Participants: Pr. John Carter
Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR001110
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00:04 CC BY ABERDEEN CAPTIONING 1-800-688-6621 WWW.ABERCAP.COM 00:07 >> FROM ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, THE CARTER REPORT 00:10 PRESENTS, "THE LIVING WORD," AROUND THE WORLD. 00:17 >> HELLO, FRIEND. 00:18 I'M JOHN CARTER. 00:20 THE CARTER REPORT TEAM IS GOING TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS 00:24 TO PREACH CHRIST. 00:26 WE'RE GOING THIS SEPTEMBER 2011. 00:30 WE'VE JUST PURCHASED 10,000 OF THESE BIBLES HERE 00:34 IN THE UNITED STATES. 00:35 WE'RE SHIPPING THEM OUT TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 00:38 WE ARE TAKING THE ENTIRE CARTER REPORT TEAM. 00:41 WE ARE HIRING AN OUTDOOR STADIUM. 00:44 THEY SAY THOUSANDS, MAYBE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING 00:49 TO COME EVERY NIGHT TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD. 00:53 THE NEED IS DESPERATE IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 00:57 I NEED YOUR PRAYERS. 00:59 I NEED YOUR SUPPORT. 01:01 I NEED YOUR PARTNERSHIP AS WE GO TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 01:05 MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN AUSTRALIA, I MET A 01:09 MAN FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 01:10 HIS NAME WAS PASTOR CARTER ANGUS O.á 01:13 HE TOLD ME THE STORIES OF THE HEAD HUNTERS. 01:16 THE CANNIBALS AND THE COMING OF THE MISSIONARIES WHO CAME 01:19 TO PREACH THE WORD OF THE LIVING GOD. 01:22 THAT IS WHY WE ARE GOING TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS TO FINISH THE 01:27 WORK THAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO DO. 01:30 I WANT YOU TO BE MY PARTNER IN THIS TREMENDOUS WORK. 01:35 I WANT YOU TO COME AS A VOLUNTEER. 01:37 I NEED YOUR SUPPORT. 01:39 I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY. 01:42 PLEASE WRITE TO ME, JOHN CARTER, POST OFFICE BOX 1900, 01:46 THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA. 01:47 WRITE TO ME PLEASE IN TERRIGAL, NEW SOUTH WALES AUSTRALIA. 01:53 THE HOUR IS LATE. 01:56 JESUS SAID, "WORK WHILE IT IS DAY. 02:01 THE NIGHT IS COMING WHEN NO MAN CAN WORK." 02:06 JOIN ME, PLEASE, IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 02:10 [MUSIC] 02:18 >> WE WELCOME YOU TODAY TO THE 02:20 CARTER REPORT AND THE COMMUNITY ADVENTIST CHURCH HERE IN 02:23 BEAUTIFUL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 02:26 THE TOPIC TODAY IS A GREAT TOPIC, "JOY IN THE PRESENCE 02:32 OF THE LORD." 02:34 I WANT YOU TO BE WITH US TODAY. 02:36 I WANT YOU TO JOIN WITH US IN SPIRIT. 02:38 I WANT YOU TO BE BLESSED BY GOD TODAY. 02:41 AND FIRST FOR YOU WE'VE GOT DENNIS ALIPIO WITH US AND DENNIS 02:45 IS GOING TO COME AND HE'S GOING TO SING FOR US AND I WANT YOU TO 02:48 WELCOME HIM TO OUR CHURCH TODAY. 02:51 DENNIS ALIPIO. 02:53 [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING] >> GOD BLESS YOU, DENNIS. 02:58 GLAD TO HAVE YOU. 03:03 [MUSIC] ♪ SOME DAYS WE FORGET ♪ 03:21 ♪ TO LOOK AROUND US. ♪ ♪ SOME DAYS WE CAN'T SEE ♪ 03:33 ♪ THE JOY ♪ ♪ THAT SURROUNDS US. ♪ 03:42 ♪ SO CAUGHT UP ♪ ♪ INSIDE OURSELVES, ♪ 03:47 ♪ WE TAKE ♪ ♪ WHEN WE SHOULD GIVE. ♪ 03:51 ♪ SO FOR TONIGHT WE PRAY ♪ ♪ FOR WHAT WE KNOW CAN BE. ♪ 04:04 ♪ AND EVERY DAY WE HOPE ♪ ♪ FOR WHAT ♪ 04:13 ♪ WE STILL CAN'T SEE. ♪ ♪ IT'S UP TO US ♪ 04:18 ♪ TO BE THE CHANGE. ♪ ♪ AND EVEN THOUGH WE ALL ♪ 04:24 ♪ CAN STILL DO MORE, ♪ ♪ THERE'S SO MUCH ♪ 04:32 ♪ TO BE THANKFUL FOR. ♪ ♪ LOOK BEYOND OURSELVES. ♪ 04:47 ♪ THERE'S SO MUCH SORROW. ♪ ♪ IT'S WAY TOO LATE ♪ 04:57 ♪ TO SAY ♪ ♪ I'LL CRY TOMORROW. ♪ 05:06 ♪ EACH OF US ♪ ♪ MUST FIND OUR TRUTH. ♪ 05:12 ♪ IT'S SO LONG OVERDUE. ♪ ♪ SO FOR TONIGHT, WE PRAY ♪ 05:22 ♪ FOR WHAT WE KNOW CAN BE. ♪ ♪ AND ON THIS DAY WE HOPE ♪ 05:33 ♪ FOR WHAT WE STILL ♪ ♪ CAN'T SEE. ♪ 05:39 ♪ IT'S UP TO US ♪ ♪ TO BE THE CHANGE. ♪ 05:46 ♪ AND EVEN THOUGH ♪ ♪ WE ALL CAN STILL DO MORE, ♪ 05:54 ♪ THERE'S SO MUCH ♪ ♪ TO BE THANKFUL FOR. ♪ 06:02 ♪ EVEN WITH OUR DIFFERENCES, ♪ ♪ THERE IS A PLACE ♪ 06:06 ♪ WE'RE ALL CONNECTED. ♪ ♪ EACH OF US MUST FIND ♪ 06:12 ♪ EACH OTHER'S LIGHT. ♪ ♪ SO FOR TONIGHT WE PRAY ♪ 06:48 ♪ FOR WHAT WE KNOW CAN BE. ♪ ♪ AND EVERY DAY WE HOPE ♪ 06:59 ♪ FOR WHAT ♪ ♪ WE STILL CAN'T SEE. ♪ 07:05 ♪ IT'S UP TO US ♪ ♪ TO BE THE CHANGE. ♪ 07:12 ♪ AND EVEN THOUGH ♪ ♪ THIS WORLD NEEDS ♪ 07:15 ♪ SO MUCH MORE, ♪ ♪ THERE'S SO MUCH ♪ 07:25 ♪ TO BE THANKFUL FOR. ♪♪ [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING] 07:43 >> THE TOPIC IS, "JOY IN YOUR PRESENCE." 07:47 DO YOU HAVE IT? 07:50 THE FIRST MIRACLE JESUS DID WAS IN A LITTLE TOWN CALLED 07:54 CANA OF GALILEE. 07:57 NOW JESUS IS CALLED IN THE BIBLE, A MAN OF SORROWS 08:03 AND ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF. 08:05 THAT IS TRUE. 08:07 JESUS WAS NOT A FRIVOLOUS PERSON, BUT JESUS LOVED PARTIES 08:15 BECAUSE JESUS LOVED PEOPLE. 08:19 AND SO JESUS, HIS MOTHER AND JESUS' DISCIPLES ARE INVITED 08:24 TO A WEDDING. 08:26 AND AFTER THE WEDDING'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE, 08:31 THEY RUN OUT OF WINE. 08:36 WE ALL DO, YOU KNOW? 08:38 WE RUN OUT OF IT. 08:39 WE RUN OUT OF THE WINE OF LIFE. 08:43 AND SO JESUS PERFORMS HIS FIRST GREAT MIRACLE. 08:48 HE TURNS SOME WATER, IN THESE BIG, STONE JAR, HE TURNS 08:52 SOME WATER INTO WINE. 08:56 AND WHEN THE GUESTS TASTE THE WINE, IT IS SO GOOD. 09:03 AND THE MASTER OF THE FEAST, THE M.C., COMES AND HE SAYS, THIS IS 09:08 QUITE AMAZING BECAUSE HE SAYS, "YOU'VE SAVED 09:12 THE BEST TILL NOW." 09:14 YOU KNOW THE STORY. 09:17 NOW THE WINE REPRESENTS THE JOY OF THE GOSPEL. 09:21 IT IS THE BEST. 09:24 THE WINE OF THE WORLD WILL SURELY RUN OUT. 09:28 AND IF YOU'RE DRINKING THE WINE OF THE WORLD, SOONER OR LATER 09:32 YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY, VERY, VERY FRUSTRATED 09:35 AND DISSATISFIED. 09:38 BUT IF YOU TASTE THE WINE OF GOD, YOU WILL SAY, YOU HAVE 09:41 SAVED THE BEST TILL NOW. 09:46 THE WINE IS A SYMBOL OF DIVINE JOY. 09:50 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY, DIVINE JOY, 09:54 JOY IN YOUR PRESENCE. 09:57 WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE YOUR BIBLE AND TURN TO ACTS 2:25 10:03 AND ONWARDS. 10:04 ACTS 2:25 AND ONWARDS. 10:12 NOW I WANT TO TELL THE FOLKS WATCHING ON TELEVISION ACROSS 10:15 THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD AND ACROSS AUSTRALIA, 10:19 THAT THIS CHURCH HERE IN ARCADIA IS A BIBLE-READING, 10:24 BIBLE-BELIEVING, BIBLE-CARRYING CHURCH. 10:28 HOLD UP YOUR BIBLES, FOLKS. 10:31 I WANT THE FOLKS IN TELEVISION TO SEE THAT THERE'S A CHURCH 10:34 WHERE PEOPLE BRING THEIR BIBLES. 10:35 HA, HA, HA, HA. 10:37 BECAUSE WE DON'T TAKE IT FROM THE PREACHER, WE TAKE 10:40 IT FROM THE BIBLE. 10:42 THIS IS THE WORD OF GOD. 10:43 ACTS 2:25 AND ONWARDS. 10:47 "DAVID SAID ABOUT HIM: 'I SAW THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME. 10:53 BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN. 10:57 THEREFORE MY HEART IS GLAD AND MY TONGUE REJOICES; MY BODY 11:03 ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE, BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT ABANDON ME 11:07 TO THE GRAVE, NOR WILL YOU LET YOUR HOLY ONE SEE DECAY. 11:14 YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE PATHS OF LIFE; YOU WILL FILL ME 11:19 WITH JOY IN YOUR PRESENCE.'" NOW THE CONTEXT 11:25 IS AN INTERESTING CONTEXT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A 11:28 FISHERMAN WHO'S DOING THE PREACHING. 11:33 THIS IS PETER PREACHING AT THE TIME OF PENTECOST. 11:39 AND TO SHOW THAT JESUS IS THE REAL MESSIAH, 11:43 HE QUOTES KING DAVID BECAUSE THESE WORDS WERE 11:47 WRITTEN BY THE KING OF ISRAEL. 11:51 HE QUOTES KING DAVID FROM PSALM 16. 11:54 PLEASE TURN TO THAT. 11:56 PSALM 16:8-11, DEAR HEARTS AND GENTLE PEOPLE. 12:04 PSALMS 16:8-11. 12:08 "I HAVE SET THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME." 12:10 DAVID SAID. 12:11 "BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN." 12:16 YOU GOT THAT? 12:17 PSALM 16:9. 12:19 "THEREFORE MY HEART IS GLAD AND MY TONGUE REJOICES; MY BODY ALSO 12:23 WILL REST SECURE, BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT ABANDON ME TO THE 12:28 GRAVE, NOR WILL YOU LET YOUR HOLY ONE SEE DECAY. 12:33 YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE PATH OF LIFE; YOU WILL FILL ME 12:37 WITH JOY IN YOUR PRESENCE, WITH ETERNAL PLEASURES 12:42 AT YOUR RIGHT HAND. 12:46 NOW COME BACK TO ACTS 2 BECAUSE PETER ARGUES THAT THIS PROPHECY 12:53 WAS NOT FULFILLED OR FILLED FULL IN DAVID BECAUSE HE DIED 13:00 AND DID NOT ASCEND TO HEAVEN. 13:03 SO IT MUST BE TALKING ABOUT THE MESSIAH. 13:05 ACTS 2:29 AND ONWARDS. 13:08 "BROTHERS, I CAN TELL YOU CONFIDENTLY THAT THE PATRIARCH 13:11 DAVID DIED AND WAS BURIED, AND HIS TOMB IS HERE TO THIS DAY. 13:17 BUT HE WAS A PROPHET AND KNEW THAT GOD HAD PROMISED HIM ON 13:20 OATH THAT HE WOULD PLACE ONE OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE. 13:25 SEEING WHAT WAS AHEAD, HE SPOKE OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE 13:30 CHRIST--" YOU SEE THAT? 13:33 IT'S ABOUT THE CHRIST, "THAT HE WAS NOT ABANDONED TO THE GRAVE, 13:38 NOR DID HIS BODY SEE DECAY. 13:42 GOD HAS RAISED THIS JESUS TO LIFE, AND WE ARE ALL WITNESSES 13:46 OF THE FACT. 13:48 EXALTED TO THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, HE HAS RECEIVED FROM THE 13:51 FATHER THE PROMISED HOLY SPIRIT AND HAS POURED OUT WHAT YOU NOW 13:56 SEE AND HEAR. 13:58 THAT DAVID DID NOT ASCEND TO HEAVEN, AND YET HE SAID, 'THE 14:02 LORD SAID TO MY LORD: SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND UNTIL I MAKE YOUR 14:06 ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.'" 14:12 NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY TO JUST A TINY BIT OF THEOLOGY. 14:19 THIS IS A MESSIANIC PROPHECY AND IT WAS FULFILLED IN THE LORD 14:26 JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE JESUS, HIS BODY DID NOT SEE CORRUPTION, 14:33 BUT HE WAS RAISED AND TAKEN HOME TO GLORY. 14:36 THEREFORE, IT IS FULFILLED IN THE RESURRECTED CHRIST, BUT 14:48 THE JOY THAT CHRIST KNEW IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD CAN BE 14:55 YOURS WHEN YOU ARE IN CHRIST. 15:02 WHEN YOU ARE IN THE PROMISED SEED, YOU CAN KNOW THE JOY THAT 15:10 IS FOUND IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. 15:18 MY TOPIC IS, "JOY IN YOUR PRESENCE," 15:22 AS IT APPLIES, NOT ONLY TO JESUS, BUT TO US. 15:29 AND THE KING JAMES VERSION SAYS, "YOU WILL FILL ME WITH JOY 15:35 IN YOUR PRESENCE." 15:36 THAT MEANS YOU'LL BE FILLED OVERFLOWING. 15:45 NOW BECAUSE I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE ORGANIZED, THIS SERMON IS 15:52 LIKEWISE ORGANIZED AND WILL HAVE MAJOR HEADS AND SUBTITLES. 16:00 POINT NUMBER ONE, THE PRESENCE. 16:06 YOU WILL FILL ME WITH JOY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. 16:11 THERE IS INDEED A DIVINE PRESENCE IN CONTRAST TO NOTHING. 16:20 THE GREAT CHRISTIAN SCHOLAR, FRANCIS SCHAEFFER WROTE A BOOK 16:26 THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU OUGHT TO READ THROUGH, EVEN THOUGH 16:30 IT IS DIFFICULT TO READ. 16:33 IT IS GOOD TO READ DIFFICULT BOOKS BECAUSE IT MAKES THE MIND 16:37 WORK AND SAVES US FROM OUR MINDS GOING TO WASTE. 16:42 HE WROTE A BOOK ENTITLED, "THE GOD WHO IS THERE." 16:49 THE GREAT ARGUMENT OF THE BOOK IS THAT IN SPITE OF ALL OF THE 16:53 PHILOSOPHIES OF MAN, THERE IS A GOD AND HE IS THERE. 17:01 SO THERE IS A DIVINE PRESENCE. 17:04 PROFESSOR RICHARD DAWKINS FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY IS PROBABLY 17:11 THE GREATEST ATHEIST, OR THE MOST FAMOUS ATHEIST 17:15 IN THE WORLD. 17:17 HE SAYS, "THE LAWS OF NATURE DEMONSTRATE THAT GOD 17:22 IS UNNECESSARY." 17:28 BUT HAS HE EVER THOUGHT IN HIS WILDEST IMAGINATION 17:33 WHY THE LAWS OF NATURE? 17:38 HE PUSHES IT ALL BACK TO THE LAWS OF NATURE. 17:41 BUT WHAT LIES BEHIND, I SAY, PROFESSOR DAWKINS, 17:46 THE LAWS OF NATURE? 17:50 HOW DO WE KNOW GOD EXISTS? 17:53 THERE ARE MANY REASONS. 17:54 LET ME SUGGEST TO YOU THREE. 17:58 NUMBER ONE, AND I SAY THIS PARTICULARLY TO THE UNBELIEVER 18:04 LIKE RICHARD DAWKINS, NUMBER ONE. 18:07 AND LET ME COME TO MY HIGH-TECH BLACKBOARDS, WHICH I'VE BEEN 18:15 USING FOR 50 YEARS. 18:17 THERE IS--DID YOU KNOW THAT OVER HERE IN AMERICA ON FOX NEWS, 18:26 GLENN BECK IS USING MY BLACKBOARDS? 18:30 AND PEOPLE SAY, "BOY, ISN'T THIS A NEAT IDEA?" 18:35 IF YOU'RE OLD-FASHIONED LONG ENOUGH, YOU'LL SOON 18:38 BE BACK IN STYLE. 18:40 PROPHECY, PROPHECY, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THREE Ps. 18:43 I WANT YOU TO THINK--WE'RE NOT GONNA TURN TO IT. 18:45 I WANT YOU TO THINK OF SOME OF THE PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE 18:48 LIKE DANIEL 7. 18:51 THIS NEVER FAILS TO MOVE ME WHEN I PREACH IT, WHEN I TALK ABOUT 18:53 THE LION, THE BEAR, THE LEOPARD, THE MONSTER, THE TEN HORNS, THE 18:57 LITTLE HORN THAT COMES UP THAT RULES FOR 1260 YEARS. 19:01 NOW THIS IS OLD HAT WITH YOU BUT IT'S NOT WITH UNBELIEVERS. 19:06 I HAVE SEEN--I DON'T KNOW, VAST NUMBERS. 19:13 I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ATHEISTS AND 19:17 COMMUNISTS COME TO BELIEVE IN GOD BECAUSE OF PROPHECY. 19:24 WHEN YOU STUDY PROPHECY, THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING 19:28 THAT THERE IS A GOD. 19:29 AS ONE THEOLOGIAN SAID, "IF GENUINE PROPHECY EXISTS, THEN 19:33 THE MAIN ISSUES OF OUR AGE ARE MET." 19:38 AND THE BIBLE IS THE ONLY BOOK IN THE WORLD THAT CONTAINS 19:41 GENUINE PROPHECY. 19:43 FIRSTLY, PROPHECY, THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE. 19:45 NUMBER TWO, THIS IS A PROOF OF GOD. 19:50 NUMBER TWO, AND THAT IS PERSONAL, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. 20:04 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. 20:09 NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD IT, THEN DON'T CRITICIZE SOMEBODY 20:13 WHO HAS, RICHARD DAWKINS. 20:17 NOW WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT? 20:18 COME OVER HERE TO 1 JOHN 5:9-10. 20:22 THIS IS TOWARDS THE END OF THE BIBLE. 20:25 1 JOHN 5:9-10. 20:33 JOHN SAYS, "WE ACCEPT MAN'S TESTIMONY, BUT GOD'S TESTIMONY 20:38 IS GREATER BECAUSE IT IS THE TESTIMONY OF GOD, WHICH 20:42 HE HAS GIVEN US ABOUT HIS SON. 20:45 ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN THE SON OF GOD HAS THIS TESTIMONY--" 20:49 WHERE? 20:52 IT SAYS, "IN HIS HEART." 20:54 THE BIBLE SAYS YOU CAN HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF GOD IN YOUR HEART. 21:03 NOW COME OVER HERE TO ROMANS 8:16. 21:06 THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL PROOFS. 21:08 SOME WOULD SAY IT AS THE GREATEST PROOF. 21:10 ROMANS 8:16 BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A THEOLOGIAN. 21:16 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SMART. 21:17 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE WEALTHY. 21:19 YOU SIMPLY NEED TO BELIEVE. 21:22 ROMANS 8:16, "THE SPIRIT HIMSELF TESTIFIES WITH OUR SPIRIT THAT 21:28 WE ARE GOD'S CHILDREN." 21:31 NOW LOOK AT ME. 21:34 WHEN SAMUEL WESLEY, THE FATHER OF JOHN AND CHARLES AND THE REST 21:40 OF THE CLAN, WHEN HE WAS DYING, HE CALLED HIS FAMILY TO HIMSELF 21:45 AND HE SAID, ALMOST IN HIS DYING BREATH, "REMEMBER 21:52 THE INNER WITNESS. 21:55 IT IS THE GREATEST PROOF OF CHRISTIANITY." 21:58 EITHER YOU'VE GOT IT TODAY OR ELSE YOU DON'T HAVE IT. 22:04 I WAS TALKING TO MY DEAR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, 22:07 DR. GRAHAM BRADFORD. 22:08 HE SAID, "THANK GOD WE HAVE THE INNER WITNESS." 22:13 THE SPIRIT HIMSELF TESTIFIES WITH OUR SPIRIT THAT WE ARE 22:17 CHILDREN OF GOD, AND YOU CAN KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING 22:20 HOME TO GLORY. 22:23 THAT IS, THE INNER WITNESS. 22:26 NOW I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE THAT A BEING ARRIVES, NOT FROM ANOTHER 22:31 PLANET, BUT FROM ANOTHER UNIVERSE AND HE COMES 22:37 HERE TO CHURCH. 22:38 HE IS COMPLETELY UNLIKE US. 22:41 HE DOESN'T EAT THE SORT OF FOOD WE EAT. 22:46 WHAT RIGHT HAS HE TO TELL ME WHAT A BANANA TASTES LIKE? 22:52 HOW COULD I DESCRIBE TO HIM THE EATING OF A BANANA? 22:59 AND I TELL MY AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN FRIENDS, THERE ARE 23:03 OBVIOUSLY TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF THESE. 23:09 IN AMERICA, THEY HAVE BANANAS, BUT IN AUSTRALIA, 23:13 THEY HAVE BANANAS. 23:15 BUT I CAN TESTIFY TO THE FACT THAT THEY TASTE THE SAME. 23:20 AND THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN TELL WHAT A BANANA IS LIKE IS NOT 23:24 THROUGH SOME SCIENTIFIC DISSERTATION, BUT BY TASTING IT. 23:31 THAT'S THE INNER WITNESS. 23:33 THE BIBLE SAYS, "TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD." 23:37 SOME PERSON WILL COME TO ME AND SAY, "I DON'T LIKE AN AVOCADO." 23:43 POSSIBLY BECAUSE YOU'VE NEVER TASTED IT. 23:46 HOW COULD YOU EXPLAIN OR DESCRIBE TO AN ALIEN FROM 23:50 ANOTHER WORLD WHAT AN APPLE WAS LIKE? 23:53 THE BEST THING TO DO WOULD BE TO SAY, "TASTE IT." 23:58 SO I SAY TO THE UNBELIEVER WHO SCOFFS ABOUT CHRISTIANITY, 24:03 TASTE AND SEE AND YOU WILL KNOW IT IS TRUE. 24:08 WE HAVE THE WITNESS IN OURSELVES. 24:11 THE SPIRIT HIMSELF BEARS WITNESS. 24:15 THE THIRD-GREATEST PROOF OF GOD THAT I KNOW OF IS 24:19 THE PERSON OF CHRIST HIMSELF. 24:22 HE'S SO GOOD, HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN INVENTED. 24:25 COME OVER HERE TO JOHN 8:12. 24:29 JOHN 8:12. 24:36 "WHEN JESUS SPOKE AGAIN TO THE PEOPLE, HE SAID, 'I AM THE LIGHT 24:42 OF THE WORLD.'" WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STATEMENT. 24:44 THINK OF ANY PERSON TODAY SAYING THIS. 24:48 THINK OF ANY POLITICIAN, ANY WISE MAN SAYING, 24:51 "I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. 24:53 WHOEVER FOLLOWS ME WILL NEVER WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT 24:56 WILL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE." 24:58 NOBODY ELSE COULD SAY THAT. 25:02 A GREAT SCHOLAR MADE THIS STATEMENT, "CHRIST IS THE ONLY 25:05 PERSON WHO EVER LIVED TO CLAIM TO BE GOD AND YET WAS CONSIDERED 25:09 SANE BY THE BEST OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES." 25:12 ANYBODY ELSE WHO CLAIMS TO BE GOD IS A DELUDED MADMAN. 25:19 "FROM THIS GALILEAN JEW HAVE COME UNCEASING STREAMS 25:22 OF BENEVOLENCE FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND." 25:25 CHRIST HIMSELF IS THE GREATEST ARGUMENT FOR THE PRESENCE 25:28 OF GOD. 25:32 AND WE SHOULD WRITE THIS UP. 25:34 POINT NUMBER THREE, NUMBER THREE, CHRIST HIMSELF. 25:42 THE VERY PERSONALITY OF CHRIST HIMSELF. 25:48 WE HAVE PROPHECY, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. 25:52 LET US WRITE UP HERE THE PERSON, THE PERSON OF CHRIST. 26:03 CHRIST WAS EITHER THE GOOD MAN OR A MADMAN. 26:11 DON'T SAY HE'S NICE AND HE'S GOOD AND YET DO NOT BELIEVE 26:16 IN HIM. 26:18 THAT IS AS C.S. LEWIS SAID, TO PATRONIZE HIM. 26:22 HE'S EITHER GOD OR ELSE HE'S MAD. 26:26 THE PERSON OF CHRIST WHERE JESUS AND HIS GOSPEL GO. 26:34 THERE IS LIGHT, PEACE, HAPPINESS AND HEALTH. 26:40 DON'T CONFUSE, AS DOES THE GREAT PROFESSOR DAWKINS. 26:45 JESUS WAS MANMADE RELIGION. 26:49 HE HATES ALL RELIGION. 26:53 HE'LL TALK ABOUT THE INQUISITION BUT SUCH A DISCUSSION 26:57 IS COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT AND HE OUGHT TO KNOW BETTER, 27:01 BUT HE DOESN'T. 27:07 JESUS IS DISTINCT AND WHEREVER HE GOES, THOSE NATIONS THAT 27:17 ACCEPTED THE TEACHING OF THE GOSPEL BECAME THE GREATEST 27:22 AND THE MOST PROSPEROUS NATIONS UNDER HEAVEN. 27:25 BUT THOSE SAME NATIONS THAT TODAY ARE TURNING AWAY FROM 27:30 CHRIST AND THE GOSPEL ARE GOING DOWNHILL BIG TIME. 27:37 AND SO THREE EVIDENCES FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, PROPHECY, 27:43 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND THE THIRD, WHICH IS THE GREATEST, IS 27:50 THE PERSON OF CHRIST, A SIMPLE, UNEDUCATED MAN WAS CONFRONTED BY 27:55 A MILITANT ATHEIST WHO DERIDED HIS FAITH AND GAVE HIM A 28:00 THOUSAND REASONS WHY THE BIBLE WAS WRONG AND WHY 28:03 THERE WAS NO GOD. 28:07 THIS POOR MAN WAS OVERWHELMED BY THE TORRENT OF WORDS THAT CAME 28:11 FROM THE MOUTH OF THE UNBELIEVER AND HE HAD NO ANSWERS. 28:16 YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE AN ANSWER. 28:22 AND THIS MAN DID NOT HAVE THE ANSWERS, BUT HE SAID, "I CANNOT 28:26 ANSWER YOUR INTELLECTUAL SCIENTIFIC ARGUMENTS, BUT I CAN 28:30 TELL YOU ONE THING, IT WASN'T LONG AGO WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE 28:37 AFRAID OF ME AND THEY HID WHEN I CAME HOME. 28:42 THEY HID BEHIND THE DOOR. 28:43 MY WIFE WAS TERRIFIED OF ME BECAUSE I USED TO BEAT HER. 28:50 I WOULD TAKE MY WAGES ON FRIDAY AND INSTEAD OF BRINGING MY WAGES 28:54 HOME, I WOULD GO TO THE HOTEL OR THE BAR." 28:59 HE SAID, "PEOPLE DISLIKED ME. 29:04 I WAS SO ROUGH AND I WAS SO ANGRY." 29:07 BUT HE SAID, "JESUS FOUND ME. 29:14 AND CHRIST CAME INTO MY LIFE AND NOW MY CHILDREN WHEN THEY SEE ME 29:18 COMING HOME FROM WORK, THEY RUN TO MEET ME. 29:22 AND MY WIFE RUNS OUT AND SHE IS SO GLAD AND WE HAVE FOOD 29:26 ON THE TABLE. 29:29 AND WE'RE EVEN STARTING TO PAY OFF OUR HOUSE." 29:34 HE SAID, "I'M NOT THE MAN I USED TO BE. 29:38 I CANNOT EXPLAIN YOUR ARGUMENTS, BUT CHRIST SAVED ME." 29:43 CHRIST IS THE GREATEST ARGUMENT FOR THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 29:52 NOW, THE NEXT POINT, WHAT IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD LIKE? 29:58 WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT THERE IS A PRESENCE. 30:01 NOW WHAT IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD LIKE? 30:04 IT IS ALL LIGHT, LIFE, LOVE, JOY, PEACE, GOODNESS AND WARMTH 30:14 AND HAPPINESS AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN JOY. 30:18 BUT JOY TRANSCENDS HAPPINESS. 30:21 THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS THE VERY OPPOSITE OF DESPAIR, MELANCHOLY, 30:26 COLDNESS AND DARKNESS. 30:27 SOME PEOPLE, OFTEN VERY RELIGIOUS, DO NOT HAVE 30:31 THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 30:36 AFTER SPENDING TIME IN THEIR PRESENCE, YOU WILL FEEL OH-- 30:43 NO, YOU'LL FEEL WORSE THAN LONELINESS. 30:46 YOU'LL WISH YOU COULD BE LONELY. 30:49 YOU WILL FEEL AS THOUGH THE MARROW OF LIFE HAS BEEN 30:54 SUCKED OUT OF YOUR BONES. 30:58 THEY ARE RELIGIOUS AND THEY FILL CHURCHES, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE 31:02 THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 31:05 MY ADVICE TO YOU IS THIS, LOVE THEM. 31:10 TRY TO HELP THEM, BUT DON'T LET THEM PULL YOU DOWN. 31:16 AND I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE, YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO SPEND 31:20 TOO MUCH TIME IN THE COMPANY OF THOSE WHO ARE SO NEGATIVE. 31:27 THEY WILL HURT YOU. 31:31 MINISTER TO THEM, BUT DON'T BE INFLUENCED BY THEM. 31:39 THE BIBLE SAYS, "IN YOUR PRESENCE IS FULLNESS OF JOY." 31:46 IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS LIKE, YOU CAN 31:52 SEE THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST. 31:56 COME TO JOHN 14:6 AND ONWARDS. 32:01 JOHN 14:6 AND ONWARDS. 32:04 "JESUS ANSWERED, 'I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. 32:09 NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.'" 32:12 WHAT TREMENDOUS CLAIMS. 32:14 "IF YOU REALLY KNEW ME, YOU WOULD KNOW MY FATHER AS WELL. 32:19 FROM NOW ON, YOU DO KNOW HIM AND HAVE SEEN HIM.' 32:22 PHILIP SAID, 'LORD, SHOW US THE FATHER AND THAT 32:25 WILL BE ENOUGH FOR US.' JESUS ANSWERED: 'DON'T YOU KNOW 32:30 ME, PHILIP, EVEN AFTER I HAVE BEEN AMONG YOU SUCH A LONG TIME? 32:35 ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER.'" 32:40 IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT GOD IS LIKE, IF YOU 32:44 WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS LIKE, BEHOLD JESUS. 32:52 BEHOLD JESUS HEALING THE SICK, PREACHING THE GOOD NEWS, 33:00 BLESSING THE CHILDREN, DEFENDING THE POWERLESS LIKE THE WOMAN 33:05 CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF ADULTERY, DYING FOR OUR SINS, 33:10 FORGIVING HIS ENEMIES. 33:12 THERE YOU SEE WHAT THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS LIKE. 33:15 IT IS MOST ATTRACTIVE. 33:19 THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS BETTER THAN A TONIC OR A MEDICINE 33:26 BECAUSE IT GIVES LIFE, PEACE, JOY, HOPE, SELF-RESPECT, 33:34 HEALTH, AND POWER. 33:39 JOY IN HIS PRESENCE IS OUR TOPIC TODAY. 33:46 THIS DIVINE JOY, THE JOY OF HIS PRESENCE IS OVERWHELMING. 33:58 IT OVERFLOWS. 34:00 THE JOY HIS PRESENCE IMPARTS IS WITHOUT MEASURE 34:06 AND IT IS WITHOUT LIMIT. 34:10 LET ME SHOW YOU SOME TEXT. 34:11 COME OVER HERE TO PSALM 30:11. 34:15 PSALM 30:11. 34:18 AND IF YOU DO NOT HAVE JOY, MY FRIEND, IT IS BECAUSE YOU DO NOT 34:21 HAVE THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. 34:25 NOW I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT MERE HAPPINESS BECAUSE JOY 34:28 TRANSCENDED HAPPINESS. 34:31 DAVID SAYS, PSALM 30:11, "YOU TURNED MY WAILING INTO DANCING; 34:39 YOU REMOVED MY SACKCLOTH AND CLOTHED ME WITH JOY." 34:45 SO THE SACKCLOTH GOES AND THE JOY COMES. 34:48 NOW COME TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE TEXTS IN THE BOOK OF ISAIAH. 34:54 FOR THE AUSTRALIANS WHO ARE WATCHING, WE ARE TURNING 34:57 TO ISAIAH 35:10 SO I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN YOU. 35:06 ISAIAH, ISAIAH 35:10. 35:11 LOOK AT THESE GREAT WORDS. 35:13 "AND TO THE RANSOMED OF THE LORD WILL RETURN. 35:18 THEY WILL ENTER ZION WITH SINGING; EVERLASTING JOY 35:23 WILL CROWN THEIR HEADS." 35:24 AND THAT IS WHY I HAVE A SAYING, BLESSINGS ON YOUR HEAD BECAUSE 35:32 THE BIBLE TELLS ME THERE WILL BE EVERLASTING JOY UPON OUR HEADS. 35:38 "EVERLASTING JOY WILL CROWN THEIR HEADS. 35:41 GLADNESS AND JOY WILL OVERTAKE THEM, AND SORROW 35:44 AND SIGHING SHALL FLEE AWAY." 35:50 HOW GREAT, HOW SUPERLATIVE, HOW GOOD. 35:54 COME NOW TO JOHN 16:20-22. 35:59 MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, JOHN 16:20-22. 36:06 JOHN 16:20-22. 36:10 "I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, YOU WILL WEEP AND MOURN 36:16 WHILE THE WORLD REJOICES. 36:18 YOU WILL GRIEVE, BUT YOUR GRIEF WILL TURN TO--" 36:21 WHAT DOES IT SAY? 36:23 "TURN TO JOY." 36:23 YOU COME TO THIS PLACE TODAY TO HEAR GOOD NEWS 36:26 SO YOUR GRIEF CAN TURN TO JOY. 36:30 "A WOMAN GIVING BIRTH TO A CHILD HAS PAIN BECAUSE HER TIME HAS 36:33 COME; BUT WHEN HER BABY IS BORN SHE FORGETS THE ANGUISH BECAUSE 36:37 OF HER JOY THAT A CHILD IS BORN INTO THE WORLD. 36:41 SO WITH YOU: NOW IS YOUR TIME OF GRIEF, BUT I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN 36:45 AND YOU WILL REJOICE, AND NO ONE WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR JOY." 36:53 WHEN YOU HAVE TO THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, NO ONE 36:57 WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR JOY. 36:59 NOW COME NOW TO 1 PETER 1:8 THAT IS OVER TOWARDS THE CLOSE 37:07 OF THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE. 37:09 1 PETER 1:8. 37:15 SAINT PETER SAYS, "THOUGH YOU HAVE NOT SEEN HIM, YOU LOVE HIM; 37:21 AND EVEN THOUGH YOU DO NOT SEE HIM NOW, YOU BELIEVE IN HIM AND 37:25 ARE FILLED WITH AN INEXPRESSIBLE AND GLORIOUS JOY." 37:34 I WANT YOU TO SAY THOSE WORDS, "AN INEXPRESSIBLE AND GLORIOUS 37:41 JOY," JOY IN HIS PRESENCE. 37:47 NOW TODAY I'M GOING TO ASK A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP, I COULD 37:54 HAVE ASKED ALL OF YOU, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ROOM. 37:58 I'VE ASKED A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP TO COME UP THE FRONT 38:02 AND TO STAND WITH ME OVER HERE. 38:06 SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME NOW PLEASE, MY SWEET FRIENDS 38:11 WHO ARE GOING TO COME? 38:14 AND IF YOU DON'T BELONG TO THIS CHURCH, I SAY I'M SORRY BECAUSE 38:21 WHERE ELSE IN AMERICA OR ANYWHERE DO YOU FIND SUCH AN 38:26 ILLUSTRIOUS, GOOD-LOOKING NICE GROUP OF PEOPLE? 38:31 MMM-HMM, DON'T YOU THINK THEY ALL LOOK NICE? 38:34 YEAH, COME OVER, GET IN CLOSE TO ME. 38:36 COME ON, COME OVER CLOSE. 38:38 BLAKE, COME IN CLOSE. 38:39 NOW, THESE FOLKS ARE MEMBERS OF THIS DISTINGUISHED CHURCH HERE 38:46 IN ARCADIA, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 38:50 THEY ARE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT THEY'RE NOT 38:54 OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 38:56 THEY ARE IN THE WORLD, BUT THEY ARE NOT OF THE WORLD. 39:01 AND I COULD INTERVIEW EACH ONE OF THEM BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THEM 39:05 IS SO BEAUTIFUL, SO NICE. 39:11 I STAYED IN A HOTEL ON MONDAY NIGHT AND I PICKED UP 39:16 "USA NEWS." 39:17 THEY PUT IT UNDER THE DOOR. 39:20 WHAT A WAKE-UP CALL WHEN I STAGGERED TO THE DOOR ALL BLURRY 39:24 EYED THINKING I BLOTTED OUT ALL THE BAD THINGS THAT ARE 39:28 HAPPENING IN THE WORLD. 39:29 AND THERE THE HEADLINES WERE, "AMERICA OWES $62 TRILLION." 39:37 I THOUGHT BOY, THE DEFICIT OF $15 TRILLION LOOKS GOOD, 39:41 $62 TRILLION. 39:45 YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT? 39:47 IT'S BEEN COVERED UP. 39:49 THE DEBT IS ACTUALLY $62 TRILLION. 39:52 BUT I DON'T CARE, MY FRIEND, ABOUT THE DEFICIT OR THE DEBT. 39:56 IT IS NOT GOING TO TAKE FROM US OUR JOY IN THE PRESENCE 40:00 OF THE LORD. 40:06 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS LADY IS THE DIRECTOR 40:12 OF COMMUNICATIONS AT THE CARTER REPORT. 40:16 HER NAME IS SUSAN, WHAT IS IT? 40:22 SUSAN PIRAINO. 40:22 JUST GOT IT. 40:24 NOW, DO YOU HAVE JOY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, SUSAN? 40:31 >> YES, I HAVE MANY REASONS TO HAVE JOY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE 40:34 LORD, ESPECIALLY WORKING WITHIN THE MINISTRY BECAUSE I'VE SEEN 40:38 THE LORD'S HAND THROUGHOUT. 40:40 WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH AS THEY ARE NOW FINANCIALLY, I SEE THE LORD 40:44 BRINGING PEOPLE IN AND SUPPLYING OUR NEEDS. 40:48 >> WHAT HAVE YOU GOT HERE? 40:49 >> THIS IS THE BIBLE THAT WE'VE JUST PURCHASED, 10,000 BIBLES 40:52 FOR THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AND EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE 40:55 THE FUNDS, BUT I KNOW THAT GOD WILL SUPPLY AND THESE BIBLES 40:58 WILL BE GIVEN TO SOULS IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 41:01 >> THAT'S WHY I TOLD HER TO BRING UP THE BIBLE SO PEOPLE 41:02 WOULD SEND US MONEY. 41:05 SO THIS IS THE BIBLE. 41:06 >> YES. 41:07 >> WE BOUGHT THESE BIBLES, 10,000 OF THEM. 41:10 WE'RE GONNA SHIP THEM OUT THERE IN A WEEK OR TWO'S TIME, OUT TO 41:13 THE SOLOMON'S, BECAUSE WE WANT THESE PEOPLE TO HAVE THE JOY 41:18 THAT COMES IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. 41:20 THANK YOU, SUSAN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. 41:22 NOW, MEY-LING, SEE, I'M JUST GETTING SOME OF YOU. 41:27 THIS IS A SPECIAL LADY. 41:29 WHERE ARE YOU CHILDREN? 41:30 HERE THEY ARE. 41:31 COME FORWARD A LITTLE BIT. 41:32 OKAY, OKAY, IN SPITE OF TOUGH TIMES, TIMES ARE TOUGH, YOU KNOW 41:39 WE'RE FEELING IT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES MORE THAN 41:41 IN AUSTRALIA AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES WE'RE FEELING IT. 41:45 DO YOU STILL HAVE THE JOY THAT COMES IN THE PRESENCE 41:49 OF THE LORD, MEY-LING? 41:51 >> YES, DEFINITELY YES. 41:54 IN FACT, THE REAL JOY THAT I FIND IS WHEN I AM IN THE 41:59 PRESENCE OF THE LORD. 42:02 AND BECAUSE MY GOD IS SO MERCIFUL AND COMPASSIONATE 42:08 AND HE ALWAYS DELIVERS ME FROM TROUBLE. 42:13 SO WHEN I THINK, I REALIZE THAT IN THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME 42:20 OR THE MOST DIFFICULT HOUR OF MY LIFE AND I LIFT MY SOUL 42:25 TO THE LORD, HE NEVER FAILS TO GIVE ME JOY. 42:30 AND IT'S A JOY AND PEACE THAT YOU CANNOT COMPARE WITH 42:33 ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS WORLD. 42:35 >> GOD BLESS YOU. 42:36 YOU'RE A GREAT MOTHER AND I SHOULDN'T SAY IT 42:39 IN FRONT OF THEM. 42:40 COME OVER HERE, BOTH OF YOU. 42:41 TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. 42:43 WE'RE PROUD OF YOU. 42:44 WE'RE PROUD OF YOU TOO. 42:45 NOW I CAN'T INTERVIEW ALL YOUR FOLKS BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T 42:49 HAVE TIME TODAY BUT WE HAVE THE--THERE'S ALMA DIXON 42:53 STANDING UP OVER THERE. 42:54 GLAD TO SEE YOU AND ISAAC, AND YOU KNOW. 43:00 BLAKE, COME OVER FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE YOU GOT 43:03 A JEWISH BACKGROUND AND YOU'VE BECOME A CHRISTIAN. 43:08 YOU'RE A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH. 43:10 YOU'RE AN ELDER IN OUR CHURCH. 43:11 YOU'RE A BUSINESSMAN RUNNING YOUR OWN BUSINESS. 43:15 BLAKE, YOU BETTER COME UP HERE TOO. 43:16 SO GET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ME SO HE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING, 43:19 YOU KNOW, HE SHOULDN'T BE DOING. 43:21 OKAY, COME FORWARD A LITTLE BIT. 43:22 OKAY, IN SPITE OF THE RECESSION WHEN THINGS ARE TOUGH IN L.A. 43:27 WITH A HUGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW 43:30 WHEN THE COUNTRY'S GONNA COME OUT OF THIS, IN SPITE OF 43:33 DIFFICULTIES DO YOU STILL HAVE JOY IN THE PRESENCE 43:36 OF THE LORD, BLAKE? 43:38 >> OF COURSE I DO, PASTOR. 43:40 I HAVE JOY FOR MY FAMILY HERE. 43:42 BUT THE GREATEST JOY THAT I GET IS FROM THE LORD. 43:45 AND YOU KNOW I BRING A LOT OF BAGGAGE INTO THAT RELATIONSHIP, 43:48 THE ONE THAT WE MOST DESIRE TO HAVE IS WITH THE LORD AND YOU 43:51 KNOW HE CARRIES MY BAGS, AND HE PICKS ME UP 43:54 AND HE CARRIES ME TOO. 43:56 AND THAT IS MY GREATEST SOURCE OF JOY. 43:59 >> GOD BLESS YOU. 44:00 NOW FOLKS, WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING HERE. 44:02 I HOPE I DO THIS ALL RIGHT. 44:04 YOU FOLKS JUST COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO HELP ME OUT, YOU KNOW. 44:07 I MEAN I'M JUST AN OLD BEAT-UP EVANGELIST, JUST AN OLD PASTOR 44:11 SO I DON'T WANT TO MESS THIS UP. 44:13 I'VE ALREADY DEALT WITH THIS SO I DON'T NEED TO DO THIS AGAIN. 44:16 WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY GOING TO SABBATH SCHOOL 44:19 IN MORNINGSIDE, BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA, 44:25 I LEARNED A SONG. 44:27 YOU PROBABLY KNOW IT. 44:28 MY CUP IS FULL AND RUNNING OVER. 44:32 YOU KNOW THE SONG? 44:34 WHEN WE DID THIS SONG, WE USED TO DO THE HAND SIGNS, YOU KNOW? 44:37 YOU DON'T KNOW THAT SONG? 44:39 MY CUP IS FULL. 44:41 IT USED TO GO, MY CUP IS FULL AND RUNNING OVER. 44:46 I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, 44:52 YOUR CUP IS FULL. 44:57 GOD FILLS IT RIGHT UP. 45:01 HE FILLS IT UP. 45:03 NOW IF YOU'RE NOT A BELIEVER, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LIKE POOR 45:06 OLD RICHARD DAWKINS, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 45:09 BUT ONCE YOU HAVE THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, 45:12 YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? 45:14 YEAH, THIS RUNS OVER, KEEPS RUNNING OVER. 45:19 YOU GOT SO MUCH BLESSING HERE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW 45:24 WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. 45:26 MY BROTHER, JOSE SALGADE, WHO'S A GREAT BUILDER, ONE OF THE BEST 45:30 YOU'LL FIND ANYWHERE IN AMERICA. 45:32 TIMES ARE TOUGH, BUT HE'S TOLD ME, "MY CUP IS FULL 45:36 AND RUNNING OVER." 45:38 SO OUR TOPIC TODAY IS JOY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. 45:45 AND I'M JUST REAL PROUD OF YOU FOLKS AND I WANT TO THANK YOU 45:47 TODAY FOR HELPING ME OUT. 45:48 WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO SIT DOWN? 45:50 THANK YOU. 45:52 THANK YOU. 45:53 [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING] >> WANT YOU TO TAKE YOUR BIBLES 45:56 AGAIN AND TURN OVER HERE TO ACTS 2:38. 46:00 I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS TEXT HOME WITH YOU TODAY. 46:03 ACTS 2:38. 46:13 "YOU'VE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE PATH OF LIFE," JESUS SAID THAT, 46:17 YOU CAN SAY IT TODAY TOO. 46:19 "YOU WILL FILL ME WITH JOY IN YOUR PRESENCE." 46:23 AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW TODAY THAT THIS DIVINE JOY GIVES 46:30 A STEADFASTNESS THAT THE UNBELIEVER JUST 46:33 CAN'T COMPREHEND. 46:35 LOOK AT VERSE 25, SAME CONTEXT: ACTS 2:25, "DAVID SAID 46:42 ABOUT HIM: I SAW THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME. 46:50 BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND," WHAT DOES IT SAYS, FOLKS? 46:58 "I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN." 47:04 YOU KNOW THE GREAT APOSTLE PAUL HAD PERSECUTIONS, HAD TROUBLE, 47:09 HAD TRIBULATION, BUT PAUL ON ONE OCCASION SAID, "NONE OF THESE 47:13 THINGS MOVE ME." 47:16 YOU KNOW WHY? 47:18 BECAUSE HIS CUP WAS FULL AND RUNNING OVER. 47:22 AND THEN THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT MOSES. 47:26 I DON'T THINK ANY MAN HAS HAD MORE TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS THAN 47:30 MOSES, THE PRINCE OF EGYPT. 47:33 I WANT YOU TO COME OVER HERE TO HEBREWS 11:24-27. 47:38 BUT HE HUNG IN THERE BECAUSE HE HAD THE JOY OF THE LORD. 47:42 COME OVER HERE TO HEBREWS 11:24 AND ONWARDS. 47:48 I JUST LOVE MOSES. 47:49 "BY FAITH MOSES, WHEN HE HAD GROWN UP, REFUSED TO BE KNOWN AS 47:54 THE SON OF PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER. 47:57 HE CHOSE TO BE MISTREATED ALONG WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD 48:01 RATHER THAN TO ENJOY THE PLEASURES OF SIN." 48:06 FOR A SHORT TIME OR FOR A SEASON, IT SAYS IN THE KJV. 48:09 "HE REGARDED DISGRACE FOR THE SAKE OF CHRIST AS OF GREATER 48:13 VALUE THAN THE TREASURES OF EGYPT," I'VE SEEN THEM, 48:18 "BECAUSE HE WAS LOOKING AHEAD TO HIS REWARD. 48:21 BY FAITH HE LEFT EGYPT, NOT FEARING THE KING'S ANGER; HE 48:27 PERSEVERED BECAUSE HE SAW HIM WHO IS INVISIBLE." 48:35 NOW FOLKS, I WANT TO TELL YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TRUE 48:41 BELIEVER AND A PERSON WHO JUST THINKS HE'S A BELIEVER. 48:48 IT'S THIS PERSEVERANCE THING. 48:53 PAUL SAID, "NONE OF THESE THINGS MOVE ME." 48:57 AND IN SPITE OF HELL AND HIGH WATER, MOSES PERSEVERED. 49:03 HE KEPT GOING AHEAD IN FAITH BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE PRESENCE 49:09 OF THE LORD. 49:12 SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW TODAY, BAD NEWS CANNOT MOVE US BECAUSE WE 49:19 HAVE THE JOY OF THE LORD. 49:21 NOTHING WILL SHAKE US. 49:29 AND THE JOY OF HIS PRESENCE GIVES US THE HOPE OF A GLORIOUS 49:34 FUTURE, AMEN. 49:37 WOULD YOU COME OVER HERE TO ACTS 2:27? 49:41 ACTS 2:27. 49:45 I JUST HANG ON TO THIS. 49:48 NOW THIS IS TALKING, OF COURSE, ABOUT JESUS. 49:52 BUT IN A SENSE WE CAN SAY IT TOO. 49:56 ACTS 2:27 THIS IS OUR THEME PASSAGE. 50:01 "BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT ABANDON ME TO THE GRAVE, NOR WILL YOU LET 50:06 YOUR HOLY ONE SEE DECAY." 50:09 NOW FOLKS, SOME OF US SITTING HERE, MAYBE WE'RE GOING 50:13 TO SEE DECAY. 50:16 MAYBE WE'RE GOING TO DIE, WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN IN THE GRAVE 50:20 AND WE'RE GONNA BE TURNED BACK TO DUST. 50:26 BUT JESUS SAID, "YOU HAVEN'T ABANDONED ME TO THE GRAVE." 50:33 WHEN YOU HAVE THE JOY OF HIS PRESENCE, YOU'LL KNOW THAT 50:40 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABANDONED TO THE GRAVE. 50:43 AS JESUS WAS RAISED FROM THE GRAVE, WE TOO ARE GOING TO BE 50:49 RAISED FROM THE GRAVE. 50:56 ISN'T THAT A GREAT THOUGHT THAT ONE DAY YOU AND I ARE GOING 51:03 TO WAKE UP AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HOME? 51:10 WE'RE GONNA WAKE UP AND WONDER WHERE ALL THE ENERGY CAME FROM. 51:15 WE'RE GOING TO WAKE UP AND WONDER WHERE THE WRINKLES WENT. 51:20 WE'RE GONNA WAKE UP AND WE'RE GONNA WONDER WHERE THE WHITE 51:23 HAIR WENT, AND WHY SOME PEOPLE WON'T NEED TO RINSE ANYMORE. 51:30 HA, HA, HA. 51:37 THE JOY THAT IS FOUND IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD GIVES US 51:41 HOPE OF A GLORIOUS FUTURE. 51:45 SO READ AGAIN THE PASSAGE WITH ME. 51:48 ACTS 2 TAKE IT WITH YOU TODAY AND EVERY DAY AND THOSE 51:52 OF YOU WATCHING ON TELEVISION. 51:55 "DAVID SAID ABOUT HIM: 'I SAW THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME.'" 51:59 YOU CAN SAY THAT. 52:01 "BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN. 52:05 THEREFORE MY HEART IS GLAD AND MY TONGUE REJOICES;" YOU CAN SAY 52:08 THAT TODAY, "MY BODY ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE, YOU CAN SAY AMEN, 52:15 "BECAUSE HE WILL NOT ABANDON ME TO THE GRAVE," AMEN. 52:21 AND THIS NEXT PART APPLIES JUST TO JESUS. 52:23 "NOR WILL YOU LET YOUR HOLY ONES SEE DECAY." 52:26 BUT YOU CAN SAY THESE WORDS. 52:29 "YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE PATHS OF LIFE; YOU WILL FILL ME 52:36 WITH JOY IN YOUR PRESENCE." 52:40 GLORY BE TO GOD. 52:43 GLORY BE TO GOD. 52:44 PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME AND I WANT EVERY PERSON SITTING HERE IN OUR 52:49 GREAT CHURCH TODAY AND EVERYBODY WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD ON 52:52 TELEVISION TO KNOW THE JOY OF HIS PRESENCE AND THE JOY OF HIS 53:01 PRESENCE IS YOURS TODAY IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD. 53:16 AMEN. 53:18 AND PRAISE GOD. 53:22 >> THERE ARE TWO THINGS 53:23 THAT A PASTOR SHOULDN'T DO. 53:25 HE SHOULDN'T TELL LIES AND HE SHOULDN'T RETIRE, THAT'S WHY I 53:31 PLAN TO KEEP ON KEEPING ON WHILE GOD CAN STILL USE ME, WHILE 53:36 THESE LUNGS ARE WORKING AND WHILE THIS MOUTH IS TALKING AND 53:39 WHILE JESUS IS STILL ALIVE AND I'M STILL ALIVE, I PLAN 53:44 TO KEEP ON PREACHING THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL. 53:47 WILL YOU PRAY FOR ME? 53:48 WILL YOU SUPPORT US IN THIS GREAT WORK? 53:51 LISTEN, WE HAVE RECEIVED AN URGENT INVITATION 53:55 FROM THE CHURCH IN INDIA. 53:56 THEY'RE SAYING, "COME OVER AND HELP US." 54:00 WHAT A CHALLENGE, MY FRIEND. 54:01 DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN THE LAND OF INDIA? 54:05 MORE THAN A THOUSAND MILLION PEOPLE, AND THE PLACE IS FULL OF 54:10 DEMONS AND EVIL SPIRITS. 54:12 THEY DON'T WANT THIS CAMPAIGN, THOSE EVIL SPIRITS, BUT I WANT 54:16 YOU KNOW JESUS IS STRONGER THAN THE EVIL SPIRITS. 54:21 LAST TIME WE WENT TO INDIA, WE HAD TREMENDOUS OPPOSITION AND 54:24 LIVES WERE THREATENED, BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, WE'RE GOING 54:27 TO GO BACK BECAUSE JESUS HAS CALLED US TO GO. 54:31 WHEN WE WENT THERE LAST TIME, WE SAW THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING 54:35 TO CHRIST, ONE NIGHT 30,000 PEOPLE CAME TO CHRIST, 54:38 HINDUS AND MUSLIMS. 54:40 WE'RE PRAYING, JESUS, DO IT AGAIN. 54:44 PLEASE SUPPORT US. 54:45 PLEASE WRITE TO ME, JOHN CARTER, POST OFFICE BOX 1900, 54:49 THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA 91358. 54:53 IN AUSTRALIA, WRITE TO ME PLEASE AT BEAUTIFUL TERRIGAL. 54:58 THE ADDRESS IS RIGHT THERE ON THE SCREEN. 55:01 LISTEN, MY FRIEND, I NEED YOUR PRAYERS. 55:04 I NEED YOUR SUPPORT. 55:06 PLEASE PRAY FOR US. 55:07 I'LL BE PRAYING FOR YOU. 55:08 WRITE TODAY AND GOD BLESS YOU. 55:12 [MUSIC] 55:22 [MUSIC] ♪ I'VE BEEN WINNING BATTLES ♪ 55:25 ♪ LEFT AND RIGHT. ♪ ♪ BUT EVEN WINNERS ♪ 55:32 ♪ CAN GET WOUNDED ♪ ♪ IN THE FIGHT. ♪ 55:38 ♪ PEOPLE SAY ♪ ♪ THAT I'M AMAZING, ♪ 55:42 ♪ I'M STRONG ♪ ♪ BEYOND MY YEARS. ♪ 55:46 ♪ BUT THEY DON'T SEE ♪ ♪ INSIDE OF ME. ♪ 55:50 ♪ I'M HIDING ALL THE TEARS. ♪ ♪ THEY DON'T KNOW ♪ 55:58 ♪ THAT I COME RUNNING HOME ♪ ♪ WHEN I FALL DOWN. ♪ 56:04 ♪ THEY DON'T KNOW ♪ ♪ WHO PICKS ME UP ♪ 56:08 ♪ WHEN NO ONE IS AROUND. ♪ ♪ I DROP MY SWORD AND ♪ 56:15 ♪ I CRY FOR JUST A WHILE ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE DEEP ♪ 56:23 ♪ INSIDE THIS ARMOR, ♪ ♪ THE WARRIOR IS A CHILD. ♪ 56:48 ♪ UNAWARE BECAUSE ♪ ♪ HIS ARMOR IS THE BEST, ♪ 56:55 ♪ BUT EVEN SOLDIERS, ♪ ♪ THEY NEED A QUIET PLACE ♪ 57:01 ♪ TO REST. ♪ ♪ PEOPLE SAY ♪ 57:06 ♪ THAT I'M AMAZING ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE I'VE NEVER ♪ 57:09 ♪ FACED RETREAT, ♪ ♪ BUT THEY DON'T SEE ♪ 57:13 ♪ THE ENEMY WHO LAYS ME ♪ ♪ AT HIS FEET ♪ 57:19 ♪ 'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ♪ ♪ THAT I COME RUNNING HOME ♪ 57:25 ♪ WHEN I FALL DOWN. ♪ ♪ THEY DON'T KNOW ♪ 57:31 ♪ WHO PICKS ME UP ♪ ♪ WHEN NO ONE IS AROUND. ♪ 57:37 ♪ I DROP MY SWORD AND ♪ ♪ I CRY FOR JUST A WHILE ♪ 57:46 ♪ 'CAUSE DEEP INSIDE ♪ ♪ THIS ARMOR, ♪ 57:52 ♪ THE WARRIOR IS A CHILD. ♪♪ [AUDIENCE APPLAUDING] |
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