamed of Jesus Christ. 08:44 I want you to take your Bibles please and come with me 08:47 to the book of Romans. 08:52 So glad to see you dear folks today. 08:55 I just... Hey, I've got that lady back here. 09:01 I figured she wasn't... Now the people who are watching at home 09:04 don't know what we're talking about. 09:06 But we've got a lady in this audience 09:08 who is mightily anointed. 09:10 In fact, she is so good I think I'll give... 09:13 If it wasn't the Sabbath, I'd give her a job offer 09:16 just to come with me on my campaigns 09:19 and to say all those hallelujahs. 09:21 Because you know what it does? It makes you... 09:25 She's ready to go. OK. 09:27 Goodness me. I just hope my heart is good enough 09:30 to take the stimulation she's starting to give now. 09:34 Romans... laughter... 09:40 Folks, I want to tell you all something. 09:42 You know what? Can I tell you all something? 09:46 Just wondering what you had for dinner... lunch? 09:50 But can I tell you something? 09:52 It's all right to laugh in church. That's right! 09:55 Umm. We're all happy. Didn't you hear what Danny said? 09:58 We're all happy. 10:00 OK... look at this text. 10:02 And I don't call him Donny at all. 10:05 You know, he was talking this morning saying I call him Donny. 10:08 I call him Danny. 10:11 So you know what the problem is: it's not my accent at all. 10:14 It's his ears. 10:16 He doesn't hear it properly. 10:18 All right. Let's get to the text, folks, or else we're never 10:21 gonna get out of here. Romans 1 and verse 16. 10:26 Now I'm ashamed of many things but here it is, though. 10:31 Romans 1:16-17. "I am not ashamed of the gospel 10:36 because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone 10:40 who believes, first for the Jew 10:44 then for the Gentile. 10:46 For in the gospel a righteousness from God 10:51 is revealed... a righteousness that is by faith 10:55 from first to last. Just as it is written: 11:00 'the righteous will live by faith. ' " 11:05 Folks, I just say amen to that 11:10 because of what my eyes have seen. 11:14 I want you to know mine eyes have seen 11:18 the glory of the coming of the Lord. 11:23 And I'm not ashamed of the gospel 11:27 of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 11:30 I have a conviction, and I mentioned this I think 11:34 it was on Thursday night when I spoke about 11:37 the hour of His power. 11:40 I believe... I've got a burning conviction 11:44 in my soul that the hour is right for the preaching 11:50 of the gospel to the world. 11:53 I want you to turn over here to one of our great texts. 11:56 Revelation chapter 14 and verses 6 and 7. 12:00 Revelation chapter 14 12:04 and verses 6 and 7. 12:07 This chapter talks about the times 12:11 and it talks about the power. 12:14 Revelation chapter 14 and verses 6 and 7: 12:19 "Then I saw another angel flying in mid air 12:26 and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those 12:31 who live on the earth: 12:33 to every nation, tribe, language and people. 12:38 He said in a loud voice: 12:41 'Fear God and give Him glory 12:43 because the hour of His judgment has come. 12:47 Worship Him who made the heavens, the earth, 12:50 the sea, and the springs of water. ' " 12:54 The Bible says in this text... 12:57 it says: "the hour of His judgment is come. " 13:02 Is come... it is here now. 13:06 This is really a prophecy. 13:09 But the Bible tells us that the time would come 13:13 in the history of the human race 13:15 when a message would go out around the world: 13:19 "the hour of His judgment is come. It is now. " 13:23 Let me simply go through 13:29 a little of some of the great signs. 13:33 I mentioned these on Thursday night. 13:36 Let me say it again. 13:38 Number one: the coming financial earthquake. 13:43 We know that this great country that was raised up 13:48 by God to be a bastion of freedom for the world... 13:53 we know this great country 13:55 through gross irresponsibility... 14:00 Hear what I said? Gross irresponsibility 14:04 has a debt now approaching 14:07 nineteen trillion dollars. 14:13 Other economists say: "No, it is not true. 14:17 If the people were told the truth 14:21 by their leaders they would know that the debt 14:25 of the United States is more like 180 trillion dollars. 14:34 Can you not understand now why commentators are coming on 14:38 television and they're doing ads and they're saying 14:41 "Buy silver; 14:44 buy gold; buy property. " 14:48 Because they say we are "coming to the end of civilization 14:54 as we understand it. " 14:57 Sign number two: the destruction of the earth. 15:03 The Bible says Jesus will come at that period in earth's 15:07 history and will destroy those who are destroying the earth. 15:12 Even now as I speak 15:15 planet earth is so sick that planet earth is running a fever. 15:23 It is a sign that we've come to the hour of God's judgment. 15:28 Number three: the rise of these 15:34 ungodly evil terrorists 15:39 such as ISIS. 15:42 Did you know in scripture? I'm going to show it to you. 15:46 And this could take, you know, a complete exposition. 15:49 But let me show it to you very fast. 15:51 Come over here to Revelation chapter 8 15:55 shall we say. Revelation chapter 9. 15:58 Revelation chapter 9, and you can read these conclusions 16:03 in that great book called Revelation that comes out of 16:07 Andrews University. It's an outstanding book. 16:11 Revelation chapter 9: "The fifth angel sounded his trumpet 16:15 and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. 16:19 The star was given... " Who is this? This is Lucifer. 16:22 "The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. 16:25 When he opened the Abyss smoke rose from it like 16:28 the smoke from a gigantic furnace. 16:31 The sun and the sky were darkened by the smoke from 16:34 the Abyss, and out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth 16:38 and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. " 16:43 You know who these scorpions are? 16:45 This is a picture of the last days. And here is this 16:51 mighty fallen angel and he's got permission 16:55 to bring forth the demons of the bottomless pit. 17:01 The demons of hell. 17:03 When I turn on television and I see these people 17:08 in the name of their god murdering Christians, 17:12 chopping off their heads, murdering their fellow Muslims, 17:17 it is a time... It is a time mentioned in the scriptures 17:21 that the hour of His judgment is come. 17:24 And then I could talk at length, and I'm going to do so 17:27 a little bit today, about the gospel explosion. 17:33 I am not a pessimist because my eyes have seen. 17:38 Jesus said: "This gospel of the kingdom 17:42 is going to be preached in the whole wide world. " 17:44 Nothing can stop it, my friend. 17:47 You can't stop the tide from coming in. 17:50 You can have evil people and even so called good people 17:54 who try to stop this gospel explosion. 17:57 And you can have all the politics in the world 18:00 and in the church that try to stop the tide of God's grace 18:04 coming in, but you can't stop it. 18:08 I've seen the flooding tide of God's power. 18:12 I've seen it in China. 18:15 I've seen it there with the pastors - young women. 18:19 One young woman pastoring a church of 20,000. 18:23 That's more than any one of our churches here in the U.S. 18:29 I've seen young men in Russia. 18:32 I've seen them in Africa. 18:35 I've seen the Spirit of God coming down upon the people 18:41 of God. I have seen the Latter Rain. 18:44 And therefore I say to you we are living in the time 18:49 of the judgment hour. The hour of His judgment IS come. 18:54 And a message goes forth to the world. 18:57 Would you come back now please to the book of Romans? 19:00 As you know, I'm just an old-fashioned Bible preacher 19:04 and I use the Bible lots because the power is not 19:09 in the preacher... the power is in the Word. 19:13 Romans chapter 1 and verse 14 and onwards 19:17 my dear friends. 19:19 Paul said: "I am obligated... " The King James version says... 19:24 What does it say in the KJV? 19:25 "I am a debtor. " It sounds even better in the KJV. 19:28 King James version: "I am a debtor 19:32 both to Greeks and non-Greeks, 19:35 both to the wise and the foolish. " 19:37 That's the first phrase: "I am a debtor... " 19:41 Because Christ has died for me I have an obligation. 19:45 I am a debtor to every person. 19:48 I can't stay home; I can't retire. 19:51 I can't go and sit on the beach in Australia 19:54 because I am a debtor. 19:57 I am a debtor to the Russians. 19:59 I am a debtor to Julia. 20:01 I am a debtor... and so are you, my friend. 20:04 We have an eternal debt. 20:06 I am a debtor. That is why, verse 15: 20:12 That is why I am so eager. "I am a debtor 20:17 and I am ready. I am so eager to preach the gospel 20:21 also to you who are at Rome. " 20:24 And the third point is: "I am not ashamed 20:28 of the gospel because it is the power of God 20:31 for the salvation of everyone who believes. 20:34 First for the Jew then for the Gentile 20:37 for in the gospel a righteous- ness from God is revealed, 20:40 a righteousness that is by faith from first to last. 20:44 Just as it is written: 'The righteous will live 20:47 by faith. ' " 20:50 Will you think for a moment of the gospel? 20:54 What is the gospel? 20:58 The gospel is not about you. 21:02 It's about Christ. Mmm. It's the good news of Christ. 21:06 Ellen White made a great statement. She said: 21:09 "Hanging on the cross was the gospel. " 21:16 "Hanging on the cross... " Jesus said this, 21:22 you can read about it in the gospels. 21:24 You know the text: "For God so loved the world. " 21:26 But He also said in the same passage 21:31 that contains the world's most famous text "For God 21:34 so loved the world... " He said: "As Moses lifted up 21:39 the serpent in the wilderness. " What a strange figure of speech! 21:44 Why would God say this? "As Moses lifted up 21:48 the snake in the wilderness. " 21:51 Why didn't He say: "As Moses lifted up the lamb? " 21:58 We can sort of relate to that, can't we? 22:00 "As Moses lifted up the lamb. " But He doesn't say that. 22:03 He says: "As Moses lifted up the snake. " 22:07 The serpent. What does it mean? 22:14 The snake... the symbol of sin. 22:21 The symbol of the curse of God. 22:24 The symbol of "lostness. " 22:29 When Christ was lifted up between heaven and earth 22:32 He became in the sight of God 22:35 the greatest sinner who'd ever lived even though He was 22:38 the most sinless. 22:41 And the sin of the world... my sin. What is God like? 22:46 What is this God like? What is the Creator like? 22:52 He said, Jesus: 22:56 "If you've seen Me, you've seen the Father. " 22:59 What is He like? Hanging on the cross 23:03 was God. You say: "God doesn't understand my pain. " 23:09 Yes He does. 23:11 "God doesn't know what it is to suffer. 23:14 He's sitting up there on His throne. 23:15 What does God know about it? " 23:17 As I said to the Russians: you think God doesn't care. 23:21 God cares because on the cross 23:26 He tasted all the pain, all the sorrow. 23:30 He tasted the anguish of the atheist when he's dying. 23:36 He tasted the "lostness" of the soul 23:42 who has turned away from God. 23:43 He tasted the pain of cancer 23:50 and heart disease. He tasted what it was 23:55 to be rejected by a bigoted racist. 24:01 He tasted all of this. 24:07 And because He was bearing it 24:12 He tasted the vengeance of a holy God 24:17 as the serpent. 24:19 Can you see that? 24:24 He tasted it. 24:26 He tasted it. 24:28 On the cross He was like the serpent. 24:31 That's what it says... Jesus said. 24:33 "As the serpent was lifted up in the wilderness... " 24:36 He became sin for us 24:41 even though He knew no sin. 24:44 That is why I was able to turn to vast audiences in Russia 24:51 where I had the privilege over the period of time I was there 24:55 to preach to more than 3 million Russians. 24:59 And I could say to them - atheists, 25:02 Communists and Marxists and members of the KGB - 25:08 I say this humbly... please understand... 25:12 I say this to the glory of God: 25:15 I was twice invited by the KGB to preach to them. 25:21 The KGB chief came to me - General Vadimer - 25:24 and he put his hand on his heart and he said: "Pastor Carter, 25:27 don't forget us. We, too, have souls. " 25:31 You would say: "You can't reach those people, they're too bad. " 25:36 No... they're sinners the same as us 25:39 and a lot easier to reach on many occasions 25:43 than the people who go to church 25:45 because they feel their need. "Don't forget us. " 25:50 "Don't forget us. " 25:53 When I preached to the Russians I said: 25:57 "Marxism said you are an animal. That's all you are. " 26:02 "Because of the doctrine of evolution you are simply 26:05 an animal. Most likely you're not even an animal. 26:09 You're only a machine... you're only a thing. " 26:13 As Darwin taught, you're only the product - wait for this - 26:16 you're only the product of time 26:19 plus matter plus chance. 26:22 That's all you are. 26:24 You're the product of time plus matter plus chance. 26:27 That's what the Communists taught them. 26:28 I stood before them and because of Calvary 26:32 I was able to say to them: "You are NOT an animal. 26:35 You are NOT a machine. 26:38 You are a child of God. " 26:42 Do you want to know how important you are? 26:45 The God who made the stars... 26:48 We now know how many galaxies there are. 26:52 Two hundred billion galaxies. 26:57 Two hundred billion. Each galaxy is composed 27:01 of about two hundred billion blazing suns. 27:06 And the God who made this, the God who flung the stars 27:11 in space... Can we ever ever ever get this 27:15 into our tiny little minds 27:19 that the God who made this almost infinite universe 27:25 was nailed to a cross? 27:29 So I said to them: "What is God like? " 27:33 "You feel that you're not loved? 27:36 He would have done this for one person. " 27:40 I made an appeal to the KGB, 1,000 officers standing there. 27:46 Quite amazing. 27:49 You've seen in the movies those big black cars that they drive? 27:53 Then sent some cars around to pick up my team and pick up me. 27:59 I say this to the glory of God. 28:01 Let it be to the glory of God. 28:04 We've got nothing to boast about. 28:06 Without the grace of God you know what we are? 28:09 We are animated mud on the way to dust. 28:12 You hear this? We are animated mud on the way to dust 28:17 except for Calvary. 28:22 And I spoke about these things to the KGB. 28:26 And I made an appeal... I made an appeal for Christ. 28:31 And the first person on his feet was the KGB general. 28:36 Got up; clicked his heels. 28:39 The colonels got up and stood beside him. 28:43 Stood up there. Then I appealed to the KGB officers. 28:48 As I was preaching - I say this to the glory of God 28:52 because, you see, I have seen the glory of God - 28:56 I've seen the power of God. 28:58 I'm not a college professor, God bless them. 29:02 I am not an arm chair theologian. 29:05 I am not a church administrator, God bless them too. 29:13 But I've seen the glory of God. 29:16 And as I was preaching on what God is like: 29:20 "here He is, God... He's hanging on the cross, " 29:25 you know what they did? You know what they did? 29:29 They wept... they wept! 29:33 Ever wept in church? They wept! 29:37 When I held the altar call the flood of humanity was 29:41 so great from the KGB that they thought I'd be killed, crushed. 29:48 It is the power of God unto salvation 29:51 to everyone who believes. 29:55 And let us never take glory to ourselves. 29:59 We are nothing without God. 30:01 How? What audacity for any one of us 30:05 to become puffed up with our little bit of pride. 30:09 "Look at me. " Uh-hmm. 30:15 Without the grace of God we are animated mud 30:20 on the way to dust. 30:24 But by the grace of God because of Calvary 30:27 you are not an animal. You are not a machine. 30:31 You are a child of God and God loves you. 30:38 Let me tell you about something that happened after we went 30:41 to Russia. I was invited to go to Ukraine 30:45 to the great city of Kiev. This is an amazing story. 30:48 People say: "You making up these stories? " 30:52 No. There's lots of stuff I can't tell you 30:55 because it is too sensitive. 31:00 So I'm leaving out a lot. 31:05 A quarter has only ever been told. 31:08 But when we were planning to go to Kiev - 31:11 this big city, the capitol of Ukraine - 31:13 the archbishop of the great Orthodox church 31:18 said this because we put out our advertising... 31:22 Now I say this humbly. 31:24 Guess I'd better talk softly. 31:27 He said: "John Carter 31:31 will come and preach in this city 31:34 over my dead body. " 31:39 I wouldn't want to say anything like that. 31:44 We had hired a great theater that would seat 31:48 with people standing at least 12,000. 31:54 And he said... he said it publicly. 31:58 He said it in the cathedral. 32:00 He said it on television: 32:02 "John Carter will preach here only over my dead body. " 32:11 A few days before we arrived in the city 32:15 and got off the plane 32:20 he was struck down... a young man in the prime of life. 32:28 His followers said: "We're going to bury him in the 32:32 national cathedral. " The Ukrainian government said: 32:35 "No... not after what he said. " 32:39 They said: "Bury him on the sidewalk. " 32:45 The priests took up the crosses 32:48 and they went out and they battled with the militia 32:52 in the streets of Kiev and turned the streets red 32:56 with blood. That's when we arrived. 33:04 I go there, you know, once a year. Sometimes every 2 years. 33:10 And I go to the cathedral, and outside the cathedral 33:15 is a coffin on the sidewalk. 33:19 Um-hmm. He is the man who said 33:23 "No, he's not going to preach in this city. 33:26 And if he does, it'll be over my dead body. " 33:33 Now let me tell you folks something. 33:36 I'm going to say this to you 'cause I've told lots of people 33:39 this. I won't tell you to whom I've told this. 33:43 Never try to stop the work of God. 33:48 Don't say: "This is not going to happen 33:53 because it's going to interfere with our little program. " 33:58 Let God be God. 34:05 We opened there on a Saturday... Saturday afternoon. 34:11 Saturday morning I thought: "I'll just go down to the 34:14 auditorium. I've got a great team 34:16 from America and Australia. " 34:19 Got one of the best men for sound you'll find anywhere 34:23 in the world: Bob Ludwig, 34:25 who has done the sound for four U.S. presidents. 34:29 He does the sound for the Carter Report. 34:34 And so I went down to the auditorium 34:37 about 9 in the morning. 34:40 Six thousand people there... outside. 34:43 So it was looking good. We opened in 6 hours time. 34:47 When I went down at 3 o'clock 34:52 inside the building you would have had 12,000 to 15,000 34:56 people standing shoulder to shoulder. 35:00 You couldn't move. 35:03 No noise... but people standing shoulder to shoulder 35:07 and outside a hundred thousand people who couldn't get in. 35:12 A hundred thousand! 35:14 Every day the government sent out a decree 35:17 and they said: "We're going to close you down. " 35:20 I was called to the city hall in Kiev 35:25 and the minister of religion said to me: 35:28 "We issue you, John Carter, an edict. You are to close down 35:34 the meetings today. " 35:38 So I said: "No. " 35:41 They said: "No, we're not joking with you. 35:44 We'll put you in prison. " 35:45 Now I say this to the glory of God. 35:47 I said: "Go ahead. " 35:49 Uh-huh. "Did you see what happened to this bishop? " 35:55 Uh-huh. 35:56 I said: "Did you see what happened to the bishop? 35:59 Go ahead. " 36:00 They said: "We will put you in prison. " 36:02 I said: "Go ahead. " 36:04 Then they had a committee meeting. 36:06 I was the first minister they'd ever met who said "No" 36:09 to them. This is true. 36:11 Most ministers cower. 36:13 Got all these government officials. 36:16 I said: "No. " 36:18 Every night we had these vast crowds of people. 36:23 Then the government said: "We're going to close you down. 36:26 You can't have any police come, 36:28 and if there are no police there to protect the people 36:31 you're illegal. So we're going to close you down. " 36:34 And so the police stopped coming... but a major in the 36:39 police force heard about it. 36:42 He heard what was going on. 36:44 And he got on the phone and he called to the police 36:48 from another city. Every night, every day 36:52 there was a battle. And then in the end 36:56 I said: "We're going to have a baptism. " 36:58 They said: "Well you can only baptize 100 people. " 37:01 I said: "Remember the bishop. " 37:05 They said: "100 people! " 37:08 They said: "You can't get busses. " So they told all 37:11 of the bus companies in Kiev: "You cannot rent busses 37:16 to these... these Adventist Christians. " 37:20 So people heard about it 37:22 and bus companies from all over Ukraine sent their busses. 37:27 And we had a baptism in the Dnepr River: 37:30 the largest baptism in a thousand years glory be to God. 37:36 3,500 souls baptized 37:40 in the waters of the Dnepr River. 37:43 Can't you see I'm full of courage? 37:46 Can't you see why I believe? 37:49 Can't you see why I believe that the gospel 37:52 is the power of God unto salvation? 37:57 Now... Yes, hallelujah, sister. Praise God! 38:02 Um-hmm. Now there's a person... 38:05 I have a wonderful team of people. I've got volunteers 38:09 and people who are on the staff. 38:12 And a number of years ago this lady joined our team. 38:18 She is the Communications Director 38:21 for the Carter Report. And those of you who get our 38:24 newsletters - and everybody ought to get our newsletters - 38:27 will often see there that it's signed by Susan... 38:31 because she's the person who with my wife and my son 38:36 and others help us to preach the gospel. 38:39 Now Susan, would you like to come out? 38:41 Would you please welcome Susan Piraino? 38:47 Howdy. Well good afternoon. It's been an honor and a 38:51 privilege to be here with you all and to just be part of this 38:54 wonderful Camp Meeting that's taking place. 38:57 And I just want to share a few things. 38:59 I've been working with Pastor Carter in the ministry 39:01 for 22 years now. And it's been the biggest blessing 39:05 of my life. And the longest 22 years. 39:11 No. And I've had the privilege of experiencing 39:14 so many wonderful things and seeing how God has worked 39:16 every single year when we've gone out on different campaigns 39:20 all over the world. But a little selfishly 39:23 I will say the best experience that I've had 39:26 is when I came to know the Lord. 39:28 And that was through this ministry as well. 39:31 Pastor Carter had a campaign which he held in Los Angeles 39:35 back in 1990. And I had grown up in the church. 39:39 And unfortunately, around the age of 17 or 18, 39:43 I decided that I didn't need to be in the church any more. 39:46 And I stopped attending church for many many years. 39:48 And I met my husband; I got married 39:52 and I had a couple of children. 39:55 And when the children came into the picture 39:58 I knew that I needed to bring my children into church 40:01 as well. Because I had a mother who was always praying for me. 40:05 And you know, in Proverbs it says "Train up your child 40:08 in the way they should go because when they grow up 40:11 they will not depart. " 40:12 So mothers and fathers: keep praying for your kids. 40:15 Because even though I had left the church 40:17 my mother was always praying and always inviting me 40:20 to come back to church. But now with 2 little children 40:23 that were my responsibility I knew that I needed to 40:27 have them know the Lord. So my mother invited me 40:30 to the Shrine Auditorium where this gentleman from Australia 40:34 was holding some meetings. 40:36 And my husband and I decided we would come 40:39 because it wasn't held in a church. 40:41 Had the meetings been in a church we wouldn't have gone. 40:44 But it was in a public place, and so I thought: "OK, 40:48 this will be great. " So we ended up coming to the Shrine 40:50 Auditorium and I heard the gospel for the very first time 40:55 in my life. And it drew at my heart 40:59 and my husband's as well. 41:00 And I remember thinking: "I know that one of these evenings 41:04 Pastor Carter's going to make an appeal. " 41:05 'Cause I grew up in church and I know how it works. 41:08 And so when he finally made that appeal 41:12 I had the biggest struggle of my life 41:14 because I thought: "The Lord is giving me my opportunity 41:17 now with my husband here beside me. " 41:20 And my heart was racing 100 miles an hour 41:23 when I heard him say: "Stand up if you would like to 41:26 give your life to Jesus. " 41:28 And it was a struggle, let me tell you, 41:31 'cause I knew that once I made that decision to stand up 41:34 that I wouldn't be going back. 41:36 And the Lord gave me the strength to stand up 41:39 and my husband stood up with me. 41:41 And we decided to give our lives to Jesus Christ. 41:44 And we were shortly baptized after that 41:46 and we've been with Pastor Carter ever since. 41:48 And that's been over 25 years now. 41:50 And it's just been the best experience of our lives 41:53 traveling with him all over the world and seeing 41:55 so many wonderful people come to know Jesus Christ 41:58 and to hear that our salvation is ONLY through Jesus Christ. 42:03 And to preach the gospel in Africa and India, 42:07 in Russia, Ukraine, and last year in El Salvador 42:12 where we finally went to a country where we were able 42:16 to speak the language as well. 42:17 'Cause my family's from Chile 42:20 and so we were able to communicate with all those 42:23 wonderful people attending. 42:24 We had 55,000 people come to the stadium. 42:28 And we had a baptism at the end of the meetings 42:30 and 4,500 people gave their lives to Jesus Christ. 42:34 So we live and we work for a powerful living God. 42:38 And He is in control. 42:40 And I just want to say thank you for being with us. 42:43 Thank you for your prayers. Thank you for standing with us 42:45 and supporting us because we have a great work to do. 42:48 And time is coming to a quick end. 42:51 And so God is giving us this last opportunity 42:53 to keep proclaiming the gospel 42:55 and to keep allowing people to come and know Him 42:58 and to have a place in the kingdom with us all. 43:01 So God bless you all, and thank you so much 43:02 for the opportunity to be here and to share our wonderful 43:05 stories with you and together as we continue doing this work. 43:09 God bless, and thank you for the privilege, Pastor Carter, 43:12 of being part of your team. 43:13 Susie, thank you; thank you. 43:22 God bless Susie and God bless Javier and their children. 43:27 What should I tell you? I've got so much that I could tell you. 43:29 Want to hear the story about the dove? 43:34 Well this man obviously does. 43:37 We went to Papua, New Guinea. Port Moresby, the most dangerous 43:41 city in the world. You can easily be killed 43:44 in Port Moresby. We hired the biggest stadium. 43:48 An outdoor stadium... football place. 43:53 Just our little team. Our son David was in charge 43:57 of setting up, and Pastor Harold Harker from Australia. 44:02 We had a great team. 44:03 We build the biggest screens that they've ever seen 44:07 in these countries, and we use the most powerful 44:10 video projectors. And Bob comes along 44:13 with Don Beagle, another one of our sound engineers. 44:16 And we have sound such as you would have 44:20 in a great rock concert 44:22 so people can hear a mile away. 44:29 We started with a rather small crowd of 70,000. 44:34 The next night it was 80,000. 44:36 Then it was 100,000. Then the newspaper said 44:40 "These are the biggest crowds 44:41 in the history of the South Pacific. " 44:43 130,000. 44:45 As we came towards the end we had 150,000. 44:49 Let me tell you what happened, though. 44:51 We had to throw it into the hands of God 44:54 because over here to the left 44:57 there was a vast stadium... another one. 45:01 Like a big football field. 45:03 And so they said: "What are we going to do? " 45:05 I said: "Build another giant screen. 45:07 We've got another giant video projector. " 45:10 So we built a screen there. 45:12 I don't know how many people were down there... 45:14 maybe 30,000 or 40,000. 45:15 And then we discovered there was another football stadium 45:19 just 1/4 mile down the road 45:22 and it was packed also. 45:24 So possibly we had 200,000 people. 45:30 You think it's easy? 45:33 No. I was preaching to people 45:35 many of them who had hard hearts. 45:38 When I would make an appeal 45:40 I had to work. I had to work hard, pray hard. 45:43 "Lord, I'm not getting through to these people. 45:46 Help me, Jesus. " 45:48 And when I'm making an appeal I usually stop 45:52 and I say out loud: "Lord, 45:56 I can't do any more. I pass the meeting into Your hands. 46:00 Now Lord, I'm going to step back. " 46:03 And I'll just stop and I'll say: 46:05 "Now Lord, talk to their hearts. " 46:09 But as we came towards the end of the series 46:12 and the people were resisting... 46:15 After the meeting one night 46:18 my young pastors from Papua, New Guinea 46:24 they came to me and they said: "Pastor Carter, 46:26 the church members are astounded. 46:30 A great white dove flew over the audience. " 46:34 I said: "I never saw it. " 46:35 They said: "We didn't either, but our church members say 46:39 God is visiting His people. " 46:42 I never saw this. 46:44 But the next night with a vast audience... 46:48 Have you seen an audience as far as the eye can see? 46:52 It doesn't end. 46:54 And I was out the back behind... I have these giant blackboards. 47:00 And I write on these black- boards and I have these 47:02 giant screens. And I was out the back 47:06 and I was talking to some of the government ministers. 47:10 The campaign didn't move the city; 47:13 it moved the nation. 47:16 The ministers of the government, the parliamentarians, came 47:19 to the meeting one night. And I said: "What are you 47:21 doing here? " They said: "We've come to be blessed. 47:24 Would you put your hands upon us? " 47:26 So they came up the front 47:28 and we in the name of Jesus put our hands upon them 47:33 and called them to be good people. 47:36 To be honest and above corruption 47:39 and to uphold Christ in their work. 47:42 So I was talking to the minister of justice. 47:45 He said: "The prime minister is coming to see you. 47:48 He wants your prayers. 47:50 He knows what is happening here. 47:52 The prime minister wants your prayers and he wants you 47:56 to pray for the cabinet. " And this happened later. 47:58 So I was talking to him out the back 48:01 and then I heard, my brother, the sound of many waters 48:06 like the roar of many waters mentioned in the Bible. 48:10 I have a great singer whose name is Willie G. 48:14 Some of you folks will remember Little Willie 48:17 from the Midnighters. 48:20 Not in your church obviously. 48:22 The famous group used to sing around the world. 48:26 They were not a Christian group, but this man now 48:29 is a born-again Christian. 48:30 And he was standing out the front and only as Willie can 48:34 sing he was holding the audience in the hollow of his hands. 48:40 And then as I came out and looked 48:43 Willie was pointing up to the heavens. 48:45 And the people were standing to their feet. 48:51 Their hands up. All the people standing to their feet 48:56 pointing to the heavens. 48:58 What a sight! 150,000 people with their hands up. 49:02 And there she came... this great white dove 49:07 that had never been seen before in that part of the world. 49:11 It doesn't live there. 49:13 And it came over the audience, and as it came over the 49:17 audience I looked up, and the dove flashed over my head. 49:24 That night when I went out to make an appeal 49:26 let me tell you what happened. 49:29 Umm. I made an appeal in the name of Jesus 49:32 and I said: "God has visited us. 49:35 He's come here. God has visited His people 49:38 and He's come here tonight. Don't despise these things. 49:42 We don't go by signs and won- ders; we go by the Word of God 49:46 but sometimes God in His infinite mercy and power 49:49 sends us signs and wonders. " 49:53 As I made that appeal that night 49:56 I guess 50,000 or 60,000 people came forward in the altar call. 50:01 Just a flood of humanity. 50:04 People with their hands raised begging God for prayer. 50:08 They came from across this side here; 50:10 they came in a flood from that part of the stadium. 50:15 Outside the stadium. 50:17 Just the other day I got a letter 50:21 from one of the leaders of the gangs. 50:24 He told me: "You were not aware of this 50:27 but all of the gang leaders were in your meetings. " 50:32 Murderers and rapists. 50:36 Do you think I was scared? 50:39 No... I wasn't scared. 50:42 Do you think my life was in danger? 50:44 My life was not in danger because God was there. 50:50 And God restrained those gang members 50:53 and those gang members... You know, I'd like to say 50:58 to the president of the United States 51:00 "There's an answer to violence in America. 51:03 There's an answer to all of these killings. 51:06 There's an answer to Ferguson. 51:09 There's an answer to all of these cities. 51:12 And I'm going to tell you what it is. 51:15 It's not more government, it's more Jesus Christ. " 51:21 What America needs, I'm telling you: 51:24 we don't need more politicians 51:27 and we don't need more legislation 51:30 and we don't need more lectures. 51:34 We need preachers filled with the Holy Spirit 51:39 preaching to our young white men 51:41 and our young black men. 51:44 That's what we need. 51:46 This gang leader wrote me this letter. 51:49 He said: "Pastor Carter, I was the leader of a gang. 51:53 We were murderers and rapists... " And he said: 51:57 "I am now a member of the church. 52:00 I was baptized after you left. " 52:03 Thousands have been baptized. 52:06 And he said: "I had my cell phone there that night. " 52:11 And he said: "I was recording the music. " 52:15 And he said: "I am sending you what the cell 52:19 phone recorded. " He said: "It comes on at such and such 52:23 a time. " So he sent it to me. 52:26 And I looked at it on my iPad from his cell phone. 52:29 And there she came... this great white dove. 52:35 We had a baptism down at the beach. 52:39 Thousands baptized in the ocean. 52:42 On that Sabbath morning it was our privilege to baptize 52:45 three thousand people out in the ocean. 52:48 But as we were having the baptism 52:51 people came to us later and they said: 52:53 "Did you see? Did you see? " I said: "What? " 52:57 "I saw the people. I was pretty busy. " 53:01 They said: "The white dove came in again 53:04 from the horizon, and it came in low over the ocean 53:09 and it came over the people. " 53:13 Now you can say to me: "You know, that's just a bird. " 53:18 But nobody else in PNG had seen such a bird. 53:23 It came at the right time. 53:26 There are people I cannot forget. 53:30 Dr. Julia Outkina. Support her... support 3ABN. 53:37 Julia. The Chernobyl pastor. 53:41 The young pastor who came from Chernobyl 53:46 with a bus load of people from Chernobyl. 53:50 The most dangerous place in the world. 53:52 I said: "Pastor, you're a young man. 53:54 If you stay there, the radi- ation is going to kill you. " 53:59 He said: "How can I leave them? " 54:03 "How can I leave them? " 54:05 He said: "These are my people. " 54:08 How can I forget him? 54:11 Paul the prisoner. Whenever I go to Moscow - 54:15 I expect to be there in a couple of months... 54:18 Paul the prisoner... betrayed by a church member. 54:24 In the days of the Communists... betrayed 54:27 by a church member. They put him in prison 54:30 because he was a preacher of the gospel. 54:33 And they put him in a refrigerated cell. 54:37 So they froze him, then they'd take him out 54:42 and warm him up. Put him back in. 54:45 His teeth fell out. 54:47 I said: "Did you betray your brethren? " He said: "No! 54:51 No... never. " He's tall... he's gaunt. 54:57 He's my friend. We call him Paul the prisoner. 55:02 Can you see why I go back? 55:06 The man with the gun in Irkutsk in Siberia. 55:09 Beverley was speaking. Want to say hi to Beverley. 55:13 Hello Beverley. She's watching this telecast 55:17 out of Thousand Oaks. She was speaking 55:20 when a young man came to get after me with a gun. 55:23 He worked in the Special Forces, the Russian Special Forces. 55:27 Don't mess with them. 55:30 Came with a gun, but he came drunk 55:33 and he came to do me in. But Beverley was talking. 55:37 Then as he came up on the stage, 55:39 I sat behind Beverley, the security people rushed 55:43 and they took him down. Then they got his revolver. 55:47 These are bullets. 55:51 The Russian officials came and said to me: 55:54 "We're going to put him in prison until he rots. 55:57 He'll never get out. " I said: "Forgive him. " 56:01 "What? " "Forgive him... " 56:04 I said: "because Christ forgave him 56:06 as He will forgive you. " 56:08 The KGB people said to me: 56:11 "We have never heard of a God like this. 56:14 We forgive him. " He came back to the meeting 56:20 as my bodyguard. 56:24 And as I made an appeal for Christ 56:27 the next night his hand was raised. 56:31 He came down the front. 56:34 I hugged him. 56:35 My friend, what a day it's going to be when we see 56:39 all these people in glory. 56:41 Oh, I am not ashamed of the gospel. 56:44 Mine eyes have seen the glory 56:47 of the coming of the Lord. 56:51 I thank you, Lord. I want to pray for you. 56:56 Would you close your eyes? 56:58 Dear Father, take these wonderful beautiful people 57:01 here at 3ABN. Thank you for Danny Shelton 57:04 and his team. Bless 3ABN. 57:09 Thank you for the miracles 57:12 and thank you for the power of the blood of Jesus. 57:16 Thank you that Jesus saves. 57:18 And thank you that soon and very soon 57:22 we're going to see the King. 57:24 Thank you, Lord. Thank you in Jesus' name, 57:30 Amen. |
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