TODAY ON TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
IT’S ALL ABOUT GOD.
THAT’S WHAT POLITICS ULTIMATELY IS.
AS WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS
COMING ACROSS THE BORDERS, 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
RIGHT THOSE ARE MILITARY AGED MEN ANYWHERE FROM 17-35.
WELCOME TO TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM,
A PRODUCTION OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES.
I’M PASTOR ROB PACIENZA.
IN THE THICK OF AN ELECTION SEASON,
THERE’S ALWAYS A LOT OF NOISE AND HYPE SURROUNDING THE RACE.
MOST OF US HAVE A SENSE THAT THE STAKES
IN A NATIONAL ELECTION HAVE BEEN HEIGHTENED,
BUT THERE’S STILL SOMETIMES CONFUSION
ON WHAT THE BIBLICAL POSITION IS ON CERTAIN ISSUES,
AND HOW THAT TRANSLATES TO OUR VOTE.
AS ALWAYS ABORTION IS THE BIG “E” ON THE MORAL EYE CHART.
BUT ACCORDING TO THE POLLS, THE MAJOR ISSUE DRIVING THIS
UPCOMING ELECTION MAY WELL BE AMERICA’S BORDER.
ON TODAY’S PROGRAM, WE’LL INVESTIGATE WHAT IT MEANS
TO VOTE AS A CHRISTIAN.
AND WE’LL SHARE HOW LEFTIST FOUNDATIONS ARE TRYING TO
INFLUENCE YOUR VOTE POSSIBLY EVEN THROUGH YOUR CHURCH.
AND WE BEGIN WITH A LOOK DEEPER INTO THE BORDER ISSUE.
MANY ON THE LEFT CLAIM THAT CHRISTIANITY
SHOULD BE IN FAVOR OF OPEN BORDERS.
BUT IS THAT TRUE?
OUR OWN DAVID WRIGHT TAKES A CLOSER LOOK.
THE ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION HAS LONG BEEN
AN AREA OF CONTENTION IN AMERICA.
EACH YEAR MILLIONS OF MIGRANTS GATHER
AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER AND ATTEMPT TO ENTER.
WE HAVE A CRISIS IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION
BECAUSE OF OUR OPEN BORDERS.
TODAY IN THIS COUNTRY YOU HAVE ESTIMATES OF
10 - 12 MILLION PEOPLE ARE LIVING HERE ILLEGALLY.
BUT MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT NUMBERS
MUCH CLOSER TO 20, 25 MILLION.
WE DO HAVE MORE POROUS BORDERS RIGHT NOW
IN PART BECAUSE WE’VE GOT A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
THAT’S TOO FOCUSED ON TOO MANY THINGS THAT PERHAPS
ARE NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S JOB
AND THAT CAUSES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO
LESS THAN AN IDEAL JOB THAT DOING THE FEW THINGS
THAT ONLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN DO.
ONE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S JOBS IS TO COME UP WITH A
UNIFORM SYSTEM OF LAWS GOVERNING IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTRY
DON’T COME INTO OUR COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.
IT’S NOT DOING THAT JOB AS EFFECTIVELY RIGHT NOW
AS IT HAS AT OTHER TIMES IN THE PAST.
STATES LIKE ARIZONA AND TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA
HAVE JUST HAD AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE AND
THAT CAUSES PROBLEMS IN EMERGENCY ROOMS AND SO ON.
NOW AGAIN, I’M VERY PRO-IMMIGRATION,
I THINK IMMIGRANTS WHO WANT TO COME HERE AND WORK
AND IF THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW,
MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES THAT’S WHAT
AMERICA’S ALL ABOUT, I’M ALL FOR THAT.
BUT I THINK PEOPLE ARE JUST FED UP WITH THE FACT THAT MORE
AND MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN DISREGARDING THE LAW.
AND IF YOU COME IN AS A LAW BREAKER THEN, YOU KNOW,
THERE’S A LIKELIHOOD THAT YOU’RE GONNA BECOME A LAW BREAKER
IN OTHER THINGS AS WELL, IN OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
PART OF THIS IMMIGRATION CRISES STEMS
FROM RADICAL LEFTIST POLICIES.
WHEN JOE BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN 2021
HE IMMEDIATELY SUSPENDED DEPORTATIONS,
BEGAN IMPLEMENTING THE “CATCH AND RELEASE” POLICY,
AND OVERTURNED PRESIDENT TRUMP’S “REMAIN IN MEXICO” POLICY.
WE'VE GOT AN ONGOING CRISIS ALONG THAT SOUTHERN BORDER.
WE'RE ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS INTO THAT CRISIS.
IT'S STARTED IN JANUARY OF 2021.
AND WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT?
I MEAN THAT YOU HAVE UNTOLD NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS,
ILLEGAL ALIENS COMING ACROSS THAT BORDER UNLAWFULLY
EVERY SINGLE DAY IN VERY LARGE NUMBERS
OVER THE COURSE OF WEEKS AND MONTHS AND THEN YEARS.
WE SAW THE NUMBERS IN 2021,
YOU HAD OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE WHO WERE APPREHENDED
BY CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION,
OVER 2 MILLION IN ONE YEAR, ACTUALLY 11 MONTHS,
CONVERSE WITH THE LAST YEAR UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP,
THERE WERE LESS THAN FIVE, LESS THAN 600,000 PEOPLE APPREHENDED.
AND THE OVER 2 MILLION WERE THOSE WHO WERE CAUGHT,
NOT THOSE WHO TRIED TO GAIN ENTRY.
IT'S ABSURD, I HAVE DESCRIBED THIS OPEN BORDERS APPROACH AND
I'M CALLING IT OPEN BORDERS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT
ACCIDENTALLY STUMBLE UPON 2 MILLION PEOPLE IN A YEAR
ENTERING THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY,
THAT IS NO ACCIDENT, I BELIEVE IT'S INTENTIONAL.
THOSE CONCERNED WITH THE CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER
NOTE THAT MANY CRIMINALS ARE CROSSING INTO OUR COUNTRY,
AND OFTEN COMMITTING VIOLENT CRIMES.
AND WITH THAT COMES THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFICKING COMES
THE AMOUNT OF SMUGGLING OF NOT ONLY THE HUMAN SIDE OF IT,
BUT ALSO THE ILLEGAL NARCOTICS AND THE FENTANYL
AND THEN THE IMPACT THAT
THAT'S HAVING ON AMERICAN COMMUNITIES EVERY DAY.
THE AMOUNT OF CRIMINALS,
THE AMOUNT OF KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TERRORISTS
COMING ACROSS THAT BORDER,
SO ANYTIME THAT YOU HAVE A BORDER IN CHAOS
AND UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY GOING ON,
YOU'RE OFTEN GOING TO SEE SOME BAD INDIVIDUALS.
THE CRIMINAL ELEMENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SEEN, THAT'S WHAT WE CONTINUE
TO EXPERIENCE OVER THESE THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
YOU SEE EVERYWHERE WHERE WE HAVE A SITUATION OF SHOOTING
OR SOMEBODY WAS KILLED OR RAPE OR SOMETHING
THAT YOU HAVE AT THE END, IT WILL SAY,
THIS PERSON CAME TO AMERICA SIX MONTHS AGO OR THREE MONTHS AGO.
AND IT'S ILLEGAL. IT'S VERY, VERY DANGEROUS.
IT'S DANGEROUS EVEN FOR THEM WITH THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND
EVERYTHING WITH RECEIVING MAYBE DIFFERENT KIND OF
REMUNERATION FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE TAKE ADVANTAGE.
WE DON'T STAND FOR THAT, WE RESPECT EVERY HUMAN LIFE,
BUT WE HAVE LAWS IN THIS COUNTRY.
THIS PAST FEBRUARY, LAKEN RILEY,
A NURSING STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA WAS
BRUTALLY MURDERED BY AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FROM VENEZUELA.
THIS STORY, ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS JUST LIKE IT,
EXPOSES THE DANGER OF LETTING IN UNVETTED
UNDOCUMENTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS INTO AMERICA.
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CRIMES AND
THERE CONTINUES TO BE CRIMES EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SOME GET REPORTED ON BECAUSE THEY'RE HIGH PROFILE ENOUGH, BUT
THERE ARE CRIMES COMMITTED BY ILLEGAL ALIENS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND MY QUESTION TO THOSE, THAT QUESTION, WELL,
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A REAL SPIKE.
MY QUESTION IS HOW MANY CRIMES DOES IT TAKE TO BE A SPIKE?
HOW MANY IS TOO LITTLE OR HOW MANY IS ENOUGH?
RIGHT? THE ANSWER SHOULD BE ZERO.
THE GOAL THAT WE SHOULD BE STRIVING TO IS THAT THERE IS
NO CRIME COMMITTED BY AN ILLEGAL ALIEN BECAUSE
THAT'S A CRIME THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.
CHINESE-PRODUCED FENTANYL AND OTHER DRUGS ARE ALSO
BEING SMUGGLED IN THROUGH THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND
THE RESULTS ARE MAKING HEADLINES.
THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED RECENTLY,
“DRUG OVERDOSES NOW KILL MORE THAN 100,000 AMERICANS A YEAR
MORE THAN VEHICLE CRASHES AND GUN DEATHS COMBINED.”
WHAT THE RADICAL LEFT WON’T TELL YOU IS THAT MOST
NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE CLEAR AND DEFINED BORDERS,
AS WELL AS STRICT IMMIGRATION LAWS.
YET THE THEY CATEGORIZE THOSE WHO WANT TO
PROTECT AMERICAS BORDERS AS INTOLERANT AND BIGOTS.
DURING MY TIME IN SERVICE WE WERE CERTAINLY CALLED
ALL SORTS OF NAMES,
YOU'RE NOT AGAINST IMMIGRANTS OR IMMIGRATION, RIGHT.
WHAT WE ARE AGAINST IS THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY
THAT ACCOMPANIES THAT OR
IF YOU CHOOSE TO CROSS THE BORDER UNLAWFULLY.
SO AS A FOREIGN NATIONAL, RIGHT, AS SOMEONE COMING INTO
THE COUNTRY FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE DECIDED TO BREAK THE LAW,
THE VERY FIRST THING THAT YOU DO COMING INTO
A NEW COUNTRY IS BREAK THE LAW.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.
THE RADICAL LEFT WANT’S TO FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM AMERICA
AS WE KNOW IT,
AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS ONE WAY
THEY ARE SLOWLY CHIPPING AWAY AT OUR FOUNDATIONS.
SO I THINK 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, RIGHT?
THOSE ARE MILITARY AGED MEN, ANYWHERE FROM 17 TO 35
CHINESE NATIONALS HAVE SPIKED IN RECENT MONTHS.
AND OVER THE LAST YEAR, I WOULD SAY YEAR AND A HALF.
AND SO YOU SEE A LOT OF THOSE NOW.
AND SO WHAT THE LEFT WILL TRY TO TELL YOU IS THAT
ONLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE COMING ACROSS THAT BORDER.
AND IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
AND YOU LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS,
THAT'S SIMPLY NOT THE FACTS.
THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
AMERICA HAS ALWAYS WELCOMED IMMIGRANTS
BUT YOU HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR.
THERE’S NO OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
THAT WOULD NOT PROTECT ITS BORDERS.
THIS IS INSANITY; IT’S MADNESS.
EITHER PEOPLE - I HAVE TO BELIEVE - THAT HATE AMERICA,
THAT WANT TO DESTROY AMERICA OR HAVE OTHER MOTIVES
WHICH IT CAN ONLY BE EVIL BECAUSE
THE SCRIPTURES ARE VERY CLEAR IN ROMANS 13 IT SAYS THAT
THE GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT THE CITIZENRY.
NOT GO GET INVOLVED - IT DOESN’T TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
EDUCATION OR THAT OR THAT OR THE OTHER THING.
IT’S TO PROTECT THE CITI- THAT’S THE NUMBER ONE JOB
IS TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTRY AND
UNFORTUNATELY THOSE PEOPLE THAT CLAIM TO BELIEVE THE BIBLE
IN LEADERSHIP THEY’RE NOT OBEYING THAT PART OF THE BIBLE
BUT OTHERS ASK: ISN’T IT THE CHRISTIAN AND
COMPASSIONATE THING TO DO TO HELP ALL THE REFUGEES?
THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION IN THE CHURCH ABOUT OPEN BORDERS,
SOME PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT INTO THE COMPASSION ARGUMENT
THAT SOMEHOW CHRISTIANITY OR CHRIST REQUIRES
THAT WE OPEN OUR BORDERS
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DISCERNMENT LOOKING AT THAT ISSUE
WOULD SHOW THAT THAT’S A REAL FALLACY.
DOES GOD LOVE MIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS?
OF COURSE, HE DOES, HE ALSO LOVES TAXPAYERS,
HE LOVES PEOPLE THAT PLAY BY THE RULES AND OBEY THE LAW,
SO TO SUGGEST THAT BECAUSE GOD LOVES ALL
HUMAN BEINGS INCLUDING MIGRANTS,
THAT THE UNITED STATES MUST OPEN ITS BORDERS
AND ALLOW LITERALLY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO WALK INTO THE COUNTRY
WOULD MEAN THAT GOD WAS ENDORSING
THE END OF AMERICA AS WE KNOW IT.
THIS COUNTRY CAN’T SUPPORT AND PAY FOR MILLIONS OF
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THE COUNTRY.
LET’S FIX THE BORDER ISSUE FIRST, FIX OUR IMMIGRATION,
BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM FIRST, THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT
WHAT WE DO WITH FOLKS WHO’VE COME HERE ILLEGALLY
ONE OF THE BIG MISTAKES THAT CHRISTIANS SOMETIMES MAKE
IS THAT THEY WANT TO APPLY
THE ETHICS OF THE CHURCH TO THE STATE.
I HEARD A PASTOR SAYING I'M SURE THAT HE WAS COMPASSIONATE AND
MEANT WELL, WHEN HE SAID, OF COURSE WE SHOULD INVITE
PEOPLE INTO AMERICA AND BASICALLY HAVE OPEN BORDERS
BECAUSE AFTER ALL THE GOSPEL IS FOR EVERYONE.
YES, OF COURSE THE GOSPEL IS FOR EVERYONE,
BUT THAT'S NOT THE ROLE OF THE STATE.
THE ROLE OF THE STATE IS TO KEEP ORDER, TO PUNISH CRIME,
AND TO KEEP ITS CITIZENS SAFE.
THAT'S THE ROLE OF THE STATE.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE CHURCH WELCOME EVERYONE.
THAT'S THE MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH,
BUT THAT IS NOT THE MINISTRY OF THE STATE.
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE SHOCKING
RISE OF ANTISEMITISM IN AMERICA
AND CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
WHAT IS THE ANSWER?
THE NEW BOOK, SHOULD CHRISTIANS SUPPORT ISRAEL?
RESPONDS TO THIS CRISIS WITH THE FACTS.
RECENT POLLING SHOWS THAT WHEN PRESENTED WITH FACTS,
A SUBSTANTIAL PERCENTAGE OF GEN Z VOTERS
CHANGE THEIR MINDS ABOUT THEIR ANTI-ISRAEL STANCE.
CONTACT US TODAY TO GET YOUR FREE COPY OF
SHOULD CHRISTIANS SUPPORT ISRAEL?
SEEKING A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW IN AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION WRITTEN
BY DR. JEFF MYERS OF SUMMIT MINISTRIES.
WE’LL SEND YOU THIS COMPELLING RESOURCE
AT NO COST OR OBLIGATION TO HELP YOU ENGAGE
IN THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC WITH CHRISTIAN CONVICTION.
RECENTLY IN THE SO-CALLED CULTURE WARS,
THE SECULAR LEFT HAS WORKED TO
EMPLOY CHRISTIAN LANGUAGE AND PROOF TEXTS
FROM THE BIBLE TO CO OPT EVANGELICAL VOTERS.
BUT OUR POSITION ON THE ISSUES OF THE DAY
AND OUR VOTES SHOULD BE GUIDED
BY MORE THAN A FEW VERSES TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.
IT’S A MATTER OF HAVING A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW,
AND RECOGNIZING THAT GOD HAS DESIGNED EVERY SPHERE OF LIFE
FOR A PURPOSE INCLUDING NATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS.
OUR FOUNDER, DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY
RECOGNIZED THIS AND HOW IT SHOULD AFFECT OUR VOTE
BETTER THAN ANYONE.
HE SHARES MORE IN HIS MESSAGE, “BUILDING A CHRISTIAN NATION.”
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY NOT ONLY ON
THE BUILDING OF A CHRISTIAN NATION,
BUT ALSO THE REBUILDING OF THE SAME.
FOR THERE IS NO DOUBT IN THE MIND OF ANYONE
WHO HAS STUDIED HISTORICALLY THE ISSUE,
THAT OUR FOREFATHERS BUILT A CHRISTIAN NATION,
BUT WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE LAST FIFTY YEARS,
PARTICULARLY WITH THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED ASSIDUOUSLY
TO TEAR IT DOWN TO DESTROY THE FOUNDATIONS,
AND NOW THERE IS A RENEWED INTEREST
AND DESIRE ON THE PART OF MANY MILLIONS
IN THIS COUNTRY TO SEE IT REBUILT AGAIN.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT I FEEL CONFIDENT
THAT MOST OF YOU DON’T KNOW.
IN 1776 THERE WAS NOT ANYWHERE ON THIS PLANET A SECULAR NATION.
PRIOR TO 1776, THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE WHOLE PLANET,
THERE HAD NEVER BEEN SUCH A CREATURE AS A SECULAR NATION.
IT HAD NEVER EXISTED.
THE FIRST ONE CAME ABOUT JUST A FEW YEARS AFTER OUR REVOLUTION
IN THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE.
OUR REVOLUTION WAS BASED UPON GOD;
THEIRS WAS BASED UPON HUMANISTIC ATHEISM,
AND IN THEIR REVOLUTION IT ENDED UP WITH
BLOOD RUNNING IN THE STREETS.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE GUILLOTINED
AND THE WHOLE THING WAS A GIGANTIC DISASTER
AND THE FOUNDERS OF OUR COUNTRY COULD
NOT HAVE IMAGINED ANYTHING EVEN VAGUELY CLOSE TO THAT.
IN FACT WHEN THEY DISCOVERED WHAT WAS HAPPENING
IN FRANCE A FEW YEARS LATER,
THEY WERE APPALLED. IT WAS ABHORRENT TO THEM.
YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE VERY BEGINNING,
WE FIND THE PILGRIMS SET SAIL AND LANDED AT PLYMOUTH.
AND WHY DID THEY COME?
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE IN THEIR COMING TO THESE SHORES?
AMERICA WAS FOUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO LOVED GOD
AND TRUSTED IN THE DIVINE GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST
AND DESIRED MOST OF ALL TO MAKE HIM KNOWN TO OTHERS.
WE DON’T HAVE TO RELY ON SOMEBODY’S OPINION.
WE CAN HEAR IT RIGHT FROM THEMSELVES.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, WILLIAM BRADFORD WAS THE HISTORIAN
AND GOVERNOR OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION.
HE WROTE THE ONLY HISTORY OF THE TIME.
HE IS THE ONLY SOURCE.
AND HE WAS GOVERNOR FOR DECADES, AND HE SAID
THAT BEFORE THEY EVEN LEFT ENGLAND THEY WROTE
THESE WORDS ABOUT THEIR REASON FOR COMING.
WAS IT GOLD?
LET’S SEE.
THEY CAME HERE AND FOUNDED THIS COLONY WITH A, QUOTE,
“GREAT HOPE AND INWARD ZEAL
THEY HAD OF LAYING SOME GOOD FOUNDATION, OR
AT LEAST TO MAKE SOME WAY THEREUNTO,
FOR THE PROPAGATING AND ADVANCING OF THE GOSPEL OF
THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST IN THOSE REMOTE PARTS OF THE WORLD;
YEA, THOUGH THEY SHOULD BE BUT EVEN AS STEPPING-STONES
UNTO OTHERS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF SO GREAT A WORK.”
AND THEY HAVE BEEN.
MORE MISSIONARIES HAVE GONE FORTH FROM AMERICA
THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
MORE MONEY HAS BEEN RAISED AND
THEIR GREAT DESIRE HAS BEEN FULFILLED.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MINISTRIES OF THIS CHURCH
HAS TAKEN THE GOSPEL TO EVERY SINGLE LAST NATION ON EARTH.
THAT IS WHY THEY CAME, BECAUSE OF AN INWARD ZEAL
AND A GREAT HOPE OF PROPAGATING
THE FAR ENDS OF THE EARTH WITH THE GOSPEL.
BUT THEN WHEN THE PILGRIMS ACTUALLY ARRIVED HERE,
AS YOU KNOW, BEFORE THEY SET FOOT ON THE LAND,
THEY MET IN THE CAPTAIN’S CABIN OF THE MAYFLOWER
AND WROTE WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED THE
“BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF AMERICA,” THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT.
AND HOW DOES THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT BEGIN?
“SEEING THAT WE NEED TO SET UP SOME KIND OF A SECULAR
ORGANIZATION HERE TO RUN THIS THING, WE’LL...”
NO. THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY SAID.
THEY SAID, “IN THE NAME OF GOD. AMEN.”
THAT’S HOW AMERICA BEGAN CONTINUING WITH THESE WORDS:
[APPLAUSE] GIVE THEM A HAND. THANK YOU.
AGAIN THEY TELL US EXACTLY WHY
THEY HAVE ARRIVED ON THESE SHORES:
“HAVING UNDERTAKEN FOR THE GLORY OF GOD
AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH,
A VOYAGE TO PLANT THE FIRST COLONY
IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA..."
HAVING UNDERTAKEN “FOR THE GLORY OF GOD
AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.”
THAT IS WHY THEY CAME, AND THAT IS WHAT THEY DID.
THEY ADVANCED THE CHRISTIAN FAITH,
AND THIS CONTINUED THROUGHOUT ALL OF THAT PERIOD.
AND IF WE GO FORWARD,
WE CAN COME TO THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY,
WHEN THERE WAS A GREAT TRIAL BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.
IT IS CALLED THE TRINITY DECISION, AND THEY SAID THIS,
“THESE REFERENCES ADD A VOLUME OF UNOFFICIAL DECLARATIONS
ADD TO THE MASS OF ORGANIC UTTERANCES
THAT THIS IS A RELIGIOUS PEOPLE.
THIS IS “A CHRISTIAN NATION.”
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
UNANIMOUSLY, 1892, THE TRINITY DECISION.
SO, THIS IS, INDEED, A CHRISTIAN NATION.
THESE AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER REFERENCES WOULD POINT THAT OUT.
I READ THE CONSTITUTIONS OF ALL FIFTY OF OUR STATES.
I READ THE INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF ALL OF OUR PRESIDENTS.
ALL OF THEM, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, REFERENCE GOD.
IT’S ALL ABOUT GOD.
THAT IS WHAT POLITICS ULTIMATELY IS.
THAT IS WHAT THESE PEOPLE BELIEVED IT WAS.
“IN THE NAME OF GOD.” “FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.”
“FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HIS KINGDOM.”
THAT IS WHY THEY CAME.
THAT IS NOT WHY MOST AMERICANS VOTE,
AND THAT IS NOT HOW THEY VOTE.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE THIS NATION TRANSFORMED,
YOU BEGIN TO SEE GOD IN THE VOTING BOOTH WITH YOU.
GOD WILL CHANGE THIS NATION.
[APPLAUSE]
HI, I’M JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY.
MY DAD WAS AN OPTIMIST WHO UNDERSTOOD THAT GOD HAD DONE
MIRACULOUS WORK IN BRING AMERICA INTO BEING.
AND BECAUSE GOD HAD DONE IT ONCE,
DAD TRULY BELIEVED HE WOULD DO IT AGAIN
BUT NOT IN THE ABSENCE OF FAITHFUL CHRISTIANS
CARRYING THE KINGDOM OF GOD INTO THEIR WORKPLACES,
THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND INTO THE VOTING BOOTH.
WE HAVE A MAJOR NATIONAL ELECTION COMING UP.
AND EVEN THE TRADITIONALLY PRO-LIFE PARTY
IS SOFTENING ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION.
HOW CAN THAT BE HAPPENING JUST TWO YEARS AFTER
THE OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE?
THROUGH THE SILENCE AND APATHY OF CHRISTIANS.
OUR NATION IS FACING A MAJOR TURNING POINT IN NOVEMBER,
AND YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED TO VOTE -AND VOTE BIBLICALLY.
THAT’S WHY WE’VE PRODUCED A CRUCIAL
NEW THREE-MESSAGE DVD WE WANT YOU TO SEE.
IT’S CALLED RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION,
AND WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU AS OUR THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROUS
DONATION TO THE CONTINUING WORK OF THIS MINISTRY.
THIS DVD FEATURES DR. ROB PACIENZA’S TITLE MESSAGE,
“RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION,”
PLUS DR. AL MOHLER’S ADDRESS ENTITLED,
“KEEPING THE FAITH IN A FAITHLESS AGE,”
AND MY FATHER, DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY’S SERMON,
“BUILDING A CHRISTIAN NATION.”
IT’S JUST THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND EQUIPPING YOU NEED
WITH THE ELECTION JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
AND IF YOU’RE ABLE TO GIVE A DONATION OF $50 OR MORE,
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IT FEATURES A FOREWORD FROM HER HUSBAND,
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AND IT FEATURES 50 STORIES OF GOD’S POWERFUL HAND
ACTING ON BEHALF OF AMERICA FROM THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY.
DID YOU KNOW THAT IN EARLY 1776, THE BRITISH PLANNED AN ALL-OUT
ASSAULT ON GEORGE WASHINGTON’S TROOPS NEAR BOSTON HARBOR?
IF SUCCESSFUL, IT WOULD’VE BROKEN THE BACK
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YOU OFTEN HEAR THE CHARGE TODAY
THAT EVANGELICALS ARE TOO POLITICAL,
OR THAT THEY HAVE MADE AN IDOL OUT OF POLITICS.
AND FREQUENTLY, THE CHARGE COMES FROM
WELL-KNOWN EVANGELICAL ELITES,
PUBLISHING IN PLACES LIKE THE NEW YORK TIMES
AND CHRISTIANITY TODAY.
BUT THERE’S SOMETHING VITAL YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT.
IT’S A TACTIC THAT’S BEEN DESIGNED TO EMBARRASS YOU
AND KEEP YOU OUT OF THE VOTING BOOTH.
THE SAME PEOPLE WHO CLAIM THAT BIBLE-BELIEVING
CHRISTIANS HAVE MADE POLITICS AN IDOL
ALSO HELP ENGINEER BIBLE STUDIES PROMOTING LEFTIST VIEWS
ON IMMIGRATION, GREEN ENVIRONMENTALISM,
AND CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT CONTROL.
AS IT TURNS OUT, IT’S ONLY IDOLATRY WHEN YOU VOTE
YOUR BIBLICAL CONSCIENCE ON ABORTION, GENDER, AND MARRIAGE.
BUT IT’S JUST GOOD OLD-FASHIONED BIBLICAL ETHICS
WHEN THEY PROMOTE NEO-MARXISM.
AS JOURNALIST MEGAN BASHAM SHOWS IN HER RECENT BOOK,
SHEPHERDS FOR SALE,
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM LEFT-OF-CENTER FOUNDATIONS
AND INSTITUTIONS HAVE FLOWED INTO ONCE-SOLID EVANGELICAL
ORGANIZATIONS IN AN EFFORT TO INFLUENCE THEM AND
TO WEAKEN CHRISTIAN OPPOSITION TO ABORTION,
OPPRESSIVE CLIMATE REGULATIONS, AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
SO, HERE’S MY CALL TO YOU TODAY: IGNORE THEM.
DON’T BE TAKEN IN BY THE DECEPTION.
DON’T BE SWAYED BY GEORGE SOROS OR THE ROCKEFELLER
AND FORD FOUNDATIONS AND THE MONEY
THEY’RE POURING INTO EVANGELICAL ELITES.
ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU THAT CLIMATE CHANGE
A COMPLEX ISSUE WITH LOTS OF DISAGREEMENT
IS A MORE IMPORTANT PRO-LIFE ISSUE THAN ABORTION
HAS FALLEN UNDER THE SWAY OF LEFTIST POLITICS,
AND YOU SHOULD FLEE FROM THEM.
ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU THAT GENDER AND SEXUALITY ARE COMPLEX
AND SOMETHING THE BIBLE ONLY WHISPERS ABOUT
IS A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING.
THEIR GOAL IS TO KEEP YOU FROM VOTING,
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT IF ALL THE BIBLE-BELIEVING
CHRISTIANS IN AMERICA VOTED BIBLICALLY ON THESE ISSUES,
WE’D WIN EVERY TIME.
IN AMERICA WE ARE FREE TO CHOOSE OUR OWN LEADERS, AND YOU AND I
ARE EACH STEWARDS OF THAT GIFT FROM GOD.
OUR VOTES LED TO A JUDICIARY THAT FINALLY OVERTURNED
THE EVIL OF ROE V. WADE AFTER 50 YEARS.
OUR VOTES HAVE TANGIBLY LED TO THE SAVING OF
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES THAT WOULD’VE BEEN ENDED BY ABORTION
AND WE’RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO STOP OR TO BE MANIPULATED BY THOSE
WHO WOULD STEER US TO THE LEFT THROUGH THE MISUSE OF SCRIPTURE.
INSTEAD, MAKE SURE YOU ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE
AND THEN GO VOTE.
NO CANDIDATES ARE PERFECT.
OFTEN, THEY ARE EVEN DISTASTEFUL.
BUT THAT’S NO EXCUSE FOR APATHY.
VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATES WHO ARE MOST LIKELY TO GIVE US WINS ON
THE SCOURGE OF ABORTION, ON THE INSANITY OF GENDER IDEOLOGY,
AND ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, SO THE TRUTH CAN BE PREACHED TO ALL.
OBEY GOD’S COMMAND TO RENDER UNTO CAESAR
WHAT BELONGS TO CAESAR,
AND VOTE IN A WAY THAT
YOU CAN STAND WITH A CLEAN CONSCIENCE BEFORE GOD.
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