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00:01 God created His people
00:02 in different cultures, countries 00:04 and in cities around the world. 00:08 He made the human race. 00:10 He made us one people under God. 00:17 At first, when you see someone that looks 00:20 and acts differently than you, you may turn away. 00:25 But take your time, look closer. 00:29 You will see that we share the same dreams... 00:34 the same troubles... 00:39 the same world. 00:44 Open your minds and hearts to one another. 00:47 Love each other as He loves us. 00:49 Do this for God, honor His creation, 00:53 and let His love shine through each one of us. 01:03 I'm John Carter in Moscow. 01:05 In Havana, Cuba. 01:08 Now in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. 01:11 I'm John Carter in Petra. 01:14 Right here in Communist China. 01:17 Reporting from India. 01:19 Hi, I'm John Carter in the Solomon Islands. 01:22 I'm John Carter in Soweto. 01:25 From El Salvador. 01:27 I'm John Carter in Sydney, Australia. 01:30 Genesis, All You Need To Know. 01:34 Now here is John Carter with today's message. 01:40 Hi, friend, I'm John Carter in Los Angeles, 01:43 where it has been 121 degrees, 01:48 the highest temperature in recorded history. 01:52 And then we have these great fires 01:54 that are blazing across the Golden State. 01:59 That today is not looking so golden 02:03 because we're surrounded 02:04 by a pool of thick, black smoke, 02:09 121 degrees just a day or two ago. 02:14 These events are asking, 02:16 are leading people to ask some very pertinent questions. 02:19 What's going on in the world? 02:22 What's going wrong? 02:26 Many people 02:27 who are serious thinkers are saying, 02:30 what does it mean? 02:32 Where did we come from? 02:34 What? What is the meaning to life? 02:37 What is the origin of the human race? 02:41 And what's going to happen? 02:42 Are their answers to the human dilemma? 02:47 Now today, ladies and gentlemen, 02:49 I'm going to talk about a tremendous subject. 02:52 I want you to stay with me and listen to it 02:55 from beginning to end if you don't mind. 02:58 Today, we're talking about Genesis. 03:03 All you need to know, 03:05 all you need to know about everything. 03:07 Genesis, all you need to know 03:11 everything that is important in life. 03:15 Now the Book of Genesis is without doubt 03:18 the most controversial book in the world today, 03:22 because it deals 03:23 with the most controversial subjects. 03:27 Who am I? 03:29 Where did I come from? 03:31 Why am I here? 03:33 And where am I going? 03:35 Would you like to have the answer to those questions? 03:39 I'm going to take my old Bible, 03:42 and I'm going to turn to the Book of Genesis, 03:46 or the Book of Beginnings. 03:49 Genesis 1:1. 03:54 Would you please notice it? 03:55 Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning, 04:00 God created the heavens and the earth." 04:04 "In the beginning, 04:06 God created the heavens and the earth." 04:10 Everything you need to know. 04:14 Everything you need to know 04:15 is found in this amazing book of antiquity, 04:20 the Book of Genesis. 04:21 And this is the most important statement ever recorded 04:26 in the history of the human race. 04:30 In the beginning, 04:32 God created the heavens and the earth. 04:36 Very recently, 04:38 the world's most famous atheist, 04:42 one of the world's greatest scientists, 04:46 Professor Richard Dawkins of Oxford University, 04:52 was having a debate 04:54 on the BBC in Great Britain. 04:59 He was debating a pastor, a clergyman 05:05 and then Richard Dawkins quoted the great book 05:08 by Charles Darwin 05:11 that gave rise to the theory of evolution, 05:17 that man is simply the product of time 05:21 plus matter plus chance. 05:23 And this minister had the temerity 05:27 to ask the great professor for the full title of the book. 05:34 Richard Dawkins says well, well, well, 05:36 the book is called On The Origin of Species, 05:42 but the pastor wouldn't let him off the hook. 05:44 He said, I want the full title, 05:47 and the world's greatest authority 05:49 on Darwinism didn't have an answer. 05:54 And then he's... 05:56 Should I say despair? 05:58 In his confusion, he cried out, 06:01 "Oh, my god, oh my god." 06:07 That's why the English publication 06:09 said it was a bad week, 06:12 a bad week for atheism in Great Britain, 06:16 where atheism is growing like crazy. 06:20 Now, the title of the book it's an amazing title. 06:23 I want you to notice it, 06:26 "The Origin of Species 06:27 by Means of Natural Selection, 06:33 or the Preservation of Favored Races 06:37 in the Struggle for Life" by Charles Darwin. 06:43 It's about the most racist title 06:46 that you could imagine. 06:49 The preservation of certain races favored races 06:54 in the struggle for life. 06:56 Listen to me, my atheistic friend. 07:00 It was this book that gave rise to the massacre of black people 07:06 in the Belgian Congo. 07:09 They quoted Darwin 07:10 as they chopped off their heads. 07:13 And led to the rise of the Nazis 07:16 who got their information from Nietzsche, 07:19 who got his information from Charles Darwin, 07:23 and carried out the genocide against the Jews 07:26 because they weren't favored races. 07:32 So much for atheism, 07:34 the fastest growing religion today 07:37 in Great Britain. 07:38 Now look at Great Britain, if you don't mind. 07:42 I could never, never be an atheist 07:45 and I will tell you why, quite honestly, 07:48 I will tell you why I could never be 07:51 an atheist like Richard Dawkins 07:55 because I don't have enough faith. 07:58 I don't have enough faith to believe this stuff. 08:01 The man is the product of blind and personal forces. 08:06 I don't believe it. 08:07 But Richard Dawkins has got more faith 08:09 than all the rest of us put together. 08:11 And so I choose to call him 08:14 the Reverend Richard Dawkins, 08:20 high priest of the great cult of atheism. 08:26 Think about it. 08:29 Now, as I start on the Book of Genesis, 08:31 I want to make these observations 08:33 and I want you to hear me loud and clear, 08:35 because some of you may not like 08:36 what I'm going to say. 08:40 Number one, the Bible 08:42 was not written to make me a critic. 08:46 No, lots of critics in the world. 08:50 Lots of critics in the scientific world, 08:53 lots of critics in the church. 08:56 The Bible was not written to make me a critic, 09:00 but to make me a Christian. 09:02 Did you hear this? 09:04 It was not written to make me a scientist. 09:09 It was not written to make me a smart scientist, 09:13 but was written to make me a humble saint, 09:18 not a scientist but a saint. 09:21 It was not written to make me smart, 09:24 but to make me sorry for my sins. 09:29 Have you met so many people 09:32 who are so proud of being smart. 09:37 It'd be good if they became humble, penitent, 09:41 and were sorry for their sins 09:43 because we've all got enough sins. 09:46 The Bible was not written to make me a biologist, 09:50 but to make me a born again believer. 09:54 John Chapter 3. 09:56 It was not written to make me a paleontologist. 10:00 That's a person who plays around with old bones 10:05 and rocks and other thing. 10:06 It was not written to make me a paleontologist, 10:09 but to make me a penitent, a penitent. 10:14 That's why the Bible was written. 10:15 I wish we could all get this into our skulls. 10:20 And everything that is true of the Bible 10:22 is equally true of the Book of Genesis, 10:28 all you need to know. 10:31 All you need to know. 10:32 Here is the first great truth 10:35 in all you need to know. 10:40 Number one, God made the universe, 10:43 He made planet earth, 10:46 and He made you and me. 10:48 Do you think we can ever conjure up 10:51 in our little peanut brains 10:54 how Almighty God made the cosmos? 10:58 Oh, please, come on now. 11:03 But the Bible tells me all I need to know. 11:07 And I'm going to turn to Genesis 1:27, 11:11 dear hearts and gentle people. 11:15 Genesis 11:17 1:27. 11:23 Listen to the words. 11:25 Genesis 1:27, 11:29 "So God created man," 11:31 now, I'm not a cosmic accident. 11:36 "So God created man in His own image, 11:40 in the image of God He created him, 11:43 male and female He created them." 11:48 This is the first great truth 11:51 in all you need to know. 11:55 God made you. 11:58 Hey, are you listening to me. 11:59 God made you, brother, sister, 12:02 therefore you are special, you are important. 12:06 Every person is important, 12:09 whether he is white, brown, 12:14 black, yellow, 12:17 who cares. 12:21 God has got a very, very big family. 12:23 And by the grace of God, you and I 12:26 are a part of the family of God. 12:29 And every person is important. 12:32 Never, never forget it. 12:34 You are important in the sight of God. 12:38 And God loves you, brother and sister. 12:41 God made you in His own image, you are a part of His family. 12:45 So you are important and you are loved. 12:50 Here's the second great truth. 12:51 You ready for the second great truth? 12:53 Everything you need to know 12:55 from the Book of Genesis, here it comes. 12:57 Second great truth, marriage matters. 13:00 All marriage matters. 13:02 I'm going to turn to Genesis 2:23-24. 13:09 Genesis 2:23-24. 13:11 I give it to you out of the Book of Genesis, 13:14 all you need to know about marriage. 13:18 Adam said, or the word Adam means the man. 13:22 "Adam said, 'This is now bone of my bones, 13:25 flesh of my flesh, she shall be called a Woman, 13:29 because she was taken out of man. 13:32 Therefore a man 13:34 shall leave his father and mother 13:36 and be joined to his wife, 13:38 and they shall become one flesh." 13:41 All you need to know about marriage. 13:43 I don't care 13:44 what the politically correct people say, 13:46 I don't really care. 13:48 I want to see what God says about it. 13:50 God's original plan, my friend, was this. 13:54 It's as plain as the nose on your face. 13:58 God's original plan was marriage 14:00 and marriage matters. 14:01 And marriage consisted of one man and one woman. 14:06 Oh, you say, "No, 14:07 but that's not what we are told." 14:08 I don't really care. 14:11 I want to know what God says. 14:13 All I need to know about marriage 14:15 is found in God's book, 14:18 the Book of Genesis, 14:19 that isn't written to make me a scientist, or smart, 14:23 or sophisticated, or shrewd, 14:26 or cunning, or any of those things, 14:27 but it is to make me into a person 14:30 who is called a believing Christian. 14:34 So God's original plan, one man, one woman. 14:38 Thus it was universally accepted 14:40 by everybody in the world for thousands of years. 14:44 Egyptians believed in one man, one woman. 14:48 The Babylonians believed in marriage 14:51 between a man and a woman. 14:53 The Persians, the Greeks, 14:54 the Romans, all of the Christians, 14:57 every Christian, all the atheists. 15:00 I've been to Russia 49 times, went there 15:02 when the Soviet Union was in control. 15:04 They all believed in marriage. 15:06 One man, one woman, the atheists believed it, 15:09 that the communists believed it. 15:11 The Muslims still believe it today. 15:14 The Hindus believed it. 15:16 The Americans believed it. 15:18 The British, the French, the Germans, 15:19 the Italians, the Russians, 15:21 the Chinese, and the Australians. 15:25 Everybody for thousands and thousands 15:28 and thousands of years believed 15:31 that what I'm telling you is the truth. 15:35 And if I'm out of harmony with some people, 15:37 it's because they're out of harmony 15:40 with what the Bible teaches. 15:42 They're out of harmony 15:43 with what God says in His Holy Word. 15:47 I'm going to come to the words of the greatest person 15:49 who ever lived, 15:50 the greatest person of all time, Jesus Christ. 15:53 And I'm going to come over here 15:54 to Matthew 19:4-5, 15:59 you folks still listening? 16:00 You folks still with me? 16:02 Matthew 19:4-5. 16:06 Are you ready for this? 16:08 Jesus said, "He answered and said to them, 16:12 'Have you not read that 16:13 He who made them at the beginning, 16:16 made them male and female,' and said, 16:19 'For this reason, a man shall leave 16:23 his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 16:28 and the two shall become one flesh.'" 16:32 Listen carefully to me. 16:35 Jesus spoke about marriage. 16:38 Who is this Jesus? 16:41 Jesus is the creator living on this earth as a human being. 16:47 Jesus is God in human flesh. 16:52 Jesus is the person who made the universe. 16:56 Jesus is the person 16:57 who gave us the Book of Genesis. 16:59 Jesus is the person 17:01 who inspired the Holy Scriptures. 17:03 And Jesus is the person who gave us marriage. 17:06 And Jesus said that a marriage is between one man 17:11 and one woman. 17:14 So God's ideal, the father, the mother, 17:19 and the children. 17:21 Now, I've been living here in this great United States 17:25 for about 35 years. 17:27 So I know this nation, I love this nation. 17:30 And all the presidents of the United States of America 17:34 believed in the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. 17:39 All the great presidents of the United States of America 17:42 believed that marriage was a relationship between 17:46 one man and one woman. 17:49 For instance, this man here, 17:53 President Clinton, 17:55 who gave us the Defense of Marriage Act. 18:00 When he was the president of the United States, 18:02 he came out and he said ever so plainly, 18:04 a marriage is the relationship 18:07 between one man and one woman. 18:13 Every president believed it, 18:17 except one 18:20 who came more recently. 18:24 But Genesis said, one man, one woman, 18:28 that's all you need to know. 18:30 So I want to say this to you today. 18:32 And I say this to you out of my heart, 18:34 fathers are needed, mothers are needed. 18:40 Not just mothers, but fathers are needed. 18:45 I had a blessed childhood. 18:46 I was brought up in Australia 18:48 and my parents were the salt of the earth. 18:52 They had come through the Great Depression, 18:55 which was a time of hell. 18:58 My father was a crane driver, 19:01 who worked out there on the ships 19:03 during the Second World War at the Cairncross Dry Dock. 19:09 More recently, my family received a plaque 19:12 after the death of my father, 19:15 to honor him for his work, 19:16 fighting the Japanese and fighting the Nazis. 19:21 So I was brought up in a home 19:23 where marriages were sanctified. 19:27 I just can't get these great truths 19:29 out of my mind because they were taught to me, 19:32 and I want to say something else. 19:34 And I want you to hear this. 19:35 Are you listening to me, my friend? 19:36 I want to say it to you. 19:39 I believe in freedom of religion. 19:42 I believe in freedom of speech. 19:45 I was talking to a friend recently 19:47 and I was talking about the sanctity of marriage. 19:50 And the person said to me, 19:52 "You don't really have the right to those views. 19:55 You don't have the right to expressionism." 19:57 I said, "I believe I believe with all my heart 20:03 in the great Constitution 20:04 of the United States of America. 20:06 And I believe in freedom of religion, 20:09 and I believe in freedom of speech." 20:14 And that is why, by the grace of God, 20:16 I'm going to talk on about these things. 20:19 I'm going to keep on preaching. 20:20 And I'm going to keep telling people that 20:23 marriage is between one man and one woman. 20:29 Book of Genesis is the topic today, 20:31 all you need to know. 20:34 Here's the third great truth from the Book of Genesis. 20:38 The Sabbath is a part of God's plan for your life. 20:41 Now, this is going to be new to some of you. 20:43 Genesis 2:1-3, 20:47 and I want you to hear this, 20:50 all you need to know, 20:52 goes back thousands of years, 20:54 it goes back to the days of Adam and Eve, 20:57 and the creation of the human race. 21:00 Genesis 2:1-3, 21:05 "Thus the heavens and the earth, 21:06 and all the hosts of them were finished." 21:08 So God made it all. 21:11 "And on the seventh day, 21:12 God ended His work which He had done. 21:15 And He rested on the seventh day 21:16 from all His work which He had done. 21:19 Then God blessed the seventh day 21:22 and sanctified it 21:24 because in it He rested from all His work 21:27 which God had created and made." 21:30 Now listen to me. 21:33 The Sabbath doesn't belong just to one race. 21:37 It doesn't belong to just some church. 21:40 The Sabbath came from the hand of Almighty God. 21:45 And the Bible says that 21:46 God made the earth by His massive power. 21:50 It doesn't tell us how God made the earth. 21:55 Because these tiny little minds 21:57 just could not comprehend the tremendous power 22:01 and the might of Almighty God. 22:04 But it tells us that after God 22:06 had created the heavens and the earth, 22:09 the Bible tells us that God made the Sabbath. 22:14 And God blessed the seventh day. 22:18 Let me tell you this, my dear friend, 22:21 the Sabbath is needed more than ever 22:24 to renew our starving souls and our battered bodies. 22:30 I want to tell all of my friends 22:32 across this great land of the United States 22:34 and across Australia, around the world, 22:37 I want them to know today 22:38 that Jesus Christ is the Lord of the Sabbath. 22:42 He made the Sabbath and when He came to this earth, 22:45 He kept the Sabbath. 22:46 I'm going to turn over here to Luke Chapter 4. 22:50 I'm going to turn over here to the New Testament. 22:52 And I want you to notice 22:54 what I'm going to read to you today. 22:55 Luke 4:16 23:01 down to 19. 23:03 Luke Chapter 4, and verse, 23:06 let me see, verse 16, it says, 23:11 "He came to Nazareth," that's Jesus, 23:14 "where He had been brought up. 23:16 And as His custom was, 23:18 He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, 23:21 stood up to read." 23:23 Jesus was a Sabbath keeper. 23:26 "And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. 23:30 And when He had opened the book, 23:31 He found the place where it was written: 23:35 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, 23:37 because He has anointed Me 23:39 to preach the gospel to the poor, 23:41 He sent me to heal the brokenhearted, 23:44 to proclaim liberty to the captives, 23:47 and recovery of sight to the blind, 23:50 to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 23:54 to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.'" 23:58 When Jesus Christ commenced His messianic mission, 24:03 He started it on the Sabbath day, 24:06 and He turned to the Prophet Isaiah, 24:10 and He's telling the people there, 24:11 "I have come to give you good news." 24:14 And He announces this on the Sabbath day, 24:17 because the holy Sabbath day is the rest day. 24:22 It is the blessed day. 24:24 It is the best day 24:26 because it represents the Gospel of Christ. 24:30 The Gospel of Christ is about spiritual rest 24:34 and salvation from sin, 24:37 rest for our sad, broken down bodies, 24:42 and to stressed souls. 24:46 So Jesus starts His mission on the Sabbath day. 24:50 The Sabbath is the rest day, 24:53 the blessed day and the best day. 24:57 The Sabbath was given to us by God. 25:00 It is the Lord's Day. 25:02 It is the Christian's day. 25:04 It doesn't belong to any sect. 25:07 It comes to us from the Garden of Eden. 25:10 It is given to us by the hand of Christ. 25:15 It is given to us because we need it. 25:18 We're talking today about the Book of Genesis. 25:21 All you need to know, all you need to know, 25:24 so that you can be the person that God wants you to be. 25:28 Stay tuned with me, friend. 25:30 I've got so much to talk about today, 25:33 the Book of Genesis, all you need to know. 25:37 And we'll be back in just a moment. 25:53 The Carter Report is 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