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Program Code: CR001912A
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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. 00:23 From El Salvador. 00:26 I'm John Carter in Sydney, Australia. 00:29 Now from John Carter, 00:30 "The True Gospel and No Fake News." 00:36 Welcome back, my friends. 00:38 We're talking today about the true gospel, 00:41 and no fake news. 00:44 And today, we're talking 00:45 about some of the great truths of the gospel. 00:47 And I'm inviting you 00:49 to step outside of the comfortable box 00:52 and to think for yourselves. 00:54 I'm asking you to just be God's revolutionaries and say, 00:59 "I'm not going to be overawed by authority figures, 01:04 whether it's the priest, whether it's the pastor, 01:07 whether it's the politician, 01:09 but by the grace of God, 01:11 I'm going to be a child of God. 01:14 And I'm going to think for myself 01:18 outside the box." 01:20 Now the first great truth 01:22 we noticed in the first segment of the program is this, 01:25 that man was made in the very image of God, 01:29 man and woman, 01:30 they were made god like creatures. 01:34 They did not need a savior, 01:36 because they'd never sinned, 01:38 that's the first truth. 01:41 Our first parents did not need the gospel. 01:44 But now here we come, truth number two. 01:47 Here it is, number two. 01:49 When man sinned, 01:51 he became a lost soul, 01:54 his nature became sinful and depraved, 01:57 and he needed a savior. 02:01 Something happened deep inside man. 02:04 The image of God was marred. 02:06 Now, I've got some things here that I think are pretty neat. 02:11 I picked up these coins when I was in Russia. 02:14 I've been to Russia 49 times running big campaigns. 02:17 And on these coins, 02:19 some of them go back to 1843, 02:22 some go back to 1893 and pretty old. 02:26 But if you look really hard, 02:28 you can see the face of the tsar, 02:31 the king of Russia. 02:32 Have a look. 02:34 You can see. 02:35 And this one here, 02:36 you have the double headed eagle. 02:41 You know what that represents in Russia? 02:43 That's the union of church and state. 02:46 And some people in America 02:47 think church and state should be united. 02:49 Well, that's what the Russians did. 02:51 And that's why you had so many people 02:53 put to death in Russia. 02:55 But just as this coin is sort of marred, 02:57 you can still see the image of the tsar 03:01 that is defaced 03:02 and is marred. 03:04 And so in humanity today, 03:06 you can still see the image of God. 03:10 Sometimes you got to look real hard, 03:13 but the image of God remains in man. 03:16 But the Bible tells us that because of sin, 03:20 the image of God is indistinct 03:24 and marred. 03:26 And when Adam sinned, 03:27 we became a race of sinners. 03:30 And that's why naturally we're all empty inside. 03:34 That's why the great Roman Catholic theologian, 03:36 Saint Agustin said, 03:38 "Our souls made for God, 03:41 and they cannot rest until they rest in Him." 03:43 There's something that is empty inside 03:46 and we are born this way. 03:49 Wants you to come over here to Romans 5:12-14. 03:53 This is a text that most people don't read, 03:56 and if they do read it, 03:57 they don't understand it 03:59 and if they do understand what they say, 04:01 "I'm not going to believe it." 04:02 Romans 5:12. 04:06 We need to let the Word of God speak. 04:09 "Therefore," Paul says, 04:12 "just as through one man," Adam, 04:15 "sin entered the world, 04:18 and death through sin, 04:20 and thus death spread to all men, 04:22 because all sinned." 04:25 The Bible tells me this, 04:27 that when Adam sinned, 04:29 listen to this, 04:30 we sinned in Adam. 04:34 The Bible tells us 04:35 that Adam represented the human race. 04:38 If you look at verse 14, it says, 04:41 verse 14, 04:42 "Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, 04:47 even over those who had not sinned 04:50 according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam," 04:53 what is that saying? 04:56 "Who is a type of Him who wants to come." 04:58 The Bible says, 04:59 "The death came into the world like a tremendous flood, 05:04 and the world was deluged in sin." 05:07 And the Bible says, now listen to this, 05:10 just got to think outside the box, 05:12 just got to think. 05:15 The Bible says, 05:17 "Adam to Moses, 05:19 death reigned over those people 05:21 who had not sinned in the same way 05:23 that Adam sinned." 05:25 How did Adam sin? 05:28 It is a willful trends, transgression. 05:31 But the Bible says, 05:33 "Death reigned over people 05:35 who had not sinned as Adam sinned." 05:38 For instance, 05:40 little babies died. 05:42 Why did the little babies die, 05:44 have you thought this through? 05:47 It is because the human race, my friends, 05:52 because we were in Adam, 05:56 we were lost in Adam. 05:59 It's like Adam was driving the motorcar 06:02 and we were sitting in the backseat. 06:06 And when that motorcar went off the freeway, 06:09 we went off the freeway, 06:11 because we were in the backseat. 06:14 You say, "I was not in the backseat. 06:16 I wasn't there." 06:18 Oh! 06:20 Tell me where were you? 06:23 We were in Adam. 06:25 The whole of the human race was in Adam. 06:30 And the Bible tells me 06:33 that we were lost in Adam. 06:36 Romans 5:19, 06:39 would you look at this, please? 06:42 People say, "Look, I can't believe this." 06:44 Oh, my friend, 06:46 you got to think outside the box, 06:47 and you got to think honestly. 06:49 Look at verse 19, 06:51 "For as by one man's disobedience, " 06:53 who's this? Adam. 06:55 "As by one man's disobedience," what does it say? 06:58 "Many were made sinners." 06:59 No, no, no. 07:01 Somebody says, 07:02 "We are not made sinners because of Adam." 07:04 Hey, hey, hey. 07:06 Are you gonna believe the Bible 07:08 or you gonna believe your own reasoning? 07:11 The Bible says, "By one man's disobedience, 07:14 many were made sinners. 07:15 So also by one man's obedience, 07:17 many will be made righteous." 07:20 When Adam sinned, 07:22 the world was deluged into darkness 07:25 and into death. 07:27 That's why David said, 07:29 "I was born in sin. 07:31 And in sin did my mother conceive me." 07:33 He's not talking about being born 07:35 out of wedlock. 07:37 He's saying, I am born in a state of corruption. 07:40 And because I am born in a state of corruption, 07:44 I do not need a swimming lesson. 07:48 I need a savior. 07:50 I need somebody 07:52 who's going to come down and save me. 07:54 I want you to come over now to Romans Chapter 3. 07:56 I urge you to read the Book of Romans. 07:59 You say, "It's difficult." 08:00 Well, that's another reason to read it. 08:02 Romans 3:23. 08:05 The Bible says, 08:06 "For all have sinned," that's the past tense, 08:10 past tense, "and fall short of the glory of God." 08:14 Can you hear what I'm saying today? 08:16 The Bible says, "All have sinned." 08:19 That is the past tense. 08:21 And the Bible says, 08:22 "I am falling short of the glory of God." 08:27 So I try to jump my way to heaven, 08:30 I try to get across this abyss, 08:33 but the Bible says, 08:35 I fall short of the glory of God. 08:38 That's why I don't need a swimming lesson. 08:43 I don't need so much a teacher. 08:46 I don't need so much an example. 08:51 I need a savior. 08:54 It's so important to let the Word of God speak 08:57 and to put aside our preconceived ideas. 09:01 When I was in Australia, 09:02 I was the pastor of a beautiful church 09:04 in New South Wales, 09:07 outside the town of Albury, 09:08 there was a wonderful family, 09:10 Mr. and Mrs. Miller. 09:12 And he said to me, when I went out there 09:14 to study the Word of God with him. 09:16 He said, "Pastor Carter, I am a bigoted Lutheran. 09:20 I thought, I wonder, "What sort of Lutheran that is" 09:23 He said, "I am quite bigoted." 09:26 Now, I'd heard 09:27 of different types of Lutherans. 09:28 But he said, "I'm a bigoted one." 09:33 You know what he was saying? He's an old German. 09:35 I'm bigoted. 09:37 He said, "I'm a bigoted Lutheran." 09:41 Well, I said, "My friend, join the club." 09:44 I can take you to places 09:45 where there are bigoted Catholics, 09:49 and bigoted Methodists, 09:52 and bigoted Adventists. 09:55 And in America, 09:57 I would say bigoted Republicans and bigoted Democrats 10:02 and some bigoted independents. 10:07 We've got to ask God to help us here. 10:11 Many of us are bigoted and pride keeps us so. 10:14 That is why we need the Spirit of God 10:16 for Revelation. 10:17 I've seen people sit in the pews of churches 10:21 and steal themselves when they hear the subject. 10:24 No! No! 10:26 No! No! 10:29 What is it? No! 10:30 What does the text say? No! 10:33 These are people who have been going to church for 50 years. 10:37 Bigoted. 10:40 Look at John 3:3. 10:42 This tells you what we need. 10:44 "Jesus answered and said to him, 10:46 'Most assuredly, I say to you, 10:48 unless one is born again, 10:50 he cannot see the kingdom of God.'" 10:51 Before you can start to understand 10:55 the scriptures and the Word of God, 10:57 you've got to have the help of the Holy Spirit. 11:01 So when you read the Word of God, 11:03 you can't understand it. 11:05 It's commonly good, you can't understand it. 11:08 You need grace. 11:10 And here's a quote 11:12 from one of the most prolific Christian writers 11:13 of our modern times. 11:16 Ellen White said this and listen to this. 11:18 I find that most folks take what they want, 11:21 leave what they want. 11:23 But let's listen to this please. 11:25 She said this, 11:26 "The religious services, 11:29 the prayers, 11:31 the praise, 11:34 the penitent confessions," or the penitent, 11:37 I'm really sorry, 11:39 "the penitent confession of sin 11:41 ascend from true believers," 11:43 the saints, 11:45 "as incense to the heavenly sanctuary," 11:47 hey, this is gonna be pretty good, 11:51 "but passing through the corrupt channels 11:54 of humanity, 11:56 they are so defiled," 11:59 hey, people tell me, 12:02 the saints are perfect," 12:05 they are so defiled that unless purified by blood, 12:08 they can never be a value with God." 12:12 The prayers of the saints, 12:15 their penitent confession, 12:16 even their confessions. 12:20 "They ascend not in spotless purity, 12:22 and unless the intercessor, 12:23 who is at God's right hand, 12:25 presents and purifies all by His righteousness, 12:30 it is not acceptable to God." 12:32 You say, "No, this is okay about the pagans. 12:35 This is okay about the bad people." 12:37 This is talking 12:39 about the really good people. 12:45 You know, what the worst sin is? 12:47 Self-righteousness. 12:49 And most of us who go to church have got enough to hear. 12:57 So the Bible tells us, 13:00 "I need a savior." 13:01 I don't need good advice, I need good news. 13:06 Next great truth is this. 13:08 This is almost kind of asked you to believe this. 13:13 The Creator God became a man to save us. 13:18 True Christianity is different to every other religion. 13:22 In the Muslim religion, 13:23 Allah is remote and distant. 13:28 But in the Bible, God becomes a man. 13:32 Who would have thought of this? 13:35 He doesn't just stand on the riverbank 13:37 and throws a rope, 13:38 He gets into the river. 13:40 Imagine the President of the United States. 13:45 Okay, visualize it. 13:47 He goes over to Africa, the Congo. 13:50 He finds a poor village, 13:52 where they got Ebola. 13:54 He lives with the people 13:55 and finally is infected with the Ebola virus 13:59 and he dies. 14:00 You say, impossible. 14:02 Well, that's what God did. 14:04 That's what God did. 14:05 Say, "No, no, no!" Yes. 14:09 Or maybe Mr. Putin, the world's wealthiest person, 14:13 wonder where he got his money from. 14:15 He leaves the gilded halls of the Kremlin, 14:19 where I've been. 14:20 He goes to a village in Northern Siberia. 14:23 I know Siberia, like the back of my hand. 14:27 He finds a cold hungry dark village 14:30 contaminated with nuclear waste. 14:32 I've been to those places. 14:34 He lives with the poorest of the poor. 14:37 He finally become sick with radiation poisoning 14:40 and he dies. 14:41 That's what Jesus did. 14:43 You know what it's called? 14:45 It's called grace. 14:48 John 1:1 says this, look at the text. 14:52 John Chapter 1, 14:54 "In the beginning was the Word 14:55 and the Word was with God, 14:57 and the Word was God." 14:59 This is the logos. 15:01 Verse 14 and verse 16, verse 14 and verse 16. 15:06 "And the Word," the logos, 15:08 "became flesh and dwelt among us, 15:11 and we beheld His glory, 15:13 the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, 15:16 full of grace and truth, 15:18 and of His fullness we have all received, 15:21 and grace for grace." 15:26 It's almost impossible to believe it. 15:30 God becomes a man. 15:32 Who would believe this? 15:39 I've been in places 15:41 where the power was 11,000 volts. 15:45 You know what you got to do? 15:46 You got to get a good transformer, 15:48 a step down transformer. 15:50 So you can take the 11,000 volts 15:52 and bring it down to 110, 120, 15:55 so you can use it. 15:58 When God came to this earth, 16:00 He had so much energy and so much power. 16:04 He said, "This will kill them all." 16:07 So Jesus became the step down transformer. 16:10 And He came in a form 16:13 that we could tolerate, and that we could accept. 16:17 You know what it's called? 16:19 It's called love. 16:21 It's called grace. 16:23 There are two great truths that you and I need to learn, 16:25 but probably some of us will never learn it, 16:29 because we've got religion but we haven't got God. 16:33 Number one, 16:34 man is far worse 16:37 than he ever feared to think. 16:42 Number two, 16:44 God is far better 16:46 than He ever dared to hope. 16:50 And the second is the gospel. 16:55 Look at Hebrews 2:17 and 7:26. 16:58 Hebrews 2:17 for a start, 17:01 "Therefore, in all things 17:02 He had to be made like His brethren, 17:04 that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest 17:07 in things pertaining to God to make propitiation," 17:10 atoning sacrifice, "for the sins of the people." 17:14 And so He becomes not a make believe man, 17:18 but He becomes a man of flesh and blood. 17:22 He is born in the ordinary way. 17:28 He's born with crying, 17:30 and probably with some blood. 17:34 And who is this baby? 17:35 He is the logos. 17:37 He is Yahweh, Elohim, El Shaddai. 17:43 So you see, you need a Revelation to see this. 17:45 If we saw this, 17:47 we would realize that God is far bigger 17:49 than we are and far better than we deserve. 17:56 And you can show, you can tell 17:57 whether a person has accepted this or not 18:00 by how he treats people. 18:02 If he's harsh, and he's hard, and he's legalistic, 18:06 and if in the words of Shakespeare, 18:09 he demands his pound of flesh, 18:12 then he is a lost soul, 18:14 even though he sits up the front of church, 18:16 every Sabbath, every Lord's Day. 18:20 That's the truth. 18:21 Now look at the next verse, Hebrews 7:26, 18:24 "For such a High Priest was fitting for us, 18:28 who was holy, harmless, undefiled," 18:30 and look at these words, most people don't read this, 18:33 most people don't read their Bibles. 18:35 They say, "It's too hard." 18:37 "Separate from sinners, 18:39 and has become higher than the heavens." 18:42 He was made like us in every way, 18:46 with one vital distinction. 18:51 No sin, 18:54 had no evil in Him, 18:57 no propensities to evil. 19:01 Theologians use the word propensities. 19:04 My son said to me, 19:05 don't use it because people don't understand it. 19:07 It simply means tendencies to evil. 19:12 People say, "Well, 19:15 who's got tendencies to evil? 19:17 You have. 19:19 I have. 19:20 People are like, "No, I haven't." 19:21 Well, 19:23 you are deluded and deceived. 19:27 And if you think 19:28 that you've got no tendencies to sin, 19:31 and that you're not sinless, 19:33 let me talk to your family members. 19:38 Let me talk to them. 19:40 I've met a man once, 19:42 I was in Minneapolis to take some meetings, 19:44 and he stood outside and he said, 19:46 "I want everyone to know I'm sinless." 19:50 I said, "Can I meet your wife?" 19:54 I mean... 19:58 this is a sick delusion. 20:03 One great author said, the closer we come to Christ, 20:06 the more sinful we'll appear in our own eyes, 20:10 you know. 20:13 Only people who are self-righteous 20:14 are the people 20:16 who know nothing of God's righteousness. 20:18 And He came on a mission, 20:20 this God-man, this logos, 20:23 this Yahweh Elohim. 20:25 He came on a mission. 20:27 And He came on a mission, 20:29 which was an amazing mission. 20:33 And this is where I guess, 20:36 Robert Carter, 20:38 the descendant of John Carter got it from. 20:42 Luke 4:16-19. 20:47 Luke 4:16-19, 20:53 dear hearts and gentle people, 20:55 and I don't apologize for using a lot of texts. 20:59 If you want to avoid the mark of the beast, 21:02 and start to think outside the box 21:04 and read your Bible, 21:05 don't be brainwashed. 21:07 Verse 16 and onwards, 21:09 "So He came to Nazareth, 21:10 where He had been brought up. 21:12 As His custom was, 21:14 He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day 21:16 and stood up to read." 21:17 Had a good custom, He went to church. 21:20 "He was handed the book of the Prophet Isaiah. 21:23 When He had opened the book, 21:24 He found the place where it is written: 21:27 'The Spirit of the Lord, God is upon Me, 21:29 because He has anointed Me 21:30 to preach the gospel to the poor. 21:33 He sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, 21:37 to proclaim liberty to the captives, 21:39 and recovery of sight to the blind, 21:42 to set at liberty, 21:44 those who are oppressed, 21:46 to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,' 21:50 and He closed the book.'" 21:53 Now He tells us why He came. 21:57 Just look at it, 22:00 to preach good news to the poor. 22:03 Well, I'm poor, poor in spirit. 22:07 I need good news. 22:08 "To heal the brokenhearted, 22:12 to preach deliverance to the captives." 22:15 Every person outside of Christ is a slave. 22:20 "Recovery of sight to the blind," 22:23 without God, we are blind. 22:28 "To set at liberty those who are oppressed 22:31 to preach the acceptable year of the Lord." 22:37 So I say to you, 22:38 listen, if you feel poor in your soul, 22:42 Christ is for you. 22:44 If you are brokenhearted, Christ is for you. 22:48 If you are a captive to sin, drugs, 22:50 Christ is for you. 22:52 If you are blind spiritually and physically, 22:55 if you are oppressed, then Christ is for you, 22:58 that's why He came. 23:01 You say, "Well, 23:02 we had a lot to do with it." 23:04 No, we had nothing to do with this. 23:06 He did this before we were born. 23:09 And He made all this possible by His death for our sins 23:12 on the cross. 23:13 John 3:14-17 says, 23:17 "Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, 23:21 so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 23:23 that everyone who believes in Him 23:25 may have eternal life. 23:27 For God so loved the world 23:28 that He gave His one and only Son, 23:31 that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, 23:35 but have eternal life. 23:37 For God did not send His Son into the world 23:39 to condemn the world, 23:41 but to save the world through Him." 23:45 It says, shall not perish. 23:50 It's not hard to believe you know, 23:53 a little child can believe, 23:57 an old man can believe, 23:59 a rich person can believe, 24:02 a poor person can believe, 24:04 a living person can believe, 24:06 a dying person can believe, 24:10 not a dead person, 24:11 but a dying person. 24:13 I had the privilege of going some years ago, 24:16 I just came back from Manila some years ago. 24:19 Went on death row in Manila, 24:22 and baptized young man 24:24 who had been sentenced to death. 24:26 I didn't tell them, 24:28 they needed us a swimming lesson. 24:33 I told them, they needed a savior 24:37 and I baptized them. 24:42 The blacks, 24:44 many years ago, 24:46 wrote the words of this hymn. 24:49 It became famous, famous, 24:54 particularly with Martin Luther King. 24:57 This was written by John Wesley Work, 25:00 many of those poor slaves took the name of John Wesley. 25:05 "Free at last, free at last, 25:07 I thank God, I'm free at last. 25:10 Free at last, free at last, 25:12 I thank God I'm free at last. 25:15 Way down yonder in the graveyard walk, 25:18 I thank God I'm free at last. 25:21 Me and my Jesus going to meet and talk, 25:24 I thank God I'm free at last. 25:28 On my knees when the light passed by, 25:31 I thank God I'm free at last. 25:33 Tho't my soul would rise and fly, 25:36 I thank God I'm free at last. 25:40 Some of these mornings, bright and fair, 25:44 I thank God I'm free at last. 25:47 Goin' to meet King Jesus in the air, 25:53 I thank God, 25:56 I'm free at last." 25:58 That is the message of the gospel. 26:00 Next time, I'm going to talk to you 26:03 about the true gospel, 26:05 the Jesuits 26:07 and the grace of God. 26:08 I say to you today, 26:10 "I thank God, 26:12 I'm free at last." 26:15 Amen and amen. 26:23 Time, 26:24 it takes only a minute to have eternal life. 26:27 How can you get saved in a minute? 26:29 It's simple. 26:30 First, believe that Jesus was the Son of God. 26:32 Second, accept His free gift of eternal life 26:36 and then you're saved. 26:37 It's not hard. It doesn't take any time. 26:40 You can be saved in a minute right now. 26:43 Pray with me, "Lord God, I realize that I am a sinner. 26:48 My sin has separated me from You. 26:50 I accept that Your Son Jesus Christ died for me. 26:53 I ask Jesus into my heart." 26:55 If you prayed this prayer, you are saved. 26:58 The next thing to do is, tell someone. 27:01 Fellowship with other followers of Jesus, 27:03 get baptized, 27:05 read your Bible, and pray. 27:07 Choices, 27:08 we make them every day, all day. 27:10 The most important choice you'll make in your life 27:13 is whether to choose eternal life 27:15 or let it pass you by. 27:17 If you would like more information 27:19 about your new life, 27:20 call the number and visit our website. 27:26 Greater Manila is more than 20 million souls. 27:29 Almost all these beautiful people 27:31 are ignorant of the true Gospel of Christ. 27:34 Manila needs Jesus. 27:36 Thirty five years ago, 27:37 John Carter came to Manila. 27:39 Pastor Carter is returning to Manila 27:42 with an urgent assignment, 27:43 preach the Gospel of Christ 27:45 and the great truths of the Bible. 27:47 Don't water down the message. 27:49 Make it plain, make it clear, 27:52 make it Christ centered. 27:53 The Carter Report needs your help now 27:56 to light a fire in the Philippines. 27:59 Your gift will help open the doors of bondage, 28:01 smash the chains of sin, 28:03 and open the gates of paradise 28:05 to thousands of lost souls. 28:07 The churches have sent out an urgent plea 28:10 for the Carter Report to return. 28:12 Help us proclaim the true Gospel of Christ 28:15 to the beautiful Filipino people. 28:17 Please send your support to the address on the screen. 28:20 Visit our website 28:21 or call the Carter Report. 28:27 For a copy of today's program, 28:30 please contact us at P.O. 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