TODAY ON TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO WHATEVER
GOOD CITIZENSHIP REQUIRES.
IN 2020, OVER 25 MILLION EVANGELICALS;
THESE ARE ACTIVE CHURCH ATTENDEES
WHO WERE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE, WERE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE.
THAT ACTUALLY INCREASED IN 22 TO 32 MILLION EVANGELICALS.
WELCOME TO TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM,
A PRODUCTION OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES.
CELEBRATING OUR 50TH YEAR PROCLAIMING TRUTH ON TELEVISION,
RADIO, AND NOW THE WEB AND THROUGH EVERY MEANS POSSIBLE.
I’M PASTOR ROB PACIENZA.
FOR MANY YEARS, IT WAS COMMON TO HEAR FAMOUS EVANGELICAL
PREACHERS TELLING THEIR HEARERS THAT CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT BE
CONCERNED WITH POLITICAL ISSUES, BECAUSE POLITICS IS WORLDLY.
BUT THANKS TO OUR FOUNDER, DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY,
AND OTHERS LIKE HIM,
AMERICAN CHRISTIANS REDISCOVERED THE TRUTH THAT GOD
HAS CALLED US TO BE SALT AND LIGHT HERE ON EARTH TOO- AND
THAT WE ARE TO TEACH THE NATIONS ALL THAT GOD HAS COMMANDED.
ON TODAY’S PROGRAM, WE’LL LOOK AT OUR OBLIGATION TO AFFECT
THE CIVIL LAWS WE LIVE UNDER.
YOU’LL DISCOVER HOW WORDS ARE REDEFINED
BY ELITES TO KEEP US COMPLACENT.
AND WE BEGIN BY LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FORCES TRYING TO KEEP
YOU FROM VOTING YOUR FAITH AT THE BALLOT BOX
AND WHAT WE’RE DOING ABOUT IT.
OUR VERY OWN JOHN RABE HAS MORE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF FORCES AT WORK TO KEEP PRO-LIFE,
PRO-FAMILY CHRISTIANS FROM VOTING OR
AT LEAST TO NEUTRALIZE THEIR VOTES.
AS JOURNALIST MEGAN BASHAM DEMONSTRATED IN HER RECENT BOOK,
“SHEPHERDS FOR SALE,”
THERE’S A LOT OF LEFT-WING MONEY FLOWING
INTO THE EVANGELICAL WORLD TO MOVE CHRISTIANS AWAY FROM
CLEAR ISSUES LIKE LIFE, MARRIAGE, AND GENDER,
AND POINT THEM TO BIBLICALLY
MURKIER AREAS LIKE ENVIRONMENTALISM.
SECULAR LEFT FOUNDATIONS FUNDED BY HARD-LEFT BILLIONAIRES,
NAMES YOU KNOW LIKE GEORGE SOROS,
THE CLINTON FOUNDATION, MARK ZUCKERBERG,
HAVE BEEN FUNNELING MONEY INTO EVANGELICAL
MINISTRIES IN ORDER TO MOVE THAT ALL-IMPORTANT EVANGELICAL VOTE
ON ALL MANNER OF ISSUES FROM GUN CONTROL
TO CLIMATE CHANGE TO IMMIGRATION POLICY.
SO YOU CAN REALLY SAY THAT THESE ARE SECULAR LEFT ORGANIZATIONS
CO-OPTING THE CHURCH BY CREATING FRONT GROUPS
AND ASTRO-TURF CAMPAIGNS SO I ALSO SPENT A LOT OF TIME
IN THE BOOK TRACKING THAT MONEY.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SEE IS THAT ISSUES THAT ARE BIBLICAL,
MORAL ISSUES, THINGS LIKE THE SANCTITY OF LIFE,
THINGS LIKE THE CREATED ORDER OF MALE & FEMALE,
THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE AS BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN,
WHEN YOU HAVE A PASTOR WHO IS STARTING TO DEFINE
THOSE THINGS AS “POLITICAL,” WHILE, IN TURN,
TAKING POLITICAL ISSUES THAT ARE VERY DEBATABLE,
LIKE IMMIGRATION, OR CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION
OR GUN CONTROL,
ISSUES THAT WE CAN AS CHRISTIANS CERTAINLY DEBATE IN GOOD FAITH
AND ARGUE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT GOD WOULD SEE
CHRISTIANS DO IN TERMS OF VOTING ON THOSE ISSUES,
BUT IF THEY ARE DEFINING THOSE ISSUES AS “GOSPEL” ISSUES,
THOSE ARE ONE OF THE HUGE RED FLAGS
WHEN THEY’RE SWAPPING THOSE THINGS OUT.
AND SO IT'S SNEAKY, IT'S UNDERHANDED
AND WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT AND ON ALERT FOR IT.
AND SO IF YOU HEAR SOMETHING FROM YOUR PASTOR
OR A PARA CHURCH MINISTRY THAT YOU THINK DOESN'T REALLY ADD UP,
IT MAY BE BECAUSE IT'S FUNDED BY ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN PLANNED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME,
DECADES IN THE MAKING, AND WE'RE NOW SEEING
THE FRUIT OF THIS IN SO MANY CHURCHES THAT ARE
WALKING AWAY FROM BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS.
THE ORGANIZATION “EVANGELICALS FOR HARRIS” HAS TRIED TO SPLIT
THE CHRISTIAN VOTE BY PORTRAYING A VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS
AS A VOTE FOR CIVILITY, TOLERANCE, AND LOVE.
THEY DID SO EVEN AT HARRIS’S CONVENTION,
WHICH FEATURED A PLANNED PARENTHOOD VAN
ON THE PREMISES THAT PERFORMED DOZENS OF CHEMICAL ABORTIONS,
SACRIFICING THE CHILDREN OF DEMOCRAT ATTENDEES.
MANY FAITH LEADERS SAY THIS NO TIME FOR APATHY BUT RATHER
IS A CRUCIAL MOMENT FOR BIBLICAL CLARITY AND PRIORITIZATION.
WHAT WE FOUND IS THIS, IN 2020, OVER 25 MILLION EVANGELICALS;
THESE ARE ACTIVE CHURCH ATTENDEES
WHO WERE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE,
WERE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE.
THAT ACTUALLY INCREASED IN 22 TO 32 MILLION EVANGELICALS.
AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THIS;
THERE IS AN APATHY THAT HAS OVERTAKEN THE CHURCH.
IT'S STARTED IN THE PULPIT AND IT'S WORKED INTO THE PEWS.
DR. CHRIS LEADER IS THE PRESIDENT OF VOTE YOUR FAITH,
WHICH IS PARTNERING WITH CORAL RIDGE THIS YEAR.
VOTE YOUR FAITH CAME ABOUT BACK IN 2018 AS WE BEGAN TO LOOK
AT THE REALITY THAT SO MANY EVANGELICALS,
ACTIVE CHURCH ATTENDEES WERE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE AND
EVEN THOSE WHO WERE REGISTERED TO VOTE
WERE NOT ACTIVELY ENGAGING IN THE VOTING PROCESS.
AND SO WE STARTED GOING AFTER CULTIVATING THIS AUDIENCE OF
CHURCH ATTENDEES SO THAT WE COULD RALLY THEM TO VOTE
ACCORDING TO BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS.
CHRIS LEADER SAYS THAT IT’S ESPECIALLY CRUCIAL THIS YEAR
WITH SO MANY SOCIETY-ALTERING MEASURES ON THE BALLOT.
SO WHAT WE HAVE THIS ELECTION SEASON IS A LACK OF INTEREST
ON THE LEFT TO SHOW UP AND VOTE FOR TOP LEVEL TICKETS.
AND SO THE LEFT HAS PUT BALLOT INITIATIVES IN CONSERVATIVE AND
SWING STATES IN ORDER TO DRAW OUT THEIR BASE AND
ALSO TO UNRAVEL THE CONSERVATIVE PROGRESS
THAT'S BEEN MADE IN THESE STATES.
AND SO WE SEE THAT WITH ABORTION,
WE SEE IT WITH THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA AND
THIS IS ALL INTENDED TO DRIVE UP THE VOTE ON THE LEFT.
IN FLORIDA, THAT ESPECIALLY MEANS
FIGHTING AMENDMENT 4 THIS YEAR,
A CHANGE TO THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION THAT WOULD
DECLARE OPEN SEASON ON UNBORN CHILDREN.
LAUREN COOLEY IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE INSTITUTE FOR FAITH AND CULTURE AT CORAL RIDGE.
HERE IN FLORIDA, 60% OF THOSE VOTING IN THE ELECTION NEED
TO APPROVE IT IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE ENSHRINED
IN THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION,
IT WOULD SAY THAT ANYONE CAN HAVE AN ABORTION,
NO AGE RESTRICTIONS.
PARENTS DON'T HAVE TO GIVE APPROVAL;
THEY JUST HAVE TO BE NOTIFIED AFTER THE FACT.
THERE'S NO CLEAR DEFINITION OF WHAT TIME OR PLACE OR TERM THAT
THE ABORTION CAN TAKE PLACE OR NOT TAKE PLACE OR WHAT
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER SHOULD BE INVOLVED OR SHOULDN'T.
SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ONCE PASSED CAN BE OVERTURNED.
THIS GOES INTO OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS AS A STATE
WHAT WE'RE SEEING THIS YEAR IS
THE RADICALIZATION OF ABORTION AT THE STATE LEVEL.
AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS IS MANY STATES
TAKE REALLY GREAT LEGAL STEPS TO PROTECT LIFE IN THE STATE.
AND SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE LEFT HAS PUT THESE BALLOT
INITIATIVES IN 11 STATES ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION TO DRIVE UP
THEIR TURNOUT AND VOTER TURNOUT, BUT ALSO TO UNRAVEL
WHAT THE LEGISLATURES AND THE GOVERNORS HAVE PASSED
IN THOSE STATES TO PROTECT LIFE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE EDUCATING THE ELECTORATE HERE
IN FLORIDA ON WHAT THIS AMENDMENT ACTUALLY IS.
IT'S AN EXTREME ABORTION AMENDMENT THAT WOULD LITERALLY
ALLOW ABORTION UP UNTIL THE MOMENT OF BIRTH.
IT REMOVES THE PARENTAL RIGHTS AND CONSENT,
AND THEN IT REMOVES ALL OF THE SAFETY MEASURES FOR THE WOMAN,
LIKE ALLOWING LITERALLY
A RECEPTIONIST AT A DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR A DENTAL CLINIC
TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THIS SURGICAL ABORTION.
AND SO OUR EFFORT IS REALLY TO EDUCATE THE ELECTORATE
HERE IN FLORIDA,
SPECIFICALLY THE FAITH COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY KNOW
WHAT THEY’RE VOTING ON COME NOVEMBER 5TH
IT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF A CHURCH PARTNERSHIP
TO MAKE A TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE.
CHURCHES AND INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIANS HAVE OFTEN BEEN
DISSUADED FROM INVOLVEMENT IN ELECTION ISSUES.
BUT WHILE WE SHOULDN’T BE PARTISAN,
WE ALSO MUST NOT NEGLECT THE POLITICAL SPHERE.
I THINK IT'S NOT ONLY OKAY FOR CHRISTIANS
TO BE INVOLVED IN POLITICS,
I THINK A FAIR AND ACCURATE READING OF SCRIPTURE
IS THAT IT'S A CALLING AND A RESPONSIBILITY AND A DUTY.
IF YOU GO THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE, OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT,
IT IS CONSTANTLY TAUGHT THAT WE ARE TO BE ENGAGED
CIVICALLY AND EXERCISE OUR RIGHTS AS A WAY
TO GLORIFY GOD AND SHARE THE GOSPEL.
THE VOICE OF BIBLE-BELIEVING CHRISTIANS IS ALSO IN DANGER OF
BEING SILENCED BECAUSE OF WIDESPREAD CONCERNS
ABOUT ELECTION SECURITY FOLLOWING 2020.
BUT BECAUSE OF CONCERNS EXPRESSED AT THE TIME,
TREMENDOUS WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO ENSURE THAT YOUR VOTE IS SECURE,
ONE OF THE BIG LESSONS THAT WE LEARNED
COMING OUT OF THE 2020 ELECTION
IS THAT CONSERVATIVES HAVE TO START BANKING THEIR VOTE,
HERE'S WHAT I MEAN BY THAT.
WE HAD DISCOURAGED INDIVIDUALS IN 2020 FROM VOTING EARLY OR
FROM VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT
THIS YEAR WE NEED TO SWAMP THE VOTE.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE NEED TO GET EVANGELICALS
OUT IN THE MASSES VOTING EARLY,
VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT IF YOU NEED TO VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT,
IF YOU'RE SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE ON ELECTION DAY,
MAKE SURE THAT YOU ACTUALLY SHOW UP ON ELECTION DAY TO VOTE,
BUT WE NEED TO BANK THE VOTE.
I'M INCREDIBLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHAT WE'RE FACING HERE IN 2024.
I THINK WE HAVE A MONUMENTAL OPPORTUNITY TO COURSE CORRECT
A LOT OF THE NEGATIVE DECLINE THAT WE'VE SEEN
OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE’S BEEN GREAT ELECTION INTEGRITY REFORMS
THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE LAST REALLY
TWO YEARS TO PROTECT VOTES.
WE WANT EVERY LEGAL VOTE TO COUNT ONCE.
WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASY TO VOTE, BUT HARD TO CHEAT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE MADE GREAT PROGRESS IN THAT PROCESS.
PARTNERSHIPS SIMILAR TO THE ONE BETWEEN VOTE YOUR FAITH AND
CORAL RIDGE ARE THE KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT CAN BE
REPLICATED BY CHURCHES OF ANY SIZE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO
ENGAGE CHRISTIANS ON THE KEY BALLOT ISSUES
THAT THE BIBLE SPEAKS CLEARLY ABOUT.
I THINK THAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC
SQUARE AND PARTICIPATE IN EVERY SPHERE OF CULTURE.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS
WHY CHRISTIANS MAY NOT PARTICIPATE,
WHETHER THEY'RE DISCOURAGED AND THEY THINK
THEIR VOTE AND THEIR VOICE DOESN'T COUNT,
OR THEY'RE UNDER BAD PREACHING, BAD TEACHING,
THAT TELLS THEM THAT IF IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY
GOSPEL ORIENTED, IT'S NOT EVANGELICAL ORIENTED,
THEN THERE'S NO REASON TO PARTICIPATE.
I DISAGREE.
I THINK THE BIBLE IS CLEAR.
WE'RE CALLED TO BE A PART OF THE CIVIC PROCESS,
TO BE A PART OF SHAPING CULTURE AND VOTING IS REALLY BEING A
GOOD STEWARD OF THIS EXCELLENT RESOURCE GOD HAS GIVEN US,
WHICH IS TO LIVE IN SUCH A GREAT COUNTRY.
WITH A PIVOTAL ELECTION UPON US,
IT IS VITAL THAT GOD’S PEOPLE PRAY FOR AMERICA.
WE’LL SEND YOU THE 40 DAYS TO THE ELECTION PRAYER GUIDE
TO HELP YOU AND OTHERS LIFT YOUR HEARTS IN FOCUSED,
TARGETED PRAYER IN THE RUN-UP TO THE ELECTION.
CONTACT US TODAY AND ASK FOR YOUR FREE PRAYER GUIDE
OR SIGN UP ONLINE.
JUST VISIT CRM.TV/ELECTIONPRAYER TO DOWNLOAD
YOUR 40 DAYS TO THE ELECTION PRAYER GUIDE.
WHEN YOU JOIN THE PRAYER CAMPAIGN,
WE’LL ALSO SEND YOU A DAILY EMAIL PROVIDING
BOTH A PRAYER TOPIC AND AN INSPIRATIONAL READING
ABOUT THE POWER AND EFFICACY OF PRAYER.
SIGN UP TODAY. TOGETHER, LET’S PRAY!
THERE IS OFTEN A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT
THE BIBLE TEACHES REGARDING NATIONAL BORDERS,
AND THE PROPER ROLE OF GOVERNMENT.
SOME OF THAT CONFUSION HAS BEEN DELIBERATELY SOWN
BY SECULAR LEFT FOUNDATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS
INFILTRATING CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS.
THEIR GOAL IS TO DISCOURAGE YOUR VOTE.
AT A TIME WHEN CHRISTIANS ARE BEING GUILTED FOR
THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM,
AND SOMETIMES ACCUSED OF “IDOLATRY”
FOR CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTING ANTI-ABORTION,
PRO-FAMILY, PRO-AMERICA CANDIDATES,
IT’S NECESSARY FOR US TO BE REMINDED OF OUR DUTY AS
CHRISTIANS WHEN IT COMES TO THE BALLOT BOX.
MY PASTOR AND MENTOR, DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY WAS BOLDLY
SPEAKING ON THIS AT A TIME WHEN OTHER PULPITS WERE SILENT.
HE GUIDES US WITH CLARITY ON OUR BIBLICAL OBLIGATIONS AS
VOTERS IN THIS PORTION OF HIS CLASSIC MESSAGE,
“THE BIBLE AND POLITICS.”
THE BIBLE AND POLITICS...
PROBABLY NEVER IN MY LIFETIME AND NOT IN YOURS
HAS THERE BEEN SUCH A CONTROVERSY AND FUROR OF CONCERN
ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP OF RELIGION AND POLITICS.
HARDLY A WEEK HAS GONE BY FOR THE PAST YEAR WHEN WE HAVEN'T
HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT IT IN THE MEDIA.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE CAUSE OF ALL OF THIS CONTROVERSY HAS BEEN
THAT IN THE LAST DECADE OR TWO, IN PARTICULAR,
THE GOVERNMENT IN THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN EXPANDING
THE PARAMETERS OF ITS INTEREST AND CONCERN
UNTIL NOW IT HAS INCLUDED WITHIN THE BORDERS OF
ITS OWN LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL ENACTMENTS
MATTERS THAT, AT ONE TIME,
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS IN FACT, WERE CONSIDERED
TO BE MERELY IN THE REALM OF MORALITY OR SPIRITUALITY.
AND AN ATTEMPT IS BEING MADE CONCURRENTLY WITH THAT EXPANSION
OF GOVERNMENT CONTROL TO SILENCE THE RELIGIOUS PROTEST.
WELL, WHY THIS GOVERNMENTAL ATTACK ON RELIGION?
MOST PARTICULARLY UPON THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.
MANY PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE THAT IN RECENT DECADES,
IN THE LAST FIFTY YEARS,
THERE HAS BEEN THE GROWTH OF A NEW RELIGION IN AMERICA
A RELIGION WHICH DECLARES THAT IT IS
THE RELIGION OF THE FUTURE AND THAT IT IS GOING
TO REPLACE ALL OTHER RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD.
IT IS A RELIGION WHICH IS VERY INTOLERANT OF THE EXPRESSION,
ESPECIALLY IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE, OF ANY OTHER RELIGIOUS VIEW.
I SPEAK, OF COURSE, OF THE RELIGION OF SECULAR HUMANISM,
WHICH, OF COURSE, IS INDEED A RELIGION AND DECLARES ITSELF
TO BE SUCH NINE TIMES IN THE HUMANIST MANIFESTO OF 1933.
AND THIS RELIGION OF SECULAR HUMANISM WHERE MAN REPLACES GOD
AND MAN’S OWN IDEAS BECOME HIS ETHICS AND MORALITY.
THIS RELIGION WHICH COMPLETELY DENIES THAT THERE IS ANY GOD
WHO CAN SAVE US AND WE, INDEED, MUST SAVE OURSELVES.
THAT THERE IS ANY GOD WHO CAN MANDATE ANY
MORAL STANDARDS FOR MANKIND,
THAT WE WILL CREATE OUR OWN AS WE GO,
THIS RELIGION HAS INDEED DECLARED
A FULL-SCALE WAR ON CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA.
AND, OF COURSE, THESE HUMANISTS HAVE THEIR OWN ETHICAL AGENDA-
AN ETHICAL AGENDA THAT SEEMS TO WRAP ITSELF
AROUND IMMORALITY AND DEATH WHERE,
WHAT USED TO BE CALLED THE OLD IMMORALITY
IS NOW CALLED THE NEW MORALITY.
FREE DIVORCE, GAMBLING, PORNOGRAPHY, HOMOSEXUALITY,
FREE SEX BETWEEN CONSENTING INDIVIDUALS OF ANY AGE,
AND A LOVE TRYST WITH DEATH.
WELL, WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY
AS CITIZENS IN THIS COUNTRY?
AND ABOUT GOVERNMENT?
OF COURSE, JESUS CHRIST DECLARED THAT WE WERE
TO RENDER UNTO CAESAR THE THINGS THAT ARE CAESAR’S AND
UNTO GOD THE THINGS THAT ARE GOD’S.
THEREFORE, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO WHATEVER
GOOD CITIZENSHIP REQUIRES.
IT IS ALWAYS TRUE THAT LEGISLATION IS BUILT UPON
MORALITY AND MORALITY IS BUILT UPON RELIGION.
THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM THAT FACT.
IT WAS FROM THE PULPITS OF NEW ENGLAND THAT THERE THUNDERED
FORTH THE GREAT PROCLAMATIONS CONCERNING LIBERTY AND FREEDOM
AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD AND THE NATURE OF MAN WHICH LED TO
THE FOUNDATION OF OUR CONSTITUTION
AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
HISTORIANS AGREE IN THAT FACT.
AND THAT STILL REMAINS OUR JOB.
I WOULD SAY TO YOU THIS: IT IS A SIN NOT TO VOTE.
JESUS CHRIST SAID THIS:
“RENDER UNTO CAESAR THE THINGS THAT ARE CAESARS.”
THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE TO RENDER UNTO THE STATE
WHATEVER IT IS OUR PROPER RESPONSIBILITY
AS CITIZENS OF THAT STATE TO RENDER.
AND CERTAINLY IN THIS NATION, THAT INCLUDES AT THE VERY
MINIMUM THE FACT THAT WE SHOULD GET OUT AND VOTE.
AND WE SHOULD DO A LOT MORE.
NOW WHAT IS A SIN?
A SIN IS ANY FAILURE TO OBEY A COMMANDMENT GIVEN BY GOD.
THAT IS WHAT A SIN IS.
A SIN IS NOT WHATEVER WE WOULD LIKE TO THINK IT IS.
IT IS A DISOBEDIENCE TO THE COMMANDS OF GOD.
AND GOD, THE SON, SAID:
“RENDER UNTO CAESAR THE THINGS THAT ARE CAESARS.”
AND IF YOU DON’T DO IT THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS A SIN.
UNFORTUNATELY, CHRISTIANS BY DEFAULT,
HAVE INHERITED A GLORIOUS PATRIMONY AND THEY HAVE ALLOWED
IT TO SIFT THROUGH THEIR FINGERS LIKE SAND,
UNTIL NOW WE FIND OURSELVES IN A GREAT STRUGGLE,
EVEN TO MAINTAIN AND TO HOLD ON TO THE GLORIOUS
INHERITANCE THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND I HOPE THAT THE DAY WILL COME WHEN CHRISTIANS WILL
LOOK UPON APATHY AND INDIFFERENCE CONCERNING THEIR
RESPONSIBILITIES AS CHRISTIAN CITIZENS IN THIS GREAT NATION
AS A BASE AND INIQUITOUS THING AND THEY WOULD BE ASHAMED
TO ADMIT THAT THEY HAD FAILED TO LIVE UP TO THEIR DUTY.
OF COURSE, WE MUST CONTINUE TO FULFILL THE GREAT COMMISSION
OF JESUS CHRIST TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE;
THAT WE MUST BE,
NOT ONLY THE SALT OF THE EARTH,
EXERCISING ITS PRIVILEGES IN THE KINGDOM OF CAESAR
TO PREVENT THE NATION FROM CORRUPTING ALTOGETHER,
BUT WE MUST BE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
TO BRING THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL AND ETERNAL LIFE TO MEN WHO ARE
PERISHING IN DARKNESS AND IGNORANCE.
WE MUST DO THAT!
THERE ARE SOME WHO WOULD ACCUSE US
OF TRYING TO CHRISTIANIZE AMERICA!
AM I TRYING TO CHRISTIANIZE AMERICA?
YOU BET YOUR BOOTS I AM!
APPLAUSE
WHAT WAS THE LAST COMMANDMENT THAT
JESUS CHRIST GAVE TO THE CHURCH?
GO INTO ALL THE WORLD
AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS.
THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS OUR HIGH AND GLORIOUS CALLING!
BY THE GRACE OF GOD, MAY WE DO IT.
HI, I’M JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY.
THERE WAS NOBODY BOLDER THAN MY DAD WHEN IT CAME TO
PROCLAIMING THE TRUTH OF BIBLE FOR EVERY SPHERE OF LIFE
INCLUDING THE GOVERNMENT.
WHILE MANY OTHERS SHRUNK FROM THE BATTLE,
TELLING CHRISTIANS NOT TO DIRTY THEIR HANDS WITH POLITICS,
CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES HAS BEEN THERE FOR FIFTY YEARS NOW,
SOUNDING THE WARNING ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN
IF WE CHRISTIANS RETREAT BEHIND THE
FOUR WALLS OF THE CHURCH.
AND WE CONTINUE THAT BATTLE TODAY UNDER MY DAD’S SUCCESSOR,
DR. ROB PACIENZA.
THIS NOVEMBER WE’LL HAVE AN ELECTION THAT VERY WELL MAY BE
DO-OR-DIE FOR AMERICA.
IT MAY BE OUR LAST CHANCE.
THAT’S WHY WE’VE PRODUCED A NEW DVD THAT WE WANT TO SEND
YOU IN ANTICIPATION OF THAT ELECTION, ENTITLED
RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION.
IT FEATURES KEY MESSAGES ON OUR CURRENT CULTURAL SITUATION,
AND HOW CHRISTIANS SHOULD RESPOND, FROM DR. ROB PACIENZA,
DR. AL MOHLER, AND MY FATHER, DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY.
WE’LL SEND IT TO YOU RIGHT AWAY AS THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROUS
DONATION TO THE WORK OF THIS MINISTRY.
AND IF YOU’RE ABLE TO GIVE A DONATION OF $50 OR MORE,
WE’LL SEND YOU THE DVD PLUS THE BEAUTIFUL, FULL-COLOR
COLLECTOR'S EDITION OF THE BOOK,
MIRACLES IN AMERICAN HISTORY, BY SUSIE FEDERER.
IN THE PAST, WE’VE OFFERED VOLUMES ONE AND TWO
OF THIS GREAT SERIES,
AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THEM ON THE SHELVES.
THEY’VE BEEN AMONG THE MOST POPULAR RESOURCES
WE’VE EVER OFFERED.
AND THIS SPECIAL NEW EDITION COMBINES THEM INTO
ONE BEAUTIFUL, 288-PAGE VOLUME, FEATURING 50 STORIES
OF GOD’S MIRACULOUS INTERVENTION IN AMERICA’S HISTORY.
FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON, WHO FOUND FOUR BULLET HOLES IN
HIS COAT AND YET DID NOT SUFFER AN INJURY IN BATTLE,
TO THE SEEMINGLY HOPELESS RESCUE OF THE APOLLO 13 ASTRONAUTS,
YOU’LL BE EDIFIED AND ENCOURAGED BY THESE TRUE STORIES
OF GOD’S HAND IN OUR HISTORY.
AND YOU’LL BE ENCOURAGED FOR THE FUTURE,
AS WE AGAIN SEEK HIS DELIVERANCE FOR OUR NATION.
YOU’LL BE THRILLED BY THESE STORIES, AND YOU’LL WANT
TO SHARE THEM WITH YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
THAT’S THE BRAND-NEW DVD PROGRAM,
RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION,
FEATURING TIMELY AND INCISIVE MESSAGES FROM
ROB PACIENZA, AL MOHLER, AND D. JAMES KENNEDY.
AND THE DVD PLUS THE FULL-COLOR, GIFT EDITION OF THE BOOK,
MIRACLES IN AMERICAN HISTORY, BY SUSIE FEDERER,
AS THANKS FOR YOUR DONATION OF $50 OR MORE.
WITH OUR NATION STANDING AT THE PRECIPICE OF THIS MAJOR ELECTION
IN NOVEMBER, THE VOICE OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES
APPLYING THE BIBLE TO THE CULTURAL CONTROVERSIES
OF TODAY HAS NEVER BEEN MORE NEEDED.
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IS EXPENSIVE, WE CAN ONLY DO IT WITH YOUR HELP.
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ONE OF THE KEY TACTICS THAT PROGRESSIVES HAVE USED
IN RECENT DECADES TO MARGINALIZE AND
SILENCE CHRISTIANS IS THE REDEFINITION OF LANGUAGE.
WORDS LIKE “LOVE,” “TOLERANCE,” AND “MARRIAGE”
HAVE BEEN GIVEN NEW MEANINGS,
ALL OF WHICH UNDERMINE THE CHRISTIAN WITNESS.
PERHAPS THE MOST EGREGIOUS EXAMPLE OF THIS IS
THE REDEFINITION OF THE WORD “HATE.”
IN THIS NEW SECULAR AGE,
EVERYWHERE WE TURN, CHRISTIANS ARE ACCUSED OF “HATRED”
FOR AFFIRMING BIBLICAL TEACHINGS ABOUT GENDER, SEXUALITY, ISLAM,
THE EXCLUSIVITY OF CHRIST, AND OTHER TOPICS.
IF YOU DON’T GET ON BOARD WITH WOKE IDEAS,
YOU ARE COMMITTING “HATE CRIMES,” OPPOSING “DEMOCRACY,”
AND ARE ON THE “WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY.”
IN THE UNITED STATES,
ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLE PURVEYORS OF THIS
FALSE DEFINITION OF HATE IS THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER.
THE SPLC HAS FOR YEARS DEMONIZED MAINSTREAM CHRISTIAN NONPROFITS
BY PUTTING THEM ON PAR WITH THE KU KLUX KLAN AND NEO-NAZIS.
THEY FOCUSED IN ON HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON
IN THEIR 2023 REPORT ON “EXTREMISM AND HATE.”
WHAT WAS JOHNSON’S CRIME?
HAVING WORKED FOR THE ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM.
AND THEIR CRIME?
DEFENDING COLORADO BAKER JACK PHILLIPS,
WHO HAS BEEN THE TARGET OF STATE HARASSMENT FOR YEARS
BECAUSE BAKING CAKES FOR SAME-SEX WEDDINGS
AND GENDER TRANSITIONS VIOLATES HIS CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE.
BY THE WAY, ADF HAS ARGUED AND WON CASES
IN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
BUT THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER STILL PUTS
THEM ALONGSIDE SKINHEADS AND WHITE SUPREMACISTS.
AND THIS IS NOT ONLY AN AMERICAN PROBLEM.
IN SCOTLAND A PASTOR WAS ARRESTED
FOR ALLEGEDLY USING “HOMOPHOBIC” LANGUAGE
WHEN HE WAS PREACHING THE BIBLE ON A STREET CORNER.
THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED WHEN HE STOOD UP IN COURT
AND CHALLENGED THEM.
IN FINLAND, A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT STOOD TRIAL
FOR SO-CALLED HATE SPEECH BECAUSE SHE POSTED
ROMANS 1 ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND
EXPRESSED HER CONVICTION THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS UNNATURAL.
SHE TOO WAS EXONERATED IN COURT.
BUT HARASSMENT IS THE GOAL FOR THE WOKE PROGRESSIVES,
WHO WANT TO INTIMIDATE BIBLE-BELIEVERS INTO SILENCE.
BUT LET US BE CLEAR.
AS CHRISTIANS, WE BELIEVE JESUS IS LORD AND,
BY IMPLICATION, CAESAR IS NOT.
NO MATTER HOW STIFF THE LEGAL RESISTANCE WE FACE
IN THE COMING YEARS, WE MUST NOT CAPITULATE.
IN THE WORDS OF PETER AND THE APOSTLES,
SO LET US NOT BE INTIMIDATED INTO SILENCE OR CONFORMITY.
LET US BOLDLY PROCLAIM THE TRUTH OF GOD’S WORD WITH LOVE AND
GRACE, KNOWING THAT WE ANSWER TO A HIGHER AUTHORITY AND THAT,
VIEWED IN LIGHT OF CHRIST’S TRIUMPHANT RETURN,
WE ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
MAY WE STRIVE TO BE SALT AND LIGHT IN A WORLD
THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER
OF CHRIST’S LOVE AND REDEMPTION.
MAY GOD GRANT US THE STRENGTH AND WISDOM TO UPHOLD HIS TRUTH
IN A WORLD THAT OFTEN SEEKS TO SILENCE IT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AT CORAL RIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
FOR WORSHIP THE NEXT TIME YOU’RE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
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DOCUMENTARIES, PODCASTS, AND MUCH MORE.
AND NOW, HERE’S A LOOK AT THE NEXT TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
AS WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS
COMING ACROSS THAT BORDER,
THEY'RE FROM 150 DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES ACROSS THE WORLD
BUT WE ALSO SEE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM
BEING SINGLE ADULTS, AND THOSE ARE MEN MAINLY,
THOSE ARE MILITARY AGED MEN ANYWHERE FROM 17-35.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK
THIS HAS BEEN A PRODUCTION OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES