1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,480 This Taylor Swift trick is bonkers. 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,440 OK, now watch carefully just before the cameraman zooms out. 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:11,960 It looks like Taylor Swift is ridiculing the cross of Jesus. 4 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,320 Or was this just accidental? If you think it was, will you 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,040 explain this to me whilst the rapper I Spice was giving her 6 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,120 acceptance speech? Notice how Taylor's reaction 7 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:38,120 changes when she mentions God. I Spice herself has got a lot of 8 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,520 explaining to do. Check out her body language 9 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:42,320 whilst this man prays for her Lord. 10 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,360 We are all from the same place and we are all trying to get to 11 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,000 the same place, which is the top end we are. 12 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,840 We all want to experience different things in our live 13 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:51,120 chat. So thank you so much for 14 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:53,800 bringing all of us together. And I pray that you allow us to 15 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,240 grow on other people on each other. 16 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,320 And I pray that you allow us to reach any measures in his life 17 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:00,840 and you just watch over us daily. 18 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,560 You bless us, you allow us to bless other people without work 19 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,200 and our amazing craft. And you help us enjoy this 20 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:07,520 night. And Jesus name we pray, Amen. 21 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,840 And then look at what she does when she realizes she's on the 22 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,360 big screen at the Super Bowl whilst wearing an inverted 23 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:29,040 cross. This whole situation gets even 24 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:33,000 more insane when you hear what the other side of the Internet 25 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,640 claims about Swift. If you're confused, maybe this 26 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:41,000 fan will give you a clue. Almost $1000 on a ticket, right? 27 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:42,680 And you can't remember anything it. 28 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,520 Felt like so surreal afterwards as we were leaving, I was like, 29 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,280 did she play this song? I don't remember this song. 30 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:50,560 I don't. Remember her doing that? 31 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,520 You've probably already guessed what the rumour is, but in case 32 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,080 you haven't, people are claiming that Taylor Swift has the 33 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:00,720 ability to cast spells over her fans. 34 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,040 I'm not so sure about this, but there is one thing that my 35 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,120 research did reveal and it's this. 36 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,400 Taylor Swift uses a lot of biblical imagery in her music 37 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,520 videos, and not in a good way. In one of her biggest chart 38 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,640 toppers, Blank Space, Taylor Swift not only has the whole 39 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:20,960 White Horse symbolism, but she ridicules the Adam and Eve story 40 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,720 by eating an apple and then offering some to her boyfriend, 41 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:28,280 who once he realizes just what he's eating, he removes it from 42 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,280 his mouth immediately. In her recent song Karma, we see 43 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:36,440 a scene from the place of God's Eternal Judgment where Taylor 44 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:40,120 and her dancers are wearing very dark masks, and they're 45 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:44,000 retelling this lie that this place is just one big party. 46 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,920 She even sings the line Everyone You Burned just to Get There, 47 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:51,280 which kind of emphasises this point even more. 48 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:56,200 In 2017, Taylor released a song called Look What You Made Me Do, 49 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,760 and in it she laughed at Christianity from beginning to 50 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:01,760 end. The opening scene has a very 51 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,240 Halloweeny kind of feel with a drone shot showing all the 52 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:09,160 graves lined up to spell out Taylor Swift's initials TS. 53 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,200 And I know you might think I'm reaching here, but it kind of 54 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:16,040 reminded me of a verse in the Bible that says her feet go down 55 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:17,400 to death. And also. 56 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,960 But he does not know that the dead are there and that her 57 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,680 guests are in the depths of Sheol. 58 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:26,520 Can I ask you, what do you think about this? 59 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,680 The music video continues and then we find Taylor Swift 60 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,760 sitting on a throne dressed in scarlet red. 61 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,160 She's wearing snake jewelry with snakes, literally Slytherin up 62 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,160 towards her on the steps. Now am I the only one who went? 63 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,480 I see this is also reminded of the woman who is described in 64 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,360 the Book of Revelation. Regardless of what your opinion 65 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,560 is of these two artistic decisions, you've got to admit 66 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,040 this to me. The song lyric, this lyric that 67 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,320 she sings is just plain disrespectful to Jesus. 68 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,640 She says I rose up from the dead. 69 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,160 I do it all the time as if to make it a common thing, easily 70 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,320 achievable that anyone can rise from the dead. 71 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:04,840 Anyone can do what Jesus did when he beat the grave. 72 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,560 I also find it very questionable on why she decided during her 73 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:13,440 reputation to bring out a huge serpent which every Christian 74 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:15,960 knows represents the evil one himself. 75 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,920 And then there were the coincidental lighting effects 76 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,400 that you can see here. All while singing this openly 77 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,120 rebellious song against God's moral laws. 78 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,960 To quote Taylor, she says they say I did something bad. 79 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,680 Then why does it feel so good? Most fun I ever had and I'd do 80 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,880 it over and over and over again if I could. 81 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,320 OK now I want you guys to see this viral clip because it it 82 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:42,360 might just change the way you view her music from now on. 83 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,880 I say witchy and I stand by that. 84 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,400 It felt like somebody standing over a potion, making a love 85 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:53,440 potion, dreaming up the person that they want and the person 86 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,440 they desire and trying to figure out how to get that person in 87 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,480 their life. And all the kind of misdirection 88 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:03,920 and bait and switch and like complexity that goes into seeing 89 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:07,120 someone, feeling a connection, wanting them and trying to make 90 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:10,960 them a part of your life. It's it it it's tactical at 91 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:16,640 times, it's confusing at times. Up to fate, it's magical 92 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,480 manifestation. That's how human. 93 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,480 Beings, actually. Make sense of it it's we're 94 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,440 manifesting, but it's something else it's something else. 95 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,640 Taylor Swift on her eras talk really did create a dark 96 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,280 atmosphere during her performance of Willow. 97 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,680 But here's what we do know it's official. 98 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,280 The innocent American sweet looking girl that everybody 99 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:40,200 loved. Taylor Swift has long and she 100 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:44,160 has now been replaced with this Taylor Swift who loves this one 101 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,040 eye imagery, even to the point of showing it off when you're 102 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,320 eating your breakfast eggs in one of her latest music videos. 103 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,280 This Taylor Swift, she loves tarot cards just like what we 104 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:56,600 saw in karma, and she loves to ridicule Christianity. 105 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,360 So take all of that into your mind and then listen to how 106 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:04,880 Taylor Swift herself describes what she is, who she believes 107 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,360 in. This point and I can't see 108 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:14,560 another commercial and see her disguising these policies behind 109 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,840 the words Tennessee Christian values. 110 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:18,920 Those aren't Tennessee Christian values. 111 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:21,760 I live in Tennessee. I am Christian. 112 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,080 That's not what we stand for. So this is the point where I'm 113 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:29,080 going to get a heap of hate. So instead of you stating that 114 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,440 I'm judging Taylor Swift, I'm just going to say let's let God 115 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,560 be the judge of her with his words. 116 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,720 But not just Taylor Swift. Let each of us now as we read 117 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,200 these scriptures, let us all examine ourselves that the word 118 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:45,360 of God might shine lights into the dark areas of our heart. 119 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:49,920 The Bible says, Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord shall 120 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,640 enter the Kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my 121 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:58,080 Father in heaven. Again Jesus said, Even so every 122 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:02,720 good tree bears good fruits, but a bad tree bears bad fruits. 123 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,640 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear 124 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,520 good fruits. Every tree that does not bear 125 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,320 good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 126 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:17,120 Therefore by their fruits you will know them. 127 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:22,040 The Scripture also says, and this is condemnation, that the 128 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,680 light has come into the world and men loved darkness rather 129 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:29,720 than light because their deeds or evil. 130 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:34,720 In Galatians 5, Paul actually gives us a long list of all the 131 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:38,200 types of people who will not inherit the Kingdom of God. 132 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:42,440 And did you know that sorcery is also included on that list? 133 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:44,600 And that's not the only place that the dark arts are 134 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,200 mentioned. All the way through the Old 135 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,720 Testament, there are commands that specifically say you must 136 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:53,960 not have any part in sorcery. An old Puritan from the past 137 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,760 called Richard Sibbs once said Christ will not own those who 138 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:02,240 who wear his name but bear no likeness to his character. 139 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,800 My dear friend, our words are like the wind. 140 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,640 And if all we do is just verbally acknowledge God with 141 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:13,760 lip service, but there is never any repentance, then the reality 142 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,400 is that there is no substance to our faith. 143 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,160 Now please, please, please do not misunderstand me. 144 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:24,440 Outward confession is brilliant, but Jesus clearly stated that we 145 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,600 must bear fruit, otherwise we are just self. 146 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:31,400 Now I know exactly what you're thinking right now. 147 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,559 Some of you will be thinking this exact thing you'll be 148 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,280 saying. So if I go to church, if I stop 149 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,440 using bad words, if I stop listening to bad music, if I put 150 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,320 away my tarot cards, does that mean that I'm a Christian, 151 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:46,040 right? No, that's exactly the 152 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:48,200 definition of work based salvation. 153 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:49,640 You should do those things. Please. 154 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:51,720 No, you really should put those things away. 155 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,000 But also remember that you cannot do that fully without 156 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,440 knowing the Lord Jesus Christ. You see, Jesus said that a 157 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,320 branch on its own cannot bear fruits. 158 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,360 The only way for us to bear fruit, Jesus said, is for us to 159 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,800 abide in Him and then we will bear fruits. 160 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,920 Does that make sense? So the focus of the true 161 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,840 believer, the focus of the true Christian is not to try and 162 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,760 produce fruits on our own. It's not to try and do these 163 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:17,760 good works that we might earn God's favor. 164 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:21,160 It's not to focus on how many sins can I turn from so God will 165 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,880 forgive me. No, the focus is to abide in 166 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:26,000 him. The focus is to get close to the 167 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,320 Lord Jesus Christ, to be near to him, to receive Him, and then 168 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,920 when we receive him, we then bear fruit. 169 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:33,960 And that is evidence that we know Him. 170 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,760 And that is exactly why Jesus Christ said, depart from me, for 171 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:41,720 I never knew you. We cannot do a thing unless we 172 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,640 know the Lord Jesus Christ, unless we're near to the Lord 173 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,920 Jesus Christ, unless the living Lord has come and lived inside 174 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,840 of us and changed our lives and given us a new heart and new 175 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,920 desires. So what question am I going to 176 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,640 ask you right now? Do you know Him? 177 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,640 Do you know the risen Lord? Have you met him? 178 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,000 I don't mean physically in person, but have you met him? 179 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,080 Has he come and changed your life? 180 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:10,040 Have you seen the Son of God dying on that cross for you 181 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,200 because he loved you to pieces, Because all the wrong things 182 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,640 you've done, all your sins have separated you from a holy God, 183 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:20,960 And yet Jesus Christ, the Lord of Lords, the King of kings, 184 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:25,080 decided to come and die in your place so you can be forgiven. 185 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,880 Have you come to Him? And once you've seen him, once 186 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,080 you've received him, has there been a desire to turn from your 187 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:34,160 past, to turn from your sins, to turn from all these things that 188 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,360 you love to go to all the time? You love to go to these things, 189 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,120 And yet you realize actually there's an emptiness here, and 190 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:42,960 there's only life to be found in the Lord Jesus Christ. 191 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:46,920 All friends come to him, abide in that vine, receive the Lord 192 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,920 Jesus Christ and see that he rose from the dead to beat your 193 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:52,960 grave, that not anyone can do it. 194 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:55,680 Taylor Swift cannot raise herself back from the dead. 195 00:10:55,680 --> 00:10:59,000 She needs Jesus Christ. And that's exactly why we should 196 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,920 pray for her right now. That she will receive Jesus, 197 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:05,120 that she will meet the risen Lord and see that raising 198 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,640 herself back from the dead is something she will never do 199 00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:09,760 unless she puts her trust in Jesus. 200 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:13,400 Well, just before we all take a moment to pray for Taylor Swift 201 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,880 quietly in our own hearts, I'm going to ask you to also know 202 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:18,720 this. There is another person who we 203 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,480 should also pray for, and it's Doja Cat. 204 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:25,040 And when I looked at some of the videos of Taylor Swift, I 205 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:28,400 couldn't help but remembering things I saw in Doja Cats 206 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,440 videos, things that were so similar. 207 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,680 It was a little bit, I'm not quite sure what the word is. 208 00:11:33,680 --> 00:11:36,840 Just watch this video and I think you'll know exactly what 209 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:37,760 I'm talking about.