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Program Code: CR002119S
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00:01 It is a blessing to talk about India from India.
00:03 India is the largest democratic nation in the world, 00:06 with many languages, cultures and religions. 00:10 But who would guess one nation with 1.39 billion people. 00:14 India has freedom of speech, 00:16 so that one can talk, teach and preach. 00:21 Pastor John Carter has started his gospel meetings 00:25 in public in India in 2006, 00:28 and he found that millions of people 00:30 are unaware of the gospel. 00:33 So he started his television programs 00:35 in 2007 till today, nonstop. 00:38 In one of the South Indian languages 00:40 called Telugu that is taking this gospel 00:43 to nearly 500 million people. 00:46 And in last two deadly years, 00:48 there are millions of people dying in India with COVID 00:51 without knowing Jesus, 00:53 and that has pushed Pastor John Carter 00:55 to start his television programs in Hindi, 00:57 aiming to reach nearly a billion people. 01:00 And it is, it became possible just because of your help. 01:04 We thank you, everyone. 01:06 We thank every family of yours, 01:08 because you're standing in support 01:10 to Pastor John Carter, to do this great work in India. 01:13 We also pray God to strengthen you more, 01:16 to extend your support to Pastor John Carter, 01:18 to do this work India in future also. 01:20 We love you. 01:21 We thank you. 01:23 God bless you. 01:25 Today, on the Carter Report, He's the man who won't go away. 01:31 The Mighty One who came to earth, 01:34 the dictators in our world, 01:35 and tyrants in history 01:37 tried to kill off His followers, 01:39 but the believers only multiplied. 01:41 Even the grave could not hold Him. 01:44 Without a doubt, 01:45 He is the greatest and most influential person in history. 01:50 His name is Jesus. 01:52 Love Him or hate Him, you can't ignore Him, 01:56 or get rid of Him. 01:58 He will never leave or forsake His people. 02:01 Here is Pastor John Carter to tell us all about 02:05 the Man who won't go away. 02:13 Hello, friend, welcome today to the Carter Report 02:17 that comes to you from Australia, 02:19 where I'm in lockdown. 02:22 I'm trying to get back 02:23 to the United States of America, 02:25 but it's like going to the moon. 02:27 The borders are sealed. 02:29 And it's almost impossible 02:31 to get a permit to leave this place. 02:33 But I send you warm greetings today. 02:36 I wanna thank Wayne so much for joining us also, 02:39 this is going to be a program 02:41 you my friend will never forget. 02:47 How do you know that Jesus really existed? 02:53 Well, Wayne that's a good question. 02:55 But how do you know Caesar Augustus existed? 02:58 How do you know Alexander the Great existed? 03:01 How do you know Napoleon existed? 03:05 Well, you say 03:07 because of reliable historical evidence 03:09 because of the documents. 03:12 That's why we know Jesus existed because of authentic, 03:17 reliable, trustworthy 03:20 historical documents. 03:24 Every educated person knows that Jesus existed. 03:29 Benjamin Netanyahu is the former Prime Minister 03:33 of the Great State of Israel. 03:36 Now, he's not a Christian. 03:39 He's Jewish Orthodox, I believe, 03:41 therefore, in the State of Israel, 03:44 he would believe that Jesus was an imposter. 03:49 I don't think he would believe in many things 03:51 that I'm going to tell you today. 03:53 But he believes in the historicity of Jesus. 03:58 Every educated person knows that Jesus existed 04:02 because of all the thousands of documents we have. 04:06 Now, the greatest, arguably 04:09 so the greatest atheist in the world today 04:12 is Professor Richard Dawkins, 04:14 from the great Oxford University. 04:18 Dr. Dawkins went on record as saying, 04:21 "I don't believe that Jesus existed." 04:23 But he's done a splendid about turn. 04:26 And Richard Dawkins now says, 04:28 "Yes, Jesus really did exist." 04:38 When was Jesus born? 04:42 Thank you, Wayne. 04:44 History tells us that Jesus was born before 4 BC. 04:48 You say, well, that's, that's impossible. 04:51 How could He be born before 4 BC? 04:55 Well, I can tell you about this some other time 04:57 because they didn't start to work out the records, 05:00 BC and AD until some years after the Christ event. 05:06 But most likely Jesus was born 05:08 around 6 or 7 BC. 05:12 And so the historicity of Jesus 05:16 is without any question, 05:19 Jesus was a Jew, 05:21 who was born in the Middle East before 4 BC. 05:26 And the Bible tells us that He existed 05:29 billions and billions of years ago. 05:33 I wanna read you a text here. 05:35 This is John 1:1-2 and 14, it says, 05:40 "In the beginning was the Word, the Logos, 05:44 and the Logos was with God, and the Logos was God." 05:48 This means 05:50 He was of the very nature of God. 05:52 It goes on to say, 05:54 "He was in the beginning with God." 05:56 And the Logos, the Bible tells us 05:58 very, very plainly was Jesus Christ, 06:00 because it says, in verse 14, 06:03 "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, 06:07 and we be held His glory, 06:10 the glory of as of the only begotten of the Father, 06:14 full of grace and truth." 06:18 So in the very beginning, when was that? 06:22 Billions of years ago, because God had no beginning. 06:26 But in the beginning was God the Father, 06:29 and with God, the Father was Jesus Christ, 06:32 the Logos, who is actually called God, 06:35 He partakes of the very nature, 06:39 and the very essence of God. 06:41 This is the Word of the Lord. 06:44 And in His great prayer 06:46 that is recorded in John Chapter 17, 06:49 my dear friend, Jesus talks about the glory 06:54 He had with God the Father, 06:56 before the world began. 07:02 Many say Jesus was just a man. 07:05 Some dismiss Him entirely. 07:08 Can you tell us who Jesus really was? 07:15 There are really three possibilities 07:17 I would like you to think about today 07:20 that Jesus was a good man, 07:23 or a mad man, 07:26 or the God man. 07:30 Now, let's think about Jesus being a good man. 07:34 Good people don't go around telling lies, 07:37 and Jesus went around telling people 07:41 that He was one with the Father. 07:43 He claimed to be one with Almighty God. 07:47 Either He was a liar, 07:50 which would exclude His being a good man, 07:52 or else He actually was the person He said He was. 07:57 Now usually people who go around were always 08:00 except with one case, one exception. 08:03 People who go around claiming to be God 08:05 are crazy. 08:09 But Jesus was judged sane by His contemporaries, 08:13 and Jesus claimed to be God. 08:17 You say, "Is this absolutely." 08:19 Did Jesus really claimed to be God? 08:21 Absolutely. 08:23 I'm going to read you the ancient record. 08:26 John 8:51-53, 08:29 out of the New King James Version. 08:31 Jesus said, "Most assuredly, I say to you, 08:35 if anyone keeps My word, he shall never see death." 08:40 What an extraordinary remark. 08:42 He said, "If you keep my sayings, 08:45 you're never going to see death." 08:47 "Then the Jews said to Him, 08:49 'Now we know that you have a demon! 08:52 Abraham is dead and the prophets, and you say, 08:54 if anyone keeps My word, he shall never see death." 08:58 We know you got a demon. 09:00 "Are you greater than our father Abraham, 09:02 who is dead? 09:03 And the prophets are dead. 09:06 Who do you make Yourself out to be?" 09:08 Who do You think You really are? 09:12 The Jews said to this carpenter 09:16 2000 years ago. 09:18 John 8:58-59. 09:22 Amazing words. 09:23 Jesus said to them... 09:25 Now just get this, 09:26 my friend I want you to hear this. 09:29 I want you to hear it loud and clear. 09:31 I want you to hear it 09:32 as though I'm sounding it out with the trumpet. 09:35 "Jesus said to them, 'Most assuredly, 09:37 I say to you 09:41 before Abraham was, 09:44 I AM.'" 09:48 Incredible, amazing. 09:50 If you said it, if I said it, we would be crazy. 09:53 Jesus said before Abraham existed, 09:56 not I was. 09:58 Jesus said before Abraham was, I AM. 10:04 The response was dramatic, but expected it says, 10:08 "Then they took up stones to throw at Him, 10:10 but Jesus hid Himself, 10:12 went out of the temple, 10:14 going through the midst of them, 10:15 and so passed by." 10:18 The Jews got it. 10:21 The Jews got it. 10:24 They knew that this man was claiming 10:26 to be Almighty God. 10:28 Because the expression I AM is the expression that pertains 10:32 only to Yahweh Elohim, Almighty God. 10:37 Jesus was claiming not to be just a man, 10:40 or a good man, He was claiming to be the God man. 10:46 Now I'm going to read you from Exodus 3:13-14, 10:51 Moses said to God, 10:52 this is the part about the burning bush, 10:54 you know the story. 10:55 "Moses said to God, 'Indeed, 10:57 when I come to the children of Israel, 10:59 and say to them, 11:00 the God of your fathers sent me to you, 11:03 and they say to me, what is His name? 11:07 What shall I say to them? 11:11 And God said to Moses, 'I AM who I AM.' 11:16 And He said, 11:17 'Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 11:20 I AM has sent me to you.'" 11:24 Now are you listening to me? 11:27 This is either just a load of nonsense, 11:30 or else this is the greatest truth 11:33 in the history of the human race. 11:36 We're not talking here about some angel or some person 11:40 or some supernatural being, 11:42 we're talking about the great self existent God. 11:47 Jesus said before Abraham, was, I AM. 11:52 And then Moses is talking to Almighty God 11:54 at the burning bush. 11:55 And Almighty God says, 11:57 "I want you to go and tell the children of Israel my name, 12:00 tell them, I AM. 12:04 I AM." 12:06 This person is called in the scriptures, 12:08 my friends, He is called El Shaddai, 12:12 the Mighty One. 12:14 He is called Yahweh Elohim. 12:16 This is the most exalted title in the history of the universe, 12:21 in the history of the world. 12:25 It is the title of Almighty God, 12:28 and this title, Jesus Christ, 12:30 the carpenter, claimed for Himself. 12:35 He's more than a good man, He certainly not a crazy man. 12:39 The Bible teaches Jesus is the God man. 12:47 Who did Jesus claim He really was? 12:50 Wasn't this a dangerous thing for Him to claim? 12:56 Jesus claimed to be the author of life. 12:59 Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life." 13:03 Muhammad never said that. 13:05 Moses never said that. 13:07 The great Apostle Paul never said that. 13:09 If a person said that today, 13:11 it's because he's a crazy person. 13:13 Jesus said, "I am the way, I am the truth." 13:17 If you want to understand truth, 13:19 you discover truth in Christ. 13:21 Jesus said, "I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life." 13:26 Jesus forgave sins. 13:30 You can't forgive sins. 13:32 No human being can't forgive sins. 13:35 I can't forgive sins. 13:38 God only can forgive sins. 13:40 And Jesus claimed to have the right and the ability 13:44 and the authority to forgive sins. 13:46 Jesus raised the dead. 13:52 Wow! 13:54 Jesus walked out of His tomb by the power 13:58 that was within Him. 13:59 Jesus said, "I've got power to lay down my life. 14:04 I've got power to take it up again. 14:07 I have this because I'm in harmony with my Father, 14:10 God the Father." 14:13 Jesus promised to raise all of His true believers 14:17 from the grave at His Second Coming. 14:20 Jesus said, "If we believe in Him, 14:24 we have everlasting life." 14:26 Moses never said that. 14:29 The Apostle John never said that. 14:31 The great preacher Paul never said that. 14:33 Any person who says that is a fraud. 14:36 But Jesus said, "If we believe in Him, 14:39 we have everlasting life." 14:41 Jesus said, "He would resurrect all who believed in Him." 14:46 Jesus said, "He would be the great judge 14:49 of all men and women at the end of time." 14:53 He said, "I have received this authority, 14:55 because the Son of Man is going to be the judge. 15:00 He is going to be the judge, 15:02 because God Almighty is the judge. 15:06 Jesus said, "That the only way to salvation was through Him." 15:12 Buddha never said that. 15:14 Muhammad never said that. 15:17 No other human being said that. 15:19 But Jesus said that, He said, 15:22 "He is the only way to find salvation." 15:26 And the only way that you can come 15:27 to Almighty God is through Jesus. 15:30 Jesus said, "He was the living water." 15:33 Jesus said, "He was the bread of life." 15:37 Jesus said, 15:39 "He was the resurrection and the life." 15:41 He said, 15:42 "He was the only way to salvation." 15:45 Jesus said, "He and His father were one." 15:49 He is more than a prophet. 15:52 Are you listening to me? 15:55 Jesus is more than a prophet. 15:57 Jesus is Almighty God in human flesh. 16:06 Most Christians believe 16:08 that worshiping anyone but God is idolatry. 16:13 Do we worship Jesus and God? 16:18 Sure, anybody worshiping any person, 16:22 but God is an idolater. 16:25 Idolatry is a terrible sin. 16:28 It is a sin akin to blasphemy. 16:31 But when you come in the Bible, this marvelous book, 16:35 when you come to the Book of Hebrews, 16:38 you will find in Hebrews Chapter 1 16:41 that Jesus Christ is actually called Almighty God, 16:46 the Creator, and the Lord Himself. 16:50 He is called in the Book of Hebrews, 16:52 which in Hebrews Chapter 1 quotes and Psalm 102, 16:56 He is called Yahweh, 16:58 the Lord, the Creator, the Mighty One. 17:02 Let me read it to you, Hebrews 1:6, 8, 10. 17:06 "And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, 17:10 He says: 'Let all the angels of God worship Him.'" 17:14 Did you get this? 17:16 The angels worship Jesus. 17:19 Now somebody listening to the telecast today may say, 17:22 I don't worship Jesus. 17:25 Well, my friend, the angels worship Jesus, 17:29 because the angels recognize that Jesus is Almighty God, 17:35 He is God the Son. 17:37 The text goes on to say, "But to the Son, 17:39 He says: 'Your throne...'" 17:42 This is God talking, this is God talking. 17:43 "But to the Son, He says: 17:45 'Your throne, O, God, is forever and ever.'" 17:50 God the Father turns to Jesus and calls Him God. 17:55 "A scepter of righteousness 17:56 is the scepter of Your kingdom." 17:58 But here is the big text that please listen up to this, 18:03 because this is the deal breaker. 18:06 This finishes all arguments. 18:10 The Father says, here it goes. 18:12 "And You, Lord, in the beginning 18:17 laid the foundations of the earth, 18:20 and the heavens are the works of your hands." 18:24 Hey, are you listening to me? 18:27 Do you hear this? 18:29 This is the most amazing truth you're ever going to hear. 18:33 God the Father turns to Jesus Christ and He says, 18:37 and You, Lord, created the universe. 18:42 You laid the foundations of the heavens and the earth. 18:46 And the author of Hebrews Chapter 1, 18:48 now wait for this. 18:50 He quotes Psalm 102. 18:52 This is a quotation from Psalm 102. 18:57 And in Psalm 102, when it says, "You, Lord, 19:02 laid the foundations of the heavens and the earth, 19:05 you made the stars and everything." 19:07 The word in the Hebrew 19:10 is Yahweh YHWH 19:14 translated Jehovah 19:16 or LORD in caps. 19:20 This is absolutely overwhelming. 19:24 This is amazing. 19:25 The Jesus whom we worship 19:28 is the creator 19:32 of the universe. 19:35 He is Almighty God. 19:38 He is the great I AM, 19:39 and so we say in the words of the hymn, 19:43 oh, come, let us adore Him. 19:47 Let us adore this Christ, the great creator, 19:51 Yahweh Elohim, our Savior, 19:55 our King, our Redeemer. 20:01 Why was He born in poverty? 20:04 To Christians, Jesus is the King. 20:10 Wayne, my friend, that's an excellent question. 20:14 He came in poverty 20:16 because He came to save every person. 20:20 Can you imagine what folks would say Jesus was born 20:24 into a very, very wealthy family 20:26 and lived in a palace. 20:29 He became because He is the Savior, 20:32 and the God of every human being, 20:35 whether you're rich, or whether you're poor, 20:37 whether you're white, or whether you're black, 20:41 whether you're brown, 20:42 whether doesn't matter who you are. 20:45 Christ is the Christ for you. 20:49 Christ is your Savior, He died for you. 20:53 Jesus was born in the Middle East. 20:56 The Middle East is at the very center 20:59 of the world. 21:00 Christ is the center of the world. 21:05 He's the savior of the Africans, 21:08 and the Americans, 21:09 and the savior of the Australians, 21:13 and the Europeans, 21:14 and the Russians, and the Chinese. 21:17 And the people down in Latin America, 21:19 He's the savior of men and women, 21:22 it doesn't matter who they are. 21:27 He came in the midst of poverty so that nobody could ever say, 21:31 He doesn't care about me. 21:33 The news I want you to know today is this. 21:37 God invaded our earth, He came in into our realm, 21:41 He invaded time and space. 21:46 And He came and lived among us. 21:49 And He is our savior, it doesn't matter who you are, 21:53 He loves you. 21:54 And Jesus is God in human flesh. 21:58 This is the truth. 22:04 Who were His parents? 22:06 Did He have a big family? 22:11 Well, my friend, Wayne, 22:13 who is reading the questions today, 22:15 I'm glad you're with us in this telecast. 22:18 About his family, well, Jesus 22:22 had a very poor mother, 22:25 poor in this world's goods. 22:28 She was a Jewish girl, just a young woman. 22:32 She didn't come into a wealthy home. 22:37 But she was a marvelous person. 22:39 She's been venerated by millions 22:41 of people around the world. 22:44 His foster father was a man by the name of Joseph. 22:48 And Joseph was a decent good man 22:51 who worked with his hands. 22:54 He was a carpenter. 22:58 And His son became a carpenter too. 23:01 And I want you to know, 23:03 He must have been the greatest carpenter 23:04 this world has ever seen. 23:07 He was a strong young man. 23:11 He went to the cross in the prime of His youth. 23:16 From the record of the scriptures, 23:18 it appears that Jesus had four brothers, 23:22 you could read in the Bible, 23:23 it actually gives you their names. 23:26 And it appears that He had at least two sisters. 23:32 And people loved Him. 23:34 Little children would gather around Him, 23:36 they loved Him, He said, 23:38 "Allow the little children to come unto me, 23:40 forbid them not." 23:43 Jesus was brought up in a family 23:45 because a family is something 23:47 that is very, very important to God. 23:50 In today's day and age, my friend, 23:53 the family is being destroyed. 23:57 You know, it's true. 23:59 We see the family under attack in Australia, 24:02 in the United States of America, 24:04 we've got all these different types of lifestyles. 24:08 But Jesus was born into a family, 24:11 with a mum and dad, and brothers and sisters. 24:17 And Jesus was the most 24:20 wonderful, wonderful, wonderful child 24:23 that this world has ever seen. 24:26 He was not just like any other child in a way, 24:30 because He was God, 24:33 the great Creator in human flesh, 24:36 so we say, oh, come, let us adore Him. 24:40 Christ the Lord. 24:44 Did Jesus sin like the rest of us? 24:50 Jesus was totally sinless. 24:55 Jesus kept His father's commandments perfectly. 24:59 He was the best person that this world has ever seen. 25:04 He was not overly what you'd say religious, 25:10 He was not sanctimonious. 25:12 But people loved Him. 25:14 Everybody loved him. 25:16 He was the great defender of women. 25:19 Men admired Him. 25:21 They looked up to Him, you would have liked Him. 25:25 Did you hear this? 25:26 You would have liked Jesus. 25:29 Now I know today around the world. 25:32 So many people are giving up on the Christian church. 25:35 I want to say this to you today. 25:37 Don't give up, my friend, 25:39 because Jesus is the best person 25:42 that this world has ever seen. 25:44 And the world needs Jesus more today than it is 25:47 ever needed Him. 25:49 Children loved Him. 25:51 Women respected Him. 25:52 Men admired Him. 25:55 He was a complete human being but without sin. 25:58 He was like a tremendous mountain peak, 26:03 standing above all the other lofty mountains. 26:08 He was the Son of God and He was the Son of Man. 26:26 Many people no matter what their age 26:29 still have their first teddy bear. 26:32 It's hard to let them go. 26:34 Their stitches might be loose, the stuffing flat, 26:38 one ear a little lopsided, 26:40 but they were always there for us. 26:43 Imagine giving a child their very first teddy bear, 26:47 especially when they are sick and lonely. 26:50 They will always remember 26:52 that someone they didn't even know 26:54 cared enough to bring them a new friend 26:56 when they needed it most. 26:58 Will you help the Carter Report bring cheer to these children? 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