1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:03,800 Well, we're taking a break from our Matthews series. 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:08,680 So I think today was going to be like part 84 or something, but 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,800 we're taking a break from that because obviously the tragedy of 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,000 what took place this week, our our news cycle has been filled 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:20,760 with evil acts of wicked men. School shootings, unfortunately, 6 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:22,760 are a common thing in our nation. 7 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,120 So we've seen that, you know, we saw the Charlotte subway 8 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,760 incident. We saw that wickedness, and we 9 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:32,439 also graphically watched our brother in Christ die in front 10 00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:35,640 of his wife and kids this week. Charlie Kirk was a bold 11 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:39,320 Christian leader, a devoted husband and father, and one of 12 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,360 the most influential voices of his generation. 13 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,920 He was fearlessly calling America back to faith in Jesus, 14 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:49,080 not in generic faith, but faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. 15 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,880 Freedom and truth. Through his work with the 16 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:56,480 organization that he founded, Turning Point USA, he tirelessly 17 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:58,520 brought that message onto college campuses across the 18 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:00,280 nation. And he equipped young men and 19 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,200 women to stand for truth and to build virtuous lives. 20 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,800 This is not a sermon about Charlie Kirk, but this sermon is 21 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,640 certainly influenced by Charlie Kirk's murder this week. 22 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,880 The more I've learned about them the past few days, the more I've 23 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:13,880 admired. And I had seen things about him 24 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:15,840 and like, oh, that seems like a faithful brother, you know, keep 25 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:17,960 up the great work. I just seen a big here and a bit 26 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:18,960 there, a big here and a bit there. 27 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:22,960 The the amount of content I've seen from him this week has just 28 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,560 greatly inspired me. All the morning I thought, wow, 29 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,320 that man outranks me in a million different ways and he's 30 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:31,160 31 years old. What a blessing, what a gift, 31 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,720 what a strength, what a force, what a husband, what a father, 32 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:38,640 what a Christian, what a blessing, what a massive loss 33 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,920 for us. He was 31 years old and he was a 34 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:47,520 mighty man of God who held views that the overwhelming majority 35 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,080 of Americans held until the 2000s. 36 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:58,520 So you often hear him and me and you, all of us were we are now, 37 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,160 we're not the right wing extremists. 38 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,920 If you didn't know you're a right wing extremist or you're a 39 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,360 1980 Democrat, either one, they're the same thing. 40 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,680 Or you're a 1994 Republican, but you're also being labeled as a 41 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:16,400 right wing extremist. But that's the nature of truth. 42 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,360 Truth stays the same. What was once mainstream 43 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,280 conviction is now called extremism. 44 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,520 The truth hasn't changed. The culture has. 45 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:30,040 And Charlie Kirk told people that some loved him for it. 46 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,160 We did. Those of you who knew him and 47 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,920 followed him and some hated him for it. 48 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,080 But there's two things I learned this week that are important for 49 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,320 you as we take what happened and then make application for it for 50 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,240 us, and we look to God's Word. One of the things that really 51 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,280 stood out to me was the body of Christ should learn from Jesus. 52 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,080 What Charlie Kirk learned from Jesus specifically is how to be 53 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,440 the right thing at the right time. 54 00:02:54,720 --> 00:03:02,080 Yeah, Jesus had range. Jesus had more than one year. 55 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,040 He could sing more than one note. 56 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,680 Jesus could comfort the repentance and the fearful, and 57 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:14,240 he could absolutely humiliate the prideful and the hateful. 58 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,480 Jesus had more than one gear. He had range. 59 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:19,920 He could shift gears. I noticed that with Charlie as I 60 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:23,520 watched different footage. I mean, really, really, really. 61 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:27,080 Folks who would be very easy to judge visually would walk up to 62 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,280 the microphone because his format, you know, he's sitting 63 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,920 there in his tent, Someone walks up to the microphone, he begins 64 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:33,840 speaking with him. Of course, now we see it's it's 65 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,160 thousands and thousands years ago, it was 10s of 10s. 66 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:39,920 But he would just die when they they woke up and you're like, 67 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,600 OK, here comes the Satan. That's what are they going to 68 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:42,800 say? And they go, hey, Charlie. 69 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,360 So I've really just been trying to, you know, wonder about this. 70 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:46,480 I'm thinking about that blah, blah, blah. 71 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:47,880 And he's just like, oh, yeah, good question. 72 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,440 And engages with them. And it's just that conversation 73 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,840 between two decent folks who can engage with one another. 74 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,600 And then you have antagonists who would come up and he could 75 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,400 play along, but he could also shift gears. 76 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,840 He could show a wolf. And you're not the only one with 77 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,160 teeth. I have teeth too. 78 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,520 And that's the thing that many Christians have failed at doing 79 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,280 for years. Conservatism has never conserved 80 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:11,720 anything. Conservatives just continue to 81 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:16,040 back up as the enemy says, hey, you know, remember like 27 years 82 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,120 ago when they started calling us just racists and bigots? 83 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,120 And we're like, Oh my goodness, I don't want to be a racist. 84 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:22,560 Oh my goodness, that would be a bigot. 85 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,120 And then after a while we realized like, Oh my goodness, 86 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:25,400 they're just lying about everything. 87 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:27,440 OK. But we, we continue to back up 88 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:29,320 and back up and back up. And then we're like, how did we 89 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,400 get up against this Cliff? I guess Jesus just wants me to 90 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,440 fall over in Jesus name. No, Saints, it's just called 91 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,400 taking a step forward. That's it. 92 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,560 We are at work. But the weapons of urine 93 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,000 warfare, they're not carnal, but they are mining for the pulling 94 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,000 down of strongholds. So you and I are people with 95 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,160 prayer. You and I are people still of 96 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:51,560 truth. And the truth is what we should 97 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,760 always stand on and we should not be afraid to be able to 98 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,000 shift gears in conversation when someone reveals to us that they 99 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,080 are no longer in good faith. But we are dealing with what 100 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:06,720 Jesus calls dogs and pigs. Jesus tells us he says judge 101 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:08,520 not, which is every non Christian's favorite Bible 102 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,360 verse. And then he literally goes in 103 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,560 the whole context there to teach you how to judge. 104 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:14,640 He teaches us what does that look like? 105 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,560 And he says, don't give your pearls to pigs. 106 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:18,960 So we're supposed to determine who things are. 107 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,440 We're supposed to make a judgment about this person being 108 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,520 a pig. We're supposed to determine who 109 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,600 dogs are. Yeah, not with hatred, not with 110 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,800 mouse, but you go, they reveal themselves. 111 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,760 So this is something we see all through Jesus ministry, as I've 112 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:34,600 been preaching through Matthew, I've showed it to you over and 113 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,240 over and overlook at Jesus. He shifts gears. 114 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:37,840 He goes, oh, I can be gracious with you. 115 00:05:37,840 --> 00:05:39,920 I can be gracious with you. The pride upon the hateful. 116 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:44,600 He goes, boys, you came to humiliate me, but I'm going to 117 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:45,840 fold it with a reverse card on me. 118 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,720 And then he would shame and condemn them along the way was 119 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,840 not balanced, but he's going, oh, I, I can give it to I can 120 00:05:52,840 --> 00:05:54,920 give it to you can give it, I can give it. 121 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,680 Christians are not doormats. Christians are people who think 122 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,440 Christians are people who tell the truth. 123 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:04,000 Christians are people who can also humiliate demonic arguments 124 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,800 and foolish attacks. The other thing that really 125 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:08,920 stood out this week is kind of A2 fold point. 126 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:12,080 First, people really, really, really hated Charlie Kirk. 127 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,640 I didn't realize that to that degree. 128 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,000 It would be one thing if there was just one hateful murderer 129 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,120 who pulled the trigger and then the whole world said, Oh my 130 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:22,480 goodness, that's just wicked and terrible. 131 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,160 Or if those celebrating were just anonymous social media 132 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,560 accounts, you know, just post for like, those could be bots, 133 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,920 you know, this could be AI generated things. 134 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,880 This might not be real people, but there have been so many 135 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:38,200 celebratory responses of real people on video. 136 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:42,360 These folks were so excited. They pulled up their phone and 137 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,240 they thought I should record this and I should send it out to 138 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:50,600 the world. That's a real boldness, that's a 139 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,920 real enthusiasm. That's a real joy. 140 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,800 They're so excited about their religion that they will preach 141 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,720 their gospel and that they will continue to enforce the rules of 142 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,400 their Kingdom. We can learn from them there as 143 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,760 well that we should be bold to preach and teach and enforce. 144 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,800 But this, the celebratory responses, these are not from 145 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,960 like just a bunch of California kids in college. 146 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,280 These are teachers. These are politicians. 147 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,680 These are news groups. These are computer programmers. 148 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:20,960 These are college students. These were firefighters. 149 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:25,480 These were airline pilots. This was my favorite football 150 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:29,240 team, the Carolina Panthers, one of their like employees. 151 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,080 He had posted something as well. And all these people are like, I 152 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:36,400 am proud and I'm excited to say that I'm happy that this man was 153 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:40,040 murdered. What a wild, wild shock this was 154 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,480 for me. These people didn't just decide 155 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,840 to keep it in their hearts. Like I'm super happy, but I know 156 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,840 better than I know. I know enough to keep it to 157 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,960 myself, right? Like that would be that would be 158 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:52,800 private and that's between them and the Lord. 159 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,320 But they went so far as to record and share their responses 160 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:57,480 with the world. Romans, one says they were 161 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,480 filled with all, all manner of unrighteousness, evil, 162 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,200 covetousness and malice. They're full of envy, murder, 163 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,160 strive, deceit and maliciousness. 164 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:09,440 Their gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, 165 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:13,280 haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 166 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,800 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 167 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,960 Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice 168 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:24,120 such things deserve to die, they not only do them, but give 169 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:27,320 approval to those who practice them. 170 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,880 So they're like, I firstly probably would have never gotten 171 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,559 a place where I could have pulled the trigger, but I'm so 172 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:36,679 thankful someone did. These are the lost people of 173 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:38,320 Romans. One, These are all people 174 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,360 outside of Christ. What's shocking about that then, 175 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:43,000 Pastor? Well, that's my point. 176 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,800 I've been very naive and I don't think of myself as a naive 177 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:49,600 person. I'm a shepherd. 178 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,240 I'm a shepherd of the flock of God, and I'm not as naive as the 179 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,360 flock of God is. As your pastor, I, it is part of 180 00:08:56,360 --> 00:09:00,200 my job to prepare you, to equip you and to help you understand 181 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:01,840 the realities of God's word around you. 182 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,880 But I have foolishly been naive to, to the very reality around 183 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,120 us for years. I, I thought I had learned this 184 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,600 lesson where I ignore certain red flags So, so many years ago 185 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,520 when I was pastoring, if there would be someone in the church 186 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:18,880 who he could talk to talk, you know, maybe he knew scripture or 187 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,280 she knew scripture and they could, they could just talk and 188 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,320 sound spiritual. I would take that as the 189 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,520 evidence. I would, I would accept that as 190 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:30,480 fruit for their life foolishly. And I would look at their family 191 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:31,800 and I would look at all these other things that I see. 192 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,720 And I'm like, that's weird. And I would dismiss the fruit 193 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:36,120 that I would say, I go, well, that's strange. 194 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,520 That's true. Because clearly this guy is so 195 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:42,160 legit, because he knows his Bible and because he knows how 196 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:43,880 to have spiritual conversations with me. 197 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,840 This is the brute I look at. And I foolishly dismissed other 198 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:47,960 things. And then time goes on. 199 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:50,760 You go, oh, wait, I had it backwards. 200 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:52,680 This is the brute. That's the reality. 201 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,520 This was the false presentation. Well, basically, I've done this 202 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:58,480 thing again with the world around us. 203 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,320 I didn't realize the degree of hatred, which I even feel stupid 204 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,160 saying because it was always in front of us the whole time. 205 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,200 But I thought I still had this. There's like the Anne Frank 206 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,400 quote, she said. Surely in spite of everything, I 207 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,040 still think people are good at heart. 208 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:16,040 I still had some naivete in me about that perspective and 209 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:19,240 thinking like, you know, I think most folks are all right. 210 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,440 Really. Pastor, outside of the blood of 211 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,960 Jesus. Well, you know, no, I know, I 212 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:30,520 know that any human is capable of what any other human has ever 213 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:35,200 done outside of Jesus. You and I are capable of the 214 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,400 worst thing that any other human has ever done except for the 215 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,800 grace of God. And I wasn't living like that 216 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:42,240 was true. I wasn't preaching like that was 217 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:43,640 true. I wasn't interacting like that 218 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,040 was true. But I have seen more and more 219 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,680 I'm going, man, these people are bold. 220 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:51,760 These people are excited about what they're excited about. 221 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,840 They're they're very passionate and they're very bold about what 222 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,320 they're doing, about their sin, about their wickedness. 223 00:10:57,560 --> 00:11:00,160 But here is the other thing. And maybe you shifted this gear 224 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,080 this week as well. You're like, first of all, man, 225 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,880 that's really cruel to how they would celebrate Charlie and his 226 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,080 family in this way. But then you thought the next 227 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:13,400 logical thought, Wait a second, I am Charlie. 228 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:19,520 Not exactly by the way, let me let me help you with another 229 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:23,320 manipulation that that the snake uses against you to say that you 230 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:27,360 lied someone, the enemy will try and make it seem like you must 231 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:31,000 agree with every single word they have ever said, every 232 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,920 single action they have ever taken and every thought they 233 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,640 have ever thought. So to unite yourself with anyone 234 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:38,680 is to go that needs you. Stay with. 235 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,800 Hey, my my flock. That is a manipulation tactic of 236 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,920 your enemy. Do not play along anymore. 237 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:49,320 This is how we kept backing up to the Cliff over and over for 238 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,760 decades. And as the pulpit stayed silent 239 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:55,320 on these things and the enemy cleverly said, Christian 240 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,880 shouldn't talk about politics. And Christian said, oh, we 241 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,960 shouldn't. OK, do you stick to your Bible? 242 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,040 OK, we'll stick to our Bible. Well, those who read the Bible 243 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:07,240 realize Christians should talk about politics. 244 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,000 Politics belong to Jesus. Everything belongs to Jesus. 245 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:13,400 So now we command the whole world to repent after our own 246 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,000 repentance. God forgive us for our 247 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,440 foolishness in the church, for our laziness in the American 248 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,240 church, for our ignorance of your word. 249 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:26,200 But we realized that if these people thought this way about 250 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,600 this kind of person, I'm that kind of person. 251 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,280 I have those perspectives. I believe what he believes. 252 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,280 I mean, I don't know everything he believes, but but I believe. 253 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,240 I believe what he believes. Think we would have been best 254 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:40,320 friends. So if you rejoice that way over 255 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:43,240 his death, I know exactly how you feel about mine. 256 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,400 I know exactly how they would feel about yours. 257 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,160 That's not a that's not an unfair twist of things, is it? 258 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:50,880 That's a straight line logical step. 259 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:53,000 I hate him because he believed this. 260 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,440 Well, I believe all that. By the way, you should tell your 261 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,640 friends and family members that you believe those things too, 262 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,400 especially the ones, by the way, has anyone had had that happen 263 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,480 in your personal life, not just online, but you've seen your own 264 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,040 friends and family members say, well, I think he had it thumb 265 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,160 enough. Don't throw it in their face, 266 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:10,400 but just say, hey, just so you know, like I share those beliefs 267 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,560 and convictions. Generally speaking, I absolutely 268 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:16,120 show those beliefs and convictions and let them sell it 269 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:17,440 for themselves. You don't have to pay them into 270 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:22,200 a corner, but let them know. Let them know where you stand. 271 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,120 Well, I don't want to create. You don't want to what? 272 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:26,480 Create strife. You're not the person of strife. 273 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,400 You're the person of truth and grace. 274 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,520 And we call people to be people of truth and grace, but that can 275 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:33,880 only happen as they come to, as they come to Christ. 276 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:40,000 So the other thing we realize is if this many people are willing 277 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,640 to talk about this publicly, then celebrate their joy over 278 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:45,240 it, how many aren't? How many still feel it? 279 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:46,920 But just like I know better than say it. 280 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,320 So we're just gaining some perspective here. 281 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:53,200 I, I took the red pill in a whole new way this week. 282 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,720 So for those of you seen the movie The Matrix, then it's a, 283 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,680 you don't have to see the movie, but the guys presented with the 284 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:02,240 red pill or the blue pill. The red pill represents the 285 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,560 truth. You can take the truth and 286 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:07,280 you're going to know everything about reality, but it's going to 287 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:08,680 hurt. There's a lot of pain and 288 00:14:08,680 --> 00:14:11,080 suffering involved in, but it's the truth. 289 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:15,360 It's how things actually are. Or you can take the blue pill 290 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,080 and you'll go back to being ignorant. 291 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,040 You won't know anything. So I've been red pilled in 292 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,560 multiple areas of my life over the years I've been red pilled, 293 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:24,960 for example, when it comes to understanding masculine and 294 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:28,440 feminine and how how masculine feminine should actually work in 295 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,160 a relationship compared to what demonic feminism has taught us 296 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:33,760 about how masculine feminine should work in relationship. 297 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:35,760 That was a red pill moment ago. That is reality. 298 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,040 This is how it works. It's good, true and beautiful 299 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:39,560 actually, if you handle that thankfully. 300 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:43,520 But I was red pilled in a new way because again, I'm just 301 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:49,520 realizing the hatred of these people isn't just hyperbole like 302 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,520 I thought it was. I thought all their rhetoric was 303 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:54,040 just rhetoric. I thought they were just like 304 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:56,200 trying to make an extreme point. They're like, they're racist and 305 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:57,800 they're begging someone. OK, they know we're not, but 306 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,200 they're just trying to they're fired up. 307 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:00,960 Fair enough. And we dismiss all the stuff 308 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,200 that they would say. They would say they're Nazis and 309 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,040 they're this and that's we're like, OK, they don't actually 310 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:06,880 mean that. They're just bad. 311 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,080 Fair enough. I like, we just gave such 312 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,920 allowances and we kept making such a like, they don't mean 313 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:15,040 what they're saying. Turns out they literally did it. 314 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,240 Like I thought, I thought they were just saying stuff. 315 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,720 So I was being really gracious with it all and like, oh wow, 316 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:23,360 they, they actually believe that. 317 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,760 OK, Wow, how stupid I was. They were constantly telling me 318 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,840 who they were and I refused to believe them. 319 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,680 I saw that I'd been very naive about my country. 320 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:39,160 So like we said, how they feel about someone's murdered who you 321 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:42,040 share the same beliefs with is how they would feel about yours 322 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:43,680 as well. Pastor, what are you doing here? 323 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:46,880 I am opening this the sheep's eyes so you have reality and 324 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:49,480 understanding as we continue to look to the hope. 325 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:54,840 First, John 3 says we should not be like Cain who was one of the 326 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,920 evil who was who was up the evil 1 and murdered his brother And 327 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:02,160 why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil 328 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:06,280 and his brothers were righteous. That is why Cain murdered evil. 329 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,040 I believe that's why Charlie Kirk was murdered, for his faith 330 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,680 in the Lord Jesus Christ and for his conviction to say, oh, this 331 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:15,200 is true. No, this is true. 332 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,520 This is what reality looks like. No, this is what a man is. 333 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,000 This is what a woman is. They can't become the other. 334 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,080 Oh no, this is, this is what's true. 335 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,840 Jesus is king. No other religion can be true 336 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,600 because Christ insists that it's not. 337 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,880 This is how reality works. This is what should happen as an 338 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:36,080 outflow of the Scriptures. So whenever you're the voice of 339 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:39,280 conviction for someone else, when they're resisting God, they 340 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,280 hate you for it. I want you to shut up because I 341 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,160 want you to stop bringing the conviction that I feel for it. 342 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,600 If you're right, that brings a terrible weight and burden upon 343 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,760 me. And the good news for them is 344 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:53,080 that the good news was in the message as well. 345 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,040 There is a heavyweight. There is a terrible weight and 346 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:56,520 burden upon you just like there is on all of us. 347 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,040 And Jesus comes and says, I'll lift it off of you. 348 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:00,760 The truth is he didn't put it on you. 349 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:05,119 Sin and shame put it on you. The law of God reveals to you 350 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,319 that it's on you. That's what the law of God does. 351 00:17:07,319 --> 00:17:09,400 The law of God says you're actually being crushed by 352 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:12,119 £1,000,000. You go, I hate the law of God. 353 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:14,440 No, no, no, no, no, no. Don't hate the law of God. 354 00:17:14,599 --> 00:17:16,800 Well, I never saw this white crushing me before until you 355 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,119 brought the law of God. Don't hate the law of God, 356 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:20,800 friend. Hate the sin that's crushing 357 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:22,400 you. The law of God has just 358 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:24,440 clarified it for you. It's like hating your doctor. 359 00:17:25,079 --> 00:17:26,560 I've had all this going on in my life. 360 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:28,400 Your doctor says I can tell you what's going on. 361 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,360 This is your problem. I hate you, Doctor. 362 00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:32,800 No, no, no, no, no, no. Let's attack the problem 363 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,280 together. By the way, I have the cure and 364 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,720 I'm happy to give it to you and it's free. 365 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,480 And his name is Jesus. I hate you, Doctor, and I hate 366 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:50,200 your cure because I love my sin. Why did he murder him? 367 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:52,480 Because his own deeds were evil and his brothers were righteous. 368 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:55,320 Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you. 369 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,720 We know we have passed out of death into life because we love 370 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,720 the brothers. Whoever got whoever does not 371 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:06,920 love abides in death. Everyone who hates his brother 372 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,880 is a murderer, and you know that. 373 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,720 No murderer has eternal life abiding and helping. 374 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:18,120 New Testament Bible stuff here. If you hate, you are a murderer, 375 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,000 and no murderer has eternal life provided me. 376 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,360 So how do we respond to hatred and martyrdom? 377 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:28,600 We look to our shepherd, Jesus. Now I'll take you to Matthew. 378 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:30,760 There had to be a Matthew in the sermon, right? 379 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,720 Matthew chapter 10 here there with me. 380 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:50,920 Starting verse 16, we're going to read all the way through 39, 381 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:55,640 but I'm going to teach as I go. Behold, this is Jesus talking. 382 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,000 Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the vids. 383 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,640 Wow, that's encouraging Lord. But he's honest. 384 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:05,720 He's honest right from the get go. 385 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,480 He never did a bait and switch with us. 386 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,160 He said. I'm telling you reality. 387 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,400 Jesus gave the red pill the whole time. 388 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:15,880 No false comfort, real comfort, powerful comfort. 389 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:21,600 Be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves. 390 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,640 The body of Christ has often been as innocent as a dove and 391 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,920 as foolish as a sheep. He said, I want you to be. 392 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,400 You are like sheep in some ways, he said. 393 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,720 But listen to me, sheep. You need to be wise like a dove. 394 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:37,000 All these animal references. Sheep are historically stupid 395 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:38,960 animals. Very dumb. 396 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:41,240 They do things to get themselves in trouble. 397 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:42,560 They do things to get themselves sick. 398 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,000 They do things to get themselves lost. 399 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:45,600 They do things to get themselves killed. 400 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:47,800 Fair enough. Jesus. 401 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:50,120 Bit of a Jag it took out us there. 402 00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:53,760 But it's well deserved. But then he says, so be as wise 403 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,200 as a serpent. Snakes are wise. 404 00:19:56,360 --> 00:19:59,360 Snakes are crafted. Snakes are hard to hit. 405 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,360 They're serpenting. But many Christians stand up and 406 00:20:02,360 --> 00:20:06,400 go, I'm right here, I'm right here, shoot me instead of having 407 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:10,120 wisdom even in conversation. To be Serpentine, to not play 408 00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:14,160 into your enemy's traps, and to not walk ignorantly like a sheep 409 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:16,760 into traps that are deliberately set for you. 410 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,920 Jesus went like a lamb before the slaughter at the cross, but 411 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:23,080 in conversations and in theological interactions, He did 412 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:26,040 not walk and March right into every trap set for him. 413 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:35,240 He walked into zero traps set for Him, innocent as doves. 17 414 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,320 Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and 415 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,200 flog you with their synagogues, and you will be dragged before 416 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,800 governors and kings. For my sake, oh Jesus, I'll do 417 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:48,760 anything for you to bear witness before them and the Gentiles 418 00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:51,480 when they deliver you over. Do not be anxious of how you are 419 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,240 to speak or what you're going to say, for what you are to say 420 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:55,640 will be given to you in that hour. 421 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,400 For it is not you who speak, but the spirit of your Father 422 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,760 speaking through you. Brother will deliver brother 423 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:04,000 over to death and the father, his child and children will rise 424 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,040 against parents and have them put to death. 425 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:12,480 Do what? Jesus, brother against brother, 426 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:18,240 father against child, children against parents and have been 427 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,440 put to death. Believe your Bible. 428 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:24,680 Believe your Bible. It has happened. 429 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,200 Just because it's not happening in this moment doesn't mean it 430 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,320 won't again. But it has happened, and you 431 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,040 will be hated by all. Why? 432 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,160 For my name's sake. But the one who endures to the 433 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,600 end will be saved. When they persecute you in one 434 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,800 town, flee to the next. For truly I say, you will not 435 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,040 have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man 436 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,760 comes. A disciple was not above his 437 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,920 teacher, nor a servant above his master. 438 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,720 It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher and a 439 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,400 servant like his master. If they call the master of the 440 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,480 house feels able. So he said, if they call me the 441 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:01,200 master, if they call me Satan, how much more will they malign 442 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,800 those of his household? How much more will they talk 443 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,760 poorly of you? Christians get used to it. 444 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,400 Well, we are used to it. Frankly, I think it's but 445 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:13,400 understand it. Understand it, recognize it and 446 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,280 don't try to defend it. You're not dealing with a 447 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,280 reasonable person if you're dealing with someone who hates 448 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,560 you, someone who wishes for your death. 449 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,560 Your feelings hurt. Love them, pray for them. 450 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,960 Bless those who persecute you. They hate you. 451 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,200 They hated him first. He told us they would. 452 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,880 So have No Fear of them. For nothing is covered that will 453 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,240 not be revealed. Nothing is hidden that will not 454 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,320 be known. When I tell you in the dark, say 455 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:45,400 in the light what you hear whispered proclaim on the 456 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,440 housetops, or on a college campus with a microphone, or on 457 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,200 YouTube, or on your social media account or at the water cooler, 458 00:22:54,480 --> 00:23:00,400 wherever you can, whatever the consequence, and it will be 459 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:04,520 worth it. Do not fear those who kill the 460 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:08,760 body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear Him who can destroy 461 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:13,520 both soul and body in hell. Are not 2 sparrows sold for a 462 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,440 penny and not one of them will fall to the ground without your 463 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:18,680 Father. But even the hairs on your head 464 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,160 are all numbered. Fear not. 465 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,960 Therefore you are of more value than men, sparrows. 466 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,920 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I will also 467 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,160 acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven. 468 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,720 Hallelujah, what a promise. Acknowledge the Lord Jesus 469 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,200 Christ as your Master, as your King, as your God, as the one 470 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,120 who saved you. And he said, I will acknowledge 471 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:43,720 you before my Father in heaven. You want that, my friends, You 472 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,680 want the Lord Jesus Christ to turn to the Father and say they 473 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:51,160 are ours. They have come through my name 474 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:55,040 and through my blood. Verse 33 But whoever denies me 475 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:59,000 before men, I will also deny before my father, who is in 476 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,440 heaven. What a tragedy and what in 477 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,720 terror. Do not think I have come to 478 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:08,200 bring peace to the earth. I've not come to bring peace, 479 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,560 but a sword. For I have come to set a man 480 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:15,000 against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and 481 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,960 a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 482 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,760 And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. 483 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,240 I didn't write that in there. That's been there the whole 484 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,320 time. Whoever loves father or mother 485 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:28,880 more than me is not worthy of me. 486 00:24:29,120 --> 00:24:31,600 Whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of 487 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,800 me. Whoever does not take his cross 488 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,440 and follow me is not worthy of me. 489 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,200 Whoever finds his life will lose it. 490 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,880 Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 491 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,280 They hate Jesus, that's why they hate his servants. 492 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,920 Jesus really loves you and you are secure in Him. 493 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,640 When the people of the we're the people of the cross and we still 494 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,640 have good news. We are not a people of despair. 495 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,680 A people who will live forever have No Fear of death. 496 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,080 A people who will live forever cannot be intimidated. 497 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:05,480 I'll cheer with you. I'll shoot you. 498 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:11,400 Oh, Oh no, Oh no. I'll be with my great God and 499 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,720 say, is it a tragedy? It still is because it's a 500 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,240 wickedness and the innocent blood cries out. 501 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,040 Charlie Kurtz. Innocent blood cries out for 502 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,640 justice. Thankfully, they have arrested 503 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:27,880 his killers and we pray that his killer would repent and grow to 504 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,200 the saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. 505 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:32,560 That is exactly what should happen. 506 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,880 And then the state should execute justice because that's 507 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,160 the office of the state and that is the responsibility given to 508 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,920 the state. And then when the state executes 509 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:45,640 justice. Tyler Robinson would enter into 510 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,400 the eternal glory of the Lord Jesus Christ to be greeted by 511 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,360 Charlie Kirk and say welcome into the Kingdom. 512 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,440 I didn't earn anything to get here. 513 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,320 You didn't earn anything to get here. 514 00:25:55,640 --> 00:26:02,000 Praise Jesus, kill your people. You are to love your enemies and 515 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,320 to want to see them blessed, and at the same time to understand 516 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:08,920 God's Word is right and just and perfect and final and all areas 517 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:13,000 of authority in the household and the government and in the 518 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:22,520 church. Go to Romans chapter 12 to your 519 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:31,610 right in the New Testament, Mark, Luke, John X Romans, 520 00:26:37,330 --> 00:26:43,930 Romans 12, verse 14. Bless those who persecute you. 521 00:26:43,930 --> 00:26:47,450 Bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice. 522 00:26:47,730 --> 00:26:50,800 Weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one 523 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,200 another. Do not be haughty, but associate 524 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,600 with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. 525 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,760 Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is 526 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,480 honorable. Decide of all, if possible, so 527 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:03,880 far as it depends on you. Live peaceably with all, 528 00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:07,800 beloved. Never avenge yourselves, but 529 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:12,120 leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, Vengeance is 530 00:27:12,120 --> 00:27:15,960 mine. I we'll repay, says the Lord. 531 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:17,680 That's why we pray for our enemies, God. 532 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,120 Save them from your vengeance. Save them from your vengeance 533 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:22,720 and also Lord. And if they won't repent, bring 534 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,400 your full wrath, God, Bring your wrath and crush your enemies, 535 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,720 Lord. But we don't take that into our 536 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,920 hands. To the contrary, if your enemy 537 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,560 is hungry, feed him, and if he's thirsty, give him something to 538 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:35,600 drink. For by doing so you will keep 539 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:39,680 burning coals upon his head. Do not be overcome by evil, but 540 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,400 overcome evil. We're good, so we love our 541 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,960 enemies. We do not pretend that we don't 542 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,560 have enemies, though. We do not trust our enemies. 543 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:54,600 That is not the command. We do not submit to our enemies. 544 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,520 That is not the command. We do not help our enemies 545 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:00,200 succeed. That is not the command. 546 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,160 We seek peace by calling our enemies to repentance. 547 00:28:04,360 --> 00:28:06,920 That is the only way there can be repentance. 548 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:08,640 That's the only way there can be unity. 549 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,800 That's the only way there can be reconciliation. 550 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:14,560 So our enemies, they're saying, hey, let's all tone it down. 551 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:18,080 Ain't no, let's all ain't no let's all tone it down. 552 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,560 We won't meet you at the cross. That's the only place I'll meet 553 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,200 you. That's the only fairground I'll 554 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,120 meet you. But I'm not going to pretend 555 00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:27,000 that there's truth or appeasement. 556 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,960 If you want unity, we can have him come to the cross of Jesus. 557 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,120 That's where I'm staying planted. 558 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,720 I belong to Jesus. You can come to Jesus. 559 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:36,840 That's great. But light can have no fellowship 560 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,320 with darkness. So come to the light. 561 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,320 It's not my team, it's just Jesus. 562 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,640 And I've joined this team and you were invited. 563 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:45,960 You're a welcome. You're called in. 564 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,920 And then they can review the doctor for pointing out the 565 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:50,560 sickness in the illness and the disease. 566 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,360 But many will repent. Yes, many will respond. 567 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:56,560 We see that in Charlie Kirk's ministry. 568 00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,040 You see that there for all the hate. 569 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,800 I hope you've also seen some of the beautiful testimonies. 570 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,600 I've seen photographs of people said I was a trans this. 571 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:10,560 And now here's me married to my husband, a man born a man, me 572 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:12,920 born a woman. And here's our babies and we 573 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,760 love and follow the Lord Jesus Christ because Charlie spoke to 574 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:18,400 me with such kindness. Yes, the hateful right extremist 575 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,760 bigot. Yeah, that guy, he spoke to me 576 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,080 with such kindness. I've seen black people share 577 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,480 videos of how Charlie encouraged them and blessed them and 578 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,240 encouraged them in their work. Charlie, the extreme right wing 579 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:32,280 racist, all these things they're going to continue to accuse, but 580 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:35,760 many people will respond to you with graciousness because Jesus 581 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,360 said the harvest is ready. It's the laborers that are few. 582 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:43,800 Continue to stand for truth, but recognize that you need wisdom. 583 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,400 You don't want to help your enemy succeed. 584 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,680 This is the only way we connect unity under the name and the 585 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,840 blood of Jesus. That is the place where there 586 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,760 can be reconciliation. Anything else would be betrayal 587 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,720 of Christ. We must stop backing up and take 588 00:29:57,720 --> 00:29:59,280 a step forward. How do we take that step 589 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,480 forward? Tell the truth. 590 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:08,640 Tell the truth and be winsome. Charlie was winsome in the right 591 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,360 way. Scripture commands us to be 592 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:13,200 winsome in our speech. But then of course, our enemies 593 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:17,120 turn that and say you must all look and act and behave like Mr. 594 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,640 Rogers at all times. And that is not who Jesus was. 595 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,120 That is not who Charlie Kirk was. 596 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,960 But of course, our enemies who don't love the word of God will 597 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,960 use the word of God against sweet and innocent Christians 598 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,560 who don't know better because they're still in a chore. 599 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:33,880 And the enemies will say, your Bible says this. 600 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,600 And angry Christians will go, Oh my goodness, I want to obey my 601 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,040 Bible. All while being manipulated by 602 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,120 the snakes. He tried to use the Scripture 603 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:44,160 against Jesus too. He probably knows the Scripture 604 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:48,280 better than you and I, but he's a twister, a manipulator, and a 605 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:53,960 liar. Ephesians 426 commands us be 606 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:58,920 angry and do not sin. I feel so angry, Pastor. 607 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,040 That means you have a sense of justice. 608 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,200 Like God who is just. You should be angry. 609 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,720 And now point your anger to righteous action. 610 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:10,200 Point your anger to holy boldness. 611 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:12,760 Do not let it rot into unforgiveness. 612 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,120 You don't need to repent of your anger. 613 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,400 You need to repent of doing nothing with your anger. 614 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,320 That would be a problem or doing the wrong thing with your anger. 615 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:27,760 Surrender to God. And this really can be a turning 616 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,440 point for us and a turning point for our nation. 617 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,800 Prophetically, that's what Charlie's ministry was called. 618 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:35,760 That's what that organization was called, Turning point. 619 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,480 And by God's grace, this will actually be a turning point for 620 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:42,080 our nation. Whereas naive Christians like 621 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:47,520 myself go and I thought I understood things clearly and I 622 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,960 got a whole another level of revelation and understanding on 623 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,000 where we really are and what's really taking place now. 624 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,560 And I want to be even more bold. I want to be even more outspoken 625 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:01,320 that don't hear bold with offensive, although being bold 626 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:06,240 will create massive offense because we know that you're at 627 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,760 war with another religion. Even though they that many of 628 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,080 your enemies would say they don't have any religion at all, 629 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:14,840 they do in every country, every religion. 630 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:18,280 They're always speech laws and they're always laws to protect 631 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,960 the gods of that country and the gods of that age and the gods of 632 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:22,720 that day. Our nation is no different. 633 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:27,960 So that's why they wanted to label truth telling as violence. 634 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,320 They wanted to say that that's sin against our gods. 635 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:36,080 That's sin against our idols. Idols themselves, the idols of, 636 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:41,720 of mostly it's just the idol of self of, of what I want, what I 637 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:43,200 believe is best, what I believe is true. 638 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:45,480 So they want to silence your speech. 639 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:46,600 That's why they call it violence. 640 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:50,920 By the way, it was so important for the enemies of the cross to 641 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:54,680 say that speech itself is violence. 642 00:32:55,920 --> 00:33:00,040 All the logic, If I can say that your speech is actual violence, 643 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,480 I can now justify my actual violence against you. 644 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:07,000 And I can say I'm, I'm in self-defense because you did 645 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:11,240 violence to me with words. But it feels that way because 646 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:13,240 the word God cuts to the heart. The truth cuts deep. 647 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:15,680 So I understand. But you can no longer be 648 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:17,320 gasoline and manipulated by your enemies. 649 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,760 You can no longer be told that you're full of hate speech. 650 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,480 You can no longer be told those sins by people who don't love 651 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:25,280 and follow Jesus, who try and tell you who Jesus was and what 652 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,760 he was like. That's foolishness to trust your 653 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:30,960 enemies and to take them up on their offers. 654 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,360 So surrender to God. And this really can't be a 655 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:39,000 turning point for all of us. So what does surrender look 656 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,840 like? What are we supposed to do now? 657 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:46,560 We're supposed to walk in to God in all given spheres of our 658 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,080 lives. And that's where we're going to 659 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,280 go with the rest of our message. I'm going to hit the three 660 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:52,920 different spheres. And what you should do, what 661 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,400 action you should take, the three spheres of authority that 662 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,800 Jesus has established in the earth. 663 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:02,560 If we had a little diagram, that's three spheres you heard 664 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,960 me talk about many times. That's the household. 665 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:08,120 That's one sphere of authority. It has particular authorities 666 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,080 that the others do not. The church, that's another 667 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:12,800 sphere with another particular authority. 668 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:14,880 It has authorities that the other two spheres do not. 669 00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:18,960 And the government, that is a Jesus given, God assigned to the 670 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:21,880 earth, spirit authority. And it has particular roles and 671 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:23,920 assignments that the others do not. 672 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,280 And yet all three speak to one another. 673 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:30,239 And we're supposed to work under submission of Jesus together for 674 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,679 the flourishing of people and for the establishing of God's 675 00:34:32,679 --> 00:34:35,679 will on the earth, our first sphere of influence. 676 00:34:35,679 --> 00:34:37,120 What are we supposed to do, Pastor? 677 00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:41,280 What are we supposed to do now? I understand more clearly how 678 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:45,159 much the world hates me. I understand more clearly the 679 00:34:45,159 --> 00:34:47,320 world that the the war that we're a part of. 680 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:51,480 What do we do with it? Pastor in sphere #1 the 681 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,800 household. The best thing and the right 682 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:57,760 thing to do is obey God by shepherding your own household. 683 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:02,760 Well, I cannot overstate this point. 684 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,080 This is where we will gain the most ground. 685 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:11,200 The other two are also incredibly powerful. 686 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,200 But this is where I should say this way, not where we'll gain 687 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:14,840 the most ground. This is where you have the most 688 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:16,840 influence. First of all, personally, right 689 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:20,120 away, it's yourself. I think this ought to. 690 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,800 I think man, the church needs to this and they needed this. 691 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,120 Well, first of all, you and your own household are the best place 692 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:29,120 for you to glorify God. It's where you have maximum 693 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:33,720 authority to make it. So this is your best advertising 694 00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:37,520 as well for the Kingdom. This is the best way to so that 695 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:41,520 people can look at your life and go like, maybe I do disagree 696 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:44,200 with everything they say, but I look at the fruits and I go, 697 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:48,080 that's some good fruit though, and I would like to enjoy some 698 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:49,600 of that. Your own life is your best 699 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,920 advertising. You shouldn't take financial 700 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,680 advice from a broke person. You shouldn't take fitness 701 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:56,200 advice from an out of shape person. 702 00:35:56,640 --> 00:36:00,000 You should look the part if you're selling those things. 703 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,920 And if we're selling the gospel, we should look the part. 704 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,920 We should look like, look what the gospel does, look what it 705 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,520 does in a household, look what it does in an individual, look 706 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:10,920 what it does in my personal life. 707 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:14,040 We should look the part with richness and with beautiful 708 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:17,080 fruit. What does that look like? 709 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:20,120 It looks like a deeply loving and joyful marriage. 710 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:22,880 Deeply loving and joyful marriage. 711 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:26,600 It will take work, it will take effort, It will take deliberate 712 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:29,160 action, but it's a Kingdom manifestation. 713 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:33,040 It will look like children who are well loved and disciplined, 714 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,600 well loved and disciplined. It will look like joy in your 715 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:41,320 home. It will look like enjoying the 716 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,240 presence of God, not only the principles of God. 717 00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:47,280 So it's not a household that just says this is the rule, this 718 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,240 is the rule, this is God's rule, this is God's rule. 719 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:53,000 Well, that's, that's good. But we want to emphasize his 720 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:54,960 presence. The presence of God will always 721 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:58,280 lead you to the principles of God, but it's possible to have 722 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:00,560 the principles of God without having the presence of God. 723 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,720 We want both. And in your personal life, in 724 00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:05,920 your own household, this is what you should be prioritizing. 725 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,040 This is what you should be focusing on. 726 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,600 Double down your efforts to build up your marriage. 727 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:12,960 Double down your efforts to build up your own personal 728 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,120 devotional life in your own personal world with the Lord. 729 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:18,520 Double down your efforts to grow and mature in all the ways that 730 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:20,080 you know the Lord is speaking to you. 731 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:24,040 Back to that point of surrender. Lord, I need to surrender and 732 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:27,880 then I need to go to another level and then again I said he's 733 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:32,040 overlap in the second sphere, the church, what should the 734 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:35,600 church do? The church should obey God and 735 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,120 by preaching the gospel with urgency. 736 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,520 And when I say the church, I don't mean the Sunday gathering, 737 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:45,520 I mean also you. So the first one was you, the 738 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:48,800 second one's you just like the first one was me as a as a man, 739 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:50,800 a husband and father. The second one is me. 740 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,000 Yes, as a pastor, but that's that's not my primary. 741 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,800 My primary is I'm a Christian. As a Christian, I need to be 742 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:01,080 preaching the gospel with boldness and clarity and with 743 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,720 love. This is the mission. 744 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:08,600 To preach the gospel is loving, to preach the gospel is caring. 745 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:13,080 To preach the gospel is kind. And yes, we understand it's 746 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:15,760 offensive. You got to tell people you're so 747 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:19,000 bad that Jesus had to die for it and you deserve eternity and 748 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,560 help. But wait, I wasn't finished. 749 00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,880 There's good news, by the way, that's true about me too. 750 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,520 And the grace of God has been extended to us. 751 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,600 We've got to get that whole message on the whole part part A 752 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,960 and Part B, not just Part B, not just God loves you and is a 753 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,360 great plan for your life. Like, cool, thanks God. 754 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,040 I guess I'll continue on with my day. 755 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:43,440 Hang on a second. All have sinned and fallen short 756 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:46,840 of the glory of God. You've got to confess your sins 757 00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:49,200 and come to them. Repent, for the Kingdom of 758 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:51,920 heaven is at hand. Is the message that Jesus 759 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,640 preached. I don't know what Mr. Rogers 760 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:58,680 preached, but I do know what Jesus preached and repentance 761 00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:00,640 was always the primary part of his message. 762 00:39:11,590 --> 00:39:16,240 Go there for and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them 763 00:39:16,240 --> 00:39:18,960 in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, 764 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:22,320 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. 765 00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:25,440 And behold, I'm with you always to the end of the age. 766 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:30,120 We're to go into all nations. We're to make nations and ethnic 767 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:33,840 groups and everybody. We're to teach them to obey 768 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,640 Jesus. That's Jesus's command. 769 00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:40,520 We're not to go around and suggest to people, Hey, really 770 00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:41,960 think you ought to consider this. 771 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:45,840 Hey, really think you ought to now and in your wisdom of your 772 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:48,160 relationships, that might be a way you actually say, well, hey, 773 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,120 hey friend, I really want to get some pushback. 774 00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:51,440 I really want to get some encouragement. 775 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,560 I really hope you'll consider I I did that in the mall recently. 776 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,560 I was in a store, got talking to the cashier. 777 00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:01,080 We just got chat back and forth. He was a Muslim and he had a lot 778 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:02,640 to say and he really didn't come up for air. 779 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:04,840 So he just kind of talked the whole time and I kept waiting 780 00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:06,120 and waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting. 781 00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,120 Eventually I realized, have some wisdom, John Michael. 782 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,600 He's not going to stop. He was friendly, I enjoyed him, 783 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:13,040 he enjoyed me, but he wasn't going to stop. 784 00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:15,120 So I had to interject because I had to leave. 785 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:18,000 And I said, hey, hey, can I drop a Pebble in your shoe? 786 00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:20,080 Because he was saying different things about different 787 00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:22,320 religions, all kinds of inaccuracies and false things. 788 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:24,000 And he's like, Oh yeah, we all serve God. 789 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:27,480 Not true. So I said, can I put a Pebble in 790 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:28,400 your shoe? And he goes, sure. 791 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:30,880 I said, I have to go. So this is that was a winsome 792 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:32,680 and gracious approach, right? I didn't just say, hey, 793 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:34,680 everything you said is wrong. You're an idiot, you're going to 794 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:36,920 hell. Mohammed was a pervert, which 795 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:40,800 all this those things might be true, but that's not necessarily 796 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,800 the necessary approach, is it? Right. 797 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,080 So I said, can I put a Pebble in your shoe before I go? 798 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:49,320 And he goes, sure, sure. I said, so you said this and you 799 00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:51,080 said this, the invasive claims about Christ. 800 00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:54,320 I said, well, I would encourage you to go look up the exclusive 801 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:57,680 claims that Jesus made. I said, because all of these 802 00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:01,280 religions, Islam, here's how you get to heaven, right? 803 00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,640 There's a particular way. He goes, yeah, I said Judaism, 804 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:05,160 there's a particular way they can make it. 805 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:08,560 Buddhism and you know, I said Christian, there's a particular 806 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:10,680 way. I said some of those have some 807 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:12,480 overlap. Christianity overlaps with none 808 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,000 of them. I said Jesus made exclusive 809 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,440 claims about who he was. I said, I said I have to go. 810 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:19,000 I said, but you have to process that. 811 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:21,480 I said, you got to chew on that. I had a little bit of rapport. 812 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:22,600 He liked me. He could reside. 813 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:24,280 Well, he won't. He, I don't know. 814 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,000 I'm afraid and and I trust and hope that he will. 815 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:30,280 So don't misunderstand. When we talk about boldness, 816 00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:32,440 we're not talking about deliberate rudeness. 817 00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,800 He, he had no way showed teeth. He was a very gracious 818 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:38,440 conversation. So I didn't have to go, Oh, stop 819 00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:40,280 right there you steak. I didn't have to do any of that. 820 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:41,800 I was just able to relate to him. 821 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:43,880 Hey, nice story you got here and so on. 822 00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:48,360 But preaching the gospel is our assignment and we have to preach 823 00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:51,080 Christ crucified. We have to preach Christ risen, 824 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:55,840 not tomorrow, but today. We have to preach now, not like 825 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:58,240 you don't need to wait like I need to become a more mature 826 00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:00,480 Christian. Well, we all need to become more 827 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:02,800 mature Christians. So I love the sentiment there, 828 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:04,960 but don't think that you're supposed to wait. 829 00:42:05,240 --> 00:42:08,440 Don't think you were going to graduate into I'm ready for 830 00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:09,760 Avenger with some. No, no, no. 831 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:11,600 That was the invitation. Day one. 832 00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:15,520 Come and follow me. Why, I'll make you fishers of 833 00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:17,200 men. That's why. 834 00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:18,880 That's the invitation from day one. 835 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:22,560 So if you're in Christ, you are now qualified to make disciples. 836 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,120 You're now qualified to say, hey, I don't know everything. 837 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:27,480 I got tons of stuff like I can't, I don't have the 838 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:30,120 intellect of Charlie Kirk. The more I've watched it, I'm 839 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:32,600 like, dude was brilliant. We have a photographic memory. 840 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,840 Anybody comes up with anything and they're like, so let's talk 841 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:37,920 about the crime statistics. And he's like, no, actually in 842 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:40,160 2000, such and such, the statistics, the FBI, I'm like, 843 00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:43,240 bro, what? That's wild. 844 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:45,760 And he can do it with anything. And then he can talk to Ukraine 845 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:47,560 and then he can talk theology and then he can talk. 846 00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:51,120 No, the free court actually says on good grief, you're not 847 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:53,360 Charlie Kirk. OK, there's not going to be 848 00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:55,120 another 1. And I also write, there will be 849 00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:59,720 10 million of us, so don't pressure yourself. 850 00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:00,960 I got to sound like Pastor John Michael. 851 00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:03,280 I got to sound like someone somebody's going to be asking me 852 00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:04,480 a question I don't know the answer to. 853 00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,160 And then they'll think that that somehow disposes the whole 854 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,120 Bible. Hey, my, my dear and precious, 855 00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:12,960 saying that is a tactic that the enemy is using against you to 856 00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:16,880 keep you silent. The power of God is the gospel. 857 00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:20,680 The gospel is the power of God. It is the power. 858 00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:22,760 It's not the intellectual argument. 859 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:26,280 It's not every, it's not all the detail that Charlie was able to 860 00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:29,120 expose because as you saw on many debates, he was able to 861 00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:31,720 point it out. And then they go, I still hate 862 00:43:31,720 --> 00:43:35,080 you. How could you hate him? 863 00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:37,120 He just showed you everything point by point. 864 00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:40,240 How could you hate him? Because the gospel is the power 865 00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:44,320 of God unto salvation. Not FBI, not FBI crime 866 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:49,360 statistics, not what Putin said, not what Ukraine did, not what 867 00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:53,920 Trump said, not what Trump did, not what Fox or CNN, not any of 868 00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:55,520 the data or the facts of what took place. 869 00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:58,040 It's not the power to change someone's life. 870 00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:00,640 It's not it. I just feel like if I could 871 00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:04,000 reason with people, you can't because it's spiritual. 872 00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:06,400 Stop believing that it's not spiritual. 873 00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:09,440 That is the ball. Then we're believing that it's 874 00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:12,320 not spiritual, and we're still thinking that the gospel is like 875 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:15,000 some foolish thing and it is foolishness to those who are 876 00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,480 perishing. And God says, I wonder if my 877 00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,800 Saints will believe me and preach the message of a bloody 878 00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:24,160 cross and the postmodern era where everyone is super educated 879 00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:28,720 and everyone's so smart. Well, my Saints actually go and 880 00:44:28,720 --> 00:44:31,560 say Jesus died on the bloody cross for our sins. 881 00:44:31,720 --> 00:44:34,240 And he really does love you. And he really will rescue you 882 00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:36,120 and give you a new identity and a new life. 883 00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:39,680 And he'll heal like traumatic wounds in your soul and physical 884 00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:42,400 wounds in your body and restoration to your mind and 885 00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:44,160 bring peace to you. That's really all. 886 00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:46,320 My God, I don't know a lot more than that right now. 887 00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:49,320 I'm really doing the Lord, but I know He's done it for me and I 888 00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:52,120 know he'll do it for you. Can will you just submit and 889 00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:55,120 surrender to the Lord Jesus? Will you please let me pray with 890 00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:58,480 you? I've never done it like that. 891 00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:01,640 Well, maybe that's what we're getting, what we're getting 892 00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:03,200 because we've been doing what we've been doing. 893 00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:08,880 Preach the gospel with urgency. That's what we're supposed to do 894 00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:13,840 as the church. And then in our third sphere of 895 00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:18,360 influence, the government. What are we supposed to do? 896 00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:20,960 I'm not the government. Maybe some of you are in public 897 00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:22,960 office. If so, you're part of the 898 00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:25,600 government. Praise God for that, But what 899 00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:27,000 are we supposed to do with our government? 900 00:45:27,240 --> 00:45:32,400 We are supposed to press our government to obey God because 901 00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:35,520 the government was instituted by God and the government should be 902 00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:37,760 in submission to God. Amen. 903 00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:43,400 Amen. We're closing for these next 904 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:45,000 couple minutes. I'm going to go to Romans again. 905 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:49,400 Romans 13. Our government quoted it to us 906 00:45:49,720 --> 00:45:52,720 over these past few years, many in our godless government. 907 00:45:53,720 --> 00:45:57,320 Suddenly we're quoting Romans 13, which is quite ironic 908 00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:00,360 because I want to say, oh, do you believe that the Bible is 909 00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:02,400 the authoritative word of God? They don't know. 910 00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:03,600 But you're supposed to do so. Do that. 911 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:05,480 Do what this verse says. How clever. 912 00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:09,320 If he's Satan. No, I think I'll interpret the 913 00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,760 Scripture with the Scripture, and I think I'll apply it 914 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:16,320 appropriately. Romans 13, verse one. 915 00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:20,160 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. 916 00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:22,480 That's all CNN gave us a few years ago. 917 00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:25,880 That's it. Obey the government. 918 00:46:26,240 --> 00:46:29,760 For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist 919 00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:32,960 have been instituted by God. Therefore, whoever resists the 920 00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:36,720 authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist 921 00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:41,960 will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to 922 00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:44,960 good conduct. So the authorities established 923 00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:48,280 by God are not a terror to good conduct. 924 00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:52,080 To bad conduct. This is the establishment of the 925 00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:57,280 Lord's authority in government to be a terror to bad conduct, 926 00:46:57,560 --> 00:46:59,560 not to be a terror to good conduct. 927 00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:02,760 By the way, the establishment of the household is where husbands 928 00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:06,120 and fathers rule. Households like Jesus so that 929 00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:09,560 everybody wins, so that men wins, so that women win, so that 930 00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:11,640 children win and everybody flourishes. 931 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:14,680 That's the authority established in the household, the authority 932 00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:17,120 established in the church, the church's responsibility. 933 00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:18,880 What power does the church have in the earth? 934 00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:21,600 Jesus said this. This realm of authority tells 935 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:24,560 you what the truth is. This realm, the body of Christ, 936 00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:27,680 tells the household and the government which way is up and 937 00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:30,440 which way is down. The church says this is the way. 938 00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:32,360 That's north. We established that last week, 939 00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:32,920 right? That's N. 940 00:47:33,240 --> 00:47:36,440 We established this is north, this is South, this is east, 941 00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:38,400 this is West. So the government doesn't get to 942 00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:39,680 go. Well, we've actually changed the 943 00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:40,840 compass. You don't do that. 944 00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:42,520 You don't have the authority to do that. 945 00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:46,080 Your responsibility is to punish the evil doers and to reward the 946 00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:48,240 righteous. That's what Jesus gave to you. 947 00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:50,120 The church will tell you when you've outstep that 948 00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:52,480 jurisdiction. The church doesn't execute 949 00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:55,040 people, do they? The household doesn't execute 950 00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:56,480 people do that. Jesus didn't give them that 951 00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,320 authority. It's not their jurisdiction and 952 00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:00,800 it's not their place. The church can excommunicate 953 00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:02,800 people. As a pastor, I have that 954 00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,040 authority. When a believer continues to 955 00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:07,520 live in unrepentant sin, we go to them with compassion and 956 00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:09,320 grace. But eventually, if they continue 957 00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:12,680 to harden their hearts, we say you're an excommunicator because 958 00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:15,360 we love you, because we want you to feel this pain of separation 959 00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:18,880 so that you will repent. We refuse to pretend you are a 960 00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:22,440 part of us because that would be a damnation to your soul, and we 961 00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:25,720 hope that you will genuinely repent and be saved. 962 00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:29,400 And the household establishes care, establishes love. 963 00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:31,120 It's where marriage is established. 964 00:48:31,120 --> 00:48:33,680 It's where children are nurtured and disciple. 965 00:48:40,050 --> 00:48:42,330 Would you like to have No Fear of the one who is in authority? 966 00:48:43,050 --> 00:48:45,730 Then do what is good and you will receive His approval. 967 00:48:46,130 --> 00:48:48,490 This is God's design for government. 968 00:48:48,490 --> 00:48:50,050 This isn't how government always works. 969 00:48:50,050 --> 00:48:55,560 Isn't verse 4 For he is God's servant for your good. 970 00:48:56,240 --> 00:48:59,920 But if you do wrong, be afraid in the state. 971 00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:04,280 The authority to kill human beings when appropriate and the 972 00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:08,000 state determines appropriate. Would you like to be free? 973 00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:09,480 From fear of the state? Don't. 974 00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:12,160 Break the law. I hope I don't get pulled over 975 00:49:12,160 --> 00:49:13,920 today. Don't speak. 976 00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:16,080 You know, we all have that effect, right? 977 00:49:16,240 --> 00:49:19,120 Drive past the Congo. What do we feel? 978 00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:19,760 Fear. Why? 979 00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:24,720 Because we're breaking the law. He bears not the sword in vain, 980 00:49:24,720 --> 00:49:26,360 though. He is God's servant for your 981 00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:28,280 good. That's why he's going to pull 982 00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:29,680 you over. Hey, that's dangerous. 983 00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:31,800 We've just, we've decided. We've determined this is 984 00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:32,880 dangerous. This isn't good. 985 00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:35,840 That's what he's supposed to do. He doesn't always do it that 986 00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:37,160 way. That's what he's supposed to do. 987 00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:39,920 The household isn't always functioning perfectly, but God's 988 00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:42,240 designed for it's perfect. The church doesn't always 989 00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:46,520 function perfectly, but God's designed for it is perfect if 990 00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:48,720 you do wrong. Be afraid he has a. 991 00:49:48,720 --> 00:49:52,000 Sword. It's not for show, it's a cut 992 00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:56,280 someone's head off. So this should be your great 993 00:49:56,280 --> 00:49:58,800 area of interest when? It comes to your government. 994 00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:01,720 Government is supposed to carry out God's wrath on the 995 00:50:01,720 --> 00:50:03,800 wrongdoer. But your government, our 996 00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:05,960 government, largely fails at doing so. 997 00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:10,760 This is the problem. Where does this show up? 998 00:50:10,760 --> 00:50:14,440 We have open borders and lawless immigration. 999 00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:16,800 This exposes the innocent to danger. 1000 00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:20,560 It is immoral. It is immoral. 1001 00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:24,720 We protect criminals. Victims are ignored. 1002 00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:28,840 The we could go unpunished. Our government allows legally 1003 00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:33,600 for the murder of unborn children, human beings made in 1004 00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:37,080 the image of God. Our government thought they 1005 00:50:37,080 --> 00:50:40,240 could redefine marriage. That was your jurisdiction. 1006 00:50:40,240 --> 00:50:42,040 What on earth are you talking about? 1007 00:50:42,360 --> 00:50:45,360 Should have said the church. Who on earth do you think you 1008 00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:48,760 we're the government? And Christians naively think the 1009 00:50:48,760 --> 00:50:51,600 government is the sphere of over everybody. 1010 00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:54,080 The government's over the church and the government's over the 1011 00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:56,760 family. Well, when it comes to right 1012 00:50:56,760 --> 00:50:58,960 doing and wrongdoing and prosecution, sure. 1013 00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:01,840 But in another sense, the church is over everybody with the 1014 00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:02,880 truth. And in another sense, the 1015 00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:05,560 family's over everybody with authority to raise and disciple 1016 00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:10,960 their own children. And yet there could be some 1017 00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:16,160 overlap in these areas. State can't redefine marriage. 1018 00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:17,880 You didn't define marriage. You don't need to redefine 1019 00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:19,360 marriage. That's God's creation. 1020 00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:22,040 That's the church's institution. We'll handle that. 1021 00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:24,840 Get out of it. We'd like to award people for 1022 00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:26,040 being married. That's the government. 1023 00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:28,840 We recognize that we should reward the righteous, and we see 1024 00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:31,800 how this is a social benefit. By all means, go for it. 1025 00:51:32,080 --> 00:51:34,120 That makes sense. That's within your jurisdiction 1026 00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:36,560 to do so. But you don't get to change and 1027 00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:39,080 say what that looks like and who is married and who isn't. 1028 00:51:40,120 --> 00:51:44,640 The church will let you know our government has incredibly 1029 00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:48,400 ridiculous debts and reckless spending enslaving future 1030 00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:52,080 generations because of their stupidity and wickedness and 1031 00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:55,240 they have the failure to wield the sword in the state of 1032 00:51:55,240 --> 00:51:56,720 Virginia. They have removed the death 1033 00:51:56,720 --> 00:51:59,240 penalty entirely. The thing that Jesus has given 1034 00:51:59,240 --> 00:52:03,080 to our state in particular. Our state said no Jesus, we know 1035 00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:05,800 better than you. We won't be doing that ever 1036 00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:07,480 again in the state is what they said. 1037 00:52:07,880 --> 00:52:11,280 So murderers live and victims blood cries out for justice. 1038 00:52:13,240 --> 00:52:18,920 What are we supposed to do beyond the obvious of voting in 1039 00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:22,880 the way that is most righteous? You need to know that Christians 1040 00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:27,320 should be political because everything belongs to Jesus. 1041 00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:31,560 We're not silent or quiet. We're not only political, but we 1042 00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:34,680 are definitely political. We're people who interact with 1043 00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:37,720 all areas of life. We care about everything and we 1044 00:52:37,720 --> 00:52:40,600 know that God's ways are best, so we want his Kingdom to come 1045 00:52:40,600 --> 00:52:42,480 and his will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. 1046 00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:45,520 And if they call you a Christian nationalist for saying that, 1047 00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:48,920 don't worry about it. It's an irrelevant label. 1048 00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:52,400 You can just continue to go. All I know is I don't want 1049 00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:54,760 people to be able to get on a subway and get their throat 1050 00:52:54,760 --> 00:52:58,560 sliced open by someone who's been arrested 14 times and then 1051 00:52:58,560 --> 00:53:01,240 released a gun. That's what I know. 1052 00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:02,440 Well, none of. Us want that? 1053 00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:04,240 Well then. But the way we vote at the 1054 00:53:04,240 --> 00:53:07,640 ballot box determines the policies of the people who will 1055 00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:09,960 enact. We can miss our righteousness. 1056 00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:13,400 So voting does matter. It does matter a lot. 1057 00:53:14,600 --> 00:53:16,840 But what else? Don't just stop at voting. 1058 00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:21,520 I'm not going to stop at voting. I've been largely ignorant to my 1059 00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:25,360 government, it's processes, my legislative leaders and I no 1060 00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:28,800 longer will be. I believe it has been in 1061 00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:31,320 ignorance, but a simple ignorance on my part. 1062 00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:35,320 And I will no longer just sit back and just wait for things to 1063 00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:37,160 happen and only vote in elections. 1064 00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:39,480 I've even been outspoken leading up to elections. 1065 00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:43,520 I'll continue to do so, but I will no longer just sit back and 1066 00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:45,440 do that. I will get engaged. 1067 00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:47,360 How are you going to do it, pastor? 1068 00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:49,960 I'm learning. I'm learning like literally now 1069 00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:53,360 about what to do and how to do it, how to make progress. 1070 00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:54,840 What would it look like? I don't. 1071 00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:58,440 I'm not committing my life to being a political activist, but 1072 00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:02,360 I do need to take my appropriate role as a citizen of Middlesex 1073 00:54:02,360 --> 00:54:06,200 County, as a citizen of the state of Virginia, as a citizen 1074 00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:09,640 of the United States. And I haven't done that to the 1075 00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:11,040 strength and degree that I need to. 1076 00:54:11,240 --> 00:54:13,160 And I feel responsible to do more stuff. 1077 00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:16,400 So as I learn and grow, I'll continue to share news. 1078 00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:19,040 If any of you say pass your father along that path of the 1079 00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:21,760 help, I'll meet. Clue me in, fill me in, show me 1080 00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:23,640 what that looks like. I'm eager to learn. 1081 00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:25,160 But that's what repentance looks like. 1082 00:54:26,040 --> 00:54:29,280 We've been confronted with the reality of death, of hate, and 1083 00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:31,400 of evil. We've seen it on our screens. 1084 00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:35,400 We felt it in our own hearts. Where is the hope? 1085 00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:38,280 What do we do? Rule well your own household. 1086 00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:41,840 Rule well yourself. Preach the gospel. 1087 00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:43,960 It is the power of God unto salvation. 1088 00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:49,560 And yes, be political. It all belongs to Jesus, and the 1089 00:54:49,560 --> 00:54:52,240 outcomes that you want are going to bless everybody. 1090 00:54:52,360 --> 00:54:55,480 Even people who hate Jesus are going to be blessed by the 1091 00:54:55,480 --> 00:54:59,800 rulership of Jesus on the earth when the Saints rise up in power 1092 00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:02,760 and in strength. So where is the hope? 1093 00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:04,680 The only answer is in Jesus. Christ. 1094 00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:08,040 And what does that mean? He's not an idea. 1095 00:55:08,240 --> 00:55:11,200 He's not a philosophy. I'm going to say, oh, just hope 1096 00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:13,280 in Jesus. No, there's a mechanism of 1097 00:55:13,280 --> 00:55:16,480 salvation. God's grace is. 1098 00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:20,480 Given to you when. You put faith in Christ and this 1099 00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:22,680 what brings the miracle, the new of the new birth. 1100 00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:26,160 He is not a philosophy. He is the living king of the 1101 00:55:26,160 --> 00:55:29,360 universe and he's still saving people and making them new. 1102 00:55:30,520 --> 00:55:34,760 Romans has multiple passages that walk us through this. 1103 00:55:35,800 --> 00:55:39,800 Romans 323 says for all have sinned and fall short of the 1104 00:55:39,800 --> 00:55:42,960 glory of God. That includes me, that includes 1105 00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:46,760 you. Romans 623 for the wages of sin, 1106 00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:51,360 there's a payment. The wages of sin is death, but 1107 00:55:51,360 --> 00:55:55,440 the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our word. 1108 00:55:56,240 --> 00:55:59,040 That was bad news at first. We switched to good news. 1109 00:55:59,040 --> 00:56:02,840 Thank you God. Romans 58 But God shows his love 1110 00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:06,960 for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for 1111 00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:10,560 us. Christ died for us. 1112 00:56:11,840 --> 00:56:16,440 John 316 Jesus Himself for God so loved the world that he gave 1113 00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:19,840 his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not 1114 00:56:19,840 --> 00:56:24,640 perish, but have eternal life. So what do you do? 1115 00:56:24,640 --> 00:56:26,400 What must I do? To be saved you. 1116 00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:29,720 Repent. You turn from sin, you trust in 1117 00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:33,480 Jesus Christ alone to save you, and you confess in this Lord. 1118 00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:39,000 When you do that, He does the real work. 1119 00:56:39,640 --> 00:56:42,920 You do the surrender. He does the breakthrough. 1120 00:56:43,640 --> 00:56:46,800 He makes you a new creation. Old things passed away. 1121 00:56:46,800 --> 00:56:49,320 All things become new. He brings new desires. 1122 00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:53,920 He brings a new actual life, a recognizable life, a 1123 00:56:53,920 --> 00:56:57,400 recognizable difference, with recognizable desires that shift 1124 00:56:57,720 --> 00:57:04,760 and change. Romans 10/9 if you confess. 1125 00:57:04,760 --> 00:57:08,480 With your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart 1126 00:57:08,480 --> 00:57:11,840 that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 1127 00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:16,920 I don't know if Charlie Kirk meant a lot to you or if he 1128 00:57:16,920 --> 00:57:18,720 meant. Very little to you if you didn't 1129 00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:21,440 know anything about it until this week, but this is the hope 1130 00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:22,640 that he lived with and died with. 1131 00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:27,400 Yes, that Jesus is Lord. Charlie is secure. 1132 00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:31,280 He is conscious right now in the presence of God, with my 1133 00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:35,200 grandfather, who I miss, with your loved ones who died in 1134 00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:39,440 Christ, secure in the eternal. Presence of God. 1135 00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:41,920 We got lots of questions about the beauty and goodness of 1136 00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:43,960 heaven, but we know it's incredible. 1137 00:57:46,280 --> 00:57:48,600 Don't leave here without Christ. Don't leave here still in your. 1138 00:57:48,600 --> 00:57:52,800 Sin, you can really come to Jesus, the crucified is and Lord 1139 00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:56,000 and you'll find forgiveness. You will find eternal life. 1140 00:57:56,240 --> 00:57:59,120 You will find a fellowship of believers who love you and say 1141 00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:02,000 welcome, welcome. We didn't. 1142 00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:04,680 Well, we might just be a few steps ahead of you on the 1143 00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:08,160 timeline, but that's it. Jesus has done everything else 1144 00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:10,160 for us. We all come into the Kingdom the 1145 00:58:10,160 --> 00:58:13,880 same way. You'll find the love of God that 1146 00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:15,840 no murder, that no hate. That no death. 1147 00:58:16,120 --> 00:58:19,360 Can ever take away you can join the eternal Kingdom and His 1148 00:58:19,360 --> 00:58:21,680 eternal people and worship the Eternal King. 1149 00:58:21,760 --> 00:58:25,720 Heavenly Father, thank you so much for the love you have shown 1150 00:58:25,720 --> 00:58:30,400 us. God, I pray that everyone under 1151 00:58:30,400 --> 00:58:35,560 the sound of my voice would trust you, would believe on you, 1152 00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:41,680 would confess their sins to you, and be made new by you. 1153 00:58:44,880 --> 00:58:46,480 I want to lead you in a prayer church. 1154 00:58:46,800 --> 00:58:49,360 Maybe you've prayed this with all your heart before. 1155 00:58:49,800 --> 00:58:53,240 If so, you can pray it again with me now. 1156 00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:56,680 If you've never prayed it with all your heart and actually 1157 00:58:56,680 --> 00:58:59,440 surrender to the Lord, I want to clarify You're not just 1158 00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:01,160 repeating after me or repeat after me. 1159 00:59:01,720 --> 00:59:04,440 I believe many people have repeated a prayer like this one 1160 00:59:04,600 --> 00:59:07,600 to no effect. They've used their vocal cords 1161 00:59:07,600 --> 00:59:11,360 as the air moves through their esophagus to no effect. 1162 00:59:12,800 --> 00:59:15,120 But if you are surrendering. Your life to the Lord Jesus. 1163 00:59:15,120 --> 00:59:18,400 Christ, then you are about to receive the full grace of God. 1164 00:59:19,680 --> 00:59:23,400 That is a miracle, that is a gift, and that is a 1165 00:59:23,400 --> 00:59:28,560 resurrection. So let's pray like this, 1166 00:59:28,560 --> 00:59:28,840 heavenly.