Participants: Pr. John Carter
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00:07 >> FROM ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, "THE CARTER REPORT" PRESENTS 00:10 "THE LIVING WORD" AROUND THE WORLD. 00:17 >> THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT A PASTOR SHOULDN'T DO. 00:21 HE SHOULDN'T TELL LIES, AND HE SHOULDN'T RETIRE. 00:26 THAT'S WHY I PLAN TO KEEP ON KEEPING ON WHILE GOD 00:29 CAN STILL USE ME. 00:31 WHILE THESE LUNGS ARE WORKING, WHILE THIS MOUTH IS TALKING 00:35 AND WHILE JESUS IS STILL ALIVE AND I'M STILL ALIVE, 00:39 I PLAN TO KEEP ON PREACHING THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL. 00:43 WILL YOU PRAY FOR ME? 00:44 WILL YOU SUPPORT US IN THIS GREAT WORK? 00:47 LISTEN, WE HAVE RECEIVED AN URGENT INVITATION FROM 00:51 THE CHURCH IN INDIA, THEY'RE SAYING, "COME OVER AND HELP US." 00:55 WHAT A CHALLENGE, MY FRIEND? 00:57 DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN THE LAND OF INDIA? 01:00 MORE THAN A THOUSAND MILLION PEOPLE AND THE PLACE IS FULL 01:05 OF DEMONS AND EVIL SPIRITS. 01:08 THEY DON'T WANT THIS CAMPAIGN, THOSE EVIL SPIRITS, BUT I WANT 01:12 YOU TO KNOW JESUS IS STRONGER THAN THE EVIL SPIRITS. 01:16 LAST TIME WE WENT TO INDIA, WE HAD TREMENDOUS OPPOSITION. 01:19 OUR LIVES WERE THREATENED, BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE'RE 01:23 GOING TO GO BACK BECAUSE JESUS HAS CALLED US TO GO. 01:26 WHEN WE WENT THERE LAST TIME, WE SAW THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING 01:30 TO CHRIST, ONE NIGHT 30,000 PEOPLE CAME TO CHRIST, 01:34 HINDUS AND MUSLIMS. 01:36 WE'RE PRAYING, JESUS, DO IT AGAIN. 01:39 PLEASE SUPPORT US. 01:41 PLEASE WRITE TO ME, JOHN CARTER, POST OFFICE BOX 1900, 01:45 THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA 91358. 01:48 IN AUSTRALIA, WRITE TO ME PLEASE AT BEAUTIFUL TERRIGAL. 01:54 THE ADDRESS IS RIGHT THERE ON THE SCREEN... 01:56 LISTEN, MY FRIEND, I NEED YOUR PRAYERS. 01:59 I NEED YOUR SUPPORT. 02:01 PLEASE PRAY FOR US. 02:02 I'LL BE PRAYING FOR YOU. 02:04 WRITE TODAY AND GOD BLESS YOU. 02:19 >> WE'VE GOT A TERRIFIC 02:20 SUBJECT TODAY. 02:22 I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT DEMONISM, SPIRITUALISM. 02:27 DID YOU KNOW THAT DEMONISM IS BECOMING PREVALENT 02:30 ALL AROUND THE WORLD? 02:33 MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY TALK TO 02:36 THE DEAD AND THAT THE DEAD ARE ACTUALLY TALKING TO THEM. 02:39 YOU SEE IT ALL THE TIME ON AMERICAN TELEVISION. 02:42 I'M SURE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD ALSO. 02:45 THEREFORE, I WANT YOU TO STAY WITH US TODAY FOR THIS PROGRAM 02:48 ON EVIL SPIRITS AND DEMONISM. 02:52 AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE WITH US TODAY CHRISTIA MANTZKE AND JOEL. 02:57 AND WE'RE GLAD TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR CHURCH TODAY. 03:01 TELL ME, HAVE YOU BEEN ALONG HERE BEFORE? 03:04 >> I HAVE. 03:05 I'VE COME TO SING FOR YOU GUYS LAST YEAR. 03:06 >> WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE 03:09 WITH US. 03:10 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SING NOW? 03:11 >> GONNA SING "COME YE SINNERS." 03:13 >> WELL, THAT'S A GOOD SONG, "COME YE SINNERS," BECAUSE WE'RE 03:16 ALL SINNERS STANDING IN NEED OF THE GRACE OF GOD. 03:19 SO WELCOME TO OUR CHURCH TODAY AND GOD BLESS YOU. 03:26 [MUSIC] 03:41 ♪ COME, YE SINNERS, POOR AND ♪ ♪ NEEDY, WEAK AND WOUNDED, ♪ 03:51 ♪ SICK AND SORE. ♪ ♪ JESUS READY STANDS TO SAVE ♪ 04:01 ♪ YOU, FULL OF PITY, LOVE, ♪ ♪ AND POWER. ♪ 04:10 ♪ COME, YE THIRSTY, ♪ ♪ COME AND WELCOME, GOD'S ♪ 04:17 ♪ FREE BOUNTY GLORIFY. ♪ ♪ TRUE BELIEF AND TRUE ♪ 04:28 ♪ REPENTANCE, EVERY GRACE ♪ ♪ THAT BRINGS YOU NIGH. ♪ 04:38 ♪ I WILL ARISE ♪ ♪ AND GO TO JESUS. ♪ 04:45 ♪ HE WILL EMBRACE ♪ ♪ ME IN HIS ARMS. ♪ 04:52 ♪ AND IN THE ARMS OF ♪ ♪ MY DEAR SAVIOR, OH, ♪ 04:58 ♪ THERE ARE 10,000 CHARMS. ♪ ♪ COME, YE WEARY, HEAVY-LADEN, ♪ 05:14 ♪ LOST AND RUINED BY THE FALL. ♪ ♪ IF YOU TARRY 'TIL YOU'RE ♪ 05:25 ♪ BETTER, YOU WILL ♪ ♪ NEVER COME AT ALL. ♪ 05:34 ♪ I WILL ARISE AND ♪ ♪ GO TO JESUS. ♪ 05:42 ♪ HE WILL EMBRACE ME ♪ ♪ IN HIS ARMS. ♪ 05:49 ♪ AND IN THE ARMS OF MY DEAR ♪ ♪ SAVIOR, OH, ♪ 05:55 ♪ THERE ARE 10,000 CHARMS. ♪ ♪ I WILL ARISE ♪ 06:05 ♪ AND GO TO JESUS. ♪ ♪ HE WILL EMBRACE ME ♪ 06:12 ♪ IN HIS ARMS. ♪ ♪ AND IN THE ARMS OF MY DEAR ♪ 06:20 ♪ SAVIOR, OH, ♪ ♪ THERE ARE 10,000 CHARMS. ♪ 06:30 ♪ YES, THERE ARE ♪ ♪ 10,000 CHARMS. ♪ 06:37 ♪ OH, THERE ARE 10,000 CHARMS. ♪ 06:50 ♪ OH. ♪♪ 07:02 >> [APPLAUDING] 07:07 >> TODAY, WE'RE GOING 07:07 TO TALK ABOUT DEMONS. 07:09 VIRTUALLY ALL AMERICANS BELIEVE IN EVIL SPIRITS. 07:13 WELL, LET ME CORRECT THAT. 07:16 ALL AMERICANS BELIEVE IN ANGELS, BUT THE BIBLE TALKS VERY PLAINLY 07:20 ABOUT GOOD ANGELS AND BAD ANGELS. 07:26 AND THESE BAD ANGELS ARE CALLED IN THE SCRIPTURES DEMONS. 07:32 THE BIBLE TEACHES--NOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SOME FOLKS 07:35 FIND HARD TO UNDERSTAND. 07:37 THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT A DEMON CAN GET INSIDE A PERSON 07:41 AND LIVE INSIDE A PERSON. 07:44 THERE ARE VARIOUS STEPS THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH, AND PEOPLE GO 07:47 THROUGH THESE STEPS UNWITTINGLY. 07:50 THERE ARE VARIOUS STEPS THAT LEAD DOWN THE ROAD TO 07:53 DEMON POSSESSION. 07:55 WHEN I WAS A BOY GROWING UP IN AUSTRALIA, JUST A SILLY 07:57 TEENAGER, 15 OR 16, BORED OUT OF 08:03 MY HEAD WITH SO MUCH ENERGY YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS 08:07 ENERGY, I CAN THINK WHEN I WAS A BOY ON SATURDAY NIGHT 08:12 HOW COULD ANYBODY EVER WANT TO STAY HOME? 08:15 YOU KNOW, YOU HAD SO MUCH ENERGY, YOU WANTED TO BE OUT 08:18 ON THE TOWN. 08:19 AND IF YOU CAME HOME AT 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, 08:21 YOU STILL HAD TONS OF ENERGY. 08:23 BOY, I LOOK UPON THOSE DAYS WITH GREAT NOSTALGIA. 08:28 ON MOST SATURDAY NIGHTS, I'M GLAD JUST TO BE HOME. 08:31 BUT ON ONE SATURDAY NIGHT, WE BOYS, ALL GOOD LITTLE ADVENTIST 08:37 BOYS, BUT BORED OUT OF OUR HEADS, WE DECIDED WE WERE 08:41 GONNA GO TO A SÉANCE. 08:43 WE WEREN'T CHRISTIAN BOYS. 08:45 WE WERE IN THE CHURCH, BUT JESUS WASN'T IN US AT THAT STAGE. 08:51 AND SO WE SET OUT TO GO TO THIS SÉANCE. 08:54 YOU KNOW, KIDS DO STUPID THINGS. 08:58 THEY REALLY DO. 08:59 THAT'S WHY PARENTS HAVE GOT TO BE VERY PATIENT WITH THEIR KIDS. 09:03 KIDS ARE BORN WITH A SINFUL NATURE. 09:07 DON'T BE TOO HARD ON THEM. 09:09 BUT THE CAR WE HAD, IT WAS AN ANCIENT THING. 09:12 IT BROKE DOWN. 09:15 BUT WE WERE ALL KEYED UP AND WE GOT CLOSE TO WHERE WE WERE GONNA 09:18 GO TO THIS SÉANCE, BUT-- YOUNG PEOPLE, NEVER DABBLE 09:22 WITH SPIRITISM. 09:24 DON'T PLAY WITH THE DEVIL. 09:26 IT'S REALLY DANGEROUS. 09:29 SO WE DIDN'T GO AND I WENT HOME I GUESS ABOUT 09:33 1 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. 09:34 MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER CALLED OUT TO ME WHEN I CAME IN 09:37 THE BACK DOOR THROUGH THE KITCHEN, BUT MY MIND 09:41 WAS FILLED WITH GOING ALONG FOR KICKS TO A SÉANCE. 09:46 I GOT INTO BED AND, YOU KNOW, THE WONDERFUL THING IN THOSE 09:50 DAYS, BEFORE I GOT INTO BED, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING WHEN 09:53 YOU'RE A TEENAGER. 09:54 YOU COULD EAT AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE AND IT DOESN'T MAKE 09:57 ANY DIFFERENCE TO YOU. 09:59 ISN'T THAT--ISN'T THAT AMAZING? 10:01 YOU CAN EAT ICE CREAM. 10:02 YOU CAN EAT HALF A GALLON OF ICE CREAM AT 1 O'CLOCK IN 10:05 THE MORNING AND FEEL GREAT. 10:08 IF I DID THAT NOW, I WOULD BE DEAD. 10:12 IF NOT DEAD, I WOULD FEEL DEAD. 10:14 SO I WENT TO THE FRIDGE AND ATE A BUNCH OF ICE CREAM. 10:18 YOU MOTHERS AND FATHERS KNOW THAT IF YOU'VE GOT TEENAGE KIDS, 10:23 THEY CAN EAT LIKE HORSES, BUT MORE SO. 10:27 ONE TEENAGE BOY CAN TAKE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF LOAVES 10:30 OF BREAD AND EAT IT WITH PEANUT BUTTER. 10:33 AND THEY'RE SKINNY. 10:35 OLDER FOLKS TRY TO DO THAT AND THEY BLOW UP LIKE BALLOONS. 10:44 SO I GOT INTO BED AFTER RAIDING THE REFRIGERATOR. 10:48 MY--THERE HAD BEEN A PROWLER GOING THROUGH THAT AREA. 10:51 THIS AREA WAS SOMEWHAT--A LITTLE BIT--IT WAS A NEW SUBDIVISION. 10:54 IT WAS ALMOST OUT ON THE BUSH. 10:58 I'D HAD TO WALK A LONG WAY FROM THE BUS TO GET HOME AND MY MIND 11:03 WAS FULL OF SPIRITISM, THE DEMONS. 11:06 MY FATHER SAID, "MAKE SURE YOU LOCK THE BACK DOOR." 11:09 SO IT HAD A BOLT ON IT. 11:11 YOU LOCKED IT, THEN THERE WAS A BIG DEADLOCK. 11:16 IT WAS A BOLT, SO I PUT THE BOLT. 11:18 AND I GOT INTO BED AND A LITTLE WHILE LATER, THE DOOR OPENED. 11:24 THE WIND BLEW THROUGH THE HOUSE. 11:26 MY FATHER, USING A FEW CAREFULLY CHOSEN WORDS, GOT OUT OF BED 11:31 AND SAID, "JOHN HAS FORGOTTEN TO LOCK THE KITCHEN DOOR." 11:34 HE WENT OUT, LOCKED IT, AND PUT THE BOLT THROUGH. 11:37 HE GOT BACK INTO BED. 11:39 A LITTLE WHILE LATER, THE WIND BLEW THROUGH THE HOUSE. 11:41 THE DOOR OPENED. 11:43 DURING THE NIGHT, THAT DOOR OPENED AND CLOSED, OPEN AND 11:48 CLOSED ABOUT HALF A DOZEN TIMES. 11:52 WHEN WE WERE HAVING BREAKFAST, MY MOTHER SAID TO ME--SHE SAID, 11:57 "IT ALMOST APPEARS AS THOUGH WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S IN SYMPATHY 12:01 WITH SPIRITISM IN THE HOUSE." 12:04 GOODNESS! 12:06 SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO WRING A CONFESSION OUT OF ME. 12:09 I TOLD HER, "I WAS GOING TO GO TO A SPIRITIST." 12:12 SHE SAID, "WELL, YOU INVITED THE DEVIL 12:15 INTO OUR HOUSE LAST NIGHT, AND THE DEVIL ACCEPTED 12:19 THE INVITATION." 12:20 I WANT TO LOOK YOU IN THE EYE AND TELL YOU SOMETHING. 12:23 DON'T INVITE THE DEVIL INTO YOUR HOUSE. 12:27 THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA TODAY AND AROUND 12:30 THE WORLD WHO ARE INVITING THE DEVIL INTO THEIR HOUSES, 12:35 AND THE DEVIL IS COMING. 12:35 AND SO THE TOPIC IS 12:39 "EVIL ANGELS, DEMONS, AND TALKING TO DEAD PEOPLE." 12:44 NOW REMEMBER THIS, JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T SEE IT OR UNDERSTAND 12:49 IT, DON'T SAY, "WELL, IT DOESN'T EXIST." 12:55 YOU CAN'T SEE RADIATION, FOLKS. 13:00 CAN'T SEE IT, WE CAN'T SMELL IT, BUT IT'S THERE. 13:07 JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE IT DOESN'T MEAN IT ISN'T THERE. 13:13 NOW, BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER TODAY, I WANT TO SAY THIS, 13:16 IT'S REALLY NOT TIED IN WITH THE SUBJECT, 13:17 BUT, YOU KNOW, WHO CARES? 13:17 THIS IS OKAY. 13:21 I WANT YOU TO NOTICE-- WE'RE TALKING ON SPIRITISM, 13:24 BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS; WHOEVER YOU ARE, GOD LOVES YOU. 13:30 HE LOVES YOU WHETHER YOU'RE YOUNG OR WHETHER YOU'RE OLD, 13:36 WHETHER YOU'RE SKINNY OR WHETHER YOU'RE FAT, WHETHER YOU'RE 13:41 PRETTY OR WHETHER YOU'RE UGLY, WHETHER YOU'RE RICH OR 13:47 WHETHER YOU'RE POOR. 13:49 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE, GOD LOVES YOU. 13:53 HE LOVES YOU WHETHER YOU'RE SMART OR WHETHER YOU'RE DUMB. 14:01 WE SHOULD NOT JUDGE PEOPLE BY HOW THEY LOOK. 14:08 YOU KNOW WHO LIKES JUDGING PEOPLE BECAUSE OF HOW THEY LOOK? 14:13 A PHARISEE. 14:17 DID YOU KNOW THAT? 14:18 PHARISEES LIKE JUDGING PEOPLE ACCORDING TO HOW THEY LOOK. 14:23 BUT GOD SAID, "THE LORD--MAN LOOKS ON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE, 14:30 BUT THE LORD LOOKS," WHERE? 14:33 "LOOKS ON THE HEART." 14:34 SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE, GOD LOVES YOU. 14:38 AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE I WANT YOU TO KNOW TODAY, 14:40 AND THIS IS PRETTY IMPORTANT. 14:42 GOD LOVES YOU WHEN YOU'RE GOOD. 14:46 CHILDREN AND OLDER FOLKS, GOD LOVES YOU WHEN YOU'RE GOOD AND 14:52 HE LOVES YOU WHEN YOU'RE BAD. 14:56 WE SHOULDN'T TELL PEOPLE LIKE THAT, THEY'RE GONNA BE BAD. 15:00 NO, NO, NO, YOU GOT IT ALL WRONG. 15:04 OUR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES US WHEN WE'RE GOOD. 15:08 HE LOVES US WHEN WE'RE BAD. 15:10 HE DOESN'T WANT US TO BE BAD BECAUSE IT'S BAD FOR US, BUT 15:14 THE GREAT TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL IS THAT GOD LOVES PEOPLE 15:19 AS THEY ARE. 15:20 NOW, I WANT YOU TO COME OVER TO A TEXT WHICH IS REALLY 15:23 THE TEXT THAT THIS IS A RADIATION DETECTOR. 15:26 NOW, WE'RE ALL THINKING ABOUT JAPAN HERE IN THIS CHURCH 15:28 BECAUSE HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WE'VE GOT 15:31 JUST A LITTLE, TINY DOSE OF RADIATION IN THE AIR, NOT A LOT. 15:36 ISAIAH 8:19-20, GOT THIS TEXT, ISAIAH 8:19-20. 15:47 "WHEN MEN TELL YOU TO CONSULT MEDIUMS AND SPIRITISTS," AS THEY 15:51 TELL YOU HERE TODAY IN AMERICA ON SOME OF THE BIG TELEVISION 15:54 STATIONS, "WHO WHISPER AND MUTTER, SHOULD NOT A PEOPLE 15:58 INQUIRE OF THEIR GOD? 16:00 WHY CONSULT THE DEAD ON BEHALF OF THE LIVING? 16:06 TO THE LAW AND TO THE TESTIMONY! 16:09 IF THEY DO NOT SPEAK ACCORDING TO THIS WORD, THEY HAVE NO LIGHT 16:16 OF DAWN." 16:18 IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE IN ABSOLUTE AND TOTAL DARKNESS. 16:24 IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT DEMONS, THE STATE OF 16:28 THE DEAD, WHATEVER THE SUBJECT, YOU DON'T GO ALONG TO A WITCH. 16:33 YOU GO ALONG TO THE LIVING GOD. 16:37 SO THE BIBLE IS THE RADIATION DETECTOR. 16:42 IT TELLS US HOW WE CAN UNDERSTAND ABOUT THINGS THAT 16:46 WE CAN'T SEE OR SMELL OR FEEL. 16:50 WHEN I WAS A BOY PREACHER IN THE TOWN OF PARKES--ONCE AGAIN 16:55 YOU FOLKS ARE GOING TO GET SOME GEOGRAPHY IN YOUR HEADS. 16:59 AND PARKES IS ABOUT 250 MILES FROM THE GORGEOUS CITY 17:04 OF SYDNEY, JUST A LITTLE TOWN. 17:07 WHEN I WAS THERE, WHEN BEVERLEY AND I WERE THERE, IT WAS 17:10 ABOUT 8,000 OR 9,000 PEOPLE, JUST A LITTLE COUNTRY TOWN. 17:14 WE RAN A CAMPAIGN AND A LADY CAME ALONG AND TOLD ME 17:19 THIS STORY. 17:22 NOW, SHE WASN'T CRAZY. 17:24 BACK IN THOSE DAYS, PEOPLE WERE NOT AS CRAZY AS THEY ARE TODAY. 17:30 THIS LADY WAS NOT CRAZY. 17:33 THIS LADY HAD HAD A LITTLE BABY AND THIS LITTLE BABY HAD DIED. 17:39 AND THIS LITTLE BABY WAS SO CLOSE TO THE MOTHER'S 17:43 HEART AND SHE HAD BEEN TAUGHT BY HER MINISTER THAT THE DEAD 17:50 ARE ALIVE. 17:52 HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THAT? 17:54 VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 17:58 IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MOST CHRISTIANS, MOSLEMS, JEWS, 18:04 THEY DON'T BELIEVE THE DEAD ARE DEAD. 18:06 THEY BELIEVE THE DEAD ARE ALIVE. 18:10 NOW, SOUTH OF HERE, NOT SO FAR IS THE GREAT LAND OF MEXICO, 18:13 AND THERE THEY HAVE THE DAY OF THE DEAD. 18:16 THEY REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE DEAD COME BACK AND THEY 18:18 CAN TALK TO THE DEAD. 18:20 NOW, LIKE A NOMINAL CHRISTIAN, SHE BELIEVED THAT THE DEAD WERE 18:24 NOT DEAD AND THAT HER LITTLE BABY, HER BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BABY, 18:28 WAS ALIVE. 18:31 AND WHEN SHE'D GET INTO BED AFTER THINKING THESE THOUGHTS, 18:34 SHE WOULD PRAY TO GOD AND SAY, "GOD, MAKE MY LITTLE BABY 18:38 COME BACK TO ME TONIGHT." 18:43 AND ON OCCASIONS, SHE TOLD ME SHE'D GET INTO BED, BE WIDE 18:46 AWAKE, SAYING, "I WANT TO FEEL 18:52 THE TOUCH OF MY LITTLE BABY. 18:55 JESUS, YOU KNOW MY LITTLE BABY IS ALIVE, SO SHARE HIM WITH ME." 19:00 AND THE LITTLE BABY WOULD COME AND GET INTO BED WITH HER. 19:04 AND SHE WOULD FEEL THE LITTLE BABY AND SHE'D HOLD THAT LITTLE 19:10 BABY UNTIL IT WAS TIME FOR THE LITTLE BABY TO DIE. 19:16 SUCH AN EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED BY MILLIONS 19:20 AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THE SCRIPTURES. 19:28 THEN I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE LADY IN CONCORD. 19:30 WE RAN A BIG SERIES OF MEETINGS IN THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE. 19:32 YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TELL ME 19:36 THE DAYS OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL ARE FINISHED. 19:38 IT MAY BE FOR THEM, BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, WHEN WE RAN 19:43 THE MEETINGS IN THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE, WE HAD THE LARGEST CROWDS 19:45 IN THE HISTORY OF THE SYDNEY 19:50 OPERA HOUSE, LARGEST CROWDS. 19:53 PEOPLE SAY PEOPLE DON'T COME TO HEAR THE GOSPEL. 19:55 MAYBE WE DON'T GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY. 19:59 BUT THE NEXT YEAR, WE PUT UP AN EIGHT-POLE TENT. 20:03 THAT'S A BIG TENT, SEAT THOUSANDS IN THE CITY OF 20:07 CONCORD, WHICH WAS A PART OF SYDNEY. 20:10 AND A LADY CAME ALONG AND, BEFORE I PREACHED ON THIS 20:13 SUBJECT, SHE STAYED BEHIND, SAT DOWN IN FRONT ONE NIGHT, 20:18 AND SHE SAID, "MY HUSBAND DIED. 20:22 WE WERE SO CLOSE." 20:24 SHE SAID, "I'VE MISSED HIM SO MUCH." 20:26 SHE ALSO WAS NOT CRAZY. 20:28 SHE WAS AS RATIONAL AS YOU ARE. 20:31 AND SHE SAID, "THE OTHER NIGHT, I WAS IN THE KITCHEN AND I HEARD 20:35 A RUSTLING AT THE KITCHEN DOOR. 20:39 AND I LOOKED UP AND THERE HE WAS IN HIS GARDEN CLOTHES." 20:46 I SAID, "MAYBE IT'S YOUR IMAGINATION." 20:49 SHE SAID, "NO, HE CAME IN AND SAT DOWN AT THE KITCHEN TABLE 20:55 AND WE TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT ONLY HE AND I WERE 20:59 AWARE OF. 21:02 NOBODY ELSE COULD HAVE HAD THAT CONVERSATION." 21:06 I READ HER SOME TEXTS OUT OF THE BIBLE AND SHE SAID TO ME 21:09 WHAT MOST AMERICAN CHRISTIANS WOULD SAY AND MOST AUSTRALIAN 21:13 CHRISTIANS WOULD SAY. 21:14 "NO, YOU'RE WRONG. 21:16 YOU'VE GOT SOME TEXTS OUT OF AN OLD BOOK, BUT I HAVE SEEN 21:21 WITH MY OWN EYES." 21:24 I TOLD HER SO LOVINGLY THAT THIS PERSON WAS NOT HER HUSBAND. 21:34 AND I SAID, "I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IN THE BIBLE THAT THAT 21:38 PERSON WHO APPEARED TO YOU IN HIS GARDEN CLOTHES WITH 21:44 HIS OLD HAT ON WAS A DEMON, AN IMPERSONATING SPIRIT." 21:55 BECAUSE THE BIBLE TELLS ME IN THE LAST DAYS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE 21:59 ARE GOING TO BE DECEIVED. 22:02 YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PERSON DIES. 22:05 MOST PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS. 22:08 I WANT YOU TO COME OVER HERE TO ACTS 7:59 AND ONWARDS. 22:13 AND AS USUAL, I'VE GOT A LOT OF TEXTS HERE IN THE BIBLE. 22:16 WE ARE A BIBLE-READING, BIBLE-BELIEVING CHURCH. 22:20 WE'RE NOT HEAVY INTO CHURCH TRADITION OR HIERARCHIES 22:23 OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS. 22:25 ACTS 7:59, "WHILE THEY WERE STONING HIM, STEPHEN PRAYED, 22:33 'LORD JESUS, RECEIVE MY SPIRIT.' THEN HE FELL ON HIS KNEES AND 22:39 CRIED OUT, 'LORD, DO NOT HOLD THIS SIN AGAINST THEM.' 22:43 WHEN HE HAD SAID THIS--" HE WENT TO HEAVEN. 22:48 DOES IT SAY THAT? 22:51 WELL, WHY DO PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT? 22:53 THE BIBLE SAYS, "HE FELL ASLEEP." 22:58 SO LISTEN TO ME. 22:59 THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT WHEN A PERSON DIES, HE FALLS ASLEEP. 23:07 COME OVER HERE. 23:08 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO CHURCH TO FALL ASLEEP. 23:11 COME OVER HERE TO JOHN 11. 23:16 WHEN I SAID ONCE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE SAINTS ARE SLEEPING, 23:19 THEY THOUGHT I WAS TALKING ABOUT SOME CHURCH. 23:21 COME OVER HERE TO JOHN 11:11 AND ONWARDS. 23:25 YOU GOT IT? 23:27 "AFTER HE SAID THIS, HE WENT ON TO TELL THEM, 'OUR FRIEND 23:31 LAZARUS HAS FALLEN ASLEEP; BUT I AM GOING THERE TO WAKE HIM UP.' 23:35 HIS DISCIPLES REPLIED, 'LORD, IF HE SLEEPS, HE WILL GET BETTER.' 23:40 JESUS HAD BEEN SPEAKING OF HIS DEATH, BUT HIS DISCIPLES THOUGHT 23:46 HE MEANT NATURAL SLEEP. 23:49 SO THEN HE TOLD THEM PLAINLY, 'LAZARUS IS DEAD.'" 23:53 NOW LISTEN, MY CHRISTIAN FRIENDS, I DON'T WANT TO SHOCK 23:56 YOU, I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND YOU, BUT I WANT YOU TO READ 24:00 THE BIBLE. 24:01 WHEN YOU COME INTO THIS CHURCH, DON'T BE AFRAID TO PICK UP 24:03 A BIBLE. 24:04 IT'S NOT GOING TO HURT YOU. 24:07 THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO DOESN'T WANT YOU TO READ THE BIBLE 24:10 AND THAT IS THE PRINCE OF THE DEMONS. 24:13 SO THE BIBLE TELLS ME THAT LAZARUS, ONE OF THE SAINTS 24:18 OF JESUS, WAS SLEEPING. 24:21 NOW WOULD YOU COME OVER HERE TO 1 CORINTHIANS 15:3-6? 24:26 1 CORINTHIANS 15:3-6, PAUL SAYS, "FOR WHAT I RECEIVED I PASSED ON 24:33 TO YOU AS OF FIRST IMPORTANCE." 24:36 NOW HERE'S THE GOSPEL, "THAT CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS 24:41 ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES." 24:43 WE BELIEVE IN THE SACRIFICIAL DEATH OF CHRIST FOR OUR SINS. 24:49 "THAT HE WAS BURIED, THAT HE WAS RAISED ON THE THIRD DAY 24:52 ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES, AND THAT HE APPEARED TO PETER, 24:59 AND THEN TO THE TWELVE. 25:00 AFTER THAT, HE APPEARED TO MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED OF 25:04 THE BROTHERS AT THE SAME TIME, MOST OF WHOM ARE STILL LIVING, 25:09 THOUGH SOME HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP." 25:14 SO LISTEN, THIS IS THE WORD OF GOD. 25:18 THE BIBLE TELLS ME THAT STEPHEN IS SLEEPING, PETER IS SLEEPING. 25:26 SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY-- AND THEY'RE SINCERE PEOPLE, 25:29 THEY SAY, "MY CHURCH IS BUILT UPON PETER." 25:35 I WOULDN'T WANT TO BELONG TO A CHURCH THAT IS BUILT 25:38 UPON A DEAD PERSON, A PERSON WHO IS NOT CONSCIOUS. 25:45 PETER IS SLEEPING. 25:47 I WANT TO BELONG TO A CHURCH THAT IS BUILT NOT 25:50 UPON A SLEEPING SAINT, BUT UPON A LIVING CHRIST. 25:55 SO YOU SEE, STEPHEN IS ASLEEP, PETER IS ASLEEP. 26:01 ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE IS ASLEEP. 26:04 PAUL, THE GREAT WRITER OF THE GOSPEL IN ROMANS AND 26:09 GALATIANS, HE'S ASLEEP. 26:10 AND ST. MARY IS SLEEPING. 26:13 YOU SAY, "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT." 26:17 MARY NEEDED A SAVIOR. 26:19 MARY IS GOING TO LIVE AGAIN WHEN JESUS RETURNS. 26:24 SO CAN YOU SEE IT IS A TERRIBLE DECEPTION TO PRAY TO THE BLESSED 26:30 VIRGIN MARY BECAUSE SHE'S SLEEPING, AWAITING 26:35 THE RESURRECTION? 26:37 YOU SAY, "THIS IS-- THIS IS A TERRIBLE HERESY." 26:40 NO, IT'S THE TRUTH OF THE BIBLE. 26:42 AND CAN YOU UNDERSTAND NOW WHY SOME CHURCHES DON'T WANT YOU TO 26:46 READ THE BIBLE AND WHY YOU SO EASILY COMPLY? 26:51 SOME CHURCHES SAY, "YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND." 26:53 THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW IT. 26:56 BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW IT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE REVEALED 26:59 AS DECEIVERS. 27:02 SO THE BIBLE TEACHES PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING. 27:08 SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE SCARED ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONES. 27:12 YOU KNOW THAT. 27:13 MORE THAN A BILLION SOULS, NO, NO, NO, PROBABLY CLOSE TO 27:17 A BILLION SOULS, OUR BELOVED FRIENDS IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC 27:21 COMMUNION, AND MANY OF OUR DEAR PROTESTANT FRIENDS, BELIEVE THAT 27:27 THEIR DEAD LOVED ONES--WELL, THE CATHOLICS BELIEVE IN PURGATORY. 27:32 PEOPLE SAY, "THAT'S NOT SO BAD." 27:34 HOW DO YOU KNOW? 27:37 IT'S FIRE AND PEOPLE ARE BEING BURNED FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS. 27:43 ANYBODY KNOW WHAT A MILLION YEARS IS? 27:45 GOODNESS, WHAT ABOUT A YEAR? 27:47 AND SO PEOPLE ARE WORRIED FRANTIC. 27:50 "THERE IS MY HUSBAND, MY WIFE, MY CHILDREN, MY BABY 27:55 BEING BURNED." 27:59 AND MY BELOVED PROTESTANT FRIENDS BELIEVE THAT THE VAST 28:02 MAJORITY OF THE HUMAN RACE TODAY IS CRYING OUT IN HELL. 28:07 NOW, THE BIBLE DOES TALK ABOUT HELL. 28:09 JESUS SPOKE ABOUT HELL. 28:12 BUT THERE'S NOBODY IN HELL TODAY. 28:14 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THE DEAD, WHETHER THEY'RE RIGHTEOUS 28:18 OR WHETHER THEY'RE UNRIGHTEOUS, ARE ASLEEP. 28:24 SO THE DEAD ARE NOT IN HELL, HEAVEN, OR PURGATORY. 28:28 YOU OUGHT TO JUST GET THAT INTO YOUR MIND. 28:30 COME OVER HERE TO ACTS 2:34. 28:32 ACTS 2:34, MY FRIEND. 28:37 ACTS 2:34. 28:43 NOW THIS IS TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE GREAT SAINTS OF THE BIBLE, 28:46 THE MAN WHO GAVE US THE BOOK OF PSALMS. 28:49 THE BIBLE SAYS, "FOR DAVID DID NOT ASCEND TO HEAVEN." 28:54 THE BIBLE SAYS DAVID DID NOT ASCEND TO HEAVEN. 29:00 MANY CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THAT DAVID IS RIGHT THERE BESIDE THE 29:03 THRONE OF GOD, WRITING BEAUTIFUL POEMS AND PSALMS, THAT HE'S 29:08 ALIVE AND HE'S CONSCIOUS. 29:08 BUT THE BIBLE SAYS HE 29:12 DIDN'T ASCEND TO HEAVEN. 29:13 CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THE DEVIL, THE CHIEF DEMON OF 29:18 ALL THE DEMONS, DOESN'T WANT YOU TO READ YOUR BIBLE? 29:23 CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHY SOME CHURCHES BURNED THE BIBLES 29:27 AND TOLD PEOPLE, "YOU'RE TOO DUMB TO UNDERSTAND IT. 29:30 ONLY THE CLERGY CAN UNDERSTAND IT"? 29:32 IT'S BECAUSE THE DEVIL WANTS US TO REMAIN IN DARKNESS. 29:38 I WANT TO COME OVER HERE AND I WANT TO PUT THIS 29:40 ON THE BLACKBOARD. 29:42 THE BIBLE TELLS ME THAT NO ONE, THAT MEANS NO ONE, NO ONE TODAY, 29:52 NOT A SINGLE, SOLITARY SOUL, NO ONE TODAY IS IN HELL, 29:56 PURGATORY. 30:05 NOW WAIT FOR THIS BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE IT GETS 30:08 A LITTLE CONTROVERSIAL. 30:10 MOST FOLKS ARE GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 30:12 THEY SAY, "HURRAY, NO ONE'S IN HELL, SO IT'S NOT SO BAD." 30:18 BUT THE BIBLE TEACHES NOT ONLY IS NO ONE TODAY IN HELL, 30:22 BUT NO ONE TODAY IS IN HEAVEN WITH SOME FEW EXCEPTIONS, LIKE 30:32 ENOCH AND ELIJAH AND MOSES. 30:37 AND THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN THE SCRIPTURES. 30:41 BUT THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, 30:45 THE VAST MAJORITY, NOBODY IS IN HELL AND NOBODY IS IN HEAVEN. 30:51 PEOPLE SAY, "THAT'S A MONSTROUS IDEA." 30:56 I WANT TO PUT THIS THOUGHT INTO YOUR MIND. 30:59 AND THIS, I GOT TO TREAD SOFTLY HERE. 31:03 I KNOW WE WANT EVERYBODY TO GO TO HEAVEN WHEN THEY DIE, 31:08 BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TEXTS THAT INDICATE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY 31:12 OF PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE SAVED? 31:15 HAVE WE EVER THOUGHT IF THAT DOCTRINE IS TRUE, THEN THE VAST 31:19 MAJORITY OF PEOPLE TODAY, BILLIONS OF THEM ARE SCREAMING 31:24 IN THE FIRES OF HELL? 31:27 WHO WANTS TO BELIEVE THAT? 31:29 AND THE BIBLE TEACHES THERE IS A COMING JUDGMENT DAY. 31:33 CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? 31:34 THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS A COMING JUDGMENT DAY. 31:37 CAN YOU BELIEVE IN A GOD WHO GETS PEOPLE AND THROWS THEM 31:42 INTO HELL AND BURNS THEM FOR THOUSANDS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS, 31:46 AND THEN HE BRINGS THEM OUT AND HAS A JUDGMENT? 31:52 YOU HAVE, USUALLY, THE TRIAL AND THE SENTENCE AND THE JUDGMENT. 32:01 BUT THIS TURNS IT AROUND. 32:04 SO THE BIBLE SAYS THE DEAD ARE SLEEPING AND THE BIBLE TEACHES 32:11 THAT ALL PEOPLE, GOOD AND BAD, ARE GOING TO BE RESURRECTED. 32:17 COME OVER HERE TO JOHN 5. 32:20 JOHN 5. 32:21 I'M SO GLAD FOR JESUS AND THE BIBLE, AREN'T YOU? 32:26 JOHN 5:24 AND ONWARDS, DEAR HEARTS AND GENTLE PEOPLE. 32:32 JOHN 5:24, "I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, WHOEVER HEARS MY WORD 32:38 AND BELIEVES HIM WHO SENT ME HAS ETERNAL LIFE AND WILL NOT BE 32:43 CONDEMNED; HE HAS CROSSED OVER FROM DEATH TO LIFE." 32:46 CAN YOU SAY, "THANK YOU JESUS"? 32:49 THANK YOU, JESUS. 32:50 WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS? 32:52 YOU'VE GOT TO HEAR GOD'S WORD. 32:54 HOW CAN YOU HEAR GOD'S WORD IF YOU DON'T GO TO CHURCH? 32:57 HOW CAN YOU HEAR GOD'S WORD IF YOU DON'T READ IT? 33:01 VERSE 25, "I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, A TIME IS COMING AND HAS NOW 33:06 COME WHEN THE DEAD WILL HEAR THE VOICE OF THE SON OF GOD 33:10 AND THOSE WHO HEAR WILL LIVE. 33:13 FOR AS THE FATHER HAS LIFE IN HIMSELF, SO HE HAS GRANTED 33:18 THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF. 33:21 DO NOT BE AMAZED AT THIS, FOR A TIME IS COMING WHEN ALL 33:25 WHO ARE IN THEIR GRAVES WILL HEAR HIS VOICE." 33:28 THAT'S EVERYBODY. 33:30 AND THEY'RE NOT IN HEAVEN AND THEY'RE NOT IN HELL. 33:32 THE BIBLE SAYS IN THEIR GRAVES. 33:36 "AND COME OUT; THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD WILL RISE TO LIVE, 33:39 AND THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL WILL RISE TO BE CONDEMNED." 33:45 THE BIBLE SAYS-- THINK ABOUT THIS. 33:48 EVERYBODY IN HIS GRAVE. 33:51 CAN YOU THINK THIS THROUGH? 33:54 YOU GO ALONG TO A FUNERAL AND THE MINISTER SAYS, "OUR BELOVED 33:58 FRIEND IS NOW IN HEAVEN." 34:00 THEY NEVER SAY, "OUR BELOVED FRIEND IS NOW IN HELL." 34:03 BUT OUR BELOVED FRIEND-- EVERYBODY AT A FUNERAL 34:06 GOES TO HEAVEN. 34:08 AND THEN THE MINISTER SAYS, "JESUS IS GOING TO COME BACK 34:12 AND HE'S GOING TO RAISE HIM FROM THE DEAD." 34:16 THAT'S A BIT ODD. 34:19 THE BIBLE DOES NOT TEACH THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. 34:23 IT TEACHES THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD. 34:26 AND THE BIBLE SAYS EVERY PERSON IS GOING TO COME FORTH FROM 34:30 THEIR TOMBS. 34:33 WHAT ABOUT STALIN? 34:35 YEAH, STALIN IS GOING TO COME FORTH. 34:38 WHAT ABOUT HITLER? 34:39 HE'S GOING TO COME FORTH, MY FRIEND, WITH ALL THE ARROGANCE. 34:44 ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CARRIED OUT THE INQUISITION ARE GOING TO 34:48 COME FORTH. 34:49 EVERY--ALL OF YOUR RELATIVES, ALL OF MY RELATIVES, 34:53 GOOD AND BAD. 34:54 THE BIBLE SAYS--NOW THIS IS IMPORTANT. 34:57 IT SAYS THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD FOR THE RESURRECTION OF LIFE, 35:03 AND THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL TO THE RESURRECTION OF DAMNATION. 35:07 THERE ARE TWO FATES AND TWO CLASSES. 35:09 AND JESUS DIDN'T SAY THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOT A LOT 35:13 OF FAITH, THOSE PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND ALL THE THEOLOGY. 35:16 HE SAID, "THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD AND 35:19 THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL." 35:21 WE ARE GOING TO BE JUDGED IN THE JUDGMENT NOT ACCORDING 35:27 TO OUR PROFESSION, BUT ACCORDING TO OUR WORKS. 35:32 PEOPLE SAY, "YOU'RE TEACHING SALVATION BY WORKS." 35:34 NO, I'M NOT, BUT WORKS SHOW WHERE YOUR HEART IS. 35:40 WORKS SHOW WHETHER CHRIST HAS GOT YOUR HEART OR WHETHER 35:44 THE DEVIL HAS GOT YOUR HEART. 35:45 AND SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE RAISED, TWO GREAT CLASSES 35:50 AND THEY'RE ALL JUDGED ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS. 35:54 AND SO THERE'S COMING A TREMENDOUS, 35:58 AMAZING RESURRECTION DAY. 36:02 AND THIS IS A GREAT COMFORT. 36:04 I WANT TO READ YOU AN OLD FASHIONED HYMN, SORT OF READ BY 36:09 AN OLD FASHIONED PREACHER. 36:12 "HOW SWEET ARE THE TIDINGS THAT GREET THE PILGRIM'S EAR AS 36:16 HE WANDERS IN EXILE FROM HOME. 36:19 SOON, SOON WILL THE SAVIOR IN GLORY APPEAR. 36:23 SOON WILL THE KINGDOM COME." 36:25 THIS IS A GREAT ADVENT HYMN. 36:28 "HE'S COMING, COMING, COMING SOON, I KNOW, COMING BACK TO 36:31 THIS EARTH AGAIN. 36:33 AND THE WEARY PILGRIMS WILL TO GLORY GO WHEN THE SAVIOR COMES 36:39 TO REIGN. 36:41 THE MOSSY, OLD GRAVES WHERE THE PILGRIMS SLEEP SHALL OPEN AS 36:46 WIDE AS BEFORE, AND THE MILLIONS THAT SLEEP IN THE MIGHTY 36:51 DEEP SHALL LIVE ON THE EARTH ONCE MORE." 36:56 WHAT A DAY, MY FRIEND, WHEN JESUS COMES BACK AND THE GRAVES 37:02 ARE OPENED AND THE SAINTS WILL BE RAISED TO EVERLASTING LIFE. 37:11 IF THE DEAD ARE UNCONSCIOUS, WHO ARE THE SPIRITS? 37:18 COME OVER HERE TO REVELATION 12:7-9. 37:22 REVELATION 12:7-9. 37:28 WHAT A TEXT THIS IS. 37:30 OPENS OUR EYES UP, REVELATION 12:7-9, DEAR FRIEND. 37:35 DO YOU GOT IT? 37:36 "AND THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN." 37:37 IMAGINE THAT. 37:39 "MICHAEL," ANOTHER NAME FOR JESUS, "AND HIS ANGELS." 37:42 SO JESUS HAS GOT ANGELS. 37:45 "THEY FOUGHT AGAINST THE DRAGON, AND THE DRAGON AND HIS ANGELS 37:49 FOUGHT BACK." 37:50 ANGELS ARE SPIRITS. 37:52 "BUT HE WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH, AND THEY LOST THEIR PLACE 37:57 IN HEAVEN. 37:58 THE GREAT DRAGON WAS HURLED DOWN, THAT ANCIENT SERPENT 38:01 CALLED THE DEVIL, OR SATAN, WHO LEADS THE WHOLE WORLD ASTRAY. 38:06 HE WAS HURLED TO THE EARTH, AND HIS ANGELS WITH HIM." 38:09 NOW FOLKS, THIS IS MINDBOGGLING. 38:12 I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THIS HAPPENED, BUT THERE WAS 38:16 A TREMENDOUS WAR IN HEAVEN. 38:20 THERE WAS A MIGHTY, MIGHTY ANGEL WITH A MASSIVE MIND 38:24 AND A DAZZLING PERSONALITY, LOTS OF CHARISMA. 38:30 AMAZING. 38:33 ONE-THIRD OF ANGELS WERE DECEIVED BY HIS SMOOTH TALK. 38:40 WATCH OUT FOR SMOOTH, RELIGIOUS TALKERS. 38:45 NOW HOW MANY OF THESE ANGELS JOINED WITH LUCIFER IN REBELLION 38:49 AGAINST GOD WE DON'T KNOW, BUT MAYBE BILLIONS AND BILLIONS 38:55 AND BILLIONS. 38:56 AND THEY WERE CAST DOWN TO THIS EARTH AND THEY ALL HAVE MASSIVE 39:01 INTELLIGENCE. 39:03 THEY'RE SPIRITS. 39:04 THEY DON'T HAVE BODIES LIKE WE HAVE, THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE. 39:09 I BELIEVE THEY CAN TRAVEL AT TREMENDOUS SPEED, MAYBE FASTER 39:14 THAN--SURELY FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT. 39:19 AND SO THIS WORLD TODAY, IF OUR EYES COULD BE OPENED, WE WOULD 39:24 SEE VAST NUMBERS OF GOD'S GOOD ANGELS AND VAST NUMBERS OF EVIL 39:31 ANGELS, WHO ARE CALLED DEMONS. 39:34 THERE ARE TWO SIDES AND A GREAT WAR RAGES. 39:39 I WANT YOU TO COME TO 2 THESSALONIANS 2:9-12 39:44 BECAUSE THE NAME OF THE GAME IS DECEPTION. 39:49 2 THESSALONIANS 2. 39:54 2 THESSALONIANS 2:9 AND ONWARDS, "THE COMING OF THE LAWLESS ONE 40:00 WILL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WORK OF SATAN DISPLAYED IN 40:05 ALL KINDS OF COUNTERFEIT," LOOK AT THIS, "COUNTERFEIT MIRACLES, 40:09 SIGNS AND WONDERS, AND IN EVERY SORT OF EVIL THAT DECEIVES 40:13 THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING. 40:15 THEY PERISH BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO LOVE THE TRUTH AND BE SAVED. 40:21 FOR THIS REASON GOD SENDS THEM A POWERFUL DELUSION SO THAT THEY 40:27 WILL BELIEVE THE LIE AND SO THAT ALL WILL BE CONDEMNED WHO HAVE 40:32 NOT BELIEVED THE TRUTH BUT HAVE DELIGHTED IN WICKEDNESS." 40:36 THESE BEINGS, CONTROLLED BY SATAN, ARE MASTERS OF DECEPTION. 40:46 AND THE DECEPTIONS ARE SO GREAT THAT THE GREATEST HUMAN MIND 40:51 IS NO MATCH FOR THEM. 40:55 THANK GOD FOR JESUS. 40:58 THANK GOD FOR THE BIBLE. 41:01 I CAN SHOW YOU TEXTS IN THE BIBLE THAT TELL US THAT 41:05 THIS GREAT BEING, LUCIFER, 41:10 HAS THE ABILITY TO IMPERSONATE. 41:13 THERE'S A FOOLISH IDEA THAT GOES AROUND RELIGIOUS CIRCLES IS THAT 41:18 HE LOOKS LIKE A DRAGON AND HE'S A FUNNY SORT OF CHARACTER 41:22 AND PEOPLE LAUGH AT HIM. 41:24 MY FRIEND, NEXT TO GOD, HE IS THE GREATEST MIND 41:28 IN THE UNIVERSE. 41:29 WE ARE NO MATCH FOR HIM. 41:31 THANK GOD FOR JESUS. 41:31 COME OVER HERE, PLEASE, 41:34 2 CORINTHIANS 11:14. 41:37 2 CORINTHIANS 11:14, MY DEAR FRIENDS. 41:44 2 CORINTHIANS 11:14. 41:50 VERSE 14 SAYS, "AND NO WONDER, FOR SATAN HIMSELF MASQUERADES 41:54 AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT." 41:57 IF YOU WERE TO SEE SATAN TODAY, HE WOULD NOT APPEAR AS A DEMON. 42:02 MAYBE HE WOULD EVEN LOOK LIKE JESUS. 42:07 HE'D BE CHARMING AND KIND. 42:12 HE HAS THE CAPACITY TO PREACH THE GREATEST SERMONS. 42:19 AND THAT IS WHY GOD HAS GIVEN US THE BIBLE AND IT'S WHY WE NEED 42:25 TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE PACK AND BECOME BIBLE CHRISTIANS. 42:31 WE DON'T HAVE TIME TODAY TO GO TO 1 SAMUEL 28, BUT YOU OUGHT TO 42:35 READ IT AT HOME SOMETIME BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT HOW SAUL WENT 42:40 ALONG TO THE WITCH OF ENDOR AND SHE SUPPOSEDLY BROUGHT UP 42:45 THE DEAD PROPHET SAMUEL, WHO WAS DEAD. 42:51 AND THE LEADER OF THE CHURCH BACK THERE WAS DECEIVED 42:55 IN A SÉANCE BY A DEMON WHO PRETENDED TO BE 43:00 THE LIVING PROPHET. 43:05 BISHOP PIKE WAS A FAMOUS ANGLICAN MINISTER, 43:09 CHURCH OF ENGLAND. 43:11 HIS SON DIED. 43:13 HE WROTE A BOOK, "I SPOKE TO MY DEAD SON." 43:18 PEOPLE IN CHURCHES EVERYWHERE BELIEVE THAT THE DEAD ARE ALIVE. 43:30 THE DECEIVING POWER OF EVIL SPIRITS IS MANIFESTED 43:33 IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 43:35 IN MELBOURNE, PEOPLE COME TO MY MEETINGS AT THE GREAT 43:38 DALLAS BROOKS AND THEY TOLD ME, "WE'VE COME BECAUSE WE WANT 43:42 YOU TO JOIN US." 43:44 THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME. 43:45 THEY SAID, "COME AND SEE US. 43:47 AND IF IT'S INCONVENIENT FOR YOU TO COME TO SEE US, WE WILL LEAVE 43:51 OUR BODIES AND WE WILL COME AND SEE YOU." 43:55 YOU SAY THOSE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN. 43:57 DON'T MOCK THE DEVIL. 44:00 PEOPLE SAY, "WOULD YOU EVER GO TO A SÉANCE SO THAT YOU COULD 44:04 SHOW THAT JESUS IS GREATER?" 44:06 NO, NO, NO. 44:08 I KNOW THAT JESUS IS GREATER. 44:10 I SHOULD NOT WALK ON THE DEVIL'S TERRITORY. 44:13 WHEN I GO ON THE DEVIL'S TERRITORY WILLINGLY, 44:21 I GO BY MYSELF. 44:25 DON'T MESS WITH THE DEVIL. 44:28 SOUTH OF THE BORDER HERE, THERE ARE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF 44:31 EARNEST, GOOD PEOPLE WHO PRAY TO THE DEAD. 44:34 THEY CALL IT THE DAY OF THE DEAD. 44:38 THEN THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE 44:41 DECEIVED BY ASTROLOGY. 44:44 YOU CAN READ ABOUT THIS IN ISAIAH 47:13-14, 44:47 FOR IT PRONOUNCES A CURSE UPON THOSE WHO PRACTICE ASTROLOGY. 44:56 SO MANY PEOPLE DO. 45:00 BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE--WE DON'T LIKE TO TALK 45:03 ABOUT, AND THAT IS DEMON POSSESSION. 45:08 IT IS REAL AND IT HAPPENS. 45:11 I WANT YOU TO COME TO LUKE 8. 45:14 LUKE 8. 45:16 I THANK GOD FOR JESUS AND I THANK GOD FOR THE BIBLE. 45:21 LUKE 8:22 AND ONWARDS, "ONE DAY JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, 45:27 'LET'S GO OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE.' 45:30 SO THEY GOT INTO A BOAT AND SET OUT. 45:32 AS THEY SAILED, HE FELL ASLEEP. 45:33 A SQUALL CAME DOWN ON THE LAKE, SO THAT THE BOAT WAS BEING 45:37 SWAMPED, AND THEY WERE IN GREAT DANGER. 45:39 THE DISCIPLES WENT AND WOKE HIM, SAYING, 'MASTER, MASTER, 45:42 WE'RE GOING TO DROWN!' HE GOT UP AND REBUKED THE WIND 45:45 AND THE RAGING WATER; THE STORM SUBSIDED, AND ALL WAS CALM. 45:48 'WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?' HE ASKED HIS DISCIPLES. 45:52 IN FEAR AND AMAZEMENT THEY ASKED ONE ANOTHER, 'WHO IS THIS? 45:55 HE COMMANDS EVEN THE WINDS AND THE WATER, AND THEY OBEY HIM.'" 45:59 HE'S LORD OF ALL, MY FRIEND. 46:02 "HE SAILED TO THE REGION OF THE GERASENES, WHICH IS ACROSS 46:07 THE LAKE FROM GALILEE. 46:08 WHEN JESUS STEPPED ASHORE, HE WAS MET BY A DEMON-POSSESSED 46:12 MAN FROM THE TOWN." 46:14 DON'T PROFESS TO BELIEVE IN CHRIST IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE 46:19 IN THE DEMONS BECAUSE JESUS BELIEVED IN THE DEMONS. 46:26 HE WAS A MAN DEMON-POSSESSED. 46:29 "FOR A LONG TIME THIS MAN HAD NOT WORN CLOTHES 46:31 OR LIVED IN A HOUSE, BUT HAD LIVED IN THE TOMBS. 46:35 WHEN HE SAW JESUS, HE CRIED OUT AND FELL AT HIS FEET, SHOUTING 46:39 AT THE TOP OF HIS VOICE, 'WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME, JESUS, 46:42 SON OF THE MOST HIGH GOD? 46:43 I BEG YOU, DON'T TORTURE ME!' FOR JESUS HAD COMMANDED THE EVIL 46:49 SPIRIT TO COME OUT OF THE MAN. 46:52 MANY TIMES IT HAD SEIZED HIM, AND THOUGH HE WAS CHAINED HAND 46:55 AND FOOT AND KEPT UNDER GUARD, HE HAD BROKEN HIS CHAINS AND 46:59 HAD BEEN DRIVEN BY THE DEMON INTO SOLITARY PLACES. 47:03 JESUS ASKED HIM, 'WHAT IS YOUR NAME?' 47:06 'LEGION,' HE REPLIED, BECAUSE MANY DEMONS HAD GONE INTO HIM. 47:11 AND THEY BEGGED HIM REPEATEDLY NOT TO ORDER THEM TO GO INTO 47:15 THE ABYSS. 47:17 A LARGE HERD OF PIGS WAS FEEDING THERE ON THE HILLSIDE. 47:20 THE DEMONS BEGGED JESUS TO LET THEM GO INTO THEM, AND HE GAVE 47:23 THEM PERMISSION. 47:25 WHEN THE DEMONS CAME OUT OF THE MAN, THEY WENT INTO 47:28 THE PIGS, AND THE HERD RUSHED DOWN THE STEEP BANK INTO 47:31 THE LAKE AND WAS DROWNED. 47:33 WHEN THOSE TENDING THE PIGS SAW WHAT HAD HAPPENED, THEY RAN OFF 47:36 AND REPORTED THIS IN THE TOWN AND THE COUNTRYSIDE, 47:40 AND THE PEOPLE WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. 47:42 WHEN THEY CAME TO JESUS, THEY FOUND THE MAN FROM WHOM 47:46 THE DEMONS HAD GONE OUT, SITTING AT JESUS' FEET, 47:51 DRESSED AND IN HIS RIGHT MIND." 47:54 LOOK AT ME. 47:55 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU FOLKS SOMETHING. 48:02 IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A MAN OR A WOMAN TO BECOME 48:07 FILLED WITH DEMONS. 48:10 I'VE SEEN IT. 48:13 I BELIEVE THAT MUCH OF THE CRIME AND THE ACTS OF TERRORISM THAT 48:17 WE SEE IN THE WORLD TODAY ARE THE RESULT OF DEMONISM, 48:23 EVIL SPIRITS. 48:25 AND I'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE TO TELL YOU. 48:28 AND I ONLY PRAY THAT YOU WILL HAVE EARS THAT ARE OPEN AND THAT 48:33 GOD WILL SOMEHOW SHAKE US TO BECOME NO LONGER PROFESSORS, 48:39 BUT POSSESSORS OF CHRIST IN THE GOSPEL. 48:44 THE BIBLE TEACHES, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GIVE YOU THE TEXT, THAT 48:49 DEMONISM IS GOING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD IN THESE LAST DAYS. 48:54 THE PROPHECIES OF REVELATION ARE CLEAR AND THEY TEACH THAT 49:00 THE VAST MAJORITY OF HUMAN BEINGS IN THE LAST DAYS 49:04 WILL BECOME THE HABITATION OF UNCLEAN SPIRITS. 49:10 THERE'LL BE A MINORITY, A REMNANT, WHO ARE FILLED WITH 49:13 THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND WHO REFLECT THE IMAGE OF CHRIST 49:18 AND WHO ARE SAVED BY GRACE ALONE THROUGH FAITH ALONE. 49:20 BUT THE REST OF THE WORLD BECOMES DEMON-POSSESSED. 49:30 THIS IS NOT BABY TALK. 49:30 THIS PERHAPS IS THE MOST 49:38 IMPORTANT TALK YOU'VE EVER HEARD BECAUSE UNLESS CHRIST 49:43 IS ON THE THRONE OF MY HEART, ANOTHER POWER WISHES TO OCCUPY 49:52 THAT POSITION. 49:56 FOR A PERSON WHO IS WATCHING THE TELECAST AND YOU ARE BEING 50:01 HARASSED BY DEMONS--WELL, MAYBE THERE'S SOMEBODY WATCHING 50:06 THE TELECAST AND YOU ARE POSSESSED BY A DEMON. 50:09 I WOULD TELL YOU THIS. 50:11 WITH ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE, JESUS IS LORD OVER EVERY DEMON 50:13 AND YOU NEED NOT BE AFRAID 50:21 IF CHRIST IS IN YOUR HEART. 50:28 BUT YOU AND I MUST MAKE THE ULTIMATE DECISION. 50:31 NOBODY CAN MAKE IT FOR YOU. 50:33 YOU CAN DISREGARD THIS TALK AND YOU CAN WALK AWAY AND YOU CAN 50:36 LAUGH, BUT ONE DAY HIS INFERNAL MAJESTY WILL COME CALLING. 50:45 AND IN THAT DAY, YOU'LL BE GLAD THAT YOU OPENED YOUR HEART TO 50:49 THE SAVIOR. 50:51 REMEMBER THIS, THE SAME LORD WHO STOOD IN THAT LITTLE BOAT AND 50:57 SAID TO THE RAGING ELEMENTS, "PEACE, BE STILL," CAN SAY TO 51:04 THE RAGING STORM IN YOUR HEART, "PEACE, BE STILL." 51:10 REMEMBER, UNLESS CHRIST IS LORD OF ALL, HE IS NOT LORD AT ALL. 51:19 WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A GREAT WAR, I FEEL IT. 51:23 NO MORE IS THIS WAR MORE EVIDENT THAN HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 51:27 THAT IS GIVING ITSELF OVER TO DEMONS AND EVERY OTHER CRIME 51:31 AND SIN. 51:33 WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF THE WAR. 51:37 AND YOU AND I MUST CHOOSE, CHRIST OR SATAN. 51:49 AND I SAY AGAIN, IN THE WORDS OF THE PROPHET, AS FOR ME AND MY 51:54 HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD. 51:58 LET US PRAY. 52:13 OUR FATHER, ON OUR KNEES WE COME TO YOU TODAY. 52:17 WE THANK YOU, FIRST AND FOREMOST, ABOVE ALL ELSE, 52:21 FOR JESUS. 52:24 WE THANK YOU THAT HE IS LORD OF ALL, AND THAT AT THE NAME OF 52:29 JESUS THE DEMONS QUAKE IN FEAR AND RUN AWAY. 52:36 WE THANK YOU THAT ON THE CROSS HE DEFEATED THE HORDES OF 52:39 DARKNESS AND SATAN WAS CAST DOWN. 52:45 WE KNOW FROM THE STUDY OF THE BIBLE--AND MANY OF US, SADLY, 52:51 OUR FATHER, ARE SO DECEIVED BY THE GREAT MASTER OF DEMONS THAT 52:57 WE NO LONGER READ OUR BIBLES. 53:00 WE'D RATHER WATCH TELEVISION AND TRASH. 53:05 LORD, FORGIVE US FOR OUR SICKLY CHRISTIANITY, 53:09 OUR WEAKNESS, OUR APOSTASY. 53:15 BUT WE KNOW FROM THE STUDY OF SCRIPTURE THAT OUR LORD 53:19 JESUS CHRIST IS LORD OF ALL. 53:22 AND HE CAN SAY TO OUR HEARTS, "PEACE, BE STILL." 53:25 WE THANK YOU TODAY FOR THE REVELATION OF HOLY SCRIPTURE 53:28 THAT TELLS US THAT OUR LOVED ONES ARE NOT BURNING IN HELL 53:31 OR PURGATORY, AND THEY HAVE NOT YET GONE HOME TO GLORY BECAUSE 53:36 THE BOOK OF HEBREWS TELLS US WE ALL GO TOGETHER. 53:41 HOW SLOW WE HAVE BEEN TO BELIEVE YOUR WORD. 53:44 FORGIVE US, LORD. 53:46 AND BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF THIS GREAT BATTLE, WE KNOW IT 53:49 IS DANGEROUS AND FOOLISH TO REMAIN NEUTRAL BECAUSE 53:55 WE ARE NOT NEUTRAL. 53:56 IF WE DO NOT CAST OUR VOTE FOR CHRIST, WE'VE CAST OUR VOTE 54:01 FOR THE LORD OF THE DEMONS. 54:03 AND TODAY WE WOULD CAST OUR VOTE FOR CHRIST AND WE WOULD SAY, 54:09 "WE WANT TO HAVE CHRIST FIRST AND LAST AND BEST IN EVERYTHING. 54:16 WE WANT HIM TO BE THE LORD OF OUR HEARTS AND THE LORD OF 54:20 OUR LIVES." 54:22 IF THAT IS YOUR PRAYER TODAY IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CHURCH, 54:24 YOU WILL RAISE A HAND. 54:26 LIFT UP BOTH YOUR HANDS AND SAY, "I CHOOSE CHRIST. 54:30 I CHOOSE CHRIST AS THE LORD OF MY LIFE, 54:35 AS THE LORD OF MY HEART." 54:38 BLESS THESE UPRAISED HANDS. 54:40 WE THANK YOU THAT NOW GREATER IS HE WHO IS IN US 54:47 THAN HE WHO IS IN THE WORLD. 54:50 WE BLESS YOU, WE PRAISE YOU, WE THANK YOU, GIVE YOU GLORY 54:55 IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 54:59 AMEN AND THANK YOU, GOD. 55:04 THANK YOU, GOD. 55:08 >> HELLO, I'M JOHN CARTER. 55:10 I FIRST CAME HERE IN 1971. 55:13 THAT'S A LONG TIME AGO. 55:14 I'VE BEEN BACK 39 TIMES. 55:17 MORE RECENTLY IN 1991 WHEN WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE UNDER 55:22 GOD OF CONDUCTING THE FIRST EVER EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN 55:26 IN THE OLD SOVIET UNION. 55:28 SINCE THEN, WE HAVE BEEN PREACHING RIGHT AROUND 55:31 THIS GREAT COUNTY, ST. PETERSBURG, MOSCOW, 55:36 AS THEY CALL IT, MOSKVA, NIZHNY NOVGOROD, DZERJINSK. 55:40 I CAN JUST GO ON AND ON. 55:42 AND WE HAVE SEEN THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF SOULS COME TO 55:47 A KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 55:50 I WANT TO THANK YOU TODAY FOR YOUR MAGNIFICENT SUPPORT, FOR 55:55 STANDING WITH US IN TOUGH TIMES AND IN GOOD TIMES IN 55:59 THE PREACHING OF CHRIST TO THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE. 56:03 MY FRIEND, IT'S NOT OVER YET. 56:06 WE'RE NOT GIVING UP ON RUSSIA BECAUSE THE NEEDS HERE 56:10 ARE TREMENDOUS. 56:12 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE AND PLEASE, 56:16 IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WRITE TO ME JOHN CARTER, 56:20 POST OFFICE BOX 1900, THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA 91358. 56:27 LET ME GIVE IT TO YOU AGAIN, JOHN CARTER, 56:29 POST OFFICE BOX 1900, THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA 91358. 56:35 FOR MY FRIENDS IN AUSTRALIA, LOOK AT THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW. 56:39 WE'RE PUTTING UP OUR ADDRESS. 56:41 WRITE TO ME AND HELP US TO KEEP THE LIGHT BURNING AS THE SUN 56:47 GOES DOWN IN THE LAND OF RUSSIA. 56:51 RELIGIOUS LIBERTY WILL SOON BE A THING OF THE PAST. 56:54 PLEASE WRITE TO ME. 56:56 PLEASE PRAY FOR US. 56:57 PRAY FOR RUSSIA. 56:59 THIS IS JOHN CARTER SAYING TO YOU FROM THE KREMLIN 57:02 THANK YOU IN JESUS' NAME AND GOD BLESS YOU. 57:10 ♪ SING ALLELUIA, ♪ 57:13 ♪ SING ALLELUIA. ♪ ♪ FOR HIS INFINITE LOVE, ♪ 57:20 ♪ SING ALLELUIA. ♪ ♪ SING ALLELUIA, ♪ 57:26 ♪ SING ALLELUIA. ♪ ♪ PRAISE THE FATHER ABOVE. ♪ 57:32 ♪ SING ALLELUIA. ♪ ♪ SING ALLELUIA, ♪ 57:39 ♪ SING ALLELUIA. ♪ ♪ FOR HIS INFINITE LOVE, ♪ 57:45 ♪ SING ALLELUIA. ♪♪ |
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