♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪ >> LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY YOU HAVE AFFORDED US TOMORROW MORNING -- THIS MORNING TO ASSEMBLE TOGETHER. PEOPLE WATCHING IN DORMS, PEOPLE WATCHING IN APARTMENT COMPLIES, STUDENTS WATCHING WITH THEIR LAPTOPS OPEN IN THE LIBRARY. ALL OF US, GOD, REALLY WHETHER IN THE STADIUM OR JUST ACROSS TOWN IN AN APARTMENT, COMING TOGETHER IN ONE ACCORD, GOD, MAKING MUCH OF WHO YOU ARE, KNOWING IN THE FAMILY OF GOD IN THIS SOCIALLY DISTANTING MOMENT, GOD, WE CAN DRAW NEAR YOU, WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND BE REMINDED AS WE SING ABOUT THE ONE COMMON DENOMINATOR THAT JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, HAS LIVED A PERFECT DEATH AND DIED A SINNER'S DEATH ON ALL OUR BEHALF. HIS RESURRECTION POWER AFFORDS US A NEW LIFE. THAT BEING A COMMON BOND, JESUS, YOU ARE A SARA THAT WILL BRING US TOGETHER. THERE IS NO MASK TO HIDE UNDER, NO DISTANCING GOD IN A CAN KEEP US AWAY FROM THAT ONE ESSENTIAL TRUTH. WE PRAISE YOUR NAME FOR WHO YOU ARE. I PRAISE YOU FOR WHAT YOU'LL DO TODAY, PREPARE OUR HEARTS FOR WHAT YOU HAVE FOR REVEREND FRANKLIN GRAHAM. USE HIM TO SPEAK BIBLICAL TRUTH IN OUR LIVES. WE'RE READY, GOD, WE PRAY THIS NO IN YOUR NAME, AMEN. CAN WE THANK THE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE? GOOD MORNING. WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE TOGETHER IN THE FOOTBALL STADIUM. SO FIRST HALF WE HAVE DONE ABOUT A HALF DOZEN CONVOCATIONS THIS SEASON AND GOD HAS REALLY BLESSED US WITH AMAZING LEADERS WHO HAVE COME OUR WAY. TODAY WE'LL HAVE CAMPUS COMMUNITY, LET'S UTILIZE THIS STADIUM. TONIGHT WILL BE A CAMPUS COMMUNITY AGAIN AS 7:30. NORMALLY WE'RE AT 6:30, BUT WE MOVED IT LATER WHEN WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO BE IN THE STADIUM BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WOULD BE AROUND THE TIME WE WOULD GET GOD TO SEE -- TO SHOW OFF HIS GLORY WITH THE SUN -- SUNSET. TONIGHT'S SUNSET I WAS TOLD AT 7:22. WE'LL START AT 7:30, BUT GOD WILL START PADDING US, GETTING US PREPARED. IN SECOND SAMUEL 7:22, IF THIS ISN'T TELLING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE COMING TONIGHT TO DO FOR GOD AND TO BLESS HIM BACK, NOTHING WILL BE. IT SAYS HOW GREAT YOU ARE, SOVEREIGN LORD. THERE IS NO ONE LIKE YOU AND THERE IS NO GOD, BUT YOU AS WE HAVE HEARD WITH OUR OWN EARS. WE'LL WORE TOGETHER. -- WORSHIP WITH YOU. GOD BLESSED THIS THING. PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE WATCHING OUR WEEKLY GATHERINGS. WE'VE HAD, LIKE, 90,000, 50,000 DIFFERENT VIEWS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SO GOD HAS BROUGHT US A LOT OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE OUR OWN LIBERTY FAMILY. LET ME SHOW YOU SOME PHOTOS FROM OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITIES. THIS WAS OUR FIRST WEEK TOGETHER. LOOK AT THAT SUNSET. IT'S AMAZING. EMAIL FROM ESPN TO THE S.E.C. NETWORK HAVE REACHED OUT TO US REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT IS GROWING ON. BIGGER THAN JUST A FOOTBALL GAME. THE REASON WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PULL OFF THIS KIND OF THING IS BECAUSE OF OUR STUDENTS. YOU HAVE COME IN FROM THE GATES YOU'VE BEEN ASSIGNED TO COME IN, SOCIALLY DISTANCED. THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT WAY. I AM NOT SO WORRIED ABOUT GIVING IT, BUT -- GETTING IT, BUT GIVING IT. MANY OF YOU ARE NOT AFRAID OF CATCHING IT, BUT ACCIDENTALLY BEING A CARRIER OF SOMEONE WHO DISPOSE THEM TO TO A GRANDMOTHER WHO IS MUCH MORE VULNERABLE, SO THANKS FOR THAT. LET'S CONTINUE TO PRACTICE THOSE GOOD HABITS. I WANT TO BRING UP MY PASTOR. I GAVE HIM AT THE LAST SECOND NO NOTICE. WOULD YOU WELCOME OUR NEW PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT PREVO. CAN WE PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR MY PASTOR, PASTOR JONATHAN FALWELL. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WELL, IT IS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF YOU IN PERSON AND WE'VE HAD THE CONVOS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS ALL VIRTUAL, BUT IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK AND SEE SOME FACES. I PRAY AND I'VE BEEN PRAYING A LOT AND I HOPE YOU ARE TOO THAT THIS THING WILL END QUICKLY THAT WE CAN TAKE THESE MASKS AND WE CAN HAVE A REALLY BIG BONFIRE SOMEWHERE, MOVE ON, GET BACK TO NORMAL SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE LIFE THE WAY WE'RE USED TO, BUT ALSO THE WAY GOD INTENDED US TO. WE'LL GET THERE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. YOU PRAYED A MINUTE AGO, YOU CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY PRAYERS. I'LL DO THAT AND I'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO JERRY PREVO. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER IN THIS PLACE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING ALREADY THIS SEMESTER. I'VE HEARD SO MANY STORIES OF LIVES BEING CHANGED, WHETHER IN A DORM OR A CLASSROOM. GOD, I THANK YOU FOR OUR FACULTY AND STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN SO FAITHFUL, TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD, MOVE IN THE POWER OF GOD, ALLOWING THIS UNIVERSITY TO BE EXACTLY WHAT GOD OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO BE, EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS FOUNDED TO BE AND THAT IS A PLACE WHERE WE CHAMPION FOR YOUNG CHRISTIANS OF CHRIST. I PRAY AS WE GATHER TOGETHER TODAY, SPEAK TO US, THROUGH US, USE US, LORD, TO REACH THIS WORLD TO CHANGE IT AND GOD WILL GIVE YOU THE PRAISE. IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY OF INTRODUCING HIM, YOU HAVE MET HIM ONLINE OR VIRTUAL OR THE FIRST CAMPUS COMM, WHO WAS OUT FOR THAT. THIS GUY HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR BOARD AT LIBERTY GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1996. HE'S BEEN THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD SINCE 2003. LONG BEFORE THAT, A DEAR FRIEND OF MY DAD'S, HE AND MY -- [ AUDIO DIFFICULTIES ] GOT THREE. THAT IS AWESOME. GREAT. JERRY AND HIS DEAR WIFE CAROL. THIS IS HIS DEAR WIFE MAYBE WHO YOU HAVE NOT MET YET. SHE DESIGNIFICANCE YOUR PRAISE. A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN WE ASKED JERRY TO STEP IN AS ACTING PRESIDENT, SHE IS THE ONE WE HAD TO CONVINCE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING US AT A TIME WHEN WE NEEDED HIM THE MOST. LET'S DO THIS. LET'S TOGETHER, LET'S WELCOME AND LET'S CELEBRATE AND LET'S PRESIDENT TRUMP JERRY PREVO THIS MORNING, OUR ACTING PRESIDENT OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WELL WELCOME TODAY. I'M GLAD TO BE HERE IN VIRGINIA. WHY? IT'S WARMER HERE THAN IT IS IN ALASKA. WHERE ARE THOSE FROM ALASKA? [ CHEERING ] >> ALL RIGHT. ALL THREE OF YOU. ALL RIGHT. HOW MANY FROM TEXAS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WELL, YOU TEXANS ARE PROUD TO BE -- THE LARGEST STATE IN THE UNION. WHEN ALASKA BECAME A STATE, WE BECAME THE LARGEST. YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING? DIVIDING AXES INTO TWO PARTS, AND THEN TEXAS WOULD ONLY BE THE THIRD LARGEST STATE IN THE WORLD. HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE TO HAVE FUN? [ CHEERING ] >> I DO TOO. NOW LET ME TELL TELL YOU SOMETHING. MY WIFE IS REALLY THE ONE THAT REALLY HAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT. THEY'VE BEEN CALLING ME THE DEADHEAD. BUT I'M GOING TO COME ALIVE WITH ALL OF YOU STUDENTS, AND WE LIKE TO HAVE FUN. NOW LET'S HAVE A LITTLE FUN TODAY. THERE'S A YOUNG LADY I MET AT VENNIES, WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEY WERE HAVING A PARTY AND IT WAS HER BIRTHDAY PARTY. BREONNA. SHE WAS HAVING HER DO AN INTERNSHIP, TODAY SHE CANNOT BE HERE, BUT HOW MANY OF YOU HAD A BIRTHDAY LAST MONDAY? STAND UP IF YOU HAD A BIRTHDAY LAST MONDAY. JUST REMAIN STANDING. ALL RIGHT, YOU US TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THESE AND TO BREONNA. THEY'LL BE WATCHING ONLINE. LET'S SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF THESE THAT HAD A BIRTHDAY. ♪ [ SINGING ] ♪ >> GIVE THEM A BIG HAND. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GREAT. WELL, I THINK SOME OF YOU ARE WONDERING WHO THIS GUY IS. WHO IS JERRY PREVO ALL THE WAY FROM ALASKA. LET ME JUST SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT OF WHO I AM. I FELT AS I WAS GOING TO UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE STUDYING TO BE AN ENGINEER, I FELT THE LORD LEADING ME TO BECOME A PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. SO WE DECIDED THAT -- I DECIDED TO NOT GO TO BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE, WHERE DR. FALLS STARTED THIS UNIVERSITY, HE WENT THERE TOO, I FIGURED IF I WENT THERE I WOULD GREAT LIKE HIM. I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THE GIRL I'D BEEN DATING SINCE I WAS A SOPHOMORE, SO WE GOT MARRIED. THAT KNIGHT WE LEFT FOR SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, WINDY HE HAD A THREE-YEAR HONEYMOON. YEAH. YEAH. SO WE WENT TO ALASKA TO TAKE OVER MISSION WORK, AND GOD HAS BLESSED THERE, DR. FALWELL HAS BEEN THERE SEVERAL TIMES. I MET HIM ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO. WE BASEMENT FRIENDS. WE WERE THERE 47 YEARS IN ALASKA. NOW YOU YOU UNDERSTAND WHY I'M GLAD TO BE DOWN HERE IN VIRGINIA, ALL RIGHT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GREAT FUN IN SPITE OF COVID, BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP. WE NEED YOU TO FOLLOW THE PROTOCOL THAT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED, AND IF WE WILL, WE'RE GOING TO GET OVER THIS SOONER AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LOT MORE FUN AS WELL AS YOU'LL HAVE TO STUDY A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE GOOD GRADES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN THIS YEAR IN SPITE OF THAT. SO WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE, WE'RE GLAD TO SEE ALL OF YOU. I CAN BARELY SEE YOU UP HERE. I CAN SEE YOU UP THERE ON THE TOP STEPS LEADS HEAR YOU. I NEED YOU. CAN YOU DO BETTER THAN THEM. [ CHEERING ] >> I BELIEVE THEY DID. YOU OUGHT TO SIT ON THIS SIDE NEXT TIME, OKAY. HE IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF BILLY GRAHAM EVANGALISTIC ASSICIATION, BGEA. HE'S ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF SAMARITAN'S PURSE SAMARITAN'S PURSE DOES GREAT WORK. THEY HAND OUT MILLIONS OF BOOKS AND OTHER THINGS AROUND THE WORLD. THEY SENT RESOURCES TO PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. LET'S WELCOME HIM TODAY AS HE COMES TO SHARE THE WORD OF GOD WITH YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. IT WAS JONATHAN'S FATHER, DR. FALWELL, WHO INTRODUCED ME TO JERRY PREVO. I WAS PREACHING IN ALASKA AND I WANTED JERRY TO BE INVOLVED IN A MEET AND COULDN'T GET AHOLD OF HIM. I WAS SO BEDFORD I.E., WOULDN'T RETURN -- I HE WOULDN'T RETURN MY PHONE CALLS. I CALLED DR. FALWELL. I SAID IS THERE ANYWAY YOU CAN GET AHOLD OF JERRY PREVO. I'M SURE WOULD LIKE TO MEET HIM. ABOUT 20 MINUTES, JERRY SHOWED UP AND WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS. AS A MATTER OF FACT WE WERE HUNTING THIS LAST WEEK IN ALASKA AND HE GOT BIT BY A SQUIRREL. I GOT A VIDEO OF THAT AND MAYBE WE'LL SHOW THAT TO YOU. IF YOU GO TO MY FACEBOOK PAGE, INSTAGRAM. WE'LL HAVE THIS SQUIRREL. YOU'LL LIKE THAT ONE, JERRY. LET ME JUST SAY SOMETHING ON THE 26th OF THIS MONTH, I'M GOING TO BE IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, THAT PLACE IS A MESS AND BOTH PARTIES ARE IN A MESS. I DON'T SEE ANY HOPE FOR OUR COUNTRY OUTSIDE OF GOD, OKAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRAYER MARCH. I'M GOING TO -- I'M ASKING PEOPLE TO COME FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE'RE GOING TO START AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. WE'RE NOT GOING TO YELL AND SCREAM AND CHANT. WE'RE GOING TO QUIETLY GO FROM ONE END OF THAT MALL TO ANOTHER AND WE'RE GOING TO PLAY PRAY, ASKING GOD TO HEAL OUR COUNTRY, TO HEAL THE HEARTS OF OUR POLITICIANS, THAT GOD WOULD LEAD US AND GUIDE US AND PROTECT US, AND THE ONLY HOPE FOR THIS COUNTRY IS GOD, OKAY, SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO JOIN US. DR. PREVO SAID THEY HAVE 20 BUSES SET UP. I WANT IF POLITICIANS TO KNOW THE CHURCHES ARE AROUND. I WANT YOU THERE AND IF YOU CAN COME, DO IT. IF THE BUSES FILL UP MAYBE THEY'LL GET 20 MORE. I DON'T KNOW. YOU CAN SEND DR. PREVIOUS AN EMAIL. I WANT TO TODAY TALK TO YOU FROM THE BOOK OF DANIEL. NOW THIS IS A-- AM I TALKING ABOUT HIS PROPHESIES, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT HIS DREAMS, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT HIS VISIONS. I WANT TO LOOK AT THE MAN AND WHAT MADE HIM THE MAN THAT HE WAS. A MAN THAT SERVED NOT ONLY THE BABYIANS, BUT HE. IN IRAQ, PERCENT, YEAH, THIS MAN INFLUENCED THAT MORE THAN ANY OTHER PART OF HISTORY. DAMAGE IN CHAPTER 1, A YOUNG MAN, PROBABLY ABOUT 16, CARRIED OFF A LOT OF THE POPULATION INTO ISRAEL INTO CALF LIFT INTO BABYLON. TO DO THAT, HE TURNED THEM OVER TO A PERSON WHO IS GOING TO TEACH THEM AND TRAIN THEM AND GIVE THEM THE LANGUAGE. THESE YOUNG MEN WERE GOING TO BE GIVEN THE SAME FOOD THAT THE KING ATE, SAME WINE THAT THE KINK DRANK AND DAMAGE WAS ONE OF THESE MEN. I WANT TO LOOK AT A SCRIPTURE. IT STARTED IN VERSE 7. IN VERSE ATE, THIS IS THE KEY. DANIEL PURPOSED IN HIS HEART THAT HE WOULD NOT DEFY THEMSELVES WITH A PORTION OF THE KING'S DELICACIES, MORE WITH THE WINE WE HE DRINK. THEREFORE, HE REQUESTED THEY MIGHT NOT DEFY THEMSELVES. HE GOES AND HE ASKS THEY BE GIVEN VEGETABLES. HE WASN'T GOING TO FIND HIMSELF EVEN THOUGH HE WAS IN A PAGAN CULTURE, A PAGAN COUNTRY, HE WASN'T GOING TO DO THAT IN ALL OF THESE THINGS. YES, WE LIVE IN A PAGAN COUNTRY AND A LOT OF THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY SOCIETY SAYS IT'S OKAY. GOD DOESN'T SAY IT'S OKAY, BUT SOCIETY DOES. CULTURE. WE TRY TO HARD TO LOOK LIKE CULTURE, SMELL LIKE CULTURE, BUT GOD HAS CALLED US TO BE BEHOLDEN. DAMAGE PURCHASE PURPOSED IN HIS HEART THAT HE WOULD NOT DEFILE HIMSELF. THE GUY WHO IS IN CHARGE SAID LISTEN, IF I GIVE YOU JUST VEGETABLES -- VEGETABLES, YOU'LL BE WEAKER, YOU'LL BE SICK LOOKING AND HE'LL TAKE MY HAND AND ADD DAMAGE SAID TEST IT FOR 10 DAYS, GIVE US VEGETABLES AND WATER AND SEE AFTER 10 DAYS WHO LOOKS BETTER, THESE OTHER GUYS? JUST TEST. AFTER 10 DAYS. THOSE MEN LOOKED BETTER THAN ALL THE REST. GOD GAVE FAVOR. THIS IS A KEY VERSE. GOD GAVE THEM FAVOR. WHEN YOU HONOR THE LORD, WHEN YOU PURPOSE IN YOUR HEART YOU'RE NOT GOING -- SERVE, LORD, GOD GIVES FAVOR. HE GAVE FAVOR TO THEM. AT THE END OF TIME HE WENT BEFORE THE KING AND HE WAS EXAMINED BY THE KING AND FOUND THEM 10 TIMES SMARTER THAN ALL THE OTHERS. GOD BLESSED THEM WITH KNOWLEDGE, WITH ALL THE SKILLS. GOD GAVE THEM KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS AND ALL ALL THE LITERATURE AND WISDOM AND DANIEL HAD UNDERSTANDING AND ALL VISIONS AND DREAMS. GOD GAVE FAVOR. AND THEN WE SEE IN CHAPTER 2 THAT HE HAS A DREAM. HE WANTS SOMEONE TO INTERPRET THIS DREAM. BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO TELL THE DREAM BECAUSE HE KNOWS IF HE TELLS THE DREAM, HIS ASTROLL JERSEY WILL JUST MAKE UP A LIE. TELL MOW THE DOME AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE INTERPRETATION. THERE IS NOBODY THAT CAN TELL YOU WHAT YOU DREAMED. TELL US WHAT YOU DREAMED AND WE'LL INTERPRET THAT FOR YOU. HE SAID, NO, I'M NOT GOING TO FALL INTO THAT. YOU TELL ME WHAT I DREAMED. ONLY GOD CAN DO THAT AND THE GODS DO NOT DWELL WITH THE FLESH. SO THE KING ORDERED ALL THE WISEMEN TO BE EXECUTED. AS THEY WERE STARTING TO KEL THE WISEMEN HE CAME TO DANIEL AND DANIEL ASKED THE HEAD OF THE GUARD WHY, WHAT IS SO URGENT, WHAT IS GOING ON. DAM GOES BEFORE DING, GIVE ME A LITTLE TIME AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU DREAMS, THE INTERPRETATION OF THAT DREAM. AS A RESULT OF THAT, DANIEL INTERPRETED, TOLD THE KING THE DREAM, GAVE HIM THE INTERPRETATION OF AND AS A RESULT, IN CHAPTER 2 WE SEE GOD GAVE FAVOR. TRULY YOUR GOD IS THE GOD OF GOD, THE LORD OF LORD'S, THE KING OF KINGS, SINCE YOU COULD REVEAL THE SECRET. THEN THE KINK PROMOTED DANIEL AND GAVE HIM GREAT MANY GIFTS, MADE HIM RULER OVER THE WHOLE PROFESSOR DEPUTIES OF BABYLON. -- PROVIDENCE OF BABYLON. DAMAGE SAT AT THE GATE OF THE KING. YOU HAVE YOUR LIFE? FRONT OF YOU. PURPOSE IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DEFILE YOURSELF. PURPOSE IN YOUR HEART YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE. YOU SEE, GOD MADE US AND CREATED US, HE'S GOT A PLAN FOR THE PURPOSE IN OUR LIFE AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS. IF YOU HONOR HIM, HE'LL HONOR YOU. HE'LL GIVE YOU FAVOR THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE. HERE THE WHOLE KINGDOM IS AFFECTED BECAUSE OF DANIEL. HE IS NOW PUT IN CHARGE OF THE WHOLE PROVIDENCE OF BABYLON. GOD GAVE HIM FAITH. HE INVITED EVERYBODY IN THE NATION TO COME OUT TO FALL DOWN AND TO WORSHIP THIS IMAGE. WHEN THE MUSIC PLAYED PEOPLE WOULD FALL DOWN AND WORSHIP. THE WHOLE WAS THERE STANDING BEFORE THIS GOLDEN IMAGE AND THEY BOWED DOWN TO WORSHIP. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY EASY TO SAY LISTEN, GOT UNDERSTANDS, HE DOESN'T WANT US TO HURT, HE DOESN'T WANT US TO SUFFER. HE'S PUT US IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY. WE ARE SOME OF THE LEADERS IN THAT COUNTRY. WE'LL JUST GO ALONG AND JUST BOW. AS A MATTER OF FACT WE'LL TAKE ONE KNEE. THAT WILL BE OKAY. ALL KINDS OF THINGS TODAY TO COMPROMISE, BUT HE WOULDN'T COMPROMISE. SO WHEN THE MUSIC PLAYED, THE WHOLE DAYS BOWED DOWN, IT WAS REPORTED TO THE KING. THOSE THREE MEN WHO HE HAD PUT IN CHARGE OF THE AFFAIRS OF THIS COUNTRY, THEY WON'T BOW DOWN, THEY DISTRICT OH BADER YOU. THE KING WAS FURIOUS. HE BRINGS THOSE MEN BEFORE HIM. IS IT TRUE YOU DIDN'T BOW DOWN? IF YOU DON'T BOW DONE I'LL THROW YOU INTO A FIERY FURNACE. HE SAID TO THE KING, WE HAVE NO NEED TO ANSWER YOU IN THIS MATTER. GOD WILL DELIVER US FROM THE FIERY FURNACE. HE'LL DELIVER US FROM YOUR HAND, OH, KING. IF NOT, LET IT BE KNOWN TO YOU, OH, KING, WE DON'T SERVE YOUR GODS, MORE WILL WE -- THE IMAGE THAT YOU HAVE SET UP. WOW. STAND BEFORE THE KING WHO SAID DON'T YOU KNOW THAT YOUR LIFE IS IN MY HANDS? OUR GOD CAN SAVE US FROM YOUR HAND. THAT'S RIGHT. HE CAN SAVE US FROM YOUR HAND. HE CAN SAVE US FROM THAT FIERY FURNACE. BY THE WAY, IF HE COULDN'T, IT DOESN'T MATTER. WE'RE STILL GOING TO BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP YOUR GOD. IT TIPPED OFF HIS KING. HE LOOKED AND SAID DIDN'T WE THROUGH THREE MEN IN THERE? OH, YES, OH, KING. THEY'RE WALKING AROUND IN THE FLAMES AND THE FOURTH PERIOD THE SON OF GOD. WOW. ALTHOUGH YOUR LIFE, GOD CAN DELIVER YOU. FROM ALL KINDS OF CIRCUMSTANCES. IF YOU'RE WILLING TO HONOR HIM AND BE WILLING TO TAKE A STAND EVEN THOUGH BETTER PEOPLE MAY RID CALL YOU, ACCUSE YOU, SAY ALL KINDS OF THINGS ABOUT YOU. IT USED TO BE POPULAR TO BE A CHRISTIAN. IT'S NOT TODAY. YOU TAKE A STAND FOR CHRIST, THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT YOU. THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT YOU AT WORK. THERE'S THE OLD BIBLE THUMB PERFECT OVER THERE -- PULL 'OR. SHERIFF'S OFFICE A BIBLE THUMPER SHE'S A BIBLE THUMBER. HER IN THE FLAMES AS THE SON OF GOD, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WAS IN THOSE FLAMES. WE GO TO DANIEL, SEE HE WAS A MAN OF PRAYER, GOT THROWN INTO A DEN OF LIONS AND GOD SAVED HIM FROM THE LIONS. A MAN OF PRAYER. HE PURPOSED IN HIS HEART. ALL THROUGH HIS LIFE. DANIEL, PUT GOD FIRST. AS YOU START THIS NEW SEMESTER, AS YOU COME HERE TO LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT UNIVERSITIES AND OUR COUNTRY OR IN THE WORLD, AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO COME TO BE ABLE TO THIS SCHOOL. WE THANK GOD FOR THE VISION THAT DR. FALWELL HAD THE VISION TO RAISE UP CHAMPIONS FOR CHRIST. I LOVE THAT: CHAMPIONS ARE WINNERS. DR. FALWELL DIDN'T JUST WANT CHRISTIANS TO COME HERE AND GO OUT AND JUST BE LOW HUM ABOUT THEIR FAITH. -- HO-HUM ABOUT THEIR FAITH. HE WANTED YOU TO PURPOSE YOUR HEART, NOT TO DEFILE YOURSELF, BUT TO LIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST. IS THE GOSPEL THE POWER -- IS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION. TO EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES. THE GRIEVED. THE GOSPEL IS THE POWER OF GOD. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? HERE IS THE GOSPEL. REMEMBER THIS. THE BIBLE SAID WE HAVE ALL SINNED, WE HAVE COME SHORT OF GOD'S GLORY, THE POINT OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVE IN HIM -- HE SHED HIS BLOOD ON THE CROSS, HE WAS BURIED FOR OUR SINS AND ON THE THIRD-DAY GOD RAISED HIM FROM LIFE. THAT IS THE GOSPEL RIGHT THERE. PAUL SAID I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE POWER OF SALVATION. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? THAT IS WHAT GOD USES FOR SALVATION. I PRAY EACH ONE OF YOU WILL THAT I CAN -- TAKE THAT GOSPEL, WHATEVER WALK OF LIFE GOD HAS FOR YOU, THAT YOU WON'T COMPROMISE, YOU WON'T DEFILE YOURSELF, AND YOU'LL TAKE THE GOSPEL MESSAGE, WHICH IS THE POWER UNTO SALVATION AND YOU'LL HAVE THAT ON YOUR LIPS EVERY DAY AND SHARE WITH EVERYONE WHAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN. OUR WORLD IS IN TROUBLE. OUR COUNTRY IS IN TROUBLE. I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER BEEN AT A CROSSROADS LIKE WE ARE TODAY. I HOPE YOU COME TO WASHINGTON. WE PRAY GOD WILL SHAKE WASHINGTON LIKE IT'S NEVER BEEN SHOOK BEFORE. GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I THINK WE OUGHT TO GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C. WE'VE SET ASIDE AT LEAST 20 BUSES FOR YOU TO GO. I'LL BE THERE, MARCHING WITH REVEREND FRANKLIN GRAHAM. I WANT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY TO BE THERE AND SHOW THEIR PRESENCE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PRAYING FOR THIS NATION AND THAT YOU'LL LOVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. HERE IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. PASTOR NASSER WOULD YOU COME UP HERE? FOR EVERYONE THAT GOES WITH US WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS T-SHIRT HERE, SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT YOU'RE FROM LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. AND THEN JUST IN CASE IT RAINS WE HAVE A LITTLE RAINCOAT HERE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU. THE BETTER PART IS THIS. IF YOU SIGN UP YOU'RE GOING TO GET A FREE BREAKFAST, A A FREE LOVED ONE OF, A FREE DINNER. HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT? [ APPLAUSE ] >> I REALIZE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FOOTBALL GAME THAT DAY. WE'LL PLAY ON THE THE BUSES. IS YOU HEAR THE SCORES YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SCREAM ON THAT BUS AND THEN WHEN YOU WIN YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOLLER AND SCREAM AND HAVE A GOOD TIME, SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL SIGN UP AND THAT YOU WILL GO WITH US AND LET'S HAVE A GREAT CROWD THAT LOVES JESUS. DO YOU LOVE JESUS? YOU DO, AMEN. AND WE SHOULD LOVE JESUS. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE WITH A SONG THAT GOES ALONG WITH WHAT FRANKLIN GAMES HAS JUST PREACHED TO US -- AFRICAN-AMERICANS AFRICAN-AMERICANS JUST PREACHED TO I HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR LOVING US, THANK YOU FOR SENDING OUR SON, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THEN HE CAME OUT OF THAT GRAVE ALIVE AND VICTORIOUS OVER DEATH. NOW, LORD, YOU SAY WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED. IF THERE IS ONE HERE IN THIS STADIUM, IF THERE'S ONE WATCHING BY INTERNET, WE PRAY THAT THIS WILL BE THE DAY THAT THEY WILL BOW THEIR HEAD AND PRAY, DEAR LORD JESUS, I ASK YOU TO FORGIVE ME AND I ASK YOU TO COME INTO MY LIFE. SAVE ME, CHANGE ME, AND TAKE ME TO HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AND ALL STUDENTS SAID AMEN. LET'S LISTEN AS THEY PLAY AND AS THEY SING. STAND UP, WOULD YOU PLEASE, ALL OVER THE AUDITORIUM, UP THERE, ON THE FIELD. WE'RE NOT IN THE AUDITORIUM, BUT WE MADE THIS AN AUDITORIUM TODAY. THIS IS A RELIGION SERVICE AND WE'RE PRAISING THE LORD. THAT IS IMPORTANT TODAY. SING IT FOR US. >> GIVE THEM A BIG HAND. THIS IS OUR WORSHIP COLLECTIVE. THEY'LL BE SINGING AT CONVOS. GIVE THEM A BIG HAND. [ APPLAUSE ] >> JUST BEFORE WE DISMISS, REMAIN STANDING, PLEASE. YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN MY WIFE HERE, CAROL. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. WHEN YOU SEE HER, OR YOU SEE ME, I WANT YOU TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. WE WANT TO MEET EVERY ONE OF YOU. YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT YOU TO SAY? WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> ALL RIGHT. I'VE HAD SEVERAL OF YOU SAY THAT. THEN WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO HERE? WE WANT OUR TRAINING CHAMPIONS FOR CHRIST. I WANT TO INTRODUCING SOME OF THEM HERE. JONATHAN FALLS IS A CHAMPION FOR CHRIST, AMEN. GRADUATED 1977. >> '87. >> '87. I WAS GOING TO MAKE A YOUNG GUY OUT OF HERE. WILL GRAHAM, GOING AROUND HOLDING CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY. I'M NOT GOING TO GUESS WHEN YOU GRADUATED. >> 1997. >> YOU'RE AN OLD GUY. AREN'T YOU. THIS IS MY GRANDSON RIGHT HERE. HE IS ABOUT TO GRADUATE FROM LIBERTY UNIVERSITY AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THESE CHAMPIONS AND MANY OTHERS THAT ARE ACROSS THE WORLD THAT ARE PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, FRANKLIN GRAHAM TALKED ABOUT GETTING THE FAVOR OF GOD. MY GRANDSON HAS THE FAVOR OF GOD. WHEN FRANKLIN GRAHAM CAME TO HIM HE WAS GOING IN BUSINESS AND DR. GRAHAM TALKED HIM INTO GOING INTO AVIATION. HE GOT HIS AVIATION TRAINING RIGHT HERE AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY AND FRANKLIN HAS HIM FLYING HIM RECENTLY THERE, FLYING TO ALASKA, HELPING A MINISTRY FOR VETERANS WHO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED AND HE -- FRANKLIN GRAHAM BRINGS THEM TO ALASKA. NOT ONLY JUST SHOWING THEM A GOOD TIME, BUT ALSO HAVING MARRIAGE COUNSELING BECAUSE MANY OF THEM COME BACK FROM FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY, PAYING A PRICE, SO THEY DO NOT HAVE THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. AMEN. [ APPLAUSE ] >> NOW, FOLKS, STUDENTS, LISTEN, WE NEED TO GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C. THIS COUNTRY NEEDS PRAYER. WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE DEMONSTRATING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE'RE GOING TO WASHINGTON, D.C., WE'RE NOT GOING TO HOLLER, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SCREAM. WE'RE GOING TO WALK IN A PRAYERFUL WAY. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING BY TESTING THAT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS LOVE JESUS CHRIST AND THEY'RE NOT AFRAID TO WALK IN D.C. AND PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY. AND YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS A LOT OF PRAYER TODAY. SO I HOPE YOU'LL SIGN UP. TELL THEM HOW THEY CAN SIGN UP. WE WANT TO HAVE HUNDREDS OF YOU TO GO. DON'T FORGET, YOU GET A FREE BREAKFAST, A FREE LOVED ONE OF, A FREE DINNER, AND IT BETTER BE GOOD. AMEN. THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET A T-SHIRT TO AWARE, TO SHOW THE WORLD TO WATCH ON TELEVISION THAT YOU'RE FROM LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, THAT YOU'RE NOT ASHAMED OF JESUS CHRIST. I HOPE MANY OF YOU WILL SIGN UP. PASTOR DAVID TELL US HOW. >> YES, SIR. JUST IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THAT, LIKE IT WAS TOLD TO YOU BY REFERENDUM GRAHAM AND DR. PREVO, ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN PICKED UP. I THINK WE HAVE A DONOR HELPING US OFFSET ALL THE COSTS FOR THIS. WE RESERVED BUSES. WE'LL BE GOING SOCIALLY DISTANT. WE'LL BE PRACTICING ALL THE GOOD WAYS TO JUST BE GOOD CITIZENS IN THIS MOMENT IN THE PANDEMIC. WE HAVE ALL THE MEALS COVERED FOR YOU, A T-SHIRT, THE JACKET AND ALL THAT, THE MAIN REASON WE'RE GOING IS BECAUSE GOD TELLS US IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS, THAT IF WE HUMBLE OURSELVES, IF WE BEND OUR KNEE AND WE COME TO GOD IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS, WE CAN ASK FOR HIM TO DO SOMETHING HE CAN ONLY DO. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I JUST BELIEVE AS A CITIZEN, AN ETERNAL CITIZEN IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD, WHAT THAT NATION NEEDS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS REVIVAL. IN THIS MOMENT IF WE WANT THAT, IT'S SYMBOLIC THAT WE WOULD COME AND JOIN THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE WANT TO COME AND SAY WITH HUMILITY, GOD, THAT IS THE ONLY ANSWER WE HAVE. I PLAN TO BE THERE, WALK-IN SILENCE AND HOLDING HANDS WITH OTHERS, NOT PHYSICALLY, OF COURSE, BUT HOLDING HANDS AND SAY GOD, WE'RE COMING TO YOU AND WE'RE ASKING YOU THAT ONLY YOU CAN DO. BUT LOOK, START WITH ME. START WITH ME. BEFORE WE DISMISS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS AFRICAN-AMERICANS PREACHED OUT OF DANIEL FOR US -- REALIZE, FRANKLIN GRAHAM, HE IS IN THE FEAR WITH US. I THINK IT WOULD BAD STEWART SHIP OF THIS MOMENT IF WE DIDN'T FIND YOU A COUNSELOR, IF YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIRE, YOU'RE WATCHING, TALK TO YOUR COMMUNITY LEADER, TALK TO YOUR RS, YOUR R.A. THEY'D LOVE TO SERVE WITH YOU. BOW YOUR HEADS FOR JUST A SECOND. EVERYBODY SAY AMEN. I NEEDED TO HEAR AND BE REMINDED. I'M IN A FIRE RIGHT NOW. SO MUCH PERSECUTION COMING MY WAY, SO MUCH POP A LITTLE BIT -- POPULARITY OF OH THINGS PRESSURING ME. I WANT TO STAND ON MY PERSONAL CONVICTIONS AS A BELIEVER, I DON'T WANT THE CULTURE SHIFT. IT'S BIGGER THAN ME. I'M REMINDED TODAY THAT JESUS IS IN THE FIRE WITH ME, A FORCE IN THE FIRE WITH ME. I'M NOT ALONE. THESE THE COMMUNITY IT OF BELIEVERS THAT I HAVE HERE, BUT MORE IMPORTANT JESUS IS WALKING INTO THAT MOMENT WITH ME. I NEED TO KNOW THAT. IF THAT IS WHERE YOU ARE, JUST LIFT MY HANDS. IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY WITH THEIR HAND UP, SEE SOMEBODY WITH THEIR HAND UP, WHICH WAY, GOD, IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY WITH YOUR HAND UP BE AWARE AGAIN OF SOCIAL DISTANCING, BUT IF YOU COULD MAKE SURE YOU CONNECT WITH THAT PERSON BEFORE SOCIALLY DISTANCED TODAY. HE LOVES YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT AT 7:30 AT CAMPUS COMM. MAY GOD GO WITH YOU. THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL JOB. WE LOVE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. YOU'RE DISMISSED. GO WITH GOD.
