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I've forgotten anything. 
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We'll catch it up somewhere 
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mate tonight and whenever I was 
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going to start what I'm starting
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So I'm just shifting all of this
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going to talk about the election
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All right? 
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I don't know why I didn't do it 
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COVID era that maybe who knows 
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I can't even remember if we were
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down and such, but I'm not sure 
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spiritual thing. 
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anything but spirit right now. 
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is a very spiritual thing. 
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up, pulling down the people that
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himself, but he allows us as you
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processes that he does, whether 
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for somebody. 
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individual whatever there's 
there's a there's so many things

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that God could do by himself, 
but he employs us in the process

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to be a part right. 
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Scripture, just kind of a 
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I'm not like really delving into
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the scripture. 
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us tonight, Hosea four and six. 
My people are destroyed for lack

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of knowledge because thou has 
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I will also reject the thou 
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thou hast forgotten the law of 
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I will also forget thy children.
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lack for a lack of knowledge. 
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I'm going to pray the Lord help 
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feel like I have a lot of ground
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Maybe it won't be as bad as what
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I love you tonight. 
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here. 
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us wisdom and knowledge 
understanding God going forward.

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Lord, as we enter Lord Jesus 
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Lord country, God, I pray Jesus 
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help us the Lord God to the Lord
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And we, O Lord Jesus, for things
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future in the name of Jesus 
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You maybe see the night Jesus 
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So interestingly enough, back in
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series, I started out every time
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session, I prefaced it by saying
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oppose a political candidate, 
XYZ, etcetera, etcetera. 

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But that was based upon an old 
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for Senator Lyndon Johnson of 
Texas, who put all that into law

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back in 1954. 
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exempt organizations, which a 
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organizations from endorsing or 
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elected offices. 
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you, all right, tonight, for 
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going to endorse per SE, a 
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tonight. 
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changed. 
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since then called Promoting Free
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that was actually signed by 
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National Day of Prayer of May 
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That in Section 2 of it, it said
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departments and agency shell to 
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and to the extent permitted by 
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freedom of persons organizations
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political speech. 
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Council published an article 
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stating this. 
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chairman of the Federal Election
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that nonprofits, including 
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can't engage in political 
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host them on church property. 
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last time I did this. 
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endorse a candidate. 
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endorse a candidate behind a 
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But I'm not going to do it, OK? 
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wanted to tell you who I was 
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pulpit and so and so forth. 
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But that allowance is there or a
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As a matter of fact, the Liberty
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he reaffirm that, but in Section
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Donald Trump put in back in that
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the Treasury. 
Treasury does not take any 

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adverse action against in the 
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years ago if a church did do 
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their tax exempt status. 
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anymore. 
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According to these new laws, the
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religious organizations are 
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the election. 
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that really I talk about issues,
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I talk about issues and I talk 
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perspective and then I share 
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support is of those that are 
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are and based just just tell you
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not support something. 
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information. 
A great book I read many years 

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ago, it seems like now is what 
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I recommend it to anybody that's
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I don't know. 
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founder say? 
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founder say about where we are 
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view the Constitution of the 
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their intent of writing was? 
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It helps when you are lost to 
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wrong turn. 
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started, how can you discover 
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The best way for America to find
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the ideas and principles of the 
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even to the thickness of your 
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Jefferson had had been in the 
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year, and he was chosen by his 
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Anybody know what that document 
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Jefferson begin to pin a 
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to each and every one of our 
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patriots. 
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signatures to this document. 
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pinning their name to a death 
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really over their association 
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And so he wrote this document, 
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Declaration of Independence at 
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King George the Third was across
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United States. 
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nothing happened today. 
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that something that did happen, 
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people that's breaking away from
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to become a nation, but there 
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happened on this day, that 
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Jefferson would later become our
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States of America. 
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was more than as the king over 
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his world. 
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to hundreds of years later to, 
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And so the fact of the matter is
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and always will be imperfect. 
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personal belief that we live in 
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the world. 
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imperfect because anything, 
folks, anything, please listen 

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to me. 
Anything that's made-up of 

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people will always fall short of
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Churches, organizations, the 
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church, your family, anything 
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always fall short of perfection.
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words, Thomas and Jefferson, 
that all men are free, endowed 

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by their creator with certain 
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them are life, liberty, and the 
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slave holder, and it seems that 
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from some of those slaves that 
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But we must remember this among 
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and who we are and who we are 
not and what we lack, that God 

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still has a perfect way. 
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18 and verse 30. 
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perfect. 
The word of the Lord has tried. 

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He is a buckler to all those 
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James when he was writing the 
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said in whom is no variableness,
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to under score the the his his 
ability not to change right, his

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ability to stay the same. 
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Tuqueville, wrote a book called 
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He described America's 
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in that book. 
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He said in the end, the state of
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character of the people. 
I sought for the great. 

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This is such a poetic thing to 
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He said. 
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genius of America, and her 
commodious harbors and her ample

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rivers, and it was not there in 
the fertile fields and boundless

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prairies, and it was not there 
in a rich mines and her vast 

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world commerce. 
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Not until I went into the 
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her pulpits, a flame with 
righteousness, did I understand 

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the secret of her genius and 
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America is great because she is 
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great. 
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He was an English historian. 
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He was a member of Parliament. 
He was looking at the demise of 

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the British Empire, right? 
He's in this situation. 

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He's in this context. 
He's looking at their demise. 

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And as he was looking at their 
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The History of the Decline and 
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So he's really reflected on the 
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He's looking at the decline of 
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of. 
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interestingly enough, was 
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of 1776 and given day five 
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great Roman Empire. 
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And I think it's important to 
reflect on them as you reflect 

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on your America. 
The rapid heat, these are the 

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reasons for decline, he said of 
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The rapid increase of divorce, 
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the sanctity of the home, which 
is the basis of human society #2

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he said one reason for decline 
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the spending of public money for
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populace. 
Entertainment #3 He said the mag

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craze for pleasure sports 
becoming every year more 

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exciting, in his case with all 
of the gladiators and things of 

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that nature more brutal. 
The reason #4 the building of 

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gigantic armaments when the real
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The decadence of the people #5 
the decay of religion, faith 

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fading into mere form, losing 
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impotent to guide the people. 
He said those were the five 

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reasons that the empire of Rome 
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I think it's good to consider 
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of America, when we look at our 
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founded at least and we'll look 
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I think with a, a center point 
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judeo-christian type of values 
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President Obama said in a speech
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He said whatever we once were, 
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nation, at least not just. 
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Muslim nation, a Buddhist 
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nation of non believers. 
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freedoms of the United States of
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all different type, not just 
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beliefs to come to her border to
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religious freedoms. 
Obama even said in 2009 while he

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visited Turkey. 
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Christian population, but we do 
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Christian nation. 
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I said those words in 2016. 
I looked up some other stuff 

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that's more current and recent. 
And a 2023 survey by the Public 

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Religion Research Institute 
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Americans strongly support the 
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a Christian nation. 
I want you to ponder that just 

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for a moment. 10% of Americans 
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America is a Christian nation. 
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case, let's go back if we say, 
if we can, to what maybe some 

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people closer to the founding of
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right, some of the prior 
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Washington's farewell address, 
he stated, where is the security

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if the sense of religious 
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And let us with caution indulge 
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can be maintained without 
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both forbid us to expect that 
national morality can prevail in

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exclusion of religious 
principle. 

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John Adams said the general 
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achieved independence were the 
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Christianity. 
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contended in the 1798 while 
President, he said our 

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Constitution was made only for a
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It is wholly inadequate to the 
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Thomas Jefferson. 
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ever existed or been governed 
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the Christian religion is the 
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given to man. 
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of this nation, I'm bound to 
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example. 
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teachings of the Bible are so 
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whole civic and social life that
it would be literally impossible

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for us to figure ourselves what 
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were removed. 
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born a Christian nation. 
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the devotion to the elements of 
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from the revelations of the Holy
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Herbert Hoover, another 
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builded and can alone survive 
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announced by the Savior 19 years
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From the day that Hoover said 
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a Christian nation. 
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that declaration was written 
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court in this land. 
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remember that as a Christian 
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destiny. 
Again, the author of What would 

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the Founder say? 
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does provide for freedom to 
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little doubt that the Founders 
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was and always would be a 
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religious freedom constituted 
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Christian faith, not any faith 
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This goes years ago. 
Is everybody doing OK? 

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I ain't got a lot of ground to 
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Justice David Brewer From 1837 
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Supreme Court Justice David 
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nations in the world, most 
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because Christianity has so 
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If there was a constitutional 
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Edward Mansfield. 
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acknowledged something also, 
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He said in every country the 
morals of the people, whatever 

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they may be, take their form and
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For example, the marriage of 
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permitted among the Egyptians 
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precedent set by their gods. 
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celebrated the drunken rites of 
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Thus to the Turks has become 
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depended upon fate as taught by 
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And when in recent times there 
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whose philosophers, Voltaire and
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no God and no religion, the 
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case, in which there was no law 
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In the United States, 
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spontaneous national religion. 
So he's just explaining that a 

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person's religion impacts a 
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what they do, or what they don't
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Article 1, Section 7 of the 
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find that laws cannot be made on
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Isn't that interesting? 
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laws cannot be made on Sunday. 
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that Sunday was considered the 
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And Thomas Jefferson was more so
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person that believed in reason 
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moral teachings. 
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a deist more than he was a 
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He went to church at the Capitol
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Something that that struck me 
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I gave this quote right here. 
It was from the Gallup poll and 

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it was from the year 2015. 
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Americans identify with a 
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Over 170,000 people were PO D 
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This is the statement still yet 
in this quote it said Christian 

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identity lessons as the age 
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That last statement in 2015 has 
proved true. 

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Today time has proven that 
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As the age bracket gets younger 
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religion or identity with 
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Because I looked more recently. 
As of 2023 about 63% of adults 

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identify. 
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Christianity that can be 
Protestant, Catholic, other 

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Christian denominations they 
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With a, a so we had in 2015 
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Now in 2023 we have 63% 
identifying with such a 

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religion. 
And then, and I said this on 

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Sunday morning not long ago, 
then you have a broader spectrum

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of people today who are 
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meaning they have no 
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They're what it this is, this 
has become so abroad as time is 

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marched on, that they actually 
give them an, a nomenclature, a 

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label. 
They're called the religious 

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nuns, not NUNS, the NONES, the 
religious nuns, because they 

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have no affiliation. 
And so this amount has grown to 

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represent about 29 to 30% of the
American population. 

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What that means is this, about 3
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adults are now considered a nun.
They have no religious identity.

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They have no religious 
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Amen. 
So there was a prayer prayed 

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many years ago, I say many years
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It was one year before my wife 
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So to me, it's not that long 
ago, but there was a prayer 

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prayed by a central Christian 
man. 

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His name was Joe Wright, and he 
prayed this prayer before the 

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Kansas legislator. 
And I want us to share a little 

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bit of that prayer with you. 
This was in 1996, the year I 

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graduated from high school. 
Heavenly Father, we come before 

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you today to ask your 
forgiveness and seek your 

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direction and guidance. 
We know your Word says well to 

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those who call evil good, but 
that's exactly what we've done. 

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We have lost our spiritual 
equilibrium and inverted our 

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values, he says. 
We confess that we have 

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ridiculed the absolute truth of 
your Word and called it moral 

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pluralism. 
We have endorsed perversion and 

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called it an alternate 
lifestyle. 

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We have exploited the poor and 
called it the lottery. 

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We have neglected the needy and 
called it self preservation. 

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We have killed our unborn and 
called it choice. 

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We have shot abortionists and 
called it justifiable. 

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We have neglected to discipline 
our children and call it 

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building a sting. 
We have polluted the air with 

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profanity and pornography and 
have called it freedom of 

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expression. 
We have ridiculed the time 

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honored values of our 
forefathers and called it 

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enlightenment. 
That's the prayer he prayed in 

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1996. 
I wonder what type of prayer Mr.

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Wright would pray today. 
So to keep all things in proper 

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perspective tonight as we go 
tonight, the next couple of 

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Wednesdays, and for all those 
that are wanting criteria for 

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finding a mate, we're going to 
fit that in before we go back to

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connect groups in December. 
There will be no genesis this, 

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this, this time around, OK. 
Although I'm slipping it in 

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every once in a while, maybe 
even tonight to keep the proper 

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perspective. 
There's a quote I read many 

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years ago and I it's kind of 
always been a blaze upon my 

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heart and mind. 
And that is issues are issues 

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and people are people. 
You are to address the issue and

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love the people. 
So I want that to be kind of the

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the the foreground here about 
what I'm about ready to step 

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into when we talk about the 
issue that taints the original 

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family model. 
All right, Ephesians 5 and verse

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31 and 32 says this. 
For this cause shall a man leave

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his father and mother, and shall
be joined unto his wife, and 

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they too shall be one flesh. 
This is a great mystery, but I 

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speak concerning Christ and the 
Church. 

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Amazing Apostle Paul and 
Ephesians 5 is speaking very 

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admittedly, really about Christ 
and the church and the 

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relationship between Christ and 
the church. 

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But to take this great ministry 
of Christ and the church and put

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it on a level that everybody 
could grasp, he uses a marriage 

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between a man and a woman for 
the model of explanation of the 

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relationship between Christ and 
the church. 

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As a matter of fact, the last 11
verses of Ephesians chapter #5 

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continually discuss the family. 
All right, particularly 

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marriage. 
All right, interjected 

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throughout these these verses, 
Paul is constantly making 

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parallels between Christ and the
church in so much that Paul 

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basically tells us that really 
the whole time that I've been 

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talking to you about the 
marriage dynamic, I'm really 

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been trying to illustrate to you
that the parallels and the union

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between Christ and his church. 
And so from the very beginning, 

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can I say this, Genesis, from 
the very beginning, God had the 

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church. 
God had the church in mind. 

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What he did in Genesis with Adam
and Eve was creating a small 

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scale visible model that 
represented what was intangible 

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and invisible at that moment, 
which was the church but before 

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thought. 
He did what he did right there 

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in the Genesis account and 
story, hoping that that would be

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a model that would point someday
to that future reality of what 

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was already in the mind of God, 
that he would just use time to 

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develop and show. 
And here's the fact of the 

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matter, you know, do you 
understand, you know how models,

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you know, that represent 
something that's maybe you have 

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a, a model car that represents a
AA1971, you know, Corvette, you 

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know, people that make those 
want to make them as detailed as

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possible because it's 
representing something that is 

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real. 
It's representing something 

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that's genuine. 
As a matter of fact, anybody 

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that has an eye for those type 
of things, you're going to have 

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those type. 
You'll be able to point out 

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that's not the way it is on the 
real thing. 

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Because if you tamper with the 
models original design, then 

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you've created a confusion about
what is real. 

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You create a confusion about 
what is real. 

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The finished product, right? 
Because it's supposed to be 

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reflecting a man something 
that's bigger than itself, 

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something that's whatever it's 
supposed to be reflecting that. 

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And so if the model is 
incorrect, anybody that would be

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looking at the model then would 
maybe be safe to assume that the

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finished product, that's how 
it's supposed to be because 

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that's how the model is, all 
right? 

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And so to change the model 
without any authorization, to 

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change it without any 
authorization, and therefore 

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maybe changing people's concept 
and idea about what the model 

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represents, that's all found God
had Christ and the Church in 

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00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:39,840
mind when he created the family.
The design was simple. 

457
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:46,440
The design was simple. 
The design was effective in 

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00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,840
Genesis. 
Yes, every creature, every fowl,

459
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,080
beast, root bearing tree, 
whatever it was what we see in 

460
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:58,120
Genesis, we we've already 
studied this reproduced after 

461
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:02,560
its kind. 
Genesis 1 verse 11 you can look 

462
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:07,800
at it grass after his kind herb 
yielding seed after his kind 

463
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:12,960
fruit yielding fruit after his 
kind and the summation is God 

464
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,320
said it was good. 
Verse 21 great wells and every 

465
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:21,160
living creature after their kind
every wing thou after his kind 

466
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:22,920
it was good be fruitful, 
multiply. 

467
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,400
It was even God's Commission to 
them. 

468
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,960
Verse 25 beast of the earth 
after his kind cattle after 

469
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,680
their kind creeping things after
their kind God summation of it 

470
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:37,200
all it was good in Genesis 127 
and 28. 

471
00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:40,240
The Bible says so God created 
man in his own image and the 

472
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:44,360
image of God created he him male
and female created he them and 

473
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:48,760
God blessed them. 
God said unto them, male and 

474
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:55,200
female, be fruitful and multiply
and replenish the earth. 

475
00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:01,560
God created male and female and 
bless them to be fruitful, 

476
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,920
multiply and replenish the 
earth. 

477
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:07,120
As a matter of fact, when we get
to Genesis 2 and verse 18, the 

478
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,800
Lord God said it's not good that
man should be alone. 

479
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:14,760
I will make him a help meet, a 
help meet for him, the 

480
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,400
literalist. 
I'll make something suitable for

481
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:22,280
him and the rib verse 22 in the 
rib which the Lord God had taken

482
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:29,280
from man made he a oh God, I'm 
praying ahead of myself. 

483
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,840
But if God said it's not good 
for him to be alone, I'll make 

484
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:37,000
him a Hilton meet for him or 
what would be suitable for him. 

485
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:41,040
Then we can tell by what God 
created what God thought was 

486
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:49,600
suitable for man. 
He made a woman and brought her 

487
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:54,960
unto the man. 
God saw everything being made 

488
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:59,440
and everything then that 
propagated or reproduced after 

489
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:03,160
its own time. 
That's what God said was good. 

490
00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,320
And the first thing that God saw
wasn't good man being alone. 

491
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:12,960
So again, he, he takes from the 
the side of Adam a rib, he makes

492
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:15,240
a woman. 
This is suitable for man. 

493
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,560
This is complementary to the 
man. 

494
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:23,560
And So what God gave man in the 
beginning to cure his aloneness,

495
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:27,800
that helped me, that suitable 
part was not another man. 

496
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:36,880
He gave man a woman whereby they
could fulfill the blessing, be 

497
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:43,160
fruitful and multiply. 
So everybody listen, issues are 

498
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,240
issues. 
If God wanted 2 males or two 

499
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:52,920
females to propagate their kind,
He would have made both male or 

500
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:56,840
both female and have enabled 
those two males to reproduce. 

501
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,720
I would have made those two 
females capable of reproducing. 

502
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:07,080
But as far as I know, outside of
any type of science 

503
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:13,160
intervention, No2 males and no 
two females to this day can 

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00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:19,720
reproduce. 
Amen. 

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00:31:25,670 --> 00:31:31,840
The idea I'm more tenderly 
because folks I know these are 

506
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,880
these are issues in the world 
today. 

507
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:43,200
All right, but the idea that God
made me a homosexual or I was 

508
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:49,160
born a homosexual is biblically 
erroneous because of each 

509
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:53,040
produce after their kind then 
heritage. 

510
00:31:53,040 --> 00:32:04,240
Sexual parents have heterosexual
children and I've yet to see and

511
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:08,920
please understand me, I've yet 
to see a homosexual family model

512
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:18,820
reproduce anything. 
If God wanted more of this 

513
00:32:18,820 --> 00:32:22,940
so-called lifestyle and intended
as a family model, for that 

514
00:32:22,940 --> 00:32:28,980
matter, intended as a model to 
reflect His church, then He 

515
00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:31,460
would have enabled reproduction 
of their kind. 

516
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:40,120
But He didn't. 
And look, if you will, the 

517
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:45,360
marriage covenant, the marriage 
relationship in the Bible is 

518
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,200
under grave attack after the 
fall. 

519
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:53,240
It's under grave attack whenever
sin enters the picture. 

520
00:32:53,960 --> 00:33:00,200
Genesis 4 we got polygamy. 
Genesis 6, we got married and 

521
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,680
given in marriage. 
Genesis 16 we have adultery. 

522
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:08,880
Genesis 2019 we have 
homosexuality. 

523
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:15,480
Genesis 34 we have fornication. 
Genesis 38 we have incest. 

524
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:19,560
Genesis 39 we have prostitution 
and seduction. 

525
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:24,240
All of that happens after sin 
has entered the picture. 

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00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,520
Can I tell you that I'm here? 
I'm sad to tell you today that 

527
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:32,880
America's committed the sin of 
Sodom and before you go to 

528
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,840
thinking about all the sexual 
immorality of Sodom that it's 

529
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:39,400
it's famous for, we must also 
stop and remember what Ezekiel 

530
00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:43,960
said was behind the sins of 
Sodom and Sodom's failure in 

531
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:47,720
Ezekiel 1649. 
The Bible says, behold, this was

532
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,480
the iniquity of thy sister 
Sodom. 

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00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:56,560
Pride, fullness of bread and 
abundance of idleness was in her

534
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,600
and in her daughters. 
Neither did she strengthen the 

535
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:03,120
hand of the poor and the needy. 
I tell you what the problem, 

536
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:05,640
Amen, behind the problems of 
Sodom are. 

537
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:10,120
They're selfish and they're 
proud and they're a narcissistic

538
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:16,239
type of people, Amen. 
One of the deepest stars upon 

539
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:22,080
the face of planet Earth is the 
Dead Sea, some 1400 feet below 

540
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,320
sea level. 
Underneath this deep sea are 

541
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:29,679
thought to be the remains of 
Sodom and Gomorrah, the cities 

542
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:33,960
of the plane. 
There rest your city. 

543
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:38,760
That was prideful. 
She was brought very low in a 

544
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:43,040
literal sense. 
Not only low, but when you think

545
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,840
about the Dead Sea, Dead Sea, it
collects, you know, from rivers 

546
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:48,960
and stuff, but it has no outlet.
That's the reason why there 

547
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:52,159
there's so much salt in the you 
can just lay in it and you'd be 

548
00:34:52,159 --> 00:34:55,080
buoyant because it constantly 
takes. 

549
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:57,120
It's selfish, but it doesn't 
give. 

550
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:04,160
So here is a group of people in 
that day that their genders were

551
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:07,560
bent, their morals and their 
customs, they were shattered. 

552
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,360
All their traditional ties that 
they would have had with the 

553
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,280
Garden of Eden, they're all 
loosed. 

554
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,360
Let's consider some scripture 
tonight. 

555
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:17,800
All right. 
Leviticus 18 and verse 22 says 

556
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:19,800
this. 
This is the Levitical law. 

557
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:26,600
Thou shalt not lie with mankind 
as with womankind. 

558
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:34,360
It is abomination. 
Leviticus 20 and verse 13. 

559
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:41,280
If a man also lie with mankind 
as he lieth with a woman, both 

560
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,560
of them have committed an 
abomination. 

561
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,960
They shall surely put be put to 
death under the Old Testament 

562
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:51,040
law. 
Their blood shall be upon them. 

563
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:56,960
All right. 
That describes to me then that 

564
00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:03,200
this, this intermingling of of 
same sex marriages, 

565
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:07,080
relationships, homosexuality 
then is an abomination. 

566
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,240
Now the thing about this say, 
oh, brother McGee, but that was 

567
00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:12,920
under the law. 
But what we're talking about 

568
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:17,160
here is not just not just a 
civil law, we're not just 

569
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:20,920
talking about a ceremonial law, 
but we're talking about the 

570
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:26,040
moral law of God. 
There's a lot of the ceremonial 

571
00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:27,800
law we we no longer participate 
in. 

572
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,840
And for that matter, much of the
ceremonial law was fulfilled in 

573
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:34,360
Christ Jesus, all the sacrifices
and the blood that was shed. 

574
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:38,040
But when we talk about the moral
law, the moral law is tied to 

575
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:43,240
God, a God that changes, not a 
God where there is no variables,

576
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:47,360
variableness, nor shadow of 
turning, a law that changes, not

577
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,520
then. 
And so we Fast forward all the 

578
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:53,640
way to the last book of the 
Bible, Revelations 21 and 8, And

579
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:57,320
the Bible says this. 
But the fearful and unbelieving 

580
00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:03,720
and the abominable and murderers
and whoremongers and sorcerers 

581
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:08,800
and idolterers and all liars 
shall have their part in the 

582
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,720
lake which burneth with fire and
brimstone, which is the second 

583
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:18,880
death. 
If a man lying with another man 

584
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:22,720
like he would lie with a woman 
is an abomination, that's 

585
00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:26,600
abominable. 
And Revelation says I can't get 

586
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:30,400
that out of my mouth, sorry. 
And Revelation says such like 

587
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,920
will not inherit the Kingdom of 
God, but have their part in the 

588
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,160
lake of fire. 
Now please, here's something 

589
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,400
what I don't want misunderstood.
I'm not saying somebody that 

590
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:44,560
practices that today that that 
has to be their sealed destiny. 

591
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,680
I am saying that if we practice 
a lifestyle of that and that's 

592
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:53,360
all we do, we never find an 
altar of repentance, we never 

593
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,600
have the blood shed and covered 
up on our lives then Scripture 

594
00:37:56,600 --> 00:38:00,360
says already determines for us 
what our destiny looks like. 

595
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:05,480
Amen. 
Romans chapter #1 and verse #26 

596
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:11,520
the Bible says for this 'cause 
God gave them up and to vile 

597
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,560
affections. 
I'm going to pause here for a 

598
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:16,280
moment. 
It's I got some other stuff 

599
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:18,760
probably out of Romans there I 
want to read that's just not 

600
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:22,320
here in my notes. 
God gave them up into vile 

601
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:29,160
affections, for even their women
did change the natural use into 

602
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:36,000
that which is against nature, 
and likewise also the men 

603
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:42,160
leaving the natural use of the 
woman burned in their lusts one 

604
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:47,280
toward another. 
No men with men working that 

605
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:51,400
which is unseemingly, 
unseemingly, and receiving in 

606
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:55,240
themselves that recompense of 
their air which was Me, who, 

607
00:38:55,240 --> 00:38:59,640
knowing the judgment of God, 
that they which commit such 

608
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:03,480
things are worthy of death, not 
only do the same, but have 

609
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:08,560
pleasure in them that do them. 
Amen. 

610
00:39:09,240 --> 00:39:11,880
The reason why I wanted to open 
my Bible, I wanted to back up to

611
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:16,880
verse #25 of Romans one, because
he, he's telling them in Romans 

612
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:19,640
1 is just something interesting 
to look at. 

613
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:23,120
It's talking about God's wrath 
against some that are ungodly. 

614
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:26,200
But but what has happened? 
They started things of creation,

615
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:28,400
the stars and the moon. 
They started worshipping those 

616
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,320
type of things and they started 
worshipping idols. 

617
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,480
And the Bible says in verse 25, 
who changed the truth of God 

618
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,840
into a light and worship and 
serve the creature, things that 

619
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:40,320
have been created by God more 
than the Creator who is blessed 

620
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:41,120
forever. 
Amen. 

621
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:44,920
And then he goes to verse 26 for
this, 'cause God gave them over.

622
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,960
What's interesting about that is
the Apostle Paul's making a very

623
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:51,520
close connection, if not a 
direct connection here, that 

624
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:55,600
there is a correlation between 
what you worship, idolatry and 

625
00:39:55,600 --> 00:40:03,640
immorality when people refuse to
worship God. 

626
00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:07,200
And make idols the worst. 
We said, listen, today's idols 

627
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:09,120
may not be wood or stone or such
like that. 

628
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:12,720
We have other idols we set up in
our life that come between US 

629
00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:15,400
and God. 
That becomes our idol. 

630
00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:18,640
It becomes if it becomes between
you and God, it's your idol. 

631
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:22,680
He says people often refuse them
to worship God and have idols in

632
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:24,480
between them and God. 
You know what happens? 

633
00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:28,120
They often give themselves to 
immorality, he said. 

634
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:30,200
Brother McGee, I'm not shaking 
up with someone the same sex. 

635
00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:35,400
Immorality is a broad brush. 
It can include that, but it can 

636
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,800
include other things as well. 
As a matter of fact, in the 

637
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:40,360
culture in which the apostle 
Paul was writing, in the Roman 

638
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:43,960
culture of these alternative 
religions, so to speak, these 

639
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:46,520
religions, of course, served 
Pagan gods. 

640
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:50,680
People would worship them and 
often the way in which they 

641
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:54,440
worship them was by sexual 
immorality. 

642
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:59,360
By having sexual immorality, it 
was a part of their worship or 

643
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:02,240
the religious system. 
There were some of them that had

644
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:07,000
priestess, women priests, and it
was common that if you wanted to

645
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:11,320
get in good standing with the 
God that she was connected to, 

646
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:14,680
you had sexual intercourse with 
her, whether she is your wife or

647
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,520
not. 
So it was a part of the 

648
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:21,120
religious system. 
So to not worship God was then 

649
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:24,160
to open you up. 
And folks, this, this, this is 

650
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:26,920
not a McGee thought. 
This is a biblical thought. 

651
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:33,760
Whenever you refuse to worship 
God, you open yourself up to any

652
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:39,600
and every type of immorality. 
First Corinthians 7 two says 

653
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:45,840
nevertheless, to avoid 
fornication, here's one of the 

654
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:50,360
ways to avoid it. 
Listen, let every man have his 

655
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:55,480
own wife, and let every woman 
have her own husband. 

656
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:01,880
This is one of the ways to avoid
this immorality. 

657
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:05,120
Let the man have a wife and the 
wife have a husband. 

658
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:12,480
Joseph in the Old Testament 
under in the New Testament, 

659
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:17,960
rather Joseph, if you remember, 
he's betrothed to marry the 

660
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:21,000
mother of Jesus. 
He's betrothed her modern day 

661
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:22,200
language. 
He's engaged. 

662
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:24,800
He's engaged to marry the mother
of Jesus. 

663
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:31,920
And whenever he learned of her 
pregnancy, although this is the 

664
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:35,840
Immaculate Conception, right? 
This is seed of heaven. 

665
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,840
Whenever he learned of that, he 
was he was told with the idea 

666
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,840
about putting her away. 
You read that to the Gospels 

667
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:46,920
told with that idea, but when 
the Angel of the Lord came to 

668
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:49,840
Joseph and explained to him that
that which was in her was of the

669
00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:56,560
Holy Ghost and that she had not 
a relationship with another man 

670
00:42:56,720 --> 00:43:00,280
in order for this to take place,
then Joseph begin to think 

671
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:04,840
differently about what he was 
going to do because Mary had not

672
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:08,560
been unfaithful to Joseph. 
That seed that was in here, it 

673
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:12,360
was caused by the overshadowing,
the Bible says, of the Holy 

674
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:15,120
Ghost. 
So the Angel helped settle 

675
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:18,920
Joseph's mind that whenever he 
woke up, whenever Joseph woke up

676
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,560
from this vision, in this dream,
he did exactly as the Angel Lord

677
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:25,200
devised, and he took Mary to be 
his wife. 

678
00:43:26,240 --> 00:43:30,360
Why in the world do you think 
that God would send an Angel to 

679
00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:35,120
Joseph to tell him these things?
Because we have enough examples 

680
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:38,000
today, right? 
That he could have had Mary 

681
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:43,120
raise Jesus, deliver that child,
rear him up all by herself. 

682
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:50,320
It happens all the time. 
He could have had that Joseph, 

683
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:52,320
for that matter, the early 
Joseph he had. 

684
00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:56,960
We didn't have no biological 
connection with Jesus Christ. 

685
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:01,800
All of that is absolutely true, 
but I believe it is that even 

686
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:06,520
God wanted the man Christ Jesus 
to have the undergirding of the 

687
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:12,320
family, a biological or earthly 
father and earthly mother and a 

688
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:16,000
divine father. 
That's what he wants for all of 

689
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:18,480
us. 
Amen. 

690
00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:25,240
A God oriented or Genesis 
defined family. 

691
00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:28,440
I understand that don't always 
happen or I understand that. 

692
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:31,400
I understand we have a lot of 
different dynamics in our world 

693
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:33,960
today. 
But again, whenever Jesus spoke 

694
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:36,280
to them about many things, He 
said these words. 

695
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,280
He said from the beginning it 
was not so. 

696
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:41,560
He said although we have 
different allowances, He said in

697
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:44,160
the air in which we live right 
now, when He was talking to his 

698
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:46,560
disciples, He said, although we 
have all that He said from the 

699
00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:50,160
beginning, it was not so right. 
What He's saying is there was a 

700
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:52,720
model. 
There was a model. 

701
00:44:53,240 --> 00:44:56,240
The Bible says in First 
Corinthians 6 and verse #9 Know 

702
00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:59,480
ye not that the unrighteous 
shall not inherit the Kingdom of

703
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:01,920
God? 
Be not deceived neither 

704
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:11,600
fornicators, nor idolterers, nor
adulterers, nor effeminate, nor 

705
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:14,280
abusers of themselves with 
mankind. 

706
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:17,400
What is that? 
That's homosexuality, nor 

707
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:22,000
thieves, nor covetous, nor 
drunkards, nor revilers, nor 

708
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:26,480
extortioners, shall inherit the 
Kingdom of God. 

709
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:32,920
The fairs lexicon of the Greek 
explains it as one who lies with

710
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:36,960
a male, as with a female as a 
sodomite. 

711
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:42,040
The Greek English lexicon says 
in certain texts it refers to 

712
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:46,080
the active male partner in a 
homosexual intercourse in 

713
00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:48,920
contrast with the passive male 
partner. 

714
00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:51,840
I was just reading today come 
across something and they talk 

715
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:53,760
about in the Roman world, you 
know, all of this type of 

716
00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:56,880
lifestyle was permissible and 
said it was looked down upon to 

717
00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:59,680
be the passive member of a 2 
male relationship. 

718
00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:02,440
So but it was all permissible. 
That's the reason why the church

719
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:06,320
in that age had to talk about it
then, because the culture in 

720
00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:08,640
which they were in it was all 
around them. 

721
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:13,200
But Paul's saying it should not 
be a part of the church. 

722
00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:18,400
That's a gezical Dictionary of 
the New Testament defines it as 

723
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:22,320
referring to a male who engages 
in sexual activity with men or 

724
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:24,920
boys. 
Ephesians 5, three. 

725
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:28,400
But fornication, which in the 
Greek is porneia, from where we 

726
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:33,480
get our word pornography, the 
fornication, and on cleanness or

727
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:37,600
covetousness, let it not be once
named among you as becometh 

728
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:41,640
Saints. 
Now you might think that it 

729
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:45,360
might it should be unnecessary 
for Paul to give us this type of

730
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:49,760
instruction in verse #3 But 
again, fornication to the 

731
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:55,120
Ephesians and those churches in 
that time was not rare but 

732
00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:58,480
commonplace. 
And fornication covers more than

733
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:00,440
just having sex outside of 
marriage. 

734
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:03,560
This is what fornication covered
in New Testament Scripture. 

735
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:07,680
According to the Greek 
premarital affairs, extramarital

736
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:11,920
affairs, various types of sexual
immorality where ordinary parts 

737
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:14,200
of their society and culture 
would engage in. 

738
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:17,680
In the Greek culture that day, 
prostitution and fornication 

739
00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:19,960
were considered again 
permissible. 

740
00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:23,600
Fornication, or the Greek word 
that it comes from porneia, 

741
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:26,600
includes premarital affairs, 
extramarital incest, 

742
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:31,640
homosexuality, beastiality, sex 
with animals and the use of 

743
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:33,840
pornography. 
All of that is under the 

744
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:37,800
umbrella of fortification. 
Paul said don't let it be once 

745
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:40,920
named among you. 
Don't let it be once named among

746
00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:42,880
you. 
Paul was so strong in this 

747
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:45,360
conviction, saying it let it not
be once named. 

748
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:48,640
He's just saying this should not
be the practice of the Saints. 

749
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:51,840
Have we? 
Do we have people that fell to 

750
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:52,640
it? 
Yes. 

751
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:56,920
But what's he saying is don't 
allow it to become a lifestyle. 

752
00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:01,960
Get it under the blood, get 
forgiveness, go to Calvary, 

753
00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:04,880
right? 
Don't let that be your D-Day 

754
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:07,080
moment. 
All right. 

755
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:10,160
He sums up the seriousness of 
making all these impure 

756
00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:14,360
practices just that life 
practices and a continual 

757
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:16,720
lifestyle. 
All right, because what our 

758
00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:18,800
identity is derived from our 
actions. 

759
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:21,640
Our identity is derived from our
practices. 

760
00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:24,360
Bible plainly tells us in 
various areas. 

761
00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:26,960
Here's the thing. 
If you continue to rob from 

762
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:33,280
houses and businesses, you're 
going to be considered a you're 

763
00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:36,840
known by your consistent 
practices and actions. 

764
00:48:37,720 --> 00:48:41,920
And so if these people with such
life practices continue and 

765
00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:46,520
continue, you are a adulterer, 
you are a fornicator, you are 

766
00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:49,320
whatever it may be. 
And that he said in verse five 

767
00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:54,200
that such people, their life 
practices as such, will not 

768
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:58,320
inherit the Kingdom of God. 
Because no, if you go back and 

769
00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:02,400
read First Corinthians 6 and you
go through there, idolaters, 

770
00:49:03,720 --> 00:49:08,200
huh? 
Effeminate thieves, drunk Kurds,

771
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:10,080
What is that? 
That's people with common 

772
00:49:10,080 --> 00:49:13,320
practices that's predisposed to 
those type of things over and 

773
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:16,920
over and over and over without 
any repentance covering their 

774
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:22,640
life. 
And so the family is under 

775
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:30,040
attack, the original model is 
under attack. 

776
00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:33,040
And I hope what you gain from 
this is this. 

777
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:37,040
The reason why it's under attack
is if I can draw it, destroy the

778
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:42,480
model, maybe I can destroy 
people's idea and concept of 

779
00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:46,000
Christ in his church. 
That's what you got to 

780
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:47,720
understand. 
That's the reason why your 

781
00:49:47,720 --> 00:49:50,440
marriage is under attack. 
That's the reason why your 

782
00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:53,280
relationships that you try to 
have with some of the opposite 

783
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:56,440
say, that's the reason why it's 
under attack because he wants to

784
00:49:56,440 --> 00:49:59,560
blur and confuse the adversary 
just want to blur and confuse 

785
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:01,960
the model. 
That's to be the point of 

786
00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:06,400
representation between Christ 
and his church. 

787
00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:10,760
They're by doing OK and we're 
doing all right. 

788
00:50:11,240 --> 00:50:15,120
We're doing good. 
So I just want to share 

789
00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:22,640
candidates views here. 
I visited Family Resource 

790
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:28,360
Council action.org and I just 
visited that on Sunday, so if 

791
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:30,360
anything's changed between then 
now you can consult that 

792
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:33,640
yourself. 
That's frcaction.org. 

793
00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:41,320
Same sex marriage legislation. 
Legislation to enshrine same sex

794
00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:48,000
marriage into federal law. 
Harris supports Trump. 

795
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:55,800
It's unknown Transgendered 
competition in sports, allowing 

796
00:50:55,800 --> 00:50:59,600
students access to male or 
female sports based on 

797
00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:04,640
transgender identity rather than
biological sex errors. 

798
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:10,880
Supports Trump. 
Opposes teaching children sexual

799
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:16,480
topics, allowing sexual 
orientation and gender identity 

800
00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:19,840
to be taught to public school 
students as early as 

801
00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:24,520
kindergarten. 
Harris supports Trump. 

802
00:51:27,240 --> 00:51:30,840
Also like to read from the 
platforms of the Republican 

803
00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:34,880
Party in the Democratic Party. 
Just on two things that I think 

804
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:37,720
maybe relate to what I spoke to 
you about tonight. 

805
00:51:38,920 --> 00:51:43,720
The the party platform for 2024 
created male and female. 

806
00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:48,720
The Republican side states these
words discussion of multiple 

807
00:51:48,720 --> 00:51:53,480
policy issues. 
It implicitly affirms the by all

808
00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:58,760
biological basis for sex pledges
to keep men out of women sports,

809
00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:03,520
ban taxpayer funding for sex 
change surgeries, stop taxpayer 

810
00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:07,440
funded schools from promoting 
gender transition, reverse 

811
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:14,240
Bidens radical rewrite of title 
#9 education regulations and 

812
00:52:14,240 --> 00:52:16,720
restore protections for women 
and girls. 

813
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:20,400
That's a Republican Party 
platform or of the issue of 

814
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:23,440
creative male and female. 
The Democrat Democratic Party 

815
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:25,680
platform for the same is 2 
pages. 

816
00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:28,720
Dedicated to supporting LGBT 
ideology. 

817
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:33,040
Promises to prohibit employment 
discrimination in the federal 

818
00:52:33,040 --> 00:52:36,240
government, including 
contractors, and make federally 

819
00:52:36,240 --> 00:52:44,200
funded seniors programs LGBTQI 
plus inclusive and continue to 

820
00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:49,680
make great strides to protect 
LGBTQI plus children and 

821
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:52,000
prospective parents in the 
adoption and foster care 

822
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:55,040
systems. 
Promises to vigorously oppose 

823
00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:59,160
state and federal bans on gender
affirming healthcare, promise to

824
00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:04,800
fight for LGBTQI plus youth and 
ensure that transgendered 

825
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:07,640
students are treated fairly at 
We Respect the school. 

826
00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:11,160
Let me just pause and say we 
need to treat people with 

827
00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:14,960
respect regardless of who they 
are. 

828
00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:21,360
Drunk, murder, rapist, alternate
lifestyle issues are issues. 

829
00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:25,840
People are people, issue needs 
dealt with, people need loved 

830
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:30,440
The other issue of the platforms
I present to you and then I will

831
00:53:30,440 --> 00:53:32,760
finish. 
Definition of marriage and role 

832
00:53:32,760 --> 00:53:37,080
of the family under the 
Republican Party platform does 

833
00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:40,000
not include a definition of 
marriage that affirms the role 

834
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:42,600
of the family. 
It says promises to promote a 

835
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:46,600
culture that values the sanctity
of marriage, the blessings of 

836
00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:50,720
childhood, the foundational row 
of families and supports working

837
00:53:50,720 --> 00:53:53,840
parents and the end policies 
that punish families. 

838
00:53:54,240 --> 00:53:58,280
The Democratic platform side 
says celebrates the signing of 

839
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:01,280
the Respect for Marriage Act. 
If you would want to know what 

840
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:03,640
that is, you can look it up or 
see me after service. 

841
00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:08,640
Enshrining marriage equality in 
federal law promises to pass the

842
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:14,160
Equality Act to codify 
protections for LGBTQI plus 

843
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:18,920
Americans and their their 
families, folks. 

844
00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:22,440
And those are just a few of the 
ones that we'll touch on before 

845
00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:25,040
the next two weeks are up. 
If you understand with me 

846
00:54:25,040 --> 00:54:35,320
tonight, and I think about this,
I think, were we a Christian 

847
00:54:35,320 --> 00:54:39,240
nation? 
I say yes, but then I look at 

848
00:54:39,240 --> 00:54:41,600
the things that are staring me 
in the eye and say, are we a 

849
00:54:41,600 --> 00:54:49,080
Christian nation? 
Folks, Here's what you got to 

850
00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:54,040
computate. 
Do you understand then just the 

851
00:54:54,040 --> 00:54:59,280
impact that has on Christianity 
in America? 

852
00:54:59,720 --> 00:55:08,000
Your church, if you're up 
against with three out of 10 

853
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:11,840
people you meet not even having 
a religious affiliation, that 

854
00:55:11,840 --> 00:55:16,800
can either be an opportunity for
us or if they're totally sowed 

855
00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:21,320
on it, then that's 30% of the 
world that might be ground. 

856
00:55:21,320 --> 00:55:23,680
That seed can't penetrate at 
this time. 

857
00:55:27,840 --> 00:55:30,000
My father said so many times, he
says, son, he says you're 

858
00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:31,880
pastoring in a different world 
than I pastored in. 

859
00:55:32,760 --> 00:55:34,440
And we're not just talking about
world, we're talking about 

860
00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:43,690
church world. 
We're facing things today that 

861
00:55:43,690 --> 00:55:46,290
may have been taboo years ago, 
but now they are quite 

862
00:55:46,290 --> 00:55:53,760
forthright and the church 
contends navigates waters that 

863
00:55:53,800 --> 00:55:56,720
be we're going to close. 
I see I've been up here plenty 

864
00:55:56,720 --> 00:56:00,800
of time, but let's pray tonight 
as we pray, I want you to pray 

865
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:04,840
over your family, whatever that 
dynamic looks like right now, 

866
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:07,040
right? 
If you're a single mother or if 

867
00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:10,520
you're a divorcee or or if 
you're a husband and wife with 

868
00:56:10,520 --> 00:56:13,200
children, whatever that looks 
like right now, I want you to 

869
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:15,080
pray for your family. 
Amen. 

870
00:56:15,120 --> 00:56:18,600
Because God, we want God to 
safeguard that and protect that 

871
00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:22,160
and your children that are 
growing up in this this world 

872
00:56:22,880 --> 00:56:25,760
over and over again. 
I'm thinking about the, I think 

873
00:56:25,760 --> 00:56:28,840
it is Matthew 24 talking about 
what was them who were to give 

874
00:56:28,840 --> 00:56:31,600
birth in that day, speaking 
about the day of the coming 

875
00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:33,040
Lord. 
And I'm starting to realize more

876
00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:36,320
and more why? 
Because they're going to be 

877
00:56:36,320 --> 00:56:39,800
subjected to things that my 
children and my mom and dad's 

878
00:56:39,800 --> 00:56:42,360
children and my grandma and 
grandpa's children were not 

879
00:56:42,360 --> 00:56:48,000
subjected to. 
Let's pray together. 

880
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:52,920
Father, I come to you today. 
God, I thank you Lord and Lord 

881
00:56:52,920 --> 00:56:56,720
I, God I love, Lord Jesus, the 
people of this world, Lord that 

882
00:56:56,720 --> 00:57:01,440
I live in, God of every race, 
creed, color, religion, Lord, 

883
00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:04,560
lifestyle. 
God, I rub shutters shoulders 

884
00:57:04,560 --> 00:57:07,160
with them all. 
I talk with them all, befriend 

885
00:57:07,160 --> 00:57:10,200
them all. 
But God, I pray, oh Lord, that 

886
00:57:10,200 --> 00:57:13,320
you're able to help us, Father 
God, if there are any Lord 

887
00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:17,080
aspects, God of life, God, 
within the context of home and 

888
00:57:17,080 --> 00:57:21,520
family, God, that would Lord 
Jesus, be an abomination in your

889
00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:25,480
sight, God, I want to present 
that before you, God, help us, 

890
00:57:25,480 --> 00:57:29,920
the Lord, to move Lord back, 
Lord, toward the original model,

891
00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:33,160
Lord Jesus. 
God, the original model, Lord 

892
00:57:33,360 --> 00:57:35,960
Jesus that you set up, Lord, for
society. 

893
00:57:36,200 --> 00:57:39,160
God, I know, Lord over all, 
we've strayed so far from there.

894
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:41,520
And I know, God, that that's 
probably going to keep taking 

895
00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:44,600
place. 
But God, Lord of some Lord Jude 

896
00:57:44,600 --> 00:57:48,640
said having compassion and 
others pulling them out of the 

897
00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:51,760
fire. 
I pray, O God today, help us God

898
00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:54,240
to be pricked in our heart. 
Give us wisdom and knowledge and

899
00:57:54,240 --> 00:57:57,800
understanding, knowing how to 
navigate these times. 

900
00:57:58,160 --> 00:58:02,040
God, they're unprecedented times
in many regards Lord, they are 

901
00:58:02,040 --> 00:58:05,640
intimidating times. 
They are pressuring times. 

902
00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:08,160
I pray, O God, help us to 
navigate him, Lord, 

903
00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:11,480
individually, Lord and 
collectively, Lord Jesus as a 

904
00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:16,400
church, help us, O Lord God, to 
be a station God, where Lord the

905
00:58:16,440 --> 00:58:19,960
blood still flows and we're 
repentance can still happen and 

906
00:58:19,960 --> 00:58:22,280
where lives can still be 
changed. 

907
00:58:22,560 --> 00:58:25,680
I pray, O Lord, protect the 
family in the unit of the family

908
00:58:25,680 --> 00:58:28,280
today it's bombarded by every 
side. 

909
00:58:28,280 --> 00:58:31,960
God, for deterioration and 
breakdown and disassembling. 

910
00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:35,960
O Lord God, protect your mind. 
O God, Christ in your church, 

911
00:58:35,960 --> 00:58:38,800
Christ in your church. 
It's a love relationship. 

912
00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:41,920
I pray, O Lord, that you've 
exemplified, Lord, in Homs and 

913
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:44,760
families. 
I pray, O God, bring Lord, I 

914
00:58:44,760 --> 00:58:48,440
pray God, evidence and knowledge
Lord, to the confusion of our 

915
00:58:48,440 --> 00:58:52,280
times, Lord, and we'll thank you
and praise you Lord, for what 

916
00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:56,400
you do through your body in the 
lovely name of Jesus Christ that

917
00:58:56,400 --> 00:59:00,560
I pray Hallelujah, Amen. 
Of the church say Amen, 

918
00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:06,120
Hallelujah, Amen. 
You may be dismissed, almost 

919
00:59:06,120 --> 00:59:07,880
said seated. 
If you need to sit down before 

920
00:59:07,880 --> 00:59:11,200
you leave, just go on. 
But you may be dismissed tonight

921
00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:13,920
in Jesus name, folks. 
We'll do this for the next two.