1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,480 It has just been announced that one of the Olympics largest 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:08,720 sponsors has pulled out all advertising over this ceasefire. 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,520 The 6th largest wireless provider to the USA found the 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:16,320 mockery of Jesus Christ so disrespectful that it can no 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:20,280 longer be associated with the 2024 Olympics. 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,800 But you will not believe what Elon Musk tweeted about this 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,520 too. Unless there is more bravery to 8 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:31,600 stand up for what is fair and right, Christianity will perish. 9 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,480 Is Elon Musk right or is he wrong? 10 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:37,920 He's right because if we as Christians stand back and let 11 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,920 the whole world laugh at our Saviour, no one's going to get 12 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,240 saved. If we ourselves do not take our 13 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:47,160 message seriously and stand next to the Lord Jesus Christ and be 14 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:51,400 prepared to be counted and count the cost, no one is going to 15 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,920 believe us when we say Christ Jesus is the most special thing. 16 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:56,880 He is the most precious person in the world. 17 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,920 So right now, today is not the day to be silent. 18 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,320 Today is not the day to be a doormat. 19 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:06,040 Today is the day to speak up and say this is wrong. 20 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,280 We do not agree with this and we stand with ceasefire. 21 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,440 We stand with those who say no, we will not watch the Olympics 22 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:15,640 this year because you are mocking our saviour and he means 23 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,600 far more to me than a bit of sports than a bit of 24 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,000 entertainment. Clearly there was never an 25 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:27,240 intention to to show disrespect to any religious group. 26 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,160 On the contrary, I think that to imagine he really tried to 27 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,760 really intend to to celebrate community tolerance. 28 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:39,040 That was his word yesterday. And looking at the result of the 29 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:43,240 polls that we shared, we believe that this ambition was was 30 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:47,080 achieved. If people have taken any 31 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,880 offense, we are of course, really, really. 32 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,520 Sorry, listen to me. God is no man's debtor, and I'm 33 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,400 going to ask you to do something right now. 34 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,360 I hope this video reaches many, many people. 35 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,480 And if you're in the USA right now and you're ready, you're 36 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,680 coming up to the end of your subscription and you're ready to 37 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:09,160 switch wireless providers, would you please, please consider 38 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,040 switching to Ceasefire? They're not sponsoring me to 39 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,800 make this video, but I want to. Something that's hit me, really 40 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,480 this these guys will have lost millions for what they've 41 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,200 decided to do. Millions of opportunities, 42 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,480 millions of eyeballs to pull out all advertisements. 43 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,640 And yet they're doing it because they are saying no. 44 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,240 The Lord Jesus Christ is more precious. 45 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:34,000 So as Christians, let's get behind this company and let's 46 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,760 support them. If I was in the USA, I'd support 47 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,400 them. So if you are, please do 48 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,080 consider this. And guys, listen, it does kind 49 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,200 of remind me ceasefire. This decision they've made at 50 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:50,240 the 2024 Olympics reminds me of a huge decision that a man 51 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:54,400 called Eric Liddle made at the 1924 Olympics. 52 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:58,640 Eric Liddle was a Christian man and he was a sprinter. 53 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,880 His best race was the 100 meter Sprint. 54 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,360 But when it came to the day when the heats were all put on, all 55 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,440 the dates were put on the calendar, he's found out that 56 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:12,320 the date that he was going to run was on a Sunday on what he 57 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:16,080 believed was the Lord's Day. He had a deep conviction about 58 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,440 this, that this day should be special. 59 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,600 This day should be different to all other days. 60 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,800 And whether you agree with that principle or not, you've got to 61 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:29,240 admire him for sticking to it and for saying, no, I will not 62 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,240 run on a Sunday. I will not run on the Lord's 63 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,280 Day. Now, because he was a gifted 64 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,960 athlete. Well the organizer said well why 65 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,000 not try yourself at the 400 metres. 66 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,640 Now Eric Little had no hope of winning this by human standards. 67 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:48,360 As I said he was a sprinter on the day of the race his friend 68 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:53,120 sent him a little note and it simply said this in the old book 69 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:58,520 it says he the honours me, I will honour wishing you the best 70 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:02,960 of success. So Eric Little, he entered the 71 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:04,960 race and what do you think happened? 72 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:10,280 He won, he broke the record and he got a gold medal because he 73 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,040 honoured the Lord God. Now I don't know what this 74 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,040 decision that ceasefire has just made. 75 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,880 I don't know what it will affect, how it will affect them 76 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,920 in business, but I hope it's a similar story to Eric Liddell 77 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:25,720 that the Lord honours them for standing up for, for making a 78 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,720 cost and saying no, the Lord Jesus Christ is more precious. 79 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,920 But what about you and me? What are we going to do when we 80 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,040 see the whole world mocking our saviour? 81 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:40,560 What are we going to do? Are we going to count the cost? 82 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,600 Now, I'll be honest with you, I love the Olympics. 83 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:48,040 In 2004 I went to the Olympics in Athens and I loved watching 84 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,640 the swimmers, basketball, all of it. 85 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,800 I love sport. But this year, I've got to ask 86 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,240 myself the question, will I watch it after everything that 87 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:00,200 I've just seen? And I think if I really do ask 88 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,960 myself, deep inside, I don't think I can in good faith 89 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:07,320 support what they have done this year because I do believe a 90 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,680 message has to be sent out to these organizers that this is 91 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,600 not acceptable. But am I the only one who finds 92 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:18,720 this really saddening? I mean, for years, the Olympics 93 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,000 has been known as wholesome, something that all the family 94 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,320 can enjoy. The Apostle Paul, in the Bible, 95 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,160 he uses many analogies talking about the Olympics because 96 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,600 obviously in Greece and then in that time in Europe where he was 97 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,760 witnessing the Olympics was huge. 98 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,120 It's always been known as something that all of us can get 99 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,360 alongside. We can all cheer for our country 100 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,480 and we can have a great time. But here's the crazy part. 101 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:46,880 As the candle of our timeline gets thinner and thinner as we 102 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,880 get into these last, last days, suddenly all the things that 103 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,720 were once wholesome, even they will become evil. 104 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,360 And we as Christians are going to become more and more separate 105 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,000 from this world. And soon there's going to be 106 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,880 very, very little that we can take part in. 107 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,920 Because as the enemy rises up and up, as these days get 108 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:11,560 shorter and shorter before the Lord Jesus Christ returns, 109 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,160 things are going to get a lot worse. 110 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:18,400 The Bible says things will wax worse, so you and I as 111 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:22,360 Christians need to be prepared, whatever the cost will be. 112 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,640 We must stand up next to the Lord Jesus Christ, the one who 113 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:30,800 went to the cross for our sins, and we must seek to emulate our 114 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,920 Saviour who was willing to die for what was right. 115 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,080 But I can hear exactly what some of you are saying, some of you 116 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:39,760 are saying. But Joe, come on. 117 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,680 Why do you always have to take everything so seriously? 118 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,720 Why do you Christians always have to feel like, oh, woe is 119 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,000 me, the whole world is is pointing their finger at me and 120 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,440 laughing at me? Why are you always doing that? 121 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,320 Well, I can understand why you say that. 122 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,760 And some of you will be saying this was just arts. 123 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,800 But the question doesn't need to be asked at one time. 124 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,000 Maybe you could use that argument at one time when 125 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,760 Madonna did it, it was quite, you know, different. 126 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,160 It was quite avant-garde. No one had done it before and 127 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,400 everyone was like, wow, this is arts now. 128 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,280 Obviously I don't believe it was ever arts. 129 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:17,720 I believe there was a bigger agenda going on, but right now 130 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,360 it's become so common that everyone thinks we can laugh at 131 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,240 the Lord Jesus Christ. We've had little baby, we've had 132 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:28,440 little NAR sex, we've had little Uzi, we've had Madonna. 133 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,560 As I said, Kendrick Lamar. You say Kendrick Lamar wasn't 134 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:35,600 mocking the Lord Jesus Christ. Well, only one Christ can wear a 135 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,880 crown and a diamond encrusted crown of thorns. 136 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:43,360 That is not anything that the Lord Jesus Christ would want one 137 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,080 of his disciples to do is wear a glorious crown saying that I'm 138 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,240 Christ. When you have not died, you have 139 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:52,920 not shared in the death that the Lord Jesus Christ died so 140 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:54,680 suddenly. It's not just art that one or 141 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:56,960 two people are doing just to get attention. 142 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,320 No, all of the artists are coming together. 143 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,640 In fact, so many people are doing it right now. 144 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,240 Dare I say this? It's becoming rather quite 145 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,640 boring, you know. Can you not think of anything 146 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,880 more creative than laughing at our Savior, the Lord Jesus 147 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:11,840 Christ? And yet, why are they doing 148 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,160 this? Well, the answer is simple. 149 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:18,560 Because the one who runs the music industry, the one who runs 150 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:24,560 all of entertainment, the enemy, the evil one, he has it in for 151 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,520 Christians. He does not pick other religions 152 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,760 because he knows other religions will not save you. 153 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,120 He knows other religions will send you to the place where he's 154 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:39,320 going, but only Christianity, only the Saviour who went on a 155 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:43,559 wooden cross and died there and rose from the dead, only he can 156 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,280 save. And I've got a friend called 157 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,120 Josh who I recently met. Just eight months ago. 158 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,040 He became a Christian and he told me he's been coming out 159 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,240 with me in the open air. We've been doing evangelism. 160 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,880 And he told me I was actually watching your videos before I 161 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,560 was a Christian. And that question that really 162 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:03,280 led me to the Lord Jesus Christ was this. 163 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:08,480 Why is it always Christianity? One of my close friends, a man 164 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,800 called Vinny Commons, who's also an evangelist, he has a very 165 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:15,040 interesting way of putting it. He says, you know, suppose 166 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:19,040 there's a great big boxer like Tyson Fury does. 167 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:23,120 Tyson Fury, who knows? He's got challenges like Usyk or 168 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:26,120 AJ. If those guys retire, if let's 169 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,040 just say I hope this doesn't happen, but they're removed from 170 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,680 the earth, does Tyson Fury worry about AJ anymore? 171 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:35,720 Does he worry about Usyk? No, because they're gone. 172 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,360 So why is it the atheist? Why is it the man who's secular 173 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:43,840 in Paris that the organisers, Why, if Jesus Christ never 174 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:47,120 existed, if he's just a fairy tale, if he's all a load of 175 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:51,200 nonsense, why are they always aiming at him? 176 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:56,040 Why is it always against him? I think you've got to say the 177 00:09:56,040 --> 00:10:01,160 answer is clear because Jesus Christ really is the Son of God. 178 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:04,600 And I want to know, will you put your trust in him? 179 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:08,080 Now, I don't mean to sound rude, but please, again, just use your 180 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:12,920 mind now and think about this. You know, so much thought, so 181 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:17,040 much intention would go behind this opening ceremony of the 182 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,520 Olympics. Organizers would have sat around 183 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:22,400 a board and talked and had different plans, different 184 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:23,880 sketches. What are we going to do? 185 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:28,400 And they, he chose very intentionally to mock the Lord 186 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,600 Jesus Christ. Why? 187 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,760 Why? Because Jesus Christ is Lord, 188 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:39,360 and they don't like that the world hates it because man has 189 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,600 loved darkness rather than light. 190 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,440 And did you notice all of this activity? 191 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:49,440 It happened in the dark. That's when the evil one acts, 192 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:52,800 when everything's gone out, when the lights are dim. 193 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:57,320 My dear friend, do you love darkness over the light? 194 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:01,560 Will you come to the Lord Jesus Christ because you realise there 195 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:04,600 is a target on his back? Christians are the ones that 196 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:07,920 everyone's shoving to the side and they do not get an opinion. 197 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,640 And you're starting to wake up. You're starting to see the truth 198 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:15,240 because there is only one way and the Son of God, whether you 199 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,920 think he's a fairy tale or not, your sin is not a fairy tale. 200 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:22,640 And on the cross, all the wrongdoings you've done, all of 201 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:26,880 those evil things you've done were laid on Christ and there he 202 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:31,120 died in your place as a substitute for your sin so you 203 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:33,880 can be forgiven. And then this righteous one, he 204 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:37,720 was buried, He was put in a tomb like many, many people, but he 205 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:41,160 did something that no man has ever done and that's what makes 206 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,840 him special. That is why the evil 1 does not 207 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,080 like him, because He is different to all men, because he 208 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:51,240 he is God in a flesh. The Lord Jesus Christ rose from 209 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:55,400 the dead and that is why you'd be very wise to put your faith 210 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:59,240 in Him because He can conquer your grave and give you eternal 211 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,800 life. So yes, this is very sad what 212 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:07,360 has happened, but the same time it just shows, it just shows the 213 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:11,160 world there is one Saviour. And I hope that this has got 214 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:15,600 your attention today and you too will find Jesus Christ and make 215 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:19,360 him your Lord and your Saviour and you too will speak out 216 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:23,000 against all of this wrongdoing towards Christianity. 217 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,440 Now, if you would like to hear more about this man, Eric 218 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:30,800 Liddle, one of my least viewed videos on my YouTube channel is 219 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,360 all about him. I really want you to see this 220 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,280 because I think he's a very special person that we should 221 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,720 consider. So go and check it out there. 222 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:40,480 I think it should be just there on your screen. 223 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,280 And if you haven't yet subscribed and you liked this 224 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,360 video, you found it helpful, please do subscribe. 225 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:50,920 We'd love to see you again. God bless you all and thank you 226 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:51,640 for watching.