Participants: Pr. John Carter
Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR001025
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00:07 >> FROM ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, "THE CARTER REPORT" 00:09 PRESENTS THE LIVING WORD AROUND THE WORLD. 00:17 >> HELLO, I'M DAVE DENO FOR JOHN CARTER 00:18 AND "THE CARTER REPORT," HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU 00:21 TO BE A PART OF THIS MINISTRY, TO BE A PARTNER IN THIS 00:24 MINISTRY, TO KNOW THE JOY OF GIVING. 00:28 GOD'S WORD TELLS US THAT IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE 00:31 THAN TO RECEIVE AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS MORE JOYFUL TO GIVE 00:35 THAN TO RECEIVE. 00:36 BUT THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU WILL KNOW THIS IS TO DO IT YOURSELF, 00:39 TO COME AND JOIN US IN THIS WONDERFUL MINISTRY OF BRINGING 00:42 THE GOSPEL TO HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS, 00:46 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN AREAS AROUND THE WORLD THAT 00:50 PERHAPS YOU AND I MAY NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 00:53 TO TRAVEL TO. 00:54 THIS IS A WAY THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT THE PREACHING OF THE 00:57 GOSPEL, THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT NEW LIVES IN CHRIST. 01:03 NOW WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND WE WANT 01:05 TO SHOW YOU THAT APPRECIATION BY SENDING SOMETHING BACK 01:09 TO YOU TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT. 01:12 ONE WOULD BE A TERRIFIC BOOK THAT IS WRITTEN 01:16 BY JOHN CARTER CALLED "THE FATE OF THE HEATHEN." 01:19 NOW THIS IS A GREAT BOOK, NOT ONLY FOR YOU TO READ, BUT ALSO 01:22 TO SHARE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND WITH FRIENDS. 01:24 IT'S VERY DIRECT, VERY TO THE POINT. 01:27 AND THEN ANOTHER BOOK THAT JOHN'S A LITTLE SHY ABOUT IS 01:30 THE HISTORY OF JOHN CARTER AND "THE CARTER REPORT." 01:34 YOU CAN SEND YOUR GIFT TO THE CARTER REPORT AT 01:36 P.O. BOX 1900, THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA, 91358. 01:43 IN AUSTRALIA, YOU CAN SEND IT TO TERRIGAL, NEW SOUTH WALES, 01:48 AND THE BOX IS ON THE SCREEN. 01:50 I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE A PART OF THIS MINISTRY. 01:53 WRITE TO US AGAIN AT THE CARTER REPORT, BOX 1900, 01:57 THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA, 91358. 02:01 AND IN AUSTRALIA, AT TERRIGAL, NEW SOUTH WALES. 02:06 AGAIN, THE BOX NUMBER IS ON THE SCREEN. 02:09 THANK YOU. 02:10 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF THIS MINISTRY. 02:18 >> I WANT TO GIVE YOU JUST THE WARMEST WELCOME TO DAY 02:21 TO "THE CARTER REPORT." 02:23 THE TOPIC IS "THE MOST UNLIKELY MOST LIKEABLE PERSON" IN 02:30 THE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RACE. 02:32 DURING THE TALK TODAY, I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW MEN CAN 02:37 BE REAL MEN. 02:40 DID YOU NOTICE THIS ARTICLE IN NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE? 02:45 WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THIS. 02:47 WANT THE CAMERA TO COME IN CLOSE ON THIS. 02:50 NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE. 02:52 IT TALKS ABOUT THE DEMISE OF MEN. 03:03 SEE YOU LADIES LAUGHING AND NOT MANY MEN LAUGHING. 03:06 WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU TODAY, MEN, HOW YOU CAN BE A REAL MAN 03:13 WITHOUT DRIVING A BIG TRUCK. 03:16 THAT'S THE TOPIC TODAY. 03:17 BUT FIRSTLY, I WANT SHARON VERDE TO COME OUT HERE. 03:20 SO SHARON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME ALONG HERE? 03:23 SHARON, I'M JUST SO GLAD TO SEE YOU. 03:28 GOOD MORNING, SHARON. 03:29 >> GOOD MORNING, PASTOR. 03:30 >> SHARON, HOW DID YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN? 03:35 TELL US ABOUT THAT. 03:36 >> WELL, I ACTUALLY WAS BORN FROM A CHRISTIAN FAMILY. 03:40 MY DAD'S A BAPTIST, BUT MY MOM'S A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST, 03:43 AND SO I GREW UP SINGING FOR CHURCH REAL EARLY IN MY LIFE 03:47 AND SO MY MOM WOULD ALWAYS JUST PUSH ME INTO SINGING. 03:52 I HAVE THREE BROTHERS. 03:54 WE WOULD ALL DO CONCERTS TOGETHER WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, 03:57 AND SO--AND MY MOM JUST KEPT ON PUSHING ME TO SING, AND SO, AT 04:05 AN EARLY AGE, I WOULD ACTUALLY DO LIKE MINI CONCERTS IN CHURCH 04:08 AND ALL THAT. 04:09 AND THEY KEPT US--MY MOM AND MY DAD WOULD ALWAYS TELL US THAT 04:14 HAVING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 04:17 THING TO HAVE IN A FAMILY. 04:20 >> I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAME TO OUR MEETINGS IN MANILA 04:23 IN THE--LONG TIME AGO. 04:26 IS THAT SO? 04:27 >> I DID, 1985. 04:29 THAT WAS ACTUALLY WHEN I GOT BAPTIZED. 04:32 WHEN YOU CAME IN, IT WAS A HUGE SERIES. 04:35 WE HAD IT IN ONE OF OUR MAIN HALLS IN THE CITY. 04:38 AND AT ONE POINT IN MY LIFE, I SAID, "I WANT TO BE 04:42 A PART OF THAT. 04:44 SOMEDAY I'M GONNA BE A PART OF THAT." 04:46 I DECIDED TO GET BAPTIZED THERE AND AFTER THAT I JUST WENT ON 04:51 DOING MY SINGING FOR GOD. 04:53 >> AND YOU'RE GOING TO SING FOR US NOW AND WE ARE DELIGHTED, 04:55 SHARON, TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY. 04:57 >> THANK YOU. 05:00 [MUSIC] 05:23 ♪ GIVE ME A WHOLE HEART ♪ ♪ TO FULLY LOVE YOU. ♪ 05:35 ♪ GIVE ME AN UNDIVIDED HEART, ♪ ♪ TOTALLY FREE. ♪ 05:47 ♪ I ASK YOU TO HEAL MY BROKEN ♪ ♪ PLACES, LINGERING WOUND ♪ 05:56 ♪ YOUR LOVE REPLACES. ♪ ♪ BIND EVERY PART. ♪ 06:04 ♪ GIVE ME A WHOLE HEART. ♪ 06:18 ♪ GIVE ME A WHOLE HEART ♪ ♪ TO FULLY TRUST YOU. ♪ 06:30 ♪ GIVE ME AN UNDIVIDED HEART, ♪ ♪ COMPLETELY AT PEACE. ♪ 06:43 ♪ COME IN AND RESTORE ♪ ♪ WHAT HAS BEEN TAKEN, ♪ 06:49 ♪ THE DEPTHS OF MY SOUL ♪ ♪ THAT HAVE BEEN SHAKEN. ♪ 06:55 ♪ BIND EVERY PART. ♪ ♪ GIVE ME A WHOLE HEART. ♪ 07:08 ♪ O LORD, HELP ME ♪ ♪ TO SEE YOUR ♪ 07:14 ♪ ABUNDANT LOVE FOR ME. ♪ ♪ HELP ME TO RISE SO I CAN ♪ 07:24 ♪ SOAR ON EAGLES' WINGS. ♪ ♪ O LORD, HELP ME TO GO WHERE ♪ 07:36 ♪ I'VE NEVER GONE BEFORE. ♪ ♪ HELP ME TO RISE ♪ 07:44 ♪ AS YOU BREATHE LIFE ♪ ♪ TO ME ONCE MORE, ♪ 07:53 ♪ OH, ONCE MORE. ♪ 08:00 ♪ GIVE ME A WHOLE HEART ♪ ♪ TO FULLY LOVE YOU. ♪ 08:12 ♪ GIVE ME AN UNDIVIDED HEART, ♪ ♪ COMPLETELY AT PEACE. ♪ 08:24 ♪ I ASK YOU TO HEAL MY BROKEN ♪ ♪ PLACES, LINGERING WOUND ♪ 08:33 ♪ YOUR LOVE REPLACES. ♪ ♪ THE DEPTHS OF MY SOUL ♪ 08:39 ♪ THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN, ♪ ♪ COME IN AND RESTORE ♪ 08:45 ♪ WHAT HAS BEEN SHAKEN. ♪ ♪ BIND EVERY PART. ♪ 08:54 ♪ OH, BIND EVERY PART. ♪ ♪ BIND EVERY PART. ♪ 09:06 ♪ GIVE ME A WHOLE HEART. ♪♪ 09:25 [APPLAUDING] 09:29 >> WELCOME BACK. 09:31 I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A VERY SPECIAL PERSON IN 09:33 "THE CARTER REPORT" MINISTRY AND IN THIS CHURCH. 09:37 I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET MRS. MARCY ROOD. 09:40 MARCY, WELCOME TO CHURCH. 09:42 >> THANK YOU, PASTOR. 09:44 >> MARCY, I WANT TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU 'CAUSE 09:47 YOU'RE A GREAT BLESSING IN THIS CHURCH. 09:49 YOU'RE AN ELDER OF THE CHURCH. 09:50 YOU'RE AN ORDAINED ELDER OF THIS CHURCH. 09:54 WHAT SORT OF WORK DO YOU DO? 09:56 >> I WORK FOR US BANK AND I'M A VICE PRESIDENT AND 09:59 CLIENT--PRIVATE CLIENT MANAGER. 10:03 >> SO WHAT DO YOU DO AS A PRIVATE CLIENT MANAGER? 10:07 I GOT THAT RIGHT? 10:09 >> YES. 10:09 YES, YOU DO. 10:12 I MANAGE A PORTFOLIO OF AFFLUENT CLIENTS AND I DO 10:16 MANAGE ABOUT SIX OFFICES. 10:20 >> AFFLUENT CLIENTS. 10:22 I GUESS THAT'S THE REASON YOU HAVEN'T INVITED ME DOWN 10:24 TO YOUR BANK. 10:27 MARCY, TELL US ABOUT HOW YOU BECAME A TRUE SERVANT AND 10:33 FOLLOWER OF JESUS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT JUST A TALKER. 10:37 YOU ARE A DISCIPLE. 10:38 TELL US HOW YOU BECAME A TRUE CHRISTIAN, A BELIEVER. 10:43 >> PASTOR, I WAS BLESSED. 10:45 I WAS BORN IN AN ADVANTAGED HOME. 10:47 MY MOTHER WAS A SWEET, DEDICATED CHRISTIAN AND MY 10:51 FATHER WAS A CONSISTENT STUDENT OF THE BIBLE AND HE WILL PREACH 10:56 TO ANYBODY THAT WILL CROSS IN FRONT OF HIM. 11:00 AND--BUT HE WAS EXTREMELY LEGALISTIC IN HIS BELIEFS 11:06 AND SO I WAS--BECAME A REBELLIOUS CHILD. 11:10 >> IT'S HARD TO THINK OF YOU, MARCY, BEING 11:13 A REBELLIOUS CHILD. 11:15 SO YOU WERE BROUGHT UP IN A CHRISTIAN HOME, BUT THERE WAS 11:21 A FAIR DOSE OF LEGALISM THERE. 11:22 HOW DID YOU BREAK OUT OF THE DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT 11:26 OF THE GOSPEL? 11:28 >> IT WASN'T UNTIL 1990, AFTER THE EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN 11:34 THAT YOU PRESENTED, PASTOR, IN LOS ANGELES, YES. 11:37 AND THE HOLY SPIRIT TOUCHED MY HEART AND I LEARNED MORE ABOUT 11:41 THE GOSPEL AND I SURRENDERED MY LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST. 11:46 >> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT JESUS? 11:49 >> JESUS IS THE ONLY THING THAT I LOVE IN THIS LIFE 11:54 AND HE IS MY SAVIOR. 11:56 HE IS EVERYTHING TO ME. 11:58 >> I BELIEVE HE'S YOUR FRIEND. 11:59 AND MARCY, WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE YOU AS A MEMBER 12:02 OF THIS CHURCH, AS AN ELDER OF THIS CHURCH. 12:05 THANK YOU, MARCY, AND GOD BLESS YOU. 12:07 >> THANK YOU. 12:08 THANK YOU, PASTOR. 12:09 >> THANK YOU. 12:10 [APPLAUDING] >> THAT'S ONE SWEET LADY, 12:16 FOLKS. 12:20 YOU ALL KNOW THAT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT--WHAT LANGUAGE 12:24 IS THE NEW TESTAMENT? 12:27 TELL ME, FOLKS. 12:28 COME ON, I'VE ONLY BEEN PREACHING HERE 12:30 FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, SAYING THIS EVERY WEEK. 12:33 WHAT'S THE OLD TESTAMENT? 12:36 YEAH, BASICALLY HEBREW. 12:37 BERT. 12:39 YEAH, HEBREW. 12:40 NEW TESTAMENT IS GREEK. 12:42 NOT JUST ORDINARY GREEK, IT'S KOINE GREEK AND THAT MEANS 12:45 THE GREEK OF THE MARKETPLACE. 12:48 IT'S THE GREEK THAT PEOPLE USED TO TALK OUT ON THE STREETS. 12:53 IN THE GREEK LANGUAGE IN WHICH THE NEW TESTAMENT IS WRITTEN, 12:56 YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF WORDS FOR LOVE. 13:02 WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE WORDS, BUT WE'RE GOING 13:04 TO GO THROUGH TWO WORDS. 13:07 I WANT YOU TO LEARN THESE WORDS. 13:10 THE FIRST WORD, THE BIG WORD IS AGAPE, AGAPE. 13:17 THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT WORD, AGAPE. 13:21 WHEN YOU READ IN THE SCRIPTURES, "GOD SO LOVED THE 13:23 WORLD," IT USES THE WORD AGAPE. 13:28 THIS LOVE IS MUCH MORE THAN AN EMOTION. 13:32 THIS LOVE IS A GREAT PRINCIPLE. 13:35 AND THIS IS A LOVE THAT WE DON'T COME BY NATURALLY 13:39 OR NORMALLY. 13:41 YOU'VE GOT TO REALLY HAVE GOD COME INTO YOUR HEART 13:43 TO UNDERSTAND THIS. 13:44 WOULD YOU COME OVER HERE WITH ME TO MATTHEW 5:44 AND YOU'LL 13:50 NOTICE THE WORDS OF JESUS HERE AND IN THE GREEK THE WORD AGAPE 13:55 IS USED. 13:57 MATTHEW 5:44 AND JESUS IS GIVING ONE OF HIS 14:03 GREAT SERMONS. 14:06 JESUS SAID, "BUT I TELL YOU." 14:07 WHAT DOES HE SAY, FOLKS? 14:09 COME ON, TELL IT BACK TO ME. 14:11 LOVE WHO? 14:14 "LOVE YOUR ENEMIES AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO PERSECUTE YOU." 14:18 NOW I KNOW THIS IS A VERY CONTROVERSIAL THING TO SAY, BUT 14:20 WHEN IT SAYS LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, GOD IS ASKING US SOMETHING 14:25 WHICH SEEMS TO BE TOO MUCH. 14:27 GOD ASKS US TO LOVE PEOPLE LIKE--DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD 14:32 EVEN PUT HIM UP ON THE SCREEN. 14:34 GOD SAYS LOVE YOUR ENEMIES. 14:36 THAT MEANS BIN LADEN. 14:39 AND I HEAR SOME OF YOU GASP, BUT THIS IS WHAT CHRISTIANITY 14:42 IS ALL ABOUT. 14:44 GOD TELLS US TO LOVE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNLOVABLE PEOPLE 14:49 AND WHO ARE BAD PEOPLE. 14:50 YOU CAN'T DO THIS BY YOURSELF. 14:52 IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. 14:54 THEREFORE, IT'S A GIFT THAT COMES DOWN FROM GOD. 14:59 THAT'S A PRINCIPLE. 15:00 NOW THERE'S ANOTHER WORD FOR LOVE AND THAT IS 15:03 THE WORD PHILOS, PHILOS. 15:11 PHILOS. 15:12 PHILOS--NOW IT MEANS LOVE TOO, BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME 15:18 AS AGAPE LOVE. 15:20 PHILOS IS THE LOVE THAT A BOY HAS FOR HIS GIRLFRIEND 15:25 OR A HUSBAND FOR HIS WIFE, OR VICE VERSA. 15:28 IT'S A WARM, SPONTANEOUS LOVE. 15:32 GOD WOULD NEVER TELL YOU TO PHILOS BIN LADEN BECAUSE 15:39 YOU COULDN'T DO IT. 15:41 IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. 15:42 YOU CANNOT PHILOS YOUR ENEMIES BECAUSE PHILOS IS WHERE YOU 15:50 GENUINELY LIKE SOMEBODY AND IN YOUR HEART YOU FEEL A WARMTH 15:56 AND AN AFFECTION TOWARDS THAT PERSON. 15:59 NOW AMERICANS CAN RELATE TO THIS. 16:02 YOU HAVE A CITY OVER HERE OR WE HAVE A CITY OVER HERE 16:04 BY THE NAME OF WHAT? 16:06 PHILADELPHIA. 16:08 PHILADELPHIA. 16:11 NOW WE'LL JUST PUT THIS UP ON THE BLACKBOARD AND, YOU KNOW, 16:14 THIS IS NOT PROFOUND THEOLOGY. 16:16 HOW DO YOU SPELL PHILADELPHIA? 16:22 IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? 16:24 YEAH. 16:25 NOW THERE YOU'VE GOT THE PHILOS. 16:27 YOU SEE THAT THERE. 16:29 THAT MEANS LOVE. 16:30 AND HERE YOU'VE GOT THE WORD IN THE GREEK FOR BROTHER. 16:33 SO PHILADELPHIA MEANS BROTHERLY LOVE. 16:38 SO GOD NEVER TELLS US TO PHILOS OUR ENEMIES. 16:44 THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE SAY, "I JUST COULDN'T LOVE 16:46 THAT PERSON." 16:48 YOU CAN'T LOVE THEM WITH A WARMTH LIKE YOU LIKE SOMEBODY 16:54 WHO IS LIKEABLE. 16:57 BUT GOD SAYS, "I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING MORE THAN THAT. 17:00 I WANT YOU TO EXTEND THIS SORT OF LOVE, AGAPE." 17:06 SO IT TELLS US IN THE SCRIPTURES THAT GOD SO LOVED 17:10 THE WORLD. 17:11 IT DOESN'T SAY HE HAD THIS TOWARDS THE WORLD. 17:14 IT DOESN'T SAY HE HAD PHILOS, BUT IT SAYS HE HAD AGAPE. 17:19 NOW I'VE TALKED A LOT TO MY CHURCH FOLKS FOR YEARS AND 17:21 YEARS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AROUND HERE NOW FOR 20 YEARS, AND I'VE 17:25 SAID TO THEM, "I KNOW YOU DON'T FEEL WELL ABOUT--" 17:29 "NO, I CAN'T STAND THAT PERSON." 17:32 "WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN YOU BOTH GET TO HEAVEN? 17:36 YOU SEE? 17:37 WELL, MAYBE YOU WON'T BE GETTING THERE BECAUSE--" 17:41 I TELL THEM THIS. 17:42 "GOD NEVER TELLS YOU YOU'VE GOT TO FEEL WARM AND FUZZY 17:47 TOWARDS THEM." 17:49 BUT THE BIBLE TELLS US THERE IS A LOVE THAT TRANSCENDS HUMAN 17:53 AFFECTION AND THAT IS THE LOVE OF GOD. 17:59 LISTEN, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE YOU ARE COMMANDED TO LOVE. 18:03 EVERYBODY. 18:04 BUT YOU'RE NOT COMMANDED TO LIKE THEM. 18:08 JESUS LOVED THE PHARISEES. 18:10 DO YOU THINK HE LIKED THEM? 18:13 NO, JESUS DIDN'T LIKE THE PHARISEES. 18:15 BUT HE LOVED THEM. 18:16 YOU MAY NOT LIKE, HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 18:20 POLITICIANS WHO SEEM TO LOVE THEIR JOBS AND BENEFITS MORE 18:24 THAN THEIR COUNTRY. 18:27 YOU MAY NOT LIKE MODERN DAY PHARISEES WHO LOOK DOWN 18:30 ON THE REST OF US. 18:35 YOU MAY NOT LIKE CHRISTIAN BIGOTS LIKE THE PASTOR WHO 18:39 THREATENED TO BURN THE KORAN VERY HARD TO LIKE THAT MAN. 18:44 GOT TO LOVE HIM. 18:45 YOU MAY NOT LIKE MOSLEM BIGOTS WHO BOMB SCHOOLS IN AFGHANISTAN 18:51 AND THROW ACID IN THE FACES OF LITTLE GIRLS BECAUSE THEY DON'T 18:56 WANT THEM TO GET AN EDUCATION. 18:59 YOU CAN'T LIKE THEM. 19:01 YOU MAY NOT LIKE SOME JEWISH SETTLERS WHO MISTREAT ARABS 19:07 ON THE WEST BANK. 19:09 YOU MAY NOT LIKE THEM. 19:11 YOU MAY NOT LIKE THE POPE, WHO SEEMS TO HAVE 19:16 CONDONED PEDOPHILIA. 19:19 EVIDENCE SEEMS TO BE IN ON THAT ONE. 19:22 YOU MAY NOT LIKE PRIESTS WHO BY THE THOUSANDS HAVE PREYED 19:26 ON BOYS AND GIRLS IN IRELAND, GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN, 19:33 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND WHEREVER THESE PEOPLE 19:37 HAVE BEEN. 19:40 YOU MAY NOT LIKE SOME TELEVISION EVANGELISTS WHO PAY 19:44 THEMSELVES HUGE SALARIES. 19:48 YOU MAY NOT LIKE THE PEOPLE ON WALL STREET WHO WRECKED THE 19:52 ECONOMY THROUGH THEIR GREED. 19:56 YOU MAY NOT LIKE THOSE BANKERS WHO PAY THEMSELVES HUGE BONUSES 20:03 WHILE KICKING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES. 20:08 THERE'S NO PHILOS THERE. 20:13 THERE AREN'T MANY PEOPLE I LOVE, BUT ALSO I LIKE. 20:20 THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE--BY THE GRACE OF GOD, IN THIS CHURCH I 20:24 LOVE EVERY ONE OF YOU. 20:28 AND THE ONES OF YOU WHOM I KNOW WELL, I ALSO LIKE YOU. 20:39 WHEN I WENT BACK TO AVONDALE COLLEGE, I SAW PEOPLE THAT I 20:43 HAVE KNOWN AND LOVED AND LIKED FOR 40 OR 50 YEARS, LIKE 20:51 DR. TOM AND PAM LUDOWICI. 20:56 DR. AND MRS. JOHN COX, WENDY. 21:00 WHEN YOU SEE THEM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FORCE OUT SOME EMOTION. 21:05 YOU'RE JUST GLAD TO SEE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE IMMENSELY 21:10 LIKEABLE. 21:13 TODAY'S TOPIC IS "THE MOST UNLIKELY MOST LIKEABLE PERSON" 21:22 IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. 21:25 THERE IS ONE PERSON YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED AND I'M SAYING THIS 21:29 TO THE AUDIENCE AND I HOPE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE LISTENING 21:32 TODAY WHO ARE NOT BELIEVERS. 21:34 THERE IS ONE PERSON YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED IF YOU HAD LIVED 21:38 2000 YEARS AGO, PROVIDING YOU WERE NOT LIKE THE UNLIKEABLE 21:43 PEOPLE WE HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED. 21:48 YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED JESUS BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE, 21:55 HE WASN'T PROUD. 21:57 HE WASN'T STUFFY. 21:59 HE WASN'T RELIGIOUS OR PART OF THE HIERARCHY. 22:04 WOULD YOU PLEASE COME OVER HERE TO MATTHEW 23:1-8. 22:09 AND IT TALKS ABOUT JESUS AND THE HIERARCHY. 22:13 MATTHEW 23:1-8. 22:18 THIS IS A BIBLE-READING, BIBLE-BELIEVING CHURCH, 22:22 THANK GOD. 22:24 "THEN JESUS SAID TO THE CROWDS AND TO HIS DISCIPLES, 'THE 22:28 TEACHERS OF THE LAW AND THE PHARISEES SIT IN MOSES' SEAT. 22:32 SO YOU MUST OBEY THEM AND DO EVERYTHING THEY TELL YOU. 22:35 BUT DO NOT DO WHAT THEY DO, FOR THEY DO NOT PRACTICE WHAT 22:40 THEY PREACH. 22:41 THEY TIE UP HEAVY LOADS AND PUT THEM ON MEN'S SHOULDERS, BUT 22:45 THEY THEMSELVES ARE NOT WILLING TO LIFT A FINGER TO MOVE THEM. 22:50 EVERYTHING THEY DO IS DONE FOR MEN TO SEE. 22:54 THEY MAKE THEIR PHYLACTERIES WIDE AND THE TASSELS ON THEIR 22:57 GARMENTS LONG; THEY LOVE THE PLACES OF HONOR AT BANQUETS AND 23:02 THE MOST IMPORTANT SEATS IN THE SYNAGOGUE; THEY LOVE TO BE 23:06 GREETED IN THE MARKETPLACES AND TO HAVE MEN CALL THEM RABBI. 23:12 BUT YOU ARE NOT TO BE CALLED RABBI, FOR YOU HAVE ONLY ONE 23:16 MASTER AND YOU ARE ALL BROTHERS.'" 23:25 THAT'S ONE REASON I LIKE HIM, BECAUSE HE WASN'T 23:32 A PART OF THAT BUNCH. 23:38 I'VE TOLD YOU THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES. 23:41 I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. 23:43 MOST RELIGION IS BAD. 23:50 AND HE WAS NOT A STUFFED SHIRT OR A POMPOUS, PIOUS MEMBER 23:59 OF THE HIERARCHY. 24:02 ONE GREAT SCHOLAR SAID, "OUR LORD WAS BROUGHT BEFORE 24:04 CAIAPHAS AND THEN BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN AS WELL, 24:07 BOTH AT NIGHT AND AGAIN IN THE MORNING." 24:10 THEY WERE COWARDS ALSO, THE SANHEDRIN. 24:12 "WHAT A MEETING WAS THIS BETWEEN THE MESSIAH 24:15 AND THE HIGH PRIEST. 24:16 CAIAPHAS WAS IN CHARGE OF THE WHOLE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM. 24:20 HE WAS A ROYAL FIGURE, A MAN WITH GREAT AUTHORITY. 24:24 PRIESTS TO THE NUMBER OF 20,000 SERVED HIM. 24:31 RESPECTED BY ALL ISRAEL AS THE VOICE OF GOD, HE OOZED PRIDE. 24:39 WHY DID HE HAVE HIS JOB? 24:41 THE ANSWER IS TO PRESERVE TRADITIONAL RELIGION 24:44 AT ANY COST. 24:47 THIS WAS A POLARIZATION THAT OCCURS FROM TIME TO TIME IN 24:50 CHURCH HISTORY, WHEN RELIGIOUS PEOPLE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN 24:55 THE INSTITUTION AND THE GOSPEL." 25:01 AND THAT'S WHY I LIKED HIM, BECAUSE HE WASN'T A PART OF 25:05 THAT MOB. 25:06 HE ATTACKED THEIR CLAIMS, THEIR TRADITIONS, THEIR FINANCES, 25:10 THEIR MISSIONARY POLICIES, AND THEIR SPIRITUALITY. 25:20 YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM BECAUSE HE WASN'T STUFFY, 25:24 HE WASN'T PROUD, HE WASN'T RELIGIOUS, OR PART OF 25:28 THE HIERARCHY. 25:31 PEOPLE TODAY ARE DEEPLY SUSPICIOUS OF HIERARCHIES 25:35 AND RIGHTLY SO. 25:37 THINK OF THE SCANDALS IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 25:43 AND JESUS WAS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND HE STILL IS. 25:51 THAT'S WHY YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM. 25:54 YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED JESUS, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE HE STOOD UP 25:57 FOR THE UNDERDOG, THE OPPRESSED OF SOCIETY. 26:01 LOOK AT JOHN 12:1-7. 26:04 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE. 26:06 IT'S A DELIGHTFUL PASSAGE, JOHN 12:1-7. 26:13 "SIX DAYS BEFORE THE PASSOVER, JESUS ARRIVED IN BETHANY, WHERE 26:17 LAZARUS LIVED, WHOM JESUS HAD RAISED FROM THE DEAD. 26:20 HERE A DINNER WAS GIVEN IN JESUS' HONOR. 26:23 MARTHA SERVED, WHILE LAZARUS WAS AMONG THOSE RECLINING 26:26 AT THE TABLE WITH HIM. 26:28 THEN MARY TOOK ABOUT A PINT OF PURE NARD, AN EXPENSIVE 26:31 PERFUME," WORTH IN TODAY'S LANGUAGE ABOUT $70,000. 26:36 "SHE POURED IT ON JESUS' FEET AND WIPED HIS FEET WITH 26:39 HER HAIR. 26:40 AND THE HOUSE WAS FILLED WITH THE FRAGRANCE OF THE PERFUME. 26:44 BUT ONE OF THE DISCIPLES, JUDAS ISCARIOT, WHO WAS LATER 26:47 TO BETRAY HIM, OBJECTED, 'WHY WASN'T THIS PERFUME SOLD AND 26:51 THE MONEY GIVEN TO THE POOR? 26:54 IT WAS WORTH A YEAR'S WAGES.'" FOR SOME OF YOU, 26:58 THAT'S $100,000. 27:01 "HE DID NOT SAY THIS BECAUSE HE CARED ABOUT THE POOR BUT 27:03 BECAUSE HE WAS A THIEF; AS KEEPER OF THE MONEY BAG, HE 27:07 USED TO HELP HIMSELF TO WHAT WAS PUT INTO IT." 27:10 AND THEN YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF WONDERFUL WORDS, THREE WORDS, 27:14 "'LEAVE HER ALONE,' JESUS REPLIED." 27:19 DON'T FORGET THOSE WORDS. 27:20 "'LEAVE HER ALONE. 27:22 [IT WAS INTENDED] THAT SHE SHOULD SAVE THIS PERFUME FOR 27:24 THE DAY OF MY BURIAL.'" THOSE WORDS WILL NEVER 27:29 BE FORGOTTEN. 27:30 HERE WAS A WOMAN WHO DIDN'T KNOW HER PLACE. 27:33 AND IN THOSE DAYS, HER PLACE WAS IN THE KITCHEN WITH HER 27:37 MOUTH SHUT, AS IT IS IN SOME COUNTRIES TODAY. 27:46 BUT JESUS WAS NOT A PERSON WHO WAS BLUFFED BY ANYBODY 27:50 AND HE SAID TO THE DISCIPLES, "LEAVE HER ALONE." 28:00 HE CAME TO HER DEFENSE. 28:02 THE WORLD IS FULL OF OPPRESSED AND SUFFERING, 28:05 MISUNDERSTOOD SOULS. 28:07 AND THE LORD WOULD SAY, "LEAVE THEM ALONE. 28:12 DON'T MAKE THEIR LIVES WORSE." 28:17 THE THIRD REASON YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM BECAUSE HE PROTECTED 28:20 AND EMANCIPATED WOMEN. 28:22 HE DID NOT MERELY STAND UP FOR THEM. 28:25 HE EMANCIPATED THEM. 28:27 HISTORY TELLS US THAT WOMEN HAVE GENERALLY SUFFERED 28:30 DISCRIMINATION AND INJUSTICE AT THE HANDS OF MEN. 28:35 IT IS STILL HAPPENING WHERE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST IS IGNORED. 28:39 COME TO JOHN 4:7-10. 28:43 JOHN 4:7-10, "WHEN A SAMARITAN WOMAN CAME TO DRAW WATER, JESUS 28:51 SAID TO HER, 'WILL YOU GIVE ME A DRINK?' (HIS DISCIPLES HAD 28:56 GONE INTO THE TOWN TO BUY FOOD.) THE SAMARITAN WOMAN SAID 29:01 TO HIM, 'YOU ARE A JEW AND I AM A SAMARITAN WOMAN. 29:07 HOW CAN YOU ASK ME FOR A DRINK?' (FOR JEWS DO NOT 29:10 ASSOCIATE WITH SAMARITANS.) JESUS ANSWERED HER, 'IF YOU 29:14 KNEW THE GIFT OF GOD AND WHO IT IS THAT ASKS YOU FOR A DRINK, 29:19 YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED HIM AND HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU 29:22 LIVING WATER.'" AND THEN VERSE 27, 29:27 "JUST THEN HIS DISCIPLES RETURNED AND WERE SURPRISED TO 29:31 FIND HIM TALKING WITH A WOMAN. 29:34 BUT NO ONE ASKED, 'WHAT DO YOU WANT?' 29:37 OR 'WHY ARE YOU TALKING WITH HER?'" 29:43 I WISH TO SPEAK FOR A MOMENT TO THE WOMEN AND THE 29:47 WOMEN WATCHING ON TELEVISION. 29:50 WOMEN ARE MOST LIBERATED WHERE CHRIST IS MOST HONORED. 29:59 AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF COUNTRIES TODAY WHERE WOMEN ARE 30:02 KEPT IN BONDAGE AND MEN RULE OVER THEM AND TREAT THEM LIKE 30:08 FOURTH CLASS CITIZENS. 30:10 AND ALL OF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 30:16 NO WOMAN SHOULD EVER CRITICIZE JESUS BECAUSE HE WAS THE 30:20 GREATEST LIBERATOR OF WOMEN THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN. 30:27 WHEN I FIRST WENT TO RUSSIA BACK IN '91 OR '92, THEY WERE 30:35 TREATING ME LIKE A CZAR BY WINING AND DINING ME IN THIS 30:41 BEAUTIFUL ROOM, ALL THE PASTORS. 30:47 I SAID, "WHERE ARE THE WOMEN?" 30:48 THEY SAID, "WHERE THEY BELONG." 30:52 AND THE WOMEN HAD DONE THE WORK AND THEY WERE IN THE KITCHEN. 30:57 AND EVERY NOW AND THEN, THE DOOR WOULD OPEN AND A WOMAN 31:01 WOULD LOOK AROUND THE DOOR. 31:05 I SAID TO THEM, "ARE YOU NOT CHRISTIANS HERE? 31:10 YOU ARE PASTORS, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE NOT FOLLOWERS 31:14 OF CHRIST. 31:17 I WILL NOT EAT ANYTHING HERE UNTIL THE WOMEN COME IN," WHICH 31:23 THEY DID LIKE A FLOOD. 31:30 CHRIST IS LIKEABLE BECAUSE HE STOOD UP FOR WOMEN AND EVERY 31:37 WOMAN OUGHT TO LOVE HIM AND ALSO HAVE PHILOS IN HER HEART 31:45 FOR HIM, WARM AFFECTION. 31:54 I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE EXPERIENCED WARM FEELINGS 31:58 TOWARDS HIM BECAUSE HE REJECTED RACISM AND CLASS DISTINCTION. 32:06 NOW I'VE GONE TO COUNTRIES WHERE CERTAINLY YOU HAVE RACISM 32:15 BECAUSE WE HAVE IT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BUT 32:19 NOT NEARLY AS MUCH AS WE USED TO HAVE IT. 32:24 BUT SHORTLY, I'M GOING TO A COUNTRY WHERE ONLY A FEW YEARS 32:28 AGO BLACKS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THE SAME BATHROOMS 32:32 AS WHITES OR GO INTO THE SAME RESTAURANTS. 32:38 THANK GOD THAT REGIME FELL. 32:44 BUT YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM BECAUSE HE HAD NO SYMPATHY 32:52 TOWARDS RACISM. 32:54 HE ACCEPTED PEOPLE WITHOUT REGARD TO THEIR RACE. 32:59 THE ROMANS, THE JEWS, THE SAMARITANS. 33:06 AND OF COURSE, THE SAMARITANS WERE DESPISED BY THE JEWS 33:10 BECAUSE THEY HAD PART JEWISH RELIGION AND PART PAGAN 33:15 RELIGION AND THEY WERE LOOKED DOWN ON AS DOGS. 33:19 "FANCY, MASTER. 33:21 YOU'RE TALKING TO A SAMARITAN WOMAN." 33:28 JESUS WAS NOT STUFFY. 33:31 IF YOU GO TO SOME COUNTRIES, THEY MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF 33:34 RACISM, BUT THEY HAVE A CERTAIN CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS. 33:40 "OH, I SAY WE BELONG TO THE UPPER CLASS. 33:45 DID YOU KNOW THIS IS LORD SO-AND-SO?" 33:49 YOU NEVER READ IN THE SCRIPTURES WHERE GOD CALLS 33:52 A MAN LORD SO-AND-SO. 33:57 THANK GOD AMERICA DOESN'T HAVE ALL OF THESE STUFFY TITLES. 34:04 YEARS AGO, MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO, I WAS INVITED TO SOUTH 34:11 AFRICA TO HOLD MEETINGS. 34:14 IN CAPE TOWN, I ASKED THEM ONE QUESTION. 34:18 "WILL THE MEETINGS BE SEGREGATED?" 34:20 THEY SAID, "OF COURSE. 34:21 IT'S THE LAW." 34:24 I SAID, "THEN BLACKS AND WHITES CANNOT SIT TOGETHER?" 34:27 YOU SEE, IN SOUTH AFRICA, THEY HAVE--THEY WILL TELL YOU THIS. 34:31 THESE ARE NOT MY WORDS. 34:33 THEY HAVE THREE CLASSES OF PEOPLE. 34:35 THEY HAVE WHITES AND BLACKS AND COLOREDS. 34:41 I SAID, "WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF--" "WELL, YOU CAN HAVE MEETINGS 34:46 FOR COLOREDS AND YOU CAN HAVE MEETINGS FOR WHITES 34:49 AND YOU CAN HAVE MEETINGS FOR BLACKS, BUT THESE GROUPS 34:54 CANNOT INTERMINGLE." 34:56 I SAID, "YOU HAVE MADE THE DECISION FOR ME ALREADY. 35:02 I WILL NOT COME." 35:06 I WOULD NOT GO TO SOUTH AFRICA WHILE APARTHEID RULED BECAUSE, 35:11 EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PRACTICED BY CHRISTIANS WHO WERE CALVINISTS, 35:19 IT WAS SO FAR FROM THE LOVE OF GOD AS TO BE AN ABOMINATION. 35:25 WE GO TO SOUTH AFRICA AND WHEN THE MEETINGS COMMENCE IN 35:30 THE GREAT MOSAIC THEATRE IN JOHANNESBURG, THERE WILL BE 35:37 NO RACISM. 35:46 AND YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED JESUS BECAUSE HE COULDN'T STAND 35:51 RACISM OR CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS. 35:55 THE RICH AND THE POOR WERE THE SAME WITH HIM. 35:58 EVEN IN AMERICA, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE CLASS CONSCIOUS. 36:02 THEY THINK BECAUSE THEY ARE WEALTHY THEY ARE BETTER. 36:06 NO, THEY'RE NOT BETTER. 36:08 THEY SIMPLY HAVE MORE GADGETS. 36:13 JESUS SAID, "A MAN'S LIFE CONSISTETH NOT IN THE ABUNDANCE 36:20 OF THE THINGS WHICH HE POSSESSETH." 36:24 DON'T FORGET IT. 36:26 YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM. 36:30 NOT JUST LOVED HIM, YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM. 36:34 RECENTLY IN KWAZULU-NATAL, I PREACHED TO A VAST AUDIENCE 36:41 OF ZULUS AND OTHERS WHO LOOKED LIKE ME AT THE NATAL UNIVERSITY 36:50 AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. 36:54 NO BETTER WERE THEY TO PREACH TO THAN YOU, BUT CERTAINLY 36:58 DIFFERENT. 37:01 BECAUSE, AS I STARTED TO PREACH, THE WHOLE SERVICE 37:04 BECAME A GROUP AFFAIR. 37:09 "COME ON, NOW. 37:10 YES, SIR. 37:11 COME ON, NOW. 37:12 PREACH IT. 37:13 MM, MM. 37:15 YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT THERE. 37:16 MM, MM." 37:18 GOODNESS. 37:19 I THOUGHT, "WHAT'S WRONG WITH THESE FOLKS? 37:22 THEY GOT TUMMY ACHE OR SOMETHING?" 37:24 AND SO I SAID TO THE FOLKS, THIS AUDIENCE THAT WAS 90% 37:28 BLACK, "I WANT YOU FOLKS TO KNOW SOMETHING TODAY. 37:32 THERE WILL BE NO WHITE PEOPLE IN HEAVEN." 37:35 THEY SAID, "OH, YEAH?" 37:38 SOME OF THEM ALMOST SAID, "AMEN." 37:41 NO WHITE PEOPLE IN HEAVEN. 37:43 THEN I SAID TO THEM, "WHAT IS MORE, THERE WILL BE NO 37:46 BROWN PEOPLE IN HEAVEN." 37:47 "OH." 37:48 WELL, A LOT OF THEM WERE BROWN. 37:50 I SAID, "NO COLORED PEOPLE IN HEAVEN." 37:52 THEY WEREN'T GOING, "MM, MM." 37:53 THEY WEREN'T SAYING, "COME ON, NOW" AND "PREACH IT" 37:56 OR ANY OF THAT STUFF. 37:57 THEY GOT VERY QUIET. 37:59 AND THEN I SAID, "WHAT IS MORE--" HERE IS THIS GREAT 38:03 AUDIENCE, HUGE AUDIENCE OF ZULUS. 38:07 I SAID, "WHAT IS MORE, THERE WILL BE NO BLACK PEOPLE 38:11 IN HEAVEN." 38:14 THAT'S A WAY TO SHUT UP A BLACK AUDIENCE. 38:18 SO THERE'S NO WHITE PEOPLE, NO BROWN PEOPLE, NO BLACK PEOPLE. 38:23 ONLY PEOPLE WHO'LL BE IN HEAVEN WILL BE RED PEOPLE BECAUSE 38:28 THEY'RE COVERED BY THE RED BLOOD OF CHRIST. 38:32 AND I SAID, "I WANT TO TELL YOU BLACK FOLKS SOMETHING. 38:34 I WANT TO TELL YOU WHITE FOLKS SOMETHING. 38:37 I WANT TO TELL YOU COLORED FOLKS SOMETHING. 38:39 IT'S TIME YOU PUT ASIDE LOOKING AT PEOPLE THOUGH THE COLOR 38:43 OF THEIR SKIN. 38:45 YOU GOT TO PUT IT ASIDE. 38:51 AND YOU NEED TO FOLLOW CHRIST." 38:55 YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM. 38:58 I'M GLAD IN OUR CHURCH IN LOS ANGELES WE HAVE ANGLOS LIKE 39:04 ME AND WE'VE GOT BLACK FOLKS AND WE'VE GOT--THEY LIKE TO BE 39:11 CALLED AFRICAN AMERICANS. 39:12 FINE. 39:14 WE HAVE HISPANICS AND NOT JUST HISPANICS. 39:17 WE HAVE CHILEANS AND FOLKS FROM BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA AND MEXICO 39:22 AND WE'VE GOT FILIPINO FOLKS AND WE'VE GOT CHINESE FOLKS. 39:27 WE DO NOT HAVE IN OUR CHURCH A SEGREGATED CONGREGATION. 39:33 WE DO NOT HAVE A BLACK CHURCH. 39:38 AND WE DO NOT HAVE--WHEN I SAY THAT, WE DON'T GET A LOT 39:42 OF AMENS. 39:43 WE DO NOT HAVE A BLACK CHURCH AND WE DO NOT HAVE A WHITE 39:46 CHURCH AND WE DO NOT HAVE A BROWN CHURCH AND WE DO 39:50 NOT HAVE A CHINESE CHURCH. 39:52 WE HAVE A CHURCH OF SAVED SINNERS WHO'VE STOPPED THE SIN 39:58 OF RACISM IN THEIR LIVES. 40:03 AND THAT'S WHY YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM. 40:11 YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM. 40:12 YOU WOULD HAVE WARMED TO THIS CARPENTER TEACHER BECAUSE HE 40:17 LOVED CHILDREN AND CHILDREN LOVED HIM. 40:20 AND IF CHILDREN DON'T LIKE YOU, IT'S USUALLY NOT THE FAULT OF 40:23 THE CHILDREN. 40:24 COME OVER HERE, MATTHEW 19. 40:27 MATTHEW 19. 40:29 JUST REMEMBER THAT IF CHILDREN DON'T LIKE YOU, USUALLY IT'S 40:33 NOT THE FAULT OF THE CHILDREN. 40:35 CHILDREN LOVED HIM. 40:38 MATTHEW 19:13, "THEN LITTLE CHILDREN WERE BROUGHT TO JESUS 40:43 FOR HIM TO PLACE HIS HANDS ON THEM AND PRAY FOR THEM. 40:46 BUT THE DISCIPLES REBUKED THOSE WHO BROUGHT THEM. 40:49 JESUS SAID, 'LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO ME, AND DO NOT 40:52 HINDER THEM, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN BELONGS TO SUCH 40:55 AS THESE.' WHEN HE HAD PLACED HIS HANDS ON 40:58 THEM, HE WENT ON FROM THERE." 41:01 CHILDREN, YOU ALL KNOW IT, HAVE AN HONESTY, A SINCERITY, 41:09 AND A LOVE THAT IS CAPTIVATING. 41:14 REMEMBER THE LITTLE GIRL WHO PRAYED, "DEAR GOD--" WHEN 41:18 SHE SAID HER PRAYERS AT NIGHT, "DEAR GOD, MAKE ALL--MAKE ALL 41:22 OF THE BAD PEOPLE GOOD." 41:28 AND THEN SHE PRAYED, "AND MAKE ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE KIND." 41:35 ONLY A LITTLE CHILD COULD THINK OF THAT PRAYER. 41:39 JESUS LOVED THE CHILDREN AND THE CHILDREN LOVED HIM. 41:47 AND I WOULD REMIND YOU OF ONE THING. 41:49 JESUS WAS NEVER ACCUSED OF BEING A PEDOPHILE, WAS HE? 41:54 NO. 41:57 YOU WOULD HAVE FELT GOOD IN HIS PRESENCE BECAUSE JESUS 42:01 LOVED PARTIES. 42:03 I'M STILL WORKING ON THAT. 42:05 COME OVER HERE TO JOHN 2:1 AND ONWARDS. 42:09 OVER HERE TO JOHN 2:1 AND ONWARDS. 42:13 JOHN 2:1 AND ON. 42:18 MY MOTHER WOULD SAY TO ME, "REMEMBER THE SAYING, JOHN. 42:21 TOO MUCH WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY." 42:27 JOHN 2:1-10, "ON THE THIRD DAY A WEDDING TOOK PLACE AT CANA 42:31 IN GALILEE. 42:33 JESUS' MOTHER WAS THERE, AND JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES 42:36 HAD ALSO BEEN INVITED TO THE WEDDING. 42:39 WHEN THE WINE WAS GONE, JESUS' MOTHER SAID TO HIM, 'THEY HAVE 42:43 NO MORE WINE.'" THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO EVERY 42:46 PERSON, MY FRIEND, WITHOUT CHRIST. 42:48 YOU RUN OUT OF WINE. 42:49 YOU RUN OUT OF THAT WHICH GIVES JOY. 42:54 "'DEAR WOMAN, WHY DO YOU INVOLVE ME?' JESUS REPLIED. 42:59 'MY TIME HAS NOT YET COME.' HIS MOTHER SAID TO THE SERVANTS, 43:02 'DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU.'" JUST REMEMBER THAT. 43:05 WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU, YOU DO IT. 43:07 "NEARBY STOOD SIX STONE WATER JARS, THE KIND USED BY THE JEWS 43:11 FOR CEREMONIAL WASHINGS, EACH HOLDING FROM 20 TO 30 GALLONS." 43:16 SO HE GOT A LOT OF ROOM THERE FOR A LOT OF WINE. 43:19 "JESUS SAID TO THE SERVANTS, 'FILL THE JARS WITH WATER.' SO 43:22 THEY FILLED THEM TO THE BRIM. 43:23 THEN HE TOLD THEM, 'NOW DRAW SOME OUT AND TAKE IT TO THE 43:26 MASTER OF THE BANQUET.' THEY DID SO, AND THE MASTER OF THE 43:30 BANQUET TASTED THE WATER THAT HAD BEEN TURNED INTO WINE. 43:33 HE DID NOT REALIZE WHERE IT HAD COME FROM, THOUGH THE SERVANTS 43:36 WHO HAD DRAWN THE WATER KNEW. 43:39 THEN HE CALLED THE BRIDEGROOM ASIDE AND SAID, 'EVERYONE 43:41 BRINGS OUT THE CHOICE WINE FIRST AND THEN THE CHEAPER WINE 43:45 AFTER THE GUESTS HAVE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK.'" 43:48 YOU KNOW, JUST PAUSE HERE. 43:50 FOR THOSE OF YOU GETTING PROBLEMS WITH THIS TEXT, 43:54 THEY DIDN'T PRACTICE DISTILLING LIQUORS BACK IN THOSE DAYS. 43:57 YOU KNOW THAT, DON'T YOU? 43:58 THAT'S A MODERN INVENTION. 44:01 "'BUT YOU HAVE SAVED THE BEST TILL NOW. 44:05 YOU'VE SAVED THE BEST TILL NOW.' THIS, THE FIRST OF HIS 44:08 MIRACULOUS SIGNS, JESUS PERFORMED AT CANA IN GALILEE. 44:12 HE THUS REVEALED HIS GLORY, AND HIS DISCIPLES PUT THEIR FAITH 44:15 IN HIM." 44:16 LISTEN TO THIS. 44:17 THIS WAS HIS FIRST MIRACLE. 44:20 IT WAS AT A PARTY. 44:22 DON'T FORGET IT. 44:23 HIS FIRST MIRACLE WAS AT A PARTY. 44:27 AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THE WINE RAN OUT. 44:30 I WANT YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING. 44:31 WITHOUT CHRIST, THE WINE'S GONNA RUN OUT. 44:36 YOU'RE GONNA BE LEFT FLAT. 44:37 THE WINE'S GONNA RUN OUT. 44:39 AND THEN JESUS TURNS THE WATER INTO WINE. 44:44 AND THEN, WHEN THEY TASTE IT, THEY SAY, "HEY, THIS IS THE 44:47 BEST WE'VE EVER HAD." 44:49 IF YOU'RE DRINKING THE WINE OF THE WORLD, IT'S GONNA RUN OUT. 44:53 ONLY JESUS CAN GIVE US WINE THAT SATISFIES. 44:58 AND SO JESUS STARTED HIS MINISTRY AT A PARTY BECAUSE 45:03 JESUS WAS TRYING TO TEACH THEM THAT THE GOSPEL BRINGS JOY 45:08 AND HAPPINESS. 45:10 THE SINNER WITHOUT CHRIST HAS GOT NO JOY. 45:15 YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM BECAUSE HE ENJOYED PARTIES 45:21 AND THE PARTY WAS THE SYMBOL OF THE GOSPEL. 45:24 HE WAS NOT A RECLUSE. 45:25 HE WAS NOT A HERMIT. 45:27 HE DIDN'T LIVE IN A MONASTERY. 45:32 YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM BECAUSE, THOUGH WE DESERVE IT, 45:38 HE DIDN'T CONDEMN SINNERS. 45:42 THAT'S WHY I LIKE HIM SO MUCH. 45:44 COME OVER HERE TO JOHN 8:1-11. 45:47 THIS IS A GOOD CHURCH BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S TURNING TO 45:49 THE TEXT. 45:51 THIS IS NOT A LAZY CHURCH. 45:53 YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO COME ALONG TO CHURCH AND THEY JUST WANT 45:55 ALL THE TEXTS UP ON THE SCREEN, THEY'RE LAZY CHRISTIANS. 45:59 LOOK AT THIS, JOHN 8:1 AND ONWARDS. 46:02 "BUT JESUS WENT TO THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. 46:04 AT DAWN HE APPEARED AGAIN IN THE TEMPLE COURTS, WHERE ALL 46:06 THE PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND HIM, AND HE SAT DOWN TO TEACH THEM. 46:09 THE TEACHERS OF THE LAW AND THE PHARISEES BROUGHT IN A WOMAN 46:12 CAUGHT IN ADULTERY." 46:13 HOW DID THEY CATCH HER? 46:15 THEY MUST HAVE BEEN SUPER SNOOPS. 46:17 "THEY MADE HER STAND BEFORE THE GROUP AND SAID TO JESUS, 46:20 'TEACHER, THIS WOMAN WAS CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF ADULTERY.' YOU 46:23 KNOW HOW THEY COULD CATCH HER? 46:24 IT WAS A SETUP. 46:26 ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS, ONE OF THE PHARISEES WAS SLEEPING 46:28 WITH HER. 46:29 "'IN THE LAW MOSES COMMANDED US TO STONE SUCH WOMEN, BUT WHAT 46:32 DO YOU SAY?' THEY WERE USING THIS QUESTION AS A TRAP, IN 46:35 ORDER TO HAVE A BASIS FOR ACCUSING HIM. 46:38 BUT JESUS BENT DOWN AND STARTED TO WRITE ON THE GROUND WITH HIS 46:40 FINGER. 46:41 WHEN THEY KEPT ON QUESTIONING HIM, HE STRAIGHTENED UP AND 46:44 SAID TO THEM, 'IF ANY ONE OF YOU IS WITHOUT SIN, LET HIM BE 46:47 THE FIRST TO THROW A STONE AT HER.' 46:49 AGAIN HE STOOPED DOWN AND WROTE ON THE GROUND. 46:52 AT THIS, THOSE WHO HEARD BEGAN TO GO AWAY ONE AT A TIME, THE 46:56 OLDER ONES FIRST, UNTIL ONLY JESUS WAS LEFT, WITH THE WOMAN 46:59 STILL STANDING THERE. 47:01 JESUS STRAIGHTENED UP AND ASKED HER, 'WOMAN, WHERE ARE THEY? 47:05 HAS NO ONE CONDEMNED YOU?' 'NO ONE, SIR.' 47:08 'THEN NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU,' JESUS DECLARED. 47:11 'GO NOW AND LEAVE YOUR LIFE OF SIN.'" 47:17 I WANT YOU TO PICTURE THE SCENE. 47:19 CAN YOU GET THIS. 47:20 THE SUPER RELIGIOUS PEOPLE, THESE WERE ALL SABBATH KEEPERS, 47:26 ALL TITHE PAYERS, SUPER RELIGIOUS, LOOKING FORWARD TO 47:30 THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH. 47:32 IT WAS A SETUP AND JESUS GOT DOWN AND WROTE THE SECRETS OF 47:39 THEIR DIRTY LITTLE LIVES IN THE SAND AND THEY RAN AWAY BECAUSE 47:43 THEY WERE COWARDS. 47:46 AND THEN JESUS SAID TO THE WOMAN, "WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE 47:48 ACCUSING YOU?" 47:49 SHE SAID, "THEY'RE GONE." 47:50 WELL, JESUS SAID, "I DON'T ACCUSE YOU. 47:52 I DON'T CONDEMN YOU. 47:54 GO AND LEAVE YOUR LIFE OF SIN." 48:00 HE'S PRETTY LIKEABLE, ISN'T HE? 48:06 HE DOESN'T CONDEMN THE SINNER. 48:09 HE REDEEMS THE SINNER. 48:12 HOW COULD YOU NOT LIKE HIM? 48:14 THE PHARISEES SPENT THEIR LIVES PICKING UP STONES. 48:19 JESUS SPENT HIS LIFE PICKING UP PEOPLE. 48:23 WHAT ABOUT YOU? 48:24 HOW COULD YOU NOT LIKE HIM UNLESS YOU WERE A PHARISEE TOO? 48:30 THERE'S ANOTHER REASON. 48:32 HE WAS LOYAL TO HIS FRIENDS. 48:35 YOU LIKE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOYAL. 48:38 HE WAS LOYAL TO MARY AND MARTHA AND LAZARUS. 48:41 TO PETER, THE MAN WHO MESSED UP, HE SENT HIM A MESSAGE. 48:45 "GO TELL MY DISCIPLES AND PETER." 48:48 I WANT YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING. 48:51 PETER LOVED HIM, BUT PETER HAD PHILOS BECAUSE HE WAS 49:03 SO LIKEABLE. 49:07 HE FORGAVE PEOPLE WHO CAUSED HIM PAIN AND SUFFERING. 49:12 HE FORGAVE DEPRAVED, LOST SOULS WHO PRACTICED THE DEMONIC ART 49:20 OF TORTURE. 49:24 ON THE CROSS, AS THEY TORTURED HIM, HE SAID, "FATHER, FORGIVE 49:29 THEM." 49:32 YOU'VE GOT TO LIKE HIM UNLESS YOU'VE GOT A HEART OF STONE. 49:42 YOU GOT TO LIKE HIM BECAUSE HE WAS NO WIMP. 49:48 WE TEACH CHILDREN, RIGHTLY SO, GENTLE JESUS, MEEK AND MILD. 49:52 THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE LITTLE. 49:54 BUT HE WAS NO WIMP. 49:56 HE STOOD UP TO THE RELIGIOUS FRAUDS AND THE EXPLOITERS 50:00 OF THE POOR. 50:02 YOU COME OVER HERE TO MATTHEW 23 AND YOU WILL SEE WHERE HE 50:05 TAKES ON THE PHARISEES. 50:08 NOW JESUS WAS KIND AND LOVING TO THE ADULTERER, BUT JESUS 50:12 DIDN'T HAVE TOO MANY KIND WORDS TO THESE RELIGIOUS HUMBUGS. 50:16 MATTHEW 23:25-26, "WOE TO YOU, TEACHERS OF THE LAW AND 50:21 PHARISEES, YOU HYPOCRITES! 50:23 YOU CLEAN THE OUTWARD SIDE OF THE CUP AND THE DISH, BUT 50:26 INSIDE THEY ARE FULL OF GREED AND SELF-INDULGENCE. 50:29 BLIND PHARISEE!" 50:31 VERSE 27, "WOE TO YOU, TEACHERS OF THE LAW." 50:34 VERSE 33, "YOU SNAKES! 50:36 YOU BROOD OF VIPERS!" 50:39 AND YET, WE KNOW HE DID IT WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES BECAUSE 50:42 HE WEPT OVER JERUSALEM. 50:44 AND DURING HIS TRIAL AND CRUCIFIXION, WHEN HE ENDURED 50:50 SUCH HORRENDOUS SUFFERING, MY FRIEND, HE NEVER COMPLAINED. 50:56 YOU GOT TO LIKE A MAN WHO'S A HERO. 51:01 HE'S THE GENUINE ARTICLE. 51:04 YOU GOT TO LIKE HIM BECAUSE EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM IS GOOD. 51:08 THIS MAGAZINE, NEWSWEEK-- I READ TIME, READ NEWSWEEK. 51:13 I'M SURE YOU DO TOO. 51:14 IT'S GOT AN ARTICLE CALLED "MAN UP. 51:18 THE TRADITIONAL MALE IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES." 51:25 IT SAYS SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO THE AMERICAN MALE. 51:34 BUT I WANT YOU FOLKS TO KNOW SOMETHING. 51:38 MAYBE IT'S MALES ALL AROUND THE WORLD, BUT I WANT YOU 51:42 TO KNOW SOMETHING. 51:44 JESUS WAS NO WIMP. 51:49 WHAT MAKES A REAL MAN, DO YOU THINK, LADIES? 51:52 MEN, WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES A REAL MAN? 51:56 WELL, IT'S NOT A TATTOO AND IT'S NOT FOUL LANGUAGE. 52:02 IT'S NOT VIOLENCE, NOR THE CAPACITY TO HOLD BIG QUANTITIES 52:07 OF ALCOHOL OR THE GREAT ABILITY TO DRIVE BIG TRUCKS. 52:14 BECAUSE LADIES CAN DRIVE THE BIG TRUCKS JUST AS WELL. 52:19 THAT DOESN'T MAKE A MAN. 52:22 YOU OUGHT TO READ THIS ARTICLE IN NEWSWEEK. 52:24 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT MAKES A MAN. 52:25 LISTEN. 52:26 COURAGE, INTEGRITY, WILLINGNESS TO STAND ALONE FOR THE RIGHT, 52:35 ENDURANCE, TRUTHFULNESS, LOYALTY, AND LOVE. 52:44 ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL TEXTS IN THE BIBLE IS WHERE JESUS IS 52:49 BROUGHT OUT BY PILATE. 52:52 PILATE BRINGS HIM OUT. 52:55 THE CROWD, THE PHARISEES, THE HIERARCHY, THE RELIGIOUS 52:59 LEADERS, THEY'RE SCREAMING FOR HIS BLOOD AND PILATE, THE 53:03 ROMAN SOLDIER, BRINGS HIM OUT. 53:07 AND PILATE SAYS THESE WORDS. 53:09 HE SAYS, "BEHOLD, THE MAN." 53:15 IF YOU WANT TO BE A REAL MAN, THEN FOLLOW JESUS. 53:22 AND THAT'S WHY I LIKE HIM. 53:26 IN CONTRAST TO THE GOVERNOR, WHO WAS WEAK, COWARDLY, 53:31 UNSCRUPULOUS, A LOVER OF POSITION AND POWER, A ROMAN 53:35 WIMP, HE WAS A MAN AND A REAL ONE. 53:43 AND I WANT TO REMIND THE TELEVISION AUDIENCE TODAY THAT 53:46 HE LIKES YOU, EVEN LOVES YOU, EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE HIM. 53:53 DON'T CONFUSE HIM, I SAY TO YOUNG PEOPLE, WITH PEOPLE WHO 53:57 PRETEND TO BE HIS DISCIPLES. 54:01 DON'T CONFUSE HIM WITH POWER HUNGRY CLERGICS, PEDOPHILES, 54:08 CHURCH MEMBERS WHO ATTACK MINORITY GROUPS, PEOPLE 54:12 WHO MAKE WAR IN HIS NAME. 54:15 DON'T CONFUSE HIM AND DON'T SHUT HIM OUT. 54:21 AND REMEMBER THIS. 54:23 EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE HIM, HE LIKES YOU. 54:30 LISTEN. 54:32 REST OF THE WEARY, JOY OF THE SAD, HOPE OF THE DREARY, LIGHT 54:44 OF THE GLAD, HOME OF THE STRANGER, STRENGTH TO THE END, 54:52 REFUGE FROM DANGER, SAVIOR AND FRIEND, HE IS THE MOST 55:04 UNLIKELY, THE MOST LIKEABLE PERSON WHO EVER LIVED. 55:15 BE HIS DISCIPLE, AMEN. 55:21 LET US KEL. 55:33 OUR FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE STRONG SON OF GOD. 55:43 HELP US, DEAR FATHER, TO FIND REFUGE BENEATH HIS BLOOD. 55:50 HELP US TO ACCEPT THAT THE FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS AND 55:55 HELP US, DEAR FATHER, AS THOSE WHO CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS, 56:02 TO TRY, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, TO BE LIKE HIM. 56:11 WE THANK YOU THAT HE'S SO LIKEABLE, SO GOOD, 56:17 THE VERY BEST. 56:21 WE THANK YOU THAT HE LIKES US AND LOVES US. 56:28 AND DEAR FATHER, SOFTEN THESE HEARTS OF OURS, THAT WE WILL 56:35 LEARN TO LIKE HIM AS OUR BEST FRIEND AND OUR SAVIOR. 56:42 BLESS THIS CONGREGATION IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 56:48 AMEN. 56:52 ♪ JESUS, I AM YOURS. ♪ ♪ JESUS ♪ 57:02 ♪ REMIND ME OF THE LOVE ♪ ♪ YOU HAVE FOR ME. ♪ 57:10 ♪ WERE IT NOT FOR YOU, ♪ ♪ WHERE WOULD I BE? ♪ 57:16 ♪ FOR THESE SCARS, ♪ ♪ THEY POINT ME ♪ 57:21 ♪ TO THE CROSS OF CALVARY. ♪ ♪ I BEAR THEM IN YOUR NAME ♪ 57:30 ♪ AND I WON'T BE ASHAMED ♪ ♪ OF THESE SCARS. ♪ 57:38 ♪ OH, THESE SCARS. ♪♪ 57:46 [MUSIC] |
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