Participants: Pr. John Carter
Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR001629A
|
00:14 We're so glad to see you today.
00:16 Let's get started on the topic which is, 00:18 this is part two, 00:19 "Demons, evil spirits, 00:23 the occult and talking to the dead." 00:27 In the last program we discovered 00:29 that the dead are asleep. 00:32 And we also discovered 00:33 that they had been a tremendous war in heaven. 00:37 The Bible says the war between Satan and Christ, 00:41 and billions, and billions of spirits. 00:46 Now I want you to take your Bible 00:47 and come over here to Isaiah Chapter 14 00:51 because today we're talking about Satan or the devil. 00:57 Isaiah 14:12 and onwards. 01:02 Look at this text, would you please? 01:04 It says, "How you are fallen from heaven, 01:08 O Lucifer, son of the morning! 01:12 How you are cut down to the ground, 01:14 you who weakened the nations! 01:17 For you have said in your heart, 01:19 I will ascend into heaven, 01:21 I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. 01:23 I will sit also on the mount of the congregation 01:27 on the farthest sides of the north. 01:29 I will ascend above heights of the clouds. 01:34 I will be like the Most High." 01:38 This is talking about the great arch rebel. 01:44 The King James Version calls him Lucifer. 01:48 In other translations he is called, 01:51 the day-star, 01:53 the bright-star, the shining one. 01:58 Of whom does it sound? 02:01 The bright one or the shining one, 02:05 the magnificent one, 02:08 this is the one who set out to be like Christ. 02:13 This is the antichrist. 02:15 And if you were to see him, 02:17 he would not be as most churches have taught. 02:21 They've taught that he's an awful looking monster. 02:25 Come over with me now to the Book of Ezekiel 28, 02:30 Ezekiel 28:12 and onwards, 02:35 Ezekiel 28:12 and onwards. 02:40 It's talking here about the king of Tyre, 02:43 but behind the king of Tyre was an evil spirit, 02:49 the great rebel, the greater arch rebel. 02:51 Ezekiel 28:12, "Son of man, 02:54 take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, 02:56 and say to him, 02:58 "Thus says Lord God" 02:59 You were the seal of perfection, 03:00 full of wisdom..." 03:02 What does it say? 03:03 "Perfect in beauty. 03:04 Shining one. 03:06 You were Eden, the garden of God, 03:07 every precious stone was your covering, 03:09 sardius, topaz, diamond, beryl, onyx, jasper, 03:13 sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. 03:16 The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes 03:18 was prepared for you on the day you were created." 03:22 So he is a created being. 03:25 "You were the anointed cherub who covers, 03:27 I established you. 03:29 You were on the holy mountain of God. 03:31 You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones. 03:34 You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, 03:37 till iniquity was found in you." 03:39 He was perfect, perfect. 03:41 "By the abundance of your trading you 03:43 became filled with violence within, 03:45 and you sinned. 03:46 Therefore I cast you as a profane thing 03:50 out of the mountain of God. 03:52 And I destroyed you, O covering cherub, 03:55 from the midst of fiery stones." 04:00 Stood in presence of God, not a monster, 04:06 beautiful in every way, 04:11 almost but not, 04:13 almost like Christ, 04:18 beauty, 04:20 great dazzling personality. 04:24 The Bible says, 04:26 he walked up and down 04:27 in the midst of the burning coals 04:30 in the very throne of God. 04:34 The Bible tells me that he lusted for more power 04:39 because for him might was right. 04:43 And come over here to 2 Corinthians 11. 04:46 We're talking here about the shining one. 04:48 2 Corinthians 11:14, 04:53 the Apostle Paul says, 04:55 "No wonder for Satan himself transforms himself 04:58 into an angel of light." 05:03 Now the great Roman Catholic Church 05:06 and some of the great Protestant churches 05:09 have pictured him like this. 05:15 Stoking the fires of hell with a damn dark. 05:19 That in itself is a lie 05:21 because there's not a single soul 05:23 in hell tonight. 05:25 That is a lie from the devil. 05:28 And so people have been taught, 05:29 he is like this. 05:32 When the Bible teaches, 05:34 he is full of majesty and he is full of beauty 05:41 and it has a tremendous ability 05:45 to persuade and to deceive. 05:50 And that is why today he is so successful 05:54 in Christian America. 05:57 Because this person is the original 06:02 con artist, 06:05 shrewd, the shining one, 06:09 and he deals in lies, deception, 06:13 seduction and then in the end, 06:16 he deals in false. 06:20 Is it not amazing that Christian people 06:26 should try to follow him 06:28 because this is the torturer in chief? 06:33 And they say, 06:34 it's all right to torture because we're goodies. 06:39 This is the great torturer. 06:42 This is the antichrist. 06:45 But if he came into this meeting today, 06:47 many of us would fall down and worship him. 06:51 He's not like the paintings that were done by the church 06:54 in the Middle Ages, that's nonsense. 06:58 An evil spirit, lying spirit, 07:00 deceived the king of Israel 07:03 as he deceives millions today in Christian America. 07:06 Come over here to 1 Samuel 28 07:09 and this is the long passage 07:11 and because I've got a lot of things to tell you, 07:13 we got to go fast. 07:15 1 Samuel 28:3 and onwards. 07:18 "Now Samuel had died..." 07:19 So what do Samuel know? 07:21 Nothing. 07:22 "And all Israel had lamented for him 07:24 and buried him in Ramah, in his own city. 07:27 And Saul had put the mediums 07:28 and the spiritists out of the land. 07:30 Then the Philistines gathered together, 07:32 and came and encamped at Shunem. 07:34 So Saul gathered all Israel together, 07:36 and they encamped at Gilboa. 07:39 When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, 07:41 he was afraid, his heart trembled greatly. 07:44 And when Saul inquired of the Lord, 07:46 the Lord did not answer him, 07:47 either by dreams or by Urim or by prophets. 07:51 Then Saul said to his servants, 07:53 "Find me a woman who is a medium, 07:55 that I may go to her and inquire of her." 07:58 And his servants said to him, 07:59 "In fact there is a woman who is a medium at En Dor." 08:04 So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothes, 08:07 and he went, and two men with him, 08:08 and they came to the woman by night. 08:11 And he said, "Please conduct a séance for me..." 08:14 That's what they're saying tonight, 08:15 today in America and in England, 08:18 conduct a séance for me. 08:20 "And bring up for me the one I shall name to you. 08:24 Then the woman said to him, 08:25 "Look, you know what Saul has done, 08:26 how he has cut off the mediums 08:28 and the spiritists from the land. 08:29 Why then do you lay a snare for my life, 08:31 to cause me to die?" 08:33 And Saul swore to her by the Lord, saying, 08:35 "As the Lord lives, 08:36 no punishment shall come upon you for this thing." 08:40 Then the woman said, 08:42 "Whom shall I bring up for you?" 08:44 And he said, "Bring up Samuel for me." 08:48 When the woman saw Samuel, 08:51 she cried out with a loud voice. 08:53 And the woman spoke to Saul and said, 08:54 "Why have you deceived me? 08:56 For you are Saul." 08:58 The king said to her, "Do not be afraid..." 09:02 Now he is stuttering. 09:05 "What did you see?" 09:06 The woman said to Saul, 09:08 "I saw a spirit ascending out of the earth." 09:15 So he said to her, "What is his form?" 09:18 And he said, "An old man is coming up, 09:21 and he is covered with a mantle." 09:24 And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, 09:26 and he stooped with his face to the ground and bowed down. 09:30 Now Samuel said to Saul, 09:32 "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" 09:36 Christian say, they come down 09:38 from heaven but this person's coming up. 09:41 "And Saul answered, 09:43 "I am deeply distressed, 09:44 for the Philistines make war against me, 09:47 and God has departed from me 09:48 and does not answer me anymore, 09:50 neither by prophets nor by dreams. 09:52 Therefore I've called you that you may reveal to me 09:55 what I should do." 09:56 Then Samuel said, 09:58 "So why do you ask me, 10:00 seeing the Lord has departed from you 10:03 and has become your enemy?" 10:08 The Bible says, the prophet was dead, 10:13 and if the prophet was dead, 10:15 the prophet did not know a single thing. 10:22 And in modern theology when a prophet dies, 10:25 he goes up to heaven 10:28 but this thing came from the bowls of the earth. 10:32 This was not the real prophet but a deceiving demon, 10:37 maybe Lucifer himself. 10:40 So there are millions 10:42 in this country and in Latin America, 10:46 around the world, 10:49 like the Church of England, 10:51 minister in England who said Bishop Pike, 10:53 he said, "I spoke to my dead son," 10:57 said the bishop. 11:03 The power of Lucifer 11:05 and his army of evil spirits is manifested in many ways. 11:10 It is manifested in Hinduism. 11:14 Pastor Harold Harker and I went to the Taj 11:18 but we went behind the Taj to the riverbank 11:21 and we went there to a Hindu temple. 11:24 The Hindus worship millions of Gods 11:28 and these Gods are actually in the form of demons, 11:32 have you seen them? I have. 11:35 Harold said, "You want to go in?" 11:36 I said, "Oh, I don't know." 11:38 He said, "Let's go." 11:39 So we went in and the priest struck the gong 11:43 and invited the spirits to come. 11:45 I said, "Harold, 11:47 we're not going to go any further." 11:48 Because the hair, they came up on our necks. 11:53 We've felt the presence of evil spirits 11:56 in the Hindu temple. 11:59 It is manifested in prayers for the dead. 12:04 One great church teaches people, 12:06 pray for the dead. 12:10 You don't pray for the dead, you pray for the living. 12:14 In Mexico, they have the day of the dead. 12:18 It is based on the devil's lie 12:21 that you'll become as gods and you will know everything. 12:24 You read this in scripture. 12:27 The power of Lucifer 12:29 and his army of evil spirits is manifested 12:31 in the new age movement 12:34 with all their spirits and all of their souls. 12:41 It is manifested in the Ascended Masters. 12:44 Have you heard of this? 12:47 I went, 12:48 I was running a big campaign in the city of Melbourne, 12:51 some people came to me and they said, 12:52 "Come to our home, we beg you." 12:54 They said, "We have been sent by the spirits of God 12:59 to ask you to come and join us." 13:01 They said, "We can see that 13:03 you have something around you." 13:06 And I was visiting them out in the Dandenong Ranges 13:10 and they said, 13:12 "If you do not come and visit us, 13:14 we will leave our buddies 13:15 and we will come and visit you." 13:18 And they said, "As an evidence 13:20 that we have the truth, 13:23 here are your sermons that you're going to preach 13:25 for the next three months." 13:28 And there they were, word for word, 13:30 every illustration. 13:36 It was in Australia, the Ascended Masters. 13:39 It is manifested in the popular occult of astrology. 13:44 As you can read in Isaiah 47:13 and 14, 13:49 Isaiah 47:13 and 14, 13:55 Isaiah says, "You are wearied 13:57 in the multiple of your counsels, 13:59 let now the astrologers, the stargazers, 14:04 and the monthly prognosticators stand up 14:07 and save you from what shall come upon you. 14:12 Behold, they shall be as stubble. 14:15 The fire shall burn them, 14:17 They shall not deliver themselves 14:19 from the power of the flame. 14:21 It shall not be a coal to be warmed by, 14:25 nor a fire to sit by." 14:26 The Bible says astrology is a part of the occult. 14:32 Hitler was into astrology 14:35 as are many of the leaders of this country. 14:41 It is entered, 14:42 I'm not saying the present administration, 14:44 I don't think it is true. 14:45 But a recent administration 14:47 before they did anything they consulted the astrologers. 14:54 The Bible says, 14:56 "It is a part of demonism and the occult." 15:01 Then of course Lucifer 15:03 and his army of evil spirits is manifested in the séances 15:09 where people go along and they have a medium. 15:14 And the medium will bring up the dead. 15:17 And the dead would tell the love ones exactly 15:19 what they need to know, 15:22 that information that nobody else knows. 15:25 And that is why he woman came to me 15:28 in Sydney and said, 15:30 "It must be right because I heard things from this person 15:36 and he was my husband 15:38 that only he and I could possibly know." 15:44 We're dealing with the shining one, 15:47 the person who he manifested himself today 15:50 would be shrewd, and polished, 15:53 and persuasive. 15:57 And the vast collarbone masses bow down and say, 16:01 "This is the great power of God." 16:03 It is the power of the devil. 16:07 So how can you be fortified? 16:10 By reading the Bible, by studying the Bible. 16:12 Most Christians just don't read their Bibles. 16:16 It is manifested in demon possession. 16:19 Have I seen it? Yes. 16:21 Dr. John Haymond and I went a long to see a lady 16:24 who came to my meeting. 16:25 She lived in a town north of Sydney 16:28 with the quaint name of Woy Woy. 16:31 John had been involved. 16:34 He's seen these things before out in the islands, 16:36 brought up in Borneo. 16:39 Dr. Haymond and I went in there. 16:40 As soon as we went in to their house, 16:43 hair came up on the back of my neck. 16:46 No, you don't laugh. 16:48 You don't laugh. 16:50 It's nobody laughing then. 16:52 Nobody is joking then. 16:53 The lady came out, 16:55 the children carrying in the corner of the room. 16:58 There are four or five little children. 16:59 She said, "I once knew the truth, 17:02 I once followed the truth." 17:03 But she said, 17:04 "Somehow I had a very messy experience," 17:08 and she said, "I got away from church, 17:10 I got away from God." 17:12 And she said, "I consulted the spirits." 17:16 Now you don't have to believe this, 17:19 just be careful what you don't believe. 17:23 She said, "Every night I get into bed, 17:27 a man gets in with me 17:31 and he is no human being, 17:33 and he puts his hands around my throat." 17:35 She said, "Look at the marks." 17:37 I could see them there. 17:40 The kids were crying, shaking, 17:42 I said, "Let's all get down." 17:43 John and I got down, 17:44 Dr. Haymond started to read the Bible. 17:47 As I started to read the words of the Bible, 17:49 you know what happened? 17:50 She went in to a trance, couldn't hear a word. 17:53 We'd shake her, said, "Listen to the prayer, 17:56 we're reading the scriptures." 17:58 All right, I'm with you now. 18:01 Start to read the Bible, she couldn't hear a thing. 18:10 Don't devil with the devil. 18:13 Don't play with the devil 18:17 because he's alive and well on planet earth. 18:21 Now listen, I'm going to tell you something, 18:22 it's not to scare you. 18:26 You and I know things are going on 18:27 in this great country 18:29 that we never dreamed would happen. 18:31 We're concerned about what's going on in the world. 18:34 People say, what's going to happen next. 18:37 Listen to this. 18:41 Listen to this. 18:43 We're living in the last days. 18:46 I have an abundance of evidence 18:48 that we're living three minutes to midnight. 18:54 And evil angels are going to come 18:58 from the bottomless pit and deceive billions, 19:03 the collarbone masses who know nothing of scripture, 19:08 who are so easily persuaded by politicians and others. 19:15 Oh, it sounds so... 19:16 Come on, please. 19:21 It is written, man shall not live by bread alone 19:23 but by every word. 19:25 Come over here to Revelation. 19:26 I don't have time to give you an exegesis of this. 19:31 But the quick exegesis 19:33 I'm going to give you is held by the best scholars. 19:39 Revelation 9:1-3, 19:40 "Then the fifth angel sounded 19:43 and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth. 19:46 To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. 19:51 And he opened the bottomless pit 19:52 and smoke arose out of the pit 19:54 like the smoke of a great furnace. 19:56 So the sun and the air were darkened 19:57 because of the smoke of the pit. 19:59 Then out of the smoke locusts came up out of the earth 20:02 and to them was given power, 20:04 as the scorpions of the earth have power." 20:06 Jesus said, "The scorpions are symbolic of evil spirits." 20:11 Verse 7, 20:13 "The shape of the locusts was like 20:15 horses prepared for battle. 20:17 On their heads were crowns of something like gold, 20:19 their faces were like the faces of men." 20:22 So they have human faces. 20:24 "They had hair like women's hair." 20:26 They're seductive. 20:28 "And their teeth were like lion's teeth. 20:31 And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, 20:34 and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots 20:37 with many horses running into battle. 20:39 They had tails like scorpions, 20:41 and there were stings in their tails." 20:45 Listen to me, I've got to tell you fast. 20:47 Another part of this chapter when it describes 20:52 these demons from the bottomless pit 20:56 that eventually take over the whole world 20:59 with the exception of a little remnant. 21:02 Have the faces of men, the human, 21:05 they have the hair of woman, seductive. 21:09 Another verse in the same chapter 21:11 that we won't read just now says, 21:13 "Their power is in their mouths." 21:17 False preaching, false utterance, 21:20 they spew out all of the seductive teaching, 21:25 and the people say, "This is the power of God." 21:28 But the Bible says, "The sting is in the tail." 21:32 They deceive with the mouth and then they sting to death, 21:38 evil spirits. 21:39 Revelation 16 says, 21:41 the last great battle of Armageddon is brought 21:44 about by the agency of un-cleaned spirits. 21:46 What should you and I do? 21:48 We should wake up. 21:50 It's no longer business as normal, my friends. 21:53 We need to wake up and we need to come to Christ 21:57 and not be superficial 22:01 but to study scripture. 22:05 Good news is that Jesus is Lord 22:07 over the forces of nature and Lord over the demons. 22:11 Now we don't have time to read the text 22:14 but there's a text in the Bible 22:17 that talks about Jesus was out in a boat. 22:21 And a tremendous storm came up. 22:24 They thought they were going to sink 22:28 and then Jesus said, "What's wrong?" 22:30 Jesus got up, 22:32 He turned to the raging sea 22:33 and to the scream of the elements 22:36 and he said, "Peace." 22:40 He is the Lord of all. 22:42 Lord over the demons. 22:44 Lord over the elements. 22:46 Lord over the devil. 22:49 Beat him on the cross, 22:51 and they landed and there was a man 22:53 who came out of the tombs and he was filled with demons. 22:56 People said, "No, no that doesn't happen, 22:58 it's just a story." 23:00 No, it's true. 23:01 Don't mess with the devil 23:03 because he won't mess with you. 23:08 And Jesus said, "I'm going to save you." 23:13 The demon said, 23:15 "If you're going to cast us out, 23:17 throw us in to these pigs." 23:18 Good place for them to go. 23:20 Jesus said, "Go in to the pigs." 23:22 And the pigs rushed down the bank in to the sea 23:24 and were drowned. 23:26 And the man was left 23:30 completely healed, 23:32 because I want you to know this. 23:36 When the little gods come out, 23:39 the big God comes in. 23:41 And when the big God comes in, the little gods go out. 23:47 I've had Christian say, 23:48 "But you know, 23:49 you can have the devil and Christ." 23:51 No, that, no, you can't. 23:52 When Christ comes into your life, 23:57 you're safe and you're saved 24:00 because Christ is Lord over the elements. 24:05 He's Lord over the wind. 24:07 He's Lord over the waves. 24:08 He's Lord... 24:11 Want you to see this. 24:13 You got to make a choice one day 24:15 between Christ and this person. 24:19 Oh, he's not a... 24:20 doesn't look like a demon. 24:22 He's handsome. 24:25 He's sharp. 24:28 He's shrewd, he's persuasive 24:31 and he deceives the wandering multitudes. 24:40 And you can't mess around with this, 24:42 because one day 24:44 it's going to be Christ or Satan. 24:50 And we should say today, 24:53 "Lord Jesus Christ, come in to my heart today." 24:58 As it is written in scripture, 25:00 "Greater is he, who's in you 25:04 and he who is in the world." 25:06 Amen. 25:08 Let's pray together. 25:09 Now, Father, we thank you that Jesus Christ is Lord of all. 25:13 He's Lord over the elements, Lord over the sea, 25:17 and He's Lord over the demons. 25:20 We believe we're living in the last moments 25:22 in the history of this world. 25:24 And we believe 25:25 that the demons are coming out of the bottomless pit. 25:29 And we believe our only safety is in knowing Christ. 25:34 Not just knowing about Christ. 25:36 Not just knowing a heap of stuff about religion. 25:40 But knowing Christ and having the word of Christ indwell us 25:47 as we're praying here today. 25:49 How many will raise their hand and say, 25:51 today I choose in the Great Controversy, 25:55 I choose Christ. 25:57 Would you raise your hand today? 25:58 I choose Christ today. 26:01 Dear Father, bless these up-raised hands, 26:04 and bless these up-raised hearts. 26:07 And we thank you that with Christ, 26:11 we're eternally safe. 26:13 We worship you and we bless you. 26:16 Thank you in Jesus' name, amen. 26:19 Amen! 28:24 For a copy of today's program, please contact us at 28:28 P.O. Box 1900, Thousand Oaks, California 91358. 28:34 Or in Australia contact us at 28:37 P.O. Box 861, Terrigal, New South Wales 2260. 28:43 This program is made possible 28:45 through the generous support of viewers like you. 28:48 We thank you for your continued support. 28:51 May God richly bless you. |
Revised 2016-09-26