>>> HEAVENLY FATHER, WE LIFT UP YOUR PRESENCE. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOUR PRESENTLY IN THIS PLACE. WE NEED IT IN A WORLD THAT IS SO DISTRICT JOINTED THAT IS RUNNING IN SO MANY DIRECTIONS CHASING AFTER TRUTH, CHASING AFTER WHAT IS REAL. THERE IS BUT ONE TRUTH AND THAT IS THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, THE TRUTH THAT COMES FROM YOU, FROM YOUR HEART. GOD, I PRAY THAT WE TODAY WILL LEAN INTO YOUR TRUTH. IF THERE IS SOMEONE IN THIS PLACE WATCHING WHEREVER THEY ARE IN THE WORLD AND THEY DON'T KNOW YOU AS THE LORD AND SAVIOR, I PRAY IN THIS MOMENT WHAT THEY WOULD REALIZE, WHAT THEY WOULD RECOGNIZE IS THAT YOU LOVE THEM. NO MATTER WHAT YESTERDAY LOOKS LIKE IN THEIR TIMES, THAT YOU LOVE THEM IN AN EVERLASTING LOVE. AS ROMANS TELLS US YOU DEMONSTRATED THAT LOVE. WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS, THAT YOU GAVE YOUR SON JESUS TO DIE FOR US. THAT HE DIED AND HE ROSE AGAIN TO PAY FOR OUR SINS. WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL. IN OUR LIFE OF SIN AND GUESS OPERATION, YOU HAVE MADE US ALIVE AGAIN BECAUSE OF CHRIST. BLESSING OUR TIME TOGETHER HERE. IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. HAVE A SEAT. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK HERE AGAIN TODAY TO BE CONVOCATION. WE'VE EXCITED ABOUT IT. DID YOU ENJOY TOWNSHIP HE WAS FRIDAY? [ APPLAUSE ] >> AS HE TOLD US FRIDAY, WE ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND A DUTY TO BE MINUTE TERSE TO JESUS CHRIST. WHETHER ON THE CLASSROOM OR THE CAMPUS OR SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, GOD HAS CALLED ALL OF US TO BE ACTIVE IN OUR FAITH. ONE OF THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAVE HERE AT LIBERTY AS A STUDENT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT FROM THIS PLACE AROUND THE WORLD, EVEN THIS YEAR, TO GO OUT WITH LU SEND. STARTING TODAY, THERE WILL BE GROUPS TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TRIPS, OVER 30 TRIPS THAT YOU CAN BE A PT OF, THAT YOU CAN GO OUT, PLACES ALL AROUND THE GLOBE, WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE DOES. GO DOWN, CHECK THAT OUT, TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT GROUPS, THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, FIND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE TRIPS. YOU CAN ALSO SEND A TEXT TO 839858. I THINK THEY'RE GIVING AWAY SOME $500 GIFT CARDS OR WHATEVER THAT IS FOR YOU TO DO THAT. IF YOU WANT TO GOTTEN GAUGED, GET INVOLVED, IF YOU WANT TO GO OUT, BE STUDY ABROAD OR SHORT-TERM TRIPS MAKE SURE YOU CONNECT TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY DOWN ON THE MONTVIEW LAWN. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE A PART OF THAT. TODAY WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM SAM RODRIGUEZ. SAM IS A POWERFUL PREACHER, LEADS A CHURCH IN SACKMENT BUT ALSO HAS A CAMPUS COUNSELEDDED NEW SEASONS CHURCHES. IT'S CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE WORLD THAT PREACH THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL, HE'S HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SPEAKING ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. MANY SECULAR SITES HAVE LISTED HIM, HE'S HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVING ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH TODAY. HE HAS BEEN PART OF SERVING TWO DIFFERENT PRESIDENTS ON TWO DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTIES. WE OUGHT TO HAVE THE MINISTER -- RESPONSIBILITY OF MINISTERING ARE FROM PARTIES ON BOTH SIDES, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, AND WE DO THAT BY PREACHING TRUTH AND NOT PREACHING POLITICS. GOD IS GOING TO USE HIM TO CHALLENGE US TO RISE UP, STAND UP TO THE -- HELP ME, IF YOU WOULD, WELCOME SAM RODRIGUEZ TODAY. [ APPLAUSE ] IT'S AN HONOR TO BE WITH YOU. PASTOR JONATHAN FALWELL IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE I LOOK UP TO. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE, EQUIPPING THE NEXT GENERATION, THIS GENERATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CHANGING THE WORLD FOR THE GOSPEL OF JESUS. I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I TRULY BELIEVE THE SPIRIT OF THE WORD HAS PLACED IN MY HEART FROM YOU. I COME FROM CALIFORNIA. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU FOR THE 14 PEOPLE FROM CALIFORNIA. NO, BUT I COME FROM CALIFORNIA, WE'VE BEEN LOCKED DOWN IN PERFECT TOO TEE. I MAY GET A LITTLE EXCITED. IT'S CONTENT UNDER PRESSURE. I SPEAK IN AN ACCELERATED SPEED. I HAD AN EXTRA SHOT OF COFFEE THIS MORNING. IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE THE FIRST TIME THE EARTH HEARS GOD'S WORD, IT'S UTTERING AMAZING TO HAVE FAITH AND SCIENCE. SO THIS SPEAKS ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL. BE THIS IS GOD'S VOICE, GENESIS THREE, LET THERE BE LIGHT. GOD ALWAYS BEGINS BY TURNING THE LIGHTS ON. LEVITICUS REQUIRES LIGHT, FAITH REQUIRES LIGHT. TO A GREAT DEGREE WE LIVE IN A GENESIS 1: 2 MOMENT. WE DO LIVE IN DARK TIMES. SOME ARGUE THAT WE LIVE IN THE DARKEST HOUR OF ALL, DARKENED BY SIN. MORALITY, PORNOGRAPHY, POVERTY, FALSE PROPHETS, WATERED DOWN PREACHING, MATERIALISM, SECULAR TYRANNY, TERROR, DIVISION, STRIVE, INJUSTICE, HATED, WE DO LIVE IN DARK TIMES. YOU TURN ON CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, AND IN THIS CASE, PLACE WE DON'T DISCRIMINATE, UNI VISION, YOU DISCOVER WE ARE LIVING IN ONE OF THE DARKEST HOURS OF YET. I BELIEVE THAT YOUR GENERATION, MY GENERATION, WE WILL NOT BE BE DEFINED BY THE DARKNESS OF A SPIRIT GENESIS 1: 2. I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL BE DEFINED BY BY THE REREDEMPTIVE POWER OF JEN 'TIS ONE: THREE, LET THERE BE LIGHT INTERESTED IN MET MIDST OF DARKNESS, MATTHEW 5, 14 THROUGH 16, YOU, YOU, YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. A CITY ON THE HILL CANNOT BE HIDDEN. NEITHER DO PEOPLE LIGHT A LAMP. THEY PUT IT ON ITS STAND. IT GIVES LIGHT TO EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE. IN THE SAME WAY LETTING THE LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN, SO I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU BRIEFLY ON THE SUBJECT MATTER BE LIGHT, FOR WHEN LIGHT STANDS NEXT TO DARKNESS, LIGHT ALWAYS WINS. BE LIGHT. BE LIGHT BY WHO YOU. YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. WHO ARE WE? IT IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL QUERY, WHO ARE WE. WE HAVE TO DISCOVER WHO WE ARE. REPUTED 88 EVERY INVESTIGATE THE EDGE OF IDENTITY MORATORIUM. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS, THE ENEMY IS AFTER YOUR IDENTITY. YOU MUST KNOW WHO YOU ARE. WHO WE ARE. WHO ARE YOU, WHAT DEFINES YOU. ARE YOU DEFINED BY YOUR PAST, YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, BY WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT YOU. HERE IS SOME GREAT NEWS FROM WHAT TOOK PLACE ON THE CROSS. CHRIST DEFINES YOU. YOU ARE NOT DEFINED BY WHAT SURROUNDING YOU. YOU ARE DEFINED BY GOD'S SPIRIT INSIDE OF YOU. NOT BY THE CIRCUMSTANCE. YOU ARE DEFINED BY HIS COVENANT. BY THE HELL YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. YOU'RE DEFINED BY THE HEAVEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. YOU ARE NOT DEFINED BY YOUR FAILURE TOES. YOU ARE DEFINED BY HIS FORGIVENESS. NOT BY WHAT TOOK PLACE DURING COVID. BY WHAT TOOK PLACE ON THE CROSS, YOU ARE DEFINED BY. YOU, AND/OR ALL OF MY FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AND INSTAGRAM BROTHERS AND SISTERS, YOU ARE NOT DOE FIND BY THE LIKES OF MANY. YOU ARE KEY FIND BY THE LOVE OF ONE. FOR ALL GET OVER YOURSELF. YOU'RE DEFINED BY WHAT GOD ALREADY GOOD FOR YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THE CROSS, THE EMPTY TOMB, YOU'RE DEFINED BY THE FATHER AND SON, THE MOTION, BY GALATIANS 2:20. CHRIST LIVING IN ME. WITH SO MANY ATTEMPT TO DEFINE THIS, WHO ARE WE? WHO ARE WE? WHO ARE WE AS CHRIST FOLLOWERS, AS HIS CHURCH. THERE IS AN ATTEMPT TO DEFINE US, AN ATTEMPT TO TELL US WHO WE ARE. ARE WE JUST ANOTHER INSTITUTION AND SOCIETY. ARE WE ANOTHER RELIGION FAITH NARRATIVE COMPETING IN THE WORKPLACE OF IDEAS. ARE WE A FEEL-GOOD APPARATUS OF SPIRITUALLY PREPARED. A SET OF THESE RELEVANT VALUES, ARC QUICK VALUES NO LONGER APPLICABLE IN THE WORLD OF NETFLIX AND TIKTOK. HOW YOUR GENERATION RESPONDENTS WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT ONCE AGAIN, LIFE OVERCOMES DARKNESS. SO WHO ARE WE? WE CAN'T DRINK IN COOL LAID. WE CAN'T DRINK THE COOL LAID. WE MUST RESPOND WITH CLARITY, CONVICTION, COURAGE. WHO ARE WE? WE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. WE ARE A CITY ON A HILL. PEOPLE OF THE WORD. PROPHETIC AND NOT PATHETIC. WE ARE DISCIPLES, WITNESSES, AND CHRIST FOLLOWERS. EVANGELISTS, PASTORS, TEACHES, WE ARE CHILDREN OF THE CROSS. FRUIT OF THE EMPTY TOO MANYING AND PRODUCT OF THE UPPER ROOM. WE ARE THE REDEEMER OF THE LORD, THE SHEEP OF HIS PASTURE. WE ARE GLORIOUS. WE ARE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. WORLD CHANGERS AND HISTORY FILMMAKERS LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE ARE NOT. WE ARE NOT GOOGLE, NOT MICROSOFT, WE ARE NOT FORD, AND THIS EVEN BREAKS MY HEART, WE'RE NOT EVEN STARBUCKS. WE ARE THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. [ APPLAUSE ] >> AND THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT, CANNOT, WILL NOT, NO ■WAY, NO HOW, ME /VALE/VEIL/VAIL AGAINST US. WE ARE THE CHURCH. LIGHT OF THE WORD. >> FIRST AND FOREMOST WE ARE NOT BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW OR BROWN, HISPANIC, CHARISMATIC OR AUTHENTIC. AUTHENTIC, FORGET THAT. WE ARE ABOVE ALL BORN AGAIN, CHILDREN OF ALMIGHTY GOD. BE LIGHT BY ALWAYS REMEMBERING THAT GOD DOESN'T CALL THE PERFECT, HE CALLS THE WILLING. HE DOESN'T CALL THE ONE HAS IT ALL. HE CALLS UPON THE ONE THAT IS WILLING TO SURRENDER IT ALL. EVERY SINGLE TIME LIGHT STANDS NEXT TO DARKNESS, LIGHT ALWAYS WINS. BE LIGHT BY REMOVING THE OBSTACLES. A CITY ON THE HILL CANNOT BE HIDDEN. NEITHER DO PEOPLE LIGHT A LAMP AND HIDE IT. REMOVE COMPLACENCY, ACQUIESCE SENSE AND FEAR AND LAY CLAIM, SO WE MAY SHINE BEFORE ALL MEN. TODAY'S COMPLACENCY IS TOMORROW'S CAPTIVITY. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS COMFORTABLE CHRISTIANITY. YOU ARE WHAT YOU TOLERATE. TRUTH MUST NEVER BE SACRIFICED. ON THE ALTAR OF POLITICALTURE OR SEXUAL EXPEDIENT YEN SEE. WHILE MANY ARE WAITING FOR JESUS TO COME DOWN, JESUS IS WAITING FOR HIS CHURCH TO STAND UP. THERE IS A BATTLE FOR YOU, FOR THE LIGHT INSIDE YOU. THERE IS A BATTLE TO TURN OFF THE LIGHT IN THIS NATION AND AROUND THE WORLD. AND AGAIN, LET ME REITERATE, DON'T DRINK THE KOOL-AID. THE BATTLE RIGHT NOW IS NOT BETWEEN THE DONKEY AND THE ELEPHANT. IT'S BETWEEN THE SERPENT AND THE LAMB. THAT IS THE BATTLE. WE ARE NOT FIGHTING AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD ENEMIES, BUT AGAINST EVIL RULERS AND AUTHORITIES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? THERE ARE POWERS OF DARKNESS OUT THERE. THE SPIRIT OF JESS BELL STILL LIVES. MEN MEN AND WOMEN WHO CARRY A MANTLE TO HIDE IN THE CAVE OF DEPRESSION, FEAR, ANXIETY AND CONFUSION. DEMANDING THAT A GENERATION THAT CARRIES FAVOR BROWS TO THE LIVES OF FALSE NARRATIVE. THE EXPERT OF HEROD STILL LIVES IN AMERICA AND AROUND THE WORLD, KILLING THE INNOCENT IN THE WOMB BE AND IN THE STREETS, MURDERING PRECIOUS DREAMS AND VISIONS. BUT I'VE COME TO GIVE YOU SOME GREAT NEWS. THERE IS A SPIRIT. MORE POWERFUL THAN ALL THESE SPIRITS COMBINED. MATTER OF FACT, I'M HERE TODAY TO DECLARE TO THIS GENERATION THAT THE MOST POWERFUL SPIRIT ALIVE TODAY, I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU READ ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER, WHATEVER APPEARS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF A NEWSPAPER, WHATEVER APPEARS ON CABLE NEWS, DON'T DRINK THE KOOL-AID. THE MOST POWERFUL SPIRIT ALIVE TODAY IS NOT THE SPIRIT OF SAUL, JESS BELL. THE MOST POWERFUL SPIRIT TO PLANET TODAY IS STILL THE HOLY SPIRIT OF ALMIGHTY GOD. [ APPLAUSE ] SO ARE WE SCREAMING? WE ARE? GREAT, HERE WE GO. I'LL GET IN TROUBLE, BUT HERE WE GO. I WAS IN CALIFORNIA, I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, SO DURING THE MIDST OF THE LOCK-DOWNS, THE COVID LOCK YOUDOWNS, I LIVES THIS TRUE. THE GOVERNOR OF MY STATE DECLARED THAT CHURCHES WERE NOT ESSENTIAL AT ALL, CASINOS AND ELECTRIC ERROR STORES WERE, CHURCHES WERE NOT. IN OTHER WORDS, YES TO JACK DANIELS, NO TO JESUS CHRIST. MY GOVERNOR TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER WHEN HE SAID NOT ONLY CAN YOU NOT HAVE CHURCH AT ALL, NOT EVEN WITH LIMITED CAPACITY, BUT YOU CAN'T EVEN HAVE A CHURCH PRAYER SERVES IN YOUR HOME WITH YOUR FAMILY. IN CALIFORNIA WE WERE TOLD WE COULDN'T EVEN GATHER IN OUR HOMES FOR SERVICE, FOR PRAYER. SO I JUST -- WE ARE STREAMING, RIGHT? WELL, HERE WE GO. CAMERAMAN, GIVE ME A TIGHT SHOT. [ LAUGHTER ] [ APPLAUSE ] >> THERE'S NOT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, A SUPREME COURT DECISION, A LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE, A LAW OR A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN THAT HAS THE POWER TO STOP THE HOLY SPIRIT TO MOVING UPON US. LET ME SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. YOU CAN'T CANCEL THE HOLY SPIRIT, YOU CAN'T DEPLATFORM THE HOLY SPIRIT, YOU CAN'T STOP THE SPIRIT OF ALMIGHTY GOD FROM MOVING. THAT EXPERT IS MOVING IN VIRGINIA, THAT SPIRIT IS MOVING IN CALIFORNIA, THAT SPIRIT IS MOVING IN AMERICA, AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD, THAT SPIRIT IS STILL MOVING. IF YOU BELIEVE IT, SOMEBODY SAY AMEN. YOU CAN'T DEPLATFORM THE HOLY SPIRIT. FOR IT IS NOT BY MIGHT, BY POWER, JACK, YEAH, 4:6, WHEN THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS PRESENT THERE IS FREEDOM. WHEN THE SPIRIT IS PRESENT THERE IS POWER. THERE IS POWER. THERE IS POWER. THAT SPIRIT IS STILL MOVING. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? IT MEANS TO EVERY MAN, AN IDEOLOGY THAT FACILITATES THE PLATFORM OF RELEASE VISION EM, WE STATE THE FOLLOWING, FOR EVERY FOUL THAT RISES UP THERE MUST BE A MOSES. FOR EVERY GOLIATH, THERE WILL BE A DAVID. FOR EVERY JEZABEL THERE MUST BE AND LIE GENTLEMAN. HEROD, THERE MUST BE A JESUS. FOR EVERY DEVIL THAT RISES UP AGAINST YOU, THERE IS A MIGHTIER, GOD, THAT WILL RISE UP FOR YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> IT IS THAT REALITY, IT'S TIME TO REMOVE THE BALL. TIME TO SHAKY OFF WHATEVER LIGHT OR HELL HAS PLACED IN OUR LIFE. REMEMBERING WHAT YOU CAN'T SHAKE OFF, JESUS WASHES OFF, THAT YOU ARE HERE NOT BECAUSE YOU HELD ONTO GOD, BUT BECAUSE GOD PERFECTLY HELD ONTO YOU. YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE WHAT GOD HAS PLACED INSIDE OF YOU IS GREATER THAN ANYTHING HELL COULD PLACE IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU ARE HERE TO LEARN THE REALITY THAT WHEN LIFE THROWS YOU ROCKS, YOU BUILD AN ALTAR. >> FIRST JOHN 2:EIGHT. I AM WRITING YOU A NEW COMMAND. THE DARKNESS IS PASSING AND THE TRUE LIGHT IS SHINING. ARISE AND SHINE FOR YOUR LIGHT HAS COME AND THE GLOIRE OF GOD HAS RISEN UPON YOU. BE LIGHT FOR THE LIGHT STANDS NEXT TO DARKNESS, LIGHT ALWAYS WINS. BE LIGHT BY WHERE YOU STAND. INSTEAD, THEY PUT ON THE THE STAND AND IT GIVES LIGHT TO EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE. WHERE DO WE STAND? WHAT DO WE STAND ON? WHAT IS OUR PRINCIPAL TRUTH? WE STAND ON THE REALITY THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE HOPE OF GLORY. WE STAND ON A TRUTH THAT IS CONTROVERSIAL, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE. IT'S NOT DONE WITH COORS LANGUAGE OR SPIRIT. IT'S NOT DONE IN A CON DESCENDING WAY, BUT WE DECLARE THE TRUTH THAT THERE ARE NOT FIVE WAYS TO HEAVEN, NOT FOUR WAYS TO HEAVEN, NOT THREE WAYS OR TWO LIVES, THERE IS ONE WAY TO ETERNAL LIFE, ONE WAY FOR A NEW LIFE AND THAT WAY IS JESUS. JOHN 14:SIX. WE STAND ON RIGHTEOUSNESS AND 6 P.M. PSALM 89: 14, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE ARE THE FOUNDATION. TRUTH AND LOVE LOAD THE WAY. WE STAND ON A NAME. BY THE GRACE OF GOD I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING IN SOME SUPPORT OF ADVISORY SPAS FOR THREE DIFFERENT PRESIDENTS. NEVER KNOCK ON THE DOOR, NEVER SAW IT, JUST BY THE GRACE OF GOD. AND A PREVIOUS PRESIDENT, I RECEIVED A CALL BACK, IT WAS 2016, RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION, AND I RECEIVED A CALL, MY WIFE AND I WERE COMING IN FROM CALIFORNIA, NEXT TO THE OBEY AREA, WE WERE DRIVING, WE JUST LEFT A PUERTO RICAN RESTAURANT, THAT IS ANOINTED, BLESSED FOOD INDEED. WE LEFT THE RESTAURANT. I GOT A CALL AND IN THAT CALL IT SOUNDED A BIT LIKE THIS. IT WAS ON BLUETOOTH, AN UNKNOWN NUMBER. I USUALLY DON'T PICK UP. CAN WE SPEAK TO REVEREND RODRIGUEZ, SPEAKING, THE PERSON SAID WE'RE CALLING YOU FROM THE PRESIDENT-ELECT TRANSPORTATION TEAM, THE SENATE INAUGURAL COMMITTEE, WE'RE CALLING YOU BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT-ELECT WOULD LIKE YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN HIS INAUGURATION. SO MY RESPONSE WAS I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRANK, I THOUGHT IT WAS MY COUSIN FROM THE BRONX. I WAS, LIKE SOMEBODY IS PULLING MY CHAIN, RIGHT? NOW REALLY, WHO IS THIS? NO, REALLY, WE'RE FROM THE SENATE INAUGURAL COMMITTEE WORKING WITH THE PRESIDENT-ELECT, THE PRESIDENT-ELECT WANTS YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN HIS INAUGURATION. I LOOKED AND MY WIFE AND MY ANSWER WAS OKAY, WOW, I'M OVERWHELMED, I'M HONORED. I'M STILL THINKING WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS REGET. I ASKED WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TODAY? HE SAID THE PRESIDENT-ELECT WOULD LIKE YOU TO PARTICIPATE. I SAID YES, AT WHAT CAPACITY. THE PRESIDENT-ELECT WOULD LIKE YOU TO SHARE. >> SHARE WHAT? WHATEVER PLACES IN YOUR HEART. I WENT, WOW, YOU MEAN LIKE ON THE MAIN STAGE? HERE ON THE MAIN STAGE IN FRONT OF 1.1 BILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. SO I LOOKED AT MY WIFE AND I HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH MY WIFE RIGHT THERE WITH MY EYES, THE PERSON SAID WELL DO YOU ACCEPT, AND MY ANSWER WAS THIS, READY FOR THIS? MY ANSWER WAS LET ME PRAY ABOUT IT AND THINK ABOUT IT. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PHONE CALL THERE IS THIS AWKWARD SILENCE UNLIKE, DUDE, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? YOU'RE ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT THIS? AND THE PERSON SAID SO HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED TO PRAY? I WENT CAN YOU GIVE ME ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS. THE PERSON, AWKWARD SILENCE, SAID I GUESS WE'LL CALL YOU BACK IN THREE WEEKS. I WENT, PLEASE. THANK YOU. NO, THANK YOU. END OF CALL. I LOOKED AT MY WIFE. MY WIFE IS NO LONGER LOOKING AT ME, AND I'M GOING HONE, WE NEED TO -- HONEY, WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THIS. WHY WOULD I HESITATE? I'M A PASTOR IN CALIFORNIA, MULTIPLE ETHICAL. MY CHURCH IS 40% CAULK CAUCASIAN, WHICH IS CODE WORD FOR WHITE. 20% BLACK AMERICAN, 20% CONFUSED. I HAVE A CHURCH, A SUPER BEAUTIFUL CHURCH THAT LOCAL THE KINGDOM, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BRIDE, DIVERSE, LOOKS LIKE HEAVEN, IT'S GORGEOUS. I'M THINKING IF I DO THIS, I'M GOING TO LOSE A CERTAIN PERSON OF MY CHURCH. I'M BEING VERY TRANS PARENT. I'M THINKING BUDGET CUTS, WHO DO I LAY OFF, WHAT PERCENTAGE DO WE PROBABLY LOSE, ALL OF THAT. I LOOKED AT MY WIFE AND SAID LET'S CALL OUR PRAYER TEAM, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EVAN HEAVY ON THIS AND MY WIFE LOOKED AT ME, THIS IS HER STARE, SHOOK HER HEAD, I WENT THINK I SHOULD DO THIS, NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. THEN SHE REMINDED ME. SAM, WHEN YOU WERE 14 YEARS OF AGE -- I'M ORIGINALLY FROM PENNSYLVANIA, SHE SAID WHEN YOU WERE 14 YEARS OF AGE IN THAT EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN PENNSYLVANIA THERE WAS A SPEAR WHO CAME IN FOR TEEN CHALLENGE MINISTRY WHO NEVER MET YOU, NEVER KNEW YOU. HE PRAYED OVER YOU AND SAID SAMUEL, ONE DAY YOU'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING YOU SHOULD BE PRAYING ABOUT AS ITER PER TAKEN TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD DO IT. YOU SHOULD BE PRAYING ABOUT THE CONTENT. WHAT DOES GOD WANT YOU TO SHARE. SO THREE WEEKS LATER THE GUY CALLS ME UP AND SAID HAVE YOU MADE UP MY MIND, I SAID ABSOLUTELY I'M DOING THIS. LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. WILL YOU BE SIN CERTIFYING MY SPEECH, TELLING ME WHAT TO SAY, GIVING ME THE DESCRIPTION YOU WANT ME TO READ FROM, NO, NO, NO. REFINING MY PRAYER. NO. THE THEN HE HE SAID MR. RODRIGUEZ, LET MIMI STOP YOU A MOMENT. THE REASON WE WANT TO INVITE YOU IS WE WANT YOU TO SHARE WHATEVER THE SPIRIT OF GOD TELLS YOU THAT DAY. THAT WAS THE FINAL CONFIRMATION. THAT DAY I APPROACHED IT, RIGHT BEFORE I TOOK THE PODIUM, ALL THE PRESIDENTS WERE THERE. I WAS SEATED BEHIND THE BUSHES. [ LAUGHTER ] >> I'M NOT MAKING THAT UP. SO HELP ME, I WAS. I'M RIGHT BEHIND THE BUSHES. I GET THIS TEXT FROM MY DAUGHTER. LAUREN WAS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY WHEN THIS TOOK PLACE. SHE SENDS ME A TEXT. SHE NEVER HAS SPOKEN TO ME ABOUT THIS. I'M SEATED, ABOUT TO GO UP, ABOUT TO PRAY, SHARE SPIRIT. I'M NERVOUS, SHAKING. I GET IN THIS TEXT FROM MY DAUGHTER. NEVER, EVER HAD MY DAUGHTER SPOKE TO ME THIS WAY. DAD, COMMA, SHUT YOUR MOUTH. SO I'M THINKING IN MY PASSING REALLY MIND, IS THIS SOME SORT OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE AATTACK, I TEXT HER BACK AND GO PARDON ME? SHE GOES NO, DAD, YOU'RE ON FOX NEWS, YOUR MOUTH IS COMPLETELY OPEN NOW, PLEASE SHUT YOUR MOUTH RIGHT NOW. PRAISE BE GOD FOR MY DAUGHTER. 48 HOURS BEFORE THIS RIGHT HERE, A REPORTER FROM A VERY WELL RECOGNIZED MAGAZINE WHO WOULD RECOGNIZE, SPEAKS TO ME AND SAID SAM, PLEASE TELL ME YOU'RE NOT DOING. DOING WHAT? PRAYING, SPEAKING FOR INAUGURATION. IF YOU DO THIS ON THAT STAGE, YOU'RE GOING TO ALIENATE HALF THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA. RIGHT NOW YOU ARE EMBRACED BY EVERYONE ACROSS THE BOARD. YOU'RE GOING TO PUT YOURSELF IN ONE -- I'M DOING IT. ALL RIGHT, IF YOU ARE GOING TO ON DO IT, PLEASE TELL ME YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MENTION THE NAME. I'M SAYING, MY MOUND, IN MY MIND, YOU MEAN TRUMP? AND SHE SAID NOT THAT NAME. PLEASE TELL ME YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MENTION THE NAME. FOR 11 YEARS ON THAT PODIUM THERE WAS A NAME THAT WASN'T MENTIONED. BECAUSE THE NAME ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER WAS TOO CONTROVERSIAL. IT ALIENATED THOSE IN AMERICA WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THAT NAME. SHE SAID, PLEASE TELL ME YOU'RE KNOTTED GOING TO MENTION THE NAME. MY RESPONSE WAS IS AFTER RECEIVING CLARITY AS TO WHAT NAME SHE WAS REFERENCING, I WENT, LET'S SEE, I APPROACHED THE PODIUM AND I SHARED WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE EXACTLY WHAT I JUST SHARED YOU. A QUICK THREE MINUTE -- I TURNED AROUND, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE WERE HERE, CONGRESS, SUPREME COURT, LET ME FINISH MY BY BY SAYING THE FOLLOWING. I MAKE THIS PRAYERFUL DECK I CAN'T RATION, RESPECTFULLY OF MY LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST NOW I NEED YOU TO YOU TUBE THIS. IF RESPONSE WAS CRAZY. FOR 11 YEARS THAT NAME WAS NOT MENTIONED. IT WAS POLITICALLY INCORRECT TO MENTION THAT NAME. I WAS TOLD, DON'T USE THE NAME, USE THE WORD FAITH, WIN, LOVE, HOPE, BUT DON'T MENTION THE NAME. THE MOMENT I MENTIONED JESUS, THE PRESIDENTS SAID AMEN. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SAID AMEN. BEHIND ME, YOU COULD HEAR POEM, SEE THEM GOING AMEN. THE AUDIENCE SHOUTED AMEN. I GOT TEXT MESSAGES FROM PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD, WE SAW YOU ON BBC, ALL AROUND THE WORLD, HOW DARE YOU. IN A POSITIVE WAY. MY BEST FRIEND SAID DOWD, YOU MENTIONED THE NAME. ALL AROUND THE WORLD. THE RESPONSE WAS OVER CURRENT TEMPERATURE. A NEWS REPORT CAME OUT JESUS WAS MENTIONED. WHY THE RESPONSE. WHY THE RESPONSE. SIMPLY STATED THERE IS STILL POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS. [ APPLAUSE ] THERE IS STILL POWER IN THAT NAME. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LISTEN TO ME CAREFULLY. THERE IS SNOW OTHER NAME LIKE THE NAME OF JESUS. THAT'S NOT HYPE, RHETORIC. WE CAN'T BE SILENT IN LICHTING UP THAT NAME. THERE IS AN ATTEMPT TO SILENCE US, AN ATTEMPT TO PROMPT US, SACK NOISE THAT NAME, BUT WHEREVER THIS GENERATION STANDS, WE STAND WITH THE CERTAINTY THE THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE NAME BY WHICH THROUGH SALVATION HAS COME TO ALL MANKIND AND WE WILL NOT LOWER THE VOLUME. I AM BELIEVING THAT YOUR GENERATION WILL LIFT UP THE NAME OF JESUS LIKE THAT NAME HAS NEVER BEEN LIFTED UP BEFORE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WE STAND ON THAT NAME. WE STAND ON THE CROSS THAT IS BOTH VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL. THEY HAVE BEEN AND EARTH, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE, SANCTIFICATION AND SERVICE. HOLINESS AND HUMILITY, TRUTH AND LOVE, CONVICTION AND COMPASSION, MISSIONS IN THE OFFICE PLACE. IT IS BOTH BILLY GRAHAM, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., JERUSALEM AND LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, WE STAND ON THAT CROSS. BE RIGHT BY WHAT YOU DO. IN THE SAME WAY LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN THAT THEY MAY SEE THE GOOD DEEDS AND PRAISE YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN. IT'S WHAT WE DO THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD. JESUS CHANGED THE WORLD BECAUSE OF WHO HE WAS, WHAT HE SAID AND WHAT HE DID. HIS CHARACTER, HIS RHETORIC, HIS ACTIONS, LET US DO LIKE WISE. EPHESIANS 5:EIGHT, YOU WERE ONCE DARKNESS, NOW LIVE IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD. WE SHINE, FOR WE UNDERSTAND THAT CHRISTIANITY IS LESS ABOUT PROMOTING THE PERFECT AND MORE ABOUT BLESSING THE BROKEN. WE IMLOOKS LIKE NATURE OUR SURROUNDINGS, OUR FAITH STANDS MEASURED NOT BY THE LEVEL OF RHETORICAL ELEGANCE, BUT THE CONSTANT OF LOVING ACTIONS. WE ARE NOTHING LESS THAN RADIANT WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE ONLY AGENDA THAT CAN SAVE AMERICA IS NOT THE AGENDA OF THE DONKEY OR THE ELEPHANT, BUT ST. LOUIS CIVIL THE LANDSCAPE OF JESUS CHRIST. WE WILL CHANGE THE WORLD. ONE FINAL REMINDER, UNCLE SAM MAY BE YOUR UNCLE, BUT HE WILL NEVER BE YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER, FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT A MATTER OF TALK, BUT OF POWER. >> FIRST CORINTHIANS 4:10. ALWAYS REMEMBER, IT'S OUR ACTIONS IS. IT TAKES CONVICTION TO REPENT, COURAGE TO SPEAK TRUTH, HOLINESS TO SPEAK GOD, SO IN CONCLUSION, WHEN ASKED WHAT DO CHRISTIANS DO BESIDES GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY, HERE IS MY RESPONSE, WE LOVE, WE FORGIVE, WE BLESS OUR ENEMIES, WALK IN INTEGRITY, WE WELCOME THE STRANGER, TAKE CARE OF THE ORPHAN AND THE WIDOW, PREACH THE WORD, THE FULL GOSPEL IN AND OUT OF SEASON. WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH, DO JUSTICE, LOVE MERCY, WALK HUMBLY BEFORE GOD, WE ARE LIGHT. THE LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS AND THE DARKNESS CAN NEVER OVERCOME. >> FIRST SAMUEL 3:THREE SAYS THE FOLLOWING. THE LAMP OF GOD HAS NOT GONE OUT YET. GOOD. I LOVE THIS. THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT IS WHERE ALL THE COLORS OF THE SPECTRUM COME TOGETHER. I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A WHITE CHURCH. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A BLACK CHURCH, NO SUCH THIS AS A BROWN CHURCH. THERE'S ONLY ONE CHURCH, THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. [ APPLAUSE ] >> AND WHEN WE COME TOGETHER, WE WILL FLIP THE SWITCH. SO LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, GET READY, BECAUSE WITH THIS LIGHT, LIGHT IN YOUR GENERATION, OVERCOMING DARKNESS. WHEN WE TURN ON THE LIGHT IT ACTIVATES A SEASON. INSTEAD OF LIGHT, REVIVAL, STRIVE, UNITY, HATED, LOVE, INSTEAD OF POLITICAL, AFFILIATION, PROPHETIC DESIGNATION. INSTEAD OF STORMING THE CAPITAL, WE'RE ABOUT TO STORM THE GATES OF HELL IN THE NAME OF JESUS. SO BE LIGHT, AND WALK, BE LIGHT AND BELIEVE LIKE ABRAHAM, DRESS LIKE JOSEPH, SHARE LIKE JOSHUA. FIGHT LIKE GRID YEN. PRAY LIKE DANIEL. BE LIGHT AND PREACH LIKE PETER, SERVE LIKE STEVEN, LIFE LIKE JESUS, BE LIGHT AND CHANGES AMERICA, BE LIGHT AND CHANGE THE WORLD BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE TIME LIGHT STANDS NEXT TO DARKNESS. LIGHT ALWAYS WINS. GOD BLESS YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THAT'S A MESSAGE FOR YOUR GENERATION BECAUSE WE DO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THAT NAME WILL CONSTANTLY BE DENIGRATED, THAT NAME WILL CONSTANTLY BE DISMISSED, BUT IT'S THE NAME OF JESUS. DON'T EVER FORGET THIS. JESUS HIMSELF SAID THIS, IF I BE LIFTED UP, I WILL DRAW ALL MEN TO MYSELF. THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR TALENT OR YOUR ABILITY. IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE LIFTING UP THE NAME OF JESUS. RIGHT NOW I THINK WE CAN'T END WITH AN ANNOUNCEMENT. I THINK WE GOT TO END WITH WORSHIP HERE TODAY. DO YOU AGREE WITH ME? I'VE ASKED THE WORSHIP COLLECTIVE TO COME BACK UP AND JUST LOAD US TODAY AS WE WALK OUT OF THIS PLACE IN A FEW MOMENTS, I JUST WANT TO WALK OUT OF HERE LIFTING UP THE NAME OF JESUS. DON'T FORGET, THE FAIR IS GOING ON DOWN IN MONTVIEW, COME BACK HERE TONIGHT, CAMPUS COMMUNITY, SEVEN O'CLOCK, JOSH RUTLEDGE IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING. YOU WANT TO BE HERE. DON'T MISS IT. LET'S STAND UP, GET ON OUR FEET AND LET'S WORSHIP TOGETHER. >>> LEAVE HERE TODAY, BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF GOSPEL, JESUS CHRIST, IMITATE GOD AS DEARLY LOVED CHILDREN OF GOD FOR CHRIST GAVE HIMSELF FOR YOU. WE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD. LET'S LIVE LIKE IT. WE'LL SEE YOU BACK TONIGHT, SEVEN O'CLOCK RIGHT HERE FOR CAMPUS COMMUNITY. HAVE A GREAT DAY.
