AMERICA MAY BECOME A MOLDED
CRUST IN HISTORY’S GARBAGE CAN. NOT ONLY IS GOD OUR ONLY HOPE,
GOD IS OUR BIGGEST THREAT. AND THE NATION THAT WAS BORN IN 1776
MUST BE BORN AGAIN OR WE WILL JOIN THE GRAVEYARD OF THE
NATIONS. NOW ASK OURSELVES THIS QUESTION; WHAT ABOUT THE
GENERATION TO COME? WHAT ABOUT AMERICA OF TOMORROW? WHAT WILL
IT BE LIKE IF WE FAIL TO TURN TO GOD? WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE IF
THIS GENERATION DOES NOT SAY, “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?” THANKS FOR
JOINING US FOR TODAY’S PROGRAM. KNOWN FOR HIS UNIQUE ABILITY TO
SIMPLIFY PROFOUND TRUTH SO THAT IT CAN BE APPLIED TO EVERYDAY
LIFE, ADRIAN ROGERS WAS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE PREACHERS,
RESPECTED BIBLE TEACHERS AND CHRISTIAN LEADERS OF OUR TIME.
HE WAS ALSO A CHRISTIAN CITIZEN, A FRIEND AND A SPIRITUAL ADVISOR
TO MANY CITY, STATE AND NATIONAL LEADERS. AND AS YOU’LL HEAR IN
TODAY’S MESSAGE, SOMEONE WHO WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL
DIRECTION OF OUR COUNTRY. HAVE YOUR BIBLES OPEN TO JOIN US FOR
TODAY’S MESSAGE. YOU CAN LISTEN AGAIN AND CHECK OUT PASTOR
ROGERS’ OUTLINE, NOTES AND OTHER RESOURCES ON TODAY’S MESSAGE ALL
AT LWF.ORG. NOW, LET’S JOIN ADRIAN ROGERS. LORD, AS WE OPEN YOUR WORD THIS
MORNING, WE PRAY, DEAR LORD, THAT WE WILL FIND IN YOUR WORD
THOSE ELEMENTS, THOSE TRUTHS, THOSE DIRECTIONS, THOSE
EXHORTATIONS THAT WILL BRING OUR REPENTANCE AND OUR OBEDIENCE
THAT, LORD, YOU MIGHT FEEL FREE TO COME AND BLESS AMERICA ONE
MORE TIME. FOR WE PRAY IN THE STRONG NAME OF JESUS, O GOD,
LOOKING TO YOU. AMEN AND AMEN. FIND PSALM 78, PSALM 78. NOW, IF
YOU’RE NEW IN THE FAITH, THE BOOK OF PSALMS IS THE, AH,
MIDDLE BOOK IN THE BIBLE, AND THEN IT’S JUST A MATTER OF
COUNTING, IF YOU’LL COME RIGHT OVER TO PSALM, UH, 78. I AM
CONCERNED NOT ONLY ABOUT THE AMERICA OF TODAY, BUT I AM
CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMERICA OF TOMORROW. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT
THE GENERATION TO COME. AND WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS,
“THE GENERATION TO COME AND THE AMERICA OF TOMORROW.” WHAT WILL
AMERICA BE LIKE TEN, FIFTEEN, TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW IF THE
ALMIGHTY TARRIES? YOU KNOW WE’VE BEEN, AH, REMINDED THAT TODAY
AMERICA IS NUMBER ONE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE’RE NUMBER ONE
IN HOMOSEXUALITY, RADICAL FEMINISM, DIVORCE, ABORTION,
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF FAMILY VALUES.
YOU SAY, “YES, BUT WE’RE ALSO ECONOMICALLY NUMBER ONE.” I, FOR
ONE, HAD RATHER LEAVE TO OUR CHILDREN A LEGACY OF GREAT AND
GODLY PRINCIPLES THAN TO LEAVE TO THEM A NATION OF GREAT WEALTH
TO BE SQUANDERED IN A GODLESS SOCIETY. NOW, HERE’S WHAT GOD’S
WORD SAYS, PSALM 78, “GIVE EAR, O MY PEOPLE, TO MY LAW; INCLINE
YOUR EARS TO THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH. I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN A
PARABLE; I WILL UTTER DARK SAYINGS OF OLD,” THAT IS, TRUTHS
FROM YESTERDAY THAT YOUR FATHERS HAVE KNOWN, “WHICH WE HAVE HEARD
AND KNOWN, AND OUR FATHERS HAVE TOLD US. WE WILL NOT HIDE THEM
FROM THEIR CHILDREN, SHOWING TO THE GENERATION TO COME,” PLEASE
UNDERSCORE THAT PHRASE, “SHOWING TO THE GENERATION TO COME THE
PRAISES OF THE LORD, AND HIS STRENGTH, AND HIS WONDERFUL
WORKS THAT HE HATH DONE. FOR HE ESTABLISHED A TESTIMONY IN
JACOB, AND APPOINTED A LAW IN ISRAEL, WHICH HE COMMANDED OUR
FATHERS, THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE THEM KNOWN TO THEIR CHILDREN;
THAT THE GENERATION TO COME MIGHT KNOW THEM, EVEN THE
CHILDREN WHICH SHOULD BE BORN, WHO SHOULD ARISE AND DECLARE
THEM TO THEIR GENERATION.” NOW, WE’VE SEEN SOME THINGS HAPPEN
TODAY IN OUR GENERATION. BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION; DO
YOU FEEL MORE SECURE TODAY THAN YOU DID THEN? VERY FRANKLY, I
DON’T, BECAUSE WHEN WE’VE GOTTEN RID OF THE DEMON OF COMMUNISM,
SEVEN MORE DEADLY DEMONS HAVE COME TO AMERICA. WE ARE IN GREAT
DANGER. NOW, THE AMERICAN DREAM, I AM CONVINCED, WAS PLACED INTO
THE BOSOM OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS BY ALMIGHTY GOD. AMERICA
DID NOT JUST HAPPEN. AMERICA WAS THE GIFT OF ALMIGHTY GOD. BUT
THAT AMERICAN DREAM IS ABOUT TO BECOME A NIGHTMARE. I AM
WONDERING ABOUT THE AMERICA OF TOMORROW. I AM WONDERING ABOUT
THE GENERATION TO COME. I AM THINKING ABOUT MY CHILDREN, AND
MY CHILDREN’S’ CHILDREN. WHAT LEGACY ARE WE GOING TO LEAVE?
WHAT IS THE AMERICA OF TOMORROW? I WANT TO LAY THREE THOUGHTS ON
YOUR HEART THIS MORNING FROM THIS 78TH PSALM, AND I HOPE THAT
YOU’LL KEEP THE BIBLE OPEN IN YOUR LAP AND SEE THAT THESE
THOUGHTS WILL COME FROM THE WORD OF GOD. NOW, GOD HAD BLESSED THE
NATION ISRAEL, AND, AH, GOD HAD DELIVERED THEM FROM THE GNAWING
AND TORMENTING CHAINS OF SLAVERY, AND GOD HAD BROUGHT
THEM INTO A GOOD LAND. AND GOD GAVE THEM A LAW, GOD GAVE THEM A
LAND, GOD GAVE THEM A LORD. BUT WHAT THEY DID WAS TO DEFILE THE
LAND, AH, DENY THE LORD, DISOBEY THE LAW, AND JUDGMENT CAME TO
THEM. NOW, ASAPH, THE PSALMIST, IS GIVING SOME INSTRUCTION TO A
NATION LIKE THIS, AND I’M TELLING YOU THERE IS A GREAT
PARALLEL AND THERE IS ANCIENT TRUTH FOR TODAY'S WORLD. THREE
THINGS I WANT TO LAY ON YOUR HEART. NUMBER ONE; WE NEED TO
REVIEW OUR HISTORY, WE NEED TO REVIEW OUR HISTORY. LOOK, IF YOU
WILL, IN VERSES FIVE AND SIX. NO, UH, LET’S BEGIN IN VERSE
FOUR, “WE WILL NOT HIDE THEM,” UH, “FROM THEIR CHILDREN,
SHOWING THE GENERATION TO COME THE PRAISES OF THE LORD, AND HIS
STRENGTH, AND HIS WONDERFUL WORKS THAT HE HATH DONE.” THAT
IS, WE NEED TO SHOW OUR CHILDREN WHAT GOD HAS DONE. “FOR HE
ESTABLISHED A TESTIMONY IN JACOB, AND APPOINTED A LAW IN
ISRAEL, WHICH HE COMMANDED OUR FATHERS, THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE
THEM KNOWN TO THEIR CHILDREN; THAT THE GENERATION TO COME
MIGHT KNOW THEM.” WHAT’S HE SAYING? “ISRAEL, LOOK BACK. SEE
WHAT GOD HAS DONE. REVIEW YOUR HISTORY.” NOW, THIS PASSAGE OF
SCRIPTURES SAYS A WORD TO ALL YOU DADS. HOW MANY DADS HERE?
LIFT YOUR HANDS, FATHERS. ALRIGHT, HERE’S YOUR ASSIGNMENT
FROM ALMIGHTY GOD. YOU, SIR, ARE TO BE A TEACHER OF HISTORY. YOU
HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY GOD TO BE A TEACHER OF HISTORY. A LITTLE
BOY CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL AND HE LOOKED SAD. THE FATHER SAID,
“SON, WHAT’S WRONG?” HE SAID, “AH, I’M AFRAID I FAILED MY
HISTORY TEST.” THE DAD SAID, “NO.” HE SAID, “YOU’RE, YOU’RE
THINKING NEGATIVELY. BE MORE POSITIVE.” HE SAID, “OKAY. I AM
POSITIVE I FAILED MY HISTORY TEST.” [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] NOW I
DON’T WANT YOU DADS, AH, TO BE POSITIVE FAILURES. YOU ARE TO
TEACH HISTORY. SPIRITUALLY, IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT, LISTEN TO
ME, IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW OUR ROOTS. IF WE DON’T
TEACH THE GENERATION TO COME, THEN WE’VE BEEN CUT OFF FROM OUR
ROOTS. HAVE, HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT
WE’RE ONLY ONE GENERATION AWAY FROM PAGANISM? THAT’S ALL. JUST
ONE GENERATION. IF WE MISS A GENERATION, THEN WE’RE GONE. I
HEAR PARENTS SAY, “WELL, I’M NOT GOING TO FORCE MY VIEWS UPON MY
CHILDREN. I’M GOING TO LET MY CHILDREN MAKE UP THEIR OWN MIND.
I’M GOING TO LET THEM DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES.” FRANKLY, YOU’VE GOT
ROOM TO RENT UPSTAIRS UNFURNISHED. [AUDIENCE: AMEN]
[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] NO! YOU NEED TO PUT SOMETHING IN YOUR
CHILDREN’S MINDS. LISTEN TO ME; THE WORLD IS GOING TO TEACH
THEM, THEIR TEACHERS ARE GOING TO TEACH THEM, THEIR COMPANIONS
ARE GOING TO TEACH THEM, THE MEDIA IS GOING TO TEACH THEM,
MTV IS GOING TO TEACH THEM, AND YOU’RE GOING TO SAY, “I’M JUST
GOING TO SIT AROUND AND LET THEM MAKE UP THEIR MINDS.” THE
HUMANIST EDUCATORS HAVE YOUR CHILDREN, THE GENERATION TO
COME, IN THEIR MINDS. LET ME QUOTE FROM ONE OF THEM. AND, BY
THE WAY, LEST YOU THINK THIS IS SOME YO-YO FROM OFF THE WALL,
THIS MAN THAT I’M GOING TO QUOTE WAS A, IS A PROFESSOR IN
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHIATRY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY. NOW, HERE’S
WHAT HE SAID, “EVERY CHILD IN AMERICA, ENTERING SCHOOL AT THE
AGE OF FIVE IS MENTALLY ILL.” THAT OUGHT TO CAUSE YOU JUST TO
GET A, A WHIFF OF COFFEE RIGHT THERE. LISTEN TO IT, [AUDIENCE
LAUGHTER] “EVERY CHILD IN AMERICA ENTERING SCHOOL AT THE
AGE OF FIVE IS MENTALLY ILL BECAUSE, BECAUSE HE COMES TO
SCHOOL WITH CERTAIN ALLEGIANCES TOWARD OUR FOUNDING FATHERS,
TOWARD OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, TOWARD HIS PARENTS, TOWARD A
BELIEF IN A SUPERNATURAL BEING, TOWARD THE SOVEREIGNTY OF HIS
NATION AS A SEPARATE ENTITY.” THAT’S, FRIEND, IS MENTAL
ILLNESS. NOW, AGAIN, THIS IS A PROFESSOR AT HARVARD SPEAKING.
AND THEN, HERE’S WHAT HE SAID, AND LISTEN TO IT. THIS IS A
DIRECT QUOTE, “IT IS UP TO YOU TEACHERS,” NOW HE’S TALKING TO
EDUCATORS NOW, “IT’S UP TO YOU TEACHERS TO MAKE ALL THESE SICK
CHILDREN WELL BY CREATING THE INTERNATIONAL CHILD OF THE
FUTURE.” [SLAP] AND YOU SAY, “WELL, I’M NOT GOING TO
INFLUENCE MY CHILDREN. I’M JUST GOING TO LET, I’M JUST GOING TO
LET THEM MAKE UP THEIR OWN MIND.” THERE IS A SYSTEMATIC,
AH, SEDUCTION OF CHILDREN TODAY. HERE’S WHAT THE HUMANIST
EDUCATORS ARE PLANNING FOR YOUR CHILDREN, AND THE QUOTATION I’M
GOING TO GIVE YOU NOW IS COMING FROM THE HUMANIST MAGAZINE, AH,
A RELIGION FOR A NEW AGE, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1983, PAGE 26.
LISTEN TO IT, “THE BATTLE FOR HUMANKIND’S FUTURE MUST BE WAGED
AND WON IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOM BY TEACHERS WHO
CORRECTLY PERCEIVE THEIR ROLE AS THE PROSELYTIZERS OF A NEW
FAITH.” THAT IS, THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ACCORDING TO HUMANISTS,
HAVE BECOME THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES FOR THE CHILDREN OF
TOMORROW, “THE PROSELYTIZERS OF A NEW FAITH.” AND THEN, LISTEN
TO THIS QUOTE, “THE CLASSROOM MUST, AND WILL BECOME AN ARENA
OF CONFLICT BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW, THE ROTTING CORPSE OF
CHRISTIANITY AND THE FAITH OF HUMANISM. THE OLD; THE ROTTING
CORPSE OF CHRISTIANITY. THE NEW; THE FAITH OF HUMANISM. NOW,
HUMANISM SOUNDS SO GOOD BECAUSE IT SOUNDS SO MUCH LIKE
HUMANITARIANISM DOESN’T IT? BUT, THE NAME HAS BEEN DISGUISED TO
PROTECT THE GUILTY. THE TRUTH IS, SIRS, FATHERS, GOD HOLDS YOU
RESPONSIBLE TO BE A TEACHER OF HISTORY, AND OUR FAITH IS TO GO
FROM FATHER TO SON TO GRANDSON. THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THE WORD OF
GOD SAYS, AGAIN, LISTEN, LOOK IN VERSE FIVE, “FOR HE HATH, HE
HATH ESTABLISHED A TESTIMONY IN JACOB, AND APPOINTED A LAW IN
ISRAEL, WHICH HE COMMANDED, COMMANDED OUR FATHERS, THAT THEY
SHOULD MAKE THEM KNOWN TO THEIR CHILDREN; THAT THE GENERATION TO
COME MIGHT KNOW THEM, EVEN THE CHILDREN WHICH SHOULD BE BORN,
WHO SHOULD ARISE AND DECLARE THEM TO THEIR CHILDREN.” WE ARE
PASSING OFF THE BATON. THERE IS A LEGACY THAT IS TO BE LEFT. IT
IS TO GO FROM FATHER TO SON TO GRANDSON, AND ON AND ON AND ON,
IN A SPIRITUAL CHAIN REACTION. A CHILD CAME IN AND SAID, “MOTHER,
YOU REMEMBER THAT VASE THAT WE USED TO HAVE, HA, HA, THE ONE
THAT WAS HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION? HA,
HA. WELL, THIS GENERATION JUST DROPPED IT.” [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]
AND I’M AFRAID THAT WE HAVE A GENERATION THAT IS IN DANGER OF
DROPPING THE FAITH THAT HAS GONE FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
FATHERS ARE TO TEACH SPIRITUAL AND NATIONAL HISTORY. WHAT IS
THE HISTORY OF AMERICA? THE REVISIONISTS HAVE TRIED TO TAKE
IT AWAY FROM US. ON JULY THE 4TH, 1776, THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE WAS SIGNED. AND REMEMBER, THAT IT WAS A
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM EARTHLY POWERS, DESPOTIC POWERS,
BUT IT WAS ALSO A DECLARATION OF DEPENDENCE UPON ALMIGHTY GOD.
NOW THE ACLU, THE HUMANISTS, AND THE ANTIGODISTS, THEY DON’T WANT
US TO RECOGNIZE THAT. REMEMBER HOW THAT DECLARATION BEGAN, “WE
HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT THAT ALL MEN ARE
ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR.” UNDERSCORE THAT. [CLAP] BY
[CLAP] THEIR [CLAP] CREATOR! [CLAP] THEY BELIEVED IN
CREATION. YOU CAN’T EVEN TEACH CREATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TODAY. “ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN INALIENABLE
RIGHTS.” RIGHT OFF TO BEGIN WITH, WE WANT OUR CONSTITUTION
TO BE WRITTEN IN THE LIGHT OF THIS A DECLARATION. AND NOTICE
HOW, HOW THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE CLOSES. SOMETIMES
WE DON’T GET TO THE CLOSE OF IT. BUT IT SAYS, “WITH A FIRM
RELIANCE ON THE PROTECTION OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE.” WHAT IS
DIVINE PROVIDENCE? THAT’S JUST A SYNONYM FOR ALMIGHTY GOD. “WE
MUTUALLY PLEDGE TO EACH OTHER OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES, OUR
SACRED HONOR.” IT WAS A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM
GREAT BRITAIN; IT WAS A DECLARATION OF DEPENDENCE UPON
ALMIGHTY GOD. NOW, IN 1778 JAMES MADISON, WHO IS THE ARCHITECT OF
OUR FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, THE FOURTH PRESIDENT, SAID THIS. AND
WE’VE HEARD THIS QUOTATION MANY TIMES, I WANT TO GIVE IT TO YOU
AGAIN. “WE HAVE STAKED THE WHOLE FUTURE OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
NOT UPON THE POWER OF GOVERNMENT; FAR FROM IT. WE HAVE
STAKED THE FUTURE UPON THE CAPACITY OF EACH AND ALL OF US
TO GOVERN OURSELVES, TO SUSTAIN OURSELVES ACCORDING TO THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD.” THAT’S THE ARCHITECT OF THE CONSTITUTION
WHO SAID THAT. NOW YOU CAN’T EVEN POST THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
ON CLASSROOM WALLS. ON APRIL THE 30TH, GEORGE WASHINGTON, IN HIS
INAUGURAL ADDRESS, SAID THIS, QUOTE “MY FERVENT SUPPLICATION’S
TO THAT ALMIGHTY BEING WHO RULES OVER THE UNIVERSE, WHO PRESIDES
IN THE COUNCIL OF NATIONS, AND WHOSE PROVIDENTIAL AIDS CAN
SUPPLY EVERY HUMAN DEFECT, THAT HIS BENEDICTION,” THAT MEANS HIS
BLESSING, “MAY CONSECRATE TO THE LIBERTIES AND HAPPINESS OF THE
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, A GOVERNMENT INSTITUTED BY
THEMSELVES FOR THESE ESSENTIAL PURPOSES.” WHAT HE’S SAYING IS,
“LOOK, WE CAN’T DO IT WITHOUT GOD.” AND THEN HE WENT ON TO
SAY, “WE OUGHT TO BE NO LESS PERSUADED THAT THE PROPITIOUS
SMILE OF HEAVEN CAN NEVER BE EXPECTED ON A NATION THAT
DISREGARDS THE ETERNAL RULES OF ORDER AND RIGHT WHICH HEAVEN
ITSELF HAS ORDAINED.” GEORGE WASHINGTON SAID, “WITHOUT GOD IT
WON’T BE DONE.” [AUDIENCE: AMEN] [AUDIENCE: AMEN] WE NEED GOD IN
AMERICA AGAIN. IN DECEMBER 1820 DANIEL WEBSTER SAID, AND I
QUOTE, “LET US NOT FORGET THE RELIGIOUS CHARACTER OF OUR
ORIGIN. OUR FATHERS BROUGHT HITHER THEIR VENERATION FOR THE
CHRISTIAN RELIGION. THEY JOURNEYED BY ITS LIGHT, LABORED
IN ITS HOPE. THEY SOUGHT TO INCORPORATE AND TO INFUSE ITS
INFLUENCE THROUGH ALL THEIR INSTITUTIONS: CIVIL, POLITICAL,
AND LITERARY.” THEY NEVER THOUGHT OF SAYING THAT WE DON’T
WANT GOD IN OUR GOVERNMENT; WE DON’T WANT GOD IN OUR EDUCATION,
NOT ACCORDING TO DANIEL WEBSTER. IN, ON JULY THE 4TH, 1821, JOHN
QUINCY ADAMS SAID, “THE HIGHEST GLORY OF THIS AMERICAN
REVOLUTION WAS THIS; IT CONNECTED IN ONE INDISSOLUBLE
BOND, THE PRINCIPLES OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF
CHRISTIANITY.” NOW, THE REVISIONISTS OF HISTORY DON’T
WANT YOU TO HEAR THAT. OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT BEING TAUGHT
THAT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. DADS, YOU ARE TO BE TEACHERS OF
HISTORY. PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON SAID, “THE BIBLE IS THE
ROCK UPON WHICH OUR REPUBLIC RESTS.” THAT’S WHAT HE SAID.
AND, AH, EARLY AMERICANS KNEW THIS. MARCH, 1931, THE UNITED
STATES CONGRESS ADOPTED THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER AS OUR NATIONAL
ANTHEM. YOU KNOW WHAT THE FOURTH STANZA SAYS, “PRAISE THE POWER
THAT HATH MADE AND PRESERVED US A NATION. THEN CONQUER WE MUST,
WHEN OUR CAUSE IT IS JUST. AND THIS BE OUR MOTTO,” YOU FINISH
IT, “IN GOD IS OUR TRUST.” THAT, FRIEND, IS OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.
IF WE TRIED THAT TODAY, THE ACLU WOULD HAVE A SPASM. THEY’D HAVE
A SPASM. IN 1952, THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, WILLIAM O.
DOUGLAS, SAID, “WE ARE A RELIGIOUS PEOPLE, AND OUR
INSTITUTIONS PRESUPPOSE A SUPREME BEING.” THAT IS, THAT IS
BUILT IN. “WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT.” THEREFORE,
IN JUNE 1954, CONGRESS ADOPTED THE PHRASE, “UNDER GOD,” TO BE
ADDED TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. “ONE NATION UNDER
GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.” AND THEN,
IN JULY 1956, BY JOINT RESOLUTION, CONGRESS ADOPTED THE
BILL PROVIDING THAT THE NATIONAL MOTTO OF THE UNITED STATES IS,
“IN GOD WE TRUST.” YOU CAN SEE THIS SPIRITUAL HERITAGE THAT WE
HAVE IN OUR ANTHEM, IN OUR NATIONAL HYMN. THE ANTHEM SAYS,
“BLESS WITH VICTORY AND PEACE, MAY THE HEAVEN RESCUED LAND,
PRAISE THE POWER THAT HAS MADE AND PRESERVED US A NATION! THEN
CONQUER WE MUST, WHEN OUR CAUSE IT IS JUST. AND THIS BE OUR
MOTTO; ‘IN GOD IS OUR TRUST!’” AND THE NATIONAL HYMN, “OUR
FATHERS’ GOD, OUR FATHERS’ GOD TO THEE, AUTHOR OF LIBERTY, TO
THEE WE SING. LONG MAY OUR LAND BE BRIGHT WITH FREEDOM’S HOLY
LIGHT; PROTECT US BY THY MIGHT,” LISTEN TO THIS, “GREAT GOD, OUR
KING!” NEVER SAY AMERICA DOESN’T HAVE A KING. WE HAVE A PRESIDENT
WE CAN VOTE IN AND OUT, BUT WE HAVE A KING WE CAN’T VOTE IN AND
CAN’T VOTE OUT. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] NOW WE CAN DENY HIM AND TURN OUR
BACK ON HIM IF WE ARE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO DO THIS. OUR FATHERS
RIGHTLY BELIEVED, RIGHTLY UNDERSTOOD IN THE SEPARATION OF
CHURCH AND STATE. THAT IS, WE’LL, TO HAVE NO NATIONAL
DENOMINATION, BUT THEY NEVER BELIEVED IN THE SEPARATION OF
GOD AND GOVERNMENT, TO THE CONTRARY. NOW, I’M SAYING THIS,
THAT HOW MANY OF OUR CHILDREN TODAY KNOW THE THINGS THAT I’VE
JUST GIVEN? MANY OF THEM ARE ABYSMALLY IGNORANT OF THESE
THINGS. AND SO, FATHERS, ACCORDING TO THIS PSALM, YOU ARE
TO TEACH THOSE THINGS TO YOUR CHILDREN. YOU SAY, “I DON’T KNOW
HOW TO TEACH THEM.” TURN OFF THAT TELEVISION. KIDS ARE
WATCHING TELEVISION. THEY’VE GONE TO COMPUTER, YOU’RE STILL
WATCHING THE TELEVISION, AND YOUR EYES ARE GETTING BIG AS
COCONUTS AND YOUR BRAIN THE SIZE OF A PEA. [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]
GO, GO TO THE BOOKSTORE AND LEARN SOME THINGS ABOUT OUR
HISTORY. UH, LISTEN, NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO TEACH AMERICA’S
SPIRITUAL HISTORY, EVERY FAMILY NEEDS TO WRITE DOWN ITS OWN
SPIRITUAL HISTORY. LET ME GIVE YOU A PROJECT FOR FAMILIES
TODAY. WRITE YOUR FAMILY HISTORY, YOUR SPIRITUAL HISTORY.
GET THE MEMBERS OF THAT FAMILY TO WRITE THEIR TESTIMONY AND PUT
THEM IN A BOOK. WHEN I WAS PREPARING THIS MESSAGE, I
THOUGHT TO MYSELF I’VE NOT DONE THAT. AND I’M GOING TO TAKE THAT
FOR A PROJECT. TO, I’M GOING TO WRITE MY TESTIMONY, PUT IT IN A
BOOK, HAVE JOYCE TO WRITE HERS, PUT IT IN A BOOK, TO HAVE MY
CHILDREN TO WRITE THEIR TESTIMONY, MY IN-LAWS TO WRITE
THEIR TESTIMONY, AND, AND MY CHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN; ALL
OF THEM TO WRITE IT AND PUT IT IN A BOOK AND LOOK BACK AND SEE
WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR OUR FAMILIES. WHAT A BLESSING IT
WOULD BE TO HAVE OUR OWN FAMILY HISTORY SO WE COULD TEACH THAT.
YOU KNOW, AH, BRUCE WILKINSON IMAGINES A FAMILY REUNION. AND
LET’S, LET’S SAY THAT THE MOTHER AND THE FATHER ARE CELEBRATING
THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. SO, THE, THOSE WHO’VE BEEN
MARRIED FOR 50 YEARS ARE THERE, AND, AND THEY’RE IN, IN THE
PLACE OF HONOR, AND THE CHILDREN AND THE GRANDCHILDREN ARE THERE
TO HONOR THESE WHO'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 50 YEARS. AND THEY
LOVE ONE ANOTHER MORE DEVOTEDLY NOW THAN THEY DID WHEN THEY GOT
MARRIED, AND SO THEY’RE LAUGHING AND TEASING AND FLIRTING ONE
ANOTHER. NOW, THE NEXT GENERATION IS THERE, THE
CHILDREN OF THESE, AND, AND, AND THAT NEXT GENERATION IS BETWEEN
40 AND 50. SOME OF THEM, AH, THEY’RE, THEY’RE FACING NOW
THEIR 50TH, AH, YEAR, AND THEY’RE JOKING ABOUT IT A LITTLE
BIT. AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE THERE. THESE ARE THOSE WHO ARE
TE, TEENS AND EARLY 20S. THEY’RE THERE AT THIS FAMILY REUNION.
WHEN, WHEN THOSE WHO ARE CELEBRATING THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY, THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WERE BORN, THERE
WERE NO TELEVISIONS AT ALL. FEW PEOPLE, IF ANY, TRAVELED ON AN
AIRPLANE. NOT ALL OF THEM HAD AUTOMOBILES. AND MANY OF THEM
NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT TAKING SOME OF THE TRIPS THAT PEOPLE WILL
TAKE TODAY. ABOUT THE WAY THEY GOT THEIR INFORMATION WAS THE
NEWSPAPERS, THE LIBRARY, AND AN OCCASIONAL BOOK. NOW, YOUR
GENERATION, THE BOOMERS, NOW, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES THAT
CAME ALONG. NOW, YOU WERE NOT RAISED WITH THE SHOPPING MALLS.
YOU WERE NOT RAISED WITH, AH, THE COMPUTERS. YOU WERE NOT
RAISED WITH CELL PHONES. HOWEVER, THE TELEVISION CAME
ALONG. HOWEVER, COLLEGE DEGREES CAME ALONG. HOWEVER, THE SPACE
RACE DID COME ALONG AND IT GAVE YOU A SENSE OF EUPHORIA, THAT WE
ARE ENTERING INTO A BOLD NEW ERA. BUT WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON
TELEVISION? YOU WATCHED, “I LOVE LUCY,” “FATHER KNOWS BEST,” AND
THESE KIND OF THINGS. WHAT WERE YOUR LITTLE GOODIES, YOUR, THE
THINGS THAT YOU ENJOYED AS A CHILD? A TRANSISTOR RADIO. WELL,
IF YOU JUST HAD A TRANSISTOR RADIO, YOU WERE SOMETHING. BUT
NOW WHAT ABOUT YOUR KIDS? WHAT DO THEY WATCH? THEY, THEY WATCH
MTV. THEY WATCH HBO, HELL’S BOX OFFICE, WHERE NUDITY, PROFANITY,
VANITY COMES RIGHT, PIPED RIGHT INTO THE LIVING ROOM. YOUR
CHILDREN, THEY SIT AROUND AND TALK WITH TOTAL STRANGERS ON
COMPUTERS ABOUT ALL KINDS OF SUBJECTS. THEY HAVE BEEN
IMMERSED IN ROCK AND ROLL. THEY HAVE BEEN QUOTE, “SEXUALLY
LIBERATED.” THERE IS A DRUG CULTURE AND A WEAK COMMITMENT TO
JESUS CHRIST. GOD IS LAUGHED AND MOCKED AND CALLED OUT OF BOUNDS
FOR THIS GENERATION. NOW, I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION; WHAT
ABOUT THE GENERATION TO COME? WHAT ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN? WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN AMERICA? I’M NOT AGAINST PROGRESS, BUT MUCH THAT
WE CALL PROGRESS IS NOT PROGRESS. I’M SAYING THAT WE
NEED TO STUDY THE HISTORY OF OUR NATION. I’M SAYING YOU NEED TO
REMEMBER THE HISTORY OF YOUR FAMILY. I AM SAYING, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, ALSO THAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER OUR CHURCH HISTORY.
BELLEVUE BAPTIST CHURCH IS A WONDERFUL CHURCH. THANK GOD FOR
IT. THANK GOD FOR THIS CHURCH. DO YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES BELLEVUE
BAPTIST CHURCH THE CHURCH THAT IT IS? BELLEVUE, FROM ITS
INCEPTION, HAS KNOWN THAT THE BIBLE IS THE INSPIRED, INERRANT,
INFALLIBLE WORD OF GOD. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] [AUDIENCE
APPLAUSE] THAT JESUS CHRIST, AND JESUS ONLY IS THE LORD OF HIS
CHURCH, AND THAT WE NEED TO PREACH THE OLD-FASHIONED GOSPEL,
HELL HOT, HEAVEN SWEET, SIN BLACK, JUDGMENT SURE, AND JESUS
SAVES. AND THIS CHURCH HAS BEEN BUILT ON THAT. BUT I’M AMAZED
SOMETIMES AT WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO SOME BIBLE BELIEVING CHURCHES,
BROTHER WHITMIRE, THAT SOMEHOW THEY JUST BEGIN TO GET MORE
PROGRAM ORIENTED. THEY BEGIN TO GET MORE ORIENTED IN METHODS.
AND THEY BEGIN TO GET MORE ORIENTED IN THE PEOPLE IN THE
PEW RATHER THAN THE WORD OF GOD IN THE PULPIT, AND THEY GET
AWAY, THEY GET AWAY. AND THE FIRST THING YOU KNOW, THEY WILL
CALL SOME GOOD SPEAKING, PERSONABLE MAN TO BE THE PASTOR,
WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE THE FAITH THAT THE CHURCH WAS FOUNDED ON.
AND ONCE GREAT CHURCHES AND DENOMINATIONS ARE TAKEN AWAY.
CHURCHES NEED TO REMEMBER THEIR HISTORY. CHURCHES NEED TO
REMEMBER THEIR ROOTS, BECAUSE, FRIEND, IF YOU GET AWAY FROM THE
ROOTS, BEFORE LONG THE FRUIT WILL WITHER AND DIE. WE’RE TO
TEACH THE GENERATION TO COME. I’LL TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE.
INDIVIDUALS NEED TO STUDY THEIR HISTORY. THEY, AH, NEED TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT GOD HAS DONE. WHEN YOUR LITTLE CHILDREN COME
TO JESUS CHRIST, AND THEY OUGHT TO. DON’T THINK THAT A CHILD HAS
TO HAVE A PH.D. IN SIN BEFORE HE OR SHE CAN GET SAVED. IT’S
NORMAL; IT’S NATURAL FOR LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME TO CHRIST WHEN
THEY’RE RAISED IN A CHRISTIAN HOME. NOW, WHEN THEY COME TO
CHRIST, HOWEVER, HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND THEIR HISTORY. WRITE
IT DOWN. REJOICE OVER IT. AND EVERY YEAR NOT ONLY LET THEM
HAVE A NATURAL BIRTHDAY, BUT A SUPERNATURAL BIRTHDAY. “HONEY,
THIS WAS THE DAY WHEN YOU GOT SAVED. LET’S TALK IT DOWN. LET’S
THANK GOD.” WRITE IT IN A BOOK. LET THAT CHILD REMEMBER THAT HE
HAS A HISTORY. THE DEVIL WANTS TO GET US AWAY FROM OUR
HERITAGE. AND SO I’M SAYING THE FIRST POINT, WHICH IS CERTAINLY
GOING TO BE LONGER THAN THE NEXT TWO, BUT THE FIRST POINT IS WE
NEED TO REVIEW OUR HISTORY. THAT’S WHAT HE’S SAYING. LOOK AT
IT AGAIN. THE BIBLE SAYS, “AND WE WILL NOT HIDE THEM FROM OUR
CHILDREN, SHOWING TO THE GENERATION TO COME THE PRAISES
OF OUR LORD, AND HIS STRENGTH, AND HIS WONDERFUL WORKS WHICH HE
HATH DONE.” NUMBER TWO; NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO REVIEW OUR
HISTORY, BUT, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WE NEED TO RENEW OUR
MEMORY. IT IS SO EASY TO FORGET. NOW BEGIN READING IN VERSE
SEVEN. WHY DO WE DO THIS? LOOK IF YOU WILL IN VERSE SEVEN,
“THAT THEY MIGHT SET THEIR HOPE IN GOD, AND NOT FORGET,”
UNDERSCORE THAT, “NOT FORGET THE WORKS OF GOD, BUT KEEP HIS
COMMANDMENTS; AND MIGHT NOT BE AS THEIR FATHERS, A STUBBORN AND
REBELLIOUS GENERATION, A GENERATION THAT SET NOT THEIR
HEART ARIGHT, AND WHOSE SPIRIT WAS NOT STEADFAST WITH GOD. THE
CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM, BEING ARMED, AND CARRYING BOWS, TURNED
BACK IN THE DAY OF BATTLE. THEY KEPT NOT THE COVENANT OF GOD,
AND REFUSED TO WALK IN HIS WAY.” NOW UNDERSCORE THIS PHRASE, “AND
FORGOT HIS WORKS, AND HIS WONDERS THAT HE HAD SHOWN THEM.”
NOW, HERE GOD IS SAYING, “DON’T FORGET.” REVIEW YOUR HISTORY.
RENEW YOUR MEMORY, RENEW YOUR MEMORY. DON’T FORGET HOW EASY IT
IS, AH, TO FORGET THE BLESSINGS OF ALMIGHTY GOD. THE BIBLE SAYS
HERE THAT, “THE CHILDREN OF EPH, EPHRAIM, BEING ARMED,” LOOK IN
VERSE NINE, “AND CARRYING BOWS, TURNED BACK IN THE DAY OF
BATTLE.” NOW, EPHRAIM WAS THE DOMINANT TRIBE. IT WAS, IT, IT
MAY HAVE BEEN THE STRONGEST, THE MOST NUMEROUS, BUT THEY WERE
DEFEATED. THEY HAD EXCELLENT MILITARY EQUIPMENT. THEY WERE
CARRYING BOWS, BUT THEY WERE DEFEATED. WHY? THEY FORGOT. AND
AMERICA TODAY IS SUFFERING FROM SPIRITUAL AMNESIA. WE HAVE
FAILED IN HISTORY. WE HAVE THOSE TODAY WHO WANT TO REWRITE OUR
HISTORY. THERE ARE THREE MEMORY KILLERS. EPHRAIM SUFFERED FROM
ALL THREE AND AMERICA IS SUFFERING FROM ALL THREE. FIRST
OF ALL, THE LUST OF THE FLESH. FAST FORWARD TO VERSE 17 IN THIS
PSALM AND LOOK AT IT, “AND THEY SINNED YET MORE AND MORE AGAINST
HIM, PROVOKING THE MOST HIGH IN THE WILDERNESS.” DO YOU KNOW
AMERICA IS PROVOKING GOD? AMERICA IS STICKING ITS FINGER
IN THE EYE OF GOD. “AND THEY TEMPTED GOD,” THAT IS, THEY
TESTED GOD IN THEIR HEART BY ASKING MEAT, OR FOOD FOR THEIR
LUST. “YEA, THEY SPAKE AGAINST GOD; AND THEY SAID, ‘CAN GOD
FURNISH A TABLE IN THE WILDERNESS? BEHOLD, HE SMOTE THE
ROCK, THAT THE WATERS GUSHED OUT, AND THE STREAMS OVERFLOWED.
CAN HE GIVE BREAD ALSO? CAN HE PROVIDE FLESH FOR HIS PEOPLE?’”
NOW, RATHER THAN THANKING GOD FOR HIS BLESSINGS, THEY’RE
MOURNING MORE AND MORE; THE LUST OF THE FLESH. AMERICA IS
SUFFERING TODAY FROM AN EROSION OF SPIRITUAL VIRTUES AND VALUES.
SEXUAL PERMISSIVENESS, THE BLATANT PARADING OF PERVERSION,
THE CONTINUAL AND CASUAL DISPOSAL OF THE UNBORN AND
UNWANTED, THE BREAKUP OF THE FAMILY, THE OBSESSION WITH SELF
AND PLEASURE AND DRUGS AND SEX. AMERICA IS ROLLING IN LUXURIES,
BUT WE’RE REVELING IN EXCESSES, REELING IN DRUNKENNESS, ROTTING
IN MORALS AND IN SIN. NOW, THERE WAS THE LUST OF THE FLESH THAT
CAUSED EPHRAIM TO FORGET. NUMBER TWO; THERE WAS THE LURE OF THE
WORLD. LOOK IN VERSES 40 AND 42, “HOW OFT DID THEY PROVOKE HIM IN
THE WILDERNESS, AND GRIEVE HIM IN THE DESERT!” NOT ONLY DO WE
BREAK GOD’S LAW BY PROVOKING HIM, WE BREAK GOD’S HEART BY
FORGETTING HIM. “GRIEVE HIM IN THE DESERT. YEA, THEY TURNED
BACK AND TEMPTED GOD, AND LIMITED THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.
THEY REMEMBERED NOT HIS HAND, NOR THE DAY HE DELIVERED THEM
FROM THE ENEMY.” HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET. THEY REMEMBERED NOT. WE
NEED TO RENEW OUR MEMORY. NOW THIS VERSE SAYS, “THEY LIMITED
THE HOLY GOD OF ISRAEL.” NOW WAIT A MINUTE; GOD IS GOD. HOW
CAN ANYONE PUT A, A, A GOVERNOR ON GOD? HOW CAN ANYONE LIMIT
GOD? THIS WORD, “THEY LIMITED,” IS THE WORD WE GET OUR WORD
HORIZON FROM. THEY HORIZONED GOD. NOW, IF YOU GO TO A HIGH
PLACE AND LOOK AROUND YOU’LL SEE A CIRCLE, AND A CIRCLE IS THE
HORIZON. AND WHAT THEY HAVE SAID TO GOD, “NOW, THIS IS YOUR
LIMIT. YOU STAY IN HERE. DON’T GET BEYOND THE HORIZON. DON’T
GET BEYOND WHAT WE CAN SEE.” WHAT WE’VE DONE IN AMERICA IS WE
HAVE HORIZONED GOD. WE HAVE LIMITED GOD. WE’VE MADE NO ROOM
FOR GOD. WE’VE SAID, “GOD, STAY INSIDE THAT CIRCLE.” SO, IN OUR
GOVERNMENT, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE OUT, SEX EDUCATION’S IN. IN
OUR GOVERNMENT, CHASTITY IS OUT; BIRTH CONTROL FOR TEENS IS IN.
AH, IN OUR SCHOOLS, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE OUT BUT METAL
DETECTORS AND POLICEMAN ARE IN. WE NEED, AH, TO RENEW OUR
MEMORY. NOW, NOT ONLY DID THEY FORGET BECAUSE OF THE, AH, THE
LUST OF THE FLESH, AND NOT ONLY THE LURE OF THE WORLD, BUT THE
LIES OF THE DEVIL. LOOK IN VERSE 58, “THEY PROVOKED HIM TO ANGER
WITH THEIR HIGH PLACES, AND MOVED HIM TO JEALOUSY BY THEIR
GRAVEN IMAGES.” THEY FORGOT THE ONE TRUE GOD WHO FOUNDED THERE,
AH, THEM AS A NATION AND NOW THEY’RE WORSHIPPING FALSE GODS.
PETER JONES HAS WRITTEN A BOOK. THE TITLE OF THE BOOK IS THIS,
“THE GNOSTIC EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.” I WANT TO GIVE A
QUOTATION FROM THAT BOOK. “HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: WHY IS HOMOSEXUALITY ON THE RISE? WHY
IS IT ENDORSED BY TIME MAGAZINE, PROMOTED ON PUBLICLY FUNDED
RADIO, AND FEATURED IN CHILDREN’S COMIC STRIPS WITH
GREAT MORAL FERVOR AND IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY? WHY IS
FEMINISM SUCH A POWERFUL FORCE TODAY? WHY IS THIS MOVEMENT
DEVELOPING ITS OWN GODDESS SPIRITUALITY? WHY IS WITCHCRAFT
TAUGHT IN CERTAIN CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS? WHY IS
FEMINIST SPIRITUALITY MAKING ENORMOUS INROADS INTO
CHRISTIANITY? WHY IS ABORTION A VITALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE
FEMINIST MANIFESTO? IS ECOLOGY JUST A NATURAL CONCERN ABOUT THE
SURVIVAL OF THE PLANET, OR DOES IT TOO HAVE A RELIGIOUS AGENDA?
WHY IS AMERICAN-INDIAN NATURE RELIGION BEING ACTIVELY
PROMOTED? WHY IS THE WORK ETHIC NO LONGER WORKING? WHY IS
MULTI-CULTURALISM AND POLITICAL CORRECTNESS SO IMPORTANT ON MANY
COLLEGE CAMPUSES? ARE THESE SEEMINGLY DISCONNECTED ISSUES
RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THE SO-CALLED NEW AGE MOVEMENT? WHY
ARE NUMEROUS NEW AGE SPIRITUAL TECHNIQUES FOR HEALING, PEACE OF
MIND, AND SELF-KNOWLEDGE BEING PUBLICIZED SO VIGOROUSLY IN THE
MEDIA, AND MORE AND MORE UTILIZED IN THE BUSINESS WORLD
AND THE ARMED FORCES? THE REAL QUESTION IS THIS; ARE THESE
APPARENT DISCONNECTED ISSUES REALLY A PART OF A COHERENT,
PAGAN IDEOLOGY, POISED TO IMPOSE ITS RELIGIOUS BELIEF SYSTEM ON
THE NEW WORLD ORDER, THE AGE OF AQUARIUS, IN THE 21ST CENTURY?”
NOW, WE NEED TO WAKE UP. WE NEED TO REVIEW OUR HISTORY. WE NEED
TO REVIEW OUR MEMORY. MY HEART BREAKS THAT THE SUPREME COURT OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SAYS IT IS LEGAL TO TAKE A
LITTLE BABY, ALMOST COMPLETELY BORN, JUST ITS HEAD IN THE BIRTH
CANAL, A BABY THAT COULD BE VIABLE, LIVING, AND FOR A
MEDICAL DOCTOR, WHO IS SUPPOSED TO PRESERVE LIFE, TO TAKE A
SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND PUT THAT IN THE BASE, THE SKULL OF THAT
LITTLE BABY JUST ABOUT TO COME FROM ITS MOTHER’S BIRTH CANAL,
COLLAPSE THE HEAD, AND BRING OUT A CORPSE RATHER THAN A BABY.
THAT IS WRONG! [AUDIENCE [APPLAUSE] WRONG, WRONG, WRONG,
WRONG, WRONG; IT IS WRONG. I AM CONVINCED THAT MUCH OF WHAT GOES
UNDER THE GUISE OF ABORTION TODAY IS A BLOOD SACRIFICE TO
THE DEMON GODS OF LUST AND SEX. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] [AUDIENCE:
THAT’S RIGHT] THAT’S WHAT IT IS; A BLOOD SACRIFICE TO DEMON GODS.
WE NEED, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO REVIEW OUR HISTORY. WE NEED
TO RENEW OUR MEMORY. AND THEN, WE MUST RECLAIM OUR LEGACY, WE
MUST RECLAIM OUR LEGACY. LOOK IN VERSES 59 THROUGH 61, IF YOU
WILL, OF THIS SAME CHAPTER, “WHEN GOD HEARD THIS, HE WAS
WROTH, AND GREATLY ABHORRED ISRAEL,” NOW, REMEMBER, ISRAEL,
HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE, “SO THAT HE FORSOOK THE TABERNACLE OF
SHILOH, THE TENT WHICH HE PLACED AMONG MEN, AND DELIVERED HIS
STRENGTH INTO CAPTIVITY, AND HIS GLORY INTO THE ENEMY’S HAND.”
AMERICA MAY BECOME A MOLDED CRUST IN HISTORY’S GARBAGE CAN.
NOT ONLY IS GOD OUR ONLY HOPE, GOD IS OUR BIGGEST THREAT. AND
THE NATION THAT WAS BORN IN 1776 MUST BE BORN AGAIN OR WE WILL
JOIN THE GRAVEYARD OF THE NATIONS. NOW ASK OURSELVES THIS
QUESTION; WHAT ABOUT THE GENERATION TO COME? WHAT ABOUT
AMERICA OF TOMORROW? WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE IF WE FAIL TO TURN TO
GOD? WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE IF THIS GENERATION DOES NOT SAY,
“ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?” I READ A STORY, IT DEEPLY MOVED ME. BACK
IN WORLD WAR TWO, THERE WERE SOME FRENCH WHO WERE TAKEN
CAPTIVE BY THE GERMANS. THE GERMANS TOOK THESE FRENCH AND
MADE THEM WORK IN A MUNITIONS FACTORY, BUILDING BOMBS. AND
WITH THE BOMBS, THEY KNEW THE BOMBS THAT THEY WERE BUILDING
WOULD BE DROPPED ON THEIR OWN FRENCH BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ON
THEIR OWN SOIL. THEY WERE BUILDING BOMBS TO DROP ON THEIR
OWN PEOPLE. BUT WHEN THE GERMAN LUFTWAFFE WOULD FLY OVER AND
DROP THOSE BOMBS, THE BOMBS THAT WERE MEANT TO EXPLODE [CLAP] ON
IMPACT, WOULD JUST BLOOP, FALL THERE AND NOT EXPLODE. ANOTHER
BOMB, BLOOP, WOULDN’T EXPLODE. ANOTHER, BLOOP, WOULDN’T
EXPLODE. AFTER A WHILE, THEY SAID, “THERE CAN’T BE THAT MANY
DUDS.” AND SOME OF THE EXPERTS GOT ONE OF THESE BOMBS AND BEGAN
TO MIS, AH, DISMANTLE IT TO FIND OUT WHY THEY WERE NOT EXPLODING.
AND INSIDE THEY FOUND A NOTE IN EVERY ONE OF THEM. HUH, THE,
THE, THE FRENCH HAD BUILT IN A MALFUNCTION IN THESE BOMBS, AND
HERE’S WHAT THE NOTE SAID, HUH, “WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN,
WITH WHAT WE’VE GOT, WHERE WE ARE, EVERY CHANCE WE GET.” HA,
HA, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT. [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] LISTEN TO IT
AGAIN, “WE’RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN, WITH WHAT WE’VE GOT, EVERY
CHANCE, WHERE WE ARE, EVERY CHANCE WE GET.” [THUMP] I WANT
TO TELL YOU THIS, FRIEND. I AM ONLY ONE MAN, BUT I WANT TO DO
THE BEST I CAN, WHERE I AM, WITH WHAT I HAVE, WITH EVERY CHANCE I
GET. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] IF WE DO THAT, WE CAN CHANGE THIS CITY. I
TELL YOU, WE CAN CHANGE THIS NATION. THERE’RE ENOUGH
CHRISTIANS IN AMERICA, IF THEY WILL WAKE UP AND DO RIGHT, IF
THEY WILL REVIEW THEIR HISTORY, IF THEY WILL RENEW THEIR MEMORY,
THEY CAN RECLAIM THEIR LEGACY. NOW, AMERICA WON’T SAVE YOU.
AMERICA WON’T GET YOU TO HEAVEN. IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE THING FOR
YOU TO LIVE IN A GOD-BLESSED LAND AND THEN DIE AND GO TO
HELL. YOU NEED JESUS CHRIST. YOU NEED TO BE SAVED. IF WE NEED GOD
IN AMERICA, HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU NEED GOD IN YOUR HEART? YOU NEED
TO BE BORN AGAIN. BOW YOUR HEADS IN PRAYER. AND IF YOU’RE NOT
SAVED, LET ME LEAD YOU IN A PRAYER. AND TODAY, IN THIS
PRAYER, YOU CAN PRAY AND RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL
SAVIOR AND LORD. AND I PROMISE YOU THAT IF YOU WILL RECEIVE
JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR AND LORD, I PROMISE YOU
ON THE AUTHORITY OF THE WORD OF GOD, HE WILL FORGIVE EVERY SIN,
HE WILL CLEANSE YOUR HEART, HE WILL GIVE YOU NEW POWER, AND
WHEN YOU DIE, HE WILL TAKE YOU IMMEDIATELY, DIRECTLY TO HEAVEN.
BUT THE MINUTE YOU TRUST JESUS, YOU WILL BE INSTANTANEOUSLY
SAVED AND ETERNALLY SECURE, IF YOU REALLY, TRULY RECEIVE HIM AS
YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR. WOULD YOU PRAY THIS PRAYER? PRAY
IT FROM YOUR HEART. “DEAR GOD, I AM A SINNER. MY SIN DESERVES
JUDGMENT AND I FACE JUDGMENT, BUT I NEED MERCY. JESUS, I
BELIEVE YOU’RE THE SON OF GOD. I BELIEVE YOU PAID MY SIN DEBT
WITH YOUR BLOOD ON THE CROSS. THANK YOU FOR DYING FOR ME. I
BELIEVE YOU WERE RAISED FROM THE DEAD BY THE POWER OF GOD. YOU
PROMISED TO SAVE ME IF I WOULD TRUST YOU. I DO TRUST YOU TODAY,
NOW, WITH MY HEART FOREVER. COME INTO MY HEART. FORGIVE MY SIN.
SAVE ME, LORD JESUS.” PRAY IT FROM YOUR HEART. PRAY IT AND
MEAN IT. “SAVE ME, LORD JESUS.” DID YOU ASK HIM, DID YOU? THEN,
BY CHILDLIKE FAITH, PRAY THIS WAY. “THANK YOU FOR DOING IT. I
BELIEVE YOU’VE DONE IT AND THAT SETTLES IT. I’M NOT LOOKING FOR
A SIGN. I’M NOT ASKING FOR A FEELING. I STAND ON YOUR WORD.
NOW, LORD JESUS, GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO MAKE IT PUBLIC.
DON’T LET ME BE ASHAMED OF YOU. I’LL MAKE THIS PUBLIC BECAUSE
I’M SINCERE. IN YOUR NAME I PRAY. AMEN.” ELL, HALLELUJAH! FOR THE GOD WHO
HAS GIVEN US FAITH, WHO TESTS OUR FAITH AND YET WHO KEEPS US
BY FAITH. HAVE YOU PUT YOUR FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST?
LET ME GIVE YOU ONE OF THE SWEETEST SCRIPTURES IN ALL OF
THE BIBLE, “BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND YOU WILL BE
SAVED.” NOW THAT’S GLORIOUSLY SIMPLE, AND FRIEND, IT IS SIMPLY
GLORIOUS. WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, GOD FORGIVES
YOUR SIN, HE INHABITS YOU THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND ONE
DAY, WHEN YOU DIE OR WHEN JESUS COMES AGAIN, HE TAKES YOU HOME
TO HEAVEN. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT CHRIST SHED HIS BLOOD ON THE
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