Participants: Pr. John Carter
Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR001108
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00:07 >> FROM ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, THE CARTER REPORT PRESENTS 00:10 "THE LIVING WORD" AROUND THE WORLD. 00:18 >> HELLO, FRIEND. 00:19 I'M JOHN CARTER, STANDING ON THE BANKS OF THE KAZAN RIVER. 00:24 THAT'S A TRIBUTARY OF THE MIGHTY VOLGA RIVER 00:28 IN THE LAND OF RUSSIA. 00:31 THIS IS THE CITY OF KAZAN, THE CAPITAL OF TATARSTAN, 00:35 A MUSLIM REPUBLIC OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 00:40 WE ARE HERE BY THE SHEER GRACE OF GOD AND WE SAY GLORY BE TO 00:45 GOD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE DURING THE YEAR 2008, 00:51 THE CARTER REPORT TEAM, ONCE AGAIN BY THE GRACE OF GOD, 00:55 BAPTIZED HUNDREDS OF MUSLIMS INTO CHRIST 00:59 IN FRONT OF THE MUSLIM MOSQUE. 01:02 PEOPLE SAID IT COULD NEVER HAPPEN, BUT REMEMBER THIS, 01:07 GOD IS GREAT. 01:08 AND JESUS SAID, "WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE." 01:15 I WANT TO THANK YOU TODAY FOR YOUR MARVELOUS SUPPORT, 01:18 FOR STANDING WITH US IN THE PREACHING OF 01:22 THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL. 01:23 PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR US AND PRAY FOR KAZAN. 01:27 WRITE TO ME, PLEASE, JOHN CARTER, 01:30 POST OFFICE BOX 1900, THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA 91358. 01:39 WE'RE NOT GIVING UP ON RUSSIA. 01:41 NEITHER SHOULD YOU. 01:42 PLEASE WRITE TO ME, JOHN CARTER, POST OFFICE BOX 1900, 01:48 THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA 91358. 01:52 THAT'S JOHN CARTER, POST OFFICE BOX 1900, 01:56 THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA 91358. 02:00 SUPPORT US IN THIS GREAT WORK. 02:03 PRAY FOR RUSSIA AND THANK YOU. 02:07 IN JESUS' NAME, MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU. 02:20 >> I'M SO GLAD TO GIVE YOU A WELCOME TODAY TO 02:22 "THE CARTER REPORT." 02:23 HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAGAZINE? 02:26 TALKING HERE TO THE CHURCH FOLKS ALSO? 02:28 HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAGAZINE, "NEWSWEEK," THE LATEST ONE? 02:32 SEE WHAT'S ON THE COVER. 02:34 YOU KNOW THE WORD FOR THE BOOK OF REVELATION, DON'T YOU, YOU 02:37 KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED DON'T YOU? 02:39 THE APOCALYPSE. 02:40 NOW PEOPLE TELL ME, YOU SHOULDN'T BE PREACHING 02:42 THOSE THINGS WILL. 02:43 LET TELL YOU FOLKS SOMETHING, IF WE DON'T PREACH THESE THINGS, 02:46 THESE MAGAZINES ARE GOING TO DO THE PREACHING FOR US. 02:49 THIS MAGAZINE SAYS, "NEWSWEEK," "APOCALYPSE NOW, 02:54 TSUNAMIS, EARTHQUAKES, NUCLEAR MELTDOWNS, REVOLUTIONS, 02:59 ECONOMIES ON THE BRINK. 03:01 WHAT IS NEXT?" 03:03 SORT OF AMAZING, ISN'T IT? 03:05 I'M GONNA TALK TODAY ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET HOME, 03:09 HOW YOU CAN FINALLY GET HOME. 03:13 WE BELIEVE, WITH ALL OUR HEARTS, THAT THIS IS THE TIME OF 03:17 THE APOCALYPSE, WE BELIEVE THIS. 03:20 "NEWSWEEK" ALSO BELIEVES IT AND PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD 03:24 ARE SAYING SOMETHING TREMENDOUS IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN 03:28 TO THE HUMAN RACE. 03:31 NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND MY FRIENDS AND MY WONDERFUL 03:36 TELEVISION AUDIENCE THAT WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE WITH US TODAY, 03:40 WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE WITH US AT OUR WORSHIP CENTER 03:44 YARA GOMEZ AND JEREMY MORADA. 03:49 >> [APPLAUDING] 04:01 [MUSIC] 04:13 ♪ WONDERFUL, ♪ ♪ MERCIFUL SAVIOR. ♪ 04:19 ♪ PRECIOUS REDEEMER ♪ ♪ AND FRIEND. ♪ 04:25 ♪ WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ♪ ♪ THAT A LAMB COULD RESCUE ♪ 04:33 ♪ THE SOULS OF MEN? ♪ ♪ OH, YOU'D RESCUE ♪ 04:40 ♪ THE SOULS OF MEN. ♪ ♪ COUNSELOR, ♪ 04:49 ♪ COMFORTER, ♪ ♪ KEEPER, ♪ 04:54 ♪ SPIRIT WE LONG TO EMBRACE. ♪ ♪ YOU OFFER HOPE WHEN OUR ♪ 05:04 ♪ HEARTS HAVE HOPELESSLY ♪ ♪ LOST OUR WAY. ♪ 05:12 ♪ OH, WE'VE HOPELESSLY ♪ ♪ LOST OUR WAY. ♪ 05:19 ♪ YOU ARE THE ONE ♪ ♪ THAT WE PRAISE, ♪ 05:25 ♪ AND YOU ARE THE ONE WE ADORE ♪ ♪ YOU OFFER HEALING AND GRACE ♪ 05:37 ♪ OUR HEART'S ALWAYS HUNGERED ♪ ♪ FOR, OH, OUR HEARTS ♪ 05:45 ♪ ALWAYS HUNGERED FOR. ♪ 05:54 [MUSIC] 06:04 ♪ YOU OFFER HEALING AND GRACE, ♪ ♪ OUR HEARTS ALWAYS HUNGERED ♪ 06:13 ♪ FOR, OH, OUR HEARTS ♪ ♪ ALWAYS HUNGERED FOR. ♪ 06:26 ♪ ALL-MIGHTY INFINITE FATHER, ♪ ♪ FAITHFULLY LOVING YOUR OWN. ♪ 06:38 ♪ HERE IN OUR WEAKNESS YOU ♪ ♪ FIND US, FALLING ♪ 06:46 ♪ BEFORE YOUR THRONE. ♪ ♪ OH, WE'RE FALLING ♪ 06:52 ♪ BEFORE YOUR THRONE. ♪ ♪ YOU ARE THE ONE ♪ 06:59 ♪ THAT WE PRAISE, ♪ ♪ YOU ARE THE ONE WE ADORE. ♪ 07:10 ♪ YOU OFFER HEALING AND GRACE ♪ ♪ OUR HEARTS ALWAYS HUNGERED ♪ 07:19 ♪ FOR, OH, OUR HEARTS ♪ ♪ ALWAYS HUNGERED FOR. ♪ 07:29 ♪ YOU ARE THE ONE ♪ ♪ THAT WE PRAISE AND ♪ 07:35 ♪ YOU ARE THE ONE WE ADORE. ♪ ♪ YOU OFFER HEALING AND GRACE ♪ 07:46 ♪ OUR HEARTS ♪ ♪ ALWAYS HUNGERED FOR, ♪ 07:52 ♪ OH, OUR HEARTS ♪ ♪ ALWAYS HUNGERED FOR. ♪♪ 08:07 >> [APPLAUDING] 08:12 >> THIS IS A VERY FAMOUS MAGAZINE HERE IN THESE GREAT 08:16 UNITED STATES, "THE NEW YORKER." 08:20 NOW I HOPE YOU FOLKS-- HOPE WE CAN GET A CAMERA 08:23 IN CLOSE ON THIS, DAVID, BUT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT 08:27 THE ASCENT OF MAN. 08:28 YOU KNOW WE START OFF HERE AS MONKEYS, 08:31 AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? 08:34 THINK YOU CAME FROM A MONKEY? 08:36 OKAY, START OFF AS A MONKEY, BUT THE MONKEY EVOLVES, CLIMBS 08:42 UP AND AFTER MANY, MANY BILLIONS OF YEARS, HE OH, TERRIBLE LONG 08:48 TIME ANYHOW, THEY SAY, HE IS A PHARAOH. 08:52 AND THEN HE GETS BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER AND SOON HE IS 08:59 A MAN OF THE 21ST CENTURY. 09:02 YOU SEE HE'S CLIMBING UP THE LADDER. 09:05 HE'S ASCENDING. 09:07 AND THE LAST SCENE IN THE GREAT DRAMA, I'LL HOLD IT CLOSE 09:11 SO THE CAMERA MAN CAN SEE. 09:13 THE LAST SCENE IN THE DRAMA, SEE WHAT IT IS? 09:18 HE GOES OFF THE ESCALATOR INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT. 09:22 HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. 09:25 THIS IS THE STUFF THAT IS BELIEVED BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 09:30 AFTER A LONG PERILOUS, EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS IN THE END, 09:39 HE'S DONE IN AND HE FALLS OFF THE PIT INTO OBLIVION. 09:46 THE TITLE OF MY TALK TODAY IS "THE WAY HOME." 09:52 WHY ON EARTH WERE YOU AND I BORN? 09:58 DO I HAVE A HIGHER DESTINY THAN WHAT "THE NEW YORKER" TELLS ME? 10:06 AS A CHRISTIAN, ONE WHO BELIEVES IN CHRIST AND WHO ENDEAVORS TO 10:11 FOLLOW CHRIST, I BELIEVE THAT THE BEST IS YET TO BE. 10:19 I WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN, I BELIEVE, AS A CHRISTIAN, 10:23 THAT THE BEST IS YET TO BE. 10:26 TAKE YOUR BIBLES PLEASE AND TURN WITH ME TO JOHN 14:1 10:32 AND ONWARDS. 10:32 JOHN 14 AND THESE ARE THE WORDS OF JESUS. 10:39 JOHN 14:1 AND ONWARDS. 10:44 HAVE YOU GOT THE TEXT? 10:45 JOHN 14:1 AND ONWARDS. 10:47 JESUS SAID, "DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED. 10:51 TRUST IN GOD; TRUST ALSO IN ME. 10:54 IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY ROOMS." 10:57 IT'S A BIG HOUSE, FOLKS. 10:59 "IF IT WERE NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. 11:02 I AM GOING THERE TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. 11:05 AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME BACK AND 11:11 TAKE YOU TO BE WITH ME THAT YOU ALSO MAY BE WHERE I AM." 11:17 JESUS SAID THE END OF A TRUE BELIEVER IS NOT TO FALL 11:23 INTO THE PIT, IT IS LIVE IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE FOREVER. 11:30 THAT'S SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL. 11:34 THAT IS SOMETHING WONDERFUL. 11:36 THAT IS SOMETHING FAR BETTER THAN YOU AND I CAN EVER CONCEIVE 11:41 IN OUR MINDS. 11:43 AND THE QUESTION WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES IS THIS: IF THERE 11:47 IS A HOME AND IF THE BEST IS YET TO BE, HOW CAN I GET THERE? 11:56 ISN'T THAT THE QUESTION? 11:58 PUT UP YOUR HANDS IF YOU WANT TO GET THERE. 12:02 PUT UP YOUR HANDS IF YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, DON'T 12:05 YOU WANT TO GET THERE, ALFIE? 12:06 PUT UP YOUR HAND HIGH, ALFIE. 12:08 THANK YOU. 12:09 IF YOU WANT TO GET THERE, MY FRIENDS, SAY SO. 12:12 "I WANT TO ARRIVE SAFELY ON THAT OTHER SHORE." 12:17 WOULD YOU LOOK AT JOHN 14:4-6, AND WE SHALL READ THE MOST 12:21 POLITICALLY INCORRECT WORDS EVER WRITTEN. 12:25 JOHN 14:4-6. 12:29 JESUS SAID, "YOU KNOW THE WAY TO THE PLACE WHERE I AM GOING. 12:33 THOMAS SAID TO HIM," HE'S THE DOUBTER, "LORD, WE DON'T 12:37 KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING, SO HOW CAN WE KNOW THE WAY?" 12:41 YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT SOME PEOPLE LIKE THIS IN A CHURCH. 12:44 I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO DO IT. 12:47 VERSE 6, "JESUS ANSWERED, 'I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH 12:55 AND THE LIFE. 12:58 NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.'" 13:03 JESUS SAID THAT SALVATION IS THROUGH CHRIST. 13:08 JESUS IS THE WAY. 13:10 NO ONE COMES TO GOD EXCEPT THROUGH CHRIST. 13:15 LET ME WRITE THIS OVER HERE ON THE BLACKBOARD. 13:19 PEOPLE DON'T SAY THESE THINGS ANYMORE BECAUSE 13:22 WE MIGHT OFFEND SOMEBODY. 13:25 WE MIGHT OFFEND THIS RELIGION OR THAT RELIGION. 13:28 DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO OFFEND GOD OR NOT, 13:29 BUT PEOPLE ARE AFRAID 13:33 OF THE WORDS OF JESUS. 13:34 JESUS SAID, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT. 13:37 JESUS SAID, NO ONE, 13:41 NO ONE ANYWHERE. 13:42 NO ONE COMES, NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER. 13:49 NO ONE COMES TO GOD. 13:53 THEN HE SAID THESE WORDS, EXCEPT, EXCEPT THROUGH JESUS. 14:01 HE SAID THAT. 14:02 "NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME." 14:08 BECAUSE HE SAID, "I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE." 14:13 OF COURSE, MOST FOLKS TODAY IN AMERICA DON'T BELIEVE THAT. 14:17 WE CALL THIS A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY, BUT MOST FOLKS DON'T 14:20 BELIEVE THAT. 14:21 THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE REASONS THAT AMERICA IS IN SO MUCH 14:24 TROUBLE TODAY, BECAUSE PEOPLE HERE IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY HAVE 14:30 GOT AWAY FROM THE WORD OF GOD AND THEY'VE GOT AWAY FROM JESUS. 14:33 THIS IS A FAMOUS MAGAZINE ALSO. 14:38 LET ME SEE WHICH ONE, I THINK IT'S EITHER "TIME" MAGAZINE-- 14:41 OH, IT'S "NEWSWEEK" AGAIN. 14:43 HERE WE'VE GOT "NEWSWEEK" AND THIS ARTICLE SAYS, 14:47 THIS EDITORIAL SAYS "WE'RE ALL HINDUS NOW." 14:51 WE'RE ALL HINDUS. 14:53 "AMERICA IS NOT A CHRISTIAN NATION." 14:56 WELL, THAT'S TRUE. 14:58 WE ARE, IT IS TRUE, A NATION FOUNDED BY CHRISTIANS. 15:01 AND ACCORDING TO A 2008 SURVEY, 76% OF US CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY 15:07 AS CHRISTIANS BUT IT SAYS HERE, WE ARE NO LONGER BIBLE 15:11 CHRISTIANS BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY HINDUS IN OUR FAITH. 15:17 NOW WHAT DO THE HINDUS BELIEVE? 15:19 DO THE HINDUS BELIEVE IN JESUS? 15:23 YES, THEY DO. 15:25 YOU CAN GO INTO THE HOMES OF HINDUS AND YOU'LL SEE 15:29 A PICTURE OR AN IDOL OF JESUS. 15:32 THEY BELIEVE IN JESUS, AND THEY BELIEVE IN ANOTHER MILLION GODS. 15:42 THE HINDU SCRIPTURES SAY TRUTH IS ONE, BUT THE SAGES SPEAK OF 15:48 IT BY MANY NAMES. 15:50 A HINDU BELIEVES THERE ARE MANY PATHS TO GOD. 15:53 JESUS IS ONE WAY, THE KORAN IS ANOTHER. 15:56 YOGA PRACTICE IS ANOTHER. 16:00 CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT IN SUNDAY SCHOOL THAT THEIR 16:03 RELIGION IS TRUE AND THAT OTHERS ARE FALSE. 16:08 JESUS SAID, "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. 16:11 NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME." 16:14 AMERICANS NO LONGER BELIEVE IT. 16:19 WELL, SOME DO. 16:21 BUT MOST DON'T. 16:24 THEY BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN BE SAVED BY BEING A SINCERE HINDU 16:31 OR A BUDDHIST, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU TODAY THAT JESUS IS 16:35 THE WAY. 16:38 NOT MOSES, NOT MOSES. 16:41 NOT BUDDHA. 16:43 NOT HINDUISM, WITH A MILLION DIFFERENT GODS. 16:48 NOT, AND THIS IS TREMENDOUSLY POLITICALLY INCORRECT. 16:52 NOT MOHAMMED. 16:57 NOT MOHAMMED WITH ALL OF HIS TEACHINGS IN THE KORAN. 17:01 NOT MY CHURCH, NOT MY PASTOR. 17:05 NOT THE POPE. 17:08 NOT THE NEW AGE WITH ITS GURUS AND SPIRITUAL LEADERS. 17:13 THE BIBLE MAKES THIS STATEMENT, AND TODAY PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO 17:18 HEAR IT. 17:19 AND ONE OF THE GREAT PROBLEMS TODAY IN AMERICA, LISTEN TO 17:23 THIS, AND IN AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES, IS THE GROSS 17:28 ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM. 17:31 PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES, BECAUSE 17:35 THE VAST MAJORITY HAVE NEVER OPENED A BIBLE. 17:38 EVERYBODY OWNS A BIBLE, BUT HARDLY ANYBODY KNOWS 17:42 WHAT IT TALKS ABOUT. 17:44 BUT JESUS, WHO IS THE SON OF GOD, IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT THAT 17:48 JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD, THEN YOU ARE, OF COURSE, 17:51 JUST THE SAME AS THE HINDUS. 17:55 BUT JESUS SAID, "NO ONE COMES TO GOD." 17:58 I CAN'T GET TO GOD. 17:59 I CAN'T GET TO THE FATHER'S HOUSE EXCEPT THROUGH JESUS. 18:05 IF I COULD, WHY DID HE DIE FOR OUR SINS? 18:12 BECAUSE BUDDHA DIDN'T DIE FOR MY SINS. 18:15 HOW CAN JESUS SAVE ME? 18:17 WHAT CAN JESUS DO FOR ME THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN? 18:23 NOW FIRSTLY, YOU AND I HAVE--LISTEN TO THIS, YOU AND I 18:30 HAVE A--WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW THIS WORKS IN A BIT LATER. 18:37 YOU AND I HAVE A TREMENDOUS NEED FOR SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT. 18:46 NOW MOST FOLKS HAVE GOT NO SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT. 18:53 AND YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND THIS SUBJECT TODAY WITHOUT 18:55 SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT. 18:57 WOULD YOU COME OVER HERE TO JOHN 6 VERSE--MATTHEW 6, 19:02 MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN, THE FIRST OF THE GOSPELS. 19:06 MATTHEW 6:22-23. 19:13 THESE ARE THE WORDS OF JESUS. 19:16 JESUS SAYS, LOOK AT IN THE BIBLE, "THE EYE 19:20 IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY." 19:22 HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS EYE. 19:25 "IF YOUR EYES ARE GOOD, YOUR WHOLE BODY 19:28 WILL BE FULL OF LIGHT. 19:30 BUT IF YOUR EYES ARE BAD, YOUR WHOLE BODY 19:33 WILL BE FULL OF DARKNESS. 19:36 IF THEN THE LIGHT WITHIN YOU IS DARKNESS, 19:40 HOW GREAT IS THAT DARKNESS!" 19:42 HE'S TALKING HERE ABOUT THE EYE WHEREBY WITH 19:47 WHICH WE PERCEIVE TRUTH. 19:52 JESUS SAID, "IF YOUR EYE IS GOOD, IF YOU CAN SEE THE TRUTH 20:00 OF SALVATION, YOUR WHOLE BODY IS GONNA BE FULL OF LIGHT." 20:05 BUT JESUS SAID, IF YOUR SPIRITUAL EYE IS DARK, IF IT'S 20:12 BLIND, YOUR WHOLE BODY IS GONNA BE FILLED WITH DARKNESS. 20:18 AND THEN HE SAYS, IF THE LIGHT WITHIN YOU, THAT WHICH YOU 20:21 CONCEIVE TO BE LIGHT, IF THAT'S DARKNESS, 20:25 HOW GREAT IS YOUR DARKNESS? 20:27 YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY THE WORLD'S IN DARKNESS? 20:32 BECAUSE THE WORLD DOES NOT PERCEIVE THE TRUTH. 20:38 NOW, I'VE HAD PEOPLE COME TO ME EVEN IN MY OWN CHURCH 20:42 AND THEY'VE GOT ANGRY WITH ME. 20:45 THEY'VE WRITTEN LETTERS TO ME, WHICH I INVITE, AND THEY SAY, 20:49 "WE DO NOT BELIEVE THIS. 20:50 WE BELIEVE EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE SAVED IF THEY'RE SINCERE." 20:57 FOLKS HAVE SAID TO ME, "YOU KNOW YOUR SAYING THAT IS GOING 21:00 TO OFFEND A LOT OF PEOPLE." 21:02 I SAY, YES, CHIEFLY THE DEVIL. 21:07 BECAUSE JESUS SAID, "I AM THE WAY, I AM THE TRUTH--" 21:11 YOU CAN'T HAVE TRUTH WITHOUT JESUS. 21:14 PEOPLE SAY, "BUT I'VE GOT THE TRUTH." 21:16 IF YOU DON'T HAVE JESUS, HOW GREAT IS YOUR DARKNESS? 21:20 NO ONE COMES TO GOD, EXCEPT THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. 21:26 THAT IS THE TEACHING OF THE BIBLE. 21:31 THE VITAL INFORMATION WE NEED TODAY COMES FROM JESUS HIMSELF. 21:38 LISTEN, IN THE FORM OF A STORY, NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, IN 21:46 A REAL-LIFE DRAMA, BUT FIRSTLY A STORY FROM THE LIPS OF CHRIST 21:57 AND THEN THE REAL-LIFE DRAMA. 22:03 FIRSTLY, THE STORY. 22:06 WOULD YOU COME OVER HERE PLEASE TO LUKE 15:11 AND ONWARDS. 22:12 LUKE 15:11 AND ONWARDS. 22:19 AND I DO WANT YOU TO SEE THIS IN THE BIBLE. 22:24 LUKE 15:11, MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE. 22:30 AND THIS IS AN OLD STORY, BUT TODAY WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT 22:34 DIFFERENTLY. 22:36 "JESUS CONTINUED: 'THERE WAS A MAN WHO HAD TWO SONS. 22:41 THE YOUNGER ONE SAID TO HIS FATHER, 'FATHER, GIVE ME,'" 22:44 THAT'S THE CRY OF THE WORLD. 22:45 GIVE ME. 22:47 PEOPLE TURN TO THE GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA THEY SAY, "GIVE ME." 22:51 PEOPLE TURN TO THE CHURCH AND THEY SAY, "GIVE ME, GIVE ME'. 22:55 "'GIVE ME MY SHARE OF THE ESTATE.' 22:58 SO HE DIVIDED HIS PROPERTY BETWEEN THEM. 23:01 NOT LONG AFTER THAT, THE YOUNGER SON GOT TOGETHER ALL HE HAD, 23:06 SET OFF FOR A DISTANT COUNTRY AND THERE SQUANDERED HIS WEALTH 23:10 IN WILD LIVING. 23:14 AFTER HE HAD SPENT EVERYTHING, THERE WAS A SEVERE FAMINE IN 23:17 THAT WHOLE COUNTRY, HE BEGAN TO BE IN NEED. 23:21 SO HE WENT AND HIRED HIMSELF OUT TO A CITIZEN OF THAT COUNTRY, 23:24 WHO SENT HIM TO THE FIELDS TO FEED PIGS." 23:29 A JEWISH BOY FEEDING PIGS. 23:31 "HE LONGED TO FILL HIS STOMACH WITH THE PODS THAT THE PIGS WERE 23:35 EATING, BUT NO ONE GAVE HIM ANYTHING. 23:39 WHEN HE CAME TO HIS SENSES, HE SAID, 'HOW MANY OF MY FATHER'S 23:43 HIRED MEN HAVE FOOD TO SPARE, AND HERE I AM STARVING TO DEATH! 23:50 I WILL SET OUT AND GO BACK TO MY FATHER AND SAY TO HIM: FATHER, 23:55 I HAVE SINNED AGAINST HEAVEN AND AGAINST YOU. 23:58 I AM NO LONGER WORTHY TO BE CALLED YOUR SON; MAKE ME 24:01 LIKE ONE OF YOUR HIRED MEN.' SO HE GOT UP AND WENT TO 24:05 HIS FATHER. 24:08 BUT WHILE HE WAS STILL A LONG WAY OFF, HIS FATHER SAW HIM 24:12 AND WAS FILLED WITH COMPASSION, COMPASSION FOR HIM; HE RAN TO 24:19 HIS SON, THREW HIS ARMS AROUND HIM AND KISSED HIM. 24:25 THE SON SAID, 'FATHER, I HAVE SINNED AGAINST HEAVEN 24:28 AND AGAINST YOU. 24:30 I AM NO LONGER WORTHY TO BE CALLED YOUR SON.' 24:33 BUT THE FATHER SAID TO HIS SERVANTS, 'QUICK! 24:35 BRING THE BEST ROBE AND PUT IT ON HIM. 24:39 PUT A RING ON HIS FINGER AND SANDALS ON HIS FEET. 24:42 BRING THE FATTENED CALF AND KILL IT. 24:46 LET'S HAVE A FEAST AND CELEBRATE. 24:48 FOR THIS SON OF MINE WAS DEAD AND IS ALIVE AGAIN; 24:52 HE WAS LOST AND IS FOUND.' SO THEY BEGAN TO CELEBRATE." 24:59 NOW THIS IS A FAMILIAR STORY. 25:02 WE CALL IT THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL SON. 25:07 I WANT YOU TO SEE IT TODAY IF GOD WILL HELP US, IF HE WILL 25:10 ILLUMINATE OUR DARKENED MINDS TO SEE THIS STORY IN A NEW WAY. 25:17 I WANT YOU TO NOTICE FOUR GREAT TRUTHS. 25:22 NUMBER ONE, WE DO NOT BELONG IN THE PIGPEN. 25:29 THAT'S NOT OUR DESTINY. 25:31 YOU AND I TODAY, BECAUSE OF OUR OWN CHOICES, 25:35 MAY BE IN THE PIGPEN. 25:37 WHY IS IT THAT WHEN WE MAKE BAD CHOICES, WE ALWAYS BLAME 25:42 SOMEBODY ELSE AND THEN GOD? 25:46 BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, NUMBER ONE, THE HUMAN RACE 25:50 DOES NOT BELONG IN THE PIGPEN. 25:50 WE BELONG IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE. 25:56 THE SECOND TRUTH IS THIS, AWAY FROM THE FATHER'S HOUSE 25:59 IS NOT GOOD. 26:06 AWAY FROM THE FATHER'S HOUSE IS HUNGER, LONELINESS, 26:10 SLAVERY, FILTH AND DIRT. 26:17 AND THAT IS THE STATE OF THE SOUL IN SIN, AWAY FROM GOD. 26:22 IF YOU, TODAY, ARE AWAY FROM GOD, YOUR STATE IS NOT GOOD. 26:29 IT IS SIN AND LONELINESS AND FAMINE AND FILTH AND DIRT. 26:40 THERE IS A BIG PROBLEM THAT AFFLICTS EVERY ONE OF US 26:42 TO A GREATER OR A LESSER DEGREE. 26:46 SIN MAKES US BLIND TO REALITY, SO THAT WE THINK THAT THE PIGPEN 26:53 IS GOOD. 26:55 LOOK AT HOLLYWOOD. 26:58 WHY DO WE WORSHIP IT? 27:01 BECAUSE WE'RE BLIND. 27:05 HERE IS A MAN OR A WOMAN DRUNK, ON DRUGS, HAVING PLENTY OF 27:12 ILLICIT SEX AND BECAUSE OF THEIR LIFESTYLE WITH 27:18 SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED DISEASES, THEY GO FROM ONE PARTY TO 27:25 ANOTHER. 27:26 THEIR HOMES ARE FALLING APART. 27:29 THEY LIVE FOR THE HIGH THEY GET ON DRUGS, AND OUR DRUG TAKING 27:33 HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 27:38 THE DEATHS OF 30,000 MEXICANS, WHO HAVE DIED SO THAT WE, 27:45 IN THIS COUNTRY, CAN GET HIGH ON DRUGS. 27:52 THAT TOO IS A POLITICALLY INCORRECT TRUTH, 27:55 BUT IT NEEDS TO BE SAID. 27:57 I WISH THE PRESIDENT WOULD SAY IT. 28:01 PEOPLE WHO CANNOT GET THROUGH THE DAY UNLESS THEY 28:06 GET A HIGH FROM DRUGS AND THEY THINK THEY ARE FREE. 28:12 THEY ARE IN THE PIGPEN AND THEY DON'T KNOW IT. 28:18 AWAY FROM THE FATHER'S HOUSE THEY HAVE BECOME USED TO 28:22 THE SMELL, THE GRIME AND THE GRIT. 28:27 AND I WOULD REMIND YOU TODAY, YOU CAN BE LIVING IN A MANSION 28:30 WHEN IN REALITY, IT IS A PIGPEN. 28:34 THINK ABOUT IT. 28:36 YOU, WHO ARE BOASTFUL OF YOUR OWN INDEPENDENCE 28:40 AND YOU SCORN THE CHURCH AND THE GOSPEL OF GOD. 28:48 BUT INSIDE YOUR HEART, WHEN YOU TURN OFF THE TELEVISION, 28:56 THERE IS HUNGER, LONELINESS, SLAVERY AND MORAL FILTH. 29:03 BEAUTIFUL HOMES, CARS, CLOTHES CANNOT COVER UP THE REALITY 29:08 OF THE PIGPEN. 29:13 THE THIRD TRUTH WE LEARN FROM THIS STORY IS THIS, GOD HAS 29:18 PUT A LONGING FOR THE FATHER'S HOUSE IN EVERY HEART. 29:21 SOLOMON SAID, GOD HAS SET ETERNITY IN THE HEARTS OF MEN. 29:27 AND YOU CAN'T ESCAPE IT. 29:29 LOOK AT VERSE 17 IT SAYS, WHEN THIS POOR, JEWISH BOY CAME TO 29:35 HIS SENSES, HE SAID, "HOW MANY OF MY FATHER'S HIRED MEN 29:39 HAVE FOOD TO SPARE, AND HERE I AM STARVING TO DEATH! 29:43 I WILL SET OUT AND GO BACK TO MY FATHER'S HOUSE." 29:50 IF WE WILL OVERCOME OUR NATURAL PRIDE AND OUR NATURAL REBELLION, 29:56 WE WILL RECOGNIZE THAT IN EVERY HEART, THERE IS A HUNGER 30:03 FOR THE FATHER'S HOUSE. 30:06 AND THE FOURTH GREAT TRUTH WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS STORY, 30:09 THERE ARE MANY TRUTHS BUT I'M CHOOSING FOUR. 30:12 THE FOURTH GREAT TRUTH IS THIS, THE FATHER IS BETTER THAN GOOD. 30:17 SEE HOW HE WELCOMES THE BOY HOME. 30:21 AND WHEN WE THINK OF THE GOODNESS OF GOD, WE ARE 30:25 REMINDED THAT THERE ARE TWO TRUTHS THAT WE SHOULD LEARN 30:28 ABOUT THE GOODNESS OF GOD. 30:32 MAN IS FAR WORSE THAN HE EVER FEARED TO THINK. 30:36 IN YOUR WORST MOMENTS OF DEPRESSION, YOU ARE FAR WORSE 30:42 THAN YOU EVER FEARED TO THINK BECAUSE OF OUR SINS 30:47 AND OUR DEPRAVITY. 30:51 THE SECOND GREAT TRUTH IS THIS, GOD IS FAR BETTER THAN HE EVER 30:55 DARED TO HOPE, AND IN SPITE OF OUR SINS AND OUR LOSTNESS AND 31:00 OUR REBELLION, GOD IS GOOD AND HE'S FAR BETTER THAN WE EVER 31:05 DARED TO HOPE, EVEN WHEN WE ARE IN THE PIGPEN. 31:10 THIS WORLD IS FULL OF LIES, DISTORTIONS AND FALSE CONCEPTS 31:15 ABOUT GOD. 31:17 GOD IS BELIEVED BY MILLIONS, EVEN PERHAPS MORE THAN 31:22 A BILLION CHRISTIANS. 31:24 GOD IS BELIEVED TO BE THE TORTURER IN CHIEF. 31:31 MAYBE THAT'S THE REASON SO MANY CHRISTIANS CONDONE IT, 31:36 BECAUSE WE DO NOT RISE HIGHER THAN OUR CONCEPT OF GOD. 31:41 BECAUSE MILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GOING TO 31:45 TAKE MILLIONS, MAYBE BILLIONS, AND COOK THEM AND BURN THEM, NOT 31:52 FOR A YEAR, BUT FOR A TRILLION, TRILLION YEARS AND NO END. 31:56 EVEN THE THOUGHT MAKES THE MIND GO FAINT. 32:05 SO CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD, MANY HAVE PORTRAYED GOD 32:08 AS A GOD TO BE AFRAID OF AND A GOD TO BE FEARED. 32:13 WE SHOULD FEAR GOD IN THE SENSE IT IS AN OLD ENGLISH WORD THAT 32:16 MEANS RESPECT, AND SO WE SHOULD RESPECT GOD BUT WE SHOULD NOT BE 32:22 AFRAID OF HIM BECAUSE HE IS OUR FATHER. 32:25 AND GOD IS GOOD. 32:28 SO LET ME SUMMARIZE THE STORY. 32:31 WE DON'T BELONG IN THE PIGPEN, WE BELONG IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE. 32:35 AWAY FROM THE FATHER'S HOUSE IS NOT GOOD EVEN TO THE YOU THINK 32:38 IT IS BECAUSE THERE IS HUNGER, LONELINESS, SLAVERY AND FILTH. 32:44 AND GOD HAS PUT ETERNITY IN THE HEARTS OF MEN. 32:47 GOD HAS PUT A LONGING FOR THE FATHER'S HOUSE 32:50 IN EVERY HEART. 32:52 AND THE FATHER IS BETTER THAN GOOD. 32:58 I WANT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING ON TELEVISION, I 33:03 WANT TO SAY THIS TO YOU FROM MY HEART AND FROM THE WORD OF GOD, 33:09 YOUR SOUL WAS MADE FOR GOD AND YOU CANNOT REST UNTIL 33:13 YOU REST IN HIM. 33:15 I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL CHURCH 33:17 EVERY SABBATH AND YOU DON'T KNOW CHRIST BECAUSE YOUR LIFESTYLE IS 33:22 SUCH, YOU ARE WILLINGLY SOME OF, THOSE WHO COME INTO THIS CHURCH, 33:29 AND WE THANK GOD THEY DO BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK 33:33 NOTHING OF BREAKING ALL OF THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THEY 33:38 DO SO WILLINGLY AND GLADLY. 33:43 BUT REMEMBER, REMEMBER THIS, WE ARE NO FURTHER FROM THE JUDGMENT 33:50 DAY, THAN THE THICKNESS OF AN ARTERY, THE CAROTID, 33:56 OR A SINGLE BREATH. 34:00 AND I WOULD SAY TO EVERY PERSON WHO IS WATCHING THE TELECAST 34:04 TODAY, WHAT ABOUT YOUR SOUL? 34:07 WHAT ABOUT YOUR LIFE? 34:10 WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU MAY BE LIKE THIS PRODIGAL BOY? 34:14 BUT REMEMBER THIS, THERE'S A PRODIGAL FATHER. 34:19 A PRODIGAL FATHER, WHO HERESY IS THIS, WHAT NEW HERESY? 34:22 THE WORD PRODIGAL MEANS ABUNDANT, EXTRAVAGANT. 34:26 WHO COULD BE MORE EXTRAVAGANT THAN GOD? 34:29 THE BIBLE IS A PRODIGAL IN HIS SIN. 34:31 THE FATHER IS PRODIGAL IN HIS LOVE. 34:35 AND SO THE FATHER WAITS TO TAKE YOU HOME. 34:42 COME TO HIM. 34:45 NOW THE REAL-LIFE DRAMA. 34:49 YOU'VE NOTICED THE STORY, NOW THE DRAMA. 34:52 COME WITH ME TO LUKE 22:14-20. 34:58 LUKE 22:14-20. 35:07 THIS IS JUST BEFORE JESUS WAS TAKEN OUT AND PUT TO DEATH AS 35:12 A COMMON, VICIOUS CRIMINAL. 35:16 SO HE'S STANDING IN THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS. 35:19 LUKE 22:14, "WHEN THE HOUR CAME, JESUS AND HIS APOSTLES 35:28 RECLINED AT THE TABLE. 35:31 AND HE SAID TO THEM, 'I HAVE EAGERLY DESIRED TO EAT 35:34 THIS PASSOVER WITH YOU BEFORE I SUFFER. 35:38 FOR I TELL YOU, I WILL NOT EAT IT AGAIN 35:41 UNTIL IT FINDS FULFILLMENT IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.' 35:47 AFTER TAKING THE CUP, HE GAVE THANKS AND SAID, 'TAKE THIS 35:51 AND DIVIDE IT AMONG YOURSELVES. 35:56 FOR I TELL YOU I WILL NOT DRINK AGAIN OF THE FRUIT OF THE VINE 36:00 UNTIL THE KINGDOM OF GOD COMES.' AND HE TOOK BREAD, GAVE THANKS 36:07 AND BROKE IT, AND GAVE IT TO THEM, SAYING, 'THIS IS MY BODY 36:13 GIVEN FOR YOU; DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.' 36:17 IN THE SAME WAY, AFTER THE SUPPER HE TOOK THE CUP, 36:21 SAYING, 'THIS CUP IS THE NEW COVENANT,'" 36:25 OR THE NEW TESTAMENT, "IS THE NEW COVENANT IN MY BLOOD, 36:30 WHICH IS POURED OUT FOR YOU." 36:35 THAT WHICH WE CALL THE LORD'S SUPPER WAS INAUGURATED AT 36:40 THE TIME OF THE JEWISH PASSOVER. 36:44 YOU KNOW WHY IT IS CALLED THE PASSOVER, DON'T YOU? 36:49 WHY WOULD IT BE CALLED THE PASSOVER? 36:53 BECAUSE GOD SAID TO HIS PEOPLE, "I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LITTLE 36:57 LAMB, AND I WANT YOU TO SLAY THAT LAMB." 37:04 THIS WAS JUST BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL 37:07 LEFT THEIR HOUSE OF BONDAGE AND CROSSED THROUGH THE RED SEA 37:12 GOING HOME. 37:16 GOD SAID, "MY ANGEL IS GOING TO PASS OVER. 37:21 HE'S GOING TO PASS THROUGH THE LAND OF EGYPT AND HE WILL 37:25 LOOK DOWN UPON EVERY HOUSEHOLD. 37:29 THE HOUSEHOLD OF PHARAOH TO THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE SLAVE, 37:35 TO THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE CRIMINAL IN THE DUNGEON." 37:40 AND HE SAID, "IF THERE IS NO BLOOD COVERING 37:43 THE FIRSTBORN SON, I WILL SLAY THE FIRSTBORN SON. 37:48 BUT WHEN I SEE THE BLOOD, I WILL PASS OVER." 37:54 AND SO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, IN HASTE, WERE TOLD 37:58 TO GET UNLEAVENED BREAD AND TO EAT IT IN HASTE 38:05 AND TO TAKE A LITTLE LAMB. 38:07 AND WHEN WE READ THESE WORDS, WE DON'T GIVE MEANING TO THEM. 38:13 SOMEBODY ASKED THE QUESTION OF AN ACTOR, "WHY IS IT THAT WHEN 38:16 YOU SPEAK, YOU SPEAK SO--WITH SO MUCH INTEREST AND WE ALL 38:21 BELIEVE, WHEREAS THE CHURCH IS SO DULL AND BORING?" 38:26 HE SAID, HE WAS ASKED THIS BY A BISHOP. 38:29 THE BISHOP SAID, "MY FRIEND, IT IS SO PLAIN TO SEE. 38:34 WE SPEAK OF THINGS IMAGINARY AS THOUGH THEY WERE REAL. 38:40 BUT THE CHURCH TALKS OF THINGS REAL AS THOUGH IT IS IMAGINARY." 38:45 IS IT NOT TRUE? 38:47 AND WHEN WE READ THE BIBLE, WE DO NOT REALIZE IT IS MORE 38:51 REAL THAN THIS WINE AND MORE REAL THAN THESE OLIVES 38:56 AND THIS BREAD. 38:58 AND SO JESUS IS CELEBRATING THE PASSOVER. 39:03 AND SO THE HEBREWS KILLED THE LAMB. 39:07 HAVE YOU EVER KILLED ANYTHING? 39:09 HAVE YOU KILLED A LAMB? 39:15 THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE, THE FATHER, WAS TO TAKE A LAMB 39:21 AND CUT ITS THROAT. 39:24 THE LITTLE LAMB WOULD CRY OUT, WOULD BE FILLED WITH FEAR, THEN 39:29 THE BLOOD WAS CAUGHT, THE WINE. 39:33 THE BLOOD WAS TAKEN AND PUT OVER THE DOORPOST AND WHEN THE ANGEL 39:38 PASSED OVER, IF HE SAW THE TOKEN OF THE BLOOD OF THE SON OF GOD, 39:46 THE SON OF THE SUFFERING SON OF GOD, HE WOULD LOOK DOWN 39:51 HE'D SAY, "HERE'S A HOME THAT IS COVERED BY THE BLOOD 39:55 OF THE MESSIAH," AND HE WOULD PASS OVER. 39:58 EVERY OTHER HOME WAS UNDER THE CURSE OF DEATH. 40:02 WHAT ABOUT YOU? 40:04 ARE YOU UNDER THE BLOOD? 40:06 PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, I'M A CHURCH MEMBER." 40:09 I'M NOT ASKING THAT, ARE YOU UNDER THE BLOOD? 40:11 YOU SAY, "WELL, I HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED." 40:13 I'M NOT ASKING THAT, I'M ASKING ARE YOU UNDER THE BLOOD? 40:18 YOU SAY, "BUT I'M SO BUSY. 40:20 I AM SIMPLY A FORMAL CHRISTIAN. 40:23 IT'S LIKE A CAFETERIA, I TAKE WHAT I LIKE 40:26 AND I LEAVE WHAT I LIKE." 40:30 THAT'S HOW MOST CHRISTIANS IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD OPERATE. 40:33 THEY TAKE WHAT THEY LIKE AND THEY LEAVE WHAT THEY DON'T LIKE. 40:37 BUT THE QUESTION IS: ARE WE UNDER THE BLOOD? 40:41 BECAUSE MY WORD FROM THE LORD TODAY IS THIS, 40:44 THE ANGEL OF DEATH IS COMING. 40:50 AND IN THAT DAY, MY FRIEND, YOU WILL LONG TO BE UNDER THE BLOOD. 40:55 AND IF YOU WANT TO BE UNDER THE BLOOD, YOU NEED TO GET UNDER 40:58 THE BLOOD TODAY BY A TOTAL COMMITMENT TO CHRIST. 41:03 UNLESS CHRIST IS LORD OF ALL IN YOUR LIFE, HE'S NOT LORD AT ALL. 41:08 THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS BEING A PART-TIME CHRISTIAN. 41:14 EITHER CHRIST HAS YOU OR ELSE HE DOESN'T. 41:21 AND SO JESUS, WITH HIS LITTLE GROUP, JUST A TINY LITTLE GROUP, 41:27 TRUTH HAS NEVER BEEN POPULAR. 41:29 HE TOOK THE BREAD AND THE SAID, "THIS IS MY BODY. 41:33 THIS BREAD IS MADE BY WHEAT." 41:39 ADD SOME OIL TO IT, LITTLE SALT MAYBE. 41:44 THEN IT IS THROWN INTO THE FIRE. 41:49 AND SO CHRIST, THE BREAD OF LIFE WOULD BE TAKEN AND HIS BODY 41:55 WOULD BE BROKEN, BROKEN ON THE CROSS, AND THE OIL OF 42:00 THE SPIRIT OF GOD WOULD BE MIXED WITH HIS SACRIFICE. 42:05 WHEN CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS, HE WAS NOT A MARTYR, 42:08 HE WAS A SACRIFICE. 42:10 THAT IS WHY WE BELIEVE IN THE BLOOD ATONEMENT. 42:13 THE BREAD REPRESENTS HIS BROKEN BODY. 42:18 THE FATHER CAN ONLY TAKE US INTO HIS HOUSE BECAUSE 42:21 THE PRICE WAS PAID. 42:24 FORGIVENESS IS NOT EASY. 42:26 PEOPLE SAY, "IT'S NOTHING TO FORGIVE." 42:29 IT COST THE BODY OF CHRIST. 42:32 THIS WHINE REPRESENTS HIS BLOOD. 42:37 THE WINE IS MADE BY CRUSHING GRAPES. 42:44 SO CHRIST WAS CAST INTO THE GREAT WINEPRESS OF THE WRATH 42:49 OF GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY. 42:52 AND THE WINEPRESS CRUSHED OUT HIS BLOOD. 42:59 THESE EMBLEMS ARE THE SYMBOL OF THE PRICE THAT WAS PAID FOR 43:08 YOUR REDEMPTION SO THE FATHER CAN TAKE US HOME. 43:15 NOW, I'M GOING TO INVITE BLAKE AND DONNA TO COME WITH US. 43:22 I WANT YOU TO TURN TO ISAIAH 53. 43:26 AND BLAKE AND DONNA ARE GOING TO READ TO US FROM ISAIAH 53. 43:34 AS YOU KNOW, BLAKE COMES FROM A JEWISH BACKGROUND. 43:41 HE IS JEWISH. 43:43 PEOPLE SAY, "BUT YOU CAN'T BE JEWISH AND A CHRISTIAN." 43:45 YES, YOU CAN. 43:46 JESUS WAS JEWISH. 43:49 AND DONNA, SHE'S A TRUE JEW, ACCORDING TO GALATIANS 43:55 AND ROMANS. 43:57 THEY'RE GOING TO READ TO US ABOUT THE SUFFERING SERVANT, 44:01 OUR LORD. 44:03 >> ISAIAH 53, "WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR MESSAGE AND TO WHOM 44:09 HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED? 44:12 HE GREW UP BEFORE HIM LIKE A TENDER SHOOT, AND 44:16 LIKE A ROOT OUT OF DRY GROUND. 44:19 HE HAD NO BEAUTY OR MAJESTY TO ATTRACT US TO HIM, NOTHING 44:23 IN HIS APPEARANCE THAT WE SHOULD DESIRE HIM." 44:28 >> "HE WAS DESPISED AND REJECTED BY MEN, A MAN OF SORROWS, 44:33 AND FAMILIAR WITH SUFFERING. 44:35 LIKE ONE FROM WHOM MEN HIDE THEIR FACES HE WAS DESPISED, 44:39 AND WE ESTEEMED HIM NOT. 44:42 SURELY HE TOOK UP OUR INFIRMITIES AND CARRIED OUR 44:45 SORROWS, YET WE CONSIDERED HIM STRICKEN BY GOD, SMITTEN BY HIM, 44:50 AND AFFLICTED." 44:51 >> "BUT HE WAS PIERCED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, HE WAS CRUSHED 44:56 FOR OUR INIQUITIES; THE PUNISHMENT THAT 45:00 BROUGHT US PEACE WAS UPON HIM, AND BY HIS WOUNDS WE ARE HEALED. 45:07 WE ALL, LIKE SHEEP, HAVE GONE ASTRAY, EACH OF US HAS TURNED TO 45:12 HIS OWN WAY; AND THE LORD HAS LAID ON HIM THE INIQUITY 45:16 OF US ALL." 45:19 >> "HE WAS OPPRESSED AND AFFLICTED, YET HE DID NOT OPEN 45:23 HIS MOUTH; AND HE WAS LED LIKE A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER, 45:27 AND AS A SHEEP BEFORE HER SHEARERS IS SILENT, 45:30 SO HE DID NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH. 45:32 BY OPPRESSION AND JUDGMENT HE WAS TAKEN AWAY. 45:36 AND WHO CAN SPEAK OF HIS DESCENDANTS? 45:38 FOR HE WAS CUT OFF FROM THE LAND OF THE LIVING; 45:41 FOR THE TRANSGRESSION OF MY PEOPLE HE WAS STRICKEN." 45:45 >> "HE WAS ASSIGNED A GRAVE WITH THE WICKED, AND WITH THE RICH IN 45:48 HIS DEATH, THOUGH HE HAD DONE NO VIOLENCE, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT 45:53 IN HIS MOUTH. 45:55 YET IT WAS THE LORD'S WILL TO CRUSH HIM AND CAUSE HIM TO 45:59 SUFFER, AND THOUGH THE LORD MAKES HIS LIFE A GUILT OFFERING, 46:03 HE WILL SEE HIS OFFSPRING AND PROLONG HIS DAYS, 46:07 AND THE WILL OF THE LORD WILL PROSPER IN HIS HAND." 46:11 >> "AFTER THE SUFFERING OF HIS SOUL, HE WILL SEE THE LIGHT OF 46:15 LIFE AND BE SATISFIED; BY HIS KNOWLEDGE MY RIGHTEOUS SERVANT 46:19 WILL JUSTIFY MANY, AND HE WILL BEAR THEIR INIQUITIES. 46:23 THEREFORE I WILL GIVE HIM A PORTION AMONG THE GREAT, AND 46:27 HE WILL DIVIDE THE SPOILS WITH THE STRONG, BECAUSE HE POURED 46:30 OUT HIS LIFE UNTO DEATH, AND WAS NUMBERED WITH THE TRANSGRESSORS. 46:35 FOR HE BORE THE SIN OF MANY, AND MADE INTERCESSION 46:38 FOR THE TRANSGRESSORS." 46:42 >> THANK YOU, DONNA AND BLAKE. 46:44 MAY THE LORD ADD HIS BLESSING TO THE READING OF HIS WORD, 46:49 AND MAY HIS NAME BE GLORIFIED. 46:52 LISTEN CAREFULLY TO ME. 46:55 THIS PROPHECY THAT DONNA AND BLAKE READ 46:59 IS A VERY OLD PROPHECY. 47:02 IT GOES BACK 700 YEARS BEFORE JESUS. 47:07 IT'S TALKING HERE ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING TO COME INTO 47:10 THE WORLD, AND ISAIAH IS SO AMAZED BY IT. 47:14 HE SAYS, "WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? 47:17 WHO COULD BELIEVE THIS? 47:19 WHO COULD BELIEVE ANY OF THIS?" 47:21 YOU MAY SAY THE SAME, WHO CAN BELIEVE THIS? 47:23 SOMEBODY WATCHING THIS TELEVISION PROGRAM WILL SAY 47:25 TODAY, "WHO CAN BELIEVE THIS? 47:28 WHO CAN BELIEVE THIS REPORT?" 47:30 THEN ISAIAH SAYS, HE GROWS UP AS A TENDER PLANT. 47:36 HE HAS NO BEAUTY THAT WE SHOULD DESIRE HIM. 47:40 OUTWARDLY, HE WAS JUST A MAN, JUST A JEWISH YOUNG MAN. 47:46 NO BEAUTY. 47:48 THERE'S NOTHING IN HIM THAT ATTRACTS US TO HIM, EXCEPT 47:54 THAT HE'S UNLIKE ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE HE'S THE SON OF GOD. 47:59 AND THEN THE BIBLE TELLS US ABOUT HIS ROLE, 48:02 AND THAT'S UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU AND I CAN COMPREHEND. 48:07 THE BIBLE TELLS US 48:11 THAT THE SIN OF THE WORLD IS GONNA BE PLACED UPON HIM. 48:16 I TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN WE HAD 48:19 A TREMENDOUS GROUP OF PEOPLE OVER THERE, 48:21 THE HALL NICELY FILLED. 48:25 I CAN'T COMPREHEND THIS. 48:26 YOU CAN'T COMPREHEND THIS. 48:29 YOU THINK OF YOUR WORST DAY, WHEN YOU'RE FEELING TERRIBLY 48:33 SICK AND YOU'RE FEELING TERRIBLY DEPRESSED AND PERHAPS YOU'VE 48:38 DONE SOMETHING DREADFUL AND YOU'VE GOT A TERRIBLE 48:41 GUILT COMPLEX. 48:42 MY FRIEND, THAT'S NOT 1 TRILLIONTH OF A TRILLIONTH 48:45 OF WHAT HE WENT THROUGH. 48:47 BECAUSE HE WAS GOD, HE COULD SUFFER MORE IN 6 HOURS THAN 48:53 WE COULD SUFFER IN A TRILLION, TRILLION YEARS. 48:58 EVERY SIN THAT I'VE COMMITTED, AND THERE'S QUITE A FEW, BUT 49:03 EVERY SIN THAT'S BEEN COMMITTED IN THIS WORLD, EVERY SIN THAT 49:06 WAS DONE BY STALIN AND HITLER, EVERY ATHEIST, 49:12 ALL THE INQUISITORS, JUST THE ORDINARY SINS, 49:16 THE SINS LIKE PRIDE. 49:20 AND HERE IN LOS ANGELES, ONE OF THE BIGGEST SINS, OF COURSE, 49:24 IS NOT GIVING TO GOD WHAT IS DUE TO HIM, STEALING FROM GOD, 49:29 NOT KEEPING THE SABBATH. 49:31 THAT'S A HUGE SIN BECAUSE YOU'RE STEALING FROM GOD, STEALING 49:35 FROM THE GOD WHO REDEEMED YOU. 49:37 FORNICATION, LYING, ALL THE SINS OF ALL THE WARS IN ALL 49:44 THE WORLD, ALL OF THIS IS PLACED UPON THIS YOUNG, JEWISH MAN. 49:51 HE'S ONLY ABOUT AROUND 30, IN HIS MID-30s, SAY. 49:56 WHEN I WAS A BOY, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THE WORDS BECAUSE 50:00 I FOUND THE BIBLE BORING. 50:01 THAT'S BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT. 50:04 I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THE WORDS, "MY GOD, MY GOD, 50:07 WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" 50:11 BEEN PLENTY OF MARTYRS. 50:13 THOSE MARTYRS HAVE DIED, I'M TOLD, PRAISING GOD. 50:16 BUT JESUS DOESN'T DIE PRAISING GOD. 50:21 HE DIES WITH A PAIN THAT TEARS SO MUCH AT HIS BIG HEART, 50:27 AND HE WAS A STRONG YOUNG CARPENTER, NO WIMP. 50:31 DON'T EVER CRITICIZE JESUS. 50:34 HE WAS THE STRONGEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED, THE ONLY REAL MAN. 50:40 BUT THEN THE PAIN WAS SO MUCH THAT IN THE END HIS HEART 50:45 RUPTURED, CAME APART. 50:48 "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" 50:51 BECAUSE HE TASTED THE WRATH OF GOD FOR EVERY SINNER. 51:00 THIS TELLS ME SOMETHING AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED TO PRAY THAT 51:04 GOD IS GOING TO OPEN OUR EYES BECAUSE WE'RE SO INDIFFERENT, 51:08 WE'RE SO CARELESS. 51:12 THESE EMBLEMS, THE WINE, HIS BLOOD AND THE BREAD, IT TELLS 51:21 ME HE LOVES US, AND HE WOULD GO TO HELL AND BACK SO I CAN GET 51:31 OUT OF THE PIGPEN AND GO HOME. 51:40 IT TAKES A VERY HARD HEART TO REJECT THAT. 51:46 HERE IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER. 51:50 I WILL MAKE IT SAFELY HOME WHEN I HEAR GOD'S VOICE, 51:54 WHEN I'M TIRED OF THE PIGPEN, WHEN I ACCEPT THE DEATH OF JESUS 52:00 FOR MY SINS, WHEN I CRY OUT, "I WILL ARISE AND GO TO MY FATHER." 52:07 LISTEN TO THIS OLD-FASHIONED HYMN FROM AN OLD-FASHIONED 52:11 PREACHER. 52:13 "SOFTLY AND TENDERLY JESUS IS CALLING, CALLING FOR YOU 52:18 AND FOR ME. 52:20 SEE ON THE PORTALS HE'S WAITING AND WATCHING, WATCHING 52:24 FOR YOU AND FOR ME. 52:28 WHY SHOULD WE TARRY WHEN JESUS IS PLEADING, PLEADING 52:31 FOR YOU AND FOR ME? 52:34 WHY SHOULD WE LINGER AND HEED NOT HIS MERCIES, MERCIES 52:39 FOR YOU AND FOR ME? 52:42 TIME IS NOW FLEETING, THE MOMENTS ARE PASSING, 52:47 PASSING FROM YOU AND FROM ME. 52:51 SHADOWS ARE GATHERING AND DEATH'S NIGHT COMING, 52:57 COMING FOR YOU AND FOR ME. 53:00 OH, FOR THE WONDERFUL LOVE HE HAS PROMISED, 53:03 PROMISED FOR YOU AND FOR ME. 53:06 THOUGH WE HAVE SINNED, HE HAS MERCY IN PARDON, 53:10 PARDON FOR YOU AND FOR ME." 53:13 AND THEN THERE'S A REFRAIN TO THAT, YOU KNOW? 53:18 IT SAYS, "COME HOME, COME HOME. 53:23 YE WHO ARE WEARY, COME HOME. 53:28 EARNESTLY, TENDERLY, JESUS IS CALLING, CALLING OH SINNER, 53:39 COME HOME." 53:44 IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, 53:51 AMEN. 53:55 >> THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT A PASTOR SHOULDN'T DO. 53:59 HE SHOULDN'T TELL LIES, AND HE SHOULDN'T RETIRE. 54:04 THAT'S WHY I PLAN TO KEEP ON KEEPING ON WHILE GOD 54:08 CAN STILL USE ME. 54:09 WHILE THESE LUNGS ARE WORKING, WHILE THIS MOUTH IS TALKING 54:13 AND WHILE JESUS IS STILL ALIVE AND I'M STILL ALIVE, 54:17 I PLAN TO KEEP ON PREACHING THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL. 54:21 WILL YOU PRAY FOR ME? 54:22 WILL YOU SUPPORT US IN THIS GREAT WORK? 54:25 LISTEN, WE HAVE RECEIVED AN URGENT INVITATION FROM 54:29 THE CHURCH IN INDIA, THEY'RE SAYING, "COME OVER AND HELP US." 54:34 WHAT A CHALLENGE, MY FRIEND? 54:35 DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN THE LAND OF INDIA? 54:38 MORE THAN A THOUSAND MILLION PEOPLE AND THE PLACE IS FULL 54:43 OF DEMONS AND EVIL SPIRITS. 54:46 THEY DON'T WANT THIS CAMPAIGN, THOSE EVIL SPIRITS, BUT I WANT 54:50 YOU TO KNOW JESUS IS STRONGER THAN THE EVIL SPIRITS. 54:54 LAST TIME WE WENT TO INDIA, WE HAD TREMENDOUS OPPOSITION. 54:57 OUR LIVES WERE THREATENED, BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE'RE 55:01 GOING TO GO BACK BECAUSE JESUS HAS CALLED US TO GO. 55:04 WHEN WE WENT THERE LAST TIME, WE SAW THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING 55:08 TO CHRIST, ONE NIGHT 30,000 PEOPLE CAME TO CHRIST, 55:12 HINDUS AND MUSLIMS. 55:14 WE'RE PRAYING, JESUS, DO IT AGAIN. 55:17 PLEASE SUPPORT US. 55:19 PLEASE WRITE TO ME, JOHN CARTER, POST OFFICE BOX 1900, 55:23 THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA 91358. 55:27 IN AUSTRALIA, WRITE TO ME PLEASE AT BEAUTIFUL TERRIGAL. 55:32 THE ADDRESS IS RIGHT THERE ON THE SCREEN... 55:34 LISTEN, MY FRIEND, I NEED YOUR PRAYERS. 55:37 I NEED YOUR SUPPORT. 55:39 PLEASE PRAY FOR US. 55:40 I'LL BE PRAYING FOR YOU. 55:42 WRITE TODAY AND GOD BLESS YOU. 55:57 [MUSIC] ♪ I SAW THAT STREAM ♪ 56:05 ♪ THY FLOWING WOUNDS SUPPLY. ♪ ♪ REDEEMING LOVE ♪ 56:16 ♪ HAS BEEN MY THEME ♪ ♪ AND SHALL BE 'TIL I DIE. ♪ 56:27 ♪ AND SHALL BE 'TIL I DIE. ♪ ♪ AND SHALL BE 'TIL I DIE. ♪ 56:42 ♪ REDEEMING LOVE ♪ ♪ HAS BEEN MY THEME ♪ 56:50 ♪ AND SHALL BE 'TIL I DIE. ♪ ♪ WASH ALL MY SINS AWAY. ♪ 57:04 ♪ WASH ALL MY SINS AWAY. ♪ ♪ REDEEMING LOVE ♪ 57:16 ♪ HAS BEEN MY THEME ♪ ♪ AND SHALL BE 'TIL I DIE. ♪♪ 57:56 CC BY ABERDEEN CAPTIONING 1-800-688-6621 WWW.ABERCAP.COM |
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