December 2022 Newsletter.

JOHN CARTER WRITES: “IT’S BEEN FOR MANY A HORRIBLE YEAR. BUT HERE ARE TWELVE REASONS TO BE THANKFUL...”
 
1 
GOD IS STILL IN CHARGE.
Not Putin, Biden, Harris, Trump, the Pope, Xi Jinping, or the rocket man in North Korea. Therefore, we will not worry. We are thankful.
 
2  WE ARE STILL ALIVE AND THE BEST IS YET TO BE. Therefore we will live in joyful expectation. We are thankful for the promise of the future.
 
3  WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE. Not by being perfect. Just as well, no one would  be saved. Therefore we shall have peace in our hearts. We are thankful for the GOOD NEWS.
 
4  JESUS IS COMING. Everything will be okay so we will not fuss or fret. Therefore we shall be content and thankful.
 
5  OUR FAMILY STILL LOVES US. That’s good news seeing there are no perfect parents or kids. Therefore we shall enjoy the blessing of family. Thank you Jesus.
 
6  This ANNUS HORRIBILUS is dying and good riddance. At home inflation is raging. Our cities are drug infested crime centers. America is a house divided. Ukraine has survived, so far, thank God.  Therefore we shall continue to support them. Thanks be to God that our hope is in Christ the Lord.
 
7  WE HAVE JUST BUILT WITH YOUR HELP AN EVANGELISM CENTER / TV STUDIO IN UKRAINE. INCREDIBLE! Therefore we will continue to dream the impossible. We give thanks.
 
8  I CAN STILL WORK LONG AND HARD FOR JESUS. I will be 84 years old in two months. WOW! I remember my  first sermon when I was 17. The audience was long  suffering. By grace I will preach the Gospel as long as I live. Thank God for saving sustaining grace.
 
9  I AM BLESSED WITH FRIENDS EVERYWHERE. Therefore I will keep in contact and be grateful. Thank you Lord for people who put up with me.
 
10  HEAVEN IS REAL AND SOON WE WILL BE YOUNG AND STRONG AGAIN. Therefore I will accept my infirmities as temporary. Thank you God that I can still walk, run, read, preach, and stir the pot.
 
11  THE BIBLE AND GOD’S LAW LIGHT UP MY WAY. I am  dumbfounded  by the insanity of our lawless society. I am glad there are still  real men, women, boys, and girls. Therefore I will celebrate Christian marriage. Thank you Lord for the antidote to the poison of sin.
 
12  GOD IS THE ONE GREAT DEPENDABLE. People disappoint. Earthly things pass away. Therefore my soul shall rest in hope, and at last I shall see the King in His beauty. I am thankful.

LET’S TELL THE WORLD WE ARE THANKFUL.  LET US PRAISE THE LORD, AND TELL OF HIS MARVELLOUS WORKS FOR THE CHILDREN OF MEN.
 
WHAT’S SO AMAZING ABOUT JESUS?
He is the person He said He was or He is the biggest liar who ever lived.  He called Himself the I AM, THE WAY, THE TRUTH, and THE LIFE. He forgave sins. He gave eternal life to the dying thief. He hushed the angry sea to sleep.  He predicted His Gospel and His words would be preached everywhere. John said He was the eternal Logos, the source of all life, knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom. He also said He was God. The writer of Hebrews declared Jesus was the Creator and Yahweh in human flesh.  The evidence says He is the greatest person who ever lived. He died at the hands of RELIGIONISTS and SECULARISTS, but He is alive. All power has been given to Him as King of kings and Lord of lords.
 
MILLIONS ON DECEMBER 25 WILL CELEBRATE HIS BIRTH. The date is wrong, but the event is real.

WHAT’S GOOD AND BAD ABOUT CHRISTMAS?
The gross commercialism is bad. Family togetherness is good. The fact that the whole Pagan world remembers Jesus for one brief moment is good. Reading the old story together is good:
“And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.
Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,  to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child.  So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered.  And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.  And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.  Then the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.  For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.  And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.’
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:
‘Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!’”  Luke 2: 1-14 NKJV
 
This is the plain record of the greatest event in history. God became a human. He was born a baby boy in the ordinary way. His mother was a young Jewish girl, Mary by name. His real father was the Holy Spirit. When Mary breastfed Jesus, she was providing sustenance for the Creator of a billion galaxies and a trillion stars. Amazing. Incomprehensible.
 
The religious people five miles up the road were too busy with their ceremonies and committees to notice. The politicians were too busy scheming and feathering their nests to even imagine that the God of Eternity had invaded time and space. Religionists and secularists had one thing in common. Amazing stupidity wrapped up in respectability.
 
So what’s changed? By God’s amazing grace, we can be different, even like the poor carpenter and his wife. Or the people looking after their sheep. Or even like the foreigners who followed the star from afar.
 
By grace, we can break away from the crowd and worship Him in a meaningful way. 
 
“O Come Let Us Adore Him, Christ The Lord.”

 
JOIN JOHN CARTER IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA
SABBATH FEBRUARY 25, 2023
Clermont First Church
498 Montrose St.
Clermont, FL 34711
 
HOST:  DR. JAMES GILLEY  FORMER PRESIDENT OF 3ABN
 
PLAN NOW TO ATTEND. SPREAD THE WORD. BRING YOUR BIBLES. BRING YOUR FRIENDS. COME AND BE BLESSED. JOIN JOHN AND BEVERLEY CARTER!
 
February 25, 2023
11:00 a.m.
TOPIC: “A NEW WORLD FOR A NEW PEOPLE.” 
 
Discover why Earth cannot and will not be saved — and how you can live in a perfect NEW world forever.
John Carter has preached the Good News of Christ to millions of Atheists, Communists, Muslims, and Hindus around the world. His life has often been threatened, but God has preserved and protected His servant.

Doing IMPOSSIBLE things with the God of the IMPOSSIBLE and dreaming the IMPOSSIBLE dream…
 
•          Like getting a young evangelist and family out of a dangerous country, across brooding waters, and through trackless jungles, dangerous cities, and perilous borders. We are doing this right now. We will keep you informed when it is safe to tell you. But right now, we need your financial support. Please support in faith. 
 
•          Like working in a Pagan country where Christians are murdered with the connivance of a corrupt government. Right now, we are preaching through television. Right now, it is not safe to tell you more. Please trust us. We need your financial support.
 
•          Like working in Ukraine that is under missile attack and nuclear threat. We have a team on the ground. People in America and Australia have grown war weary. But people are dying in need of the Savior. We need your support. We need the prayers of God’s saints. We need your financial support during Ukraine’s trial by FIRE and ICE.
 
ASK, “WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?”
 
TO GUARANTEE THAT YOUR GIFT IS TAX-DEDUCTIBLE FOR 2022, PLEASE ENSURE YOUR ENVELOPE IS POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31. 

THE CARTER REPORT TEAM WISHES YOU A BLESSED TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON.