Participants: Pr. John Carter
Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR001624A
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00:04 The Carter Report presents Plain Talk with John Carter.
00:17 Welcome, today, to Plain Talk. 00:19 We're so glad that you joined us today. 00:22 Now we get hundreds of questions 00:25 that are coming from our viewers 00:27 and they are all great questions. 00:29 What we've done today, 00:31 we've taken all of these questions, 00:33 some of them are going to be just as they came in 00:36 and some of them are going to be joined 00:38 with some other questions 00:40 so we can get through them. 00:42 And the first question today is going to be read by a person 00:46 who is going to be the spokesperson 00:48 for the thousands of people who've sent us questions. 00:51 Alan De Leon is going to ask the questions. 00:55 Alan is going to be you today. 00:59 So do you believe public evangelism is dead? 01:03 You got to be kidding. 01:06 I believe that public evangelism is dead? 01:11 I couldn't believe that public evangelism is dead anymore 01:15 than I believe that marriage is dead. 01:18 Some folks tell me that marriage is dead. 01:21 They tell me all sorts of things are dead. 01:24 I guess it's dead to the people who think it's dead. 01:27 But I could not believe that public evangelism is dead 01:31 because of the texts of the Bible. 01:33 I'm a person who believes in the Bible 01:37 and I believe in the words of Christ. 01:40 And Jesus, in Matthew 24, said these words. 01:46 Matthew 24, 01:48 you good folks can turn to the text to Matthew 01:51 24:14, 01:57 it says, "This gospel of the kingdom 01:59 will be preached in all the world 02:02 as a witness to all the nations, 02:04 then the end will come." 02:07 I believe in Jesus 02:09 and I believe in the words of this great prophecy, 02:12 what Jesus said, 02:14 the Gospel is going to be preached in all the world 02:16 as a witness to all of the nations 02:18 and then the end is going to come. 02:22 I've seen with my own eyes 02:25 scenes like this one here. 02:30 People tell me, they say, John Carter, 02:33 public evangelism is dead. 02:36 Well, that's because they're living in a little, 02:40 pardon me, a little bubble. 02:44 Maybe it's a little bubble in a college somewhere, 02:48 some little church, 02:49 and haven't seen the power of God. 02:51 But I've seen the power of God. 02:55 On the screen here, 02:57 we've got a crowd of at least 150, 000 people. 03:03 That's what you can see. 03:05 And down the road, they had started up 03:07 some other meetings ahead, other big stadiums, 03:10 we weren't in control all those stadiums 03:13 but there were tens of thousands of people 03:15 in those stadiums 03:17 and they were listening to the Word of God. 03:20 And I've seen this around the world. 03:22 This was in Papua New Guinea, 03:24 but I've seen it in El Salvador, 03:27 where we saw the largest crowds in the football stadium 03:31 bigger than they'd had for their 03:33 great football matches. 03:36 You know, bigger than a huge grand final. 03:39 So I believe in the great power of God. 03:43 But this costs money. 03:45 And one reason people don't like evangelism. 03:48 I cannot tell you the story, is hard work. 03:54 It takes an immense amount of work 03:57 and it takes an immense amount of money. 04:02 I'm talking here of an immense amount of money. 04:06 But how can you value a human soul? 04:10 And I've seen with my own eyes, millions of people, Russia, 04:15 Ukraine, around the world, 04:19 I've seen it in so many different countries, 04:24 I've seen millions of people come to a knowledge of God 04:28 and a knowledge of Christ in the truth. 04:31 And we're told this all the time, 04:32 it certainly may work in such a place, 04:34 somebody might say 04:36 it's a gracious concession to our foolishness, 04:39 they'd say, "Oh, well, you know, yes, 04:41 it may work in Papua New Guinea, 04:43 it may work there, 04:44 but it certainly wouldn't work in India." 04:48 And so they said to me, won't work in India, 04:52 even the people who invited us to come to India 04:54 and run a big campaign, they said, 04:55 "Well, we know you're terribly enthusiastic, 04:58 but don't expect too much 05:00 because this is not gonna work here." 05:03 But in India, we saw crowds like this crowd here of Hindus 05:09 and Muslims coming to a knowledge of God 05:14 and being filled with the Holy Spirit 05:16 as they came down the front and broke out spontaneously 05:20 and prayed to Christ. 05:22 Do I believe public evangelism is dead? 05:24 No, but I believe that many in the church are. 05:28 I believe this but I believe that 05:31 when the Spirit of God comes upon us, 05:33 we're gonna see the miracles of God. 05:35 Now fortunately, today we have a president in the church, 05:38 his name is Ted Wilson and he believes 05:42 that public evangelism is very much alive, 05:46 and he should believe it because Jesus said 05:49 this Gospel is going to be preached in all the world 05:52 and then the end is going to come. 05:55 So no, I don't believe 05:57 that public evangelism is dead. 06:02 How can you keep the Sabbath on a round world? 06:07 Well, I've never tried to keep it on a flat world. 06:11 How can you keep the Sabbath on a round world? 06:13 Now that is a serious question. 06:18 Would you folks like to turn with me to Genesis 2:1-3. 06:24 Dear hearts and gentle people, 06:26 Genesis is the first book in the Bible. 06:29 It means the beginning. 06:31 Genesis 2:1-3, 06:36 "Thus the heavens and the earth, 06:38 all the host of them, were finished. 06:40 And on the seventh day God ended His work 06:42 which He had done, 06:44 and He rested on the seventh day 06:45 from all His work which He had done 06:47 and God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, 06:50 because in it He rested from all His work 06:53 which God had created and made." 06:56 Now Sabbath doesn't belong to any church, 07:01 some people say, "Well, that's your Sabbath." 07:03 No, no, no, come on, don't give me this. 07:05 It's not my Sabbath. 07:07 It's the Sabbath of the Lord our God. 07:11 He made the Sabbath. 07:14 Have you heard of Karl Barth? 07:17 Perhaps the greatest theologian of the 20th century. 07:21 In his book, he quotes these words... 07:25 Better try to get the molecules moving this morning 07:27 so I don't forget what Karl Barth said, 07:29 but he quoted I think, 07:33 I can't think of the man he quoted De Quervain 07:36 or something like this. 07:37 And this man said, 07:39 "When the Holy day becomes the day of man, 07:45 society and humanity whither away 07:49 and the demon's rule." 07:52 You want to know why the demons are ruling in the world today, 07:55 it's because people have gotten away from God 07:58 and they've gotten away from the Holy Sabbath. 08:02 The Holy Sabbath was to be 08:03 God's super antidote against liberalism 08:08 and every other ism which is against God. 08:13 So Karl Barth said, 08:15 "When the Holy day becomes the man, 08:19 society in humanity whither away, the demons rule." 08:24 They are ruling today in the world 08:26 and they're ruling today in America. 08:29 Now how can keep the Sabbath on a round world? 08:33 Well, the Bible doesn't tell us to keep a seventh part of time. 08:40 I've just come back from Australia 08:42 from taking a funeral over there. 08:44 It's a long way to Australia. 08:47 It's fifteen hours in the Dreamliner. 08:51 It's a long way. 08:53 And you cross over the date line. 08:55 And so when you leave on Sunday night 08:59 here in Los Angeles, 09:01 you miss out Monday all together. 09:03 So if you don't like Mondays, it's the way to go. 09:06 If you're not a Monday person, 09:07 you go to Australia on Sunday night 09:09 and you get there on Tuesday morning. 09:12 But if you look at the globe, as the earth turns on its axis, 09:18 so the day travels around the world. 09:22 Isn't that easy? 09:24 And you can find the seventh day 09:28 on any part of the world if you want to. 09:31 And a person said to me, this is funny. 09:35 Years ago, this person said to me, 09:37 "You can't keep the Sabbath on a round world." 09:40 Oh, I said, "Is that so? 09:43 I understand that you keep Sunday." 09:45 Well, you can keep Sunday 09:47 and you can keep Sunday on a round world, 09:49 yeah, sure can, but you can't keep the Sabbath. 09:54 Yeah, you know, Lord have mercy. 09:57 The day travels around the world 10:00 and the seventh day or the first day 10:02 of any day you like can be found on a round world. 10:08 And remember, the God who gave us the Sabbath 10:12 was the god who made a round world. 10:17 Do you like the Pope? 10:20 Do I like the Pope? 10:23 Oh, bless your heart. I don't know the Pope. 10:25 I've seen the Pope on television 10:27 and it seems to be, 10:29 he seems to be a very nice person, 10:34 he drives a little tiny Fiat. 10:36 Have you seen the little car he drives? 10:39 Ever seen it? 10:40 Oh, you know, the previous Popes 10:43 had got into these big limousines, 10:46 but even when the Pope came to the United States, 10:49 he insisted on having this tiny little Fiat. 10:52 So you know, he is a big man, but he gets, 10:56 he gets into the little Fiat car and off he goes. 10:59 I like those things about the Pope. 11:02 Seems to be a man of the people, 11:05 but when we're talking about truth, 11:07 we are not talking about personalities. 11:11 Now this is very important. 11:15 Whatever the Pope is or whoever the pope is, 11:18 and he seems to be a nice person, 11:20 I don't really believe 11:24 in many of the things that he teaches. 11:28 He talks about helping the poor, 11:31 I believe that's great. 11:34 I believe that unbridled capitalism 11:36 can be a curse, and so can socialism. 11:42 So I believe in some of the things he says 11:44 but I want you to come over here 11:46 to Matthew 7:15, Matthew 7:15. 11:53 Now the Pope as you know is a Jesuit. 11:55 And they're about the smartest people 11:56 on the face of the earth, 11:58 the Jesuits, and he is a super Jesuit. 12:01 Matthew 7:15 Jesus said, 12:07 "Beware of false prophets 12:09 who come to you in sheep's clothing, 12:13 but inwardly they are ravenous wolves." 12:19 So you don't judge a clergy man on how he looks 12:26 or the car he drives 12:28 or his pleasing manner of speech. 12:33 You judge a church or a pope on what he teaches the people. 12:40 And there are some things, many things 12:42 that the Pope teaches 12:44 that I believe are totally opposed to the Word of God, 12:48 for instance, mass, the mass. 12:54 He believes that the priest has the power 12:59 to take that little piece of bread 13:02 and through the doctrine of transubstantiation, 13:06 turn into the actual body of Christ. 13:09 Did you know that? 13:11 That's the doctrine of the mass transubstantiation. 13:14 Do I believe this? No. 13:17 He believes that the mass is a sacrifice. 13:21 No, no, no. 13:22 The Church, yes, yes, yes. 13:24 The Roman church does teach that the mass is a sacrifice, 13:29 like Calvary, but the Bible says 13:33 that Christ died for our sins once and for all. 13:39 So I do not believe in the mass, 13:42 even though the Pope may have a smiling face. 13:45 I believe the mass is a terrible blasphemy 13:51 and God has opposed it. 13:52 I do not believe in the eternal hell 13:55 that he teaches. 13:57 I do not believe that God is going to torment sinners 14:01 for billions and billions of years. 14:04 I do not believe in purgatory such as he teaches. 14:07 You know what purgatory is? 14:09 You know what it is? 14:11 Well, if you're not good enough, 14:12 when you die and nobody is good enough in himself, 14:15 then you got to go into a place and be purged. 14:18 That's why they call it purgatory, 14:21 the purging of your sins. 14:23 And so you may have to spend time, you know, 14:25 a million years getting burnt and tortured 14:29 before you're good enough to go into the presence of God. 14:31 I don't believe in purgatory. 14:33 I don't believe in the Gospel that the Pope teaches, 14:36 'cause I don't believe it is a Gospel. 14:39 He believes that the Gospel is when Spirit of God comes into 14:45 and makes you like God and makes you good enough. 14:49 And he knows that nobody in this lifetime is good enough 14:52 to go to heaven, so therefore he's got to go into purgatory. 14:55 So I don't believe in this. I don't believe in that Gospel. 14:59 I don't believe in the veneration 15:02 of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 15:06 And the Pope is a great venerator of the Virgin Mary. 15:09 You know why I don't believe in praying to the Virgin Mary? 15:13 Because the Bible tells me, 15:14 the Virgin Mary is sleeping in the grave 15:18 and she is waiting the resurrection. 15:20 I don't believe in prayers to the saints 15:23 because I don't believe that the saints can save us. 15:27 Don't believe in any of that stuff. 15:29 So while I would like to believe 15:33 the Pope is a nice man and all the rest of it, 15:36 we're not talking about nice people, 15:38 we're talking about what does the Bible teach. 15:43 What do you know about Malachi Martin? 15:46 What do I know about Malachi Martin? 15:48 I know lot. 15:51 I'll tell you what I know. 15:54 Malachi Martin was a Jesuit. 15:59 Now the Jesuits are about 16:00 the smartest people in the world. 16:04 And the Jesuits have infiltrated 16:08 almost every organization 16:10 and almost every church on the face of the earth. 16:15 And so if you are in a church that seems to be going against 16:18 what the Bible teaches and stopping the preaching 16:24 and the prophecies, maybe you've got a mole. 16:30 So the Jesuits have infiltrated virtually every organization. 16:34 Malachi Martin wrote the book, the books, let me think now. 16:39 He wrote the book "The Jesuits" 16:41 that talks about the work of the Jesuits 16:43 in the world today. 16:45 And the secret war of the Jesuits 16:47 against the hierarchy. 16:49 And he wrote also an amazing book 16:52 that I recommend to you, "The Keys of this Blood." 16:57 And it's the story of how he believes 17:00 that the great Vatican is going to take over the world. 17:06 He's put it in writing. 17:08 A great minister by the name of N.C. Wilson, Neal Wilson, 17:15 said to me many, many years ago, 17:17 this book is the inside story 17:22 of the working of the mystery of inequity. 17:27 "The Keys of this Blood." 17:31 Before his death, he also claimed. 17:35 And you can get this on the internet, 17:37 he claimed that there was an enthronement 17:41 in the Vatican of the fallen archangel, 17:46 super angel, and this was Lucifer. 17:50 It is what this Jesuit said 17:52 that he was totally opposed to it. 17:54 And said that was the reason 17:56 that some other popes were having 17:58 such a tremendous problem 18:00 in the Vatican controlling the pedophilia. 18:04 And he said that after this enthronement 18:06 that took place in the secret part 18:08 of the Vatican led by some cardinals, 18:12 there was a terrible wave of child abuse 18:16 that swept around the world. 18:19 So that is Malachi Martin, 18:21 a Jesuit who gave the inside story. 18:26 Can we tell which day is the Sabbath day? 18:30 Oh, yes, it's pretty easy actually. 18:32 Which day is the Sabbath day? 18:36 This comes down to another question 18:38 has time been lost. 18:40 Now would you come over here 18:41 to Exodus 16:4? 18:47 This talks about the children of Israel 18:50 when they had just come up out of the land of Egypt. 18:53 It's talking about the Exodus, the coming out, 18:56 Exodus 16:4, 19:00 "Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Behold, 19:02 I will rain bread from heaven for you. 19:04 And the people shall go out 19:06 and gather a certain quota every day, 19:09 that I may test them, 19:10 whether they will walk in My law or not." 19:14 Verse 5, "And it shall be on the sixth day 19:16 that they shall prepare what they bring in, 19:19 and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily." 19:23 This is the story of the giving of the manna. 19:26 Verse 23, "Then he said to them, 19:29 'This is what the Lord has said: 19:31 Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord..." 19:35 and it talks then about the giving of the manna. 19:39 My friends, the children of Israel 19:43 were in the wilderness as you know for how long? 19:47 About forty years. 19:48 Forty years. 19:50 And to sustain them, God gave them angel's food. 19:55 It wasn't that sort of cake that you buy today 19:57 down at the super market. 19:59 But it was a special food that God prepared for them. 20:03 Now the Bible says, it would fall on the first day, 20:07 second day, third day, the fourth day, the fifth day, 20:10 on the sixth day, there would be double the portion, 20:14 double portion, but on the seventh day, zero. 20:18 And the Bible tells the story 20:20 how the children of Israel went out, 20:22 collected on the first day, the second day, 20:24 the third day, fourth day, the fifth day, 20:25 then the sixth day, then they got some more. 20:29 And if you got it on the first day 20:31 and if you got too much, 20:33 it went bad by the time the second day came. 20:36 But if you collected it on the sixth day, 20:39 even if you got a lot of it, 20:40 it was preserved on the Holy Sabbath day. 20:45 Yeah, it was a miracle. 20:48 And there were miracles, seven miracles, at least, 20:51 seven miracles a week for forty years, 20:56 telling the people which was the first day 20:58 and the second day and sixth day 21:00 and which day was the Sabbath day. 21:03 I think the dumbest person 21:06 should have been able to work out 21:07 which day was the Sabbath. 21:09 Don't you think? 21:10 Because when they went out of the, out of the camp 21:13 and when they went out on the seventh day, 21:16 there was none, 21:18 but a double portion on the sixth day. 21:21 So people tell me, time has been lost. 21:25 Let me tell you a little story that goes back to the days 21:28 when I was in Australia. 21:29 I had some people coming to one of my campaigns. 21:32 And this lady said to me, you can't keep the Sabbath 21:37 because time has been lost. 21:40 I said, "Oh, is that so?" 21:42 So I told her about this text. 21:44 She said, "No, no, no. 21:45 Time has been lost." 21:47 So you can't tell which is the seventh day? 21:49 She said, "No, it's absolutely impossible." 21:52 I said that she was a strict Sunday keeper. 21:56 This was going back a few years, 21:58 going back a few years. 21:59 I said, "Do you keep Sunday?" 22:03 She said, "Absolutely." 22:04 I said, "Why?" 22:06 She said, "Because the Lord rose 22:07 on the first day of the week." 22:09 I said, "So you can tell which is the first day, 22:13 tell which is the first day, 22:15 but you can't tell which is the seventh day." 22:16 "No," she said because time has been lost. 22:20 I mean, what are you gonna say? 22:22 So when the children of Israel come out of Egypt, 22:26 God made it very plain which was the first day, 22:28 the second day, and all the way through which was a Sabbath. 22:31 And when Jesus came, 22:33 we're not gonna take time to read the text 22:35 but in Luke 23:52 and onwards, 22:38 it actually tells you 22:41 that Jesus died on the preparation day, 22:44 that's Friday. 22:46 And He rose dead on the first day, 22:49 which is Sunday. 22:51 And the day between Sunday 22:54 and the sixth day in this passage, 22:56 in Luke 23, that is the Sabbath according to the commandment. 23:00 It is the Sabbath that Jesus kept 23:03 and all the apostles kept. 23:04 So it's as plain as the nose on your face. 23:11 Luke 16:22, 23 say's that the wicked rich people 23:17 will go to hell at death. 23:18 What do you think? 23:22 The question is that it seems as though Jesus said 23:27 that wicked rich people 23:30 are going to go to hell when they die. 23:33 This is the story of the rich man and Lazarus. 23:38 Would you come over here to Luke 15:3? 23:44 Matthew, Mark, Luke. 23:46 Luke 15:3, 23:50 now this is an area in the Bible 23:54 where you've got lots and lots of parables. 23:57 "So He spoke this parable to them..." 24:00 you see and chapter 16:1 "He also said to his disciples: 24:05 'There was a certain rich man who had a steward..." 24:08 These are parables or illustrations. 24:13 And then if you come to chapter 16:19, 24:18 "There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple 24:21 and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. 24:25 And there was certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, 24:29 who was laid at his gate, 24:31 desiring to be fed with the crumbs 24:32 which fell from the rich man's table." 24:35 And verse 22, "And so it was that the beggar died, 24:38 and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. 24:40 The rich man also died and was buried 24:43 and being in torments in Hades, 24:46 he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, 24:49 and Lazarus in his bosom." 24:51 And listen very carefully, 24:54 listen, this is a parable, 25:01 and the details of the parable should not be pressed. 25:07 A parable teaches one great truth 25:10 and this parable teaches this 25:13 that you better turn to God while you're living 25:16 because there's coming a time, if you don't, 25:18 there's going to be a judgment day. 25:20 So this is a parable. 25:23 And parables teach one great central truth, 25:27 but the Bible teaches... 25:29 And I can give you a bunch of texts on this, 25:32 bunch of texts. 25:33 The Bible teaches 25:35 that people do not go to hell when they die. 25:39 They don't go to heaven when they die, 25:42 but the Bible teaches the people sleep in the grave 25:48 until the resurrection. 25:51 But the Bible teaches when Jesus comes, 25:54 there is a judgment day. 25:56 And on that day, the righteous will go to glory 26:01 and the wicked will be destroyed by fire. 26:06 Much more in our next segment of Plain Talk. 26:24 Hello, friend. 26:26 I'm John Carter in Havana, Cuba. 26:29 I'm standing here in Revolutionary Square. 26:33 This straight square is dedicated 26:36 to the great communist revolution under Fidel 26:39 that came to this country back 50, 60 years ago. 26:43 This place is still undergoing a revolution. 26:47 We've come to check out the reality of the situation. 26:52 Freedom of speech is not allowed here still, 26:55 preaching the Gospel out of doors 26:58 is not allowed here still, 27:00 whatever you hear about reconciliation, 27:02 nothing has really changed. 27:05 We've been told we cannot run public campaigns 27:10 in Cuba in any part of this world. 27:14 We can run meetings in churches. 27:17 That's allowed. 27:18 So what are we gonna do? 27:19 We're going to support the people of God 27:21 in this part of the world. 27:22 We're going to step through those doors 27:25 as God opens those doors. 27:27 We're not going to come and cause a commotion 27:32 and cause trouble to the people of God. 27:35 We will work diligently and as wise as serpents 27:41 and as harmless as doves. 27:44 Stand with us in the preaching of the Gospel, 27:47 wherever it is, stand with us. 27:49 Write to me, Post Office Box 1900, 27:51 Thousand Oaks, California 91358. 27:54 In Australia, write to me at the address 27:56 which is now appearing on the screen at Terrigal. 28:00 And let us go forward 28:02 for a mighty spiritual revolution 28:05 as we take the Gospel of Christ to the lost around the world 28:10 as God opens the doors. 28:13 This is John Carter in Revolutionary Square 28:17 in Havana, Cuba saying to you god bless you 28:21 and thank you for your support. 28:26 For a copy of today's program, 28:28 please contact us at P.O. 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