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00:02 I'm John Carter in Moscow.
00:04 In Havana, Cuba. 00:07 Now in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. 00:10 I'm John Carter in Petra. 00:13 Right here in Communist China. 00:16 Reporting from India. 00:18 Hi, I'm John Carter in the Solomon Islands. 00:21 I'm John Carter in Soweto. 00:24 From El Salvador. 00:26 I'm John Carter in Sydney, Australia. 00:29 John Carter informs us about 00:31 "The Jesuits and the True Gospel." 00:36 We give a very special welcome 00:38 to our studio audience here today 00:40 in Southern California. 00:43 And also to our great audience on the CW Network, 00:48 a 112 stations 00:49 across this great land 00:51 of the United States of America, 00:53 also to our worldwide audience on 3ABN, 00:58 and other great satellite systems. 00:59 We're glad that you're here today. 01:02 This is really an extraordinary subject, 01:06 "The Jesuits 01:08 and The True Gospel of Christ." 01:13 This is part three of the series. 01:16 Four parts in this series on the true gospel 01:20 as opposed to the false gospel or gospels. 01:26 In a moment, we're going to go 01:29 through the questions that you answered. 01:31 We passed these out to the studio audience. 01:34 And in a moment, 01:36 we're going to go through those. 01:37 And see, hey, you did. 01:42 This is truly an amazing subject. 01:45 I deal with this subject today for this reason. 01:49 Listen carefully. 01:52 You are what you believe. 01:57 People say, 01:59 "No, you don't believe anything you like." 02:00 Well, you can believe anything you like. 02:03 But what you believe makes you the person, 02:07 the man or the woman you are. 02:11 And that's why our Lord said, 02:12 you'll know the truth 02:14 and the truth will make you free. 02:15 And so today, 02:17 we're going to look at 02:18 The Jesuits and The True Gospel, 02:19 part three of the series. 02:22 We're going to get through your answers now. 02:24 And here is the first question that was on this yellow sheet. 02:28 What is God's greatest characteristic? 02:31 And, of course, you all got this right, 02:33 didn't you? 02:34 What is God's greatest characteristic? 02:35 We're told in the scriptures in 1 John 02:39 that the Bible tells us that God is love. 02:42 Everything proceeds from this great premise 02:45 that God is good and God is loving. 02:47 Question number two, does God have wrath? 02:52 Now today, in many circles, 02:54 especially here in Southern California, 02:57 where the moral influence theory is largely predominant 03:01 among some Christians, 03:02 they say, "No, God is a benevolent grandfather, 03:07 and God doesn't have wrath." 03:09 Of course, that goes against everything 03:11 that is taught in the scriptures. 03:13 If you turn to Romans 1:18, 03:17 you'll read these words. 03:18 Romans 1:18, it says, 03:22 "For the wrath of God..." 03:24 Well, that, we don't need to go any further. 03:26 "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven 03:29 against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men." 03:32 So the Bible teaches, yes, God, the loving God has wrath. 03:39 Next question. 03:40 Was Jesus a martyr or a sacrifice? 03:45 Now the world has seen, 03:47 literally thousands and thousands, 03:48 maybe millions of martyrs. 03:51 Jesus was not a martyr. 03:53 The Bible teaches He was a sacrifice. 03:55 Romans 3:25, 03:58 "Whom God set forth as a," difficult word, 04:01 "propitiation by His blood." 04:04 Lot of people say, "Don't like that word." 04:07 Well, this word tells us that Christ was not a martyr, 04:11 He was a sacrifice. 04:14 He was a sacrifice to propitiate the wrath of God, 04:20 the wrath of God against sin. 04:24 That's what it says in Romans 3:25. 04:28 Next question. 04:29 Is justification God's act in "making" me righteous 04:34 or "declaring" me righteous? 04:36 This is the very heart of the issue today. 04:39 Is justification God's act 04:43 in making me into a righteous person? 04:45 Or does it declare that John Carter, 04:48 who is an unrighteous person, 04:50 now stands in the sight of God as completely righteous? 04:54 Romans 4:3, 5 says, 04:58 "For what does the Scripture say? 05:01 'Abraham believed God, 05:03 and it was accounted to him for righteousness." 05:07 But to him who does not work but believes on Him, 05:11 who justifies the ungodly, 05:14 his faith is accounted for righteousness." 05:19 Justification does not make me righteous, 05:23 it declares that I am righteous. 05:27 Next question. 05:29 Must I be sinless before I can go to heaven? 05:33 Now there are lots and lots of very earnest people 05:35 like the Jesuits 05:38 who are perfectionists. 05:40 They believe that before I can go to heaven, 05:43 I have to be absolutely sinless. 05:45 And that is why our beloved friends 05:48 in the Roman Catholic Church 05:49 believe in the doctrine of purgatory 05:53 because nobody in this lifetime is sinless. 05:56 Now the Bible says this. 05:58 It says, here it is, 05:59 "For all have sinned," that's the past tense, 06:02 "and fall short of the glory of God." 06:05 When it says fall short, it is present continuous. 06:10 It means 06:11 that we are all falling short of the glory of God. 06:16 There are no perfect people. 06:20 There are deluded people. 06:23 There are self-righteous people. 06:24 What the Bible says, "We've all sinned and we..." 06:28 The Greek says, 06:29 "We continue to fall short of the glory of God." 06:34 So if only sinless people can go to heaven, 06:36 nobody is going to go. 06:40 Next question. 06:41 Is it okay for a Christian to be a liar, 06:45 a fornicator, a thief or a hypocrite? 06:49 Do we believe in cheap grace? 06:52 Romans 1:29-32. 06:54 And Paul was the great exponent of righteousness through faith. 06:58 "Being filled with all unrighteousness, 07:01 sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, 07:05 full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness, 07:11 they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, 07:14 violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, 07:19 disobedient to parents," goodness me, 07:22 "undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, 07:27 unmerciful, who, 07:29 knowing the righteous judgment of God," 07:32 because He has wrath, 07:34 "that those who practice such things 07:38 are deserving of death, 07:39 not only do the same 07:41 but also approve of those who practice them." 07:45 So the Bible says 07:46 that people who are willing 07:49 and willful sinners, 07:51 will never see the kingdom of God. 07:55 But the Bible says, "They are worthy of death." 08:00 These are strong words. 08:02 The Bible is not written for superficial people. 08:08 Next question. 08:09 Can I know that I am right with God right now? 08:12 Oh, yes, I can. 08:14 Romans 8:1, Romans 8:1, 08:17 "There is therefore now 08:18 no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus." 08:22 The Bible teaches... 08:23 Listen to this, that I can know 08:27 that I'm right with God right now, 08:30 and that I am going to be in the kingdom of God. 08:35 Do you know what this is called? 08:37 This is called the gospel. 08:41 The gospel is not good advice, 08:43 the gospel, my friend, is good news 08:46 that what God desires of me 08:51 for time and eternity has already been accomplished, 08:54 for me, in Christ. 08:58 Is this statement biblically correct? 09:01 Here it is. Have a look at it. 09:04 See what you've filled in. 09:06 "We are saved by Christ alone, by grace alone, 09:10 through faith plus the works of love 09:14 wrought in the heart by the Holy Spirit?" 09:19 And if you've said, 09:20 "Yes, that's what I believe." 09:26 That is the direct quotation from the Jesuits 09:30 in the Council of Trent. 09:34 No, no, no. 09:36 That's what I believe... 09:37 Well, my friend, if you believe that, 09:40 you have the same theology 09:42 as the Council of Trent, 09:45 the Jesuits. 09:48 The Jesuits believed in grace, 09:51 and they believed in faith, 09:53 but they believed that a person could not know 09:57 that he was right with God 09:59 until all the works of love 10:01 had been wrought in his heart 10:03 by the Holy Spirit. 10:05 And every Jesuit, every Roman Catholic scholar, 10:07 you know, that nobody is perfect, 10:11 nobody has enough love, 10:13 nobody has enough 10:14 of the Spirit of God in his life, 10:16 am I right? 10:18 And therefore, they say, 10:21 "You've got to have purgatory 10:23 to purge the soul," 10:26 so that at last you are sinless 10:29 and you can go into the very presence of God. 10:35 You see that turned justification into a process, 10:40 where day by day, 10:42 I'm getting a little bit better 10:45 and people who believed in the Jesuits doctrine 10:49 are always checking in, 10:51 "How am I doing?" "How am I doing?" 10:54 "Am I going to be ready when the judgment comes?" 11:00 "I'm not ready yet, but I'm getting ready." 11:06 And people who believe that theology 11:08 are not only checking in to their own huts, 11:12 they're checking you at how you doing? 11:17 So this breeds two types of people, 11:20 Super self-righteous people. 11:22 Look at me, I'm doing very well indeed. 11:27 Super self-righteous people. 11:30 I hate to be a pastor of the church 11:33 that believes that theology. 11:35 Super self-righteous people, 11:37 but it also breeds another type of individual, 11:40 a person who is totally depressed 11:43 because he is honest. 11:45 And I've seen people commit suicide 11:48 because they believe the doctrine of the Jesuits. 11:54 And they were members 11:58 of my church. 12:02 You're listening. 12:05 Martin Luther was a Roman Catholic priest 12:07 who had a colossal row with the pope, 12:10 whom he said was teaching heresies. 12:14 Luther was a founder of Protestantism, 12:17 that teaches that people are saved 12:19 through the merits of Christ, 12:21 the merits of Christ apart from us. 12:24 This brought about the Great Schism. 12:28 This gave way to the birth of freedom 12:32 and democracy around the world. 12:35 Before Martin Luther came, 12:37 the world was in terrible darkness. 12:39 Most people 12:40 are totally ignorant of history today. 12:43 But this paved the way for the rise 12:45 of the United States of America. 12:47 No Martin Luther, no America. 12:50 Let me tell you today, 12:52 the difference between classic Catholicism 12:55 and Protestantism. 12:58 It really does matter. 12:59 It just, my friend, 13:01 it just may save your soul this meeting today. 13:05 There are good and bad people in all churches, 13:08 and today, we're not talking about 13:10 good people or bad people being in churches 13:13 because in my church, 13:14 there are good and there are bad people. 13:16 And in the great Roman Catholic Church, 13:18 there are millions, and millions, 13:20 and millions of saints. 13:22 So we're not talking about people, 13:25 we're talking about truth. 13:28 And remember this, 13:31 what you believe makes you what you are. 13:36 And if you are a colder, 13:39 critical self-righteous person, 13:43 you are the product of bad theology. 13:48 Am I getting through to you? 13:50 Think about this. 13:53 What you believe makes you what you are. 13:56 So the topic today, 13:58 "The Jesuits and The True Gospel." 14:00 Now, I want you to come to text over here 14:02 that you have seen before, 14:03 but perhaps you have never seen at all. 14:05 Galatians 2:20, 21. 14:08 Galatians 2:20 and 21. 14:14 Turn to the texts. 14:16 And I ask you to keep an open mind, 14:21 and to think outside the box. 14:24 There is nothing more perilous 14:26 than a closed, narrow, 14:29 bigoted religious mind. 14:32 Galatians 2:20, 21, 14:38 "I have been crucified with Christ. 14:42 I have been crucified with Christ, 14:45 it is no longer I who live," hey, I must be dead, 14:50 "but Christ lives in me, 14:51 and the life which I now live in the flesh 14:53 I live by faith in the Son of God, 14:56 who loved me, 14:57 gave Himself for me. 14:59 I do not set aside the grace of God," 15:01 listen to this, 15:02 "for if righteousness comes through the law, 15:05 through the keeping of the law, 15:07 then Christ died in vain." 15:09 Paul says this, 15:11 "If I can get to heaven 15:13 by keeping the law of God even with God's help, 15:17 then I don't need grace." 15:20 And then he says this, 15:23 "I am crucified, 15:24 I have been crucified with Christ." 15:29 Now what does that mean? 15:32 This is one of the most amazing text 15:35 in the Bible 15:36 that I did not understand for many, many, many years. 15:40 Listen. 15:43 When Christ died on the cross, 15:48 He was God 15:50 bearing His own wrath 15:52 against sin. 15:57 When He died on the cross, 16:01 legally, I died with Christ. 16:05 He died for me. 16:07 I legally died with Christ. 16:12 And if I died with Christ in 31 A.D, 31 A.D, 16:17 if I died with Christ on the cross in 31 A.D, 16:20 listen to me, 16:22 the law cannot condemn a dead man. 16:29 And so there is no condemnation to the person 16:31 who is in Christ Jesus. 16:36 But I'm not saved by faith and works, 16:40 I'm saved by a faith that is so dynamic 16:44 that it will work, 16:47 that I'm saved by grace alone, 16:50 through faith alone. 16:54 Let me give a little recap on last time's presentation. 16:59 I told you about John Carter 17:00 who came to this great land many hundreds of years ago. 17:05 And his descendant Robert Carter, 17:07 who freed the slaves in Virginia 17:10 70 years before Lincoln, 17:12 he was indeed the great emancipator. 17:18 And back in those days in Virginia, in America, 17:21 he was an exceptional person, 17:23 was the descendant of John Carter, Robert Carter 17:26 because he sought for himself, 17:28 and he sought outside the box, 17:30 he was not a dummy. 17:34 He was not a conformist. 17:38 Most people today 17:39 are stuffed in little boxes, 17:44 but he sought for himself. 17:48 He went against popular opinion. 17:53 This, of course, is dangerous. 17:55 It is dangerous to think for yourself. 17:59 I remember the story that was told me years ago 18:02 by an old evangelist. 18:05 He said to a person coming to the meetings, 18:07 "What do you believe? 18:09 He said, "I believe what my church believes." 18:13 "Oh, and what does your church believe?" 18:16 "My church believes what I believe." 18:20 "What does your church and you believe?" 18:23 "We think the same." 18:27 This is the terrible slavery of conformity. 18:36 But I believe 18:37 that we need to be honest with God 18:42 and honest with ourselves. 18:44 God has given us the ability 18:48 with the help of the Holy Spirit 18:51 to understand the truth. 18:54 I do not need... 18:56 Pardon my saying this. 18:57 I do not need the pope. 19:01 I have the Holy Scriptures 19:03 and I have the Holy Spirit. 19:05 Come with me to John 16:13, my friends. 19:11 John Chapter 16, 19:13 pray that God will help us all 19:15 to understand this today, 19:17 pray for a spiritual encounter. 19:20 John 16:13, 19:24 Jesus said, 19:26 "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, 19:30 He will guide you into all truth, 19:34 for He will not speak on His own authority, 19:36 but whatever He hears, He will speak, 19:39 and He will tell you things to come." 19:41 The Bible tells me, 19:44 "If a Holy Spirit will come to a person 19:47 who's got an open heart and an open mind, 19:51 and the Holy Spirit will possess that person 19:53 and lead him into all truth." 19:56 So this means that we've got to have more 19:59 than a personal experience 20:01 with the preacher, or the pope, or the priest, 20:04 you've got to have a personal experience with God. 20:09 Listen to this, 20:11 "The poorest person, 20:14 armed with the Bible, with Scripture, 20:19 and the Holy Spirit 20:21 is greater than the mightiest Pope 20:24 without Scripture and the Spirit." 20:27 Do you hear what I'm saying? 20:29 You say, "No, I can't believe that." 20:32 I said, "You step out of the box." 20:36 Start to think as a person who is called by God, 20:40 start to think as a child of God, 20:44 and not as a slave 20:45 and as a dummy. 20:48 I refuse to be a conformist 20:53 for position, or power, or influence. 20:57 And so a simple child of God, 21:00 armed with Holy Scripture, 21:03 and filled with the Holy Spirit 21:05 is greater than the mightiest Pope 21:08 without that Scripture 21:10 or the Holy Spirit 21:12 said Martin Luther. 21:18 Therefore, 21:21 be a person who thinks outside the box 21:24 and be a person of courage and depth. 21:28 Who were the Jesuits? 21:30 They're the smartest people in the world, 21:34 the best scholars in the world 21:36 led by Ignatius of Loyola, 21:39 the Spanish produced some great people. 21:41 The Spanish in those days were leading the world, 21:44 they were ruling the world 21:46 until they made a mistake 21:48 in sending the Spanish armada, 21:50 that was their end. 21:53 Ignatius came from a little Spanish town 21:56 by the name of Loyola. 22:00 And he devised a new gospel 22:03 that most folks believe today maybe you. 22:07 He established the Society of Jesus, 22:10 why? 22:11 'Cause he wanted to be like Jesus. 22:14 He was a contemporary of Luther. 22:16 He was given the great charge, 22:19 God has raised you up. 22:20 Martin Luther got his teachings from the Bible. 22:24 Ignatius got his teachings 22:26 from dreams and visions. 22:31 And he became 22:32 the leader of this great army called the Jesuits. 22:36 And they had one great ambition, 22:39 destroy the Protestants 22:41 and destroy the teaching of Sola Scriptura, 22:46 Solus Christus, Sola Gratia, 22:49 and Sola Fide, get rid of the gospel. 22:55 And they were the ones who ran the inquisition. 22:58 You see, if you get the wrong gospel, 23:02 the wrong gospel 23:04 will make you into a very cruel, 23:07 arbitrary, selfish, self-righteous person. 23:12 You know what I'm talking about. 23:14 You meet people who're so filled with religion 23:17 that if they smiled, their faces will crack. 23:21 You met these people. 23:23 Most likely, 23:24 they have the doctrine of the Jesuits 23:27 burning in their soul. 23:30 After Luther, they called the great Council of Trent, 23:33 remember this? 23:36 The great Council of Trent went on for years. 23:39 And they studied the teachings of the reformers. 23:42 They said, 23:43 "Shall we get back to the Bible? 23:45 Shall it be Sola Scriptura?" 23:46 And in the end, they said, "No." 23:49 Scripture? Yes. 23:51 But Scripture as defined by the church, 23:57 one Holy Church, 23:59 and you cannot be saved 24:01 unless you are a member 24:03 of the one Holy Catholic Church. 24:08 That's one of their great doctrines. 24:10 Scripture must be interpreted by the Holy Church. 24:14 You can't understand Scripture, 24:16 you need the pope, 24:17 you need the cardinals, 24:19 you need the church. 24:22 And then they took on the doctrine of the gospel 24:25 as taught by the Protestant reformers. 24:28 I know this is a shock to the audience, 24:30 those who are seriously interested in truth. 24:37 And they brought this out. 24:39 "That we are saved by Christ alone, 24:43 through grace alone, 24:45 by faith, plus the works of love 24:49 wrought in the heart by the Holy Spirit." 24:53 People say, "That's what I believe. 24:55 I believe this, I believe this." 24:57 But Martin Luther taught this, 24:58 going to put this up on this side. 25:01 "By Christ alone, by Scripture alone, 25:04 by grace alone, by faith alone." 25:07 And you say, "I'm confused, I can't see any difference." 25:13 Or maybe you've been believing Jesuit theology for too long. 25:20 Look at this, 25:21 "Faith, plus the works of love 25:23 wrought in the heart by the Holy Spirit." 25:26 When do I ever have enough of them? 25:31 Never. 25:32 That's why this purgatory, you see. 25:36 And I know people, 25:38 "Yeah, I'm right with God, 25:40 I think I am, but I'm not good enough yet." 25:44 And when I'm good enough 25:46 and I'm sinless, 25:49 are we saved. 25:52 More amazing truths 25:55 coming soon 25:56 as we talk about the Jesuits 26:00 and the True Gospel of Christ. 26:15 The reviews 26:16 for the John Carter biography are in, 26:18 and this is what they say: 26:20 "Anyone who reads this fascinating book 26:22 and is not moved 26:24 should check to see if they still have a pulse." 26:28 "I believe this book 26:29 about God's miracles in Russia and Ukraine 26:31 will burn the flame in your heart." 26:35 "This could prove to be one of the most important books 26:37 ever written about public evangelism. 26:40 Make sure you get a copy." 26:43 "I believe this book about John Carter's life 26:45 will help readers grasp a vision for their lives." 26:55 For a donation of $100 or more, 26:57 a signed copy of the John Carter biography 27:00 can be yours by writing to us 27:02 at the address on the screen or visit our website. 27:18 Greater Manila is more than 20 million souls. 27:21 Almost all these beautiful people are ignorant 27:24 of the true Gospel of Christ. 27:26 Manila needs Jesus. 27:28 Thirty five years ago, 27:30 John Carter came to Manila. 27:32 Pastor Carter is returning to Manila 27:34 with an urgent assignment, 27:35 preach the Gospel of Christ 27:37 and the great truths of the Bible. 27:39 Don't water down the message. 27:41 Make it plain, make it clear, 27:44 make it Christ centered. 27:46 The Carter Report needs your help now 27:49 to light a fire in the Philippines. 27:51 Your gift will help open the doors of bondage, 27:54 smash the chains of sin, 27:56 and open the gates of paradise 27:57 to thousands of lost souls. 27:59 The churches have sent out an urgent plea 28:02 for the Carter Report to return. 28:04 Help us proclaim the true Gospel of Christ 28:07 to the beautiful Philippino people. 28:09 Please send your support to the address on the screen. 28:12 Visit our website or call the Carter Report. 28:19 For a copy of today's program, 28:22 please contact us at P.O. 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