TODAY ON TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
LET US NOT FORGET.
THIS IS A TIME TO REMEMBER.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE OUR FREEDOMS BECAUSE OF THOSE
WHO ARE WILLING TO STAND ON FREEDOM'S RAMPARTS
AND LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR US.
WELCOME TO TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM,
A PRODUCTION OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES.
I’M PASTOR ROB PACIENZA.
ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND,
WE EXAMINE THE TRUTHS OF THE NATION
OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR.
AND AS WE STOP TO REMEMBER AMERICA’S FALLEN HEROES,
WE LOOK BACK TO THE GREATEST SACRIFICE OF ALL.
AND AS WE BEGIN,
TO HEAR MANY OF OUR ELITES TELL THE STORY,
AMERICA IS MERELY A RACIST,
OPPRESSIVE PRODUCT OF UNENLIGHTENED EUROPEAN MEN.
OF COURSE, THIS DISHONORS THE SERVICE OF ALL THOSE
WHO’VE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO DEFEND THIS COUNTRY.
AND IT RAISES THE QUESTION:
IS AMERICA STILL WORTH FIGHTING FOR?
OUR VERY OWN DR. JERRY NEWCOMBE TAKES A CLOSER LOOK.
ON MEMORIAL DAY, WE PAUSE TO REMEMBER THOSE MEMBERS
OF OUR ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE PRESERVED OUR LIBERTY AND
OUR FREEDOM BY MAKING THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.
MILITARY MUSIC
HISTORICALLY, AMERICA HAS BEEN A BEACON FOR FREEDOM.
IN 1925, IN HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS,
PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE SAID,
THE OLDER I’VE GOTTEN, THE MORE I REALIZE
HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO LIVE IN AMERICA.
THAT THIS IS A UNIQUE NATION,
IT WAS FOUNDED ON A PRINCIPLE OF SELF-GOVERNMENT UNDER GOD
LIKE NO OTHER NATION BEFORE IT.
WE REACHED A PINNACLE OF PROSPERITY AND FREEDOM
UNKNOWN TO PEOPLE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
THIS IS AN AMAZING PLACE.
AND THE WHOLE WORLD LOOKS TO US FOR THOSE IDEALS.
BUT TODAY THERE ARE MANY AMERICANS WHO DON’T AGREE WITH
OUR FOUNDING PRINCIPLES BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEVER LEARNED THEM.
THERE’S A MASSIVE BATTLE OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL AND THEY KNOW THAT
THEY’RE GONNA HAVE TO GET ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.
CROWD CHANTING
THIS IS WHAT MANY CAMPUSES NOT ONLY NYC
BUT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES LOOK LIKE.
IN THE SPRING OF 2024,
THERE HAVE BEEN PROTESTS IN VARIOUS COLLEGES,
ESPECIALLY COLUMBIA IN NEW YORK CITY,
IN FAVOR OF HAMAS AND AGAINST ISRAEL,
THE ONLY DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE PROTESTS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IN THE SPRING OF 2024
AGAINST ISRAEL IN FAVOR OF HAMAS,
BASICALLY HAPPENING ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES BECAUSE
YOUNG AMERICANS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT
BASICALLY FROM THE TIME THEY ENTERED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
THAT AMERICA IS A BAD PLACE,
THAT WE'RE FOUNDED ON EVERYTHING WRONG,
THAT THERE'S NOTHING GOOD ABOUT AMERICA.
A RECENT POLL FOUND THAT ONLY 18% OF YOUNG AMERICANS UNDER 30
WHO CALL THEMSELVES LIBERAL ARE HAPPY TO BE AN AMERICAN.
HOW DO WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE NUMBER ONE,
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS AMERICAN
BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS
TO BE AN AMERICAN IN THE HISTORY THEREOF.
AND NUMBER TWO,
WHY IS IT THAT THEY'RE TAKING TO COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES AND TO OUR STREETS
IN SUPPORT OF A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION AND
ACTUALLY CALLING FOR GENOCIDE
CRITICS NOTE THAT TOO MANY OF OUR INSTITUTIONS,
INCLUDING THE MILITARY, HAVE GONE WOKE.
THEY SEE AMERICA AS FUNDAMENTALLY AN EVIL PLACE.
EVERY INSTITUTION OF SOCIETY WITHOUT EXCEPTION,
HAS GONE, WOKE, HAS GONE CRAZY.
CORPORATE AMERICA, THE MILITARY, THE BOY SCOUTS,
THERE'S NO INSTITUTION THAT HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED BY WOKENESS,
WHICH IS REALLY SYMBOLIC FOR JUST LYING, RIGHT?
TRUTH EXPOSES WOKENESS.
A MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO WHY SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE
HATE AMERICA AS FOUNDED IS THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM,
WHICH FOR DECADES HAS TAUGHT THEM THAT ESSENTIALLY
AMERICA IS BAD NOW AND IT ALWAYS WAS BAD.
SO YOU HAVE ALL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ON THESE UNIVERSITY
CAMPUSES WHO REALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW THE HISTORY OF AMERICA.
THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT VALLEY FORGE.
THEY DON'T KNOW THE PRICE THAT WAS PAID.
THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WHY
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER WAS WRITTEN.
THEY KNOW NONE OF THAT.
ALL THEY KNOW IS AMERICA WAS A SLAVE LOVING COUNTRY,
AND THE FRAMERS WANTED TO PROTECT THEIR OWN INTERESTS.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE BEEN TAUGHT.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT LIKE ALL PEOPLES
AMERICANS HAVE FLAWS.
WE HAVE DARK SPOTS IN OUR HISTORY WHO WOULD DENY THAT?
BUT I CHALLENGE ANYONE TO STUDY THE HISTORY OF ANY PEOPLE,
OF ANY CIVILIZATION, OF ANY COUNTRY,
AND FIND A PEOPLE THAT HAVE TRIED HARDER
TO VALUE THE INDIVIDUAL
TO ENSURE LIBERTY AND TO CORRECT OUR WRONGS.
A RECENT EXAMPLE OF OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM LYING ABOUT
OUR NATION’S HISTORY IS CALLED THE 1619 PROJECT,
WHICH IS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NEW YORK TIMES.
THE 1619 PROJECT POSTULATES THAT WE AS A NATION
WERE NOT BORN ON JULY 4, 1776,
BUT RATHER IN THE YEAR 1619
WHEN THE FIRST AFRICAN SLAVES WERE IMPORTED INTO JAMESTOWN.
THEY’RE TELLING OUR CHILDREN
THAT AMERICA WAS FOUNDED AS AN EVIL NATION
BUILT ON OPPRESSING PEOPLE OF COLOR, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN.
IT’S A LIE, AND THAT’S WHY IT’S DANGEROUS.
IT’S THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT
THE COMMUNIST WOULD LOVE TO TEACH AMERICAN CHILDREN.
IF WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN THAT AMERICA
WAS FOUNDED AS AN EVIL NATION,
THAT IT WAS FOUNDED ON TYRANNY, ON OPPRESSION,
ON SLAVERY EVEN, WHAT CHILD IS GOING TO SERVE THIS COUNTRY,
WHAT CHILD IS GOING TO JOIN THE MILITARY AND DEFEND THIS COUNTRY
AGAINST ACTUALLY EVIL ENEMIES
LIKE THE CHINESE IF IT EVER COMES TO IT?
ANTI-POLITICAL HISTORY OF AMERICA, 1619 PROJECT,
NEW YORK TIMES, THERE WERE 20 BLACK JOURNALISTS
WHO CAME TOGETHER TO AUTHOR WHAT THEY CALL THE 1619 PROJECT
AND THEY IDENTIFIED AMERICAS FOUNDING AS IN 1619 AND NOT 1776
AND THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT 20 BLACK SLAVES CAME ON THE SHORES
AND THEY SAID BECAUSE OF AMERICA’S HISTORY WITH SLAVERY,
THAT EVERYTHING THAT DEVELOPED FROM THAT,
CAPITALISM, WAS THEREFORE INVALID AND SO THEY HAVE
UNFORTUNATELY HAD THE SUPPORT OF MAJOR CORPORATIONS
AND THEY HAVE TAKEN THIS ANTI-AMERICAN DOCTRINE AROUND
TO PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND
THIS IS JUST ONE EXPRESSION OF
THIS DENIGRATION OF AMERICAN VALUES.
WE NEED TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN THE TRUTH ABOUT AMERICA;
WE SHOULDN’T HIDE ANYTHING FROM THEM.
THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT WHEN AMERICA WAS FOUNDED
THAT THERE WAS SLAVERY.
THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT SLAVERY WAS EVIL AND
THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT AMERICANS DIED IN A CIVIL WAR OVER
WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE GOING TO BE
A FREE NATION OR A NATION OF SLAVERY.
WHAT DID AMERICA DO TO RID OURSELVES OF SLAVERY?
ULTIMATELY, WE FOUGHT A WAR THAT COST OVER 700,000 CASUALTIES.
AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN,
NOT THIS 1619 GARBAGE, WHICH HAS TOTALLY BEEN DEBUNKED AND
FACT CHECKED AND NOT JUST BY PEOPLE LIKE ME
WHO ARE INVOLVED IN POLITICS, IT’S BEEN
FACT CHECKED BY SCHOLARS AND ACADEMICS OF THE HIGHEST DEGREE.
THE 1619 PROJECT, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
THIS IS ALL ABOUT UNDERMINING
THE FOUNDING OF OUR GREAT NATION.
WE'RE NOT TEACHING ABOUT JULY THE FOURTH OF 1776.
WE'RE NOT TEACHING ABOUT WHY WE DECIDED TO SEPARATE OURSELVES
FROM THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND KING GEORGE III AND THINGS
WE'RE NOT TEACHING ABOUT LEXINGTON GREEN AND
CONCORD BRIDGE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT CAME ABOUT.
WE'RE NOT TEACHING ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
SO I THINK THERE HAS TO BE A TIME WHEN ALL OF US REJECT THIS
CONTINUAL USE OF A VICTIM MENTALITY TO TRY TO STAIN THE
GREAT REPUTATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
WHAT'S REMARKABLE IS THAT AMERICA
HAD AN EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF AMERICA THERE
HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF MISTAKES MADE BUT THROUGHOUT IT ALL,
THERE WERE PEOPLE TRYING TO CORRECT THOSE MISTAKES.
IT'S A WHOLE LOT EASIER TO TEAR IT DOWN
THAN IT IS TO BUILD IT UP.
SO WHAT DO WE DO?
WE VOTE AT ALL LEVELS TO INCLUDE
THE SCHOOL BOARD TO INCLUDE THE SHERIFF.
THOSE ARE TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT JOBS.
WE PRAY.
THE NEXT THING WE DO IS WE RESTORE HISTORY IN OUR SCHOOL
SYSTEMS SO THAT WE CAN TELL THIS GENERATION OF THE SACRIFICES
THAT HAVE BEEN MADE NOT ONLY BY THE FOUNDING FATHERS,
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND
WHAT PRICE HAS BEEN PAID FOR AMERICA
AND HELP OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
TO BE PROUD TO BE AMERICANS ONCE AGAIN.
THIS MEMORIAL DAY,
LIKE EVERY MEMORIAL DAY SINCE THEY WERE FIRST BEGUN,
IS A DAY SET ASIDE TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED FOR FREEDOM.
IT HAS ALMOST BECOME NOTHING MORE THAN
A TIME TO HAVE A PICNIC AND A BARBECUE,
BUT WE NEED TO TAKE TIME TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE
THOUSANDS, THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OVER THE DECADES
AND CENTURIES WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED SO THAT
WE CAN HAVE THE FREEDOM TO HAVE OUR BARBECUES AND OUR DAY OFF
AND SO ON MEMORIAL DAY, WE CAN ENJOY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
THAT'S PART OF LIBERTY, BUT
WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT SOMEONE PAID A VERY HIGH PRICE
FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CELEBRATIONS.
THIS MEMORIAL DAY, TAKE YOUR CHILDREN
TO THE GARDENS OF STONE, AS I CALL THEM,
THE NATIONAL CEMETERIES.
AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE PEOPLE THAT RAISED THEIR RIGHT HAND AND
TOOK THAT OATH AND WERE WILLING TO LAY DOWN THEIR LIFE FOR THAT.
AND AS IT SAYS IN JOHN 15 AND 13,
THERE'S NO GREATER LOVE THAN A MAN HAD FOR ANOTHER
THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE WITH HER.
AND THAT IS WHAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE DONE
WE DEFINITELY HAVE OUR FREEDOMS BECAUSE
OF THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO STAND ON FREEDOMS RAMPARTS
AND LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR US
LET US HONOR THE MEMORY OF THOSE THAT GAVE THEIR LAST
FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION
BY REDEDICATING OURSELVES TO WHAT THEY DIED FOR,
FOR A STRONG AMERICA, FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM.
THE PRINCIPLES OF AMERICA’S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
AND CONSTITUTION FLOWED OUT OF A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW,
AND THEY INTRODUCED FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY TO THE WORLD
AT A MAGNITUDE THAT HAD NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE.
AS WE ERASE OUR NATIONAL HISTORY,
WE ERASE THOSE FOUNDATIONAL IDEAS
THAT MADE AMERICA THE ENVY OF THE WORLD.
MY PASTOR AND MENTOR, DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY,
SHARES MORE IN HIS POWERFUL MEMORIAL DAY MESSAGE,
“A TIME TO REMEMBER”
THE GREATEST POLITICAL EMPIRE THAT HAS EVER EXISTED
ON THIS PLANET WAS,
OF COURSE, THE GREAT BABYLONIAN EMPIRE.
NO, NOT EVEN CLOSE.
IT WAS, OF COURSE, THE EMPIRE OF THAT GREAT,
PERHAPS THE GREATEST OF GENERALS,
ALEXANDER THE GREAT, THAT WENT FROM MACEDONIA
TO EGYPT THROUGH TURKEY AND CONQUERED, SWALLOWED UP,
THE PERSIAN EMPIRE AND WENT ALL THE WAY TO INDIA.
NOT CLOSE. WELL THEN,
WHAT WAS, OR IS, THE LARGEST EMPIRE EVER ON THIS PLANET?
SOME OF YOU MAY BE SURPRISED. IT WAS THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT-THAT EMPIRE UPON WHICH THE SUN NEVER SETS.
IT WAS A GLORIOUS EMPIRE.
IT STRETCHED FROM ENGLAND, WALES, SCOTLAND, ALL THE WAY TO
CANADA ACROSS THE VAST EXPANSE OF CANADA
THROUGH 17 TRILLION PINE TREES ALL THE WAY THEN DOWN
TO THE CARIBBEAN VARIOUS ISLANDS
TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, BACK UP TO THE FALKLAND ISLANDS,
OVER TO AFRICA AND THE VARIOUS BRITISH COLONIES IN THAT
CONTINENT, AND FINALLY BACK TO ENGLAND AGAIN.
SURELY THE SUN NEVER SET.
IT WAS IN VIRTUALLY IN ALL OF THE TIME ZONES OF THE WORLD
AND IN BOTH THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES.
IT WAS A GREAT EMPIRE.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?
WELL, AS IT REACHED ITS PINNACLE AND JUST STARTED TO DECLINE
A MAN EAGLE EYED ONE OF THEIR GREATEST POET’S
DESCRIBED WHAT HE SAW THE SITUATION WAS.
AND INTERESTINGLY AND OMINOUSLY HE NAMED IT RECESSIONAL.
A RECESSIONAL IS WHAT IS PLAYED AFTER A GREAT CEREMONY
OF SOME SORT WHEN FINALLY THE PEOPLE RECESS OUT
IN THIS CASE INTO THE NIGHT.
THAT OF COURSE WAS RUDYARD KIPLING.
AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID,
“LORD GOD OF OUR FATHERS KNOWN OF OLD,
LORD OF OUR FAR FLUNG BATTLE LINE BENEATH WHOSE AWFUL HAND
WE HOLD DOMINION OVER PALM AND PINE.
LORD GOD OF HOSTS BE WITH US YET
LEST WE FORGET. LEST WE FORGET.
LO ALL OUR POMP OF YESTERDAY IS WON WITH NINIVA AND TIRE.
JUDGE OF THE NATIONS SPEAR US YET.
LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET.
THEY FORGOT, AND THEIR GREAT CATHEDRALS
AND CHURCHES ARE NEARLY EMPTY.
THEY FORGOT THE LORD GOD OF THEIR FATHERS
WHO HAD MADE THEM GREAT; TURNED THEIR BACKS UPON HIM.
THEY FORGOT, AND NOW, EVERY DAY
THE SUN SETS ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE
THAT SOUNDS VAGUELY LIKE WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING
IN AMERICA IN OUR TIME.
LET US NOT FORGET. THIS IS A TIME TO REMEMBER.
YOU KNOW, IN THE BIBLE THERE ARE MORE THAN A DOZEN
HEBREW AND GREEK WORDS TRANSLATED “REMEMBER.”
AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN THE BIBLE SAYS
REMEMBER, REMEMBER, REMEMBER.
EVEN JESUS SAID, “REMEMBER ME,” WHICH SEEMS TO INDICATE
THAT WE ARE VERY GOOD AT FORGETTING THEM.
TODAY, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE MANY WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN GOD,
WE HAVE MANY WHO WOULD DENY THAT THERE EVEN IS A GOD TO FORGET.
OUR DECLARATION SAYS THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.
THE PROBLEM TODAY IS NOT WHETHER THEY ARE CREATED EQUAL OR NOT,
IT’S WHETHER THEY ARE CREATED AT ALL,
OR WHETHER THEY SOMEHOW MANAGED TO CREATE THEMSELVES
OUT OF A PRIMEVAL SLIME.
CERTAINLY, THERE IS NO GOD TO BE REMEMBERED OR CELEBRATED
OR HONORED AT THIS TIME OR ANY TIME AT ALL.
AND SO MANY PEOPLE JUST SEEM TO “GO WITH THE FLOW.”
LET ME TELL YOU, IN OUR DAY
THAT’S A ONE-WAY TICKET TO THE SEWER.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID IT WELL:
INTOXICATED WITH UNBROKEN SUCCESS,
WE HAVE BECOME TOO SELF-SUFFICIENT TO FEEL THE
NECESSITY OF REDEEMING AND PRESERVING GRACE,
TOO PROUD TO PRAY TO THE GOD THAT MADE US.
IT BEHOOVES US, THEN, TO HUMBLE OURSELVES
BEFORE THE OFFENDED POWER, TO CONFESS OUR NATIONAL SINS,
AND TO PRAY FOR CLEMENCY AND FORGIVENESS.
IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I’VE READ ANYONE WHO HAS REFERRED TO
GOD AS AN “OFFENDED POWER.” WE HEAR ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT THE FACT “I AM OFFENDED BY THAT.”
YOU MAY RECALL GOVERNOR KIRK FORDICE SOME YEARS AGO IN A
SPEECH MENTIONED THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE CHRISTIAN NATION,
AND SEVERAL PEOPLE GOT UP AND SAID
“I AM OFFENDED BY THAT.”
ISN’T IT INTERESTING THAT
PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS OFFENDED AT CHRISTIANS,
BUT CHRISTIANS ARE NEVER TO BE OFFENDED BY ANYONE?
THE NEXT TIME SOMEBODY TELLS ME THAT THEY ARE OFFENDED
I’M GOING TO SAY, “SO WHAT!
[APPLAUSE]
DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
TO GO THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT EVER BEING OFFENDED?
WE HAVE MILLIONS OF CHRISTIAN CHILDREN IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
THAT ARE OFFENDED EVERY DAY.
THEY ARE TAUGHT THAT THERE IS NO GOD WHO CREATED THEM,
THAT THEY ARE NOTHING BUT THE PRIMORDIAL SLIME.
THEY ARE TAUGHT THAT THE BIBLE IS A BUNCH OF MYTHS,
THAT CHRISTIANITY IS FOR THE FOOLISH AND IGNORANT.
AND YOU TALK ABOUT YOU BEING OFFENDED?
CHRISTIANS OFFEND, BUT WE DON’T EVER GET OFFENDED.
AT LEAST THAT’S THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD GET.
“YOU’RE OFFENDED? TOUGH LUCK, CHARLIE.
WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN.”
ONE HISTORIAN SAID THAT NEVER IN HISTORY
HAS ANY SOCIETY SO ABANDONED ITS GOD
AS RAPIDLY AS AMERICA HAS DONE.
BUT STILL THERE ARE THOSE THAT SAY
THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT A CHRISTIAN NATION,
IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT HARRY TRUMAN SAID,
“THIS IS A CHRISTIAN NATION”;
THAT JOHN JAY, THE FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE OF OUR SUPREME COURT
SAID, “THIS IS A CHRISTIAN NATION”;
IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE ENTIRE SEEM...
SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY DECLARED THAT
“THIS IS A RELIGIOUS PEOPLE; THIS IS A CHRISTIAN NATION.”
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE FALLEN A LONG WAY FROM THERE.
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN SAID THAT WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG BOY,
HE HEARD AN OLD PEASANT IN A VERY DEPLORABLE
SOVIET UNION MAKE THIS STATEMENT.
HE SAID HE’S NEVER HEARD ANYTHING MORE PROFOUND
IN ALL OF HIS YEARS SINCE THEM.
THE OLD MAN SAID, “WE HAVE TURNED OUR BACKS ON GOD,
AND WE HAVE DESTROYED OURSELVES.”
OH IT IS A TIME TO REMEMBER.
LEST, WE FORGET.
THE BIBLE SAYS: “BE NOT DECEIVED; GOD IS NOT MOCKED”
“HIS EYES BEHOLD THE NATIONS:
LET NOT THE REBELLIOUS EXALT THEMSELVES
THE WICKED SHALL BE TURNED INTO HELL,
AND THE NATIONS THAT FORGET GOD”
YES, GOD MAKES IT VERY PLAIN WHAT WILL HAPPEN
TO THOSE NATIONS THAT FORGET GOD.
IT IS A TRAGEDY, ESPECIALLY FOR A NATION LIKE OURS,
WHICH STARTED OFF WITH SUCH EXALTED VIEW OF THEIR CREATOR.
LET US REMEMBER, AND LET US ALSO REMEMBER BY THE ACTIONS WE TAKE
TO RESTORE DECENCY AND GODLINESS TO THIS LAND.
IT CAN BE DONE, AND I FOR ONE,
AM GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP BRING IT ABOUT.
AND HOW ABOUT YOU?
HI, I’M JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY.
THE TENDENCY OF SINFUL HUMANS IS TO FORGET GOD
AND EXALT OURSELVES.
THAT’S WHY WE ALWAYS NEED THE CORRECTION OF GOD’S WORD.
BUT SOMETIMES, UNDER THE GUISE OF OUTREACH, OR WINSOMENESS,
OR RELEVANCE, LEADERS WHO HAVE DEPARTED FROM BIBLICAL FAITH
BEGIN TO LEAD THEIR CONGREGATIONS
AND MINISTRIES AWAY FROM IT TOO.
THE FACT IS, UNBELIEF HAS A WAY OF DRESSING ITSELF IN A
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MEMORIAL DAY IS A TIME WHEN WE STOP TO REMEMBER
THOSE WHO HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE
TO DEFEND OUR FREEDOMS HERE IN AMERICA.
JESUS TELLS US,
DURING OUR PICNICS AND BARBECUES THIS WEEKEND,
WE HAVE A SOLEMN DUTY TO THEIR MEMORY
TO PAUSE AND REMEMBER THEIR SACRIFICE.
PERHAPS NOBODY PUT IT MORE MOVINGLY THAN
PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN HIS ADDRESS AT GETTYSBURG,
JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE TERRIBLE THREE-DAY BATTLE
THERE THAT KILLED MORE THAN 20 THOUSAND MEN.
LINCOLN SAID,
AND AS WE REMEMBER,
WE MUST ALSO LET THEM POINT US TO
THE GREATEST SACRIFICE THAT HAS EVER BEEN GIVEN.
THE DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST GOES BEYOND
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM.
IT GIVES US FREEDOM FROM SIN, AND ULTIMATELY FROM DEATH
AND IT RECONCILES US TO GOD ALMIGHTY.
THE BIBLE SAYS,
HAVE YOU EVER ACCEPTED THE SALVATION THAT GOD IS
OFFERING YOU THROUGH THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS?
YOU AND I ARE SINNERS-WE HAVE COMMITTED TREASON AGAINST GOD.
BUT JESUS DIED IN OUR PLACE
TO SUFFER THE PUNISHMENT OF OUR SINS.
AND HE OFFERS US HIS ETERNAL LIFE INSTEAD.
IF YOU’VE NEVER TAKEN HIM UP ON THIS FREE GIFT,
WHY NOT DO IT RIGHT NOW?
PRAY THIS PRAYER WITH ME, FROM YOUR HEART.
“FATHER, I CONFESS TO YOU THAT I HAVE SINNED AGAINST YOU.
I’VE BROKEN YOUR COMMANDMENTS, AND I’VE FAILED TO LOVE YOU.
BUT LORD, I WANT TO RECEIVE THE FORGIVENESS
YOU’VE OFFERED ME IN CHRIST.
I BELIEVE HE DIED FOR MY SINS AND THAT HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD.
AND I WANT TO TURN AWAY FROM MY SINS AND
PLACE MY TRUST IN JESUS FOR MY SALVATION.
IT’S IN HIS NAME I PRAY THIS PRAYER, AMEN.
IF YOU SINCERELY PRAYED THAT PRAYER WITH ME JUST NOW,
PLEASE LET US KNOW.
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