1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,200 Good. Thank you, Brother George, take 2 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:03,720 your Bibles this morning, if you will, and turn over to Second 3 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:08,200 Timothy Chapter 3. Second Timothy Chapter 3. 4 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:16,400 Unless you have had your head under a rock, then you're aware 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:21,280 that on September 10th at 3:00, Charlie Kirk was gunned down by 6 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:23,880 a cowardly sniper's bullet. I don't know if there's any 7 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,320 other way that you can say it, and maybe you haven't really 8 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:31,200 been aware of who he was before this, but it'd be almost 9 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,440 impossible for you to not know who he is now. 10 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:41,760 Charlie Kirk was a a bold voice for truth in an ever increasing 11 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,720 godless culture. And, and, and there's no denying 12 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:48,000 that this, that this nation is moving farther away from God, 13 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,840 that this, that the world is moving farther away from God. 14 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:52,200 But he was a husband. He was a father. 15 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,720 He was a, everything that I've heard from his testimony, a 16 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,840 Christian. And it's been strange. 17 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,080 It's been a really strange thing for me and I know I've mentioned 18 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:04,200 this to a few of you and you've said the same thing. 19 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,160 I just have not been able to stop thinking about it. 20 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:11,160 And I don't know why. I think I think maybe a lot of 21 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:13,600 it has to do with the fact that, you know, I mean, I feel like I 22 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,480 lost a friend and I never even talked to the guy. 23 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:19,800 Never never met him. You know, I, I've watched a lot 24 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,400 of his video clips and things and, and the way that he 25 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:26,200 expounded on not just the conservative values, but the 26 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:31,200 Christian values. And you know, when I got an 27 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,480 alert on my phone, like a, like a news story, just a minute 28 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,000 after he got shot. And of course he lived for a 29 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,440 little while after that. And in my mind, the first thing 30 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,080 was, all right, he's in critical condition, but he's stable. 31 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,000 He's going to be all right. And just a few minutes later he 32 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:50,000 found out that he died and so young at the same time. 33 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,440 And I don't know if it's that that just won't let me stop 34 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,400 thinking about it. I don't know if it's the sense 35 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,160 of maybe feeling a little bit unfulfilled because of how much 36 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:02,040 he did fulfill in his short life, but you know. 37 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:03,880 You think you? Think back through history and, 38 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:08,479 and a lot of the heroes that we know of are a lot of the people 39 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:12,160 that we consider heroes, military and, and nation and 40 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,160 everything else were young men. You know, a lot of our, a lot of 41 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:21,280 the generals that we know about were 303540 years old when they 42 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,520 died. And, and yet their names are so 43 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:28,160 well known in history. And I think Charlie Kirk is 44 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,520 going to be one of those whose name is very well known in 45 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,480 history. I don't remember exactly who 46 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:37,040 said, in fact, it might have been him that said it, but he 47 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,960 said, you know, not since Woodstock has there been such a 48 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,680 generational change in the country. 49 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:45,080 And I do believe that that's the case. 50 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,880 I believe that that a generational change is, is 51 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:50,800 happening. I believe that it, that will 52 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:56,240 continue to happen. But Charlie's, Kirk's legacy 53 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,040 cannot just end with admiration. I think it, I think it needs to 54 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,640 translate into action. So what do you do? 55 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,600 What do you do after something like that happens? 56 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,520 What, what do you do? What do you go from here? 57 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,400 And it's a very different. Type of message that I'm going 58 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,560 to preach this morning. But I want to offer you my 59 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:14,960 thoughts and answer that question. 60 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,200 What do we do now? And I don't want this to come 61 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,280 across as a be like Charlie Kirk message. 62 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,280 I want this to come across as be like Christ. 63 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,280 But when we find somebody who exemplified just exactly what 64 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,520 Christ wanted him to do in his life, I think we can take that 65 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,520 example and use it as a way to help us be more like Christ. 66 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,120 So what do we do now? I want to give you my thoughts 67 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,400 this morning. Some things that I wrote down 68 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,120 and, and maybe some of you, I, I, I, I wrote some of those 69 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,840 thoughts down and, and put it in a Facebook post, which I don't 70 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:47,360 usually do all that often, but I put some of those thoughts in a 71 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,200 Facebook post. So some of you maybe will 72 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,600 recognize a little bit of this, but what do you do? 73 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,920 How do you, how do you, how do you go on from here? 74 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,200 That's the question that I want to answer this morning. 75 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,680 So let's pray and we'll look at a few things. 76 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,000 Father, again, we thank you so much for your goodness to us and 77 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:08,960 for an opportunity that we have to to know you as our Savior. 78 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:13,880 And God, I pray that you'd help us as we reflect this morning on 79 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,079 the life of a of a man who seemingly did everything that he 80 00:04:17,079 --> 00:04:19,880 could for you. I pray that you'd help it to be 81 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,080 a help to us and that that his example would be an example to 82 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,240 us. But more importantly that this 83 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,440 would point us to Christ, that would point us to the cross and 84 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:28,880 it would point us to doing more for you. 85 00:04:29,280 --> 00:04:32,480 But the time that we have left on this earth may be a help to 86 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,040 us this morning. And we thank you for all that 87 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:35,960 you do for us in Jesus name, Amen. 88 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,720 Want you to understand. First of all, this morning that 89 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,800 perilous times will come. That's my first thought this 90 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:44,280 morning. And and we find that in Second 91 00:04:44,280 --> 00:04:47,800 Timothy chapter 3 and verse #1 the Bible says very, very 92 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:52,080 plainly this know also that in the last days perilous times 93 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,120 shall come. That word perilous means 94 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,080 dangerous. I know that for many years. 95 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:00,160 Look, Paul said this back in his day and he felt like the Lord 96 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,800 was coming back. John in Revelation wrote the 97 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,320 same thing at the end of of his book. 98 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,680 Even so come Lord Jesus, he was ready for Christ to come back. 99 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:13,240 He said behold, I come quickly and and for generations they've. 100 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,280 Expected that this was the. Generation where Christ was 101 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:17,280 going to come back, and there was. 102 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:21,000 A lot of things that. That fall in line with what we 103 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,040 find here in Second Timothy chapter 3. 104 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,000 Men shall be lovers of their own selves. 105 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,200 Covetous boasters, Proud blasphemers, disobedient to 106 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,480 parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection. 107 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:35,400 Truce Breakers, False accusers, Incontinent fierce despisers. 108 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,600 Of those that are good traitors. Heady, high minded lovers of. 109 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,760 Pleasure more than lovers of God, having a form of godliness, 110 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,800 but denying the power thereof. And he says from such turn away. 111 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,160 But those are all characteristics are that are of 112 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,240 things that are going to happen in the last day. 113 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,080 And I don't know if. There's anything that you can 114 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:53,800 find on. That list that's not happening 115 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:58,080 in our world today. The time of Christ is. 116 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,880 Coming and it's getting closer and if it's not going to be in 117 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:02,160 our. Generation, I can't help but 118 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:03,960 think that it's going to be in the next generation or the 119 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,480 generation after that. But I think Christ is going to 120 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:08,320 be here in the next 10 years. I don't know, I'm not 121 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:10,200 predicting, but if you look at if. 122 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,160 You look at everything. That's happening in our world 123 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,880 today, certainly. I don't know how you can say 124 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,960 that we should not be ready for the coming of Christ tomorrow. 125 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:19,680 We shouldn't be. Ready for the coming of Christ 126 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,440 today, he could come today and everything that. 127 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,000 Needs to be. Fulfilled would be. 128 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,960 And I'm looking forward to that. But he says as. 129 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,960 Part of those last days. Perilous times shall come. 130 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,440 Perilous times shall come. And I'd. 131 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,120 Hate to say that this is the new. 132 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:36,600 Norm, but it seems like maybe that's the. 133 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,160 Case. Many of you maybe at least 134 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,600 recognize the name Matt Walsh. She's a conservative 135 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,680 commentator. He tweeted this. 136 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,920 The trans agenda is losing they're. 137 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,040 Losing on every playing field in every. 138 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,600 Area of American life. We've defeated them politically, 139 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,800 we've defeated them culturally, but understand this now is 140 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,000 precisely. The moment when trans militants 141 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,360 are the most dangerous. They've lost. 142 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:01,920 The game is over now they're. More desperate than ever. 143 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:03,720 More. Full of hatred and anger than 144 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:05,360 ever. They're going down, but they'll 145 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,440 take as many sane, normal people. 146 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,880 With them as they can. It's going to get worse from 147 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:11,680 here. Be on your guard. 148 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:17,040 That was two weeks before Charlie Kirk was murdered, and 149 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:21,680 he wrote this in the days after his murder, two weeks after, two 150 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:25,480 weeks ago, he said. I tweeted this two weeks after I 151 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:27,360 tweeted this. Charlie Kirk was murdered by a 152 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:31,320 deranged LGBT extremist with a trans boyfriend. 153 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,680 When I say that these people are very dangerous, it's not fear 154 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,240 mongering, it's the truth. Now I say again, it will get 155 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,440 worse. We must take this threat 156 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,240 seriously and I know he's looking at it. 157 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:44,640 Probably from. A pretty. 158 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,040 Close to a strictly political standpoint, but God already told 159 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,120 us that this was going to happen. 160 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,960 This know also. That in the last days perilous 161 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:54,880 times shall come. But what else? 162 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,040 What do we expect? God said that it's going to 163 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,800 happen? Here's my second thought. 164 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,040 There is no mistaking that this was not a political 165 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,800 assassination. This was a Christian 166 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,240 assassination. This is. 167 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,920 This is not. Republican versus Democrat, This 168 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,080 is good versus evil. And that's what we're fighting. 169 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:15,760 We're not. We're not. 170 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,360 Fighting a political battle. Although political battles take 171 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,480 place on this same playing field, but the Mask of Evil is 172 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:23,960 slipping down and they're beginning to show their true 173 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:25,360 colors. Evil is. 174 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,120 Showing itself for just exactly what it is. 175 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:30,960 And I know it's embodied in different individuals. 176 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,159 Who decide to take a gun and shoot somebody or take a knife 177 00:08:34,159 --> 00:08:35,960 and stab somebody? But evil. 178 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:40,640 Is showing its true self. And this is not a political 179 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:42,360 assassination. This is a Christian. 180 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:44,200 This is a spiritual assassination. 181 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,600 Charlie Kirk was not. Martyred for his political 182 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,960 beliefs. Or we might come across that. 183 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,240 Way and that may be exactly what it looks like, but there are 184 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,840 many people who are unafraid to stand up for what they believe 185 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:55,480 politically. And many of them in. 186 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:57,080 Fact. None of them have taken a bullet 187 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:01,160 to the head for it. Charlie Kirk was murdered for 188 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,200 his faith and for his courageous stand. 189 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,120 There's no other way to put it. He was assassinated. 190 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,560 Because of what he believed. And for refusing to be. 191 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:11,800 Silent about those. Beliefs, he gave a clear. 192 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,080 Testimony of salvation many times, and he and he. 193 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,120 Publicly affirmed his faith in. Jesus Christ alone. 194 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,840 And he urged others. To trust Jesus Christ in. 195 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,800 Fact just a couple minutes before the clip. 196 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,240 That's that's been seen. Around the world now of him 197 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,360 actually getting shot and. And, and and seeing the blood 198 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,600 spurting out of his neck and, and basically everybody on TV 199 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:35,240 watching him die. Just two minutes before that, 200 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,600 somebody asked him a question. About his faith. 201 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,520 And he very boldly and very publicly again said that that 202 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:44,080 the only way to get to heaven is through repentance and faith in 203 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:46,920 Jesus Christ. He was unashamed of that. 204 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:49,800 And I don't think it was so much his political beliefs that he 205 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:51,360 was assassinated for. I think it was. 206 00:09:51,680 --> 00:09:54,520 His religious beliefs and his faith in Jesus Christ that they 207 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:56,840 just couldn't stand. The devil will put up with 208 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,520 conservative. Politic. 209 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,880 Politicians he'll put up with with politically conservative 210 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,320 people. But when you have somebody who 211 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:07,280 is politically. Conservative that is gaining an 212 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,360 influence and is using that platform to share. 213 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,480 Christ, that's what he can't stand. 214 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,040 There's a video that's going around that I've seen many times 215 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,120 that was recorded just a couple weeks before he died. 216 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:19,720 It was a podcast. And honestly, I don't even know 217 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,520 who the guy was that he was sitting there interviewing with, 218 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,360 but he this guy asked him, how do you want to be remembered? 219 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,160 He said, what do you mean if I die? 220 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:29,040 And he said, yeah, if you die, how do you want to be 221 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:30,680 remembered? What's one thing that you would 222 00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:32,720 want everybody to remember about Charlie Kirk? 223 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,760 And he said, I want to be remembered for courage, for my 224 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:41,240 faith. That would be the most important 225 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,960 thing to me. And that's why I say that 226 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,160 Charlie Kirk was not murdered for his political beliefs. 227 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:49,760 He was murdered for his belief in Christ. 228 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:53,400 He also took an unashamed stand on the moral issues. 229 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:57,440 And that far exceeds politics. There was, there's this is a 230 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:58,720 spiritual. Realm this is. 231 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,680 Good versus evil, this is. Truth versus error this is. 232 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:04,360 Right versus wrong. And I had a friend. 233 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:08,240 After I posted that yesterday that sent me a text and he said 234 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,880 I think our faith and our morals are pretty aligned however. 235 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,960 Why do you feel? Certain that it was a Christian 236 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,160 slash religious assassination? I don't think that's clear yet, 237 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,480 unless by that you mean simply the sin of murder. 238 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,720 My answer to him was that yes, he was shot for his political 239 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:26,320 beliefs, but unfortunately what's happened is that the the 240 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,600 political and the spiritual. Are completely. 241 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,400 Overlapped today because the left has made political issues 242 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,680 out of the things that we find in God's Word that are very, 243 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,280 very spiritual issues. At the same time, abortion, 244 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,160 homosexuality, transgender and and and many more of those 245 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,920 things are biblical. Issues that have been turned 246 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,680 into political issues. This is not a difference. 247 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:49,360 Between Republican, Democrat or Conservative and Liberal, This 248 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:51,240 is a difference between right and wrong. 249 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:53,840 This is a difference between truth and error. 250 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,640 This is a difference between good and evil. 251 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,160 That's what we're fighting. Against and when you. 252 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:03,120 Stand up and say that the murder of of of babies through abortion 253 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,920 is wrong. That's all the sudden become a 254 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:07,480 political belief. Today, but it's not a. 255 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:08,240 Political. Belief. 256 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,920 It's a spiritual belief. It's a Bible belief. 257 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,680 When we say that homosexuality is wrong and then it's an 258 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:17,000 abomination to God, It's become a political belief, but that's 259 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,200 not rooted in politics as rooted in God's Word. 260 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,080 It's not a it's, it's not a Republican versus Democrat or, 261 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,640 or, or liberal versus conservative. 262 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:30,880 It's a good versus evil. It's a Bible issue and when you 263 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,040 have somebody who's willing to stand up for the things that the 264 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:38,360 Bible teaches and does it unashamedly, evil hates that. 265 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:42,640 And then when you throw Jesus Christ in on top of all of those 266 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:46,000 things and you promote him as the only way to heaven and as 267 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:50,640 the way, the truth and the life, and as as as repentance in in 268 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:53,720 and turning to Christ being the only way to have your sins 269 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,040 forgiven, the the evil cannot stand that. 270 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:02,360 And the demons come out. A lot of people speak against 271 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,040 those issues, but nobody's been shot for it until now. 272 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,120 I really believe that he had. If he hadn't been as outspoken 273 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,280 of a Christian as he is, I believe that he'd still be alive 274 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:13,120 today. And that's why I say this is not 275 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:15,520 a political assassination. It's a, it's a spiritual, it's a 276 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:19,720 Christian assassination. Here's my third thought that I 277 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:20,880 want to share with you this morning. 278 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:24,960 Charlie Kirk did in his short life, but many people only dream 279 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,600 of doing in a lifetime. And he truly left a legacy that 280 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:35,000 is going to outlive him by far. Pray for his wife and his kids. 281 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,640 Pray for his entire family. You think about, you know, 282 00:13:38,680 --> 00:13:42,120 obviously his wife was very close to him and, and was very, 283 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,600 very visible with him in public and his kids too. 284 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:47,880 I mean, all a lot of videos that are going around of the whole 285 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:49,240 family. And I, and I think he did a 286 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:53,360 great job of being a father as well as being, you know, in the 287 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,960 political arena. And he did a great job of being 288 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,720 a husband as well as as taking on all of these other things 289 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,760 that he did. But you think about his parents 290 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,640 too. You know, there's, there's 291 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,360 parents that that no longer have a son. 292 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,200 And I sometimes you can't, you don't know what you can believe 293 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,720 and what you can't believe because so much AI stuff out 294 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:16,040 there anymore. But I saw a, a story where they, 295 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:19,400 they held a vigil for him to, as a way to remember him. 296 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:20,720 And it's a way to say thank you to him. 297 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:24,680 And his parents were there and, and, and, and somebody said that 298 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:26,280 his dad was up there on his knees. 299 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,200 And it was just dead quiet. Thousands of people that 300 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,240 gathered dead quiet. And he said, give me back. 301 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,280 My son. He's only 31 years old. 302 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:38,760 Could imagine the pain that the family is going through right 303 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,200 now. Doesn't do us any good to pray 304 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:42,720 for Charlie Kirk. He's already gone. 305 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,240 I believe he's in heaven. But you know, pray for Charlie 306 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:48,760 Kirk doesn't do any good, but pray for his family. 307 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,920 His kids were young enough that they're never going to know 308 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:53,920 their father. The only way that they're going 309 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:55,360 to remember their dad is through videos. 310 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,080 And the way they're going to remember their dad is through 311 00:14:58,080 --> 00:14:59,560 the things that he wrote. The only way that they're going 312 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:01,680 to remember their dad is through the things that other people 313 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,680 tell them about their father. And that's a sad thing for kids 314 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:08,560 to have to grow up that way. The only thing that his wife is 315 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:12,280 going to have left after all of this is over and everything dies 316 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:16,640 down is an empty house to go back to kids that she's not 317 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,760 going to raise on her own. That's a difficult, difficult 318 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,320 thing. And I know that she's made the 319 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:24,880 statement that basically she was willing to make that sacrifice 320 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:28,720 because she knew the danger and and he did make a difference. 321 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:35,040 Do you know that just since she made that speech, there have 322 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:40,120 been 180,000 new requests for Turning Point USA chapters on 323 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:44,240 college campuses? That's a huge, huge impact. 324 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,640 And I think they don't realize what they did in taking Charlie 325 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:53,400 Kirk. But at the same time, he left 326 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,000 the wife and kids behind. He left parents behind that need 327 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,520 our prayers. And I hope you'll pray for them. 328 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:01,800 But we also need to pray for our country. 329 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:09,200 Perhaps God decided to take Charlie Kirk when he did in what 330 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,880 we would consider to be his prime because that's the only 331 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,560 way to have the nationwide impact that needs to happen. 332 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:18,440 And perhaps instead of anarchy, maybe God is going to send a 333 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,080 revival to this nation. I don't know. 334 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,040 The Second Corinthians Chapter 7 and verse, Second Chronicles 335 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,840 Chapter 7 and verse 14 says if my people, which are called by 336 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:30,560 My name, shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and 337 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:37,160 turn from their wicked way, then then well, I forgive their sin 338 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:39,840 and will heal their land. That's the only way. 339 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,800 It's not going to be a political revolution, has to be a 340 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,600 spiritual revolution if we're going to see anything happen. 341 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,720 And I believe that Charlie Kirk had the spiritual wherewithal 342 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:52,880 and the spiritual understanding to know that that's what it was 343 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:54,120 all about. And I hope those that are 344 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:57,120 following behind will do the exact same thing. 345 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:01,400 But I sure hope that Christians stand up and and take this 346 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,280 moment to truly give out the gospel instead of a lot of this 347 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:06,520 feel good stuff. And to me, it's sad we're seeing 348 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:10,599 so much of that. I saw, I saw a bunch of 349 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:14,359 different posts, but somebody posted I'm, you know, in the 350 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,440 wake of Charlie Kirk's death, it really gave me a renewed 351 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:19,640 spiritual desire. I picked up my Bible and read it 352 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,720 for the first time in years. And I'm actually going to church 353 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:25,160 to get baptized today. It's not salvation. 354 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,760 And as much as people want to do something and see something 355 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,640 happen as a result of Charlie Kirk being killed and as a 356 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:39,000 result of his faith, there's a great danger and many people 357 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,200 becoming Christians who are not actually Christians. 358 00:17:42,360 --> 00:17:45,280 And there's a great need for those who know the truth and 359 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:48,360 understand that the gospel is not just about doing something, 360 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:51,640 but about receiving someone, that we get the message of the 361 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:53,720 gospel out while we have the opportunity to do that. 362 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:59,440 And along with that, I would ask you to consider what legacy are 363 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:04,520 you leaving behind? If you were to die right now, 364 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:09,840 what would people say about you? What have you left behind for 365 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:10,960 the people that are following you? 366 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,560 It doesn't matter to you because you're going to be gone at that 367 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:15,800 point. But is your life making an 368 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:20,840 impact? Is your life making an impact? 369 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:25,000 What are you doing for Christ? That's that's why I'm saying 370 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,240 that Charlie Kirk, if, if all he was, was a political figure, 371 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,280 people, political figures die all the time. 372 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,640 You think about somebody like Rush Limbaugh, who for years had 373 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,760 a huge impact on conservative politics and, and made many, 374 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,080 many people change their minds from the liberalism to 375 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,640 conservatism. And it was sad when Rush 376 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:47,280 Limbaugh died, but there was nothing like this because Rush 377 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:52,080 Limbaugh did not promote Christ. Russell Limbaugh talked about 378 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,800 his faith every now and then. And I'm not the one to judge if 379 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,080 Russell Limbaugh was saved or not. 380 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:57,840 I don't know. I don't know what his 381 00:18:57,840 --> 00:18:59,320 relationship with Christ was like. 382 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:02,680 I think he gave a testimony of salvation here and there, but I 383 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:04,360 don't know if he truly understood it or not. 384 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:10,360 But the reason why somebody like Charlie Kirk being shot and 385 00:19:10,360 --> 00:19:14,040 dying has such an impact is because of what he did for 386 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,600 Christ and the way that he stood for Christ. 387 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,960 That's why it impacts us in a very different way. 388 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,400 And I don't know if this is the case or not, but maybe, you 389 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,800 know, it's because he was part of the body of Christ, and so 390 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:29,520 are we. And when somebody in the body of 391 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:33,400 Christ gets murdered in that way, martyred for the cause of 392 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,160 Christ, maybe that's why it hits differently. 393 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:37,280 I don't know. I don't know the answer to that 394 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:40,560 question. But I do know that he left the 395 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,720 true legacy behind and he allowed God to use him to the 396 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,080 point where that legacy is going to last for a long, long time. 397 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:48,960 What legacy are you leaving behind? 398 00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:51,840 What are people going to say about you when you're gone? 399 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,400 What about the impact that you're having for Christ today? 400 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,560 Let me give you my fourth thought. 401 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,960 God knew from the moment that Charlie Kirk was born that he 402 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,080 was only going to be on this earth for 31 years. 403 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:09,840 We didn't know it, and that's what makes it hard. 404 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,480 It's the same reason it's hard when anybody dies. 405 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,520 Somebody that you love, somebody that's in your family. 406 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:21,680 You know, my, my mom passed away at 55 years old. 407 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:23,640 And I think, wow, that's so young. 408 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:24,760 Why would God take it? Then? 409 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,760 I'll tell you this. God knew from the moment that 410 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,200 she was born that she was going to have 55 years on this earth. 411 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:31,720 I didn't know that. And that's what makes it tough 412 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:35,120 to lose somebody. God knew that Charlie Kirk was 413 00:20:35,120 --> 00:20:37,160 going to have 31 years on this earth. 414 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:39,440 We didn't know that. And that's what makes it tough. 415 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,800 But what I want you to remember this morning is that God's still 416 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:47,160 on the throne. That was not a surprise to him. 417 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,320 He saw that sniper moving into position. 418 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,120 He saw the whole thing from the top side. 419 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,160 It's almost like he had a drone looking at the entire scene. 420 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:58,280 He saw it all playing out and he allowed it to happen. 421 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:01,240 He knew that it was going to happen and he let it go. 422 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,480 We don't know why, we don't understand why, but God did and 423 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,240 God does, and he knows exactly why He allowed it to happen. 424 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:11,920 But God did allow it to happen. And God knew that He was going 425 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:13,480 to have those 31 years on this earth. 426 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:17,880 And God's already got your days #2 and in the moment that he 427 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:22,520 decides to call you home, He already knew that That's how 428 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:24,840 long you had. We don't know how long we have. 429 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,520 I might live another 50 years. I might live another five years. 430 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,760 I don't know. I might live another 5 minutes 431 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:31,680 and be done. I don't know. 432 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,960 But God does. And we need to fill every moment 433 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,640 that we have living for the Lord because of that. 434 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:45,280 Here's my fifth thought. We don't need another Charlie 435 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,480 Kirk or 1000 Charlie Kirks to replace him. 436 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,720 There was only 1C Couric and God decided to take him home. 437 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:57,640 But what we do need are 1000 individuals who will be exactly 438 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:00,160 what God wants them to be and do exactly what God wants them to 439 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,280 do. We don't need another Charlie 440 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:03,040 Kirk. There's one. 441 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,360 And God, God used him in the way that he wanted to use him. 442 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,280 That's how we're going to have the biggest impact in the, in 443 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:12,120 the in a day when Christian convictions, if you can even 444 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:13,320 call them that. A lot of. 445 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,120 People hold these convictions private. 446 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:17,840 Well, that's just what I believe then. 447 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,600 And this this. Surge of of secularism and and 448 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,960 paganism that is flooding. Our country, you know, 449 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:27,560 Christians are being urged to just accept it and, and just 450 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:29,320 don't say anything. About it and be tolerant. 451 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,240 And and and show the love of Christ, and I believe we do need 452 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:33,280 to. Show the love of Christ. 453 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,520 But there is also a time when we need to stand up against the 454 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,120 evil. And stop calling evil good, and 455 00:22:38,120 --> 00:22:41,000 stop calling good evil. And start taking a stand for the 456 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,280 cause of. Jesus Christ. 457 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:44,640 And we don't need another Charlie Kirk. 458 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,360 We don't need another 1000 Charlie Kirks. 459 00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:49,200 We need 1000 young men and young ladies and. 460 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,440 Old men and old. Ladies who are just willing to 461 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:53,720 be exactly what God wants them to be. 462 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,760 Go be your own, Charlie. Kirk he. 463 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,120 Stood up and he called. Sin what it was. 464 00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:05,040 He he called out pastors that were leaning on these woke 465 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,480 philosophies and he urged them to confront the sins of our day 466 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,440 with the word of God. That's what made him stand. 467 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,160 Out one of the. Best clips that I watched of 468 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:18,560 Charlie Kirk was was of. Him just excoriating these 469 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,880 churches. Who are just for, for lack of a 470 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:23,440 of a better term, just a glorified country. 471 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,720 Club. And he said, what are you doing 472 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:28,440 for Christ? Well, are you just, are you just 473 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:32,120 offering the world a, a, a nice little place to sit in a padded, 474 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,520 padded chair for a while and you're going to play them some 475 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,680 nice music and have some flickering lights in there and, 476 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:39,880 and call it church or you're going to actually stand up and 477 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,400 preach the word of God. And I think it's so funny to me 478 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,720 that that, you know, all of these people want to lift up 479 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,480 Charlie Kirk as this great Christian and this great hero. 480 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,080 If they would actually listen to his message, they probably 481 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,000 wouldn't like him as much as. They think they do. 482 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,400 Because he was not one to stand up and and to put up with these 483 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:58,760 things. But then I see that his home. 484 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,360 Church had a big vigil for him and it was just a big rock 485 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:04,520 concert is all it was. I wonder why a guy like that 486 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,880 stayed in a church like that. But that's why it's so important 487 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,440 that we get to the word of. God, we find out what? 488 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:10,960 The word of God has to say about it and. 489 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:12,760 Then you get into. A church that's preaching what 490 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,760 the Bible says. Not what somebody thinks you 491 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:17,120 want to hear so that you'll keep. 492 00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:19,240 Coming and keep putting. Money in the offering plate. 493 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:21,640 What does the Bible have to say about it? 494 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:22,560 That's. What I want to hear. 495 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,160 Tell me the truth. Don't comfort me. 496 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:28,360 With a lie, Charlie's. Faith motivated. 497 00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:31,080 Him to make a difference and he poured his energy out into 498 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:34,520 reaching young people if. You want to make a. 499 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:36,600 Difference for the cause of Jesus Christ. 500 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,640 You don't have to be the next Charlie Kirk. 501 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:42,200 If you want to make a difference for the cause of Jesus Christ, 502 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:43,840 you go be who God calls you to be. 503 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:46,960 Don't be the next Charlie Kirk. Be the first. 504 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,080 Daniel, Matt don't have to be the next Charlie. 505 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:51,640 Kirk, be the first Jackson boots you. 506 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,520 Don't have to be the next. Charlie Kirk, be the first. 507 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:58,320 Levi Harvard You don't have to be the the next Charlie. 508 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:01,920 Kirk, be the first. Andrew, Pierre, you'd be what? 509 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:03,600 God. Wants you to be and God will use 510 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,280 you in a great way. You don't have to be the next 511 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,240 anybody. Be the first of what God wants 512 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,440 you to do. Be the first of what God wants 513 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,400 you to be, and you'll have the impact that God wants you to 514 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,680 have. May not be in a national scale 515 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,200 and it may not be where everybody knows your name, but 516 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:23,120 if your name is known in heaven and you stand before God someday 517 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:27,000 and he says well done, that's the only thing that matters. 518 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:31,200 Hey, I believe that when Charlie Kirk stood before God, he said, 519 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:32,760 well done. You've accomplished what I've 520 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,400 called you to accomplish on this earth. 521 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,000 But there's millions of other people that he said the exact 522 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,560 same thing to, that nobody ever knew their name. 523 00:25:43,120 --> 00:25:46,280 There's millions of people over the course of all of history who 524 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:50,520 have served on a mission field. They had a tiny little church 525 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,880 full of native people in whatever land God called them, 526 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:55,440 and they died and went to heaven. 527 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,680 And God said, well done. You did what I wanted you to do. 528 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,640 People who are in churches all across this country who haven't 529 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:05,680 bowed and who haven't bent to this woke philosophy into this 530 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:09,160 woke religion, who when they die, they're going to stand 531 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:10,920 before God and God's going to say, well done. 532 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:14,560 Nobody knew who you were. You lived and you served in 533 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:19,080 obscurity, but you were one of one, and you did exactly what I 534 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,920 called you to do. You don't have to be the next 535 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:23,800 Charlie Kirk. You be what God wants you to be, 536 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,160 and you'll have the same impact for the Kingdom of Christ that 537 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,640 Charlie Kirk had in the way that God wanted him to have that 538 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,240 influence. I want to tell you this, number 539 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,880 six, We don't need a new generation of young 540 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:40,120 conservatives. We need a new generation of 541 00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:42,400 young Christians who will be sold out to Christ and intent on 542 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:47,840 living for him. Turn over to Acts chapter #5 You 543 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:52,080 see, I'm a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, 544 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:56,000 in that order. I don't care what the Republican 545 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,720 Party. Says if it goes. 546 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:02,800 Against conservative values. I'm not a Republican and I don't 547 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:04,720 care. What conservative opinion says 548 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,240 if it goes against. Christian values. 549 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,880 I'm not a conservative, I'm a Christian. 550 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,400 I'm a conservative and I'm a Republican, in that order and. 551 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,800 There will be no problem. Making our young generation 552 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,520 solid conservatives if they're truly following the Lord. 553 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:22,840 One of the remarkable things about Charlie Kirk was his 554 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:24,760 ability to reach the younger generation. 555 00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:28,040 They proved that they were not all closed off to truth and 556 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,200 reason. That's the excuse that. 557 00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:31,960 So many. People use nowadays, well, 558 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,240 they're being taught all this stuff in the public schools and 559 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,000 we've tried and that's they're just, they're just not going to 560 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,040 listen to us. They don't want to hear anything 561 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:40,760 that we have to say. They're all liberals and they're 562 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:45,840 all, you know, being, you know, trained to be woke and 563 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:46,800 everything else. And there's a lot. 564 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,400 Of them that are being trained but they're they're. 565 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,480 Open and. They're looking for something. 566 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:54,960 But those people are reached. Those young people are reached 567 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,360 by patients and they're reached by courage. 568 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,160 That's why we need Bible clubs in our public. 569 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,440 Schools. That's why we need. 570 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,000 To be on these college campuses, that's why we need. 571 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,560 To be engaging a younger generation in the conversation 572 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,160 for. Truth acts chapter 5 and verse 573 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,440 #20 but the. Angel of the Lord, this is the 574 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,720 story of. Of Peter, he had been put in, 575 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:17,840 I'm sorry, not Peter, the the disciples. 576 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,120 A couple of the disciples have been put in prison for preaching 577 00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:22,360 the truth of Christ. The same thing happened. 578 00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:24,720 With Peter, but this is a. Little bit different story verse 579 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,880 20 of Acts chapter 5, but the Angel of the Lord. 580 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,480 By night opened the prison. Doors and brought them forth and 581 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:35,960 said, go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the. 582 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,880 Words of this life. That's what we need to do. 583 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,920 We need more Christians who are willing to get into that public 584 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,480 arena, not to push our conservative. 585 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:49,240 Values not to push our, our conservative political views, 586 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:54,000 but to push Christ and to push learning who Christ is and 587 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,880 learning to have a relationship with Christ. 588 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:59,200 And I can promise you that if we are training a new generation to 589 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,640 be sold out Christians for Jesus Christ, they will be solid 590 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,600 conservatives. You don't even have to push 591 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,960 conservative values on them. They'll be opposed to abortion, 592 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,680 they'll be opposed to homosexuality, they'll be 593 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:13,280 opposed to transgender. They will vote for the right 594 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,760 people who are going to stand up for Christian values, because 595 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:18,520 when you teach them to be solid Christians, they will be. 596 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,280 Solid conservatives at the same time. 597 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:22,920 So don't put the focus on being conservatives. 598 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:24,600 Put the focus on being Christians. 599 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,840 Put the focus on being sold out for God. 600 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,800 Put the focus on our young people living lives of holiness 601 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,440 and righteousness and godliness and living lives that are 602 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,720 pleasing only to him. And you won't have to worry 603 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,960 about raising a new generation of conservatives. 604 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,560 Oh, there's going to be millions and millions and millions of 605 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:45,360 conservatives in hell. When we stand before the 606 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:48,520 judgment seat of Christ, because you don't get to heaven by being 607 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,560 a conservative, you get to heaven by being a Christian. 608 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:53,560 You don't get to heaven by having the right political. 609 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,520 Views You get to heaven by knowing Jesus Christ as your 610 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,080 Savior. And if all we're focused on is 611 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:02,120 making this new generation a solid generation, who's going to 612 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:03,240 vote? The right way. 613 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:06,160 And making this a new generation of young conservatives who are 614 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,080 going to change the the trajectory of this country. 615 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:10,640 Certainly I'd be in favor of that. 616 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,440 But if that's all we're focusing on, then we're going to create a 617 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,280 whole new generation of young people who think they're going 618 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,080 to heaven because they vote the right way, who think they're 619 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:21,160 going to heaven because their political views, which are 620 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:24,000 correct, who think they're going to heaven because this country 621 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,400 is turning around and starting to go in a new direction. 622 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,680 But. They're going to find themselves 623 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,440 in hell and it'll be all our fault. 624 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,920 We don't need a new generation of young conservatives. 625 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,280 We need a new generation of young Christians who are sold 626 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:40,320 out for the cause of Christ. They're sold out for the cause 627 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:41,800 of Christ. They will be conservative. 628 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:47,160 I want to tell you this number 7 as I come to an end here. 629 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,880 If you truly want to carry on Charlie Kirk's legacy and get 630 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:57,600 busy telling other people about Jesus Christ, that's why Charlie 631 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:01,080 Kirk was martyred. He was not martyred because he 632 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:04,200 was a political conservative. He was martyred because he 633 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:08,560 shared his faith and he shared that Jesus Christ is the only 634 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,680 way to heaven. You want to carry on that 635 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,320 legacy? Listen, politics come and go. 636 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:19,280 Politicians come and go. Movements come and go, but only 637 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:21,880 Christ can change a life from the inside out. 638 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,760 Second Corinthians chapter 5 and verse #17 Therefore, if any man 639 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,600 be in Christ, he is a new creature. 640 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:31,360 Old things are passed away. Behold, all things are become 641 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,160 new. Charlie Kirk knew that and he 642 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:37,480 proclaimed that truth. And I will never be unconvinced 643 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,680 that he didn't give his life for that truth. 644 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:44,120 If you want to honor his legacy, if you want to do something to 645 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,600 remember Charlie Kirk. If you want to do something 646 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:50,320 because you feel like something has to be done because of his 647 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:54,160 death, and it's certainly not going and burning down cities, 648 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,480 certainly not going and looting all the stores, it's certainly 649 00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:01,000 not going and taking somebody else's life to replace his. 650 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,600 It's not found in any of those things. 651 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:05,560 It's found in sharing the message of the gospel with the 652 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:10,960 lost and dying world. I'm going to close with an audio 653 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:17,760 clip that I found. Somebody asked AI what Charlie 654 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:19,120 Kirk would say from the other side. 655 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,640 And the AI obviously only uses the information that it has. 656 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:33,040 So it took his voice and it took everything that he had done in 657 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:36,320 his life, and it gave us a summary of his life with audio. 658 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,640 And obviously this is not Charlie Kirk speaking from the 659 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:45,800 other side, but this is what AI said Charlie Kirk would say. 660 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:51,440 1st, I want you to know I'm fine not because my body is fine, but 661 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,440 because my soul is secure in Christ. 662 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,000 Death is not the end, it's a promotion. 663 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:58,160 Don't waste one second mourning me. 664 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,720 I knew the risks of standing up in this cultural moment and I do 665 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:05,120 it all over again. Second, do not let this violence 666 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:08,360 divide us further. The enemy wants chaos, fear, and 667 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,440 retaliation. Don't give it to them. 668 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:15,160 Instead, double down on truth, double down on courage, double 669 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:16,920 down on your faith and on your families. 670 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,480 That is how you honor me. Third, remember this. 671 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:23,680 America is worth it. Free speech is worth it. 672 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,320 Fighting for the unborn, for families, for sanity and a 673 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,440 culture gone mad, it is all worth it. 674 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:33,120 So dry your tears, pick up your cross, and get back in the 675 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,240 fight. Do it with joy, do it with 676 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:42,920 strength and never ever let evil think at 1:00, wonder what AI 677 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:47,800 would say if you asked it to say a message of your life. 678 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:51,960 What would it say about you? Why don't you turn to one last 679 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:53,800 passage? Turn over to John chapter 15. 680 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,440 Scott Pauly is an evangelist. He's never been here to preach, 681 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:02,560 but he's been in many, many churches that we that that are 682 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,680 just like ours. But he said this, he said 683 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:07,520 Charlie's. Testimony leaves us with a 684 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:09,920 sobering reminder and a pressing challenge. 685 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,360 Too many Christians today seem to be operating from the 686 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:18,480 unspoken question, Is it safe? Before taking a strong biblical. 687 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,840 Stand in a public way, they. Consider the risks. 688 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,040 They wonder if it's safe to speak. 689 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:26,639 Truth, to live boldly, to stand on biblical principles. 690 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,880 Charlie's martyrdom gives us a sobering answer. 691 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,320 No, it's not safe. But asking is it safe is the 692 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,800 wrong question. The real question is this. 693 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,280 Is it important? And the answer to that question 694 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:44,600 is yes. Eternally, unshakeably yes. 695 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,840 John chapter 15 and verse #18 The Bible says if the world 696 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:52,639 hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. 697 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,639 If you were of the world, the world would love his own but. 698 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,960 Because you're not of the world, but I have chosen you out. 699 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:00,960 Of the world, therefore, the. World hateth you. 700 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,040 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not 701 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,640 greater than his Lord. If they have persecuted me, 702 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,720 they'll also persecute you. If you have kept my saying, they 703 00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:12,360 will keep yours also. But all of these things. 704 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:15,040 Will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know 705 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,680 not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken 706 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:23,120 unto them, they had not had sin. But now they have no cloak for 707 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,400 their sin. He that hateth me, hateth my 708 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,640 Father also. If I had not done among them the 709 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:32,000 works which none other men did, they had not had sin. 710 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:36,000 But now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. 711 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:39,280 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that 712 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,640 is written in their law. They hated Me without a cause. 713 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,280 But when the Comforter has come, who I will send unto you from 714 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,800 the Father, even the spirit of truth which proceedeth from the 715 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:52,320 Father, He shall testify of Me, and ye shall ye also shall bear 716 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,560 witness, as you have been with me from the beginning. 717 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:06,600 I hope, I hope that when I die, all the demons rejoice. 718 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,360 They certainly did when Charlie Kirk died. 719 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:13,600 And I hope they do the same for me. 720 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,360 Oh, I'm looking forward to meeting that great cloud of 721 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,320 witnesses. I'm looking forward to being 722 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:25,880 cheered home by everybody that's going on before me, but I hope 723 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:29,720 there's a great cheer coming from the Earth too, because he's 724 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:33,280 finally gone. I think that's what happened 725 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,760 when Charlie Kirk died and a lot of them lost their jobs. 726 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:43,440 But I hope the demons rejoice when my time on this earth is 727 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:47,360 done. The life and the testimony of 728 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:54,160 Charlie Kirk reminds us So what matters most is not safety but 729 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:58,520 truth. He's not Christ, and I don't, 730 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:00,560 I'm not trying to put him anywhere close to the level of 731 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:04,720 Jesus Christ, but he was a good example of Christ and he was a 732 00:37:04,720 --> 00:37:13,120 good testimony for Christ. And I think his testimony and 733 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:19,280 his example ought to stir us into action, not politically 734 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:25,160 motivated action, not conservative action, but action 735 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:32,160 as Christians, that we have a great mandate, Great Commission, 736 00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:36,040 if you want to call it that, to go spread the message of the 737 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:42,040 gospel and once they get saved, to disciple them and then send 738 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,080 them out to tell other people about Christ. 739 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:48,600 You want to do something? Go tell others about Christ. 740 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:54,440 Go be bold in your faith. Go be bold for the cause of 741 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:57,280 Christ. Stand up and be unashamed about 742 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,320 it. Start with the people that you 743 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,760 work with. Start with the people that live 744 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,040 on your street. Start with the people in your 745 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,240 family. I'll be bold for Christ. 746 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:09,920 I'll go tell people about Christ. 747 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:11,840 Just don't ask me. To tell my family, don't ask me 748 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,000 to tell my friends, don't ask me to tell my neighbors, don't ask 749 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,320 me to tell my coworkers. But I'll be. 750 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,680 Bold for Christ, I'll take a bullet for him. 751 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,680 No, you won't. No, you won't. 752 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,960 Not if you're not willing to do it now in the smallest things 753 00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:29,480 that he's asked you to do. Oh, you think it's easy? 754 00:38:29,720 --> 00:38:33,160 You think it's easy to just go take a stand for Christ on a 755 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:37,080 college campus with 10,000 people, half of who hate 756 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:40,560 everything you stand for? Easy. 757 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:45,280 Nah, I've been in many, many situations where there's been 2 758 00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:50,040 or 300 people in a room, not 2 or 3000 or 10 or 15,000, 759 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:54,720 although I've had that similar situation where there's a huge 760 00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:56,040 crowd and everybody's looking at you. 761 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:59,200 What are you going to say? Do you share the gospel or do 762 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:04,200 you just don't want everybody to feel bad, want them to ask you 763 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:08,440 to come back, Don't want them to hate you at work, Don't want 764 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:11,600 your family to not show up for Thanksgiving because you're 765 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:16,360 coming? Hey, that's what being bold for 766 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:23,680 Christ is all about. If the world hates you, you know 767 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:25,200 that it hated me before it hated you. 768 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,120 Are you willing to be bold for the cause of Christ? 769 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,160 That's what made Charlie Kirk who he was. 770 00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:38,160 Not his politics, not his conversation style, not his 771 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:43,920 quick wit, not his brain. What made Charlie Kirk stand 772 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:48,200 out? But he was a Christian, and he 773 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:51,320 was proud of it. And he was bold enough to tell 774 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,800 others that they could become a Christian, too. 775 00:39:55,400 --> 00:40:00,560 What are you willing to do? You tell us about Christ, or 776 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:05,000 you're just going to live your life and then die and nobody 777 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:11,920 even knows you're gone. I want all of hell to be so 778 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:15,760 happy that I'm done. I hope you do too. 779 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,400 Let's pray. Father, again, we thank you so 780 00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:24,320 much for your goodness to us. Thank you that we have men like 781 00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:26,520 Charlie Kirk who are willing to stand up for the truth and be an 782 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:28,760 example to a lot of other people. 783 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:34,480 God, may we be willing not to be another Charlie Kirk, but to be 784 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,040 exactly what you called us to be. 785 00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:39,600 Maybe follow his example, maybe do some of the things that he 786 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:44,600 did, but to be like you and to tell others about you. 787 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:51,280 God, may you help us. May you help us to be bold for 788 00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:54,240 the cause of Christ. Thank you again for all that you 789 00:40:54,240 --> 00:40:57,720 do for us in Jesus name, Amen. If you'd stand at your seats 790 00:40:57,720 --> 00:41:02,440 with your heads bowed and your eyes closed, I suppose there's a 791 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,800 lot of different things that God could have spoken to your heart 792 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,720 about. And if you did, I want to give 793 00:41:07,720 --> 00:41:10,000 you an opportunity to respond to that as the piano plays. 794 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:15,680 Invitations open you come the best for Jesus. 795 00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:19,880 Great choice of song. I wonder. 796 00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:21,080 I wonder.