Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), John Carter, Yvonne Lewis
Series Code: 15HC
Program Code: 15HC000015A
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00:51 Hello friends and welcome to 3ABN's 2015 Fall Camp Meeting.
00:55 This is somewhat of a bittersweet welcome 00:58 because this is our final meeting. 01:00 And this weekend we believe has been Spirit filled. 01:04 Can you all say "Amen" to that? Amen! 01:06 The Lord has come into this house, more specifically into 01:10 the hearts and lives of those who have come 01:12 to be at the feet of Jesus. 01:14 And the music, the messages, the seminars, 01:16 the fellowship, have all been blessed by the presence 01:19 of the Lord. And what a way to wind down Camp Meeting 01:23 other than having Pastor, Elder, World Evangelist, 01:27 a man who is unashamed of the gospel 01:30 John Carter is going to be coming in a moment 01:32 to bring our final message. 01:34 When I was in the Heritage Singers and we had gone to 01:37 Australia a number of years ago 01:38 I heard about this man that was packing out 01:41 the Sydney Opera House 01:44 night after night after night. 01:47 And if you have ever been to Australia, 01:49 and the Sydney Opera House is the prime spot in the city 01:52 of Sydney, and I thought: "Who could do that? " 01:55 And they said: "It's a man by the name of John Carter. " 02:00 John... and I have never forgotten him. 02:02 And through the years he has committed himself 02:06 to being unashamed of the gospel preaching the Word of God. 02:09 Uplifting Jesus, letting us know that 02:12 the Lord wants to save us 02:15 more than the devil wants to destroy us. 02:18 And tonight we're going to be tremendously blessed 02:20 as we close out this Camp Meeting 02:21 with what I know is going to be a very Spirit-filled 02:25 message tonight. We also have been blessed by the music. 02:29 God has gifted those who have come here. 02:32 Even you know Reggie and Ladye are not here tonight, 02:35 but we are going to be blessed. 02:36 A good friend of ours and personal friend Yvonne Lewis. 02:41 Many call her Dr. Yvonne Lewis but I just call her Yvonne 02:44 because we have that kind of personal relationship. 02:48 Yvonne, my wife, and I... we're like 3 peas in a pod. 02:51 We walk together. We love the Lord. 02:54 We worship, and we know that God is truly going to bless 02:58 through her life tonight. Yvonne, what's the song 03:00 you're going to sing for us? 03:01 My Help Cometh From the Lord. 03:03 Let's welcome her with a hearty amen. Amen! 03:28 I will lift up mine eyes to the hills 03:34 from whence cometh my help. 03:38 My help cometh from the Lord. 03:43 The Lord which made heaven and earth. 03:49 He said He will not suffer thy foot... 03:55 thy foot to be moved. 03:59 The Lord which keepeth thee 04:04 He will not slumber nor sleep. 04:10 For the Lord is thy keeper 04:15 the Lord is thy shade 04:20 upon thy right hand... 04:25 upon thy right hand. 04:31 And the sun shall not smite thee by day 04:37 nor the moon by night. 04:41 He shall preserve thy soul 04:46 even forever more. 04:51 Oh, 04:54 my help... 04:58 oh my help... 05:02 oh, my help... 05:08 all of my help cometh from 05:13 the Lord. 05:19 Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo 05:23 I will lift up mine eyes to the hills 05:29 from whence cometh my help. 05:32 My help cometh from the Lord. 05:38 The Lord which made heaven and earth. 05:43 He said He will not suffer thy foot... 05:49 thy foot to be moved. 05:53 The Lord which keepeth thee 05:58 He will not slumber nor sleep. 06:04 For the Lord is thy keeper 06:09 the Lord is thy shade 06:14 upon thy right hand... 06:19 upon thy right hand. 06:25 And the sun shall not smite thee by day 06:31 nor the moon by night 06:35 He shall preserve thy soul 06:41 even forever more. 06:48 My help... 06:53 my help... 06:58 my help... 07:02 all of my help cometh from 07:08 the Lord. 07:13 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 07:17 For the Lord is thy keeper 07:22 the Lord is thy shade 07:26 upon thy right hand... 07:32 upon thy right hand. 07:38 And the sun shall not smite thee by day 07:44 nor the moon by night 07:47 for He shall preserve thy soul 07:53 even forever more. 07:58 Oh, oh 08:01 my help... 08:06 my help... 08:11 my help... 08:15 all of my help cometh from 08:20 the Lord. 08:23 My help... 08:26 oh, my help... 08:32 my help... 08:36 all of my help cometh from 08:41 the Lord. 08:47 From the Lord. 08:57 Amen! 09:12 You can have all the silver, 09:16 you can have all the gold, 09:20 just give me Jesus. 09:26 You can have all the wisdom 09:31 this earth can hold... 09:34 just give me Jesus. 09:37 Give me Jesus when I'm lonely 09:40 and I've nowhere to go. 09:44 Give me Jesus... 09:46 He's the only one who loves me so. 09:51 Give me Jesus because 09:55 Jesus is all I need. 10:06 You can have all the spotlight, 10:09 you can have all the fame... 10:13 just give me Jesus. 10:19 You can have all the success, 10:23 have your well-known name... 10:27 just give me Jesus. 10:30 Give me Jesus when I'm lonely 10:33 and I've nowhere to go. 10:37 Give me Jesus... He's the only 10:41 one who loves me so. 10:44 Give me Jesus for 10:48 Jesus is all I need. 10:53 In the moments when no one seems to care... 11:03 Good evening my friends. 11:05 Good evening. How are you this evening? 11:07 Good. Great! 11:11 Lady, tell me how. Are you? 11:13 The lady who just said... 11:18 I said how are you? Oh... I'm great. 11:20 Hallelujah! What about the rest of you folks? 11:24 We'll I'm just glad to be here with you folks. 11:29 We've had a wonderful time at 3ABN. 11:32 Amen! Let me say this before I get into the subject: 11:36 I feel privileged to know the folks at 3ABN. 11:41 I've known Danny Shelton, my old friend, oh, how long? 11:47 About thirty years. 11:49 And we sort of hit it off when we first met, you know. 11:52 We sort of don't like committees a lot 11:58 and we like getting into it and doing the work. 12:01 But it's a privilege to know Danny, 12:03 a privilege to know the team at 3ABN. 12:06 I look upon them as my friends. 12:09 When I was a young man in the ministry 12:14 in Australia... Oh tonight I'd better tell you the topic. 12:18 I'm going to talk about the glories of heaven. 12:20 That suit you? The glories of heaven: going home. 12:23 I worked with a famous Australian evangelist. 12:27 His name was Pastor George Burnside. 12:31 He was such a great preacher 12:34 that he could preach for an hour 12:37 and hold the attention of the people 12:39 and then after that he'd show pictures. 12:42 What I saw in Rome... what I saw in Egypt. 12:44 He'd go for another hour. 12:46 And after two hours a young man who was sitting 12:50 next to me in the audience said: 12:52 "Why does he have to stop? " 12:53 Hmm. So that's preaching when young people say 12:58 "Why does he have to stop? " 13:00 Well, he was preaching down in a town by the... 13:05 I'm afraid... I'm almost embarrassed to tell you the name 13:07 of this Australian town 'cause you're going to laugh at me. 13:11 But the name of the town is Wagga Wagga. 13:17 So that's in New South Wales. 13:21 New South Wales but it's in South New South Wales. 13:25 It's a farming community 13:27 and he spoke on What and Where Is Heaven? 13:32 And he told this story. 13:35 He said: Many years ago 13:38 a delegation from a certain country in the world 13:41 that was sort of backward... I won't tell you where it is... 13:44 they sent a delegation to the General Conference 13:47 in America. And when they got back... 13:50 You know, their eyes almost popped out. They saw 13:53 the wonders of America. 13:55 They saw elevators and they call them in Australia 14:00 lifts and escalators and all of those wonderful things. 14:04 And when they got back the elders called together 14:09 a meeting of all the local Christians... all the Adventists 14:13 and they said: "We want you to tell us what it's like 14:16 at this General Conference, what it's like in America. " 14:20 Well one of the delegates got up and he said: 14:22 "Brothers and sisters, 14:25 it's not like anything that you've seen. " 14:29 He said: "When they build huts over there 14:34 they put one hut up against another hut 14:38 up against another hut 14:40 and another hut. " What was this? 14:44 The rooms of the house. But one of the elders got up 14:48 and said: "Well that couldn't be so because 14:51 the Americans are not that dumb. 14:53 Because if one hut caught on fire 14:57 then all the huts would catch on fire. 14:59 That's why we build our huts separate. " 15:02 Another one got up and he said: "Well not only do they 15:05 put one hut up against another hut 15:08 they put one hut on top of a hut 15:11 and then another hut on top of that hut 15:14 And then they put another hut on top of that hut. " 15:17 Another elder got up and this just about reduced him 15:22 to disbelief. He said: "I can't believe the Americans 15:28 would ever do that because how would you get 15:31 from the bottom hut into the top hut? " 15:34 One of the delegates got up and he said: 15:36 "They're really smart. They've got another little hut 15:38 that runs up and down and takes you there. " 15:47 It is true! Well that assembly of Christians 15:53 passed a resolution that night 15:55 that the next time they sent people to America 15:58 they would choose delegates who didn't tell lies. 16:04 Now folks, I want to tell you something. 16:07 There are many things we don't understand. 16:10 Um-hmm. Many people say: "I couldn't believe in 16:14 this because how would you get from the bottom hut 16:17 into the top hut? " You see? 16:21 But God is going to do some things that will baffle 16:27 the human imagination. 16:30 And I'm going to talk tonight on the wonders of that place. 16:33 The wonders of the gloryland and going home. 16:38 Would you please take your Bibles 16:40 and turn with me over here to II Corinthians chapter 2. 16:46 II Corinthians chapter 2. 16:50 You folks ready to go? 16:51 Amen! Chapter 2. 16:54 II Corinthians chapter 2. 17:03 No... it's I Corinthians. 17:06 Ahh... just checking if you're still awake there. 17:09 Uh-huh. I Corinthians chapter 2. 17:13 You know one of the worst things that can happen to a preacher? 17:17 He gives out the text and finds it's the wrong text. 17:20 And then he's searching and he can't find the text. 17:23 I Corinthians chapter 2 and... no... we're just going to go 17:29 to verse 8. "None of the rulers of this age 17:33 understood it, for if they had 17:37 they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 17:41 However, as it is written 17:44 'no eye has seen, no mind has conceived 17:48 what God has prepared for those who love Him. ' " 17:52 But we'd better read the next verse. 17:54 And it says: "But God has revealed it to us 17:58 by His Spirit. " The most wonderful things God has 18:04 revealed to us by the Holy Spirit. 18:07 And even though we're like those people who say: "You know, 18:10 the Americans wouldn't do it this way. 18:12 They wouldn't put one hut upon another hut 18:14 and all that sort of stuff. " 18:17 Even though we may be like little children 18:20 in His Word God has told us enough 18:24 so we'll want to go home and take our families 18:27 to that wonderful place. Amen! 18:29 And you know, my friend, the older I get 18:34 the more I yearn to go home. Amen! 18:39 I don't know about you folks, 18:40 but God has been so good to me. 18:44 God has blessed me more than I certainly deserve. 18:51 But I want to tell you folks: sometimes I've got a yearning 18:57 for a better world. Amen! I've got a yearning 19:01 to go home to the Promised Land. 19:06 Would you come over here? I guess this could be one of my 19:09 favorite texts. John chapter 14 verses 1 down to 3 19:14 dear hearts and gentle people. 19:16 John 14 verses 1 down to 3. 19:20 John 14 verses 1 down to 3. 19:25 Jesus said: "Do not let your hearts be troubled. 19:29 Trust in God... trust also in Me. 19:34 In My Father's house are many rooms. 19:38 If it were not so I would have told you. 19:41 I am going there to prepare a place for you 19:45 and if I go and prepare a place for you 19:48 I will come back and take you to be with Me 19:51 that you also may be where I am. " 19:55 Amen! Did you notice it's not talking there 20:00 about a rosy-tinted cloud. 20:03 It's talking about a place: 20:07 the Father's house. 20:09 And it's going to be a real place 20:13 and a marvelous place 20:15 and enough rooms for you and for me. 20:23 Julia may know this story. 20:25 I'm so glad to see her in the audience tonight. 20:29 I think she's one of the most beautiful people I've ever met. 20:33 Dr. Julia Outkina. 20:39 But after the first campaign in Nizhny Novgorod 20:42 I went back as I always do six months later 20:46 to see how the people are. 20:51 And I was in the hotel Rosia. 20:55 There came a knocking on the door 20:58 on a Friday and it was snowing outside. 21:01 It was somewhat cold. 21:04 And two men came in. One could speak English, 21:08 one couldn't. One was a doctor. 21:11 Well, in fact three came. One was a translator. 21:14 One was a young doctor 21:19 and the other was the husband of Anna 21:24 who was bleeding to death in the hospital 21:28 after giving birth to a little girl. 21:31 I told you a bit of this the other night. 21:34 They took us to the hospital and I went in. 21:42 And then a little while later 21:48 I think it was around sunset Sabbath 21:52 she died. 21:54 We buried her. Now my friend 22:03 when you come face to face with death 22:07 with all its grim realities 22:10 you realize the only thing that really counts 22:15 is faith in Christ 22:18 and the hope of the resurrection. 22:21 Now I'm absolutely convinced that we will see our loved ones 22:26 in Christ again. And it's going to be in a better time 22:31 and a better place. My father and mother passed away 22:37 many years ago. My mother lived until she was 97, 22:41 and she only died at that early age because she had 22:45 a bad accident. 22:48 She would have lived on till well after 100. 22:55 And I talked to my mother just a little bit before she died. 22:59 What would you talk to your mother about? 23:03 Because my mother had prayed for me as a boy. 23:07 My mother had encouraged me to go to Avondale College. 23:12 And every time I left the house my mother would pull me 23:15 to the front door and put her arm around me 23:18 and say: "Now come on John. " And then she would pray for me. 23:23 That's when I was going through a rough stage 23:25 and I was rebelling. Thank God for our mothers. 23:31 But she died with her hope in Christ. I will see her again. 23:34 My father for most of his life was basically an unbeliever. 23:40 He'd been brought up in the the great Roman Catholic church. 23:44 But in his heart there was a lot of fear. 23:48 He'd served as a little boy as an altar boy 23:51 under Archbishop Jueykin In Australia, 23:57 but in his heart... I'm not suggesting that 24:01 this is typical of all Catholics 24:03 but in his heart he had no hope. 24:07 But something that moved me tremendously... 24:10 I was running a series of meetings and quite unexpectedly 24:15 my father came. 24:17 Umm. My father sat down in the meeting 24:21 and I preached with all my heart. 24:23 I preached with all my heart and I made an appeal 24:28 and my father raised his hand. Amen! And my father stood up. 24:32 And a little while later my father was baptized. 24:35 Some time after this Beverley, my wife, and I 24:40 went to the little town of Esk 24:43 in southeast Queensland 24:48 because that is where I was born. 24:51 This little tiny town. 24:54 It's smaller than Benton. 24:58 With all respects to the Bentonites. 25:01 It's a tiny little town. 25:03 But that is where my father's father, my grandfather, 25:08 was buried. And we took my father 25:12 to see his father's grave. 25:17 And my dear old dad stood there. 25:19 He didn't say much... and he said 25:23 to Beverley and me he said: "Well I guess we all 25:25 have to come to this place. We all have to go down there. " 25:29 And Beverley said: "Dad, 25:33 we may all have to go down there 25:36 but we all don't have to stay down there. " 25:39 Amen! And she said: 25:41 "There's something far more important than 25:46 going down... it's how we come up. " 25:50 And I am absolutely convinced with all my soul 25:55 that God's people are going to live again. 26:00 I believe this. I have so much evidence 26:04 I could give to you in these meetings 26:06 which we don't have time. 26:08 I could tell you why I believe in the Bible. 26:12 I don't have faith in faith. 26:15 No... the Bible doesn't tell us to have blind faith. 26:21 I believe in the Bible because of the overwhelming 26:25 evidence that I have discovered. 26:28 I believe in the Bible because of prophecy. 26:31 I shared this with millions of people in Russia. 26:35 I believe in the Bible because of the person of Christ. 26:40 Nobody could have invented Him, you see. 26:43 I believe in the Bible... Now this is something new 26:47 to some of you and you may find this strange 26:50 why I should say this: I believe in the Bible 26:53 because of some of the amazing discoveries of science. 27:00 Did you know we are part of a universe 27:04 of 200 billion galaxies like the Milky Way? 27:12 Each one of those galaxies has around 200 billion suns. 27:18 You don't have to believe what I'm going to tell you now. 27:24 I was interviewing a famous, world-famous astronomer 27:28 who is a Christian. He took out of his pocket 27:32 a dime. You know how tiny that is? 27:35 Took out of his pocket a dime. 27:38 He held it up and he said: "Pastor Carter... " 27:42 listen to this... "if the universe 27:46 of 200 billion galaxies 27:49 of 200 billion suns 27:53 was greater or lesser by the mass of this dime 28:00 there would be no life on the planet. " 28:06 I said: "I don't believe that. " 28:08 I said: "Who else believes this? " 28:11 He said: "Every educated person. " 28:17 He said: "Every astronomer. " 28:19 I said: "What about the atheists like Richard Dawkins? " 28:22 He said: "Of course. It is It is called the anthropic 28:25 principle that everything in the universe has been made 28:30 so that human beings can live on the planet. " 28:36 You know about a human cell, don't you? 28:39 You can't see it, can you? 28:42 You can see it under a microscope. You're correct. 28:46 Listen to this: we now know... 28:49 I interviewed a famous scientist the other day 28:52 who was a specialist in this area. 28:56 The information that is contained in a cell 29:04 is the equivalent of 100,000 books 29:09 each of 1,000 pages. 29:14 I said: "How is the information written down? " 29:18 He said: "It is written in digital code. " 29:24 I told this to my Jewish doctor and he said: 29:27 "I was at the University of Texas and one professor said 29:31 to me: 'Dr. Jack, you are no more significant 29:34 than an ant. ' " I said: "Dr. Jack, 29:38 you are a child of God" 29:41 and I told him about this. He said: "I know. " 29:44 He said: "It's too hard to believe. " 29:46 He said: "I believe that each human being 29:48 has so many cells. " I think he said 3 trillion cells. 29:55 I went home and looked it up with Dr. Johnson. 29:58 Every person has 300 trillion cells in the body. 30:06 I could not be an atheist because I don't have enough 30:10 faith to be an atheist! Amen! 30:14 You see, I am forced to believe in the Bible, 30:18 in God, in Christ, and in heaven. 30:23 And so the Bible teaches that God is going to give us 30:26 a brand new wonderful world. 30:29 Would you come over here to II Peter chapter 3 30:31 and verses 10 to 13. 30:34 II Peter 3:10-13. 30:40 The writings of Saint Peter 30:43 found here in our blessed Bible. 30:46 II Peter chapter 3, and here he talks about 30:51 something that thrills my soul through and through. 30:55 II Peter chapter 3 because he talks there 30:59 about a new heaven and a new earth. 31:03 Look at it: II Peter 3 verse 10 and onwards. 31:07 "But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. 31:09 The heavens will disappear with a roar; 31:11 the elements will be destroyed by fire 31:14 and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. 31:17 Since everything will be destroyed in this way 31:20 what kind of people ought you to be? 31:21 You ought to live holy and godly lives 31:24 as you look forward to the day of God and speed His coming. 31:27 That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens 31:29 by fire and the elements will melt in the heat. 31:32 But in keeping with His promise we are looking for... " 31:35 tell it to me... "we are looking forward to 31:38 a new heaven and a new earth, 31:41 the home of righteousness. " 31:44 Now the Bible tells me that this old world 31:49 is wearing out. I believe it. 31:53 This old world is wearing out. 31:56 You notice my Bible that I've got here tonight. 32:00 My old Bible is starting to wear out. 32:05 And this old world is wearing out. 32:08 The Bible tells me that the Almighty God 32:12 who made the universe is going to 32:15 re-create His creation. 32:18 And it's going to be a new heaven and a new earth, 32:23 the home of righteousness. And Jesus said: 32:26 "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. " 32:34 You know after Jesus was resurrected 32:37 you know when He met His disciples? 32:41 You know the story. When Jesus came in and they were surprised. 32:48 And Jesus sat down and He ate with them... had some fish. 32:51 You know that story? 32:53 What did Jesus say? 32:56 Jesus said to them: "Handle Me and see 32:59 for a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones 33:02 as you see that I have. " 33:05 So was Jesus a spirit? 33:08 No. Jesus was the Son of God, 33:12 the Son of Man, the glorified Son of God, 33:16 the glorified Son of Man, and He had an immortal body 33:21 with properties at present we don't understand. That's right. 33:25 But the Bible tells me that in the earth made new 33:28 we are going to get bodies like our Lord. 33:32 Would you come over here to Philippians chapter 3 33:35 and verses 18 to 21 dear friends. 33:38 Philippians chapter 3 and verse 18 and onwards 33:42 to the words of the great Paul. Philippians chapter 3 33:46 and verse 18 and onwards. 33:52 Here it goes: "For as I have often told you before 33:58 and now say again even with tears: 34:00 many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 34:03 Their destiny is destruction. Their god is their stomach 34:07 and their glory is their shame. 34:09 Their mind is on earthly things. 34:11 BUT our citizenship is in heaven 34:14 and we eagerly await a Savior from there: 34:17 the Lord Jesus Christ, who by the power that enables Him 34:21 to bring everything under His control 34:24 will transform our lowly bodies 34:27 so that they will be like His glorious body. " 34:31 And so, friend, in this wonderful new world 34:35 we are going to be real people 34:40 and we're going to have real bodies 34:43 and we're going to live in a real place 34:47 that's called the Father's house. 34:49 And we will know our loved ones. 34:52 Um-hmm. You know the story of Mary 34:57 when she met Jesus on the Sunday morning. 35:02 She thought He was the gardener. 35:05 You know why she thought He was the gardener? 35:09 Because she was crying. 35:13 Her eyes were filled with hot salty tears. 35:16 And she saw this man, and filled with sorrow 35:19 because she believed that Christ was cold and dead 35:24 she thought He was the gardener and she said: 35:28 "If you've taken Him away, tell me where you've taken Him 35:31 and I will come and get Him. " 35:34 And Jesus said one word. 35:36 Um-hmm. He said: "Maria. " 35:42 "Mary. " And she turned and said: 35:47 "Master. " You know how she knew Him? 35:54 She knew Him by His voice... the same voice. 35:59 You're going to know your loved ones. 36:02 You'll recognize them. They will have new, glorified bodies 36:08 but you'll know them by their old familiar ways 36:14 and by their voices. 36:18 Listen: when Jesus came He did a lot of healing. 36:23 You know why Jesus did a lot of healing when He came? 36:26 He did, you know... He did a lot of healing. 36:29 He went around all of Galilee and around Jerusalem. 36:34 Wherever He went, he did a lot of healing. 36:36 He broke up every funeral that He went to. 36:39 Um-hmm. 36:41 Whenever He got to a funeral He broke up the funeral. 36:46 And he healed thousands of people. 36:49 You know why He did this? 36:52 To show that the kingdom of God had invaded time and space. 36:57 You know there's the lady with the bleeding cancer 37:01 that as Jesus went by thousands of people 37:05 it appeared that everybody was pushing and trying to touch 37:09 Christ. And she reached out a trembling finger 37:12 and she touched Him. 37:13 And He turned around and He said: "Who touched Me? " 37:16 And the disciples said: "Everybody. " 37:19 Umm. "Everybody is touching You. " 37:22 But Jesus said: "I perceive 37:24 that virtue has gone out from Me. " 37:28 And when she knew that she could not be hidden from Him 37:32 she came and she said: "I touched You. " 37:34 He said: "Go in peace; your faith saved you. " 37:39 He came to undo the work of the devil! 37:45 Amen! This world is filled with injustice. 37:50 You see some terrible thing happening in the world 37:54 and people say: "It is the will of God. " 37:59 It is not the will of God... it is the work of the devil! 38:03 Amen! That's right! Right! 38:05 And so you see some poor little child 38:08 and that little child is born deformed. 38:12 And people say to the mother: "Well, be comforted. 38:15 It is the will of God. " 38:18 Don't you know the story in the gospels 38:22 where the master sowed the good seed 38:26 and the enemy sowed the bad seed? 38:29 And they came along to the master and they said: 38:32 "Will we get rid of the bad seed? 38:34 Where did it come from? " You know what He said? 38:37 "An enemy has done this. " 38:39 Never confuse God with the enemy! 38:43 God is a God of love. "God IS love. " 38:46 The very essence of the character of God is love. 38:51 God never performed an abortion. 38:56 Um-hmm. That's right. God never gave a person cancer. 39:03 God never took a husband away from the wife. 39:09 Who did this? "An enemy has done this. " 39:12 And Jesus came to this world to overcome the work of the enemy. 39:18 Never attribute to the Lord 39:22 the work of the devil. Never never say 39:25 "The Lord did it. " "It is the will of God" they say. 39:30 "An act of God. " There is some great disaster. 39:34 What do they say? "An act of God. " 39:36 It is not an act of God. 39:38 An enemy has done this. 39:41 And when Jesus comes back, my friend, 39:44 He's coming back to do justice 39:47 and to bring about justice 39:50 because justice has been trampled underfoot. 39:54 He's coming back, my friend, to do justice 39:57 for His people and to raise His saints. 40:00 Amen. And when He comes back 40:04 He's going to heal everybody. 40:08 People say to me: "Do you believe in healing? " 40:10 Absolutely! I believe in healing. 40:14 But I believe in the ultimate healing when Jesus comes... 40:20 and when Jesus comes. Now let me read you another text. 40:23 Come over here to I Corinthians 15 40:26 and verse 50 and onwards. I Corinthians 15 40:30 and verse 50 and onwards. 40:32 I want these texts to just get down into the molecules 40:36 of your minds. I Corinthians chapter 15 verse 50: 40:41 "I declare to you brothers 40:44 that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God 40:49 nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 40:52 Listen: I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep 40:56 but we will all be changed in a flash, 40:59 in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet. 41:03 For the trumpet will sound. The dead will be raised 41:07 imperishable and we will be changed. 41:10 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable 41:13 and the mortal with immortality. " Hallelujah! 41:16 Can you say hallelujah? Hallelujah! 41:18 "When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable 41:21 and the mortal with immortality 41:23 then the saying that is written will come true: 41:26 'Death has been swallowed up in victory. 41:29 Where O death is your victory? Where O death is your sting? ' " 41:35 So listen: when Jesus came 41:40 it was a foretaste. 41:43 Theologians refer to this as realized eschatology. 41:49 That means when the kingdom of God came 41:53 God invaded time and space in the person of His Son. 41:58 "The kingdom of God is among you" He said. 42:03 But this kingdom is going to be consummated 42:07 when He comes in the clouds of heaven. 42:10 And the healing that started when Jesus came 42:14 is going to become a universal healing. 42:18 So... no cancer. 42:29 One of my dearest friends was Warren Judd. 42:36 I brought Warren to the United States. 42:43 We worked together in Texas. 42:45 Then he got a call to be the CEO 42:49 of the Adventist Media Center. 42:54 You know, the Media Center has been sold 42:57 or closed down in California. 43:01 Warren was in charge of that. 43:05 He did the greatest job a man could ever do. 43:08 He was the greatest boss a man could ever be. 43:10 They loved him. 43:16 And our studio wasn't finished so I contacted Warren 43:20 and said, or my son David did actually, 43:22 "Can we use the Media Center? " He said: "Yes... 43:24 for one last time. " So we went to the Media Center 43:28 where we've got so many friends 43:30 and we used the Adventist Media Center one last time. 43:34 Warren was traveling with his beautiful wife Jan. 43:37 He used to sing for me in all my campaigns. 43:43 These folks were like family. 43:47 And so we contacted Warren and said: "We'd like to take 43:51 you and Jan out to Martin's in Westlake Village. 43:54 It'd be like the old times. " 43:56 He said: "I can hardly wait. " 43:58 So we took them out. Warren has always been skinny 44:02 and he was pretty skinny... but that's nothing unusual. 44:06 And he said: "I'm going to retire 44:10 and we're going to have a wonderful time together. 44:13 I've traveled the world... 44:14 been in the back of planes for years. 44:19 Running the Media Center, doing great campaigns 44:21 around the world. " He said: "We're going to retire... 44:27 enjoy our grandchildren. " 44:29 Two weeks later he called me. 44:32 He said: "John, I've just had my medicals. " 44:36 I said: "Yes? " He said: "I've got cancer. 44:39 It's in my liver. It's spread. It's in my lungs. " 44:44 He said: "Would you come and anoint me? " 44:47 I said: "Of course, of course. " 44:49 So we went to his son's home, Dr. Marc. 44:53 We met with all the family members and we anointed him. 45:00 God didn't give him cancer. 45:03 AN ENEMY HAS DONE THIS! 45:07 And that enemy is going to burn! 45:11 Um-hmm. He's going to burn. 45:20 Warren lived out past Loma Linda 45:23 so we traveled out on a couple of occasions. 45:25 I called Warren every week and prayed with him. 45:31 I was going through my messages on my cell phone 45:36 and there's one that I can't erase. 45:39 It's from Warren. 45:42 And a little while ago in the presence of his family 45:46 Warren went to sleep. 45:51 I helped in his memorial at Loma Linda University church. 45:59 But I want to tell you folks something: 46:03 we're going to go to a better place than Martin's. 46:06 Amen! Uh-huh. 46:08 Warren's going to wake up. If you've lost a loved one, 46:13 whether it's your husband or your brother 46:17 an enemy has done this. 46:20 And it's not over. 46:24 No cancer; no heart disease. 46:28 No headaches; no diabetes. 46:32 No abortions. No poverty; no suffering. 46:37 No Alzheimer's; no deaths. 46:45 And it's coming. Amen! 46:48 It's coming, my friend: 46:50 all the glory of that place. 46:53 Come over here with me to the apocalypse. 46:56 Revelation 21 verses 1 to 5. 46:58 Revelation 21 and verses 1 down to 5. 47:03 "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth 47:06 for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. 47:09 And there was no longer any sea. 47:11 I saw the Holy City - the New Jerusalem - 47:13 coming down out of heaven from God 47:15 prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 47:18 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: 47:20 'Now the dwelling of God is with men 47:22 and He will live with them. 47:24 They will be His people 47:25 and God Himself will be with them and be their God. 47:29 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. 47:32 There will be no more death or mourning or crying 47:36 or pain for the old order of things has passed away. ' 47:39 He who is seated on the throne said: 47:42 'I am making everything new. ' 47:45 Then he said: 'Write this down 47:48 for these words are trustworthy and true. ' " 47:57 Beverley and I just spent two months in Australia. 48:01 I took meetings at Avondale then in Sydney. 48:04 And we went on a journey of remembrance. 48:07 We drove up the New England highway. 48:10 The last time we drove it was 35 years ago. 48:13 I used to walk along that highway 600 miles 48:17 to go from Avondale to my home in Brisbane. 48:21 You know why I walked it? 48:23 I had no money so I walked it. 48:26 This poverty was a blessing. 48:29 And I would hitchhike. I did this for six years 48:33 while I was studying for the ministry. 48:36 But one day... one day 48:40 a lady came to me - I must have looked so skinny and so poor - 48:46 and she said: "John, here's five pounds... " 48:52 English pounds, 5 pounds. 48:55 In those days $10. 48:57 A lot more than that today... 48:59 and said: "This is to buy your ticket so you can go home. " 49:05 Now I want you to know something: 49:09 somebody has bought us our ticket home. 49:11 Amen! Um-hmm. Hallelujah! 49:17 And I'm not going home walking up the New England highway 49:21 in the sleet out in the cold with an empty stomach 49:26 taking sometimes 3 or 4 days to get home. 49:29 I'm going home first class 49:32 because somebody bought my ticket. 49:35 Amen. Oh precious Jesus... yes, Lord. 49:37 I just want you to think about this: 49:41 When the Lord Jesus Christ... 49:42 We talk about these things sometimes so glibly 49:45 but I want it to sink into your soul... 49:48 when the Lord Jesus Christ put out His hands on the cross 49:55 and tasted death for me 49:59 and bore the guilt and the sin of the world... 50:04 Bishop Fulton Sheen said: "For one brief moment in time 50:09 He was unfurled on the cross like a wounded eagle. " 50:16 When He was unfurled on the cross like a wounded eagle 50:20 He paid for my ticket home. 50:25 Amen! Um-hmm. 50:27 He paid for it with His own blood. 50:32 It tells me He loves me. 50:34 Um-hmm. He loves you. 50:37 You're never alone. He's preparing a place for you 50:43 and your loved ones. 50:47 Now I want to do something with you now. 50:50 I want to pray with you. 50:52 And I wonder tonight in the presence of God 50:56 as we bow our heads and close our eyes 50:59 how many will raise a hand with me and say 51:03 "Lord, like that thief on the cross I say to You 51:07 Lord remember me when You come into your kingdom. " 51:13 Could you raise your hand tonight if that's your prayer? 51:16 Can you say tonight? Can you say it with me: 51:19 Lord, remember me 51:22 when You come into Your kingdom. 51:25 Keep your hand up. And Jesus will say to you 51:30 "Truly truly I say to you 51:37 tonight at 3ABN 51:41 you will be with Me in paradise. " 51:45 Lord, we want You to know tonight we're grateful. 51:50 We worship You; we bless You. 51:53 We lift up our hands and we lift up our hearts 51:58 and we thank you that You have purchased our ticket home. 52:05 And we thank you it's going to be better than our minds 52:10 can comprehend. Dear dear Lord, tonight 52:15 bless these upraised hands 52:18 and bless these upraised hearts. 52:21 And we thank you for this great salvation 52:26 in Jesus' name. Amen and amen. 52:32 And thank you Jesus and praise the Lord. 52:36 Praise the Lord. Thank you brother John. 52:40 Stay right here for a moment if you would. 52:42 Don't leave us. Ya'll been blessed? 52:45 Amen! All right. We're going to ask you also 52:48 pray for Elder Carter in his travels and his ministry. 52:53 Bro. John Lomacang said while ago 52:56 back stage: "He is the Adventist Billy Graham. " |
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