TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - DOGE Revolt? NC Republican Heckled at Townhall Meeting

Episode Date: March 14, 2025

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your ally in emergency readiness. Visit our website and become prepared today. President Donald Trump asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to slaughter thousands of Ukrainian soldiers inside Russia. This is True News for Friday, March 14, 2025. Let's begin our analysis and commentary of today's news with this article published by London's Telegraph, the headline, Trump Tells Putin to Spare Lives of Thousands of Encircled Ukrainian Troops. And he posted a message on Truth Social.

It had this message for everyone. We had very good and productive discussions with President Vladimir Putin of Russia yesterday and there is a very good chance that this horrible bloody war can finally come to an end. But at this very moment, thousands of Ukrainian troops are completely surrounded by the Russian military and in a very bad and vulnerable position. I have strongly requested to President Putin that their lives be spared. This would be a horrible massacre, one not seen since World War II.

God bless them all. And then we have this from the London Telegraph. So the Ukrainians are saying, what massacre? Our troops in Russia aren't in danger. Of course, they're not going to admit to it, but they're denying it. What a massacre. Our troops in Russia aren't in danger. Of course, they're not going to admit to it, but they're denying it. Ukraine denies Trump claims that thousands of its troops are surrounded. Ukraine's military has dismissed Donald Trump's claim that thousands of its troops are encircled

in Russia's Kursk region as false. Its general staff instead accused Russia of fabricating reports for political manipulation and to exert pressure on Ukraine and its partners. In response, Ukraine announced that there was no threat of our units being encircled incurs because its units had pulled back to more favorable positions which defense analysts confirmed isn't it an actual back these both these headlines are on the telegraph

that's a very cedars the only other same newspaper same website into contradictory same day on the same day i so which one's true newspaper, same website, and two contradictory... Same day. On the same day. All right. So which one's true? But whenever I read that troops have fallen back, that to me sounds like retreat. Yes.

So that's... We're advancing in reverse. There you go. Now what did the Russians say? Here's Russia Today. Putin urges Kiev to order troops in Kursk region to surrender. So, Russia Today is reporting that Moscow is sympathetic to US President Donald Trump's request that the lives of the Ukrainian troops encircled in Russia's Kursk region be spared,

President Putin said during a National Security Council meeting Friday. He said that Russia will guarantee their lives if they lay down their arms, he added. President Putin responded that he was aware of President Trump's request, adding that Russia was willing to consider it if they lay down their arms and surrender, we will guarantee them their lives and dignified treatment in accordance with international law and Russian legal norms," the president said. They are encircled. The Ukrainians can deny it all day long.

There have been multiple reports since yesterday about this encirclement of the troops in Kursk. I thought it was interesting, the center change between President Trump and President Putin over those troops So who brought it up first did President Trump? Bring up the subject of President Putin or did President Putin say to mr. Trump by the way We've got the Ukrainian troops circled inside Russia. We're gonna kill him and Then President Trump comes back and says please Don't kill them, don't slaughter them.

If that's the case, then Mr. Putin is setting up a scenario where he's the good guy for not killing them. Right. Yes. All right. He wins that game. Hey, I didn't kill them. Did Donald Trump throw a softball toward President Putin on this by launching this out there?

We don't know who brought it out first. Okay? Whether Mr. Putin said to Mr. Trump, hey, we're going to kill a bunch of Ukrainians in our country, or Mr. Trump brought the subject up and said, hey, I'm asking you this, don't kill them. But either way, if the Russians don't slaughter the Ukrainians, they end up looking like the good guys. Right. Hey, we could have done it.

But we chose not to. We chose not to. They are on our territory. Because President Trump asked us not to kill them. It's also a psychological ploy that you're putting panic in the Ukrainians in Russia and they're saying, let's get out of here. Because the next step, what, Doc, is going to be a Russian message dropping leaflets. You have 24 hours to hoof it to the Ukrainian border.

If you go, we'll let you leave. the hoof it to the ukrainian border the video uh... will let you leave are eight years see the russians are saying they classify them as terrorists not combat soldiers right why because the legal definition allows them to do anything they want to do right this is a special military operation by definition of the russians not a war

everyone else may be calling it a war but in terms of defining it for russia's purposes they've called it as you know the smo the special military operation and are calling it the ukrainian invasion there's they're calling it a terrorist a terrorist incursion incursion okay so demetri mcveda had something to say about it let's read his post on Telegram. Well, and he had this to say, you see the headline there on TOS, that in case of refusal to surrender, the armed forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region will be destroyed.

And as Rick said, he did take to Telegram with the following comments. Now, at a meeting of permanent members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Vladimir Putin, said, in the event of the laying down of our arms, the Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region will be guaranteed life and decent treatment. Medvedev went on to say, this is a very humane approach of our country, but its flip side for the Ukrainian Nazis means that if they refuse to lay down their arms, they will all be consistently and mercilessly destroyed. The bloody regime of the Kiev scum still has a chance to save its people. The coming hours will show what they have chosen.

So this could be a very interesting weekend. Okay, so there's this... I'm not ruling out that President Trump and President Putin are secretly working together on this. Well, President Trump said I had very good discussions with President Putin. But I'm talking about this. If the Russians told the White House, look, we can accept this peace plan, but we can't do it until we kill all the Ukrainians inside Russia

and if they came up with a plan and Said all right. Let's uh Let's say you're going to slaughter them and you give them 24 hours 48 hours to get out of Dodge That solves the problem right The Ukrainians leave if they don't leave leave, then Russia says, hey, we gave them two days to leave, and they didn't do it. So now they are enemy combatants. They're terrorists on our property, on our soil. But I think it's to clear Russia of the Ukrainians so that this ceasefire can go into effect. Now, yesterday, President Trump met with NATO Secretary General

Mark Ruta. And Mr. Ruta is, I said yesterday, he's a very smooth operator. I think he's well-groomed by European technocrats for this position. Okay, he has the nickname Trump Whisperer. Oh really? Yes. I hadn't heard that.

Oh you haven't heard that? No. In Europe they call him the Trump Whisperer. Meaning, he knows how to talk to Donald Trump. he knows how to talk to Donald Trump. He understands Donald Trump and he adjusts his words to fit Mr. Trump's demeanor and thinking processes. He's a, Mark Ruta is a very smart, very smooth operator. Pay attention to this guy. So, um. Just the body language there. Yes. What do you see?

I see that Ruta is confident in his ability to communicate with Donald Trump. He's not flustered. He's not upset. Not intimidated? Nope. But he's also not touching Mr. Trump.'s not upset. Not intimidated? Nope. But he's also not touching Mr. Trump. That's right.

Not reaching out, he's not playing that game. Right. He's not playing that handshake game, not reaching over, touching his arm like Mr. Macron. He's sitting there very confident. Yes. And even when the discussion about Greenland came up, it was interesting how Ruta handled it. Right, and that's what we're going to show you.

But before it came up, and I didn't bring the video, I ran out of time, I meant to show this video, he extended to Mr. Trump an invitation to come to Europe for the NATO meeting. And Mr. Rutte was the prime minister of the Netherlands. Right. And he told Mr. Trump, he said, now when you come? Basically what he said was, we're going to put on a grand show for you. I mean, it was, he was pouring it on. Okay. And he said, there's going to be a great display of American power and prestige

in Europe. You're right. He does know how to work. And Mr. Trump was just sitting there purring like a little kitten. He had him under control. Ruta had Trump under control because he's talking the words. We're going to give you what you want. You're going to get a big parade. We're going to have 21-gun salute. We're going to have cannons.

All right? We'll have flybys, whatever it is. We're going to show Europe that America is mighty. And he subdued Donald Trump. The guy is very smart. Now, you mentioned Greenland. By the way, yesterday, I think I repeatedly said Finland. Well, I think you did once.

I didn't catch it more than once. Oh, was I? But I definitely said it once. Just once. Sometimes when I leave here, I go, what was I talking about? Folks he's been doing news for 26 years. Finland, Greenland, what's it matter? We will invade Finland, who knows?

But Mr. Trump brought up in this meeting, America wants, we're going to have Greenland. We're going have Greenland. Yes. We're gonna take it. And he tried to bring NATO in saying, hey, you and I, you're NATO chief, we're gonna have a discussion about taking Greenland. Watch how smooth Mark Ruta handled the situation without acting like Zelensky. Yes. Zelensinsky blew up

Made a scene. Ruta brought on the butter. He smeared the butter on this one Greenland What is your vision for the potential annexation of Greenland and getting them potentially? Well, I think it'll happen and I'm just thinking I didn't give it much thought before but I'm sitting with a man that could be very instrumental. You know, Mark, we need that for international security, not just security, international. We have a lot of our favorite players, you know, cruising around the coast and we have to be careful and we'll be talking to you. It's a very appropriate, really a very appropriate question.

Thank you very much. And actually, the issue with the high north, so the Arctic, so what you did, so when it comes to Greenland, yes, we're not joining the US, I would leave that outside for me this discussion because I don't want to drag NATO in that. But when it comes to the high north and the Arctic, you are totally right. The Chinese are now using these routes. We know that the Russians are rearming. We know we have a lack of icebreakers. So the fact that the seven, outside Russia, there are seven Arctic countries working together on this, on the US leadership, is very important to make sure that that region, that part of

the world stays safe. And we know things are changing there, and we have to be there. So he said, I'm not going to allow NATO to be brought into this. But here I am talking about it. But here I am. And the seven Arctic countries, we're all meeting and talking about it. But I'm not going to let NATO be brought in on it. It was a delicate situation.

And Mr. Rutte, he just slid through it without any abrasiveness. And basically what he did is he said, President Trump, you're right. This is a security issue. But we're not going to talk about it. Right. Not today. He agreed with him. That this is a problem.

But said, we're not going to participate in it. Right. But we're in agreement with you. I'm talking to guys very adept at diplomatic maneuvers. Much more so, it seems, than Yen Stoltenberg. Yes, right. Stoltenberg, at times, seemed a bit ham-handed. Yes, clunky. Kind of clunky.

Right. All right. Well, we have this story, though, regarding Greenland. This is from NBC News. Look at the headline there. We have to dig into it to get all the good stuff here. It says, enough is enough. Greenland flatly rejects Trump's calls for annexation. NBC, that's not quite the whole thing there. Well, Doc, they did have an election this week. They did. And they voted for a party that was against annexation with the U.S. That's true. But the idea here is that it wasn't a complete, you know, the entire parliament or anything

like that. So Greenland's leaders issued a sharp rebuke of Donald Trump's renewed calls to annex at Thursday after the president once again expressed his desire to take over the Arctic island, as we saw in the previous video. I think it will happen. He added, we really need it for national security. Now, outgoing Prime Minister Mute Egede responded in a Facebook post, enough is enough. Egede added that he planned to send the leaders

from all parties in Greenland to issue a joint rejection of Trump's overtures. Now, he is the outgoing prime minister, and so he's been removed from power. We're gonna be in Greenland. One way or another, we're gonna be there. It doesn't matter who's in Greenland, we're gonna be there. Because of this. who's in Greenland, we're going to be there.

Because... Well, we are buying eggs from Denmark now. There's the first step. Right. All right. The US has placed an order for eggs. You're getting Danish eggs. Yeah, I think It'll end up with Denmark owning Greenland and the US occupying Greenland and NATO providing military support. But the US will get the minerals that they're after. I don't think Denmark's going to give it up. Look, if the people of Greenland had a referendum and voted and said, we want to be Americans, that's wonderful. Come on and join.

I'd love it. But I will not join in this Viking mentality. We're going to conquer it. We're going to go take it. We want it. Why don't we just beat our chests and say, I want it. Okay? Now, I'm not participating in that. But if the people of Greenland say, yes, we're going to have a referendum. And if the majority of the voters of Greenland

choose to become Americans, then hey, come on in. This is part of President Trump's playbook. I mean, it really, really is. When he first ventured into real estate in Atlantic City, everybody was opposed to him. Everybody, business leaders, the folks in Atlantic City, the government leaders said, we don't want him to bring his Kishi business down here. He doesn't even know how to run a casino and everything. But what Donald Trump did is he just talked it every day.

Every day he was in the media talking about it. He said, it's going to be a beautiful casino. It's going to be a big casino. It's going to be a 3,000 rooms casino. There's going to be 2,000 slot machines casino. It's going to create thousands of jobs all up and down the Atlantic City seaboard here. He just kept talking and talking and as he kept talking it the resistance wore down and then it shifted eventually to them just saying okay. Come on in. Will you shut up if we let you build your own?

But essentially, I don't know if that's going to work on Canada. No, that's going to be interesting to see. I can't see the Canadians giving into something like that, but I think he's going to beat them down very hard on a new, it's not NAFTA, what's the name of the treaty now? Oh, I forget, what is it now? They replaced NAFTA, but whatever it is, I think that one's going to be very lopsided in favor Of the United States. I can't see Canada joining The USA we'd love it. We love our Canadian friends. We'd love you. Yes to be here

But I don't see you giving up your country So Jewish insider, anti-Israel commentator tapped as deputy director of national intelligence. When I saw this, is this for real? Colonel Davis? Daniel Davis. Daniel Davis is going to the department of, to the national intelligence office under Tulsi Gabbard under Tulsi Gabbard? Is this for real?

So Daniel Davis, a senior fellow at the isolationist Defense Priorities Think Tank with a record of strident criticism of Israel, just to remind you, this is Jewish Insider saying this, has been tapped as a deputy director of national intelligence, the resources with knowledge of the section, told Jewish Insider. Now, Davis also has lambasted US support for the war in Gaza as a moral and strategic mistake. He's opposed military action to destroy Iran's nuclear program and suggested that it is only US and Israeli policy and actions

that are pushing Iran toward pursuing a nuclear weapon. Those three sources told Jewish Insider that Davis, a retired military officer and early critic of the Afghanistan war, had been offered and accepted the position of Deputy DNI for mission integration, one of the top jobs at the office of the Director of National Intelligence under DNI Tulsi Gabbard. He is waiting for the completion of his background check. Well, folks, they did the background check. Okay, so that was March 12th.

Yes. And then also on March 12th. Later in the day. Later in the day. Trump administration pulls Intel job offer for critic of Israel on the same day. Same day. The Jewish insider reported it. Yes.

And the little APAC minions went to work, including Florida Senator Rick Scott and you know all the the Zionists in Congress they started screaming we can't have an Israel critic in the Department of National Intelligence and he Colonel Davis didn't last one day. Yeah But don't say that the Israeli lobby has power in Washington. You can't say that and yet they took out a Israeli lobby has power in Washington. You can't say that. And yet they took out a retired colonel in one day. Yes.

A foreign country. A foreign country applied pressure in America and prevented a retired American colonel from serving in our government. You got it Rick. But you can't say that Israel has political power in the United States. Well, it's a shame. And President Trump didn't stand up for him. No. He caved.

He gave in. And the White House yanked the nomination, just like they yanked the nomination of the congressman from Florida to run this, was it CDC? Because he was too anti-vax? Oh yes. He got, his nomination got pulled this week too. Right.

So, then I will understand up for these people. I admire them that they nominate them, but they fold It's run a little bit of opposition and they run Politico yeah, here's the story Trump administration pulls Intel job for critic of Israel. We just saw that headline. Okay But I do want to give you some of the quotes in here that headline. Okay, but I do want to give you some of the quotes in here. Senator Mark Warner, Democrat, Virginia, said that Colonel Davis was utterly unqualified for any role. Utterly unqualified. A retired Colonel. Why was he unqualified?

Because he was a critic of Israel. He's a critic of Israel. Yeah. So. Fox News host Mark Levin called the nomination bizarre. Hard to understand. The ADL said the appointment was extremely dangerous. Not just that they disagreed with it, but that it was extremely dangerous

So mr. Levin what's bizarre about Daniel Davis's nomination It's bizarre that somebody would actually Publicly say I don't believe all design is BS. That's put out there publicly say, I don't believe all the Zionist BS that's put out there. That's bizarre to Mark Levin. And yet the conservatives, they just line up to support Mark Levin. Right. And we were told there's not going to be a litmus test on appointments, but here it is.

Israel always is a litmus test. Always, always, always. Well, while we're talking about Israel, let's take a look at what's going on in Israel in politics. Haaretz newspaper Netanyahu versus Shin Bet, an unprecedented war to end all wars. Now, Shin Bet is the national police, like the FBI of Israel. Right. And the guy there on the left is the director of Shin Bet, and he does not like Bibi Netanyahu. And he's threatening to tell the truth. I think it's kind of like the FBI director saying to the president, you keep pushing

me and I'm going to tell the truth. Right. Well, what does that mean to everybody who heard it? There's a truth that— There's something right. What do you mean you're going to tell the truth? Well now, even for a country accustomed to and notorious for frequent vociferous political scandals that would rock other countries' foundations, Thursday's comments about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

by the previous head of Shin Bet Security, are a bombshell rare in their potential explosiveness and audacity. It said, without democracy we have nothing. If Netanyahu breaks the law, I will come out and tell everything I know about him. That's coming from Adav Argumen, speaking to Israel's Channel 12 News. Now Argumen, with a proven track record of opposing Netanyahu's strength in Hamas policy between 2014 and 2023, has spoken out before, but never like this, implicitly threatening a sitting prime minister.

All right, now, where does this stop right here? It says he has a proven track record of opposing Netanyahu's, quote, strengthened Hamas policy, which was in operation between 2014 and 2023. What was that policy? To fund Hamas. $30 million a month for 10 years. Yes. 2014 to 2023.

But if you and I say that. I did say it. And we get hit on it. I had people to watch this program accuse me of making it up. Misinformation, yes. But where did you come up with that? The equivalent of the FBI director in Israel saying you know what I was critical of Netanyahu for nine years. We financed Hamas, thirty million dollars a month. See, Netanyahu should be charged

with money laundering to finance terrorism. We should treat him like a Hamas terrorist, right? Well, he said that Hamas is a terrorist organization and yet he funded them. What does that make him? A funder of terrorism. That's right. And yet you you have these Christian Zionists in America. It doesn't matter how much you show them, they don't believe it. Oh, that's true. They just don't believe it. Yeah, they just think folks over in Israel are sitting on the banks of the Jordan, playing harps and singing the songs of Moses. That's it. But no, this is what's going on over there. Read this, Doc. Read this next paragraph.

So it says here, from that article, an agitated, shaken, and riled Netanyahu immediately responded, I am being extorted under threats by the current head, Ronin Barr, and previous head of Shin Bet. These mafia-like criminal threats will not deter me, Netanyahu said in a statement, not specifying what he is being extorted over or what exactly it would not deter me," Netanyahu said in a statement, not specifying what he is being extorted over or what exactly it would not deter him from doing. He's accusing the Israeli FBI of acting like mafia criminal thugs. Without explaining what it is that he's being extorted for or what it would prevent him from doing.

So, and he went on further Friday, filing a complaint against Argument, who you see there in the picture, with the police commissioner, and he accused the former Shin Bet chief of extortion, undermining the rule of law and government and disclosing secret information. Also on Friday, see if this sounds familiar. Disclosing secret information

that he financed Hamas for 10 years. Now also on Friday, 151 former heads of the Mossad, Shin Bet, department heads in both organizations, and dozens of former IDF generals and officers signed a letter of support for Barr, the current director of Shin Bet, whom Netanyahu sees as a political nemesis and badly wants to fire. And Mr. Netanyahu's corruption trial is starting again. Right. He's still, somehow, you know, he's used the war

to escape that corruption trial, but now that trial's back on track. Ynet News. The U.S. and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians from Gaza. I couldn't believe those headlines. Well, wait a minute. President Trump said the other day, we're not moving anybody. Yes. Which story is it? Well depends on which day which day yeah Whose version different truth. Yeah, so the US and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African Governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations for resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip under President Donald Trump's proposed postwar plan. The contacts with Sudan, Somalia, and a breakaway region of Somalia, known as Somaliland,

reflect the determination by the United States and Israel to press ahead with the plan that has been widely condemned and has raised serious legal and moral issues." So, Mr. Trump just days ago said to a reporter—oh, nobody's talking about resettling Palestinians? And yet now, a Jewish newspaper in Israel says, oh yes they are. The Trump administration and the Netanyahu administration are quietly working with Sudan and Somalia and Somalialand to move two million Palestinians there. Now, wow, what a deal. Guess what they have there?

Famine. Oh, there's all kinds of famine. Wow, what a deal. Guess what they have there? Famine? Oh, there's all kinds of famine. They've, Somalia's had a war going on. They've had a war, ongoing war. Hey, they'll fill it home, Doc. There's no food, there's no water, and there's war. Yeah, everything's rubble. Yeah, you'll fill right at home.

Yeah, you'll fit in. How sick and twisted and perverted this is true. It is disgusting. It is disgusting. It is absolutely disgusting if the Trump administration is secretly planning to move two million Palestinians to Sudan. Why don't you move the Israelis to Sudan? Yes. Let's solve the problem.

They're the cause of the problem. They showed up in the 40s. They started the fighting of the problem. They showed up in the 40s. They started the fighting with the Arabs. Look at Mr. Netanyahu. Where was he born? Poland. His name's not Netanyahu. His name's not Ben-Nateh.

He had multiple names. He has a Polish name. Almost everybody in Israel came from another country. And almost everyone has a different name. And they all have different names. So why don't they move to Sudan, if it's such a wonderful place? Well, actually, they almost created Israel in Africa. This is a historical fact. Absolutely true. Now this article is from August 26, 2015. Okay, look at this headline. This is Haratz, Jewish newspaper, so it must be true,

proposes Kenya, not Uganda, as a safe haven for Jews. Who? That gentleman you see pictured there is Thomas Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism. He is the one that actually proposed the Jews in Europe to go to Africa initially. That's 1903. That's right. And again, that article was published in the Haaretz newspaper in Tel Aviv, and they are reporting. They're the ones. We get our information from the Jewish papers. That's right. That way we know it's accurate. And then I get in trouble for reading it. Arab News had a short video that I thought I'd share here that kind of explains how a short video that I thought I'd share here that kind of explains how it almost happened that Israel could have been in Africa instead of where they are now. Watch this.

Imagine if Israel was part of East Africa instead of Palestine. Although it may seem far-fetched, the idea was in fact seriously considered and almost came into effect in the early 1900s. Zionist leader Theodor Herzl turned to the UK who offered to resettle Jews in Britain's colony in East Africa. It was known as the Uganda Scheme. Herzl bought the matter before the 6th Zionist Congress in Switzerland in 1903. It passed the first hurdle with a majority vote. However, plans fell through at the seventh Zionist Congress after experts who visited Uganda

found it unsuitable for Jewish settlement. And by an overwhelming majority, the Congress voted to reject all colonization schemes except those in Palestine. Shortly after, Jews from Europe began to flock to Palestine. And in 1917, Britain issued the Balfour Declaration, which backed the idea of a national home for Jewish people in Palestine. As tensions between Jews and Arabs rose, the United Nations voted to divide Palestine into Jewish and Arab states

in May 1948, when the British mandate was scheduled to end. This led to the Nakba, where more than 700,000 Palestinians were displaced, and after 70 years of occupation, the number has grown to 7 million Palestinian refugees worldwide. So I thought it was ironic to see that headline today from Ynet about them shipping the Palestinians off to Africa. It wasn't good enough for the Jews. What was objectionable? Too many black people? They said they visited and they looked around and said, I don't want to be here.

I've been to Kenya. The land is rich, good soil, farming. So what was the problem? Too many black people. Right. Now there was enough interest in Kenya and that section that eventually became Uganda, that there were Jewish colonies in Uganda. I don't know if you recall the movie The Raid on Ntibi. And so, what that was about was, you know, of course, a number of Jewish people had been held hostage on an airliner and everything, and Idi Amin was involved in all that. But there was several small Jewish colonies, you know, kibbutzis, they're in Uganda.

And so, there was that conflict and clash between the Jews who had moved there decades earlier and the Idi Amin administration. And so, it is interesting how history hinges on just sometimes one decision. I thought it was interesting, the clip that we saw showed that the first time they voted on it, it was an overwhelming majority. Let's do this. And the message that you didn't hear in that was back in the early 1900s and late 1800s, there wasn't any obsession with we have to return to the land of Abraham. That wasn't...

Not even on the map. It wasn't on the map at all. Wasn't on the radar. They weren't discussing it. You know who was discussing it? The Christian Zionists. Yes. They're the ones that insisted, you got to go to Palestine.

Yes. Why? To fit our eschatology. Yes. They're the ones that insisted, you've got to go to Palestine. Yes. Why to fit our eschatology? Yes. And what a disaster it has been. That leads me into talking about one of America's top Christian Zionists, Governor Mike Huckabee, appointed by President Trump to be Secretary of Israel. I didn't know his nomination hasn't been confirmed by the Senate. Not yet.

I didn't know this. I just assumed he was living in Israel. He hasn't been approved. Not yet. And you know who's opposing him? Jews. Yes, liberal Jews here in the US. But the reason they're opposing him is because he's a Christian Zionist. That's right. So you've got to follow the story. All right. So now we'll walk you through it here. This is from Ynet. According to sources close to the Trump administration, the postponement of

Mike Huckabee's appointment was driven by Democratic opposition and pressure from the liberal Jewish community, adding another layer of controversy to his appointment. The Democrats will do everything possible to delay the hearing," said Friends of Zion founder Mike Evans. After learning of the delay, Mr. Evans wrote a letter to all members of the Senate in support of Huckabee's nomination. That letter was disseminated on Tuesday. In his letter, Mike Evans wrote that Huckabee has been criticized for being a Christian

Zionist. In fact, he is a Christian Zionist, and I am also, as are more than 50 million Bible-believing Americans. He added that Israel has been weakened by Jew-haters who have used the Palestinians as proxies. To weaken Israel is to destabilize the Middle East and risk the peace of the world for the road to world peace runs through the Middle East.

Now, Mike Evans' letter follows a contrasting message sent to Congress nearly three weeks earlier by the Union for Reform Judaism and the Central Conference of American Rabbis. Now, in their combined letter, these groups expressed deep concerns over Huckabee's nomination, citing his opposition to a Palestinian state and his Christian ideology. Okay, so let's just stop here. Two prominent, influential Jewish associations of rabbis in America, the Union for Reform Judaism and the Central Conference of American Rabbis, are opposing the confirmation of Governor Huckabee for two reasons.

He is opposed to a Palestinian state. That means these Jewish rabbis are in favor of a Palestinian state. Yes. Number two, they oppose him because of his Christian theology, not his belief in Jesus Christ, but his acceptance of John Nelson Darby's eschatology. Why is that offensive to them? Because they're all going to die. If you follow that eschatology, they're all going to die. That's right. Now, the rabbis reminded senators that back in 2008 when Mr. Huckabee was a presidential candidate, he said the following, there's really no such thing as a Palestinian. How bigoted.

Yeah. Bigoted and ignorant. Yes. They also pointed out that in 2017, Mr. Huckabee denied the reality of Israel's decades-long occupation of the West Bank. More recently, an interview with Israel Radio following following his nomination the former governor welcomed the possibility of israeli annexation of judea and samaria or what's commonly known in our problems so it's so it is two thousand seventeen governor huckabee was denying that the idea of was

occupying the west bank right will go talk to the palestinians living there right tell them what governor huckabee says you're not under Israeli military occupation. Well, in that case, then I won't worry about it. Well, how come they shot our kids? Right? So, Governor Huckabee's views may be shaped in significant part by his deeply held evangelical

faith, including what is known as Christian Zionism, the letter reads. This ideology professes a love of Israel rooted in the belief that Jewish sovereignty over the biblical land of Israel will hasten the return of Jesus Christ. Governor Huckabee can hold whatever faith views he believes. At the same time as Jews and Zionists, we are gravely concerned by a teaching in which the well-being of Jews, of Israel, and of America are not ends in themselves, but a means to the fulfillment of Christian eschatology." They've got it right.

That's right. That's what's wrong with Darby's theology. You have to—in Darbyism, the Jews have to return to Palestine, rebuild the temple, restart animal sacrifices, do all that stuff— Pete Slauson Before Jesus came back. David Lerner Before Jesus will come back. And then the Antichrist kills most of them. Pete Slauson Right.

Two-thirds of them. David Lerner Two-thirds of the Jews get wiped out. Pete Slauson Right. David Lerner Wow, what a scenario. So these Jewish rabbis understand Christian Zionism. Pete Slauson Better than most Christian Zionists. Yes. So I'm in agreement with Jewish rabbis, and the Jewish rabbis are in agreement with me.

All right. Make sure you caught that, folks. We both reject Christian Zionism. And I want the Jews to know that Christian Zionism is not biblical. It's not Christianity. That's the thing that Jews need to know. Christian Zionism is not Christian. Nowhere did Jesus Christ or the apostles teach it.

But now, Rick, we're in a bit of a predicament here, because according to the Department of State, if you are in opposition to Zionism, you're also in opposition to Israel. Okay, so are these rabbis anti-Semitic? According to the IHRA definition, which the State Department has, you know, the International Holocaust Remembrance Association, then the State Department has adopted you know, the International Holocaust Remembrance Association, then the State Department has adopted, then yes, they are. So will this speech be outlawed someday?

I believe it will. I absolutely believe if you say anything about Zionism in any of its flavors, they'll hold you accountable for it. Listen, AI, artificial intelligence, they're creating the social credit score system. AI will within a split second go through your life's history and find everything you said about Israel. You'll be disqualified for jobs. You'll be disqualified. Look at Daniel Davis. Yes, Davis got... In one day. Doesn't matter he served his country.

Yes. Somebody over in Israel says he's got to go. U.S. senators said, you're right, because I want that APAC money to keep coming to me. Okay, let's switch to politics. This next one. On the surface, I could say this is an economic story. Farmers, this is NBC News, farmers face steep losses in the middle of Trump's trade war and funding cuts The last group that a Republican wants to offend our farmers, okay

Just like Democrats a Democratic politician doesn't want to offend labor unions. Right. All right. Republicans don't want to offend farmers. Right. I mean, these are like your backbone of your base, OK? But farmers are – they're afraid right now they're going to be hurt by the tariffs. And there's already some – when you read the article, there's already signs that they're feeling the pinch.

Right. article, there's already signs that they're feeling the pinch. Now, Doc, I'm not endorsing this, but there is a theory, wherever you want to call it, that's circulating on economic blogger sites. I'm not saying I believe it, but some of the people that are proposing it are knowledgeable business people, economists, financial analysts and such. It goes something like this, and I'm giving you a very basic understanding. I've just been reading it for the past week or so. The Trump administration is deliberately trying to push the US economy into a recession. Or trying to push it now into a recession.

Yes. That a recession is coming no matter what. Right. And the idea being that let's go ahead and just get it over with. That's part of it, but here's the other reason, according to these blogs, a recession would compel the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. You bring down interest rates, now mortgages are affordable again. What about the tariffs?

Well, the way this theory goes—and again, I'm not saying I believe it, I'm just telling you what I'm reading. According to this theory, one of the reasons for this aggressive push on tariffs is to break the prices of American agricultural products. If the farmers can't ship their products overseas, They have no other place but in America. If it's only America, the prices have to come down. Now, the farmers are going to be hurt. They're going to take a big hit.

But the consumers will feel like, ah, Trumponomics working. Look at this. Food's coming down. That's the argument. I don't know if it's true, but when I saw this article, I wanted to bring this up. Now, some Republican congressmen and congresswomen are running into headwinds when they go back home or they're holding town hall meetings and the reception's not going too well. Okay, and when I've looked at videos,

I don't see Occupy Wall Street radicals, I don't see Antifa radicals, and he looks at me just like regular Americans showing up at their congressman's town hall meeting. Okay, and they're upset, they're worried. So here's ABC News, North Carolina town hall meeting. Right. Okay. And they're upset. They're worried. So here's ABC news. North Carolina town hall erupts in booze as congressmen escort it from building. The congressman was escorted. That's right. A Republican in North Carolina. Right.

Well, it don't get, I mean, you're talking the South. Right. And they had to escort a Republican congressman in a southern state out of his town hall meeting because his constituents were angry. Yes. So Congressman Chuck Edwards, confronted by angry constituents during a town hall meeting about Donald Trump and Elon Musk sweeping cuts across the government. We're going to show you some videos. Here's the first one. This is Congressman Edwards of Asheville, North Carolina,

confronted in his town hall meeting. Those are great names. He has a long life. He has a long life. He has a long life. All of those people have lost their jobs. What are people losing their jobs at record numbers? Our country is now in debt. Did you ever bet that you're going to win? The next one is a constituent, again, not a radical Antifa guy. This looks like a regular, could be a MAGA guy. Right, so you'd meet down at the diner.

Yeah, and he wants to know if the congressman supports the U.S. seizing Greenland, Canada, and Panama. Right. Alright, let's watch. Do you support the annexation of Canada and or Greenland? And this is a yes or no question. I don't want you to wander off into the woods. I don't want to hear about your latest week in your office. Okay, so I'm trying to get your opinion on this as a yes or no.

Do you support Trump on anything, Canada or Greenland? And do you like the way he treats the Premier or the President of Canada, calling him governor? Is that the way you do as a diplomat? Is that the way the United States should act to our closest neighbors? Is this, and I've still got a little more time. Do you enjoy the way he's tried to extort minerals from the Ukraine? Do you like bullying people that need your help? Do you go for kicking the guy when he's down? But do you support Trump in these things? This is a yes or no. support Trump in these things? This is a yes or no.

Obviously I'm not the only person asking these questions. Right. So those who get upset with me, I'm actually reflecting what a lot of people are feeling. It doesn't make them Trump haters. For all we know, that man may have voted for Donald Trump. Right. And now he's shocked by what's going on.

Excuse me. We're talking about attacking Canada, and Greenland, and Panama. It is extortion of Ukraine. I mean, be real. It's extortion. He's using mafia-like tactics. Right? You're absolutely correct.

Yes, he is. Okay. So, and people are- Taking advantage of a situation. People are shocked by it. They're shocked. My concern is that President Trump is going to blow the victory that he had. The massive support that he had just months ago. I'm afraid he's gonna blow it And James Carville said a few weeks ago. He says just sit still this thing's gonna collapse in 30 days and people are here No, James is there's no way but maybe Carvel's onto something That Carvel's realizing Trump is acting so off the wall That even his own supporters are going to get spooked.

Because that's where I'm at right now. Just calm down. Calm down and talk like a mature leader of the world's biggest country. I don't want to hear anymore talk about busting somebody up and you're going to destroy their country, you're going to take stuff from them. That's not the way we talk in this country. And I'm not going to participate in it. I'm not participating in it. I will not give it cover. Here's another one. This is Congressman Chuck Edwards being booed. I think I sense maybe a faction in this room of folks that might not have voted for President

Trump. And I'll say that I happen to believe very much that President Trump supports our Constitution. And I sleep good at night knowing that every vote that I cast is in support of our Constitution and your freedoms and limited government. Doc, I will tell you this. This should not be happening three months after a big election victory. This should not be happening politically. That's a Republican congressman who's in trouble. Yes, and this isn't a lone event. This is happening at various- He is in trouble.

He may not win reelection in 2026. You can be sure there's going to be strong opposition to him. But that's going to take place in every single district. Yes. And the Democrats in the southern states are not going to run AOC against him. Of course not. They're going to find some solid-looking, stable business man or woman in North Carolina to be his opponent. And if that happens, he's going to lose his seat.

And a lot of other Republicans are going to lose their seat in 2026. This should not be happening. And it's incredibly bad PR. I mean, it's horrible PR. In fact, a number of congressmen are canceling town halls as a result of these things that are going on. Now, another one here, this is from Chuck Edwards as well, saying that, you know, we can fight about this. This is not productive, us going back and forth like this. Watch this. this this is not productive us going back and forth like this watch this i feel like this is not productive with everybody yelling at me question request

the question the questions are coming out of the box one at a time. I'm answering those for you. You're not going to like a lot of them. And you certainly will have the right in the next election to cast your vote based off of what you hear coming from me now. I'm just saying to Rick, that's the dumbest thing you could possibly say to your constituents. In a meeting like that. Right.

You can vote me out. Well, guess what? They're going to. Now you just gave them the idea. So here's one more from this meeting. This is the police escorting a constituent out of the meeting. You don't get to do this! You don't get to do this! You don't get to stand up for us!

You don't get to do what we need you to do! You don't get to do this! You f***ing touch me again and I'll lay you down! People are angry, people are upset. And this isn't Antifa, this isn't Black Lives Matter. These are your neighbors. Right. Why is this happening? I don't tell you.

My personal view. Donald Trump has not put any chains on Elon Musk. Elon Musk scares me. Anybody that wants to put an electrode in my brain scares me. All right. So that's before I get into Elon Musk I just want to show you one more video. This is Vice President JD Vance at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. This should not be happening either. The Vice President of the United States walking into the Kennedy Center for performing arts and being booed?

Yes. Let's watch. Kill that art! You don't get booing at a cultural center. Not a good sign. Now, I want to get back to Elon Musk. So you know, when President Trump brought Elon Musk in, I thought at first, okay, this guy is not, obviously he's not part of the government, it's not elected, doesn't have a government job. He's a billionaire. Okay, so he's, what's he going

to do? He's going to run a commission? He's going to make advice going to make studies, recommendations? I had no idea this guy was going to just shut down agencies, fire. You know, 50, 70 percent of all the work. Look, I'm in favor of cutting government, but you don't do it like this. This is like taking, well, a chainsaw. Yeah. taking well a chainsaw yeah so you remember last month at CPAC a Malay that whacked out Zyna's guy from what Argentina and he gave he gave a chainsaw to Elon Musk and this is what Elon Musk did at CPAC back. That's good. All right. I love it. Mr. President, thank you so much. All right.

Thank you. This is one of the dumbest things politically. Where was the White House public relations people? You know what Elon Musk looked like? He was a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, one of the dumbest things politically, where was the White House public relations people? You know what Elon Musk looked like? Freddy Krueger. Okay? That's what I saw. Freddy Krueger. You don't, when you're dealing with government, you have to look and talk and appear as though you're reasonable.

You don't walk around with a chainsaw. You're talking about an autistic guy who, he's very awkward in public. And you put a chainsaw in his hand, and you give him unlimited presidential power to destroy government agencies. In the beginning when they were saying, hey, we found waste, we found fraud, okay, this is great. But if you found all this waste and fraud, why did we just pass a budget that extends the debt?

Yes. Why? Why are they having a vote today on this continuing resolution? And the debt goes up. The debt goes up. Well, where's all the savings we got? Something doesn't make sense here. I would have understood it if the president would have said, Mr. Musk, I've given him

authority to go into each agency and do an audit and give me a report. I and my secretaries of the agencies will make, will take action. But he gave power to Elon Musk to take action. I didn't vote for Elon Musk. And I wouldn't vote for Elon Musk. And if I knew this was going to happen, I wouldn't have voted for him. Even though I fully support cutting the government, cutting it. I've been doing this, wanting this for years.

But this is not the way to do it. This is highly irresponsible. It's inflammatory. You're scaring people. That's what's happening in North Carolina. You're scaring people. Right. They're being told that their Social Security benefits are going to be cut. The Medicare is going to be cut. All these... Well, they cut the VA. Even if it's misinformation. But they cut thousands of people out of the VA system. Are you telling veterans, hey, we're chopping down the veteran affairs Agency, but we're still delivering the the same level of support. You see nobody believes that okay So they're going about this extremely wrong and it's producing a backlash

And I hope somebody the White House gets their act together Gets Elon Musk under control. Well, talking about Elon Musk being under control. He just filed a patent petition for telepathy. And telekinesis. And telekinesis. Folks, this is real. For telepathy and telekinesis and telekinesis

Folks is real that's Forbes magazine Is mind control next do you want Elon Musk to have the ability to have mind control The guy with the chainsaw the guy with the chainsaw the guy that with the chainsaw. The guy that wants to put a Neuralink in everybody's brain. Wired Magazine. Elon Musk Neuralink Files to Trademark Telepathy. Doc, I'll let you go ahead and read this. Elon Musk Brain Implant Company. Neuralink has filed applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to exclusively own telepathy, telekinesis, and others for future products. Now, Neuralink, which Mr. Musk co-founded in 2016, is developing technology known as a brain-computer interface, which decodes brain activity, control, and output device.

Musk has said that the company's first product will be called telepathy and will allow people with paralysis to control a computer or phone just by thinking. Sounds like a good deal, right? But the Neuralink trademark application suggests that the company aims to use its technology to enable telepathic communication not just with electronic devices, but also between human beings. The company's trademark application for telepathy filed on March 3rd describes the product as an implantable brain-to-computer interface for facilitating communication and control of software and hardware. The facilitating communication claim could mean that telepathy is meant

to help paralyze people communicate by typing on an external device. Still, it could also mean allowing telepathic communication between individuals with neurolink implants. So if you have an implant and I have an implant, we could talk to each other without moving our lips, without even being in the same room. Well, you and I can talk to each other, just looking at each other.

Yeah, we read our facial expressions, okay? But this is what he's doing. So now my question to the MAGA folks. You're a Christian. You're a Trump supporter. You're a MAGA supporter. You're an Elon Musk supporter. Are you a brain implant supporter? Because that's what your boy's doing. Are you going to get your MAGA chip?

Yeah. You're going to get your MAGA brain chip? See, I'm going to retain my independence. I'm going to keep my head screwed on straight and ain't nobody putting a brain chip in my brain. End of discussion. Just like we were at Mobile World last week and Ray Kurzweil saying, oh, your phone's going to be inside you in five years. No, it's not, buddy. It's going to be in you, but not where you think it's going to be.

You're not putting anything inside me. Nothing. No AI, no phone, no Elon Musk, neurolink chip, nothing. I'm not putting anything inside my body. My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. It doesn't have room for anything else. I'm not giving the devil a place inside my body. Amen.

These are the decisions you're going to have to make in the coming years. And maybe sooner than you think. A lot sooner than you think and this is the man that President Trump is backing and he has a chainsaw and People are getting worried about what Elon Musk is doing and so if you have a brain chip and you disagree with Elon Musk Does he have the power to shut you down shit off your chip and shut you off? Look he does not have the authority to do the things that he's doing. He has no legal authority to do it. I can understand why people are becoming very alarmed by it.

I'm all in favor of reducing the size of the government. I obviously am in favor of cutting out the waste of fraud. Talked about it for decades. Excited that I saw it finally happening. But what they're doing is it's so reckless now. I mean, when you're running around with a chainsaw, and you're telling, you're just sending emails to tens of thousands of employees saying, you're fired.

And you don't even know who these people are. Do you know in some of the agencies they've had to hire them back because they fired critically important people? Right. And Elon Musk says, well, mistakes will be made. Yeah, well, according to a report last week, Secretary Rubio and him got into a shouting match

in the White House. Now, they've denied that. Yes. Or the White House denied it. The White House denied it, but Rubio didn't deny it. But according to the report, Marco Rubio stood up to Elon Musk and said, you don't have authority over the State Department. Well, I'm glad somebody finally stood up to him.

Like, you can make recommendations it's fine you can make a recommendation all carried out on the secretary you're not but he almost got this attitude that he is superior to the cabinet secretaries yes but he's an on elected czar a co-president from south africa uh... czar a co-president from South Africa

is anybody left watching if you are wait wave at us if you're still watching me because I got a couple more that'll okay the Guardian Spotify takes down Andrew Tate pimping podcast. So Andrew Tate had a podcast, something like Pimping for Hose. Yes. Right? And Spotify said, eh, that's probably not. You probably crossed the line on that.

That doesn't fit our. But he's the darling of mega conservatives. There you go, Doc, that's what I want you to say. London Times, how Trump allies paved the way for Andrew Tate's return. And who's the number one ally? Donald Trump Jr. Yes. Who calls him buddy. Yes.

What is it about the Tate brothers that conservatives find so attractive? I don't get it. These guys are disgusting. They are. They're vile, disgusting people. And how they were able to leave Romania. And why are they exalted in Republican meetings and Trump, MAGA, why? Why are all these conservative podcasters fawning over them? They're vile, disgusting men. Thank God one Republican, our governor here in Florida, doesn't think that they're great. The Tate brothers face Florida investigation, as Governor DeSantis says they're not welcomed in the state of Florida. Thank you, Governor. I'm glad that you separated yourself from everybody else.

But the fact that he does that has divided the MAGA crowd. There you go. NBC News. Ron DeSantis antagonizes MAGA supporters by going after Andrew Tate These guys were accused of basically being pedophiles pedophiles sex traffickers. Yes, okay, and The MAGA crowd is cheering for them, but there are pedophiles there are all the MAGA pedophiles Just like you can have your own cross MAGA cross dressers See what I'm doing is I'm challenging the MAGA people. You claim to be Christian, then act Christian.

You claim to be Christian, then act Christian. You can't be Christian and endorse the Tate brothers. You can't be Christian and back Elon Musk when he wants to put a microchip in your brain. How many babies has Elon Musk produced? What's he up to now? 13, 14 babies? I think it's 15. 15 babies not married? I don't know. You know what God calls him? God calls him a fornicator. Yes. He's a fornicator. Why is he exalted at MAGA meetings? All right, this is probably the worst time I could do a commercial for Gold Coast.

No, it's the best time, Rick. It's the best time. The people at Gold Coast probably going, oh my Lord, dear Jesus. Because you know those that have stuck with you this far in the guide cast. They they're loyal they're loyal, okay So Reuters safe haven gold rises above three thousand dollars for the first time Yes, my phone pinged about about four o'clock this morning. Was that is that what it happened?

about that $3,000 I've waited waited decades to see this day. In 2000, 2001 it was $300? No, no, no, no, no, not that. 2001? Was it that far back? Yeah. Let's see here. Well, you know, Doc, you might be right because Well, you know, Doc, you might be right because, yeah, you know, you might be right because in 2008, it was $1,000. Ah, okay. So you might be right on that. Financial Times.

Gold hits $3,000 for first time on global growth fears. Gold surged to a record high above $3,000 per troy ounce as fears over the threat to global growth from Donald Trump's trade war pushed investors into the safe haven metal. Folks, listen carefully. This is the Financial Times owned by the Rothschilds. Listen to what they're telling you. The Rothschild family newspaper is telling you. Right. This is what we're doing. This is what we're doing, folks. We don't know what you you, Right, this is what we're doing. This is what we're doing, folks. We don't know what you're doing, but this is what the Rothschilds are doing.

The price of bullion rose to $3,004 per troy ounce in early trading on Friday. Gold has been among the world's best performing assets since Trump took office. It's risen 14% since the first of the year. The U.S. president's fast-changing tariff policies spark concerns that a global trade war will fuel inflation, cause an economic slowdown in the United States. This would cause Wall Street stocks to fall into a correction and add to gold's appeal. Expectations of interest rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve also buoyed. This goes back to that theory I was talking about.

If there's a recession, the interest rates come down. Try to get the economy moving again. This is a quote from Alexander Zomfee, senior precious metals trader at Horatius. Both institutional and private investors are turning to gold. Read that again, folks. Institutional, that's at banks, financial, hedge funds, so forth. Both institutional and private investors are turning to gold to hedge their portfolios against economic turbulence.

The physical gold market is experiencing strong demand. Why? Because precious metals are valued as protection against economic crisis, he added. So gold's last major price milestones were during the financial crisis when it passed $1,000 per troy ounce back in March of 2008, and during the COVID pandemic when prices hit $2,000 in August of 2020. Now this is where I think I got the $300 ounce number, Rick. It says that the rise above 3,000 means gold has risen nearly 10-fold since 2000.

Outperforming major stock indices. It says gold is the best performing asset class of the 21st century so far. That's coming from Adrian Ash, director of research at Bullion Vault. Since the turn of the millennium, he said that bullion has benefited from market shocks such as the 2008 financial crisis, the UK Brexit vote in 2016, as well as from the current increasing geopolitical conflict. Joe Cimpauglia, chief executive of Sprat Asset Management, said the growing levels of government debt were one of the

biggest factors driving bullion's performance since the turn of the millennium. He said global levels of debt have exploded over the past 25 years and they're starting to weigh on economies and budgets. That is why gold has proven itself to be a store of value not for the last 25 years, but for the last 5,000 years, because it could hold its value relative to traditional currencies. Don't need to say anything else other than call this number. 844-960-GOD.

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Supper to the Lord's table for the Lord's meal and so we invite you to participate with us today at the end of the service. Today we're looking at Hebrews chapter 11 verses 8 through 12 for Faith Friday. Let's pray. Our wonderful Father in Heaven, this is a beautiful day and we thank you for it. And Father, we thank you for your Word and we thank you for the Holy Spirit who will teach us your Word. So come Holy Spirit and instruct us, teach us faith. Faith in our Savior Jesus Christ, faith in you Father, faith in your word so that your Son is glorified Father. In the name of Jesus, amen. Amen. All right. If you have your Bibles, and you should always have your Bibles in a Bible study,

open up to Hebrews chapter 11, the faith chapter. We're gonna be reading verses eight through 12 today, talking about Abraham today, who is really the foundation of our faith. And so if you've got your Bible, so let's begin at verse eight, I'm reading from the King James today. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out

into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance obeyed, and he went out not knowing whether he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise. For he looked for a city which hath foundations

whose builder and maker is God. Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed and was delivered of a child when she was past age because she judged him faithful who had promised. Verse 12, therefore sprang there even of one and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the seashore innumerable.

Amen. Verse 8, by faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after received for an inheritance, obeyed. And he went out, not knowing whether he went. The first thing I see is immediate obedience to God's instruction. Abraham's response was not delayed. There was no hesitation. He didn't say, well, I need to go off for a season of prayer and think about this and pray and get the Lord's will. And I need to talk to all the church elders and I need to call my mama. And then I'll make a decision. And what does Sarah think about it?

Y'all gotta ask the wife. Yes, I got to wait for her to be in one accord with me. Agreed, yes. Because that's what's taught today. That is, you yes. Because that's what's taught today. That is, you're right. That's what's taught today. So Abraham obeyed immediately without demanding full details from God.

He obeyed as soon as God instructed him. God. He obeyed as soon as God instructed him. So this obedience, this immediate obedience demonstrates that genuine faith is not passive, it's active, it moves, it acts. Yes. God said go and Abraham said yes sir and Abraham said, yes, sir. And Abraham never said where. Could you show me a plan? He just said, go, leave, leave your homeland, get up and go. But where where he was going had something special.

And what was that special thing that it had? Abraham's inheritance. That's right. His inheritance. He didn't know where it was. He didn't know how he was going to get there. But he knew that God had set aside an inheritance. Faith, godly faith, divine faith, always moves you towards your inheritance.

Right. Always. If it's not moving you towards your inheritance, it's not faith. Are you enjoying all the benefits of your promised land right now? Are you eating grapes so big it takes two men to carry a bunch of grapes. If the answer is no, then you're not in your promised land. And that means you've got some traveling to do. You have to arrive.

It's not necessarily physical geographical traveling. It means some spiritual traveling. Because your promised land, your inheritance is waiting for you. It's there. It's just sitting there waiting, waiting for your arrival. But you got to get up and go. You go by faith. So You go by faith. So Abraham's journey was a journey of faith because he left his home and family, left his mama, his papa, his brothers and sisters, his cousins. He left everybody. Yes.

Without knowing his destination. You know, I can imagine Abraham's mama say, Abraham, what are you doing? You don't even know where you're going. You have a fever, son? Mama makes some chicken soup for you. I think you're not feeling well. You never talked like this before.

You never acted like this before. You used to be just a normal, regular guy and you had your farm and your sheep and now you're just leaving everything. What's wrong, son? What's wrong? Did we do something to you? Did we offend you? Where are we supposed to send the letter? You don't even know where you're going. And your daddy's old. Who's going to take care of him?

You should stay here and take care of him. No, listen listen, emotional heartstrings are the most powerful, binding, what, ropes, ties, chains, it's not a negative thing. I'm not speaking in a negative way. But the bonds of family hold more people in place and prevent them from serving God than anything else. It's difficult to leave. It's very difficult. So Abraham had no idea where he was going and he didn't ask God. He didn't pester God. All right, I'll go. I'll go. But could you at least tell me where I'm going? He never asked. He put one foot in front of another. And he trusted that God was directing his steps. Yes.

So we go back to Hebrews 11.1, the evidence of things not seen. Abraham had evidence of things not seen. Abraham had evidence of things not seen. He was looking for a city. So by faith, Abraham left behind all the familiar comforts of his ancestral homeland. And that shows his trust in God, that he believed in that the unseen promises were real, that the unseen promises from God were more real than the tangible possessions that he had in his hometown. tangible possessions that he had in his hometown. Again, mama and papa, Abraham, look what you're giving up. The family has worked so many years. We're successful farmers, look, you're giving it all up.

You're not gonna have anything where you're going. No, he said, no, what God has promised me is more real than what I have here. As faith. Abraham was called by God not by men. So faith always begins with God's initiative. Yes. God called, Abraham obeyed. Yes. But it was God that did, he is the one that started the process. God called.

And then God gave Abraham the faith to obey. Yes. What was Abraham's role? He accepted the faith and acted on it. He could have rejected the gift of faith and not moved at all. So the call was entirely by grace. You see grace all the way back to Abraham. I see grace all the way back to Abraham. So the land of Canaan, the promised land, represents both a literal and a spiritual inheritance. Yes, there was a place called Canaan.

You can go to the Holy Land today and see it. But there's also a spiritual Holy Land. There's a spiritual promised land. There's a spiritual inheritance. Right. There's a city whose builder and maker is God. That's what Abraham was after. That city. And so in this life, this world, you will have a physical inheritance from God. If you act by faith to believe his promises and you're willing to step out by faith day

by day not knowing where you're going but just acting on what he's put in your heart to say God I don't understand it I don't fully get but I know you've said this is my promise and I'm putting my right foot in front of my left foot and I'm walking and I'm trusting that the foot in front of my left foot and I'm walking and I'm trusting that the Holy Spirit is directing my steps. Now you're walking in the steps of Abraham and there is a physical promised land for your life. Doesn't necessarily mean that you're physically moving to another city or state or country, but there is a place that in this life, you're going to be blessed. You're going to be blessed. Will there be warfare? Yes. Satan will always come against That's a different teaching. The promise that God gave Abraham unfolded gradually.

Abraham didn't receive it outright, but he trusted that he already possessed it. Yes, he was in possession of it spiritually and knew that eventually he would be in possession of it physically. You have to believe. You have to believe that you have received. Then what you believe you have received will appear. You know, you could spiritualize Abraham's journey, is that he left the old life. He left the old ways to walk by faith towards God's promises. That's what we do when we get saved. We leave the old ways. So there's a spiritual lesson in his physical departure.

But the physical land of Canaan But the physical land of Canaan prefigures our ultimate inheritance in God's eternal kingdom and Abraham knew that thousands of years ago. He never built a house, he lived in tents, he was a sojourner, he was passing through even though he had the land that God gave him. He farmed it. He worked it. He prospered. And yet, it's like this isn't it. What I saw is a lot better than this. And yet you got people in the Middle East who were willing to fight and kill and destroy just to get that physical piece of land. They're not interested in what Abraham saw.

Right. Not that city. Not that city. They want that physical land Abraham lived in. And sadly, there are too many Christian leaders in this country teaching that that is precisely what you should pursue. Willing to have war, willing to see people slaughtered over possession of land and have no interest at all in what Abraham saw in his spirit. If Abraham were here today, he'd walk through Gaza and the West Bank and Israel and say, you people are fighting over this for real?

You gotta see where I've been living. I'll show you a promised land. So this journey was by faith. It was gradual. It just didn't take off and then arrive at a destination. It was a gradual journey. But that journey required continuous enduring trust without knowing the specifics. You know, I just realized, Doc, I pester the Lord for too many specifics in my life. I did. I just realized that. I'm always, Lord, can you just, can you show me this? Can you tell me this?

Can you confirm this? Abraham didn't do that. Abraham just was walking. He trusted. So Abraham's trust in God. Oh man, I'm preaching myself under conviction. trusting God. Oh man, I'm preaching myself under conviction. That's how you know it's good preaching. Abraham's trusting God overrode the need for clear detailed immediate outcome. He didn't, he didn't bug God. he didn't pester God. So, hey, come on, tell me where I'm going. Give me the first three letters of the name of the place I'm going. Is it a city?

What is it? Where are we going, Lord? No, he trusted. Another thing, his departure from his homeland of Ur was his break from the idolatry of Ur. Right. idolatry of Ur. So, we see in Abraham's separation how we as believers are called to live distinct with God's purposes. I probably shouldn't go here, but I'm going to. How do I say without offending people, making people angry? Look, I love President Trump. I support him.

I voted for him. I pray for his success. Pray for his safety. He's the leader of our country. But I am not going to drink the Trump Kool-Aid. And I see too many professing Christians who are in his political movement who act like they have become drunk on Trump wine. And he can say anything, things that contradict the Word of God, and they're okay with it. Yes. See this is, we are called to live separate from the world.

We're in the world but we're not of the world and we have to at times let the world know that instead of aligning ourselves with the world we've got to fit in we got to get a seat at the table we got to be part of this movement no I don't no I don't I'm part of a kingdom. And everybody else needs to align themselves with my father's kingdom. And we're when you are espousing ideas and beliefs and values that are opposite of what my king says, then I have to reject it. And do my best to lovingly encourage you to submit to my king. I'm not submitting to your political king. You need to submit to my king. I don't believe Donald Trump has ever submitted to Jesus Christ. That's my view, because he doesn't submit.

That's all I'm going to say. So Abraham is called the father of the faithful because his example sets the pattern for all who trust in God. He's the one you look to. Remember as a child in Sunday school, Father Abraham. Had many sons. Had many sons. Actually he only had two. I don't know why they say he had many sons. He had many sons. Actually, he only had two. I don't know why they say he had many sons.

Right. See, it wasn't even difficult, was it? But Abraham's our model. He's Old Testament. But before Moses, and Abraham kept the commandments and yet the commandments had not been given through Moses. So there were commandments, maybe oral handed down from the days of Methuselah. Abraham's journey showed us that his trust,

he not only trusted that the land was there for him, but the main thing is that he believed the God who promised the land. That's the important thing. His faith rested entirely in God's veracity and power. He was fully persuaded, fully persuaded that God would honor his word. So Abraham never personally owned the land, but centuries later his descendants inherited the land as promised. Which brings me back to Zionism, because they tell us the Zionists, the Jewish Zionists and the Christian Zionists,

well we've got to kick the Arabs, got to kick them out because God promised that land to the Jews. Okay, thousands of years ago did he ever fulfill the promise? Yes or no? Are you telling me that God never fulfilled the promise? Yes or no? Are you telling me that God never fulfilled the promise? That we're still waiting on God to fulfill the promise and give them the land? Is that what you're saying? Uh, what is the answer? He gave them the promise. I mean, he gave them the land. And they received the land. They received the land. They lived in the land and they got he gave them the land. And they received the land.

They received the land. They lived in the land. And they got kicked out of the land. And guess who kicked them out? God. The God who gave it to them. So what you're saying is, today, is that you want the Arabs to leave the land so that the Jews can come back and live on the land that God took away from them. They don't want to answer that question. Not that way. Because now we'd have to talk about rebellion, disobedience, idolatry. Like when did they clean up their act? And they're now qualified to receive the inheritance again.

Yeah, when did they stop their rebellion? Yeah, when did that happen? Give me the date. Because if they're not in rebellion, they would be believing Jesus Christ. And if they're believing Jesus Christ, they wouldn't want the land. Right. Oh my, that's another lesson. But they use this passage right here for that. I mean, they really do. Even though this passage

has nothing to do with that, it has everything to do with faith. But they'll use this passage here, 8 through 12, to justify some aspects of their dispensationalism. So, but you guys are smart. You are smart. You're smart because you're here right now and you're learning. Genesis 15, 6 tells us that Abraham's faith was credited as righteousness meaning faith's ultimate reward is a right relationship with God.

Amen. That's the ultimate payoff. It's not the land you're getting, It's not the things that you're getting. Your face, the ultimate payoff for your faith is you are in right relationship with God Genuine faith always produces genuine deeds. Again, I see it here, I've heard this, as long as I've been a Christian, people bragging about the faith that they have and yet they don't do anything. They go to faith conferences that's all they do they go to faith conferences they hear about their faith okay we'll do something with your faith faith always produces action. Without action, there's no faith. So, bottom line here, we are called to trust God's leading without knowing the details. Just start acting on the instruction. Trust Him.

Hold loosely to the things of this world. Walk in the assurance of God's promises. Verse nine, by faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise. What does that mean? He lived, he sojourned in the land of promise. Yes.

What's a sojourner? It's more than a promise. Yes. What's a sojourner? It's more than a traveler and this word only occurs twice in the Bible. We have to kind of think of it, you know, sometimes in the Greek there are words that have bigger meaning than just, you know, one singular meaning that gets translated. So it's not that he traveled, but that he was a stranger traveling. That where he was, that really wasn't his home, even though it had been promised to him. He was still a stranger in a strange land, just as we are strangers in a strange land

after we come into the kingdom. We are strangers in this world. This world's not our home. This world is not our destination. They may put this flesh and bones in a big hole and cover it with dirt, but this is not my home. My home is wherever Jesus is.

I wanna live where Jesus is living. Wherever he's at, that's where I want to be, both now and eternity. And by faith, Abraham was already living in the promised land. It's interesting that it says that he dwelled in and yet it says that Isaac and Jacob dwelled in tents with him. By faith, Isaac and Jacob were dwelling with him in those same tents. Abraham saw generations dwelling in those tents with him. He saw nations. One of our class members here a little while ago, Rick,

said the only land, the only land that Abraham purchased in Canaan was a grave site for Sarah. He never had full possession of the land. Well, who did he purchase it from? I forget the whole thing, but he purchased, and you can go to Sarah's gravesite to this day, but that was the only land he purchased. He wandered around in his promise, as a stranger in a strange land. Okay, because today's Zionist would say, I'm not paying anybody anything on it. This is my land. I'm taking it. Yeah. So Abraham had a promise from God that, hey,

here's your land, and yet he paid somebody for a grave site. Yes. Why didn't he just take it? It was his, right? Right. So Abraham's life was as a foreigner. He was within the land God promised him. And he lived in Canaan, but not as a permanent owner. Yes. He never

exercised his ownership because he was trusting in God's future fulfillment. And so the same thing as Doc said, we are called to live as strangers and pilgrims in this world. That's what Peter said. First Peter 2 11. He said, we are strangers and pilgrims. This world is not our home. We're passing through.

Don't get too comfortable here. Yes. Again, this is what troubles me so much about a lot of conservative American Christians. They're, I get around people, people I really like, but I can't get them to talk about Jesus. They want to talk about Donald Trump. They want to talk about the MAGA movement. They want to talk about whatever. I'm like, can we talk about Jesus?

I realize Jesus is boring to them. All right. That's sad to say, but you're right, Rick. Nothing exciting about Jesus. And that says, that sums it up for millions of so-called sums it up for millions of so-called Christian patriots in this country. Oh yeah, they throw God's name around. God bless America and all that kind of stuff. But they don't want to talk about God. They don't want to talk about His son. They don't want to talk about His kingdom.

They're not grieved by the sin in the country. Yes. They're comfortable with it. the in on their side, they're comfortable with it. They wink at it. Yeah. So he lived in tabernacles, tents. That means he had a life that was not rooted in earthly permanence. Right. And what are, what were those tabernacles? What were those tents? Well, these tabernacles were made out of animal skins, right? Animal had to die, they had to skin the animal, it had to be tanned and, you know, processed and everything, sewn together to make a dwelling. And so in many ways a tent and tabernacle was a flesh dwelling, a dwelling of flesh. And it's reminiscent

of our own tabernacle that we reside in now. Tabernacles and tents die, I mean, they rot, they fade away. You can only repair it so much before you have to throw it away. Same thing with these tabernacles that we dwell in, these flesh dwellings that we dwell in. And so there's a direct picture there that just as Abraham traveled and sojourned as a stranger in a strange land in a flesh dwelling, we also are strangers in a strange land, this world in a flesh dwelling as well. Yes. So if you go to the Middle East now, you will see people who are called Bedouins. And they're nomads.

They live in tents. They own no land They have sheep and goats and cattle and they just move yes from one place to another and Everybody's cool with it except the Jews Yes, all the Arab countries are okay with it. Here come the Bedouins. Bedouins are good people. They're transitory. Yes.

Sometimes they're there, sometimes they're not. Always, when we were traveling in Jordan, our couple trips there, we of course, we would travel out through the countryside and you'd see the Bedouin tents scattered all over the place. I was always impressed how they would take a tent and make it, I mean these some of these were huge. I mean they weren't like pup tents that you take on a camping trip up to the national park. No some of these were you know I would say 1500, sometimes 2000 square feet under a tent. It'd have a satellite dish, it'd have a couple four-wheel drive trucks out in front and everything,

and occasionally you would see the flaps brought up on the side during the day, and you would see all the furniture and everything inside the tent. I mean this was these are full homes that they dwell in. When Muammar Gaddafi was ruling Libya, when he would travel to other countries he took his tent. He didn't stay in hotels. So it was like an RV for him, huh? Really? Like when he came to the United States, wherever he went, they put up his tent.

Because he's just a nomad. He was a better one. He was a tribal chief that became the top tribal chief of Libya. But in the West Bank, the Jews bulldoze the Bedouin settlements. They bring bulldozers in. Yes. And just plow them under. All right.

plow them under. All right. Doc, the man that they revere, Abraham, was a Bedouin. Yes. He lived in tents. He moved from place to place. But Abraham couldn't do that today in Israel. They'd tear it down. Get your trashy tent and get out of here. But the tents symbolized the temporary nature of life on Earth that were called to hold loosely to worldly comforts and always be seeking the enduring city built by God.

So Abraham, Isaac, later Jacob lived their entire lives without fully possessing the land, yet they possessed it by faith. Yes. That's the message here for us. Abraham wasn't looking for a deed to physical land, he was looking to the city whose builder and maker is God. Strike up a conversation with a Christian friend this week and try to get a conversation going city. All right. I'm not talking about heaven. I'm talking about New Jerusalem. That's the city. But just trying to get them to talk and express their longing for that city city and you'll find out they're not longing for it. No, not at all. Not at all. You know, the other night, I think was the first night back from Barcelona, yeah, I'm still adjusting my sleep schedules and everything and I'm laying in bed. I'm comfortable. It's dark, it's cool, and I'm still adjusting my sleep schedules and everything, and I'm laying in bed. I'm comfortable. It's dark.

It's cool. And I'm just laying there and thinking, you know what? I'm 60 years old, and this tent isn't going to last much longer. I pray it lasts a really long time. I hope the warranty holds up. But in reality, if it's based upon 99.99% of the rest of humanity, you know, we're coming down to the end of the line. And I got to thinking, what is New Jerusalem going to be like? That city. And you start thinking ahead, what's it going to be like there? What's it really going to be like to continually dwell in the presence of the Father and the Son?

What's it going to be like? And then you start longing in your heart for that. And you start thinking, as comfortable as this bed is right now, it's not going to compare to the rest I'm going to have in that new Jerusalem. Amen. And there'll be no more pains. I won't have to grunt to get out of bed. You know, all these different things that we deal with, this tabernacle that we deal with, these different things that we deal with, this tabernacle that we deal with. We won't dwell in tabernacles anymore. That's right. Our flesh is a tabernacle.

So the last thing I want to say about verse 9 is that Isaac and then later Jacob inherited the promise from Abraham. Yes, but they did not possessed the land, but they did not possess but the lesson here for us is that believers are called to teach the next generation about God's promises and faithfulness. Yes, you have a responsibility to teach your children and grandchildren about God's promises. We are to walk by faith and not by sight. We are to trust in God's promises even when circumstances seem uncertain or incomplete. We are to persevere through life's trials, reminding ourselves that God's timeline is

perfect and His promises never fail. Verse 10, by faith, he looked for a city which hath foundations whose builder and maker is God. That's the city we're talking about. Amen. By faith, by faith. He was focused. He's like, I'm okay with this tent. I'm not putting up a house. There's a place waiting on me. That's the place I desire. Dr. Did God give Abraham a glimpse of the city? I mean, there had to be something there that he just nothing else compared. Well, the writer of Hebrews wrote it down by inspiration of Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit, for he looked for Abraham looked for a city. So we have to just say the Holy Spirit revealed that

to the writer of Hebrews, who I happen to believe is Paul, but the Holy Spirit revealed that, that Abraham was looking for a city. Now, does it say that anywhere in Genesis? No, it doesn't say that. But by the inspiration of Holy Spirit, the Scripture says it. And so, I believe Abraham did see a city. I really do. I believe God revealed to him a city far beyond Canaan, way past Canaan. A city that has foundations,

whose builder and maker is God. And that's significant too, Rick, because remember, once again, He's a Bedouin. They don't dwell in permanent houses. They don't dwell in a house. We build houses here. What's the first thing we have to do? Well, we dig a clear off the land, but what's the very first thing we do? We lay the foundation. And that foundation signifies permanence, that we're not going to be shuttling around all over the place anymore.

We're putting a big rock slab down and this is where we're saying. Stability, permanence, strength, is it stronger? The foundation, the more stable the structure. And so you got a better one who lives in a tent held up by tent stakes in the sand. Never, never dug a foundation in his life. Yes. And yet he says I'm looking for a city that's got foundations. And who's the contractor? God himself. God. Who's builder and maker is God. He's the I just got a glimpse of Jesus with a hardhat Yes walk around the job site with a clipboard. Yes

So the the city is not subject to decay or turn or rot or The elements It's a strong city. It's permanent. It's eternal. It's not built by humans. It's built entirely by God. It's perfect. It's holy. It's a fulfillment of God's redemptive purpose. Yes. God is both the architect and the constructor. He designed it, He built it to ensure its completion according to his design. Yes.

Most usually we have in the modern world, we have an architect and then we have a construction company. General contractor, God is both. Yes. So, oh no, I'm not turning this over to somebody else. I'm gonna get it done. Precisely the way I designed it and when it's done, I will say it is good. Yes Praise god

um I was looking at time. We got a couple more verses here, verse 11. Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed and was delivered of a child when she was past age because she judged him faithful who had promised. Now Genesis 18 verses 12 to 15 records Sarah's laughter at the promise. Yes. But as I said before, I don't think she's laughing at God. I think she's honestly think she looked over at Abraham and said, it's going to take a miracle.

I'll do my part but God that you're going to have to do a miracle over there at Abraham. Look at him, 100 years old. He's barely left that corner of the tent. Yes. All day. Yes. All day. In fact, what's to say that he was? Past dead. What is it? Yes. Uh as good as dead. As good as dead. That's what Sarah said. Hey, Lord, take my word for it. Oh boy. He's dead. There hasn't been any action out of Abraham for decades. But if you say I'm going to have a baby, I'll believe you. I just don't know what Abraham's going to do.

So, but her faith, it was independent of Abraham. She had to herself, Sarah had to trust God. Yes, she had to believe the promise that was given to Abraham. Yes. She had to believe. Even though back in Genesis 17 and 18, it never mentions a single time about Sarah's faith, not one single time. Does it say anything about her faith or that she believed or anything else? But here in Hebrews, it makes a point saying Sarah, by faith, received the promise. Sarah, by faith, believed the promise. It wasn't just Abraham. They were in this together. They both had to believe for there to be an Isaac.

So Doc, where did Abraham and Sarah get their understanding of God? Probably from family, Abraham from his father, Terah, probably some. You know, the scriptures tell us that Terah moved his whole family toward another place, moved away from Ur to a town called Heron. It's interesting though that the town Heron is also the name of Terah's son. And that's as far as Terah ever moved. But Abraham moved on from Heron. Heron actually died years earlier.

And I believe what happened is Terah founded a town called Heron in honor of his son. And they dwelled there for a while. But then God spoke to Abraham and they moved on. So there was the beginnings of faith, I believe in Terah's life, that there was some obedience there. So they had the stories and everything handed down to them from Adam and Noah and all

the others that had gone on before that time that was handed down to them. There were some commandments of some kind, whether they were written down in stone or they were orally transmitted, we don't know. But there were some instructions some some kind of Instruction about God and his word and being obedient to it They knew that they were descendants of Noah and Noah was a descendant of the first man Adam They knew it First 11 doc says through faith also Sarah herself

Received strength But verse 11, doc says, through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed. She didn't even have enough physical energy to make a baby. God gave her physical energy to produce an embryo. A miracle. That's how old she was. That's how feeble she was. But her faith, God rewarded her faith and gave her physical strength to conceive a child. Yes. Wow. Not much going on there with Sarah either, was it? No. But her ability to conceive at her old, in her old age was the direct result of her faith. Not Abraham's faith, her faith.

That's what I want you to see. Her faith. Yes. Because it goes on in verse 11 to say that Sarah judged him faithful. Who? God. Sarah judged God faithful, who? God. Sarah judged God faithful, who had promised. That means she had to believe.

It wasn't just, well Abraham, I'm going along with it and everything, you know, whatever happens, happens. No. She was an active agent in this whole promise that was given. And it should be a lesson to us as well. I mean, we can't go on someone else's promise. The promise has to be us. sexually explicit in this Bible study, but but you do have to think this through Sarah received strength Um, we've been saying faith without works is dead Sarah's body was dead. Abraham's physical body was dead as far as producing

children. Right. And this verse says he was as good as dead. Like he got one foot in the the grave. And so, this old couple said, she looked over at Abraham said, we gotta put some action to this. Which one of us is moving first? There's gotta be some action to our faith. This baby's not gonna come about with us just sitting here in the tent looking at each other.

We gotta do something. God gave her strength. I never saw that before. The strength part, never paid attention to it. That she was given physical strength to produce a child. And look, every woman knows how physically draining pregnancy is. Well, imagine being pregnant in your 90s.

And she still did her housework. She's still cooked. She still did everything. She's 90 years old and she's pregnant. That must have been a sight. Oh, you know the neighbors talked. Oh man, you know when I got together to card games, they were talking about Abraham and Sarah. Can you believe that?

Can you believe that old coot? And we're I'm going to have somebody on chat here. They didn't play cards then. I know we're just saying we're just saying you know imagine imagine the real life. So just real life. Just think about real life. Okay. They had neighbors. What did they do when they got together? Okay. If it was today, they'd be encouraging Sarah to get an

abortion. You're risking your life Sarah That's right doc last verse verse 12 therefore sprang there even of one and Him as good as dead so many as the stars of the sky and multitude and As the sand which is by the seashore innumerable." Praise God. And I'm one of them. Yes. By faith we are members of the family that came from Abraham and Sarah. We are heirs to the promise of Abraham. And says he was good as dead.

So whatever your situation is today, if you have a promise from God, don't listen to anybody who's telling you your situation's hopeless. You're as good as dead. You can't get out of this mess. Hey, that's that's Bible there. God can do a lot with something that's good as dead. That's when he he perks up. Hey, did somebody say good as dead? Watch this. Watch this. You got some faith, watch what I do. He gets excited when people have faith. And when the situation is beyond hope, that's when he gets really excited.

Because when he does his miracle, everybody's gonna say, that was God. Yeah, it was God. Yeah, it was. And that's what their neighbor said about Abraham and Sarah, that was God. Praise God. You know, and God got the glory. God got the glory.

All right, Doc, let's go to the Lord's Supper. Amen. And we appreciate you being here with us today, and we're going to enter into the Lord's Table right now. So, give you a couple moments here to get the elements of the Lord's Supper ready here, which includes bread and either red wine or grape juice. And so, if you're a confessing believer in Jesus Christ and you've been baptized in water and obedience to the scriptures, we welcome you to participate in the Lord's Supper. And I encourage you not to neglect participating in the Lord's Supper when you have the opportunity. I've seen and witnessed in the past people opting out of the Lord's Supper. It always

was a curious thing to witness and these were believers, but I encourage you to every opportunity that you get to participate in the Lord's Table to take advantage of that and And it is, it's more than a symbol, it's more than a picture, it is life. And so let's not neglect it. Before we participate in the Lord's Table, we always ask the Lord to search our own hearts. I think it'd be appropriate today for the Lord to search our hearts today.

And regarding faith, we talked about Abraham believed, Sarah believed, even though Abraham was good as dead and Sarah's womb had no life in it, had been bare in her entire life. But when God enters the picture and sees the faith that we exhibit toward him, he takes that faith and he uses it. As Rick said, God gets excited when he sees someone

that believes him. And I think it'd be appropriate today to say, Lord, there are times where I fall short on that and believing your word. And Lord, I believe help down my unbelief. Help my unbelief. If Abraham could believe for a nation to come forth from him, then we can believe the promises of God for our own lives too. So Rick, would you pray for us that the Lord would search our hearts for those areas where

we fall short in following after Him in faith? Would you pray for us? Yes. But first I want, Doc, for people that opt out, that tells me that you are opting out because you have guilt or condemnation. And that should have cleared up in our study of Romans so far. That this struggle in life is normal. That's exactly what we've been learning so far in the first seven chapters of Romans. Yes.

Paul said, I do things I don't want to do, and what I want to do, I don't do. What's going on inside of me? So if you hold back from communion because you feel like you have not worthy, you've done something, okay, the way to fix that is repentance and then forget about it drop it drop it Take it to the Lord and Settle it and then move on Right and because what did what did we teach you the other day Satan wants to put?

guilt and condemnation on you to create a separation between you and God. Absolutely. And so the Lord's looking around at his table going, Hey, we got an empty seat. What? Where are, where's my son? Where's my daughter? Oh, they're, they think you're mad at them. I'm not mad at them.

Go get them. Now they're hiding in there. They went in their bedroom, locked the door. They're not coming out for dinner. Then dad's got to go knock on your door Son come out daughter come out No, dad See Satan's trying to create separation between you and your heavenly father

So just open the door hug your heavenly father confess what you did and repent and drop it that's right and he's probably going to say but I already forgave you why are we talking about this again I forgave you a long time ago why are we talking about this again you still thinking about it so he's not he's not thinking but Satan is the one who's constantly reminding you of past mistakes. Amen. All right, Father. Thank you, Lord.

Father, all of us have sinned. All of us have come short of your glory. Father, not one of us is good apart from Christ. But Father, you made a way for us to be forgiven. You made a way for us to be righteous. You made a way for us to be in right standing with you. And so Father, search our hearts that whatever is there that we have done since the last time of Holy Communion reveal it to us Father we repent of our sins we ask for forgiveness in the name of Jesus Christ we thank you Father that you are prompt and certain to forgive and never remember

and certain to forgive and never remember. And we walk in this divine freedom. Thank you, Father, in Jesus' name, amen. Amen, amen. Thank you, Rick, appreciate that. Well, if you have the elements of communion, I'm gonna pray a blessing over those items right now, and we're gonna enter into the Lord's table. So this was a holy experience. This is something that should be a priority in a believer's life and

I'm glad that as a ministry we make it a priority and it's not something that we do to check off a box at the end of the year to say that we did something but that this Jesus said is off as you do, implying that you should do it often. And so let's pray over the elements of communion right now and let's enter into the Lord's table. Almighty God in your tender mercy, you gave your only begotten son, Jesus Christ, to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption.

And he offered himself and made once for all time a perfect and sufficient sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. He instituted this remembrance of his passion and death, which he commanded us to continue until he comes again. And so, Father, we ask you to bless and sanctify with your word and with your Holy Spirit these gifts of bread and wine that we may partake of his most blessed body and blood. Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed once for all upon the cross.

Therefore, let us keep the feast. Hallelujah. On the night that he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples saying, take eat. This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. The body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is given for you,

preserve your body and soul to everlasting life. This is the bread of heaven. Take and eat in remembrance that Christ died for you. After supper, Jesus took the cup and when he'd given thanks, he gave it to them saying, drink this all of you, for this is the blood of the new covenant which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this in remembrance of me. Wherever you drink it, do this in remembrance of me. Praise God. Hallelujah.

The blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for you, preserve your body and soul to everlasting life. Drink the cup of salvation in remembrance that Christ's blood was shed for you, and be thankful. Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world, and blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb. This sacrament is the gift of God for the people of God. Feed on Him by faith with thanksgiving that Christ died for you. Praise God. It's always by faith, Rick.

Amen. Amen. Everything. everything. What we just did was by faith. Amen. We feasted on the Lord by faith. And by faith one day we'll share this meal with him. That's right. In the city that has foundations. That's right. In the city that has foundations. Whose builder and maker is God. All right. Praise God. All right, ladies and gentlemen, it's been a great week here, the first week back from our trip to Barcelona. Great week in studying Romans and Faith Friday, great lesson today, Rick. Really appreciate that. On Monday, we start Romans chapter eight

and Romans takes on a whole new tone moving forward here. And so be sure to join with us Monday morning, eight o'clock here on the East Coast of the US for the live version of Morning Manna. And of course you can watch the archive version of Morning Manna anytime on faithandvalues. the archived version of Morning Manna anytime on faithandvalues.com so we invite you to do that. Any final words as we close out the week Rick? No sir, just everyone has a big time over the weekend to find a place to be quiet and still

before the Lord, just turn off all the noise, listen to Him, listen to His voice, read His Word, pray, just listen. He's not going to talk over the TV, He's not going to talk over all the other distracting sounds, your phone, everything. See here is, I just sat talking about that and my phone is pinging, okay? See the way it works? We got to turn this stuff off, okay? And spend time with the Lord, and let Him speak to you, okay? And be blessed. We'll get together on Monday. We start chapter 8 on Monday. God bless you, and have a great weekend. We love you. Join us for the next edition of Morning Manifest.