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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. 00:30 John Carter finds a solution to insanity. 00:36 Topic today is "A Solution to Insanity." 00:42 It's about a year since we had this tremendous shootout 00:46 here in one of the safest cities 00:48 in the United States. 00:49 That's where we live, 00:51 in Thousand Oaks just down the road. 00:54 So we're commemorating 00:55 with sorrow of those young people 00:57 being shot to death a year ago. 01:00 At the same time we discovered 01:02 there was a shootout up the road at Santa Clarita. 01:06 A young guy, just a young boy of 15 or 16 goes in 01:10 and starts to shoot people. 01:14 People say to me, 01:17 something gone wrong in America. 01:20 Something gone wrong in the world. 01:24 The place seems to be going crazy. 01:26 Is there any solution? 01:28 Today, this program like all of our programs 01:32 is dedicated to the truth. 01:36 It's not meant to be politically 01:39 or religiously correct. 01:41 It is dedicated by the grace of God 01:45 to the truth of God, "A Solution to Insanity." 01:49 I don't often quote The New York Times. 01:54 The Liberal New York Times came out recently 01:57 with this article calling, 01:59 can you believe it for a Digital Sabbath? 02:06 New York Times said, "People are going crazy. 02:10 They can't get away from, you know, on their cell phones, 02:14 can't get away from them. 02:16 They're addicted and it's driving people crazy." 02:21 And The Liberal New York Times 02:24 which is not always charitable towards religious 02:28 viewpoints said this, 02:30 "We need to have a Digital Sabbath 02:33 from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday." 02:37 Isn't that amazing? 02:39 Said, "We need to turn these things off." 02:42 And you know, there are people 02:44 who come to meetings like this and go to church, 02:45 and they can't leave their little things in the car! 02:50 You know why? 02:52 They're addicted and these things 02:56 are driving people crazy. 03:02 Then I noticed an article in Newsweek magazine, 03:04 this was astounding. 03:06 It was called "1984" which, of course, 03:11 is the great book by George Orwell, 03:14 on the control of the masses. 03:16 And it said this, 03:17 "The people in America are being brainwashed, 03:22 and they can no longer think for themselves. 03:27 And it's not the government that's doing it. 03:31 It's the big companies like Amazon and Apple, 03:35 the big companies they are controlling them 03:41 because they are brain... 03:43 They're sending signals to the people. 03:47 And it's a part of the growing insanity. 03:52 Would you please turn in your Bibles 03:54 to the first book in the Bible, 03:57 Genesis 2:1-3. 04:03 The Bible says, 04:05 I'm going to come and stand over here. 04:07 Look at this camera. 04:09 "Thus the heavens and the earth 04:10 and all the host of them were finished. 04:14 And on the seventh day 04:15 God ended His work which He had done, 04:19 and He rested on the seventh day 04:21 from all his work which he had done. 04:24 Then God blessed the seventh day, 04:27 and sanctified it, made it holy, because in it, 04:32 He rested from all his work 04:34 which God had created and made." 04:38 Right in the very beginning 04:42 before sin entered the world, 04:45 God gave to the human race a Sabbath 04:49 because people need the Sabbath. 04:52 Even people in paradise 04:55 apparently needed the Sabbath 04:59 and hence the world gone crazy. 05:03 I think the freeways have become more aggressive, 05:05 maybe it's just me. 05:08 Somebody will go roaring past you, 05:10 cut you off and you'll say, 05:12 "That's one of those crazy young people." 05:14 And there's a little old granny who's 90. 05:19 And she's texting us, she's driving down 101. 05:24 Completely crazy. 05:26 She's crazy. 05:29 Young women tailgating and young men, 05:33 all are agreed, of course, 05:35 that Washington has gone crazy. 05:40 Shall we explore that any further? 05:42 I think not. 05:45 The world has gone crazy. 05:48 Our enemies, the people that 05:50 we were taught to be suspicious of and even to hate, 05:54 they are now our friends 05:58 and our friends are our enemies. 06:01 We have a new phrase, we talk about our frenemies. 06:07 It's crazy. 06:08 And if you get your information from the media, 06:13 it's because you're crazy. 06:17 It's true. 06:20 Don't get your information just from the media. 06:23 Where drugs, alcohol, 06:26 legalized pot now in California, 06:29 other places. 06:31 Jerry Brown, the former governor said, 06:35 "Who needs more potheads, 06:37 especially in California?" 06:42 And so we're proud of being potheads. 06:45 Human sexuality, when you turn on the media, 06:49 it's often no longer he or she. 06:53 I don't know what you call it, but I think it's crazy. 06:56 In Mexico, listen to this. 06:59 There are 30,000 murders a year 07:03 to supply our crazy addiction for drugs! 07:08 We're to blame for 30,000 murders 07:11 a year in Mexico. 07:13 We don't like to talk about this, do we? 07:15 You know why? Because we're too crazy. 07:18 We're so crazy that we've got to feed 07:22 our insane addiction, heroin, cocaine 07:26 and The Liberal New York Times says, 07:28 "We need the Sabbath." 07:31 And that's not crazy. 07:34 Why the Sabbath? 07:37 Because the word Sabbath means rest. 07:40 It is divine rest from human restlessness, 07:46 rest from worry, rest from care, 07:51 rest from our cell phones and rest from craziness. 07:57 When we have a meeting like this, 08:00 we have to announce it two or three time 08:03 turn off your cell phone 08:04 because people can't... 08:07 can't get away from it. 08:10 It's craziness. 08:14 The word Sabbath is the Hebrew word Shabbat, 08:17 very beautiful word. 08:20 Shabbat is the Hebrew word. 08:22 It's just one of those beautiful Shabbat 08:26 and it means rest. 08:29 The Jews have some very wonderful traditions 08:32 and one is the Friday night tradition. 08:35 When the Sabbath commences, 08:37 they light a candle and they say, 08:39 Shabbat Shalom, 08:42 light a candle to bring in the Sabbath. 08:46 Not like so many of the Gentiles 08:48 who are too crazy to understand that 08:52 God knew some things that we don't know. 08:57 I like calling my Jewish doctor on who's been sick 09:01 on Friday night since saying to him, 09:03 Dr. Shabbat Shalom, and I pray with him. 09:07 We need the divine rest of the Sabbath 09:10 in our hearts 24/7. 09:15 It is a divine solution to human insanity. 09:21 Let me give you now a brief history of the Sabbath. 09:28 It was given to the human race before sin in paradise. 09:34 A moment ago, we read Genesis 2:1-3. 09:39 And so, God gave to the human race 09:42 the Sabbath before sin. 09:46 And people who are sinless need a Sabbath, 09:51 we sinners need it a million times 09:54 more to save us from our insanity. 10:01 And people have said to me over the years, 10:03 "But don't you know that 10:05 the Sabbath is simply for the Jews?" 10:08 No, I'm sorry, because there were no Jews 10:12 in the Garden of Eden, and Jesus said, 10:15 the Sabbath was made for man and M-A-N doesn't spell J-E-W. 10:21 So, of course, the Sabbath is for our brothers and sisters 10:25 who are Jewish also. 10:31 It was restored to the Israelites 10:33 at the time of Moses, they had been in slavery. 10:38 And when you read, 10:40 we're not going to take time today 10:41 but if you read, put this in your mind, 10:44 Exodus Chapter 16. 10:46 It talks about the giving of the manna. 10:51 Manna is a Hebrew word that means, what is it? 10:57 No, it doesn't mean bread, it means, what is it? 11:00 People came out and they saw this stuff on the ground. 11:04 And it tasted like wafers made with honey. 11:07 And they said, "What is it?" 11:10 God said, "It is the bread that God has given you to eat." 11:16 And this manna fell on the ground on the first, 11:19 the second, the third, and the fourth, 11:21 and the fifth days. 11:23 And if you kept it overnight, it went bad and it stank. 11:30 But on the sixth day, there was a double portion. 11:34 And so if the people kept it to the next day, 11:36 the Sabbath, it did not go bad, 11:40 because on the seventh day, 11:42 there was no manna 11:43 that was poured out upon the ground, 11:45 because God was trying to teach those people 11:48 the need for spiritual rest, and that man shall not live 11:52 by bread alone, but by every word 11:54 that proceeds out of the mouth of God. 11:57 These miracles went on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 12:01 Thursday, Friday, Saturday for 40 years. 12:06 And you would have to be tremendously slow, 12:08 if you could not work out the importance of the Sabbath 12:12 and the identity of the Sabbath. 12:15 And then at the same time period, 12:18 God came down in fire on Mount Sinai, 12:21 and gave the people the Ten Commandments. 12:24 And right in the very heart of the Ten Commandments, 12:28 God placed the Sabbath. 12:30 Look at your Bibles and turn to Exodus 20:10, 12:37 "And Yahweh, Elohim, Almighty God said these words, 12:40 not just to the Jews but to the world. 12:43 Remember, he didn't say remember, 12:48 thou salt not kill, 12:50 or thou shalt not commit adultery. 12:52 Most of us have got enough sense to remember 12:55 not to do those things. 12:56 But he said, "Remember the Sabbath day 12:58 to keep it holy. 13:00 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 13:03 but the seventh day 13:04 is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. 13:06 In it you shall do no work, you, your son, your daughter, 13:11 your male servant, nor your female servant, 13:14 nor your cattle, nor your stranger 13:16 who is within your gates." 13:18 God came down and gave to His people 13:21 and to the world the Sabbath. 13:24 Now let me mention this to you. 13:28 Liberal governments in America 13:33 have done somersaults, 13:34 they've turned themselves inside out to abolish the Bible 13:39 from the homes 13:41 and the hearts of the American people. 13:45 They've abolished the Bibles from the schools 13:48 and even at Christmas time they are saying, 13:51 it is politically incorrect 13:55 to say Merry Christmas. 14:02 And so there is a continual assault 14:06 in the schools, 14:07 in the universities almost everywhere 14:11 against all American values 14:14 which are based on the Christian Judeo ethic. 14:19 That is a fact. 14:25 And we face today a situation 14:28 where the God is being kicked out of the schools. 14:32 And the commandments have been kicked out of the schools 14:35 and we look like owls, so dumb and we say, 14:40 "What's going on?" 14:42 I'll tell you what's going on. 14:44 It's our craziness in getting rid of God, 14:48 and the commandments of God. 14:52 Washington said, 14:53 "It's impossible to govern a nation 14:56 without God and the Bible." 15:00 I guess soon we'll get rid 15:01 of Washington and Abraham Lincoln, 15:05 because they believed in God. 15:10 There is a tremendous need 15:14 for our return to God. 15:18 And then if you study Scripture, 15:19 you'll find that all the people of God 15:21 for around 1400 years kept the Sabbath. 15:25 All the great prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, 15:30 all of them were Sabbath keepers. 15:33 People say, "I can't." 15:36 One of the greatest challenges a decent man of God has today 15:41 is to deal with people 15:43 who are increasingly ignorant 15:46 of the fundamentals of the faith. 15:49 But for thousands of years, 15:51 all the people of God kept the Sabbath, 15:53 and they kept the Sabbath 15:55 because the Sabbath reminded them 15:57 that God was God. 15:59 And that He was the one 16:01 who created the heavens in the earth, and therefore, 16:04 they were unique and glorious. 16:07 They were made in the very image of God. 16:11 The Sabbath is faithfully observed 16:14 by Jesus Christ our Lord, 16:18 and all the holy apostles. 16:20 Now take your Bibles and turn with me 16:22 to Luke 23:53-56. 16:28 Please turn with me to Luke 23:53-56. 16:33 This talks about the day when Jesus died. 16:38 If you got it, verse 53. 16:40 "Then he took it down..." 16:42 What's it talking about? 16:43 It's talking about the body of Christ. 16:46 "Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen, 16:49 laid it in a tomb that was hewn out of the rock, 16:52 where no one had ever lain before. 16:55 That day was the Preparation or Friday." 16:58 Jesus died on the Friday. 17:00 That's why they call it Good Friday. 17:02 "And the Sabbath drew near." 17:04 The day after Friday is the Sabbath. 17:07 "And the women who had come with him 17:09 from Galilee followed after, 17:10 and they observed the tomb and how his body was laid. 17:15 Then they returned and prepared spices 17:17 and fragrant oils, 17:18 and they rested on the Sabbath 17:20 according to the commandment." 17:24 These people obviously had been taught 17:27 true Sabbath keeping by the Lord Jesus Christ, 17:32 because even in His death, they the holy disciples, 17:38 including the holy women were Sabbath keepers 17:42 because of the commandments of God. 17:45 Now look at Luke 24:1 and 2. 17:48 Now on the first day of the week," 17:50 that is the Sunday, 17:52 the day when Jesus rose from the dead, 17:55 "very early in the morning, 17:57 they and certain other women with them came to the tomb, 18:00 bringing the spices which they had prepared. 18:03 But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb." 18:06 Now, here we have three days. 18:09 And I'm going to put up these three days on the screen. 18:13 Here they are, 18:14 three tremendously important days. 18:19 The Preparation Day when Jesus died, 18:22 the Sabbath, according to the commandment, 18:25 and Sunday, the first day of the week, 18:28 notice it here, the sixth day, 18:30 it is called the preparation day. 18:34 People say, "Time has been lost." 18:35 Now that's silly. That's silly. 18:38 If you want to know which is the right seventh day, 18:41 simply go and ask any Jewish person. 18:45 Ask any person in Rome, 18:47 who keeps the first day for instance, 18:49 the Roman Catholic scholars, the first day is Sunday. 18:52 So the sixth day is a Preparation Day 18:55 and the day in between, 18:57 the Bible says 18:59 is the Sabbath of the commandment, 19:02 which is called in the New Testament, 19:04 the Lord's Day. 19:05 And then the day of the resurrection 19:08 when Jesus our blessed Lord rose in glory 19:12 from the tomb, that is the first day. 19:18 Now my point is this. Here it is. 19:22 Jesus was the Sabbath keeper. 19:26 And all the holy apostles were Sabbath keepers. 19:31 Finally, many years after Christ 19:35 and His disciples, 19:38 the Sabbath was changed by the church, 19:42 as admitted by hundreds and hundreds 19:46 of church historians. 19:51 Now some years ago, there was a craze 19:54 and people were wearing t-shirts 19:57 that had the words, "What would Jesus do?" 20:03 And that is a very, very valid question 20:05 and it demands a valid answer. 20:08 What would Jesus do? 20:12 I want to say to every person here today, 20:14 my first allegiance is not to the government. 20:19 My first allegiance is not to my church. 20:25 My first allegiance is to Christ. 20:30 My first allegiance is to Christ. 20:34 And therefore, it is a valid question, 20:38 what would Jesus do? 20:42 Listen carefully to the argument 20:46 that I shall present humbly to you for your consideration, 20:52 dear hearts and gentle people. 20:56 Christ's biggest enemies were not the Romans. 21:01 Christ's biggest enemies 21:04 were the religious leaders of His day. 21:09 The hierarchy, especially the Pharisees 21:14 who had invented thousands 21:17 of legalistic rules and regulations. 21:22 Christ's biggest enemies were not the Romans, 21:29 but the religious hierarchy 21:32 who made up their own religion 21:36 in the name of God. 21:37 Come with me to Mark 7:6-7. 21:42 Matthew, Mark, come with me 21:45 to Mark 7:6-7, 21:52 dear hearts and gentle people. 21:56 "He answered and said to them, 21:57 'Well, did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, 22:03 goodness, as it is written: 22:05 'This people honors Me with their lips, 22:07 but their heart is far from Me," 22:10 all talk, all mouth. 22:13 "And in vain they worship Me, 22:15 teaching as doctrines the commandments of men." 22:20 And so the Pharisees made up their own rules. 22:24 Let me say this, 22:25 so you won't mistake what I think. 22:28 Manmade religion is the curse of humanity. 22:33 What we need is Jesus and His gospel. 22:38 Let me say it again. 22:41 In case there's somebody 22:42 who wasn't offended the first time. 22:46 Manmade religion is the curse of humanity. 22:52 And what we need is Jesus and His gospel. 22:54 Now what is the gospel? 22:58 Here's the gospel. 23:00 God sent His Son 23:01 who was the creator on a rescue mission. 23:06 And He did this because He loves us. 23:09 The greatest truth in the Bible 23:11 is the truth, I love you. 23:13 God loves you. 23:16 On the cross, he paid for our sins. 23:21 No one is unimportant. 23:24 He has a solution to the curse of sin 23:27 that breeds insanity. 23:30 He has a solution. 23:32 And until the world accepts God's solutions, 23:37 they're going to be more school shootings 23:43 and other terrible things. 23:45 The greatest text in the Bible is John 3:16. 23:48 Would you please notice it, John 3:16, 23:52 you know it by heart, 23:54 "For God so loved the world," everybody... 24:00 Yeah, "that He gave His one and only Son, 24:03 that whoever believes in Him shall not perish 24:05 but have everlasting life or eternal life." 24:11 That's the heart of the gospel that God loves us. 24:19 And we need His rest in our hearts. 24:24 People do crazy things. 24:25 The world is going crazy everywhere in Washington, 24:28 around the world the world is going crazy. 24:33 Because we don't have Christ in our hearts, 24:35 we have a bunch of religious junk, 24:38 but not Christ. 24:40 We need His rest in our hearts. 24:42 Listen carefully to this. 24:45 Then in the next segment, I'm going to give you 24:47 some amazing stories 24:48 from the life of Christ and from Russia, 24:53 and from Siberia, and from Magadan. 24:57 Christ had a conflict 24:59 with the Pharisees over the Sabbath, 25:02 not whether it should be kept, 25:06 but how it should be kept, 25:10 because the Sabbath 25:12 is the symbol of the gospel. 25:17 And so when Jesus came and started to keep Sabbath, 25:21 they tried to kill Him, and they did kill Him. 25:25 And the Bible tells me this 25:27 and most people haven't seen this. 25:29 The reason they wanted to kill Him 25:32 was over the issue of the Sabbath. 25:38 No, no, no. 25:40 Somebody says, "Jesus broke the Sabbath." 25:42 Hey, you're joining forces with the Pharisees, 25:46 that's what they said. 25:48 When we come back, 25:49 I'm going to talk about stories from Russia, 25:51 Ukraine, Eastern Siberia, 25:55 and we're going to talk about 25:56 the solution to the insanity in the world today. 26:00 Our topic is, "A Solution to Insanity." 26:05 And we will be back. 26:21 You can now find a Carter Report anywhere, 26:25 anytime, on any Android or Apple device. 26:29 Use your cell phone, tablet, computer, 26:34 or TV to access the many inspirational messages 26:38 from Pastor Carter 24/7. 26:41 For Apple users, go to the App Store, 26:44 for Android users, go to Google Play and download 26:48 the free Carter Report app. 26:52 The Carter Report also has an official YouTube 26:55 and Vimeo channel. 26:57 Search for the Carter Report 26:59 and find the topic that speaks to you. 27:01 Roku users simply search for the Carter Report 27:04 and download the app free. 27:07 The same on Amazon Fire. 27:09 For Apple TV, visit the App Store 27:11 and download the app. 27:13 Reach out to the Carter Report and experience the hope, faith, 27:18 and love of Jesus Christ. 27:23 The reviews for the John Carter biography are in. 27:26 and this is what they say. 27:28 "Anyone who reads this fascinating book 27:30 and is not moved should check to see 27:32 if they still have a pulse." 27:36 "I believe this book about 27:37 God's miracles in Russia and Ukraine 27:39 will burn the flame in your heart." 27:43 "This could prove to be one of the most important books 27:45 ever written about public evangelism. 27:47 Make sure you get a copy." 27:51 "I believe this book about John Carter's life 27:53 will help readers grasp a vision for their lives." 28:02 For a donation of $100 or more, 28:05 a signed copy of the John Carter biography 28:07 can be yours by writing to us at the address 28:10 on the screen or visit our website. 28:26 For a copy of today's program, 28:27 please contact us at P.O. 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