Participants: Pr. John Carter
Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR001519A
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00:04 The Carter Report presents Plain Talk with John Carter.
00:16 Hello, friend. I'm John Carter. 00:19 Welcome to the Carter Report. 00:21 And this is a new presentation, we're calling it Plain Talk. 00:28 Around the world in Australia, America, 00:31 The Caribbean, even into Saudi Arabia, 00:35 we have questions and people want plain answers. 00:39 And today, we're planning to give some plain talk about 00:43 some of the big questions you've been asking. 00:48 God has His time and His place for everything. 00:53 And the time and the place now is Latin America, 00:58 including Cuba. 01:01 Time Magazine talks about 01:03 the Second Protestant Reformation 01:06 and describes how hundreds of thousands, 01:09 even millions of Latinos 01:12 are coming to the gospel of Christ. 01:16 I'm not an armchair theologian. 01:18 I'm speaking according to experience. 01:21 I've seen it with my own eyes. 01:25 Recently, we went down to El Salvador. 01:29 There I spoke in the largest football stadium 01:32 in Central America with the biggest crowd 01:35 that that football stadium had ever, ever seen. 01:39 They came not to see a football match, 01:42 but to hear about the blood of Christ. 01:45 Millions are coming to a knowledge of God 01:49 in Latin America. 01:51 Doors are opening in Cuba. 01:54 Who knows, we may be going to Cuba soon. 01:58 As the doors open by the grace of God, 02:01 we are going to step through those doors. 02:05 And we want you to step through those doors with us 02:09 and be part of our team for such a time as this. 02:13 Please write to me, friend. Don't put it off. 02:16 Write to me, John Carter, Post Office Box 1900, 02:21 Thousand Oaks, California, 91358. 02:25 In Australia, write to me at Terrigal, New South Wales. 02:30 Be part of the Second Reformation, 02:34 join us and see the miracles of God. 02:38 Amen. 02:49 Why is the Muslim religion growing so fast? 02:53 And should Americans ban the building of mosques? 02:56 If you start banning the building of mosques, 03:00 what are you gonna do next? 03:01 Are you going to ban the building 03:03 of synagogues and churches? 03:07 Here, in the United states of America, 03:08 and in Australia, and in Britain, 03:11 and in the best parts of the world 03:14 people believe in religious freedom. 03:16 We believe we have the right to worship God 03:19 or not to worship God as our consciences tell us. 03:25 Then why is the Muslim faith growing so fast? 03:29 It's because many of them take their religion seriously. 03:33 In the western world, Christianity is marching, 03:38 but marching backwards. 03:40 And the Muslims are going ahead. 03:44 I went to Sydney recently, and when I got off the plane 03:48 and went out to get a taxi, the taxi driver 03:51 was so courteous and so nice to me. 03:54 And then he started to talk to me about the Bible, 03:57 and then he started to talk to me, 03:59 "Would you believe it, about the Quran?" 04:02 He was a Muslim. 04:03 And before I left his taxi, he gave me some DVDs. 04:08 He said, "I know you're a Christian. 04:10 But one day, I want to see you in heaven. 04:14 And we Muslims want to get to heaven too. 04:17 He was an evangelist for the Muslims. 04:21 Then, when I was in Sydney, walking around that 04:23 magnificent city, I didn't see 04:26 too much of a presence of the Christian church. 04:29 Many of the churches seem to have closed down. 04:32 But the Muslims are going ahead because they've got a mission. 04:37 Now, Jesus told us that we've got a mission too. 04:41 Jesus said, "Go into all the world 04:44 and preach the gospel." 04:46 That is why the Carter Report believes in evangelism. 04:53 So why do you believe that the Bible is true? 04:56 I believe that the Bible is true 05:00 not because of blind faith. 05:02 I don't believe in having blind faith. 05:06 I don't believe in having faith in faith. 05:11 There are many reasons why I believe that this book, 05:15 the Bible, the book of books is true. 05:19 It is a book of prophecy. 05:22 I have studied the prophecies for about 50 years. 05:26 I've studied the prophecy of Daniel 2. 05:29 In just a few words, it foretold the history 05:34 of the human race. 05:35 Try reading it. 05:37 Daniel 7, the history of the world 05:39 and the rise of the antichrist. 05:42 Prophecy proves that the Bible is true. 05:47 Daniel Chapter 9 tells about the coming of the Messiah. 05:51 It predicted the very, very year 05:55 when the Messiah would appear in the world. 05:58 It say's the Messiah would come so many years 06:02 after a certain decree by a Persian king. 06:05 The Messiah came in 27AD, that's when Jesus was baptized. 06:12 And Jesus died about three years after 27AD, 06:17 when he was crucified on the cross. 06:20 All of these great events were foretold 06:23 through the prophecies of the Bible. 06:26 Then there is another tremendous proof, 06:29 and that is the person of Jesus Christ. 06:32 There is no person like him. 06:34 The Bible talks about God becoming a man, 06:38 a Jewish man, dying for our sins 06:42 on the cross, and being raised from the dead. 06:46 This is beyond human comprehension. 06:49 The Bible is a divinely inspired book. 06:54 And there is another reason. 06:57 The Bible has the ability to change human lives. 07:01 I've seen it around the world. 07:04 The best countries in the world 07:06 are those countries that believe in the Bible. 07:10 Wherever the Bible goes, it brings freedom, 07:14 peace, prosperity, and good health. 07:19 Jesus said, "It is written, 07:22 'Man shall not live by bread alone, 07:25 but by every word 07:27 that precedes out of the mouth of God.'" 07:30 This is the Word of God. 07:34 Are you not a bigot because you oppose 07:37 same sex marriage? 07:39 Well, I guess, some people would say, 07:41 I'm a bigot because I'm a Christian. 07:44 Some people would say, I'm a bigot 07:46 because I believe in this book, the Bible. 07:50 Other people would say, I'm a bigot 07:53 because I believe in freedom of speech 07:56 and freedom of religion. 08:00 I believe that every person has the right to be 08:04 what he wants to be, as long as it doesn't hurt me of course, 08:09 because your freedom ends 08:11 where the end of my nose begins. 08:16 I believe people, if a person wants to be 08:18 a homosexual, that's his right. 08:22 But I've got the right to be what I believe I ought to be. 08:27 I've got the right to believe the Bible. 08:30 You see, I believe in freedom of speech. 08:34 Freedom of speech is not bigotry. 08:38 And if a person has a problem with freedom of speech, 08:43 may be it's because he's a bigot. 08:47 I want to read you something that Jesus said. 08:50 And I think, if my memory is working today, 08:54 I'm going to come in the Bible, 08:55 in Matthew Chapter 19. 09:02 These are the words of Jesus. And Jesus was not a bigot. 09:08 Jesus said, "'Haven't you read,' 09:10 he replied, 'that at the beginning 09:13 the Creator made them male and female, 09:17 and said, For this reason a man will leave his father 09:22 and his mother and be united to his wife...'" 09:26 You see, if I'm going to be called a bigot 09:30 because I believe in Jesus, then so be it. 09:34 The Bible teaches that a marriage 09:37 is between a man and a woman. 09:42 You've got the right to believe 09:44 in homosexual practices, if you so choose. 09:49 That is your right. 09:51 I'm not going to call you a bigot. 09:53 Don't call me a bigot because I'm a Christian, 09:58 and I believe in the Bible, 10:00 and I believe in freedom of speech. 10:06 Atheism in America 10:08 is one of the fastest growing religions. 10:10 Why is this so? Is atheism even scientific? 10:14 Atheism is not scientific. 10:17 You want some Plain Talk, here it is. 10:21 If you're going to be an honest atheist, 10:23 you got to say, "I've been to every spot 10:25 in the universe 10:27 and I discovered that God wasn't there. 10:29 An atheist says, "There is no God." 10:33 How on earth would he know that there is no God, 10:37 if he hasn't gone to every place 10:40 and didn't discover that God did not exist? 10:42 Therefore, it is not scientific. 10:45 But often atheism is a reaction against bad religion. 10:52 Are you listening to me? I've been to Russia 42 times. 10:56 I've seen what atheism did to the Russian soul. 11:00 Atheism destroyed the Russian people 11:03 and put to death millions and millions of people. 11:07 The religion in Russia, back in the days of czars 11:11 was a dreadful thing. 11:13 The priest persecuted the people. 11:16 And the problem is that the Russians 11:18 through the baby out with the bath water. 11:24 They got rid of God because of the bad religion. 11:29 What happened? 11:31 The deaths of millions and millions 11:34 of innocent people. 11:37 Why is it growing so fast in America? 11:40 Well, they say there is lot of bad religion over here, 11:43 but that's not a good reason to give up on God. 11:48 Now, there is another reason, and this is pretty penetrating, 11:52 what I'm going to say. 11:53 I don't say it 11:55 because I'm trying to offend you. 11:56 I'm just trying to give you some Plain Talk. 12:00 Huxley said, he was Darwin's great friend, 12:04 he said, "Now that I believe in atheism, 12:08 I'm free to do anything I want to do, 12:13 especially with women. 12:17 Atheism does away with moral restrains. 12:23 That's Plain Talk. It's true. 12:27 Many sociologists believe 12:29 that we are seeing a collapse of family 12:31 and society in many American cities 12:34 such as Baltimore. 12:36 What can be done to stop the destruction 12:38 of American society? 12:40 Get back to God, get back to the Bible, 12:43 and get back to the family. 12:46 When you don't have mums and dads bringing up kids, 12:51 when the fathers walk out on the family, 12:53 when the mothers walk out on the family, 12:56 you've only got hell that's going to follow. 12:59 What we're seeing in some of the American cities 13:01 including Baltimore is the collapse of the home 13:06 because of the collapse of faith in God. 13:12 The best societies in this world, my friend, 13:15 are those societies that truly believe in God 13:19 and they practice the teachings of Jesus Christ. 13:23 And they have good families. 13:26 The Catholics are absolutely correct 13:29 when they say, the family 13:31 that prays together 13:33 stays together. 13:41 Hi, I'm John Carter. 13:43 My wife, Beverley and I 13:45 were watching television the other night, 13:46 watching the news, American News. 13:49 They told us that the church in North America 13:51 is actually shrinking. 13:53 They said that atheism is the fastest growing 13:55 religious movement today in North America. 13:58 And people are saying, "What on earth 14:00 can we do to save the church." 14:02 Well, of course, Christ died for the church, 14:04 He saved the church. 14:05 But what I mean is, "How can we keep the church 14:08 as a vibrant force in the world today in Australia, in America, 14:12 and in Europe and in the rest of the world?" 14:14 Let me tell you a little story. 14:16 John Wesley was one of the greatest preachers 14:18 that the English speaking world has ever heard. 14:21 John Wesley came upon the scene of the, 14:24 of the church in England a few hundred years ago, 14:26 when the church was dying like the church today, 14:29 it was a shrinking church. 14:32 But the people in the church were in the state of denial. 14:34 They refused to accept the reality 14:37 that the church was dying. 14:38 John Wesley did something 14:40 that other people said couldn't be done. 14:42 He revived the church through public evangelism. 14:46 Did you hear that? He started to preach Christ. 14:49 He preached the Bible and he preached out of doors 14:52 and indoors and the church was saved. 14:55 Not only did he save a lot of souls, 14:58 the souls of sinners, 14:59 he saved the souls of the saints. 15:04 Please join me, my friend, in evangelism, 15:09 it's what Jesus did. 15:11 Write to me John Cater, Post Office Box 1900, 15:15 Thousand Oaks, California. In Australia, 15:18 write to me at the address on the screen at Terrigal, 15:21 in New South Wales. 15:23 Join me, my friend, in preaching Christ. 15:27 Join me in public evangelism around the world. 15:33 Thank you in Jesus' name. 15:42 I've been reading Hebrews 6:1-8 that indicates 15:47 that there is no hope for the believer 15:49 who turns away from God. 15:51 I feel totally discouraged. Is there no hope for me? 15:56 Yes, there is hope for you, my friend. 15:59 But let's read the passage that you're talking about 16:01 because it is quite frankly a bit of a difficult passage. 16:07 And I'm going to turn to Hebrews 6:4 16:12 and onwards the Bible says, "It is impossible for those 16:16 who have once been enlightened, 16:18 who have tasted the heavenly gift, 16:21 who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 16:24 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God 16:27 and the powers of the coming age, 16:31 if they fall away, 16:32 to be brought back to repentance. 16:35 Because to their loss they are crucifying 16:38 the Son of God all over again 16:42 and subjecting him to public disgrace." 16:46 The Bible says here and I can understand 16:49 why person have put in that question. 16:52 He's so concerned and so discouraged. 16:55 This text seems to say that, if you become a believer 16:59 and if you turn away from God, 17:01 you're lost and you're damned for ever. 17:06 And that person wrote to me and I got this on my iPad 17:11 and the question went on more and more, 17:14 we've just given you just a little bit of the question. 17:16 That the person said, a lady said 17:19 I feel just so discouraged, 17:21 I just feel like committing suicide. 17:24 But I want to tell you today, what this is talking about. 17:27 It's talking not about 17:29 just committing an ordinary sin, 17:32 but it's talking about committing 17:35 the unpardonable sin. 17:37 Okay, you want to know what the unpardonable sin is. 17:40 Well, let me see if I can find it here. 17:43 Matthew 12:31-32, Jesus says, 17:50 "So I tell you, every sin 17:53 and blasphemy will be forgiven men." 17:56 Hey, that's good news. 17:59 If you turn to God, 18:00 God will forgive the sin of murder, 18:03 adultery, fornication, lying and stealing 18:08 and being just a regular flake. 18:10 If you turn to God and if you repent of your sin, 18:14 God is going to forgive every sin, Jesus said it. 18:17 Jesus said, "I tell you, every sin 18:19 and blasphemy will be forgiven men. 18:22 But blasphemy against the spirit 18:25 will not be forgiven." 18:27 If you sin against the Holy Spirit, 18:28 the Bible says, it's all over. 18:31 Anyone who speaks against a word, 18:34 against the Son of Man will be forgiven, 18:38 but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit 18:40 will not be forgiven, either in this age 18:44 or in the age to come." 18:47 Jesus says, you can do this, you can do that, 18:52 you can murder, you can steal, you can fornicate. 18:57 You can do all of these dreadful sins, 18:59 but if you come to Christ in sincere repentance, 19:03 the blood of Jesus will wash away your sins. 19:07 Jesus said this, "If you sin against the Holy Spirit, 19:11 there's no forgiveness and that's what the writer 19:14 of Hebrews is talking about. 19:17 Now how do I sin against the Holy Spirit? 19:19 Well, the Holy Spirit is the third person, 19:21 it's Godhead. 19:22 And the Holy Spirit is sent from God 19:25 to convict me of my sins. 19:30 You see, I won't feel my need to repentance 19:33 until the Holy Spirit comes and convicts me of my sin. 19:40 And when the Holy Spirit talks to me, 19:42 the first time I hear him, I hear him 19:45 as though it were thunder in my ears. 19:48 He talks to me and I just can't get away 19:51 from his voice. 19:54 But if I keep saying no to God, no, no, no, no. 20:00 The voice of God will become softer, 20:03 and softer, and softer 20:06 because of the process of the hardening of my soul. 20:12 I can harden my heart. 20:14 That's why the Bible says, "Don't harden your hearts." 20:18 So the unpardonable sin is when a person hardens heart. 20:23 But listen to this, if you want to be saved. 20:28 If you still have a conscience, it shows that you can be saved. 20:36 You can be redeemed even if you've been 20:39 a member of the church. 20:41 And you've wandered from the God 20:42 and you've done some terrible things, 20:45 but if you come to God in sincere repentance 20:49 and listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit 20:53 and come to Christ, then my friend, 20:56 you will be saved. 21:00 What do you think of Pope Francis? 21:02 Do you see the day when we shall all unite 21:05 under the Catholic Church? 21:07 What do I think of Pope Francis? 21:09 Well, that's sort of putting me on the spot 21:11 because I personally don't know Pope Francis. 21:15 I only see Pope Francis on CNN, or Fox News, 21:19 or when I pick up Time magazine, 21:21 or something like that. 21:23 I don't know Pope Francis, but he seems to be 21:26 a sort of nice guy, doesn't he? 21:29 You know, I'm told, this what I'm told, 21:31 he drives a little car. 21:34 Smaller than my car, so he seems to be 21:37 rather humble sort of guy and when he became the pope, 21:41 the first thing he did, he went back to the hotel 21:43 where he had been staying and he paid his hotel bill. 21:47 He doesn't seem to be like a pontiff. 21:50 He seems to be a nicer guy. 21:54 Now, the, the Bible tells us that God has got a big family. 21:59 And I want you to hear what I'm going to say, 22:01 and not misunderstand this and not... 22:03 Because I'm just giving you some plain talk today. 22:06 I'm telling you what I believe the Bible teaches 22:09 and I'm just a plain man and I'm just giving you 22:12 some plain talk. 22:14 I believe that God has got a big family. 22:17 And that there are millions 22:19 of wonderful Roman Catholic Christians. 22:23 Some people say, "Oh, no. 22:24 My church, we're the only ones who're gonna be saved. 22:27 You are in for a big shock, my friend. 22:31 God has got a real big family. 22:35 And we had a person in my church 22:37 who said, this person was an amazing person, 22:41 wrote the book, 22:43 Great Controversy, Desire of Ages. 22:45 And this little old American lady said, 22:49 "The vast majority of God's children 22:53 are in the Protestant and the Catholic churches. 22:58 So as the pope says, "Who am I to judge, 23:02 when I'm talking about an individual?" 23:04 Does that mean that I believe in 23:06 what the pope teaches? 23:08 No, I don't believe in all those things. 23:11 I don't believe in his concept of the gospel. 23:14 I don't believe that Mary is in heaven. 23:17 I don't believe in praying to the saints. 23:20 I don't believe in an earthly priesthood. 23:23 Do I believe in the priesthood? I sure do. 23:26 But my priest is Jesus in heaven, my friend. 23:31 Do I see the day when the churches 23:32 are going to come together 23:34 and unite with the Catholic Church? 23:35 Absolutely. 23:37 I can see it happening right here 23:39 in the United States of America 23:41 because of political correctness. 23:44 And there's another reason, people are sort of dumb, 23:49 when it comes to the Bible. 23:53 There is a lot of ignorance concerning the Bible. 23:57 But I believe that because people 23:58 are very ignorant of the Bible, 24:03 they're just going to go way the wind is blowing. 24:06 And I believe, I believe that before the end of the world, 24:09 before Jesus comes, we are going to have 24:13 one big super amalgamation of religion. 24:18 And I've got a feeling 24:20 that the pope is going to be in charge of it. 24:23 That's plain talk. 24:26 Are you interested in conducting 24:27 an evangelistic campaign 24:30 in the biggest Muslim country in the world? 24:33 Oh, I'm interested in doing evangelism anywhere 24:36 that God opens the doors. 24:38 Now, I've run evangelistic campaigns before, 24:42 and I've spoken to lots of Muslims. 24:46 I've people who say to me, 24:47 "John Cater, you must be very naive 24:49 because that doesn't happen. 24:51 You can't, you can't run an evangelistic campaign 24:53 and you're not going to have Muslims coming." 24:55 Hey, I've had thousands coming. 24:58 In the city of Kazan, capital of Tatarstan, 25:03 we ran a great evangelistic campaign 25:05 in a great theater that seated about 7,000 people. 25:09 And then we had a baptism in front of the mosque. 25:14 In fact, the leader of the Muslim religion 25:18 told the people that I was a gift from God, 25:21 and to listen to what I was saying. 25:24 Because I was preaching the Bible, 25:26 and I was preaching against sin, 25:28 and I was preaching against alcoholism. 25:32 That's just one thing, I spoke out against. 25:34 And the Muslim said amen, where as all the Christians 25:37 in that city were invariably drunk. 25:42 So would I be prepared to run a campaign 25:44 in a Muslim city again? 25:46 Yes. 25:47 In the biggest Muslim country in the world? 25:49 Yes. 25:50 But if you want me to do it, you better be my partner 25:53 and send me some money, 25:55 so I can do what God has called us to do. 26:00 What is the second Protestant Reformation? 26:04 Oh, the second Protestant Reformation. 26:06 Well, do you know about 26:08 the first Protestant Reformation? 26:10 That was led by that German theologian 26:12 and priest, Martin Luther. 26:15 And Martin Luther believed in this. 26:17 Now, I better get this plainly. 26:19 He believed in "Sola Christus, only Christ. 26:22 Sola Scriptura, we believe in the Bible." 26:26 This is our authority, not the writings of the church. 26:31 Sola Gratia, only grace, Sola Fide, only faith. 26:35 And this gave birth to the great democracy. 26:37 That's why we've got an America, 26:40 that's why we've got an Australia, 26:42 that's why we've got the great Protestant countries 26:45 that are still today powerhouses in the world. 26:49 Now, the second Protestant Reformation, 26:54 well, around the world today, 26:55 we're seeing millions of Spanish, 27:00 Hispanics we call, Hispanics coming to Christ, 27:05 and accepting the Bible, and accepting Christ. 27:10 In the United States of America, 27:12 hundreds of thousands, millions of Hispanics 27:16 are coming to Christ 27:17 and turning from the Roman Catholic Church 27:20 and tens of millions in Latin America. 27:23 I bless your heart, when we went to El Salvador, 27:27 we had 52,000 people in an outdoor stadium, 27:31 the biggest crowd that football stadium 27:34 had ever seen, 27:36 even for their great football matches. 27:38 We had more because we're seeing today 27:42 the second Protestant Reformation, 27:44 Time Magazine spoke about it. 27:47 Time had it on the front, we're seeing it. 27:50 And you and I need to be a part of it 27:53 and do evangelism. 28:10 For a copy of today's program, please contact us 28:13 at P.O. 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