>> FATHER, WE THANK YOU TODAY SO WORK COME TO THIS PLACE AND LIFT UP YOUR NAME. WE LIVE IN A PLACE THAT IS BROKEN, BUT WE KNOW YOU'RE ON OUR THRONE. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE AND KEN TO DO IN OUR LIVES. WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOUR SON WAS BURIED AND THREE DAYS LATER ROSE AGAIN, SO THAT WE MAY HAVE LIFE IN HIS NAME. TODAY AS WE GATHER IN THIS PLACE I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US WISDOM, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR WORDS, HELP US TO GROW IN THIS PLACE SO WORK BE LIGHT IN A WORLD OF DARKNESS, SO WE CAN BRING THE TRUTH IN A WORLD OF FALLACY, THAT WE CAN GO OUT INTO OUR CULTURE AND BE A REFLECTION OF WHO YOU ARE. WE GIVE YOU THE PRAISE, THE GLORY, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IN AND THROUGH US. I PRAY FOR DR. JEREMIAH AS HE SPEAKS TO US TODAY. ALLOW TO US HEAR TRUTH BASED ON NOT WHAT THE WORLD MIGHT SAY, BUT RATHER THAT YOUR WORD SAYS. IF THERE IS SOMEONE HERE TODAY THAT IS WATCHING, WHEREVER THEY MIGHT BE, WHATEVER THEY ARE GOING THROUGH, GOD, WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY OF HEARING TRUTH TODAY. I PRAY THAT TODAY THEY WOULD MAKE THAT DECISION TO KNOW THAT YOU WILL LOVE THEM, THAT CHRIST DIED FOR THEM, ROSE AGAIN AND DIED FOR THEM, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND PRIVILEGE TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU WILL PROMISE TO DO AND WILL DO AND THAT IS TO SAVE THEM TODAY AS THEY BELIEVE IN CHRIST. FATHER FOR THAT WE GIVE YOU THE PRAISE, WE GIVE YOU THE GLORY, IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. HAVE A SEAT. GOOD NEWS FOR ALL OF US HERE IN THE STADIUM. WHAT IS REALLY NEAT IS THE FACT THAT WE WILL NOT ALL HAVE HEAT STROKE AND DIE OF THIRD DEGREE BURNS TODAY. A LITTLE BIT WEATHER TODAY. IN CASEY YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS WE GIVE YOU LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GET PLUGGED IN AND GET INVOLVED. WE'VE HAD GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH CSEER AND SERVE, BUT NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO LEAN INTO WHAT GOD HAS. NEXT WEEK WILL BE GLOBAL FOCUS WEEK. THERE WILL BE 49 MORGAN ON CAMPUS, ALL ACROSS CAMPUS, THEY'LL BE IN GLASSES, SPEAKING IN OUR LIVES HERE ON THE CAMPUS TO HELP US FIND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OF US TO GOTTEN GAINED NOT ONLY IN A LOCAL LEVEL, BUT ON A GLOBAL LEVEL, SO WE WANT YOU TO GET THAT INFORMATION, WE WANT YOU TO TALK WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE HERE SO AGAIN, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY CONVO WE GIVE YOU THIS OPPORTUNITY OF TEXTING IN. WE WANT YOU TO TEXT HERE: THERE WILL BE MISSIONS, STRIPS, OPPORTUNITIES FORIN TERM -- INTERNSHIPS, SHORT-TERM OPPORTUNITIES, LONG-TERM OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED IN. AS FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND A DUTY GIVEN BY GOD NOT JUST TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, WHERE WE ARE, BUT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE EVERYWHERE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. TODAY WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE DR. DAVID JEREMIAH SPEAKING FOR US. HE'S BEEN AT THE SAME CHURCH IN CALIFORNIA FOR 40 YEARS AS THE PASTOR. BEFORE HIM, HE SUCCEEDED TIM LaHAYE. THE ICE CENTER WAS NAMED AFTER HIM. HE SERVED ON OUR BOARD MANY YEARS. DR. JEREMIAH HAS BEEN AT THAT CHURCH 40 YEARS. HE HAS RADIO PROGRAMS AND TELEVISION ROADS AROUND THE GLOBE. HE'S WRITTEN MANY BOX, MANY BEST SELLERS. HE'S HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TRUTH INTO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EACH AND F WEEK. WE'RE SO ENCOURAGED TO HAVE HIM HERE, BUT ALSO BLESSED AND ENCOURAGED TO HAVE HIS FAMILY HERE. STAND, IF YOU WOULD. LET'S GIVE DONNA A WELCOME THIS MORNING. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THEY HAVE FOUR CHILDREN. ONE OF THEM IS HERE. DAVID AND HIS WIFE WE WANT TO LIBERTY, BUT DAVID, THIS IS IMPORTANT, HERE AT WOMEN'S STADIUM, HE WAS OUR QUARTERBACK ON OUR FOOTBALL TEAM BACK IN THOSE DAYS AND HE WAS THE QUARTERBACK FOR THE VERY FIRST GAME THAT TOOK PLACE RIGHT HERE IN WOMEN'S STADIUM. SO THAT IS DAVID MICHAEL. GREAT TO HAVE YOU GUYS HERE. THEY HAVE FOUR CHILDREN, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE 12 GRANDCHILDREN, THREE OF WHICH ARE LIBERTY STUDENTS AND THEY'RE OVER HERE AS WELL. WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THEM. LET'S GIVE A BIG WELCOME TO DR. DAVID JEREMIAH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I HAVE TWO LOVES IN MY LIFE. I LOVE CHURCH AND I LOVE FOOTBALL AND IT'S FUN WHEN YOU GET TO DO BOTH OF THEM IN THE SAME PLACE. WHEN I STARTED A CHURCH IN FORT WAYNE WE DIDN'T HAVE AN AUDITORIUM SO WE BUILT A GYMNASIUM. IT WAS A BIG DEAL. PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS TERRIBLE TO HAVE A GYMNASIUM AND THEN TURN IT INTO A CHURCH. I HAD TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THAT WE WEREN'T VIOLATING ANYTHING. THOSE ARE TWO GREAT THINGS: EXERCISE OF YOUR BODY AND THE EXERCISE OF YOUR SOUL. FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST NIGHT'S SAW YOU ALL DO THAT IN THE NEW FACILITIES ON CAMPUS. THERE'S NOT ANYTHING LIKE THAT ANYPLACE IN THE WORLD. IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE. IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE WITH MY FAMILY. ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN I DECIDED WHAT TO DO WHEN I CAME HERE WAS WHAT WOULD I WANT MY GRANDCHILDREN TO HEAR SOMETIME DURING A SEMESTER IF THEY HAD THE RIGHT TO SAY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TODAY IS UNUSUAL FOR ME. I USUALLY JUST OPEN THE SCRIPTURE AND EXPOUND TEXT, BUT TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT SOMETHING I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. PERHAPS YOU WILL NOT HEAR THIS ANYPLACE ELSE. I ALREADY KNOW I CAN'T GET FINISHED, BUT I'M GOING TO STAY ON TIME. WHAT I DON'T GET TO SAY TO YOU WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE TODAY, SOMEONE IS GOING TO HAPPENED YOU A BOOKLET THAT WE HAD PRINTED JUST FOR ALL OF YOU GUYS THAT WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS AND EVERYTHING I DON'T GET TO SAY. I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU, HIT THE HIGH POINTS, SOMETHING YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT AND SOMETHING THAT IS VERY CONCERNING TO ME. UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS, A MAN IN A SEVENTH-STORY APARTMENT SILENTLY REPELLED 75 FEET TO THE GROUND A PAIR OF BOLT CUTTERS, AND THE MAN JUMPED INTO A WAITING CAR. THIS WAS NO MOVIE. AFTER FINGERPRINT YEARS OF IMPRESSMENT ON BOGUS CHARGES, IVAN WAS ESCAPING FROM VENEZUELA. IN 2014 HE HAD BEEN MOVED TO HOUSE ARREST TO SEEK TREATMENT FOR 19 CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS MANY CAUSED BY HIS IMPRESSMENT. KNOWING THIS WAS HIS ONLY CHANCE, HE ARRANGED THIS DARING ESCAPE. AFTER HE SPEEDING OFF WITH A CAR HE SPENT THREE WEEKS EVADEING SECURITY AND A FISHING BOAT GOT HIM TO A CARIBBEAN ISLAND AND HE INFLUENCE TO THE UNITED STATES. THE PER CAPITA OF VENEZUELA WAS GREATER THAN THOSE OF CHINA AND JAPAN, ALMOST ROUGH HE WILLING THE INCOME OF THE UNITED STATES CITIZENS. WHEN OIL PRICES CRASHED IN THE 1980s AND THEN AGAIN IN THE '90s, IS THE VENEZUELAN ECONOMY EXPERIENCED A DIP AND THAT DIP BECAME A DIVE IN 1998 AND THE PEOPLE ELECTED HUGO CHEF INVESTIGATE AS THEIR PRESIDENT. ONCE IN POWER HE IMPLEMENTED THE SOCIALIST PLAYBOOK WHEN THE SUPREME COURT RULED AGAINST HIM ON SEVERAL IMPORTANT ISSUES HE RESPONDED. HE STACKED THE COURT WITH 12 NEW JUSTICES ALL LOYAL TO HIM. SOCIAL LIMP TOTALLY ENGULFED THE COUNTRY. -- SOCIAL LIMP. HE MOVED QUICKLY TO NATIONAL LIES THE IMMEDIATE YAP WITH A -- MEDIA. HE TOOK CONTROL OF THE NATION'S OWL INDUSTRY. HE NATION LIESED POWER COMPANIES AND FARMS AND BANKS AND GROCERY STORE. HIS FINAL STEP WAS TO ELIMINATE TERM LIMITS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS, SETTING HIMSELF UP TO RULE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN THE STYLE OF RUSSIA'S STALL LYNN AND CAST THREE. HE GOT CANCER AND DIED IN 2013, BUT HE HANDPICKED HIS SUCCESSOR WHO CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT THE SOCIALIST AGENDA, EVEN GOING FURTHER IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THERE. I'M SURE MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT TODAY, VENEZUELA IS DESCENDING INTO ANRCHY AND RECORD NUMBERS OF MIGRANTS ARE TRYING TO REACH THE BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES. YOU PROBABLY WONDER WHY I WOULD SAY ALL THIS AND MENTION THIS IN A CHAPEL AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. I'M SAYING IT BECAUSE SOCIALIST VISIONS AND POLICIES ARE INVADING THE UNITED STATES AND YOU WILL HEAR THIS DISCUSSED OFTEN UNDER TITLES LIKE SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM, MARXISM. CONSIDER THIS, HE HAD PLENTY OF CHEERLEADERS IN THE UNITED STATES DURING HIS RISE. HOLLYWOOD STAR IS LIKE SEAN PEN, OLIVER STONE. SOCIALISM SEEMS TO HOLD A HIP NOT I CAN POWER OVER PEOPLE AND SPILLING INTO THE COMMON CULTURE. IN 2020 A POLL WAS TAKEN SHA SHOWED THAT 40% OF AMERICANS HAD A FAVORABLE VOW OF SOCIALISM. THAT WAS UP FROM 30% JUST A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE. MORE FRIGHTENING AND PERHAPS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I FELT SO OBLIGATED AND DRIVEN TO DO THIS TODAY, 47% OF MILLENNIALS VIEW SOCIALISM FAVORABLY. ONE POLL FOUND THAT 61% OF AMERICANS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 24 HAVE A POSITIVE REACTION OF SOCIALISM. THEN, OF COURSE, THERE IS THIS. IN 2020, WE ANOTHER ELECTED A SOCIALIST TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT. HE SAID I AM A SOCIALIST AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT AND WE ALMOST VOTED HIM IN. WHEN JESUS WAS DESCRIBING WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE ON THIS EARTH JUST BEFORE HE RETURNED, HERE IS WHAT HE SAID. HE SAID AS THE DAYS OF NOAH WERE, SO ALSO WILL THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE FOR AS IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE FLOOD, THEY WERE EATING AND DRINKING AND MARRYING AND GIVEN IN MARRIAGE UNTIL DAVID ENTERED THE ARC AND DID NOT KNOW UNTIL THE FLOOD CAME AND TOOK THEM ALL AWAY. SO ALSO WILL THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE. WHAT WERE THE DAYS OF IN A WITH A LIKE? JEN ASSIST 6:5 SAW US: HE BUILT AN ARC AND PREACHED FOR 120 YEARS. NOT ONE INDIVIDUAL OUTSIDE OF HIS FAMILY BELIEVED HIM. THE PEOPLE WERE SO INDIFFERENT THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. THE HEEDLESSNESS OF THE PEOPLE OF HIS DAY WILL BE DUPLICATED IN THE LAST DAYS OF OUR WORLD'S HISTORY. IT WILL BE A DAY MUCH LIKE OURS. A DAY WHEN IDEOLOGIES LIKE SOCIALISM CAN SNEAK IN WITHOUT MUCH ATTENTION ALMOST LIKE SMOKE UNDER THE DOOR. THE BIBLE SEEMS TO TEACH THAT WHEN JESUS COMES BACK, SOCIAL LEVEL OR SOMETHING VERISM TO IT WILL BE IN POWER. HOW SHOULD WE UNDERSTAND IT IN SOME PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. YOU ASK THEM DOWN WHAT SOCIALISM IS AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CLUE. IT'S THE IDEA THAT ALL THE FARMS AND FACTORIES AND ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND MEDICINES AND MORE SHOULD BE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE PEOPLE. THAT SOUNDS GREAT EXCEPT WHO ARE THE POEM? THE PEOPLE END UP BEING A FEW PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT. SO BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THE PEOPLE ARE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING POORER AND PEOPLE AT THE TOP OF THE GOVERNMENT ARE GETTING RICHER. EXAMINE EVERY SOCIALIST NATION, THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED. THESE PEOPLE ARE ENTIRELY COMING UP, BULL. PEOPLE TAKE CONTROL AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE THINGS YOU CARE ABOUT, THE THINGS YOU BELIEVE IN, YOU'VE BEEN TO THE, ARE NO LONGER TO BE FOR YOU. I SPENT THIS WHOLE YEAR READING ABOUT IT AND STUDYING IT. I'VE READ BOOKS THAT SOMETIMES KEPT ME AWAKE AT NIGHT. WON BOOK IS INFILLED THE DEVIL AND CARL MARKS. KARL MARX WAS AN EVIL MAN. WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHO HE WAS, YOU BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SOCIALISM IS. IF YOU STUDIED A LIFE OF KARL MARX, YOU LEARN HE WASN'T A HATER OF GOD, HE WAS A CHEER LEADER OF THE DEVIL. ONE BUYOGRAPHER DESCRIBED HIM LIKE THIS: IN A 1937 POEM HE WROTE THIS ABOUT HIMSELF. HE SAID: IN 1849, HE WAS EVICTED BY HIS LANDLORD, WHO WAS FED UP. HE DRANK TOO MUCH, SMOKE TOO MUCH, NEVER EXERCISED, SUFFERED WARS AND BOILS DUE TO THE FACT HE WOULDN'T WATCH. HE NEVER HAD A JOB, HE SPONGED OFF EVERYBODY. HIS WIFE WAS SO MISERABLE IN THEIR MARRIAGE SHE WANTED TO DIE 'HAD HIS TWO DAUGHTERS WANTED TO DIE ACTUALLY DID, THEY BOTH COMMITTED SUICIDE. HE DIED IN DESPAIR ON MARCH 14, 1883. JUST BEFORE HE DIED HE WROTE TO HIS FRIEND AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID: HOW POINTLESS AND EMPTY IS LIFE. I DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE, MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO CHAMPION SOCIALISM ARE TOTALLY UNAWARE OF THE POISONOUS ROOTS OF THEIR THOUGHTS. HE WAS A HIDEOUS PERSON. WHAT HE WAS SOCIALISM BECAME. TODAY HE IS RULING THE WORLD FROM HIS GRAVE. HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD NOTICE THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY. KARL MARX WAS AND TIE GOD. ANTI-GOD. HE HATED CHRISTIANITY. HE WASN'T A MAN WHO BELIEVED THERE WAS NO GOD, HE WASN'AN ATHEIST. HE BELIEVED THERE WAS A GOD. HE JUST HATED HIM. TO HIM RELIGION WAS THE OPIUM OF THE PEOPLE. FOR COMMUNISM TO SUCCEED, HE KNEW THAT THE CHURCH HAD TO BE ELIMINATED SO THAT LOYALTY WOULD NO LONGER BE TO TO THE CHURCH, BUT TO HIM AND HIS IDEOLOGY. ON ONE OCCASION HE DESCRIBED THE CHURCH AS AN EVIL MILDEW THAT HAD TO BE SCRAPED AWAY. HE LIVED FOR ONE THING, TO DRIVE CAPITALISM FROM THE EARTH AND DRIVE GOD FROM HIS HEAVEN. HE WAS ANT GOD. MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH CHRISTIANITY. IT ABSOLUTELY IS NOT. IT CANNOT HAPPEN. YOU CANNOT BE A CHRISTIAN SOCIALIST. THOSE TWO TERMS DO NOT WORK. YOU EITHER ARE ONE OR IS THE OTHER, BUT YOU CAN'T BE BOTH. NOT ONLY IS MARXISM ANT GOD, IT IS TOTAL YEN. YOU WON'T BE ALLOWED AT PRINCETON, HARVARD, OR ANY OF THOSE SCHOOLS. YOUR VIEWS AREN'T IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU DON'T FALL IN LINE WITH HAVING THEY THINK IS TRUE. MARXISM IS ALSO VERY DIVISIVE. IT CAN'T SURVIVE APART FROM CHAOS. THEY DELIBERATELY CREATE DIVISIONS AMONG THE PEOPLE. IN THE EARLY DAYS IT WAS AMONG THOSE WHO WERE RICH AND THOSE WHO WERE POOR, THOSE WHO CONTROLLED AND THOSE WHO WERE CONTROLLED. THEY PUSHED THOSE DIVISIONS AND IN THE PROCESS WERE ABLE TO INFECT THE POEM WITH THEIR FALSE TRUTH. TODAY, TEST RESULT REALLY MARXISM WHAT IS EXPLOITED RACIAL DIVIDE LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE. WHATEVER OR HOWEVER, IT MIGHT BE REMOVED FROM ACTUAL RACISM, YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS, WHENEVER A SOCIALIST OR MARXIST CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO OR WHAT TO SAY THEY WILL ALWAYS AND I MEAN EVERY TIME SAY IT'S RACIST. THIS IS TRAGIC FOR A LOT OF REASONS. IT'S VERY HURT FULLY -- THAT WOULD LEAD A RATIONAL PERSON TO BELIEVE YOU ARE WON. ONCE IT'S BEEN PINNED ON A PERSON IT'S HARD TO GET RID OF IT NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU LIVE. WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO ME IS THIS. STUDENTS, THE EVERYTHING IS RACIST, NOTHING IS RACIST. IN OUR CULTURE TODAY WE HAVE A LOT OF RACIAL ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE DEVELOPED AND TO WORK ON. WE'RE NOT WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. WE MADE PROGRESS, BUT WE'RE NOWHERE, WHERE WE NEED TO BE AS A NATION AND CULTURE. IF EVERYTHING IS RACIST, THE REAL ISSUES GET LOST IN THE MINUTIA OF UNFAIR ACCOMMODATIONS. INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO WORK ON THE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US AS A CULTURE, WE'RE RUNNING AROUND EVERYBODY IS A RACIST AND NOTHING EVER HAPPENS THAT MAKES PROGRESS THAT IS NEEDED SO DESPERATELY TO BRING OUR NATION TOGETHER. HERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY SURPRISING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IT WAS TO ME. MARXISM IS DEADLY. IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN YOU'RE ALL ABOUT LIFE. IF YOU'RE A MARXIST YOU'RE GOING TO GO TOWARD DEATH. LET ME ILLUSTRATE WHAT I MEAN IN A VERY PROFOUND WAY. NO 1999 THERE WAS A BACH CALLED THE BLACK BOOK OF COMMUNISM. IT ENDAFED TO ATTEMPT THE IMPOSSIBLE TASK OF TABULATING HOW MUCH MARXIST DEATHS TOOK PLACE IN THE 20th CENTURY. THIS IS POLITICAL CARNAGE. LATIN AMERICA, 150,000 DEATHS. EASTERN EUROPE U. 1 MILLION DEATHS. VIETNAM, 1 MILLION DEATHS, AFRICA, 1.7. CAMELLIA, 2 MILLION, CHINA, 65 MILLION DEATHS. THE DEATH COUNT THAT RESULTED FROM MARXISM BETWEEN 1917 AND 1979 WOULD EQUATE TO MULTIPLE THOUSANDS OF DEAD PEOPLE F SINGLE DAY OVER THE COURSE OF A CENTURY. EVEN HITLER GOT NOWHERE CLOSE TO THAT. NEITHER DID TWO OF THE MOST DEADLIEST WARS IN HISTORY. WORLD WAR I AND TWO WERE COMBINED AND DOUBLED TO GET NEAR COMMUNISM, WHAT THAT KILLED. WHEREVER YOU TRACE SOCIALISM, IF YOU GO FAR ENOUGH YOU WILL SEE IT ENDS IN DEATH. SOCIALISM IS A DEADLY IDEOLOGY. SO THAT IS ENOUGH ABOUT IT AND LET ME ASK YOU THIS. HAVE YOU NOTICED ANY OF THESE THINGS CREEPING INTO OUR CULTURE? LET ME GIVE YOU SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT. WHAT ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF MONUMENTS? I NEVER THOUGHT I'D LIVE TO SEE THAT DAY. IT'S BECOME COMMON TO SEE THESE. WE'RE NOT SIMPLY SEEING ROWDY KIDS TEARING DOWN STATUES. THERE IS MORE TO IT THAN THAT. THIS IS PART OF A CONVERTED EFFORT TO ERASE THE PAST. BEFORE LONG THE THAT'S WILL BEGIN TO FORGET WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT WAS. THE LORD IS FOUND 164 TIMES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN YOU KNOW THAT WHAT WAS IN THE PAST, GOT SENT HIS SON, IT WAS IN THE PAST THAT CHRIST DIED. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT SOCIALISM WANTS TO DO. WHAT ABOUT CANCEL CULTURE. WOW, HAS THAT EVER TAKEN CONTROL. WHY IS THAT SOCIALIST? BECAUSE REMEMBER, SOCIALISM ONLY ALLOWS ONE VIEW. DON'T THINK IT'S JUST STATUES AND HISTORIES TORN DOWN. IT'S ANYONE THAT DOESN'T FEEL AT THE ALTAR OF PREVAILING POLITICAL PASSION. YOU'RE CANCELLED. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING. I SAY TO YOUNG PEOPLE, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PUT ON YOUR INTERNET PLACES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS USE TO CANCEL EVERYBODY. DON'T PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE YOU DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO FIND OUT. YOU MAY THEY THINK IT'S GONE, BUT IT'S THERE, IT'S OUT THERE AND YOU'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR CULTURE. SOMEONE FOUND IT AND IT DESTROYED THEIR LIFE. IN MARXISM THERE IS NO ROOM FOR ANY DESCENDING OPINION. CANCEL CULTURE WILL TAKE YOU OUT. THEY WANT IN CHARGE OF THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN. THEM OUR FAMILIES TO BE BROKEN UP, SO THAT NO ONE IS AT HOME TAKING CARE. THE DISSOLUTION OF THE FAMILY IS PLAYING RIGHT INTO THE ROLE OF THE GROWTH OF SOCIALISM. AT THE CORE OF SOCIALISM IS THE REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH. THIS TEACHERS US THAT ALL HUMAN ASSETS SHOULD BE CLAIMED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THEN REDISTRIBUTED TO EVERYBODY. BUT SOMEHOW IT DOESN'T EVER WORK. IN FACT, IF YOU WERE TO POLL THE PEOPLE OF COUNTRIES LIKE VENEZUELA WAIL AND CUBA THEY WOULD SAY THEY WERE BETTER OFF BEFORE THEY STARTED ALL THIS REDISTRIBUTION STUFF. IN SOCIALISM, A FEW PEOPLE ALWAYS GET POORER AND A FEW GET RICHER. YOU CANNOT TRUST PEOPLE TO EQUALLY DISTRIBUTE INCOME. THEN WE HAVE THE FUNDING OF POLICE, EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THAT. WE ARE SEEING THAT PLAY OUT IN OUR CULTURE TODAY. WHERE WE HAVE DEFUNDED THE POLICE CRIME HAS GONE UP. SOME CITIES HAVE SLASHED THEIR POLICE BUDGETS. EACH ONE HAS SEEN A DRAMATIC UPTICK IN VIOLENT CRIME. WHY DO THEY WANT US TO DEFUND THE POLICE? THERE ARE PROBABLY A LOT OF REASONS, BUT ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS IS IF YOU CAN DESTROY LOCAL POLICE IT CAN BE FEDERAL LIESED. THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING ON TELEVISION TODAY. THAT IS ENOUGH ABOUT SOCIALISM. HERE IS WHAT I REALLY CAME TO TELL YOU. WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THIS, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE. HOW CAN I AS A YOUNG CHRISTIAN, HOW CAN I DEAL WITH THIS, WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND ME. WHAT SHOULD I DO. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. SOCIALISM IS NO MASTER FOR JESUS CHRIST. THERE'S A BIBLICAL STRATEGY FOR LIVING IN THIS DAY. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. THE BIBLE HAS SOME THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT. I CAN'T GIVE YOU THIS WHOLE THREE LOGICAL THING, BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOME THINGS FROM THE BIBLE THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN PEOPLE STARTED DOING THIS SOCIALIST STUFF. THE BIBLE REVEALS SEVERAL IMPORTANT ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES. SCRIPTURE AFFIRMS THE DIGNITY OF WORK. THE FACT THAT THOSE WHO REFUSE TO WORK SHOULD NOT EAT. THE BIBLE AFFIRMS PRIVATE PROPERTY. IT CONDEMNS THEFT. THE BIBLE PROMOTES SAVING AND 35th AND LAND OWNERSHIP AND INVESTMENT. ALL OF THOSE ARE HONORED IN THE SCRIPTURE. THE BIBLE TEACHERS THAT LABORER IS WORTHY OF HIS AGES. SOCIALISM CONTRADICTS EVERY SINGLE THESE BEN CULL MINUTES. SECONDLY, AFTER WE REVIEW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS YOU GOT TO DECIDE IN YOUR OWN HEART THAT YOU'RE GOING TO REFUSE TO LIVE BY LOYS. PROVERBS 29: 12 SAYS THIS: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED IT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF LIES ALLOWED IN THE WORLD TODAY. YOU CAN WATCH TELEVISION AND SEE VIDEOS THAT TELL YOU THE ACTUAL STORY. WHILE YOU SEE VIDEOS, THE PERSON INDICTED BY THE STORY WILL DENY EVERYTHING. AFTER HIS EXPULSION FROM RUSSIA, A FINAL MESSAGE TO THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE. THE MESSAGE WAS LIVE NOT BY LIES. IN THIS ESSAY HE SAID WE ARE NOT MOST OF US GOING TO WALK OUT IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE AND START YELLING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG. WE WON'T DO THAT, BUT WE CAN IN OUR OWN QUIET WAY REFUSE TO LIVE BY THE LIES THAT ARE PENETRATING THE WHOLE CULTURE. HE WROTE DOWN SOME THINGS IN HIS LITTLE MEMO THAT ARE QUITE INTERESTING. HE SAID NEVER SAY RIGHT AFFIRM OR DISTRIBUTE ANYTHING THAT DISTORTS THE TRUTH. NEVER GO TO A DEMONSTRATION IN A COLLECTIVE ACTION UNLESS YOU BELIEVE TOTALLY IN THE VIABILITY OF THE CAUSE. NEVER TAKE PART IN A MEETING IN WHICH THERE IS NO DISCUSSION ALLOWED. NEVER VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE WHO HAS DUBIOUS CONVICTIONS OR IS UNWORTHY BEFORE AND NEVER SUPPORT JOURNALISM THAT DISTORTS OR HIDES THE TRUTH. WE HAVE BEEN CALLED AS CHRISTIANS TO REJECT FALSE HOOD. DON'T LET LIES CONTROL YOUR LIFE. SOMEBODY SAYS IT'S TRUE, IS IT TRUE? HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE. YOU MEASURE IT AGAINST THE WORD OF GOD. IF IT DOESN'T MEASURE UP TO THAT, STAY AWAY FROM IT. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO GO ON A NON-TRUTHFUL JOURNEY. DON'T TAKE THE FIRST STEP. SO MUCH OF WHAT WE DID IN OUR CULTURE HAS NO CONNECTION TO COMMON SENSE, OFTEN FEELS EASIER JUST TO IGNORE IT, BUT IGNORING IT ALLOWS THIS TO CONTINUE AND EVEN TO 35. SO REFUSE TO LIVE BY LOYS. HERE IS ONE THAT I HOPE YOU WILL LISTEN TO CAREFULLY. RESOLVE TO FOLLOW CHRIST AND NOT JUST ADMIRE HIM. DO YOU KNOW YOU CAN BE AN ADMIRER OF CHRIST AND NOT A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST? PEOPLE WHO COME TO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITIES, SOMETIMES THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE. THEY'RE OKAY WITH CHRIST, BUT THEY'RE NOT COMETTED TO HIM. THE BIBLE SAYS WE HAVE TO LIVE OUR LIVES IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE FOLLOW CHRIST. WE DON'T JUST ADMIRE HIM. THE ADMIRER OF CHRIST WILL NEVER MAKE ANY SACRIFICES. HE ALWAYS PLAYS IT SAFE. HE DOES ALL OF THE PROPER CHRISTIAN THINGS, BUT THE FOLLOWER OF CHRIST AS APPEARS WITH ALL OF HIS STRENGTH TO FOLLOW CHRIST IN EVERY WAY. WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU TODAY, YOUNG PEOPLE, IS THIS, IN ALL THAT IS COMING AT US IN OUR WORLD TODAY, IN THE SOCIALIST ISSUES AND ALL OF THE OTHER ISSUES, YOU NEED TO DECIDE WHOSE SIDE YOU'RE ON AND YOU NEED TO BE A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST, NOT JUST AN ADMIRER OF CHRIST. ADMIRERS OF CHRIST WILL BE CASUALTIES. FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST WILL STAND VICTORIOUS WHEN THE BATTLE IS OVER. HER IS ONE WE JUST IMPLEMENTED THE OUR CHURCH. WE HAVE DOUBLED DOWN ON OUR SMALL GROUPS. WE KNOW THAT THE ENEMY WANTS TO COME AND PICK US OFF ONE AT A TIME. ISOLATION IS THE GREAT WAY FOR HIM TO GET US. IF HE CAN GET US BY OURSELF WE CAN BE CASUALTIES. THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT A THREE FOLD COURT IS NOT BREAKABLE. WE LAST WEEK HAD OUR SIGN-UP FOR SMALL GROUPS. WE ADDED ALMOST 800 PEOPLE TO THE SMALL GROUPS AT SHADOW MOUNTAIN. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT STRATEGY. THEN SOMETIMES WHEN WE HEAR STUFF LIKE THIS, WE'RE AT THIS TIMING WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE AROUND US, WE FEEL SO SMALL AND INSIGNIFICANT. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, WE ALL FEEL THAT. WHEN THESE THINGS L HAPPENING, SAY, LORD WHAT CAN I DO, HOW CAN I MAKE A DIFFERENCE. RESIST ANY WAY YOU CAN. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A PREACHER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A TEACHER, TURN YOU INTO SOME KIND OF STREET THUG. I WANT YOU TO JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS. I'LL TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT A FRIEND OF MINE WHO DID JUST THAT. ELIZABETH TURNER WORKED HARD ON HER VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH IN MICHIGAN. SHE INTENTIONALLY HIGHLIGHTED HER FAITH IN JESUS. IN HER SPEECH SHE SAID FOR ME, MY FUTURE HOPE IS FOUND IN MY RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST. BY TRUSTING HIM AND CHOOSING TO LIFE A LIVE DEDICATED TO BRINGING HIS KINGDOM GLORY I CAN BE CONFIDENT I'M LIVING MY LIFE WITH PURPOSE AND MOANING. THAT WAS IN HER SPEECH. IT DIDN'T GO OVER VERY WELL WITH THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES. THE PRINCIPAL TOLD HER THIS. YOU ARE REPRESENTING THE SCHOOL IN THIS SPEECH, NOT USING THE PODIUM FOR A PUBLIC FOR RECOMMEND. YOU ARE STRONG IN YOUR BELIEF, THAT THEY'RE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A SPEECH LIKE THIS, IT DIDN'T JUST FROM YOU HER. HE TOLD THEM HE WANTED THEM TO SPEAK FOR ANYBODY IN THE PRINCIPLE OH, IT WAS. HE WAS SOFT SPOKEN, HE TOLD THEM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS AND INFRINGEMENT TO OUR CIVIL RIGHTS. HE WAS DIRECTED TO THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. HE WROTE ME A NOTE ABOUT IT. HE SAID THE SUPERINTENDENT CALLED ME BACK. HE WANTED ME TO KNOW THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL WILL CERTAINLY ALLOW ELIZABETH AND ALL OTHERS TO EXPRESS THEIR JEN WIN FAITH WITH OUR CENSORSHIP. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF HE HASN'T DONE THAT? WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING THAT ISN'T RIGHT, WE CAN SAY THAT ISN'T RIGHT. DON'T BE AFRAID TO DO THAT. FINALLY, LET ME JUST REFINED YOU TO REMEMBER VENEZUELA. WHAT OY HAVE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT TODAY IS WHAT HAPPENED IN VENEZUELA WHEN SOCIALISM WAS LET IN THE FRONT DOOR. TODAY VENEZUELA IS A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WAYS LAND. 96% OF THE CITIZENS LIVE IN POVERTY. MOST PEOPLE EARN THAT IS THAN A U.S. DOLLAR A DAY. IN 2018, THE LACK OF INVESTMENT IN ESSENTIAL MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SERVICES COST 5.5 MILLION REFUGEES TO LEAVE VENEZUELA. FINALLY HERE IS THE BEST NEWS OF ALL. I WISH I COULD HAVE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS ALL OF THE TIME. THERE IS COMING A DAY WHEN A CULTURE WE ALL VIEW EXCITING WILL HAPPEN. IT SAYS IN ISAIAH THAT WHEN JESUS COMES BACK, THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE UPON HIS SHOULDERS. THE DROVE OF HIS GOVERNMENT AND PEACE THERE WILL BE NO END, UPON THE THRONE OF DAVID TO ORDER IT AND ESTABLISH IT WITH JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT. NO, WE'RE NOT LIVING IN THAT TIME YET, BUT THAT TIME IS COMING. IF YOU KNOW 'JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR YOU'LL BE A PART OF ALL THAT. THE BIBLE SAYS WE'RE GOING TO REIN WITH JESUS SOMEDAY. THE GOVERNMENT EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE WILL ULTIMATELY HAPPEN AND PEACE WILL BE ON THIS EARTH. THE QUESTION IS WILL YOU BE A PART OF IT. YOU SAY I GROW TO LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. SO WHAT. IF YOU DON'T KNOW JESUS CHRIST, I DON'T THINK THAT ANSWER IS GOING TO COUNT A WHOLE LOT WHEN YOU STAND BEFORE THE LORD. WHAT WILL COUNT IS THIS, ASK JESUS CHRIST TO COME AND BE HIS LIFE. ALL OF THIS STUFF WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THE TIME, WE'LL DEAL WITH IT, WALK THROUGH IT WITH STRENGTH BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE CHRIST IN OUR HEARTS AND WE'LL KNOW THAT WE'RE HEADED TOWARD AN ETERNITY WITH HIM. THAT IS MY HOPE AND GOAL FOR ALL OF YOU AND PRAY THAT GOD WILL GIVE YOU WISDOM IN THE DAYS THAT ARE AHEAD. AMEN. [ APPLAUSE ] >>> ISN'T THAT AWESOME? TO BE TABLE WORSHIP GOD IN A WORLD TODAY THAT CONSTANTLY SAYS GOD IS NOT RELEVANT, GOT DOESN'T MATTER. WE COME TOGETHER, THE ONE THING WE KNOW IS GOD ABSOLUTELY MATTERS BECAUSE HE IS STILL ON HIS THRONE AND GOD HAS GIVEN US THE VICTORY. TONIGHT WE WORSHIP IN THAT TRUTH. A COUPLE QUICK THINGS BEFORE YOU LEAVE. NEXT WEEK WE HAVE JAY LOUDER THAT WILL BE SPEAKING HERE AT CONVO WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAY NOTE DAVID NASSER WILL BE SPEAKING. [ APPLAUSE ] >> YES. SO MAKE SURE YOU MAKE PLANS TO BE HERE FOR THAT. ON SUNDAY NOTE AT THOMAS ROAD WE'RE HAVING A WORSHIP NIGHT FOR YOUNG ADULTS. WE HAVE INFLATABLE RIDES AND OBSTACLE SOURCES AND FOOD TRUCKS, IT'S ALL FREE. WHAT I NEED YOUR HELP, IN A MOMENT WHEN WE'RE DONE, IF YOU'RE ON THE FOLD, GRAB YOUR CHAIR, WALK IT BACK TO THE BACK WALL, IF YOU WOULD AND MAKE SURE YOU COME OUT TOMORROW, WE'LL WATCH THE LIBERTY FLAMES GO 3-0 ON THE SEASON. GOD BLESS YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
