Participants: Pr. John Carter
Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR001016
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00:07 >> FROM ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, THE CARTER REPORT PRESENTS 00:10 "THE LIVING WORD" AROUND THE WORLD. 00:17 >> HELLO, FRIEND. 00:18 I'M JOHN CARTER WITH A VERY SPECIAL MESSAGE JUST FOR YOU. 00:22 I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU AND ME TO TELL THE WORLD 00:27 ABOUT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 00:29 YOU KNOW, FRIEND, WHEN I TURN IN MY BIBLE TO REVELATION 14, 00:34 I READ THERE OF A WORLDWIDE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL 00:40 IN THE SETTING OF SOME VERY AMAZING TRUTHS. 00:43 AND THAT IS WHY THE CARTER REPORT RIGHT NOW 00:45 IS WORKING IN CHINA. 00:47 ISN'T THAT AMAZING? 00:48 ALSO IN INDIA. 00:50 WE'RE TELECASTING IN INDIA. 00:52 AND VERY SHORTLY, WE'RE GOING TO AFRICA. 00:55 AND WHEN WE GO TO AFRICA, THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST IS GOING 00:58 TO BE TELECAST RIGHT ACROSS THAT GREAT CONTINENT 01:02 AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE 01:04 AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST. 01:08 I'M ASKING TODAY FOR YOUR HELP AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP. 01:14 I WANT YOU TO WRITE TO ME, PLEASE. 01:16 AND I WANT YOU TO SUPPORT US IN THIS WORLDWIDE EVANGELISM. 01:22 AND WHEN YOU DO SO, I WANT TO SEND YOU TWO DVDs. 01:28 TWO DVDs. 01:31 ONE IS ABOUT HOW TO SURVIVE THE COMING FINANCIAL MELTDOWN, 01:37 AND THE SECOND ONE IS ABOUT THE HEALTH CRISIS THAT IS JUST 01:40 ABOUT BLOWING AMERICA APART, BUT IT CONCERNS MY FRIENDS ALSO 01:46 IN AUSTRALIA. 01:47 SO PLEASE, SUPPORT US IN THIS GREAT WORK. 01:50 AND WHEN YOU SUPPORT US, I'LL SEND YOU THESE TWO DVDs. 01:56 WRITE TO ME, JOHN CARTER, POST OFFICE BOX 1900, 01:59 THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA, 91358. 02:02 IN AUSTRALIA, WRITE TO ME AT TERRIGAL. 02:05 SUPPORT US IN THIS GREAT OUTREACH TO THE WORLD. 02:10 LET CHRIST BE KNOWN AND MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU. 02:15 WRITE TO ME, PLEASE, TODAY. 02:21 >> ON FEBRUARY 28, THE YEAR WAS 2005, I BECAME 02:27 AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. 02:30 [APPLAUDING] >> WHILE STILL RETAINING MY 02:37 AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP. 02:39 SO I HAVE DUAL CITIZENSHIP, BUT I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN. 02:45 I'VE LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE THE END OF 1985. 02:50 WE FIRST WENT TO TEXAS, THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS. 02:56 THE TEXANS WERE AMAZED TO DISCOVER THAT AUSTRALIA 03:01 WAS BIGGER THAN TEXAS. 03:03 WELL, WE TOLD 'EM. 03:04 NO, THEY SAID THAT CAN'T BE SO. 03:05 WE SAID, "WELL, IT IS TRUE. 03:08 TEXAS WOULD FIT INTO OUR-- JUST A LITTLE TINY PORTION." 03:11 THEY SAID, "NO, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE," BUT IT 03:13 IS TRUE, MY TEXAN FRIENDS. 03:17 TEXAS WAS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO GO TO. 03:21 I CAN STILL REMEMBER CELEBRATING ANZAC DAY, WHICH IS 03:25 THE BIG HOLIDAY FOR AUSTRALIA. 03:27 IT CELEBRATES A SPLENDID DEFEAT. 03:33 IT TALKS ABOUT HOW WE LOST AT GALLIPOLI THOUSANDS AND 03:41 THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MEN, 18, 19, 20 YEARS OF AGE AS THEY STORMED 03:47 UP THE WRONG BEACHES. 03:51 I CAN REMEMBER CELEBRATING ANZAC DAY, THE 25TH OF APRIL, 03:55 WITH SOME OF MY TEXAN FRIENDS IN A MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 04:01 CELEBRATING AN AUSTRALIAN DAY THAT TALKS ABOUT 04:05 A GREAT DEFEAT. 04:07 THAT SORT OF SYMBOLIZED SOMEWHAT AMERICA. 04:10 IT IS A LAND OF WONDER. 04:12 IT IS ALSO A LAND OF PARADOXES. 04:16 I MADE SOME MARVELOUS FRIENDS IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS. 04:19 I THINK OF PAULA AND RUSSELL OWENS. 04:22 JUST WANT TO SAY G'DAY TO PAULA AND RUSSELL. 04:25 CARL AND GLENDA FIBBS. 04:29 GEORGE AND BONNY CASE. 04:30 GEORGE WAS ONE OF THE GREEN BERETS. 04:33 JUST A GREAT GUY. 04:34 AND THE TEXANS LEFT A BIT OF TEXAS IN MY HEART. 04:38 IT IS STILL THERE. 04:39 AT THE END OF 1988, WE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA AND WE'VE BEEN IN 04:44 A STATE OF CULTURE SHOCK EVER SINCE. 04:49 SO WE'VE LIVED HERE IN THE GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 04:52 MORE CORRECTLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS DIFFERENT 04:56 TO THE REST OF CALIFORNIA. 04:57 IN FACT, DIFFERENT TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. 05:00 LIVED HERE IN THE USA FOR 25 YEARS, WHICH IS MORE THAN 05:04 SOME OF YOU FOLKS HAVE LIVED BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT EVEN 05:07 25 YEARS OLD YET. 05:09 AMERICA HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME. 05:14 AMERICA HAS BEEN GOOD TO MILLIONS AND MILLIONS 05:17 OF PEOPLE. 05:18 AND AMERICA HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME. 05:21 SO I CAN SAY GOD BLESS AMERICA. 05:24 AMERICA HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME. 05:26 AND I WANT TO SAY TO MY OZZIE FRIENDS THAT WHILE I LOVE 05:29 AUSTRALIA--YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A MAN WHO USED TO SING 05:32 THE SONG. 05:33 YOU KNOW THE SONG? 05:34 HIS NAME WAS PETER. 05:35 "I STILL CALL AUSTRALIA HOME." 05:38 HE SAID, "I'VE BEEN TO CITIES," THE SONG--HE USED TO GET UP 05:41 AND DANCE ON TOP OF THE PIANO, SO SOME OF YOU FOLKS WOULD HAVE 05:43 SEEN THAT. 05:45 "I'VE BEEN TO CITIES THAT NEVER CLOSE DOWN FROM NEW YORK 05:48 TO RIO TO OLD LONDON TOWN. 05:51 BUT WHEREVER I GO, WHEREVER I ROVE, I STILL CALL 05:55 AUSTRALIA HOME." 05:57 SO I WAS BORN IN AUSTRALIA AND I STILL HAVE THE GUM LEAVES 06:03 IN MY BLOODSTREAM, BUT I BELIEVE THIS. 06:08 AND I SAY THIS WITH GREAT RESPECT TO AUSTRALIA. 06:13 I BELIEVE THAT I WAS ABLE TO DO THINGS IN AMERICA I COULD 06:19 NOT HAVE DONE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. 06:23 I REALLY BELIEVE THIS. 06:24 BECAUSE AMERICA IS A LAND OF MARVELOUS OPPORTUNITY TO PEOPLE 06:30 WHO ARE PREPARED TO WORK HARD. 06:33 IT IS A LAND OF FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY. 06:37 AND IF YOU LIVE IN AMERICA, IF YOU JUST LIVE HERE, YOU 06:40 SHOULD NEVER, NEVER COMPLAIN BECAUSE IT IS A LAND OF FREEDOM, 06:48 FREEDOM TO WORK HARD, AND GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 06:53 "WHILE THE STORM CLOUDS GATHER FAR ACROSS THE SEA, 06:58 LET US SWEAR ALLEGIANCE TO A LAND THAT'S FREE. 07:02 LET US ALL BE GRATEFUL FOR A LAND SO FAIR AS WE RAISE 07:07 OUR VOICES IN A SOLEMN PRAYER. 07:10 GOD BLESS AMERICA, LAND THAT I LOVE. 07:16 STAND BESIDE HER AND GUIDE HER THROUGH THE NIGHT 07:21 WITH A LIGHT FROM ABOVE. 07:23 FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE PRAIRIES 07:26 TO THE OCEANS WHITE WITH FOAM, 07:30 GOD BLESS AMERICA, MY HOME SWEET HOME." 07:36 I WANT TO SAY TO THIS AUDIENCE TODAY AND TO THE AUDIENCE 07:40 AROUND THE WORLD, I BELIEVE IN AMERICA. 07:46 THIS I BELIEVE. 07:49 I BELIEVE IN AMERICA. 07:53 AND I HAVE A TEXT TODAY FOR EACH ONE OF US. 07:56 I WANT YOU TO TAKE YOUR BIBLES AND COME OVER HERE 07:59 TO 2 CHRONICLES 7:14. 08:04 2 CHRONICLES 7:14. 08:09 WE'RE TURNING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT. 08:11 2 CHRONICLES 7:14. 08:18 I BELIEVE IN AMERICA, THE AMERICA THAT BELIEVES. 08:24 AND THIS IS OUR OPENING TEXT. 08:26 2 CHRONICLES 7:14. 08:29 "IF MY PEOPLE, WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME, WILL HUMBLE 08:35 THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED 08:40 WAYS, THEN WILL I HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR 08:44 SIN AND WILL HEAL THEIR LAND." 08:47 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN THE PEOPLE OF GOD ARE IN A TIME OF 08:52 DISTRESS, IF THEY WILL TURN TO GOD AND IF THEY WILL TURN FROM 09:00 THEIR EVIL WAYS, THE BIBLE TELLS ME THAT GOD WILL NOT 09:04 FORGET THEM, BUT GOD WILL FORGIVE THEM. 09:08 AND THE BIBLE TELLS ME THAT HE WILL HEAL THEIR LAND. 09:13 NUMBER ONE TODAY. 09:14 NOW LISTEN TO THESE POINTS VERY PLAINLY. 09:16 NUMBER ONE. 09:18 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT ACKNOWLEDGES AND RESPECTS 09:24 THE CREATOR. 09:27 YOU WONDER WHY AMERICA HAS BECOME SUCH A GREAT NATION? 09:31 IT IS BECAUSE THIS GREAT NATION WAS FOUNDED UPON A BELIEF 09:37 IN GOD THE CREATOR. 09:40 AND I'M GOING TO READ TODAY FROM THE DECLARATION 09:43 OF INDEPENDENCE. 09:46 THOSE EARLY AMERICANS SAID THIS. 09:48 "WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT." 09:52 YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO PROVE THEM. 09:55 "WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE 09:59 CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH 10:04 CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS. 10:08 AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS." 10:14 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THERE IS A CREATOR GOD AND AMERICA 10:20 BELIEVES IT. 10:22 AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS SAYS, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 10:25 SAYS, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SAYS THAT THE 10:29 CREATOR HAS ENDOWED US WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS. 10:34 YOU DON'T READ THAT, MY FRIEND, IN THE RUSSIAN CONSTITUTION 10:39 THAT THERE IS A GREAT CREATOR. 10:41 I WANT YOU TO COME OVER HERE NOW TO DEUTERONOMY 4:39-40. 10:48 DEUTERONOMY 4:39-40. 10:54 THE BIBLE SAYS, "ACKNOWLEDGE AND TAKE TO HEART THIS DAY THAT 10:59 THE LORD IS GOD IN THE HEAVEN ABOVE AND ON THE EARTH BENEATH. 11:04 THERE IS NO OTHER. 11:07 KEEP HIS DECREES AND COMMANDS, WHICH I AM GIVING YOU TODAY, 11:11 SO THAT IT MAY GO WELL WITH YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN AFTER YOU 11:17 AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG IN THE LAND THE LORD YOUR GOD GIVES 11:21 YOU FOR ALL TIME." 11:25 AMERICA IS A NATION THAT IS BASED UPON THE CONCEPT THAT 11:30 THERE'S A GOD AND HE HAS MADE US. 11:33 FOREIGNERS ARE AMAZED WHEN THEY SEE THE INAUGURATION OF THE 11:39 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 11:43 YOU DON'T HAVE IT LIKE THIS VIRTUALLY IN ANY OTHER PLACE 11:46 IN THE WORLD, EXCEPT PERHAPS THE CORONATION OF THE SOVEREIGN 11:50 OF GREAT BRITAIN. 11:53 BUT WHEN I CAME TO THIS COUNTRY, I WAS AMAZED THAT 11:56 THE INAUGURATION WAS LIKE A CHURCH SERVICE. 12:00 THEY STARTED WITH PRAYERS AND THEY FINISHED WITH PRAYERS 12:04 AND THEY HAD HYMNS AND THE PRESIDENT, WHEN HE GOT UP, 12:07 ALMOST PREACHED A CHURCH SERVICE. 12:12 YOU WON'T FIND THIS IN RUSSIA OR IN VIRTUALLY ANY COUNTRY ON 12:16 THE FACE OF THE EARTH BECAUSE THIS GREAT NATION IS 12:21 A RELIGIOUS NATION. 12:22 IT BELIEVES IN GOD. 12:24 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT BELIEVES IN GOD. 12:30 LISTEN TO THIS. 12:32 NO NATION, INCLUDING AUSTRALIA OR GREAT BRITAIN, I DON'T--OR 12:37 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 12:39 NO NATION CAN SURVIVE THAT REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOD. 12:46 NOW, I KNOW A LOT ABOUT THIS. 12:49 I'VE BEEN TO RUSSIA 40 TIMES. 12:54 I'M ALMOST AN AUTHORITY ON RUSSIA BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT 12:59 THE LAND OF PRAYER WHEN YOU HAD INAUGURATIONS. 13:03 IT WAS THE LAND OF KARL MARX. 13:08 THIS MAN, WHO CAME FROM GERMANY, WHO HAD TURNED AWAY 13:12 COMPLETELY FROM THE BIBLE, HE SAID, "WE ARE GOING TO HAVE," 13:17 SAID KARL MARX, "A NEW GOSPEL. 13:19 IT'S GOING TO BE THE GOSPEL OF SOCIALISM." 13:22 I'VE READ THROUGH HIS BOOKS. 13:25 AND THEN AFTER MARX CAME LENIN AND STALIN. 13:29 AND THESE PEOPLE REPUDIATED GOD. 13:32 THEY SAID, "THERE IS NO GOD." 13:35 AND WHAT WAS THE RESULT, MY FRIEND? 13:38 THE DEATH CAMPS, THE GULAGS, THE BEATINGS, THE MURDERS. 13:45 I'VE GONE TO SIBERIA AND I'VE STOOD IN CEMETERIES 13:49 THAT HOLD HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. 13:52 TEN MILLION PEOPLE PUT TO DEATH IN SIBERIA ALONE. 13:58 DID YOU KNOW--HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF MAGADAN? 14:02 YOU OUGHT TO PUT IT IN YOUR MIND. 14:04 MAGADAN. 14:06 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS NEVER HAD A MAGADAN. 14:11 THAT'S IN THE FAR EAST. 14:14 THEY PUT THE POLITICAL AND THE RELIGIOUS PRISONERS ON 14:17 THE TRANS-SIBERIAN EXPRESS IN CATTLE CARS AND IN THE MIDST OF 14:22 WINTER, MINUS 40 DEGREES, THIS MAN SENT THEM ACROSS TO A TOWN 14:27 BY THE NAME OF MAGADAN. 14:30 THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A CHRISTIAN, OF A DISSIDENT 14:35 WAS 6 MONTHS. 14:39 FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND SOULS DIED IN THE VILLAGE AROUND 14:45 THE CENTER OF MAGADAN. 14:46 FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND. 14:48 IF YOU GO THERE TODAY, THE STREETS--IF YOU DIG BENEATH 14:52 THE ROADS, YOU COME TO HUMAN BONES AND SKULLS. 14:57 IT WAS A CIVILIZATION THAT WAS BASED UPON ATHEISM. 15:02 I WANT TO SAY TO THE ATHEISTS, "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY WHEN 15:06 YOU SNEER ABOUT GOD AND YOU MOCK AT THE CHRISTIANS?" 15:10 AS I SAW THAT WOMAN, THAT AMERICAN WOMAN ON TELEVISION 15:14 MOCKING AT GOD. 15:17 IF YOU LIVED IN OTHER COUNTRIES, YOU WOULDN'T BE 15:20 ALLOWED TO TALK ON TELEVISION BECAUSE THEY DON'T ALLOW WOMEN 15:24 TO DO ANYTHING. 15:27 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT BELIEVES IN GOD. 15:34 AND THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT COUNTRY BECAUSE IT WAS FOUNDED 15:38 BY PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN GOD. 15:43 CHARLES DICKENS WROTE THE BOOK "A TALE OF TWO CITIES." 15:46 WE COULD WRITE A BOOK ENTITLED "TWO COUNTRIES." 15:49 THE SOVIET UNION AND THE UNITED STATES. 15:53 THEREFORE, I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT BELIEVES IN GOD. 15:59 I'M ASTOUNDED TO BELIEVE THAT IN THIS GREAT LAND, ONE OF 16:05 THE FASTEST GROWING RELIGIONS IS ATHEISM. 16:10 YOU KNOW WHY? 16:14 BECAUSE THEY'VE GIVEN UP THINKING. 16:18 THERE IS OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE TO BELIEVE IN GOD. 16:22 I HEAR ATHEISTS ALL THE TIME POKING FUN AT GOD AND POKING 16:27 FUN AT THE CHURCH. 16:28 GO TO RUSSIA AND HAVE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT THEY DID THERE. 16:32 SEVENTY MILLION PEOPLE BUTCHERED IN THE NAME 16:37 OF ATHEISM. 16:39 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT BELIEVES IN GOD. 16:45 GOD BLESS AMERICA. 16:47 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT BELIEVES IN FREEDOM. 16:54 I WANT YOU TO COME OVER HERE TO JOHN 8:32. 16:57 THE AMERICA THAT BELIEVES IN FREEDOM. 17:02 JOHN 8:32. 17:06 JESUS SAID, "THEN YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH WILL 17:12 SET YOU FREE." 17:13 THE BIBLE IS A BOOK ABOUT TRUTH AND IT IS A BOOK ABOUT FREEDOM. 17:19 COME OVER NOW PLEASE TO GALATIANS 5, TO THE WORDS 17:24 OF THE GREAT JEWISH SCHOLAR, SAINT PAUL. 17:27 GALATIANS, EPHESIANS. 17:29 GALATIANS 5:1. 17:32 PAUL SAYS, "IT IS FOR FREEDOM THAT CHRIST HAS SET US FREE. 17:38 STAND FIRM, THEN, AND DO NOT LET YOURSELF BE BURDENED AGAIN 17:43 BY A YOKE OF SLAVERY." 17:45 I BELIEVE IN FREEDOM. 17:50 YOU KNOW, GOD GIVES US FREEDOM. 17:54 NOT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 17:58 I SAT WITH THE GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD, 18:02 WHO BECAME THE DEPUTY SPEAKER OF THE GREAT DUMA THAT THEY 18:07 HAVE IN MOSCOW. 18:09 AND I TALKED TO GOVERNOR BORIS NEMTSOV, WHO ALSO HAS A PHD 18:15 IN PHYSICS. 18:17 MAN, HUGE MAN, GREAT MASS OF HAIR. 18:23 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SITTING WITH HIM AND TALKING WITH HIM 18:26 ABOUT FREEDOM. 18:28 THIS BACK IN '92 AFTER WE RAN THE BIG CAMPAIGN THERE 18:31 AND BAPTIZED 2 & 1/2 THOUSAND RUSSIAN SOULS IN 18:34 THE VOLGA RIVER. 18:35 I SAID, "I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, GOVERNOR. 18:37 YOU DON'T GIVE THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE FREEDOM. 18:40 GOD GIVES THEM FREEDOM. 18:42 AND IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GOD THE 18:46 CREATOR HAS MADE ALL PEOPLE EQUAL AND YOU DON'T GIVE 18:49 'EM FREEDOM. 18:50 GOD GIVES 'EM FREEDOM." 18:53 AND I WANT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO KNOW THANK GOD WE LIVE IN 18:57 A COUNTRY THAT ACKNOWLEDGES A GOD WHO GIVES US FREEDOM. 19:03 FREEDOM OF SPEECH. 19:07 BOY, THAT'S WONDERFUL. 19:09 AND LET ME SAY SOMETHING. 19:11 FREEDOM TO THINK. 19:14 THEY GAVE ME A LITTLE BOOK. 19:17 I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BOOK WITH THE PRESIDENT'S PICTURE IN IT, 19:20 GEORGE BUSH. 19:21 I'M SURE HE SIGNED IT PERSONALLY FOR ME. 19:25 AND THIS LITTLE BOOK FROM GEORGE BUSH SAID, "YOU'VE GOT 19:29 THE RIGHT TO THINK WHAT YOU WANT TO THINK." 19:31 I SAID, "THANK YOU. 19:32 I'VE BEEN DOING THAT ALL MY LIFE. 19:34 GONNA KEEP DOING THAT." 19:36 PEOPLE WHO COME TO THIS COUNTRY FIND IT STRANGE. 19:42 YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO THINK WHAT YOU WANT TO THINK BECAUSE 19:46 YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD. 19:49 THAT'S WHY RELIGIOUS CULTS ARE SO BAD. 19:54 A RELIGIOUS CULT DOES NOT BELIEVE IN FREEDOM, BUT THIS 20:02 IS THE GREAT WORD HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 20:05 FREEDOM. 20:07 A RELIGIOUS CULT SAYS, "STOP THINKING. 20:10 WE'LL THINK FOR YOU. 20:12 DON'T READ THOSE BOOKS. 20:14 DON'T THINK ALONG THAT LINE BECAUSE WE'LL DO THE THINKING 20:17 FOR YOU." 20:19 BUT WE BELIEVE IN FREEDOM BECAUSE WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE 20:23 TO GOD. 20:25 FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THE RIGHT TO THINK AS WE CHOOSE. 20:28 OH, A CULT--A CULT LEADER HATES TO HEAR THIS. 20:32 AND THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS OUR BELIEFS. 20:35 MANY COUNTRIES, IF YOU SAY SOMETHING AGAINST THE 20:37 GOVERNMENT, YOU GO TO PRISON. 20:42 SOME OF YOU FOLKS KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE YOU'VE 20:44 COME FROM THESE COUNTRIES WHERE IF YOU SAY A WORD AGAINST THE 20:49 GOVERNMENT, THEY'RE GONNA BE A KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. 20:54 WHEN THEY TAKE YOU AWAY, THEY'RE GONNA TALK TO YOU. 20:59 HEAPS OF COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD DON'T HAVE 21:02 THESE FREEDOMS. 21:03 THEY HAVE IT IN AUSTRALIA. 21:05 THEY HAVE IT IN GREAT BRITAIN. 21:06 THEY HAVE IT IN CANADA AND NEW ZEALAND AND SOME 21:08 OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT LOTS OF COUNTRIES DO NOT HAVE FREEDOM. 21:13 FREEDOM OF SPEECH. 21:15 SOME PEOPLE SAID TO ME, "OH, IT'S DREADFUL TO SEE PEOPLE OUT 21:18 ON THE STREETS, PROTESTING IN AMERICA AGAINST THE IRAQ WAR. 21:24 WE OUGHT TO LOCK 'EM UP," SOME FOLKS. 21:26 HEY, DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT AMERICA IS 21:28 ALL ABOUT? 21:31 DON'T YOU KNOW AMERICA BELIEVES IN STREET DEMONSTRATIONS. 21:35 YOU SAY, "ISN'T THAT UN-AMERICAN?" 21:38 NO, THAT IS AMERICAN BECAUSE AMERICA BELIEVES IN FREEDOM. 21:44 SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, COME ALONG HERE TO THIS GREAT LAND 21:49 AND THEY'RE SCARED OF THE GOVERNMENT. 21:52 THIS LAND IS SO GREAT THAT YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH 21:57 THE GOVERNMENT AND SAY SO AND VOTE 'EM OUT. 22:03 BE NO COUPS IN AMERICA. 22:06 SO BE GLAD FOR FREEDOM. 22:09 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT BELIEVES IN FREEDOM. 22:13 THEY HAD NO FREEDOM, MY FRIEND, IN NAZI GERMANY. 22:18 NO FREEDOM IN COMMUNIST RUSSIA. 22:23 NOW, THE MOST PRECIOUS FREEDOM OF ALL IS FREEDOM TO WORSHIP 22:27 GOD ACCORDING TO THE DICTATES OF YOUR CONSCIENCE. 22:32 WHY WAS AMERICA FOUNDED? 22:35 WELL, IT WASN'T LIKE REALLY ANY OTHER COUNTRY. 22:38 PEOPLE CAME TO THIS LAND TO GET AWAY FROM TYRANNY. 22:47 AND IF YOU STUDY THE HISTORY OF EUROPE, YOU'LL FIND THERE WAS 22:52 TYRANNY IN EUROPE AND THERE WAS TYRANNY EVEN IN BRITAIN AT ONE 22:59 STAGE AND IN HOLLAND. 23:01 AND THE PILGRIM FATHERS CAME HERE BECAUSE THEY WANTED 23:06 TO WORSHIP GOD, NOT ACCORDING TO WHAT THE CHURCH SAYS, BUT 23:12 ACCORDING TO WHAT GOD SAYS. 23:17 LISTEN TO THE BILL OF RIGHTS, THE FIRST AMENDMENT. 23:21 LET ME SEE THE HANDS OF THOSE HERE WHO KNOW 23:23 THE FIRST AMENDMENT. 23:26 PUT UP YOUR HANDS IF YOU KNOW. 23:27 MY AMERICAN FRIENDS, PUT YOUR HANDS UP HIGH BECAUSE I CAN UP 23:31 YOU UP THE FRONT THEN TO SAY IT. 23:33 BUT NO, I'M SERIOUS. 23:34 PUT YOUR HANDS UP IF YOU KNOW THE FIRST AMENDMENT SO I CAN 23:37 ASK YOU UP THE FRONT. 23:38 EVERYBODY OUGHT TO KNOW THE FIRST AMENDMENT. 23:41 "CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT 23:49 OF RELIGION." 23:51 CONGRESS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS CHURCH. 23:55 "OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF." 23:58 WE DON'T ASK THE GOVERNMENT'S PERMISSION. 24:02 "OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH OR OF THE PRESS OR 24:07 OF THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE AND TO 24:11 PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES." 24:15 THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT TELL US ABOUT WORSHIPING GOD. 24:21 OVER IN GLENDALE, WE WERE PUTTING ON A PROGRAM AND ONE 24:26 STAGE, THE CITY HEARD ABOUT IT, AND THEY SAID, "YOU'RE GONNA BE 24:29 TELEVISING, YOU GOT TO GET OUR PERMISSION." 24:32 WE SAID, "NO, WE DON'T BECAUSE WE ARE PREACHING THE GOSPEL AND 24:37 YOUR AUTHORITY ENDS WHERE OUR CHURCH BEGINS." 24:42 AND THEY SAID, "ARE YOU SERIOUS?" 24:44 WE SAID, "YOU TALK TO YOUR ATTORNEY AND WE'LL TALK 24:46 TO OUR." 24:47 THEY SAID, "YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY." 24:50 WE BELIEVE IN FREEDOM OF RELIGION. 24:55 AND LET ME TELL YOU FOLKS SOMETHING. 24:57 TELL YOU HOW GREAT AMERICA IS. 25:00 YOU GO TO LOTS OF COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD AND YOU SEE MOSQUES 25:07 AND YOU SEE TEMPLES AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS, BUT YOU DON'T 25:12 SEE ANY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES BECAUSE THEY WON'T LET YOU 25:17 BUILD CHURCHES IN THOSE COUNTRIES. 25:19 THEY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO GO THERE AND PREACH THE GOSPEL. 25:23 I'VE GONE TO SOME OF THOSE COUNTRIES AND I'VE GOT INTO 25:25 TROUBLE BECAUSE THEY SAY, "YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT 25:29 TO PREACH." 25:31 BUT YOU COME TO THIS COUNTRY AND THOSE SAME RELIGIONS HAVE 25:34 GOT BUILDINGS HERE. 25:36 THEY GOT 'EM EVERYWHERE. 25:38 AND PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, WE OUGHT TO TELL 'EM IF WE CAN'T BUILD 25:43 CHURCHES IN THEIR COUNTRIES, YOU CAN'T BUILD YOUR PLACES 25:48 HERE." 25:49 NO, THAT'D BE WRONG BECAUSE AMERICA IS BETTER THAN WHAT 25:55 THEY ARE. 25:57 THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND FREEDOM, BUT WE DO. 26:03 THEREFORE, I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT BELIEVES 26:05 IN FREEDOM. 26:08 AND THANK GOD FOR AMERICA. 26:12 WE BELIEVE IN THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. 26:14 YOU BETTER GET THIS INTO YOUR MINDS. 26:16 REVELATION 17:1-6. 26:19 "ONE OF THE SEVEN ANGELS WHO HAD THE SEVEN BOWLS CAME AND 26:22 SAID TO ME, 'COME, I WILL SHOW YOU THE PUNISHMENT OF THE GREAT 26:26 PROSTITUTE, THE WHORE WHO SITS ON MANY WATERS. 26:30 WITH HER THE KINGS OF THE EARTH COMMITTED ADULTERY AND THE 26:34 INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH WERE INTOXICATED WITH THE WINE 26:37 OF HER ADULTERIES." 26:39 THIS IS REVELATION 17, THE LAST BOOK IN THE BIBLE. 26:42 "THEN THE ANGEL CARRIED ME AWAY IN THE SPIRIT INTO A DESERT. 26:47 THERE I SAW A WOMAN SITTING ON A SCARLET BEAST THAT WAS 26:50 COVERED WITH BLASPHEMOUS NAMES AND HAD SEVEN HEADS 26:53 AND TEN HORNS. 26:55 THE WOMAN WAS DRESSED IN PURPLE AND SCARLET, AND WAS GLITTERING 26:59 WITH GOLD, PRECIOUS STONES, AND PEARLS. 27:03 SHE HELD A GOLDEN CUP IN HER HAND, FILLED WITH THE 27:06 ABOMINABLE THINGS AND THE FILTH OF HER ADULTERIES. 27:10 THIS TITLE WAS WRITTEN ON HER FOREHEAD. 27:13 MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF 27:17 THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." 27:19 THIS WOMAN IS THE CHURCH. 27:21 THIS BEAST IS THE STATE. 27:24 AND A WOMAN RIDING UPON THE BEAST IS THE UNION OF CHURCH 27:28 AND STATE AND AMERICA WAS FOUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO WANTED 27:32 FREEDOM AND THEY WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM THAT OLD SYSTEM. 27:37 SEE, IN THE DARK AGES, FOR MORE THAN A THOUSAND YEARS, 27:41 THE CHURCH OF ROME WAS JOINED TO THE STATE AND MILLIONS 27:46 OF PEOPLE WERE TORTURED BY THE CHURCH AND PUT TO DEATH. 27:50 THAT'S WHY AMERICA WAS FOUNDED. 27:53 TO GET AWAY FROM IT. 27:55 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHO WANT 27:57 TO BRING IT BACK. 27:59 THERE ARE SOME TELEVISION PREACHERS WHO WANT TO BRING 28:02 IT BACK. 28:03 THEY SAY, "WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A CHRISTIAN NATION AND WE WANT 28:09 CHRISTIAN LEGISLATION." 28:11 THAT'S ANTICHRIST. 28:14 WE ARE CALLED FOR FREEDOM TO BELIEVE WHAT GOD TELLS US 28:21 TO BELIEVE. 28:24 THANK GOD FOR AMERICA. 28:26 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT UPHOLDS THE LAW. 28:33 LISTEN BECAUSE SOME OF YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY. 28:38 BUT HERE IT COMES JUST THE SAME. 28:41 WE ARE A NATION OF LAWS. 28:46 WE HAVE A CONSTITUTION. 28:50 WE HAVE A BILL OF RIGHTS. 28:54 WE ARE A NATION THAT DOESN'T BELIEVE IN BREAKING THE LAW. 29:00 DO YOU UNDERSTAND? 29:03 I WANT YOU TO COME OVER HERE TO ROMANS 3:12 AND ONWARDS BECAUSE 29:09 IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T BELIEVE 29:12 IN THE LAW. 29:13 ROMANS 3:12 AND ONWARDS. 29:20 ROMANS 3:12 AND ONWARDS. 29:25 THIS DESCRIBES A LAWLESS SOCIETY. 29:30 "THERE IS NO ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, NO ONE WHO 29:33 SEEKS GOD. 29:34 ALL HAVE TURNED AWAY." 29:37 VERSE 12. 29:38 "THEY HAVE TOGETHER BECOME WORTHLESS; THERE IS NO ONE 29:41 WHO DOES GOOD, NOT EVEN ONE. 29:43 THEIR THROATS ARE OPEN GRAVES; THEIR TONGUES PRACTICE DECEIT. 29:47 THE POISON OF VIPERS IS ON THEIR LIPS. 29:50 THEIR MOUTHS ARE FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS. 29:53 THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD; RUIN AND MISERY MARK 29:57 THEIR WAYS, AND THE WAY OF PEACE THEY DO NOT KNOW. 30:00 THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES." 30:03 NO FEAR OF GOD. 30:06 IF THERE'S NO FEAR OF GOD, THERE'S NO RESPECT OF MAN. 30:11 I WAS PLANNING TO GO TO A CERTAIN COUNTRY AND THE MAN 30:17 FROM THAT COUNTRY SAID THIS TO ME. 30:19 HE SAID, "BE CAREFUL BECAUSE UNLESS SOMEBODY MEETS YOU, 30:26 YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ALIVE. 30:28 THEY'RE GONNA KILL YOU WHEN YOU GET THERE." 30:31 I SAID, "WHAT ABOUT THE POLICE?" 30:33 "THE POLICE WILL PROBABLY DO IT." 30:36 THE WHOLE PLACE IS FULL OF CRIME AND CHEATING, 30:40 MURDERS, GANGS. 30:47 THEY TALK ABOUT GOD TOO, BUT THEY DON'T OBEY THE LAW. 30:56 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT OBEYS THE LAW. 31:02 AMERICA HAS A CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS BECAUSE 31:06 SHE ACKNOWLEDGES GOD. 31:07 LISTEN TO THIS, MY ATHEISTIC BROTHER OR SISTER. 31:13 OCTOBER 12, 1778, CONGRESS SAID THESE WORDS. 31:22 "WHEREAS TRUE RELIGION AND GOOD MORALS ARE THE ONLY SOLID 31:30 FOUNDATION--ARE THE ONLY SOLID FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC LIBERTY 31:36 AND HAPPINESS." 31:39 THIS MAY ASTOUND YOU. 31:40 BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE FREEDOM AND YOU CAN'T HAVE A DEMOCRACY 31:46 UNLESS YOU'VE GOT A TRUE RELIGION THAT LIFTS UP 31:51 THE PEOPLE, AN INTELLIGENT POPULATION, A PEOPLE WHO KNOW 31:57 THE WORD OF GOD. 32:00 CONGRESS SAID, "EVERYTHING WE'RE TRYING TO DO, EVERYTHING 32:05 WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO ESTABLISH FREEDOM, IT IS BASED UPON 32:09 TRUE RELIGION." 32:13 TRUE MORALITY. 32:15 AND SO AMERICA HAS BEEN BASED UPON TRUE RELIGION, A RELIGION 32:24 OF THE HEART THAT IS NOT COERCED BY THE CHURCH OR BY 32:29 THE CONGRESS OR BY THE STATE. 32:34 NOW, SOME OF YOU FOLKS HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT DISTURBED BY 32:40 MY ATTITUDES ON OCCASIONS. 32:44 YOU'VE SAID TO ME, "BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN UN-AMERICAN." 32:48 NO, NO, NO. 32:51 PERHAPS SOME OF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT AMERICA 32:54 IS ABOUT. 32:56 THAT IS WHY, MY BELOVED AMERICAN FRIENDS, THAT IS WHY A 33:02 GREAT UPROAR CAME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHEN IT WAS 33:08 DISCOVERED THAT AMERICANS HAD BROKEN THE LAW AND WERE 33:14 COMMITTING ACTS OF TORTURE. 33:18 ABU GHRAIB. 33:22 PEOPLE SAID TO ME, "BUT NO, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THOSE 33:26 THINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RIGHT." 33:30 NOT AS AN AMERICAN. 33:35 AS A BARBARIAN, BUT NOT AS AN AMERICAN. 33:40 NOT AS A LOYAL AMERICAN. 33:43 ACTS OF TORTURE ARE UNBIBLICAL, UNCHRISTIAN, UN-AMERICAN, AND 33:50 ARE AGAINST THE AMERICAN FLAG. 33:56 HEY, CAN'T WE HAVE A FEW AMENS? 33:58 DON'T YOU BELIEVE THIS? 34:03 YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT. 34:05 THIS IS NOT RUSSIA. 34:07 THIS IS NOT NAZI GERMANY. 34:09 THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THAT IS WHY THE 34:15 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH WENT 34:22 ON AL JAZEERA TELEVISION, ARAB TELEVISION, AND APOLOGIZED 34:29 TO THE MOSLEM WORLD. 34:33 HE DID HIS DUTY. 34:35 HE DID THE RIGHT AND THE HONORABLE THING. 34:37 YOU SAY, "THOSE COUNTRIES WOULD NOT APOLOGIZE TO US." 34:43 BUT WE'RE NOT THOSE COUNTRIES. 34:46 THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. 34:48 DO YOU WANT TO BE THOSE COUNTRIES? 34:52 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT BELIEVES IN THE CONSTITUTION, 34:58 THAT BELIEVES IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS. 35:05 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT REWARDS HARD, HONEST WORK. 35:13 I WANT YOU TO COME OVER HERE TO 2 THESSALONIANS 3. 35:17 2 THESSALONIANS 3:10-12. 35:24 2 THESSALONIANS 3:10-12. 35:31 I WANT EVERYBODY LISTENING, HEAR THESE WORDS. 35:34 THESE ARE THE INSPIRED WORDS OF THE BIBLE. 35:37 THESE ARE THE WORDS OF SCRIPTURE. 35:40 "FOR EVEN WHEN WE WERE WITH YOU, WE GAVE YOU THIS RULE. 35:43 'IF A MAN WILL NOT WORK, HE SHALL NOT EAT.'" 35:48 IT DOESN'T SAY IF HE CAN'T WORK. 35:50 IT SAYS IF HE WON'T WORK, HE SHALL NOT EAT. 35:54 "WE HEAR THAT SOME AMONG YOU ARE IDLE. 35:57 THEY ARE NOT BUSY, THEY ARE BUSYBODIES. 36:02 SUCH PEOPLE WE COMMAND AND URGE IN THE LORD JESUS TO SETTLE 36:06 DOWN AND EARN THE BREAD THEY EAT. 36:12 AS FOR YOU, BROTHERS, NEVER TIRE OF DOING WHAT IS RIGHT." 36:17 THEN IT SAYS, VERSE 14, "IF ANYONE DOES NOT OBEY OUR 36:20 INSTRUCTION IN THIS LETTER, TAKE SPECIAL NOTE OF HIM. 36:24 DO NOT ASSOCIATE WITH HIM, IN ORDER THAT HE MAY FEEL ASHAMED. 36:29 YET DO NOT REGARD HIM AS AN ENEMY, BUT WARN HIM 36:32 AS A BROTHER." 36:34 I THANK GOD FOR AMERICA FOR THE PROTESTANT WORK ETHIC. 36:41 YOU KNOW WHY THIS COUNTRY BECAME THE GREATEST COUNTRY 36:44 IN THE WORLD? 36:46 IT IS BECAUSE OF THE FAITH OF OUR FATHERS. 36:51 NOT THE FAITH OF THOSE WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN OUR FATHERS. 36:55 THE PURITANS CAME HERE FLEEING RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION BECAUSE 37:00 THEY WANTED RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN 37:03 FREEDOM, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THAT WE WERE ACCOUNTABLE, FIRST 37:06 AND FOREMOST, NOT TO THE STATE. 37:08 PEOPLE SAY, "BUT NO, OUR FIRST ALLEGIANCE IS TO THE STATE. 37:12 IF THE STATE TELLS ME TO DO SOMETHING, THEN I WILL DO IT." 37:16 I WILL DO IT UNLESS IT CONFLICTS WITH THE WORD OF GOD. 37:21 AND IF IT CONFLICTS WITH THE WORD OF GOD, I WILL REFUSE 37:25 TO DO IT. 37:27 YOU HEAR THIS? 37:30 IT IS RIGHT TO DISOBEY AN ORDER, EVEN IN THE MILITARY, 37:37 WHEN IT CONFLICTS WITH THE WORD OF GOD. 37:40 GET THAT IN YOUR MIND. 37:42 THE PURITANS CAME HERE OFF THE BOAT FROM ENGLAND, A BARREN 37:48 WILDERNESS, AWFUL SITUATION. 37:55 WHAT DID THEY DO? 37:57 WELL, A LOT OF THEM DIED, BUT THEY WORKED IN A HOSTILE 38:02 ENVIRONMENT AND THEY PLANTED CROPS AND THEY GREW INTO 38:06 A NATION. 38:07 AND THEY DID IT THROUGH FEAR OF GOD AND BY HARD WORK. 38:14 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA OF HARD WORK. 38:20 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA OF THE PIONEERS, EVEN THOSE WHO CAME 38:25 TO CALIFORNIA. 38:28 THEY WENT OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS WITHOUT ANY HELP 38:32 FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND WITH TWO GOOD HANDS AND A STRONG 38:36 BACK AND TWO FEET AND TWO LEGS, THEY CARVED OUT A HOME 38:41 IN THE WILDERNESS. 38:46 I BELIEVE IN THAT AMERICA. 38:50 I LEARNED THE PROTESTANT WORK ETHIC, THANKS BE TO GOD. 38:55 I SAY IT TO YOU YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN WHO STILL EXPECT 38:59 YOUR PARENTS TO TAKE CARE OF YOU. 39:03 HAVE SOME PRIDE. 39:05 HAVE SOME SHAME. 39:08 LEARN TO STAND ON YOUR OWN TWO FEET. 39:12 I LEFT HOME WHEN I WAS 16, TRAVELED 1,000 MILES AWAY FROM 39:16 HOME, GOT A JOB DRIVING A BULLDOZER, AND WORKED 16 HOURS 39:22 A DAY FROM 4 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 8 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. 39:26 THAT'S HOW I WENT THROUGH COLLEGE. 39:29 NOBODY OWES ME ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO WORK. 39:37 YOU SHOULD PITY THE PERSON WHO DOESN'T HAVE A WORK ETHIC. 39:44 THE EARLY PIONEERS OF AMERICA HADN'T HEARD ABOUT 39:49 ENTITLEMENTS, PENSIONS, AND SOCIAL SECURITY, NOT THAT 39:55 I WISH TO DEGRADE THOSE CONCEPTS OR ALL OF THEM. 40:07 ONE OF THE REASONS RUSSIA COLLAPSED WAS BECAUSE THE 40:10 GOVERNMENT WAS THE EMPLOYER. 40:13 YOU WERE PAID WHETHER YOU WORKED HARD OR HID BEHIND 40:17 THE SHED. 40:20 NO GOD, NO MOTIVATION. 40:22 THEY HAD A SAYING IN RUSSIA. 40:25 "WE PRETEND TO WORK AND THEY PRETEND TO PAY US." 40:31 AND THAT'S WHY RUSSIA, AT THE END OF COMMUNISM WHEN I WAS 40:35 THERE, IT WAS ABOUT THE POOREST PLACE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 40:40 TWENTY DOLLARS A MONTH, PEOPLE STARVING, NOTHING IN THE SHOPS. 40:45 WE PRETEND TO WORK. 40:47 THEY PRETEND TO PAY US. 40:49 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT REWARDS HARD WORK. 40:57 THOSE OF YOU WHO SAY, "BUT I CANNOT SUCCEED BECAUSE OF 41:02 MY COLOR," LOOK AT BEN CARSON, A BLACK MAN BROUGHT UP WITHOUT 41:12 A FATHER, BUT A GOOD MOTHER, BROUGHT UP IN A LITTLE HOUSE, 41:19 BUT HER MOTHER, A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN, WHO 41:22 BELIEVE IN GOD AND WHO BELIEVED IN HARD WORK. 41:28 BEN CARSON TODAY IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PEOPLE 41:31 IN NORTH AMERICA, A GREAT NEUROSURGEON. 41:37 THE WORLD LOVES HIM. 41:40 I BELIEVE, MY EXPERIENCE TELLS ME, THAT ANYBODY IN AMERICA CAN 41:47 SUCCEED IF HE WANTS TO. 41:50 HEAR THIS? 41:51 COME ON. 41:52 I BELIEVE ANYBODY CAN SUCCEED IN AMERICA WHO WANTS TO. 42:00 SO PLEASE DON'T COME TO ME AND SAY, "OH GOODNESS, 42:04 YOU DON'T KNOW MY BACKGROUND." 42:05 YOU DON'T KNOW MINE. 42:07 MY BACKGROUND, MY ANCESTORS WERE TAKEN TO AUSTRALIA 42:12 IN SHACKLES. 42:14 IT WAS CONVICTS FOR STEALING A LOAF OF BREAD FROM 42:17 MOTHER ENGLAND. 42:18 THEY WERE FLOGGED AND THEY WERE BEATEN. 42:23 BUT WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THEY DIDN'T SIT AROUND WHINING. 42:27 THEY ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES. 42:30 AND GLORY BE TO GOD, THEY BUILT ONE OF THE GREATEST NATIONS 42:33 WITH THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF LIVING ON THE FACE 42:35 OF THE EARTH. 42:36 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT BELIEVES IN HARD WORK. 42:45 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT BELIEVES IN EQUALITY. 42:51 LISTEN TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. 42:53 "WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE 42:56 CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH 43:01 CERTAIN UNALIENABLE--WE'D SAY INALIENABLE RIGHTS. 43:06 THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT 43:10 OF HAPPINESS." 43:12 GENESIS 1:27 SAYS THAT WE WERE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. 43:18 WE DIDN'T COME DOWN FROM THE TREES. 43:20 WE CAME DOWN FROM GOD. 43:21 WE DON'T TRACE OUR ANCESTRY BACK TO MONKEYS. 43:24 WE BELIEVE IN AN ADAM AND EVE IN THE GARDEN AND WE BELIEVE 43:29 THAT WE ARE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD WHETHER WE ARE WHITE, 43:32 WHETHER WE ARE BLACK, OR WHETHER WE ARE BROWN. 43:37 NOW THIS WONDERFUL DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IS SOMEWHAT 43:43 PARADOXICAL BECAUSE SOME OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE NATION 43:49 KEPT SLAVES. 43:51 SO THEY SAID, "ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL EXCEPT 43:53 THE BLACKS." 43:55 AND THEN IN 1864, THERE CAME A MAN, 1865, THERE CAME A MAN 44:03 OUT OF THE WILDERNESS, OUT OF THE WILDERNESS. 44:07 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 44:11 HE SAID, "I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS MADE SOME PEOPLE EQUAL, 44:16 MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS." 44:20 TODAY, WE BELIEVE IN EQUALITY. 44:24 THE BIBLE TEACHES IT. 44:25 BLACKS, WHITES, BROWNS, ALL ARE PRECIOUS IN HIS SIGHT. 44:30 IN THE HEART OF AMERICA, THERE IS AN ABIDING DISTRUST 44:33 OF KINGS AND HIERARHIES. 44:36 AN ENGLISH PAMPHLET, DECEMBER 17, 1769 SAID THIS. 44:41 "DIVIDED AS THEY ARE INTO A THOUSAND FORMS OF POLICY AND 44:44 RELIGION, THEY EQUALLY DETEST THE PAGEANTRY OF A KING 44:50 AND THE SUPERCILIOUS HYPOCRISY OF A BISHOP." 44:54 I LIKE THAT. 44:55 THIS COUNTRY, GLORY BE TO GOD, HAS NO KINGS, NO QUEENS, 45:03 NO PRINCES, NO PRINCESSES, NO LORDS, NO LADIES, NO BARONS, 45:10 NO DUKES, NO VISCOUNTS, NO EARLS, NO KNIGHTS. 45:18 THANK GOD. 45:21 AND NO HIERARCHIES. 45:24 HIERARCHIES ARE UN-AMERICAN. 45:30 YOU SAY, "BUT I BELIEVE IN," WELL, YOU BETTER LOOK AT 45:33 YOURSELF TO SEE IF YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT COUNTRY. 45:37 I DON'T BELIEVE IN HIERARCHIES BECAUSE THE BIBLE CONDEMNS 45:42 HIERARCHIES. 45:46 AND AMERICA DOES NOT BELIEVE IN A CLASS SYSTEM. 45:51 EVERY PERSON IS IMPORTANT. 45:54 I LIKE THE AUSTRALIAN EXPRESSION, "JACK'S AS GOOD 45:57 AS HIS MASTER." 46:00 MARTIN LUTHER SAID, "A MAN'S CHARACTER IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT 46:07 THAN THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN." 46:10 I BELIEVE, CHURCH MEMBERS AND CHURCH LEADERS, 46:16 IN GENDER EQUALITY. 46:22 WHEN I FIRST WENT TO RUSSIA AND I WAS FETED AND DINED AS 46:28 SOMEONE SPECIAL, THE MINISTERS ATE WITH ME AND THE LADIES SAT 46:36 IN THE KITCHEN IN RUSSIA. 46:39 I PUT A STOP TO THAT STRAIGHTAWAY. 46:42 I SAID, "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE? 46:44 DON'T YOU BELIEVE?" 46:45 I WAS TALKING TO THE CHURCH LEADERS. 46:47 "DON'T YOU BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE?" 46:49 SO I SAID, "LADIES, COME ON IN." 46:51 AND THEY'VE BEEN COMING IN EVER SINCE. 46:53 THEY'VE BEEN COMING IN LIKE A FLOOD. 46:57 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT BELIEVES IN EQUALITY BECAUSE 47:03 THESE CONCEPTS ARE BASED ON THE BIBLE. 47:06 YOU DON'T HAVE THEM IN A LOT OF COUNTRIES. 47:09 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TOO FAR. 47:11 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT BELIEVES IN HOPE, 47:15 THAT EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE, THAT THE BEST IS STILL TO COME. 47:20 I WANT YOU TO COME OVER HERE TO ROMANS 8. 47:22 THIS IS PRETTY BEAUTIFUL. 47:23 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT BELIEVES IN HOPE. 47:27 SURE, WE'RE IN A RECESSION, BUT LET'S TALK HOPE. 47:30 ROMANS 8:22 AND ONWARDS. 47:33 "WE KNOW THE WHOLE OF CREATION HAS BEEN GROANING AS IN THE 47:37 PAINS OF CHILDBIRTH RIGHT UP TO THE PRESENT TIME. 47:40 NOT ONLY SO, BUT WE OURSELVES, WHO HAVE THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THE 47:43 SPIRIT, GROAN INWARDLY AS WE WAIT EAGERLY FOR OUR ADOPTION 47:47 AS SONS, THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODIES. 47:49 FOR IN THIS HOPE WE WERE SAVED. 47:52 BUT HOPE THAT IS SEEN IS NO HOPE AT ALL. 47:55 WHO HOPES FOR WHAT HE ALREADY HAS? 47:57 BUT IF WE HOPE FOR WHAT WE DO NOT YET HAVE, WE WAIT FOR IT 48:02 PATIENTLY." 48:03 HOPE IS A CHRISTIAN CONCEPT. 48:06 THE PURITANS AND THE PIONEERS WERE BROUGHT UP ON THE GOSPEL 48:10 OF HOPE. 48:11 THINGS WILL BE BETTER. 48:13 THE TWIN TOWERS WERE BLOWN UP BY THE TERRORISTS. 48:16 AMERICANS SAY, "ALL RIGHT, WE WILL BUILD BIGGER AND BETTER. 48:21 WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED." 48:23 THINGS ARE DIFFICULT NOW. 48:25 WE'RE HAVING AN ECONOMY THAT SEEMS TO HAVE PROBLEMS, BUT 48:30 IT'LL BE BETTER TOMORROW. 48:32 CANCER IS RAVAGING MILLIONS, BUT WE WILL FIND A CURE. 48:37 THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW AND WE WILL HAVE HOPE. 48:42 SO I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA THAT TALKS HOPE. 48:46 IT'S GOOD WORKING WITH AMERICANS BECAUSE ON THE WHOLE, 48:50 THEY'RE NOT PROFESSIONAL WET BLANKETS. 48:53 YOU GET IN THE PRESENCE OF SOME PEOPLE IN SOME COUNTRIES, 48:55 THEY'LL TELL YOU A MILLION REASONS WHY IT CAN'T BE DONE. 48:59 BUT I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA OF CAN DO, THAT BY GOD'S GRACE 49:04 WE CAN DO ANYTHING. 49:06 NOW COME BACK TO THE TEXT. 49:08 THINK ABOUT IT. 49:09 "IF MY PEOPLE, WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME, SHALL HUMBLE 49:14 THEMSELVES AND PRAY, SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR 49:17 WICKED WAYS, THEN WILL I HEAR FROM HEAVEN, 'FORGIVE THEIR SIN 49:23 AND HEAL THEIR LAND.'" I HAVE A STRONG WORD FOR YOU. 49:29 I BELIEVE--I DON'T SAY THIS GLADLY. 49:33 I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE SLIPPING AWAY LIKE A SHIP THAT IS CAST 49:38 HER MOORINGS, THAT WE ARE ADRIFT ON A TURBULENT OCEAN. 49:44 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA OF AMERICA. 49:50 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE BILL 49:54 OF RIGHTS. 49:56 I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICA OF BELIEF. 49:59 IT IS TIME FOR US AS AMERICANS TO RETURN TO GOD AND THE TRUTHS 50:06 THAT MADE AMERICA A SHINING LIGHT ON A HILL. 50:12 AND SO I SAY TO YOU TODAY, "AS AMERICA DOES THAT, AS AMERICANS 50:20 DO THAT, WE CAN SAY, 'GOD BLESS AMERICA. 50:26 GOD SHED HIS LIGHT ON THEE.'" I'M GOING TO ASK THAT 50:32 BEAUTIFUL LADY TO COME AND SING THAT SONG. 50:35 ALWAYS BLESSES ME. 50:37 LILA, COME AND SING TO US. 50:40 GOD BLESS AMERICA. 50:48 AND MERTA'S GOING TO ACCOMPANY ON THE KEYBOARD. 50:50 >> YES, THANK YOU. 50:56 [MUSIC] 51:09 ♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA ♪ ♪ LAND THAT I LOVE ♪ 51:22 ♪ STAND BESIDE HER ♪ ♪ AND GUIDE HER ♪ 51:28 ♪ THROUGH THE NIGHT ♪ ♪ WITH THE LIGHT FROM ABOVE ♪ 51:38 ♪ THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS ♪ ♪ TO THE PRAIRIES ♪ 51:45 ♪ TO THE OCEANS ♪ ♪ WHITE WITH FOAM ♪ 51:52 ♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA ♪ ♪ MY HOME SWEET HOME ♪ 52:12 ♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA ♪ ♪ LAND THAT I LOVE ♪ 52:23 ♪ STAND BESIDE HER ♪ ♪ AND GUIDE HER ♪ 52:29 ♪ THROUGH THE NIGHT ♪ ♪ WITH THE LIGHT FROM ABOVE ♪ 52:35 ♪ FROM THE MOUNTAINS ♪ ♪ TO THE PRAIRIES ♪ 52:40 ♪ TO THE OCEANS ♪ ♪ WHITE WITH FOAM ♪ 52:47 ♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA ♪ ♪ MY HOME SWEET HOME ♪ 52:58 ♪ FROM THE MOUNTAINS ♪ ♪ TO THE PRAIRIES ♪ 53:04 ♪ TO THE OCEANS ♪ ♪ WHITE WITH FOAM ♪ 53:10 ♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA ♪ ♪ MY HOME SWEET HOME ♪ 53:26 ♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA ♪ ♪ OUR HOME ♪ 53:38 ♪ OH OUR HOME SWEET HOME ♪♪ 53:51 [APPLAUDING] >> GOD BLESS AMERICA. 53:57 >> LET US KNEEL AS WE PRAY. 54:01 THANK YOU FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL SONG. 54:03 BEAUTIFULLY SUNG. 54:04 BEAUTIFUL SONG, BEAUTIFULLY SUNG. 54:09 OUR FATHER, OUR PRAYER TODAY IS THAT YOU WILL BLESS AMERICA. 54:14 AS AMERICA TURNS TO YOU AGAIN HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE 54:20 ARE A NATION BASED UPON YOU, BASED UPON BELIEF IN THE 54:26 CREATOR, WHO'S GIVEN TO EVERY PERSON CERTAIN RIGHTS. 54:31 WE THANK YOU TODAY THAT THROUGH CHRIST EVERY PERSON IS EQUAL. 54:35 WE THANK YOU TODAY THAT IN THIS GREAT LAND OF WEALTH AND 54:38 LIBERTY AND GOODNESS THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO COME HERE, 54:43 NOT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT GIVES US THE RIGHT, BUT THE 54:46 GOVERNMENT HERE IS WISE ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT THAT 54:49 EVERY PERSON CAN WORSHIP GOD ACCORDING TO THE DICTATES OF 54:54 THEIR CONSCIENCES. 54:56 WE PRAY TODAY, OUR FATHER, IN JESUS' NAME THAT YOU WILL 55:00 BLESS PRESIDENT OBAMA. 55:03 BLESS MRS. OBAMA. 55:05 BLESS THE CABINET. 55:08 BLESS THE CONGRESS. 55:09 BLESS THE SENATE. 55:10 BLESS THEM ALL, DEAR FATHER. 55:12 AND MIGHT IT BE THAT THERE'LL BE A GREAT MOVING TOWARDS GOD 55:16 AS PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE RE 55:19 IMPORTANT THAN POLITICS AND GETTING REELECTED, AND THAT 55:22 IS THE WELL-BEING OF THIS GREAT NATION. 55:27 WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL WATCH OVER US AS A CHURCH AND FORGIVE 55:31 US FOR OUR SINS. 55:34 AND MIGHT IT BE, OUR FATHER, THAT ACCORDING TO YOUR RICHES 55:37 AND GLORY, YOU WILL HELP US TO RECAPTURE THE FAITH OF 55:41 THE PILGRIM FATHERS. 55:44 HELP US TO KNOW THAT KNOWING YOU IS THE BEST THING, THAT 55:49 KNOWING YOU GIVES US LIBER AND GIVES US PEACE 55:53 AND IT GIVES US HOPE. 55:55 AND SO, DEAR FATHER, BLESS THIS CHURCH HERE IN THE GREAT LAND 55:59 OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 56:01 AND AT LAST, DEAR FATHER, ACCORDING TO YOUR MERCY 56:06 AND ACCORDING TO YOUR GRACE AND ACCORDING TO THE BLOOD 56:10 OF JESUS, SAVE US AT LAST IN YOUR KINGDOM THROUGH 56:14 JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD. 56:16 AMEN AND AMEN. 56:21 [MUSIC] ♪ THE NAME OF THE ONE ♪ 56:23 ♪ WHO SET ME FREE ♪ ♪ AND I WILL GO WHEREVER ♪ 56:28 ♪ HE MAY LEAD ♪ ♪ HE STRUCK A MATCH ♪ 56:33 ♪ TO THE FIRE ♪ ♪ THAT WAS DORMANT ♪ 56:36 ♪ IN MY HEART ♪ ♪ AND NOW I SEE WHAT ♪ 56:41 ♪ I HAD NEVER SEEN ♪ ♪ TO BELIEVE AND TO KNOW ♪ 56:53 ♪ WHAT I COULD ♪ ♪ NOT UNDERSTAND ♪ 56:56 ♪ TO BE FREE FROM THE BONDAGE ♪ ♪ OF UNCERTAINTY ♪ 57:03 ♪ TO BELIEVE AND TO KNOW ♪ ♪ WHAT I COULD ♪ 57:08 ♪ NOT UNDERSTAND ♪ ♪ TO BE FREE FROM THE BONDAGE ♪ 57:13 ♪ OF UNCERTAINTY ♪ ♪ HE SET ME FREE ♪ 57:21 ♪ HE MADE ME SEE ♪ 57:39 ♪ HMM ♪ ♪ HMM ♪♪ 57:48 [MUSIC] |
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