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Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR001905A
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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. From El Salvador. 00:26 I'm John Carter in Sydney, Australia. 00:29 Now John Carter's uplifting message 00:32 "On Top When You're Down Under." 00:36 Welcome today. 00:38 I've just returned from the land of my birth, 00:42 the great land, down under. 00:45 And today, I'm going to tell you 00:46 how you can be on top 00:49 even when you're down under, 00:51 and how things can be great for you, 00:54 when everything seems impossible, 00:58 and when your ancestors were convicts. 01:01 So the topic is 01:03 "On Top When You're Down Under." 01:05 I've got a text, I'm going to read, 01:07 I want you to turn to the Book of Deuteronomy, 01:08 if you don't mind. 01:10 Deuteronomy Chapter... 01:13 I'm starting to rush my words. 01:14 Deuteronomy 32:13 and 14. 01:21 I want to welcome the audience around the world today. 01:24 Glad that you joined us. Thank you. 01:27 Deuteronomy 32:13 and 14, 01:31 "He made him ride in the heights of the earth, 01:35 that he might eat the produce of the fields, 01:39 He made him draw honey from the rock." 01:42 Isn't that great expression, honey from the rock? 01:46 Doesn't get sweeter than that. 01:48 "And oil from the flinty rock, 01:51 curds from the cattle, 01:54 and milk of the flocks with fat of lambs, 01:59 and rams of the breed of Bashan, 02:01 goats, with the choicest wheat. 02:05 And you drank wine, 02:08 the blood of the grapes." 02:09 Listen to this. 02:11 This seems a bit too hard to believe, 02:12 I know, but it's true. 02:14 God said to His people in the Bible, 02:18 "If they followed His ways, and if they kept close to Him, 02:23 and if they kept His commandments, 02:26 they would be the most blessed people 02:28 on the face of the earth." 02:30 And even though a lot of things have changed today, 02:33 the principles still apply. 02:36 The closer you keep to the original, 02:39 the better you're going to be. 02:42 You're going to be eating honey out of the rock. 02:46 I want you to notice another text. 02:47 Come back to Deuteronomy, 02:50 Deuteronomy 28:13. 02:56 Deuteronomy 28:13. Have you got it? 03:02 Says, 03:03 "And the Lord will make you," what does it say? 03:05 "He is gonna make you the head. 03:08 He's going to make you the head and not the tail. 03:12 You shall be above only and not beneath, 03:16 if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, 03:20 which I command you today, 03:22 and are careful to observe them." 03:24 God says, 03:26 "The closer you come to Him 03:28 and the closer you come to doing the will of God, 03:31 the better you're going to be." 03:33 You're going to be eating honey out of the rock. 03:36 The Bible says, 03:38 "You're going to be the head 03:40 and you're not going to be the tail." 03:42 In fact, 03:44 you're going to be on top 03:48 even if you're down under. 03:50 Have you seen this map? 03:52 New Zealanders invented this map 03:55 and it turns the world upside down. 03:59 Have you seen this map before? 04:01 This is a real map. 04:04 You, Americans, have just been deceived for so long. 04:07 This is how it really is. 04:09 And as David pointed at to me today on this map 04:12 which was worked out by the New Zealanders, 04:15 it's, not even Australia 04:16 that's on top of the world or New Zealand, 04:19 bless your heart. It's Chile. 04:23 Somebody said, but of course, that's absolutely ridiculous. 04:27 But did you know, 04:30 in space, 04:31 there's no such thing as North, 04:33 South, East, and West. 04:35 Is there now? 04:37 And so this person, 04:38 just having a little bit of fun 04:40 turned the world upside down. 04:47 The topic is 04:48 "On Top When You're Down Under." 04:52 Now, this is the truth that I want you to get down 04:55 into the molecules of your mind. 04:58 God will bless you in proportion 05:02 to your conformity to the will of God. 05:08 God will bless you in proportion 05:11 to your conformity to the will of God. 05:13 You are saved... 05:15 Now, we're talking about salvation. 05:16 You are saved by grace through faith alone. 05:19 You are not saved by your works. 05:22 You are not saved 05:23 by keeping the commandments of God. 05:26 This is what the Bible teaches. 05:28 Ephesians Chapter 2, and other passages. 05:30 But listen, listen. 05:32 There's another side to the coin. 05:36 Salvation is by grace, 05:38 but prosperity is the fruitage of obedience 05:42 to good principles, 05:45 including health, 05:48 and the closer you approximate the will of God, 05:54 the more blessed, the more fruitful, 05:58 the more healthful you are going to be. 06:01 I'm going to say something 06:03 which is totally, politically incorrect. 06:07 But I thought it on mind being politically incorrect 06:10 because I really am. 06:14 This is true. 06:15 I've travelled the world, 06:17 gone round it many, many times, 06:18 gone to so many countries. 06:21 The best countries in the world... 06:23 Oh, somebody says, 06:24 "You can't say one country is better than another." 06:26 "Oh, you can't? 06:29 Try going and living in some countries." 06:31 Why do you think people by the millions 06:33 are trying to get into America 06:35 and are trying to break down the doors? 06:38 Would you like to know why? 06:41 It's better here. 06:43 There are some countries where it's better, 06:47 and some countries are a living hell. 06:51 I've been to those countries. 06:52 It may be politically incorrect, but it is correct. 06:56 The countries that came... 06:59 Now this is the most of all political incorrectness. 07:03 The countries that came out, 07:06 originated in the Protestant Reformation 07:12 became the best countries in which to live. 07:16 That's not because the people were intrinsically better, 07:21 but because the people 07:23 were following better principles. 07:28 That's why people are breaking down the walls 07:32 to get into America and some other countries. 07:36 Let me give you a few facts about Australia, 07:38 the land of my birth. 07:40 And if it seems today that I am boasting, 07:45 it's possibly because I am. 07:48 But Americans will understand 07:50 one boaster to another. 07:55 Okay, we can have a little bit of fun. 07:58 Australia was discovered and claimed by Britain in 1770. 08:04 It was discovered by Captain James Cook 08:08 of Her Majesty's ship, The Endeavour. 08:13 He discovered a large deserted place 08:16 of three million square miles. 08:20 It's big as the United States, the continental USA, 08:24 inhabited by different tribes of aborigines. 08:30 There were no towns, no cities, 08:33 no buildings, no roads, no written language, 08:38 no cattle, no sheep, no goats, no horses 08:42 but millions of kangaroos and koala bears. 08:47 Previously, 08:48 it had been discovered by the Dutch 08:50 who called it New Holland, 08:54 though it certainly didn't look like Holland. 08:59 The American experience and the Australian experience, 09:04 they're quite similar. 09:08 American and the Indians is quite similar to Australia 09:12 and the aborigines. 09:16 And the whites did some very bad things. 09:20 The early English in Australia 09:22 because we were descended from the English. 09:26 They did some bad things to the aborigines, 09:30 and Australia has been doing penance ever since. 09:36 With billions and billions 09:37 and billions of dollars in aid, 09:43 but I'm sorry to tell you, 09:44 you do not solve some problems 09:46 by throwing money at the problems. 09:50 As Americans have discovered 09:53 that we have poured tens of trillions of dollars 09:59 into the inner cities 10:00 since the days of LBJ, 10:03 and there is more crime today in America 10:07 than before the invention of the great society. 10:12 So money is not the solution to all of our problems. 10:18 Who were the early settlers of the land down under? 10:23 Well, they were convicts, and soldiers, and officers, 10:29 and government officials, and chaplains. 10:33 One of the first buildings they put up 10:36 after they landed in Sydney Cove was a church. 10:41 And the convicts got a healthy dose of religion 10:45 between the lashes, 10:47 and so they would be lashed for next to nothing 10:51 and then, 10:52 they would have prayers said over their heads. 10:56 So the early Australians got lashings and prayers, 11:01 which is one of the reasons so many Australians 11:04 are somewhat anti-establishment 11:08 and distrust churches, and big titles, and officials. 11:18 Australia, however, 11:19 in spite of all herd of fish and seas 11:22 was based on Christian principles. 11:26 It was not established as a Muslim country 11:31 or as a Hindu country. 11:35 One of the leaders of Australia, 11:37 a number of years ago, said to those people 11:40 who were immigrated to Australia, 11:42 and who were trying to destroy the place 11:46 and impose upon the Australians, 11:48 sharia law, 11:51 the law of the Quran. 11:53 He said, "Pardon me. 11:55 When you come to Australia, 11:57 you have many rights, 12:00 you have the right of freedom of religion, 12:04 and freedom of speech. 12:05 You can criticize the government all-day long 12:09 until the cows come home." 12:11 He said, "You have many, many freedoms, 12:14 but remember this, 12:16 this country was based on Christian principles, 12:20 not on the teachings of Muhammad." 12:23 So he said, 12:25 "We extend to you a warm welcome, 12:27 you are welcome here, and you have many rights. 12:33 And there's another right you have. 12:35 If you don't like it here, 12:38 you have the right to leave, 12:43 the right to leave." 12:45 And, of course, that was politically incorrect, 12:48 but he told the truth. 12:51 Australia was based on Christian principles. 12:55 Today, it's only a little country in population, 13:00 but it is the 12th largest economy in the world. 13:05 And the Economist Magazine 13:07 that everybody who wants to know anything reads, 13:11 the Economist Magazine says, 13:13 "It has had the best economy in the world 13:15 for the last 20 years, 13:18 but success in material things is not enough." 13:22 Jesus said, 13:24 "Man shall not live by bread alone, 13:28 but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God." 13:34 And you can make a country tremendously prosperous, 13:38 and that country can still go to hell. 13:42 You understand what I'm talking about here today? 13:45 There are things more important 13:48 than a booming economy. 13:53 But when we'd look at the economy in Australia today, 13:57 one is forced to say, 13:58 "One can succeed in spite of your background." 14:05 You should never let the past hold you back. 14:09 I'd be proud to say, 14:12 "My great, great, great grandfather was a convict," 14:17 like my friend, Graham Bradford was proud of saying. 14:21 He said, "One of my ancestors came out in the first fleet, 14:25 one of my ancestors was a convict." 14:27 I can't say that and I regret it. 14:33 My folks came out long after the convicts, 14:36 they came from England and Ireland. 14:41 The early Australians were largely a Christian people 14:45 who feared God and who believed in hard work. 14:49 When I was brought up in Australia, 14:52 even though it was fast becoming a secular nation, 14:56 I was taught up to fear God and respect God, 15:02 to love God, 15:04 and to love my country, and to honor the King. 15:09 I was brought up with patriotism, 15:12 but with the Bible. 15:13 My earliest days were being taught from the Word of God. 15:16 When I went to state school, listen to this, 15:19 can you believe this, my Americans friends? 15:22 When I went to state school, as a little boy, 15:25 the first thing we did was the headmaster, 15:28 Mr. Conroy would say, 15:30 "Before we start this day, 15:32 we will have a text from the Bible." 15:36 And we were taught a text. 15:38 If we didn't learn it, we get a beating. 15:43 And then he would say, 15:44 "Let us pray to the great God who made us." 15:46 And he would say the prayer in Jesus' name, 15:50 in the name of our Lord and our Savior. 15:55 Even today, 15:56 pastors go to state schools and teach the Bible. 16:02 It is the part of our culture. 16:06 I was brought up believing in hard work. 16:09 I have no sympathy for lazy people. 16:14 The Bible says, 16:16 "If a person will not work," it doesn't say can't work. 16:20 "But if a person will not work, neither should he eat." 16:26 And if we let lazy people starve for a little bit, 16:29 they might reform their morals. 16:33 So I was brought up in a society 16:35 that believed in the Bible and believed in hard work. 16:40 Just because you're down under, 16:41 doesn't mean you can't be on top. 16:43 Do not let the past hold you back. 16:47 You all know of Dr. Ben Carson, 16:49 one of the most famous doctors in the world, 16:52 the famous neurosurgeon from John Hopkins University. 16:58 I heard Dr. Carson, he is getting this wonderful, 17:02 wonderful gift from President George Bush. 17:08 He said this, 17:10 "My ancestors in America were slaves, 17:16 but I'm not going to let my past 17:19 determine who I am." 17:23 You hear what I'm saying? 17:24 I don't care if your ancestor was a slave 17:30 or a convict. 17:32 That does not define who you are. 17:36 I am defined by my relationship to God, 17:40 and to my brothers and my sisters. 17:43 You hear what I am saying? 17:46 So it doesn't matter where you came from 17:49 or whether your ancestor was a convict. 17:53 Indulge me. 17:54 I wanna give you some more facts about Australia. 17:57 Paul said, "Bear with me in my boastings." 18:00 2 Corinthians 11:18. 18:03 I'm going to read this text 18:04 because it justifies my conduct to praise him. 18:08 Paul says, "Seeing that many boast, 18:11 according to the flesh," oops, "I also will boast." 18:15 And so I'm going to ask my... 18:17 Now, the Australians watching this program 18:19 will be saying amen and amen, 18:22 but I'm talking here today to my friends in America, 18:25 this land that I love. 18:26 Let me share with you a few facts 18:28 about the land down under. 18:31 It is a big country, 18:34 a three million square miles, 18:35 but has a small population of 25 million people. 18:42 The size of three million square miles makes it 18:44 the biggest island under God's blue sky 18:48 and the smallest inhabitant. 18:51 If you, notice on the screen, here we've got it. 18:56 There you got Australia, 18:58 you can work it out very, very plainly. 19:00 And there in the yellow, 19:02 you have the United States of America. 19:05 People say, "No, no, no." 19:09 They will say, "We never, never knew this." 19:11 When I went to Texas, 19:13 the Texans told me 19:14 that Texas was bigger than Australia. 19:18 God bless them. That's patriotism, folks. 19:21 That's really good. 19:22 But if you fly, 19:24 say from Perth over here right across Sydney, 19:29 it's like flying from Los Angeles to New York. 19:35 Once you go to Australia, 19:36 you seem to be able to drive forever 19:40 without seeing anybody. 19:43 America has 330 million people in the same size, 19:48 but Australia has 25 million. 19:53 People have often said to me, 19:55 "What's the climate like in Australia?" 19:58 Oh, you want to know what the climate's like? 20:00 What part of Australia? 20:03 Because if you go to the far north in Australia, 20:06 and I've been there, 20:08 you have the tropics, everything is upside down. 20:12 In the South, it's cold, but in the North, 20:15 you have the tropics with water buffalo 20:20 and salt water crocodiles that we call salties. 20:26 Somebody came to me before and said, 20:28 "Look at this giant alligator 20:30 that they caught down in Florida." 20:33 Oh dear! 20:36 Seven hundred pounds, oh dear. 20:40 This crocodile was caught when I was over there recently. 20:44 I was not there. 20:45 This is in the northern territory 20:46 more than 1000 miles from where I was. 20:50 But this monster was 18 feet 3 inches long 20:55 and weighed more than a ton, 20:59 about four times bigger than a big Florida alligator. 21:04 This wide at the shoulders, 21:07 can run almost as fast as a horse 21:10 when he gets up on those legs for just a little bit. 21:14 With a great intelligence, he stalks his prey. 21:19 So that is in the northern territory, water buffalo 21:25 and the salties in the south. 21:29 In wintertime, 21:30 there are mountains which had deluged with snow. 21:36 There is more snow on the Southern Alps 21:41 in winter time than in all of Switzerland. 21:45 What does that prove? 21:47 That Switzerland is just a little country, 21:51 but there is a lot of snow, I've seen it. 21:54 When you can't see the tops of the telegraph poles 21:58 that are 30 feet high, 22:00 the poles just sticking at the top. 22:04 And so in a good winter, there's lots of snow. 22:09 It is a wealthy country, 22:12 like the great United States of America that I love 22:16 and the countries that came out of the Protestant Reformation. 22:21 Australia has been blessed with freedom and prosperity, 22:25 it is still riding the wave. 22:29 And lot of people don't understand this. 22:31 Let me show you the wave. 22:34 The world was in the Dark Ages, in poverty, 22:38 no freedom, no liberty. 22:41 People say, "No, this is not politically correct, 22:42 this is not true." 22:43 No, it is true. 22:45 It is true. Go, please. 22:49 Become intelligent with history. 22:50 Then there came the Protestant Reformers, 22:53 Martin Luther and Co, 22:56 and they preached the true gospel of Christ, 22:58 and they preached the Bible. 23:01 And this brought upon the world 23:04 the great wave of freedom. 23:07 If the Protestant Reformation had not been carried out 23:12 by the great people like Martin Luther, 23:14 there would have been no America, 23:17 no Canada, no Great Britain. 23:21 Why do you think the people from 23:25 this area, the Dark Ages, 23:27 the church of the Dark Ages, 23:28 why are they trying to get into Australia? 23:31 Why are they trying to get into America? 23:33 Please be honest. 23:35 Because it's better here, 23:37 because the Protestant Reformation gave birth, 23:41 my friend, 23:43 to the great democracies. 23:48 And unless you have this great reformation, 23:51 you don't have the great democracies, 23:53 and the great democracies 23:55 brought about an era of freedom. 23:57 And today, even though the wave is greatly, 24:01 greatly diminished, 24:05 we're still riding a little bit of the wave. 24:09 And that is why America is still prosperous. 24:15 There are two countries, I'm not ashamed to say it, 24:19 very close to my heart. 24:20 I love England. 24:21 My ancestors came from England. 24:24 I love royalty, it's part of me, 24:28 I was born with this. 24:30 Used to sing "God save the King" 24:32 every morning at school. 24:36 But the two countries closest to my heart, 24:39 Australia and the United States of America, 24:44 they were founded on the same great principles, 24:47 Christian principles. 24:49 We were not founded on the Quran. 24:52 Don't listen to the lies where people tell us 24:56 that the founding fathers of this country were atheists. 25:00 That's a lie. 25:03 Lie, lie, lie! 25:05 George Washington said, 25:07 "It's impossible to govern a nation 25:10 without God and the Bible. 25:14 So don't let people put you down. 25:17 I have great love for America, 25:21 I have great love for the land of my birth. 25:23 I have two passports. 25:26 I'm blessed to call both countries home. 25:32 I've been blessed to live in places 25:35 where people read and believe the Bible, 25:41 where I was taught to fear God 25:47 and to work hard. 25:51 Now we're going to have a little pause, 25:53 but I'm going to be back with more amazing truths 25:57 from the land down under, 25:59 how can you be on top 26:01 even when your grandfather was a slave or a convict? 26:07 Stay with us. 26:22 The Word began in a village. 26:25 Churches and schools sprang up and multiplied 26:30 reaching into the city. 26:33 Great truths revealed to the people 26:36 of Papua New Guinea, 26:38 changing thousands of lives. 26:41 Our eyes are going to be opened 26:44 to the discovery of amazing truths, 26:48 the greatest truth in the Bible, 26:50 it is the truth that God loves you. 26:54 It has completely changed my life, 26:55 and I'm going to be baptized this Sabbath. 26:58 Pastor Carter has put something in my heart 27:00 that I will never forget. 27:02 Thank you, Pastor Carter, for your program. 27:04 It has changed my life completely. 27:06 John Carter's Great Truth Revealed was recorded live 27:09 from Papua New Guinea. 27:10 Experience the miracles in this 21-DVD series 27:14 for a gift of $150 US or $210 Australian. 27:18 To order, visit our website or call. 27:24 Greater Manila is more than 20 million souls. 27:27 Almost all these beautiful people are ignorant 27:30 of the true Gospel of Christ. 27:32 Manila needs Jesus. 27:34 Thirty five years ago, John Carter came to Manila. 27:38 Pastor Carter is returning to Manila 27:40 with an urgent assignment, 27:42 preach the Gospel of Christ 27:43 and the great truths of the Bible. 27:46 Don't water down the message. 27:48 Make it plain, make it clear, make it Christ centered. 27:52 The Carter Report needs your help now 27:55 to light a fire in the Philippines. 27:57 Your gift will help open the doors of bondage, 28:00 smash the chains of sin, 28:02 and open the gates of paradise to thousands of lost souls. 28:06 The churches have sent out an urgent plea 28:08 for the Carter Report to return. 28:10 Help us proclaim the true Gospel of Christ 28:13 to the beautiful Filipino people. 28:15 Please send your support to the address on the screen. 28:18 Visit our website or call the Carter Report. 28:26 For a copy of today's program, 28:28 please contact us at P.O. 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