Participants: Pr. John Carter (Host), Danny Shelton
Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR001509A
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00:08 The Carter Report presents,
00:10 The Living Word around the world. 00:17 Hello, friend, I'm John Carter. 00:20 Welcome today to the Carter Report. 00:22 We've got a tremendous program today 00:25 because we've got somebody here 00:27 who is going to tell you the story of a lifetime. 00:31 This man has seen the hand of God in operation. 00:35 There are two types of people in the world 00:37 I have discovered in my pilgrimage, 00:39 people who are big talkers, and people who are big doers. 00:46 We have here for the glory of God 00:47 one of God's big doers, the founder of 3ABN, 00:53 my friend Danny Shelton. 00:56 He is going to tell us how God has used 3ABN 00:59 around the world 01:00 in reaching the lost for Christ. 01:04 Welcome today to The Carter Report. 01:09 God has his time and his place for everything. 01:15 And the time and place now 01:17 is Latin America, including Cuba. 01:22 Time magazine talks about 01:24 the second protestant reformation 01:27 and describes how 100s of 1000s, 01:30 even millions of Latinos are coming 01:34 to the Gospel of Christ. 01:37 I'm not an armchair theologian. 01:39 I'm speaking according to experience, 01:42 I have seen it with my own eyes. 01:46 Recently we went down to El Salvador, 01:50 there I spoke in the largest football stadium 01:53 in Central America, with the biggest crowd that 01:56 that foot ball stadium had ever ever seen. 02:00 They came not to see a football match 02:03 but to hear about the blood of Christ. 02:06 Millions are coming to a knowledge 02:09 of God in Latin America. 02:12 Doors are opening in Cuba. 02:15 Who knows, we may be going to Cuba soon. 02:19 As the doors open by the grace of God, 02:23 we are going to step through those doors, 02:26 and we want you to step through those doors with us, 02:30 and be part of our team. 02:33 For such a time as this. 02:34 Please write to me, friend, don't put it off. 02:37 Write to me John Carter, post office box 1900, 02:42 Thousand Oaks, California 91358. 02:46 In Australia, write to me at Terrigal, New South Wales. 02:51 Be part of the second reformation, 02:55 join us and see the miracles of God. 02:59 Amen. 03:10 Now welcome today to The Carter Report. 03:12 I'm John Carter and my special guest 03:15 is the founder of 3ABN, my old friend Danny Shelton. 03:20 Danny, welcome here today. 03:22 Thank you, Pastor Carter, it's good to here. 03:24 It's a privilege and a pleasure to have you here 03:27 in Southern California. 03:29 I love being here, 03:30 and love being with you most of all 03:32 because you have a vision to go unto all the world. 03:35 I love being around people 03:37 who believe in taking the Gospel to the world. 03:39 And some of the best days we've ever had, 03:42 some of the best days where when 3ABN 03:45 and Carter Report got together and we went overseas to Russia 03:49 to preach the Gospel to the millions that were lost. 03:52 I'm eternally grateful to you for inviting 3ABN to go. 03:56 We just had a great time, and we're thankful to God 03:59 that you accepted the invitation. 04:01 Before 1984 that's when 3ABN was born, was in not? 04:06 Yes, I remember. 04:07 Tell me about your early years, Danny. 04:10 Well, I was raised in a family, we were considered poor. 04:12 Southern Illinois. 04:14 And my father was disabled at 36 years old, 04:18 and my mother and father 04:19 had been country western musicians for a time, 04:21 but after they became Adventist Christians, 04:24 they no longer, of course, went out 04:26 and played in the nights clubs 04:27 and neither one had an education 04:29 beyond the eight grade so, 04:31 they just did whatever work they could do, 04:33 and that's usually with the hands. 04:35 So I was raised, it was five children, 04:37 four boys and a girl and my mother and father, 04:39 and I became a carpenter. 04:41 My brothers and I, we had an uncle 04:43 who is a carpenter so, during our younger years 04:45 we'd go with him on Sundays. 04:47 That's a very honorable trade as you know. 04:49 Well I realize that now. 04:52 There was a very, very famous carpenter. 04:54 Well there was, absolutely. 04:55 Before 1984, in Southern Illinois, 04:59 you could say almost brought up in poverty. 05:03 Yes, but you know what? 05:04 We had what a lot of families around the world don't. 05:07 Yes. 05:08 There was a lot of love in our family. 05:09 Absolutely, that's what we had too. 05:11 So my mom and dad loved Jesus 05:12 and we were raised in a Christian home. 05:14 My mother became an Adventist 05:16 the year I was born. 05:18 She actually, three years before 05:19 that I was born in '51, and '48 she contracted polio. 05:23 And she literally, her arms and legs had drawn 05:27 and she couldn't walk. 05:28 The doctors came and they said, 05:30 you know, it's a German, Jewish doctor, 05:31 named doctor Galula, and he said, 05:33 we're going to have to take her 05:35 to Saint Louis Barnes Jewish hospital. 05:37 And my father said, he asked her, 05:38 how long will she be there? 05:40 He said, I don't know if she'll ever come back. 05:41 My mother had been studying the Adventist message. 05:44 The Bible message-- Yes. 05:46 For two years with an uncle of mine Olan Shelton, 05:48 and Meldrin, and my aunt, 05:50 who had become Seventh-day Adventist, 05:52 but she wouldn't join the church, 05:54 because they were doing their music in the night clubs, 05:56 and doing these things, 05:58 and she said we have to make a living. 06:00 And here she's suddenly down with polio. 06:03 The doctor comes to the house says, 06:04 we're going to have to send her to Saint Louis. 06:08 My mother says, she hears it in the other room, 06:10 she manages to roll of the bed in a position 06:13 and prayed, Lord, if you'll heal me 06:16 I promise to never set foot in another tavern, 06:19 I promise to become a Christian, 06:21 I will join the Adventist church 06:22 and I'll raise my children to do so. 06:25 That's a big prayer. 06:26 She, she had, my uncle came 06:28 and brought the Adventist pastor. 06:30 My father who wasn't a Christian said 06:31 I'll leave the room, 06:32 'cause those of you who believe, pray. 06:34 They laid hands on her, they prayed for her, 06:36 and the story goes that within a matter of hours, 06:40 before the ambulance could get there 06:41 to take her to saint Louis, her arms and legs, 06:44 the color came back, 06:45 she literally was on her feet cleaning house 06:48 because she said my father hadn't done that good a job 06:51 and the few children that she had, 06:53 but I believe in miracles today pastor Carter. 06:54 Yes, it's a miracle of God. 06:56 Because she lived a long life after that, 06:58 and raised all of us to love Jesus. 07:00 Amazing, so here you are, 07:03 you're a carpenter in Southern Illinois 07:05 and you get this, some would say, 07:08 a crazy idea to take this 07:11 three angels' messages to the world. 07:13 Yes. 07:15 Now the church wasn't, 07:16 didn't have a television station in those days, 07:18 hope has come along many years after, 07:20 but the church didn't have 07:22 a worldwide television outreach. 07:24 There was not one Seventh-day Adventist 07:25 television station on planet Earth 07:27 giving the three angels' messages. 07:29 Well, you know, it couldn't be done. 07:31 Well, absolutely. 07:33 It can't be done, so why even try? 07:35 Well, with me, what happened, 07:36 my daughter and my wife Kate at the time, 07:40 she was later killed in an automobile accident. 07:42 Actually in 1982 she was killed, 07:44 but my daughter and I continued to travel 07:47 and we sing, we sing on some 07:48 charismatic television stations and others. 07:51 And everywhere I'd go, I'd say, Lord where are we 07:53 as Seventh-day Adventists in the media? 07:55 The old saying is, the farther you go, 07:57 the behinder we get. 07:58 And so one night I lay there, 08:00 and I had been singing on these networks. 08:03 I came home, turned on a channel 08:05 and I said Lord, I couldn't sleep, 08:07 Lord, why doesn't a church build 08:09 a television station to reach the world? 08:11 Yes, of course. 08:12 And I continued to fuss about this 08:13 with the Lord for a while. 08:15 And John this thought came to me, 08:16 November, late night, early morning. 08:18 November 15th 1984, I want you to build 08:22 a television station that will reach the world 08:24 with an undiluted Three Angels' Messages. 08:26 One that would counteract the counterfeit. 08:28 Now here is the thing, I was a carpenter 08:30 with a high school education, I wasn't a theologian, 08:33 I was an Adventist, knew some of the doctrines, 08:35 but had no idea what undiluted three angels' messages, 08:40 one that would counter act 08:41 the counterfeit to all the world. 08:43 I had no idea what that meant, 08:45 but I finally said, do you what Lord? 08:47 If this is you, I will go forward, 08:49 but I'll go forward on two conditions, 08:51 I'll never beg for money, and I'll never borrow money. 08:54 That's a big dream. 08:56 Southern Illinois, the company. 08:57 You're going to build a television station. 08:59 Of course, you got a lot of help to do that, didn't you? 09:02 A little town of 9,000 people, you know- 09:04 What's the name of the town? 09:06 Thompsonville. Thompsonville. 09:07 Out close to where the station is, 09:09 there is 600 people. 09:10 I know, that's a real metropolis. 09:12 Absolutely, Frankfurt is big compared to that. 09:14 Yeah, I have been to all those places many times. 09:16 You sure have. 09:18 Well, you know, I was surprised, 09:19 I thought that everybody, 09:20 when I would go to Adventist churches 09:22 and say the Lord has impressed me 09:24 to build a television station to reach the world, 09:26 people would jump up and down. 09:28 Praise the Lord. What a great idea. 09:30 One of the first places I came, 09:31 because we were singing. 09:32 My daughter and I were out here to California. 09:34 I won't tell you where, what church, 09:36 but I got up and sang a few songs 09:38 and then I said I have to tell you folks, 09:40 the Lord has impressed me 09:41 to build a television station to reach the world. 09:43 I saw the pastor stand up in the back of the church 09:46 and started doing this, and I said-- 09:48 What does that mean? 09:50 Well, I didn't know, whether he had a problem, 09:52 he was, I thought he was fanning, 09:53 he should do it this way. 09:55 Or else he had an itch. 09:56 He had something going on, 09:57 or he wanted me to stop for some reason. 09:59 It must be. 10:00 I think he said stop, so I took a break. 10:02 They took up an offering, 10:03 did whatever they were going to do. 10:05 He called me into his office, he said listen here, young man. 10:07 I was a young man at that time, 30 years ago. 10:10 I called you to sing, do not be talking about 10:12 building a television station to reach the world. 10:14 Yes, I know. I said why? 10:16 He said 'cause you know it's never going to happen. 10:17 Why get people excited about something 10:19 that's never going to happen. 10:21 And you know what? 10:22 It hadn't occurred to me up to that time, 10:24 because from the day one I have never doubted 10:26 God was going to do what he asked me to do. 10:28 See God has counted his resources in advance 10:31 and found that he's not wanting. 10:33 I learned that from Dr. Walt Thompson, 10:35 former board chairman of mine. 10:36 And when God, where God guides, he provides. 10:39 So it never occurred to me and I thought, 10:41 I thought people would be excited, 10:43 everywhere I went and talk in churches, 10:45 I couldn't get, most of the time, 10:47 a lot of the leaders to support it, 10:49 'cause they said we don't want you to do this you, 10:51 you're going to take away money that should be coming us 10:54 and then it's just going to be gone. 10:55 Danny, there's only one pie, don't you remember? 10:58 Absolutely. There's only one pie. 11:00 I came right out here to the Adventist media center 11:01 and that's what they told me. 11:03 One pie. 11:04 Told a whole group about how, 11:06 how the Lord impressed me to build a television station, 11:09 couldn't get the leadership involved and I said why not? 11:11 One man said here is an Adventist pie, 11:14 it can only be sliced in so many slices, 11:17 and no, I'm not excited about what you are doing. 11:19 He said I'm not excited because every time 11:22 that a new ministry like yours gets up, 11:24 my slice of the pie gets thinner. 11:26 I said look, that may be true, 11:28 but if you look in the refrigerator, 11:29 God's got a lot more pies. 11:31 When Jesus said, go ye unto all the world, 11:33 he is going to supply every need. 11:35 For my God shall supply all of your need 11:37 according to His riches and glory through Christ Jesus. 11:40 We're going to wind up this segment in two minutes, 11:42 but I want to ask you something that's important. 11:45 What's so vital about these three angels' messages? 11:50 Because most folks tell me today, 11:52 they don't even know what they are about, 11:54 and they don't even hear them preached. 11:56 That's wonderful, and I'm glad we named-- 11:58 The Lord impressed us to name this 12:00 Three Angels Broadcasting Network, 12:01 because everywhere I go people say 12:03 where did you get that name? 12:05 You have three children you named after? 12:06 I say no, look in Revelation the fourteenth chapter. 12:09 What's so important about 12:11 the three angels' messages in this minute, time, John? 12:14 It's an end time message, for end time's people. 12:18 Anyone who claims to be a Christian, 12:20 anyone who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ 12:23 should be concerned because it's telling us 12:26 what is going to happen between now 12:28 and the second coming of Christ. 12:29 Danny, it's a message that starts 12:31 with the everlasting Gospel. 12:34 It calls attention to the great truth 12:36 that God is our creator. 12:38 We do not believe in the doctrine of evolution. 12:41 We don't believe in time plus matter plus chance. 12:44 We believe we came from the hand of God. 12:47 That's right. It's a warning against Babylon. 12:50 And it proclaims a warning about the beast, 12:54 the image of the beast, and the mark of the beast, 12:56 so help us God. 12:57 And it calls upon people to keep 12:59 the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. 13:03 And the whole world needs to hear it right now-- 13:05 It is God's message. This hour in Earth's history. 13:07 It's not the most popular message in the world, Danny, 13:10 but it's the most important message in the world. 13:13 And it's the message of God for this time. 13:16 And that's why 3ABN exists, 13:19 to preach the undiluted truths of the three angels' messages. 13:24 My special guest today is my old friend, 13:27 Danny Shelton and we'll be back in a moment. 13:30 Don't go away. 13:48 You can have all the silver 13:53 You can have all the gold 13:56 Just give me Jesus 14:02 You can have all the wisdom 14:07 This earth can hold 14:10 Just give me Jesus 14:13 Give me Jesus when I'm lonely 14:16 And I have nowhere to go 14:20 Give me Jesus 14:21 He's the only one who loves me so 14:27 Give me Jesus 14:29 Because Jesus is all I need 14:42 You can have all the spotlights 14:45 You can have all the fame 14:49 Just give me Jesus 14:55 You can have all the success 14:59 Have your well known name 15:03 Just give me Jesus 15:06 Give me Jesus when I'm lonely 15:09 And I have nowhere to go 15:13 Give me Jesus 15:14 He's the only one who loves me so 15:20 Give me Jesus 15:22 Because Jesus is all I need 15:29 He's my closest friend 15:31 When no one seemed to care 15:35 Welcome back, friend. 15:36 My guest today is Danny Shelton from 3ABN. 15:41 Danny, what is the symbolism 15:44 of three angels flying in the midst of heaven? 15:48 You know, it doesn't talk about 15:49 those angels getting around with the turnips. 15:54 No, absolutely. Or the cabbages. 15:55 No, absolutely. 15:57 But it's a prophetic picture 15:58 of three angels flying in the midst of heaven. 16:01 Of the Gospel going into all the world 16:03 because if you read the three angels' messages 16:05 in Revelation 14-18, 16:08 and it basically talks about a fourth angel, 16:10 and the earth will be lightened with the glory of God. 16:13 Now, John, you and I know that a hundred years ago, 16:16 the earth couldn't be lightened with the glory of God. 16:19 You see, what I say now this is a thus sayeth, 16:21 Danny, not a thus sayeth the Lord. 16:22 But I think John the revelator saw 16:24 satellites in the midst of heaven because... 16:27 An angel-- 16:29 An angel is just a messenger, right? 16:32 And see, three angels' messages are literally around the world. 16:36 And right now 3ABN is sending signals 16:39 22,300 miles to space, covering planet earth, 16:43 going into potentially 2 billion homes. 16:46 People want to watch 3ABN and they can around the world 16:49 but the three angels' messages 16:51 is a message that has to go to the world 16:53 before Jesus comes back. 16:55 Danny, many pastors, many of our beloved church members 16:59 are trying to keep the angels down on the ground. 17:03 I'm telling you, down underneath the cabbages, 17:05 down with the turnips. 17:07 That's called loss of vision. 17:10 Well, there's no vision at all, that's absolutely true 17:13 but this message is portrayed 17:17 as three angels flying in the midst of heaven 17:20 because they can be seen up there. 17:22 Absolutely. 17:23 They can be seen up there. Absolutely. 17:25 This is a worldwide proclamation, 17:28 and one of the great sins that we have today, 17:31 one of the great sins that we face, 17:33 and that we, it afflicts us is the sin of unbelief, 17:38 and not believing the scriptures. 17:40 People say, you know, I want a quite little church, 17:41 I don't want to talk about this, 17:43 we don't want to get people concerned, 17:44 we don't certainly, don't want to upset anybody 17:47 because we're running a big public relations campaign. 17:50 But this message is the proclamation 17:53 of God's last warning message to the world. 17:56 It is God's get ready message before Jesus comes, 18:00 and it is seen as you said, with satellites, 18:04 everything else in the midst of heaven, 18:06 it's the biggest thing in the world. 18:07 John, the beautiful part of it is, 18:09 when people say why you? 18:11 You're a carpenter. 18:12 Yeah, I know why would a carpenter do this? 18:13 You didn't graduate from the seminary. 18:15 People say why you? Why there? 18:17 And I said it's showing us 18:19 God will use anybody who is willing to be used. 18:21 Yes, He will. 18:22 God uses us in spite of us not because of us. 18:25 Sometimes my dad used to say, 18:27 you know what's wrong with that preacher? 18:29 Somebody will be preaching. He's got too smart for God. 18:32 He thinks he knows it all. He is too smart for God. 18:35 But see we have to trust God 18:37 so my message to anyone watching today, 18:39 I don't care who you are, where you are from, 18:41 what your background is, 18:42 if you're willing to be used, God will use you. 18:45 I'm not a theologian you'd do a much better job 18:48 of teaching the three angels' messages 18:51 to the world than I could do but we all play our part. 18:54 God has used me to, and all of those. 18:57 See I couldn't have done this without, 18:59 you asked me did people help, 19:01 laymen began to jump in, 19:02 some church leaders began to support. 19:04 Yeah. And has there been opposition? 19:06 Always been opposition, but you know what? 19:08 This, ever since God said 19:10 build a television station to reach the world, 19:13 John, it's never quit growing 19:14 because all we've done is gone forward, 19:16 the blessing of God is on the go. 19:19 Tell me how difficult was it getting starting? 19:21 Now you're underway now the ship is going 19:24 but how difficult back in 1984? 19:28 Sure in '85. 19:29 Well, first of all I was getting people to believe, 19:32 and here it went from a dream. 19:34 In November 1984, just a dream 19:37 to building the network, putting it on the air by 1986 19:41 which in that itself is a miracle, 19:43 a satellite network shooting signals 19:45 all across at that time, North America, 19:48 now around the world. 19:49 Difficulty was getting people to look past me. 19:52 They would say, those close to me, 19:54 oh, I know him, he couldn't do that, 19:55 he doesn't know anything about television. 19:58 He doesn't, and when I talked to church leaders 20:00 they said this will never happen. 20:02 He's a carpenter, 20:03 that's what they said about the other carpenter. 20:05 They did. 20:06 But they said you'll get the signal up, 20:07 guess what happened? 20:09 Once we got the signal up to the satellite, 20:10 you know what they said? 20:11 They won't keep it up. They'll never get it down. 20:13 No, they said, they'll never get it down into the homes. 20:14 Once it got down into the homes then they said, 20:16 well, that's only for people great big dishes, 20:19 most of the world doesn't have great big dishes 20:21 so what's so special about that. 20:23 But what they didn't see and I didn't see either. 20:26 I just did, and that's what I encourage everybody today, 20:28 John, just do what God's calling you to do. 20:30 Take up one day at a time, just one step at time. 20:33 The blessing is on the go, 20:34 so as I went forward did I know that technology 20:37 would change from a million people 20:39 with big dishes in North America 20:41 to literally now I can take out my phone 20:44 which I have here, my iPhone for instance, 20:46 whatever phone you have, I can go to the appstore, 20:50 get 3ABN on six different networks, 20:53 anywhere in the world I can watch 3ABN on my phone. 20:55 Yeah, can't get away from it. 20:57 Dick Tracy brought to life, right? 20:58 I mean, how amazing is the times 21:00 in which we're living. 21:02 And now through the internet, through cable, 21:04 through downlink stations. 21:06 We're one of the largest owners of T.V. stations in America, 21:08 a network of almost 300 radio stations. 21:11 I didn't do any of that, 21:12 I give God the credit for all of it, 21:14 but I thank God for the people who caught the vision, 21:17 who believed in the undiluted three angels' messages 21:20 and for whatever reason said 21:22 we're going to put our resources there, 21:24 and because of those people, 21:26 and God bringing ministers like you 21:28 that can preach the Gospel with power 21:31 and with an anointing, 21:33 3ABN is literally reaching the world. 21:36 Praise God, Danny, I want to put something to you, 21:38 cause I have people who said to me over the years, 21:42 well this not being run by the church. 21:45 You know, this is not the church. 21:48 That's true. 21:49 But they've got bad theology, 21:51 because the church is never an institution. 21:53 Okay, alright. 21:55 The Church is always the people of God, 21:57 you are the church, you're a part of the church. 22:00 And when people say, well, no, no, 22:02 you're not the church, we're the church 22:04 because we're sitting in an office. 22:06 What they need to do, they need to go 22:08 and read the Bible, they need to read 22:10 what the Bible says about the church. 22:12 They need to read 1 Corinthians 12-14 22:17 where it talks about the organization of the church, 22:20 but the church is the, the Greek word is the laos. 22:24 People say that you got it, that's the laity. 22:26 No, the laos are people of God and 3ABN is the church, 22:33 it's a part of the church as Jesus taught. 22:38 And the Bible tells us, Danny, 22:40 when we are a part of God's church 22:43 the gates of hell will not prevail against it. 22:47 But some people need a little of enlightenment, 22:50 little bit of enlightenment, 22:51 they need to come to understand what the Bible teaches. 22:54 Well, absolutely. 22:55 We, our leaders, administrators 22:57 they're not the church, we're all the church. 22:59 They're part of the church, we're part of the church. 23:01 And Bill Hybels said a terrible heresy, 23:03 you know, he's a church growth expert 23:04 he said not all leaders are administrators, 23:07 and not all administrators are leaders. 23:09 Have mercy. 23:10 I won't comment on that, but I will tell you-- 23:12 No, but it's the truth. 23:13 That in the late 90's the church felt like 23:15 that they should take over 3ABN. 23:18 So you've had a little opposition along the way. 23:20 I had many, many meetings about it. 23:21 Now I'm not saying anything bad about the people, 23:24 I love the people, they are good people, 23:26 but people really thought this is the way it should be. 23:29 But what I said to them was this, 23:32 look, why do you want to take over 3ABN? 23:34 Well, because the tool is so powerful 23:36 it's reaching so many people, you influenced so many people. 23:39 Now you started it, we're going to take it over. 23:41 Well, my question to them 23:43 and statement actually to them was look, 23:45 you have, you know, certain institutions 23:47 and I won't go into it because we're on television 23:49 but there's a lot of things that you're not controlling 23:52 that you pay the people. 23:54 If you can't control what you have, 23:56 why would you want to control this, 23:57 who all it's doing is bringing people into the church, 24:00 thousands of people are being baptized, 24:02 you're getting the tithes from that, 24:04 we're not asking for tithes. 24:05 People send offerings, the church is growing, 24:08 why would you want to control something 24:10 when you don't have things that you have? 24:12 I mean, very simply I'd just say 24:15 why don't you go back and control what you do have? 24:18 And if I see that happening maybe I'll be interested. 24:20 But you don't give away your baby, right? 24:22 No, of course, you don't. 24:23 The Lord impressed me to build this 24:24 so I had no intentions of ever just saying okay were here, 24:27 let me turn this over to somebody and go on, 24:30 because I didn't feel it was the right thing to do. 24:32 No, it wasn't the right thing to do. 24:34 Some of the same leadership at that time 24:36 who I sat for hours and hours in meetings 24:39 and said we believe the church should take over 3ABN-- 24:42 You should have said, but we are the church. 24:44 Has said to me today I'm so thankful 24:47 you didn't listen to us. 24:48 I'm so thankful, 'cause 3ABN is able to do 24:52 more than what we've been able to do 24:54 with all of our resources. 24:55 Danny, I believe the most important thing 24:58 that is taught in the Bible, 24:59 is the preaching of the Gospel of Christ. 25:01 Amen. 25:03 Romans 1 says, "I'm not ashamed of the Gospel, 25:05 because it is the power of God 25:07 for the salvation of everyone who believes, 25:09 to the Jew first and also to the Greek." 25:12 When it says Gospel there, Danny, 25:14 you know and I know it means 25:16 it's the Greek word for good news. 25:21 Good news is about what somebody has done. 25:24 News is not about you, it's not about me, 25:28 it's the good news of what God has done for us, 25:30 it's the story of the Cross. 25:32 And the power of the Gospel is found 25:35 in the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ 25:37 who died for our sins some 2000 years ago now 25:43 but he died for our sins. 25:45 Is 3ABN leading people to the Cross and to Christ? 25:50 Absolutely, John, and that's our whole purpose, 25:53 is not to tell people what you don't know, 25:56 or make people look bad, 25:57 or say let me show you something 25:58 that we know that you don't know. 26:00 All of this, the three angels' messages 26:02 would not be important if it were some doctrine 26:06 over to the side or some do or some don't that people do. 26:09 What's so important about the three angels' messages? 26:12 It's a revelation, 26:14 it's a revealing of Jesus Christ. 26:16 Absolutely. 26:17 So now we're simple unveiling 26:19 or revealing to Jesus Christ to the lost 26:22 and dying world that many folk have never seen. 26:25 So it's all about the good news of Jesus Christ. 26:29 It's very simply this, John, 26:30 we're all born sinners on this world, 26:33 we cannot work our way into heaven. 26:35 No, we can't. 26:36 Jesus says if you confess your sins, 26:37 well, what I'm a sinner? 26:39 All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. 26:42 Then He says but if you confess your sins, 26:44 I will be faithful and just to forgive you 26:46 from your sins and to cleanse you 26:48 from all unrighteousness. 26:50 Then He says this, go and tell what I have done for you. 26:53 I tell everyone, your greatest asset 26:55 that you have today is not your education, 26:58 it's not how rich you are, how poor you are, 27:01 you're greatest asset is your own personal testimony 27:04 of what God has for you. 27:06 Now you go tell others what Jesus has done for you. 27:09 If I be lifted up from this earth 27:11 will draw all men unto me. 27:13 And we're going to continue this our next program 27:15 which is going to be vetted through this program. 27:18 My friend, you're listening to The Carter Report 27:20 and my guest is the founder of 3ABN, Danny Shelton. 27:25 We're going to put some addresses up on the screen, 27:27 I urge you today to support this faith ministry, 27:32 put your money, friend, into the work of God, 27:35 and sow your seed into good soil. 27:38 Write to Danny Shelton at 3ABN 27:41 and the address is now on the screen. 27:44 Support the preaching of the three angels' messages. 27:47 And remember to also write to me John Carter, 27:50 Post office Box 1900, 27:52 Thousand Oaks, California, 91358. 27:55 Our address for Australia is also on the screen. 27:58 Till next time. 28:00 Goodbye for now, and God bless you. |
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