TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - NATO Could Dissolve by June 2025 Says New German Leader

Episode Date: February 24, 2025

German voters ousted Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats in yesterday’s election. The new chancellor will most likely be Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s conservative CDU party. Mr. Merz vowed on Monday to build a conservative-moderate ruling majority. That didn’t surprise anybody. It is what he said about NATO that shocked many people. The German conservative, who is not a fan of Donald Trump, said Europe must build up its own military defenses as he had “no illusions at all about what is coming out of America.” Mr. Merz went on to say that NATO could be radically different, possibly dissolved, by June 2025.Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart. Airdate 02/24/2025Join the leading community for Conservative Christians! https://www.FaithandValues.comYou can partner with us by visiting TruNews.com, calling 1-800-576-2116, or by mail at PO Box 399 Vero Beach, FL 32961.Get high-quality emergency preparedness food today from American Reserves!https://www.AmericanReserves.com             It’s the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. Now available in eBook and audio formats! Order Final Day from Amazon today!https://www.amazon.com/Final-Day-Characteristics-Second-Coming/dp/0578260816/Apple users, you can download the audio version on Apple Books!https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/final-day-10-characteristics-of-the-second-coming/id1687129858Purchase the 4-part DVD set or start streaming Sacrificing Liberty today.https://www.sacrificingliberty.com/watchThe Fauci Elf is a hilarious gift guaranteed to make your friends laugh! Order yours today!https://tru.news/faucielf

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own military defenses as he had, quote, no illusions at all about what is coming out of America, end of quote. Mr. Mears went on to say that NATO could be radically different, possibly dissolved by June 2025. This is true news for Monday, February 24, 2025. Let's begin our analysis and commentary of today's top news with this headline from France 24. Germany's likely new leader, Mers vows to form government. Look at this, Doc. Without the far right. See, Germany's, they're a conservative party, just like the Republicans.

Yes. What they're going to do is form a coalition with the liberals who were defeated. Right. Because they're really just one party, just like here in the United States. But that's not the main thing. The main thing I want you to see, this is in Telegraph, Germany's likely new chancellor warns NATO could be dead.

Yes. So Frederick Mertz, who you see on the screen there, who is poised to become Germany's next chancellor, has warned that NATO could be finished and Europe must prepare to build an alliance independent from the United States. In stark comments from Mr. Merz, leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union, the CDU, suggested the continent may have to quickly establish an independent European defense capability. After exit polls predicted Mr. Merz would win the election, Donald Trumpiled the result as a great day for Germany and for the United States. But Mr. Murr says Europe's 80-year-old alliance with the U.S. could be consigned to history. As he believes, Mr. Trump is indifferent about the continent and blunt remarks about his plans

for the upcoming administration. My absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible so that step by step we can really achieve independence from the USA," Mr. Mertz said. I never thought I would have to say something like this on a television program, but after Donald Trump's statements last week at the latest, it is clear that the Americans, at least this part of the Americans, this administration, are largely indifferent to the fate of Europe. He went on to say, I'm very curious to see how we're heading towards the NATO summit at the end of June, whether we will still be talking about NATO in its current form, or whether we will have to establish an independent European defense capability much more quickly.

That's for Mr. Mertz. So like you were saying, Rick, Mr. Mertz is like our spineless Republicans here in the U.S. It'd be like electing Mitch McConnell. Right. That's what you would get. Yes. Or Mitt Romney. Right. But Mr. Murr said his priority, my absolute priority, will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible. I would think you'd want to strengthen Germany, the country that you were elected to lead. You would think so. You would think that's what the electorate said. These guys are always thinking in terms of some type of global coalition.

He should also wake up to the fact that the AFD garnered a tremendous amount of support in this election. By the next election, AFD will probably just rout out the CEU. You would think he would shift further to the right, but no, what he's done is he's shifted even further to the, even including saying we're going to maintain our open border policy for Germany. So Dr. Statement, there's a NATO summit coming up this summer in June. And he said, Europe's 80-year alliance with the United States could be consigned to history. He said, I am very curious to see how we are heading towards the NATO summit at the end

of June, whether we will still be talking about NATO in its current form or whether we will have to establish an independent European defense capability much more quickly. I'm going to go with the latter. I believe Donald Trump is going to tell them, you guys are on your own. I'm taking care of America. You guys are all big boys. Put on your big boy pants and defend your country. I'm signing a peace treaty with Russia. And there's no reason for us to be financing your defense.

I think by the end of this summer, NATO is going to be on its way out. Either reconfigured or completely dissolved at this point. Or a NATO without America in it. Right. But what is that? We have the military bases, we have the equipment, the missiles, the tanks. What do they have? Well, they would say they have the same thing, including nuclear weapons.

All right. Well, Donald Trump is calling it. Well, France has nuclear weapons and Great Britain has some. That's it. The military bases we've paid for, the tanks we've paid for. This is Donald Trump's argument. We've paid for everything. Right. And what are we getting out of this?

Trouble. Trouble and debt. So, the European countries, they're not broke. They're all prosperous nations. They were before they started this stupid war with Russia. So we could see the end of NATO. I'm telling this, folks, what is happening? It really is mind boggling the changes that are taking place. I don't know if the average person is comprehending the scope, the size of the changes that are underway. I remember having conversations back in the 90s. We of the changes that are underway. I remember having conversations back in the 90s. We need to get out of NATO.

We need to get out of the UN. We need to get out of these things. And now here it is, the year 2025, and we're actually saying we might actually get out of NATO this year. We may get out of the United Nations. That's right. Next, with Newsweek, Russian military expert warns Moscow must be prepared for war with NATO. So, this is now on the other side, coming from Russia, but the mindset there is, hey,

these guys are determined to go to war with us. Right. We better take them seriously, and we better get moving and get prepared for it. So it says Russia could go to war with NATO in the next decade. A Russian military expert has warned. Who is this guy, Doc? Well, this is a Russian military expert, Igor Korchenko, who often makes, according to Newsweek, is there highly contentious statements on Russia's state-owned TV. Now he's predicting a future conflict

between Russia and the West. He said this in an op-ed published in the Russian newspaper, Moscow Cosmo, I have to do this, Cosomolets. In the op-ed published on the eve of the third anniversary of the war, Kortchenko, director of the Moscow-ed published on the eve of the third anniversary of the war, Kortchenko, director of the Moscow-based Center for Analysis of World Arms Trade, said Russia must be prepared for war with NATO in the very near future.

He said the Russian army must be prepared for any development of the situation in the medium term, including a possible military conflict with NATO in Europe in the next decade, within the next 10 years, Rick, between now and 2035. There we go again. That's right. The date I'm picking is 2032. He said that even if the Kremlin establishes a stable relationship with the US with President Donald Trump, in four years, a new leader could emerge and take office.

It says, therefore Russia's assessment of the strategic objectives of its geopolitical and military adversaries should not be based on the current intentions of select Western elites, but rather on an evaluation of the overall military strength and capabilities of the collective West. So once again, the Russians are saying, doesn't matter who's in the White House. At the end of the day, America's ruling class is going to have a war. Right. That's their mindset.

So that, you know, Donald Trump's term is going to come to an end January, 2029. Right. And then the next warmonger will step up. Whoever that is going to be. By the way, I want to correct myself, Doc. Last Friday, I think it was Friday, you know, we played the video of, President Trump was asked, do you support, do you endorse JD Vance for the Republican nomination in 2028? And he said, no. And my response Friday was, well, that's because he expects to be the nominee.

Somehow he's going to get the Constitution changed and he's going to stay in power. I thought about that over the weekend. That's not true. I've changed my mind on it. I'll tell you who he has in mind, who he intends to be the Republican nominee in 2028 and sworn in, inaugurated as president in January 2029, his daughter Ivanka. That is my prediction. Really? Ivanka Trump will become the first female president of the United States. It's not Don Jr. It's not Eric.

It's Ivanka. Mr. Trump is going to make sure Ivanka is in the White House. I'll talk to you. I'll say some more things privately off the air about it. Okay? Things I don't want to say on the air. So I stand corrected. Ivanka Trump will be the Republican nominee in 2028. So last week we heard about a contentious meeting between US Treasury Secretary Besint and Vladimir Zelensky, and

that it didn't go well. Mr. Besint left Besint. I got to get his name right. Besint, isn't it? Besint? I've been saying Besint. I hope I'm right. I know. I know.

I know. I think it's Bicent. Anyhow, they said he left. President Trump was very upset. Well now more has come out. This is the Daily Mail, and Daily Mail is basing this on information they got from the Financial Times. Right.

And it says that Zelensky interrupted furiously at a senior member of Donald Trump's administration and left him trembling with fear. It was claimed today as the U.S. and Ukraine inched closer to a deal to end the war. But upon reviewing the contract in detail, Zelensky in his age discovered that there were no real security guarantees to be found. Instead, the contract was reportedly more exploitative than the conditions imposed on Germany after World War I, expecting Ukraine to relinquish huge amounts of oil, gas, and mineral resources.

I said that last week. I said this thing is worse than what the West did in Germany. It's almost like the Daily Mail took what you said and put it in the article. It just takes them longer to figure it out. It says, recalling the president's fury, Ukrainian lawmakers claimed Zelensky's bellows reverberated through the halls of Kiev's presidential palace as he laid into the bascent for expecting him to sell his country to Washington. A person told Financial Times he was very angry, explaining how the gildedors of Zelensky's presidential office did nothing to stop those outside from hearing every word of the verbal beatdown. Secretary Besint was visibly shaken, his voice trembling as he delivered a stumbling statement to reporters moments after enduring the wrath of the Ukrainian president.

How much of this article is propaganda? No, I think it's true. Do you think it is as dramatic as this though? I do. Okay. I do. Because something went wrong in that meeting. Yeah, I agree.

Something went wrong. Remember President Trump said on Air Force One, he said he treated him very shabbily. Yes, he was very rude to him. Very rude to him. Okay, I think this is an accurate picture. And that's why when General Kellogg went in, they canceled the press conference. That things were still frosty. So, you know, Mr. Zalinski read the agreement and realized he was turning over, I don't know, 50 percent, maybe 100 percent of his resources until the U.S. got back $500 billion. But anyhow, according to this, he went berserk

and was screaming, CNN, French, UK leaders rushed to Washington at a historic turning point for the West. Leaders of Europe's two nuclear powers are rushing to the White House to try to reclaim a central role for themselves and for Ukraine as they were cut out from U.S.-Russia talks on ending the war. French President Macron will visit Trump on Monday, the third anniversary of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine. Prime Minister Kerr Starmer will follow on Thursday, in the most treacherous moment yet of his young premiership. This is CNN, with large gaps opening between Washington and London. CNN cannot say President Trump.

No, never can. They'll say President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Kare Starrmer. Then you get to President Trump, Trump. Yes. It's just Trump. Right. So our audience out there, watch for these things when you're to President Trump, Trump. Yes. It's just Trump. Right. So our audience out there, watch for these things when you're reading news stories, news reports.

It's their contempt. That's right. Contempt and disrespect. They will not address him by his title. So I guess I got some video here. This France, number six. This is France 24. Macron meets Trump in Washington amid uncertainties over US commitment to Europe.

Now, I want to show you two different videos. This was the official video I saw of President Macron pulling up to the White House. The first thing that I noticed was President Trump was not standing there. Right. I couldn't see him. President Macron's looking around. He doesn't, he just kind of like walks in. Here's another angle and this

is supposedly him leaving right this is him leaving you don't see you know you don't see the President of the United States with him or anything mr. McCrone just walking out like I got to find a taxi or some place and get out of here. But then, I want to show you another one. And this is from the official White House account. All right. So now, watch the difference here in between these two videos. I think I've got the mystery solved.

I'll tell you here in just a moment, Rick. That's the same look we saw when the president met Mr. Netanyahu. Yes. Right. Okay, almost identical. So, they're greeting a head of state, and it's common for the president to greet a foreign head of state and welcome to the White House. And so, this is what we see on the official White House account. You see

President Trump greeting Emmanuel Macron. How can this be? They're two different videos. Well, we've got a little bit more video here, but I think I've got the mystery solved here. Doc, the other video, he walked right in. He got in another car and he walked in. Yes. Now he's standing there talking to the President. And here he is walking inside with the president. What's your explanation? My explanation is I think someone pieced together video earlier today saying it was Macron at the White House, but actually it's him arriving over at Blair House and stopping there first

before going over to the White House. The Blair House is where the lodging, the official lodging for heads of state. Right. So I think that's probably what happened, but someone jumped the gun and said, look at it. This is, you know, McCrone. So he dropped his suitcase off over at Blair House. You're right. So this is why you need to watch these videos and news reports with a lot of discernment, because you can jump to conclusions real quick on things.

Yeah, because my first reaction was, wow, President Trump brushed him off. He wasn't there at the door to greet him. And when you sent me the second video, I was like, wait a minute, I already have a video, and this is completely different. When you sent me the second video, I was like, wait a minute, I already have a video, and this is completely different. And so I started scurrying around, and I noticed there's a difference between the inferences of the two buildings. And so-

Very good observation. I think that's it. Very good observation, Don. But the president met with President Macron of France today, and President Trump had some remarks on his visit. This is on Truth Social. Oh yeah there's something really important in here I want you to see. Let's read this. So today President Emmanuel Macron of France joined me in the Oval Office to speak to the G7 summit. The summit was convened by

Governor Justin Trudeau of Canada, the current chair of G7 to acknowledge the third anniversary of the Russian-Ukraine War, which would never have started if I was president. Everyone expressed their goal of seeing the war end. I emphasized the importance of the vital critical minerals and rare earths deal between the US and Ukraine, which we hope will be signed very soon. This deal, which has an economic partnership, will ensure the American people recoup the

tens of billions of dollars and military equipment sent to Ukraine while also helping Ukraine's economy grow as this brutal and savage war comes to an end. At the same time, I am in serious discussions with President Vladimir Putin of Russia concerning the ending of the war and also major economic development transactions which will take place between the U.S. and Russia. Talks are proceeding very well. Okay. That next to the last line.

I am in serious discussions with President Vladimir Putin of Russia concerning the ending of the war. Okay, I get that. But the big one for me is, but also major economic development transactions which will take place between the United States and Russia. Yes. That wasn't lost on me when I saw that. What is it?

We're going into business together. The United States and Russia. With minerals. That's right. And oil and wheat and everything that Ukraine produces. Russia and the United States are going to run Ukraine. And Russia is going to provide the security. Yes. They're going to have the peacekeepers.

And it's going to blow mines all provide the security. Yes. They're going to have the peacekeepers. It's going to blow minds all over the place. They're going to provide the peacekeepers. He's going to give Ukraine to Russia. The surface. Okay. So you know, I learned when I moved to Texas. I'm just getting ready. Well, you lived to Texas. I have to just get ready to...

Well, you lived in Texas. I didn't know this. I didn't know this before I moved to Texas. I didn't know that when you buy land, you don't get everything down below. You just get the top. You just get in the top soil. That's it. What's under that soil belongs to somebody else.

That's right. And it could be a family that's owned it for 100 years. That's right. And it could be a family that's owned it for 100 years. That's right. Called Mineral Rights. I think he's going to get the surface to Russia, and they're going to split the mineral rights. But I also think there's a real possibility that the peacekeeper troops will be Chinese. I could see that happening too. So I think there's a back-end. Not going to be Chinese. I could see that happening too. So this is good. I think there's a back.

It's not going to be European. Not going to be European. Russia is not going to allow British and French and German troops to come into their country and the next door to their country. And don't you think that the Chinese would love to have a presence in Europe? Of course. And to look like China is now an international player, and they're providing peacekeeping forces to settle a war. All right, so the next one. Let's see, this is a Times, UK Staror, Russia must be forced to make concessions. These guys don't get it. You've lost the war.

We weren't even fighting Europe and you lost. You lost it. And the Prime Minister of Great Britain is still talking like he's going to crush Russia. Right. And he had a video address earlier today where he said that we will be providing troops to Ukraine, just letting you know. But in this article in the Times, President Putin should be pushed not just to talk, but to make concessions.

That's coming from Keir Starmer, as world leaders gathered in Kiev to commemorate the third anniversary of what he described as Russia's barbaric invasion of Ukraine. Starmer and President Trump's efforts to begin peace plan negotiations with Russia had created an opportunity. However, he added that Ukraine must have a seat at the negotiation table. That's his insistence. A settlement must be based on a sovereign Ukraine backed up with strong security guarantees,"

Starmor said. Prime Minister Starmor said the leaders were united in opposition to Russia's barbaric invasion but called on G7 nations to take more risk, including sanctioning banks enabling the invasion, as well as Russia's oil giants. "'We must keep dialing up the economic pressure to get Putin to a point where he is ready not just to talk but to make Concessions he said he's not even talking to the Europeans right They're not even talk to McCrone if McCrone had not even in Ola Shultz just got kicked out right And they still don't get it. They don't get it at all. These people are clueless.

The voters of Germany just kicked Scholes out. And if they have another election in Britain, Star Wars is going to get kicked out. Right. Nigel Farage is going to be the Prime Minister. And Europe's in a tough spot. I mean, they, by, of their own making they bought Collectively Europe bought 21 billion dollars worth of energy from Russia last year 21 billion dollars How much money did they send to Ukraine collectively as a continent 18 billion? So basically Russia is financing Europe's war effort, right? That's that should back home. We call it dumb. It is dumb. But these guys are acting like they have a say in it. And Putin and Trump are going to totally ignore them. They're going to sign a deal.

Right. And announce it. And the Europeans are going to jump up and down and scream. And Putin and Trump are going to say, so what? Right. What are you going to do about it? You're going to fight Russia? You already admit you can't fight Russia for five or ten years.

Right. So the best thing for Russia to do, if they really wanted to, is be crushing now. So Doc, they're going to blow up. The Europeans are going to totally blow up over this peace deal. And that's going to totally blow up over this peace deal. And that's going to end NATO. Yes. They're going to blow up and vent their anger on Donald Trump.

And he's going to say, you know what? We're out. And this June, NATO is going to come to an end. And we'll take our pay checkbook with us. And these guys are going to say, well, we're on our own and we have five to 10 years to prepare for war with Russia. And the Russians are going to sit there going, you guys are crazy. We don't have to wait five or 10 years.

Yeah, but they don't even want a war. Yeah. Why are you guys talking about a war? The Russians are like, what are you thinking? We just want to sell you electricity and gas and oil. We'll buy your cheese. Why do you want to fight? But they're determined they're going to have a fight because they believe their own propaganda. They wrote it so good, so well. They believe it. good, so well. They believe it.

NBC News. Two Trump officials declined to say Russia started the war in Ukraine. Now, there's definitely been a change in the messaging over the past week now. As this article suggests here, that there is a whole new way of saying this. Two Trump administration officials publicly declined to characterize Russia as the provocateur in its war against Ukraine, despite the war having begun when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine back in 2022. Remember, this is NBC News saying this, folks.

Asked during an interview with Fox News Sunday, host Shannon Breem asked, whether it was fair to say Russia attacked Ukraine unprovoked three years ago. Defense Secretary Pete Heges said it was fair to say Russia attacked Ukraine unprovoked three years ago. Defense Secretary Pete Hegess said it was fair to say it's a very complicated situation. Top Trump administration officials, including Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, have traveled to Saudi Arabia in recent days to hold talks with Russian officials. Witkoff said in a CNN interview on Sunday that the war in Ukraine, irrespective of who

started it, needs to end. He then appeared to defend Russia's perspective by arguing that the war was not necessarily provoked by Russia. And we have a bit of that interview from CNN this Sunday. Here's Steve Witkoff. I think everybody watching can understand the need for diplomacy and especially President Trump wanting to reset the relationship with Russia. What do you say to the millions of Americans and people around the world who are concerned

that the United States right now doesn't seem to understand who actually launched this war against Ukraine and is actually trying to sidle up to the bad guys, Putin and the Russians, while screwing over the good guys, Zelensky and Ukraine. I think that is a fear that a lot of Americans have. Well, look, I've heard that kind of talk. I don't necessarily agree with it. But let me say this. I'll make a few comments. The first is that the war, irrespective of who started it, needs to end.

Too many people's lives have been expunged as a result of it, and it just doesn't make sense to the president. He wants to be the peacemaking president, peace through strength, and I don't blame him. I actually concur right down the line with his thought process around this. That's one. Two, the war didn't need to happen. It was provoked.

It doesn't necessarily mean it was provoked by the Russians. There were all kinds of conversations back then about Ukraine joining NATO. The president has spoken about this. That didn't need to happen. It basically became a threat to the Russians. Ukraine joining NATO, the president has spoken about this, that didn't need to happen. It basically became a threat to the Russians. And so we have to deal with that fact.

And those are real facts on the ground here. But be that as it may, the Russians have indicated that they are responsive to an end to this. There were very, very, what I'll call cogent and substantive negotiations framed in something that's called the Istanbul Protocol Agreement. We came very, very close to signing something. And I think we'll be using that framework as a guidepost to get a peace deal done between Ukraine and Russia. And I think that will be an amazing day.

And the fact is, the president understands how to get deals done deals Only work Jake when they're good for all the parties and that's what that's the pathway that we're on here Of course just a reminder of viewers Russia sees Ukrainian territory in 2014 With Crimea they've been going into the Dombass region and seizing land in eastern Ukraine long before they attacked three years ago when they did the full frontal assault. You just suggested Russia was provoked. Trump is publicly attacking Zelensky as a dictator.

He blamed him for starting the war in the first place, called for new elections in Ukraine, took NATO membership for Ukraine off the table. He said it's unlikely Ukraine will be able to get back its territory seized by Russia. Russian state TV suggests that President Trump is getting all of this straight from his conversations with President Putin. Take a listen. When Trump is answering questions about the press conference, I think it is not a coincidence that many of the narratives that are being voiced largely materialized after their conversation. The phrases he is saying are so deep and so correct, they are in total alignment with the way we see things. Do you think it's good that the Russians think that the Trump administration is in total alignment with the way that Putin sees things?

I think we've had, Jake, by my estimation, almost a million and a half deaths here. And finally, we have a leader, that is President Trump, who is determined to end the carnage. And so the only way you're going to end the carnage is if you have a relationship with the leaders of both countries that are involved. I went over to Russia. I had a meeting with President Putin. It was a long meeting, positive, constructive. Lots of good things got discussed, in large part because the president enjoyed a positive relationship

with President Putin from his first term in office and that then evolved into a into a positive conversation with the president on a telephone call from the White House. And then there was a positive conversation with President Zelensky. So I think you've got to have these relationships. You've got to have communication. That's the only way you get deals done. All right. So, Doc, Jake Tapper is, you know, he's a prime example of a deep state propagandist. That's all he's ever done on television.

Deliver the propaganda of the deep state. Now, I want to go back to, first, in this article was Pete Hegseth on Fox News. And he would not say that Russia was at fault for starting the war. Right. Okay, this is Pete Hagseff, Secretary of Defense. And this is the standard line at Fox, too. Yes, but... Every single host at Fox, with the exception of Hannity, because he won't talk about it,

is that will ask, will say this, Russia started that war. Russia started that war. An example was Friday, Brian Kilmeade and everything. But that's where I was going. Before Pete Hagseth became defense secretary, he would have been one of the prime promoters of Russia started the war propaganda. And Marco Rubio would too, right? Secretary of State. All of them. He would have been totally on board. All of them. So what changed, Rick?

Donald Trump. That's right. He's changed the narrative. He's changed the dialogue. But on the second one, Mr. Witkoff, and I'm really coming to like him. I really didn't know. I just knew the name as a businessman. I've been really impressed with him. He's doing a really good job. He handled Jake Tapper very well. It wasn't ruffled by Jake Tapper. No, it is. Seemed right along with it. You know, look, you could respond to Jake Tapper was like, well, Putin invaded Crimea in 2014. Yeah, but the United States started a revolution in Ukraine. That's right. John McCain and Victoria Nuland went to Ukraine and

encouraged the Nazis to overthrow the elected Ukrainian government. Yes. And we and the Ukrainians used U.S. made weapons to kill Russian-speaking Ukrainians in eastern Ukraine. That's right. And the West deceived Russia by telling them that the agreement, the Minsk agreement, was going to solve this problem when Angela Merkel said a couple years ago, oh no, it was never meant to solve the war. It was to stall time, to give Ukraine time that we could build up their military. That's right. And the Russians figured it out. So, and Jake Tapper knows all this stuff,

but he's paid to promote the narrative. This is what it's like. Like during COVID, you had to say, the vaccines are safe. Yes. It was like they wanted to reach through the TV screen, grab you by the throat, say it doc, say it. Say the vaccines, say it. Say it that they're safe. I won't say it.

See? They want, they want your mouth to say something, your brain and your heart believes it's not true. So the same narrative is going on about the war. They're reaching through the TV screen, grabbing your throat. You say it, Russia invaded, Russia started the war. Say it. That's the truth. No, it's not the truth. You're not allowed to say something else. No, it's not the truth. You're not allowed to say something else. No, I'm a free person. I can think on my own. And you're a liar.

You're a deceiver. And I know what the narrative is. Well, and I'll tell you the reason why. It's because of Donald Trump. He has three rules for winning. And his second rule for winning is truth is relative. Truth is what? Relative. Relative to the situation. Truth is what he says it is. Truth is what he says it is. There could be other people who believe a different truth, but for him, his truth is what he says it is, and he expects any team to believe his truth. That's right. So Pete Hegseth has switched. But if he ever went back to Fox News, he'd go back to the old Pete Hegseth, which is what he was paid to say. You understand this now? You're watching a great episode today, folks. You're learning a lot. All right so Russian Secretary of State Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov he had a

press conference and he pointed out that former that that the Russians and the Ukrainians were ready to have a peace settlement like in the first four months of the war. Yes. Like April of 2022. They were one hour away from signing it. One hour away that's what he says here we were one hour away from signing it. One hour away. That's what he says here. We were one hour away and then something happened. Bojo. Boris Johnson showed up and told Mr. Zelensky, don't you dare sign it. We'll give you all the weapons, all the money you need to fight the Russians. Here is Sergey Lavrov with his version of the relative truth.

As for Steve Witkov's statement that the draft of Istanbul agreements from April 2022 could serve as foundation for the Ukrainian settlement, well, I haven't heard that. There's one thing I can confirm. Vladimir Putin, president of the Russian Federation, has said that many times reminding that in Istanbul, for years ago, we were maybe one hour away from signing a full-scale agreement. But Boris Johnson banned Ukraine from doing that. And in an interview, the Ukrainian official publicly confirmed this fact that three years ago they had been ready to sign, but they were forbidden to do that by London and Washington.

Okay, so something amazing happened today. This is Washington Post. It's big. I had to look at this headline a couple of times. But it's foretelling what we're going to get here in the near future. So the European nations introduced a resolution in the United Nations condemning Russia for starting the Ukraine war. The United States voted against it. Yes.

And as the Washington Post says, the United States voted with Russia, North Korea, Belarus, and 14 other Moscow-friendly countries Monday on a resolution condemning Russian aggression. The US delegation abstained on its own separate resolution that's called simply for and negotiated in. So what the Europeans were trying to do today, they're pushing this, you have to say it. Say it. Yes, say it to say it. Say it. Yes, say it. Say it. Say it. Russia invaded Ukraine. Say it. That's what they were telling the United

Nations. You have to say it. And the United States voted against it. That's right. Look, if you're trying to solve a war, the last thing you want to do is point fingers at someone and say, you started this fight. Right. You know, if you've got two people, you're trying to mediate a fight. The last thing you're going to say is mistakes were made on those sides. Right.

But the last thing you're going to say is point and want to go, hey, you know, you're the one that started this fight. Because what are you going to do? You're going to fight gonna fight you're gonna fight again. That's what the Europeans wanted They wanted the Russians to get angry. That's right now South China Morning Post Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin pledged long-term ties amid warming US relations amid warming U.S. relations. Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, pledged long-term strategic ties between their countries in a phone call on Monday amid warming relations

between Moscow and Washington. During the lengthy call, Putin told Xi about recent engagements between his country and the US while Xi expressed support for the dialogue between Moscow and Washington. I at first assumed it was Xi Jinping who made the phone call. It was Vladimir Putin who called Xi Jinping. I figured Xi Jinping was like, hey, what's going on over there? You guys are getting too friendly with the United States. But actually it was Vladimir Putin.

It was Vladimir Putin who called Xi Jinping to tell him this is what we're talking about. So he is keeping Xi Jinping from feeling like he's been left out. But I also think it's to say, why don't you bring PLA troops to Ukraine and be the peacekeepers? Right. And we'll pay you with some of the minerals. I could see it happening now. Okay. Really good. Everybody's going to get some. Going to get some of Ukraine. Everybody's gonna get some Gonna get some Ukraine. I'll get some of those minerals

Rick I I think now everything's on the table and I think we're gonna take back Afghanistan I think we're gonna make that work out a deal with North Korea Remember what Jim Rogers said what his hearing was about North Korea over the weekend. I thought about that. Jim Rogers is a billionaire. He said to me in St. Petersburg, Russia, I interviewed him in St. Petersburg, and he said to me, because Mr. Rogers does a lot of business in Russia, but he's had to pull back because of the war. But that was back when Donald Trump was in the White House. It was 2018? Well, yes. Yeah. That was it. 18. That we were at SPIF. Yeah. 2018. And I asked Mr. Jim Rogers, I said, so if President Trump works out a peace deal

with Kim Jong-un, are you going to go to Pyongyang?" And he said, yes, I'm going to go. And then he said something that just shocked me. And he said, and Rick, you're going to build North Korea's first Christian TV station. I didn't expect that to come out of his mouth. I was stunned by it, doc. I didn't expect that to come out of his mouth. I was stunned by it, Doc. Jim Rogers, whom I respect a lot, that he would say to me, and you, Rick Wiles, are going to build the first Christian TV station in North Korea. Doc, it's not unthinkable now.

Right. In fact, now you wonder why Trump didn't, excuse me, President Trump didn't do it in his first term, make a deal with Kim Jong-un. But now I see it as a possibility. There are floating ideas out there about putting US troops back in Afghanistan and taking the minerals in Afghanistan now. There was a report over the weekend the president of Congo went on X and said we would welcome the United States to come and take our minerals if they can just keep the peace here in the Congo. I think everything's on the table now Rick. Oh my. So this is a different world that we're living in now.

So Wall Street Journal is reporting here, since we're on the subject of China, that the GOP email system was apparently infiltrated by Chinese hackers last summer. This is according to a new book that's been published. As the Republican National Committee was gearing up for its convention in Milwaukee, it was also quietly dealing with a serious security breach of its internal communications by hackers with ties to the Chinese government. In early July, Microsoft had reached out to top party officials to inform them that the hackers had for months had access to the RNC email system. The previously

unreported breach is revealed in reporter Alex Eisenstadt's forthcoming book, Revenge, the Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power. The Wall Street Journal viewed an excerpt of the book, which will be released next month, and verified the hack. RNC officials believed that the hackers wanted inside information about how the GOP was planning to address Taiwan in its party platform. In 2016, the RNC called for a free trade agreement with Taiwan as part of its 60-page platform, but the 2024 platform, which was released in the run-up to the convention, had actually been whittled down to 16 pages and there was no mention of Taiwan in the platform either.

Now after learning of the hack, top RNC officials and Trump campaign co-chair Chris Lussovita decided not to alert the Federal Bureau of Investigation about the breach because they were concerned the information could be leaked to the media. And despite not notifying the FBI, elements of the US government were aware of the breach of the RNC system by Chinese hackers. Listen to that. They were aware of it. The FBI was aware of it, Rick.

Without the Republicans telling them about it. That's right. Though it wasn't clear how officials heard them. That's because the FBI was hacking the Republican email system. That's right. So US intelligence agencies possess an array of sources and methods including digitally spying on foreign hackers activities that information their understanding of nation-state cyber threats and election interference attempts now my cynical mind tells me that the democrats had worked out a deal with the chinese chinese hacked it passed it on to the Biden administration.

So, well, that's my cynical theory. Well, in 2016, you know, our theory was the Russians had hacked the DNC. Yeah, so, but they got their computer, they got their servers in Ukraine. They weren't in D.C. That was the real secret. The servers are in Ukraine. That's why they were so secretive about that whole operation. Because the FBI never examined the DNC servers.

Never saw them. That's right. Because they couldn't say where they were at. They were in Ukraine. Now, I'm going to put this photo up. This is from President Trump's Truth Social account. Doc showed this to me today, and President Trump posted this photo and said that he's a— there it is

A president after election gets a chance a choice of one in seven desks this desk called the CNO Which is also very well known and was used by President George Herbert Walker Bush and others has been temporarily installed in the White House While the resolute desk is being lightly refinished, a very important job. This is a beautiful but temporary replacement. Okay, so Doc, what did your cynical mind think? Well, my cynical mind leads me to dark places, folks.

I'm sorry. But I have to ask myself why—they knew for months that Donald Trump was going to be in the White House. They knew what desk he wanted. They didn't prepare the desk or anything prior to that. Is that what you're saying to me? I don't believe that story. I don't believe it's being slightly refinished.

What do you think? I think somehow or other, I'm just totally speculating here, I have no evidence to it other than I know it's happened in the Oval Office in the past, in that I think the desk was bugged. They had cooties. Yes. They had CIA cooties in it? Yes, somebody's cooties. And if we could put that picture back up again, of the CNO desk. So the French president met with Donald Trump today and met him at this desk, the CNO desk. You notice anything unusual about this desk, Rick? Anything at all about the CNO desk?

Yes, it's turned around backwards. It appears to be backwards, doesn't it? Yes. There's drawers on the outward facing side. Right. I just caught my attention. I don't know why that is. Is the desk backwards? Does it have access on both sides? Because when they took a picture of the president in the Oval Office with McCrone earlier today, McCrone was sitting right next to President Trump on the far side of the desk. Were there drawers? As if he was sitting on the corner. Were there drawers? I don't know what's on the other side of the desk. Maybe Donald Trump has a phobia about drawers. Maybe you can't look at him if he's afraid of them. That's it. I don't know. But it is weird, unusual, to say the least, that it's not a big story.

And of course, you go down a hundred different rabbit trails. But they may have found listening devices in the desk. Right. There have been listening devices. Can you imagine? Are you saying that people in the Biden administration may have placed listening devices in the desk? Or someone within the deep state at the National Archives where they store all these desks prior to the incoming administration coming in. And there hasn't been a lot of love lost between Donald Trump and the Division of National Archives. I'm just saying all things public. We know Israel

plugged the Oval Office in the Federal Administration. The Archives would have put classified documents in the drawers. That's right. All right, while we're talking about weird stuff, BBC News' gold toilet worth 2.8 million British pounds stolen in five minutes. First of all, who has a gold toilet? The one person I would imagine that would have a gold toilet would be Donald Trump. But not in this case. We'll show you the palace. This is the Blenheim Palace. So I guess that's...

Nice piece of real estate there. Yeah. If you were to place a gold toilet someplace, that probably would be the place you would insert it. So how do you steal a gold toilet? Out of a palace. Yes. And they did it in five minutes, according to this story. Three thieves in their mid-30s, according to this BBC report, they went in and they

stole the toilet. And it's not been recovered. 18-karat gold toilet. Now, Rick, do you name your toilet? No, I don't have a name for it. This toilet actually has a name. It actually has a real name. I had to read the article three times to make sure I was the name of the toilet. Entitled America. Entitled America? That's the name of the toilet. I think we ought to set up a new standard here and start naming our toilets. That's entitled America, folks. And so it was 98 kilogram.

That's right. Insured for $6 million. Well, anyhow, that's a gold toilet, if you ever wondered what one looks like. I just want to know how they stole it. How do you sneak a toilet out without anyone knowing? How do you sneak into a palace? Do you are you're on the tour or something is I have to really

I gotta go to the bathroom right now and you come out with the toilet, you know, or something like that. Reuters reporting gold hits new record highs on tariff worries, exchange trade of fund inflows. So today gold was up again today. That's right. CBS News, what's the gold price outlook for the rest of 2025? Well, going up. CBS said last March, some of the most optimistic gold experts projected to spot price of gold to reach $23 to $2400 per ounce in the next year or two. By summer, the price of gold surpassed $2400 and has continued to set records. Nearly a year later, the price of gold is over $2950 per ounce, and if the current trajectory

continues the price will soon surpass 3,000 in total. This is amazing, Doc. Gold increased by over 25% in 2024. What investment could you have made last year that you would have gotten a 24% return 20 25% return on and what if a year ago? You had invested in gold or you had converted your 401k into a go back to IRA Let's say or your 403 B and to what are banks paying right now in interest One or two percent maybe I that might even be high So you you got you get money sitting in banks, getting 1 to 2 percent interest, inflation is eating up the money.

Average stock returns 6 or 7 percent. But if you have cash sitting in, a lot of cash sitting in. You're going negative. You're going negative. Every day it sits there, you're losing money. Right. You're going negative. Every day it sits there, you're losing money. Whereas, had you taken that cash out and bought gold, you would have increased your wealth by 25% last year. And the same thing with your retirement account. Most people have their retirement account in stocks, but stocks go up. What did you say? 6%?

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A past performance is not a guarantee, but we can see where gold is going right now. Why? We're in an inflation cycle. Inflation is not going to come down for a long, long time. My prediction is 10, 12, 15 years, if we were in a repeat inflationary cycle like we had in the mid-70s that lasted till like 1990. I know because I lived through it. I was a young man. I lived through it.

And nobody back then said, Rick, here's my advice to you. You should buy gold. Gold was $35 an ounce when I graduated from high school. And not one person said to me, hey kid, let me give you some good advice. Don't waste your money. Buy gold. Nobody said that to me. I'm saying it to you. Buy gold. It's a smart investment. And, you know, if I had bought gold every month from the time I got out of high school to now,

how much gold would I have? Cool. I think you've just taken 5% of your income, or even 1% of your income, just 1% over what 40 years? Yes. See, we don't teach wise investment to young people. And, you know, you might be in your 30s, your 40s, and you've never heard this before. Okay, take my advice. Don't wait until you're my age, 71, to figure out, should have been buying gold when I was in my 20s. But again, nobody told me. Nobody gave that advice to me. That's why I'm so adamant about it now.

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Right, but they had names. It already did, but I didn't see this one coming. You got Cash Patel. I said last Friday, Cash has got a gun. Yes. Cash has got a gun and a badge. Now you got Cash and Dan. Oh, the crooks in D.C. are scared.

They are scared. And I'll tell you why. I want to show you. I've got this video. I'll tell you who's probably the most frightened person right now in D.C. Adam Schiff. Because here's a video. And this was from Friday.

Last Friday. And he knew he was on his way to the FBI. And couldn't say anything. This is what Dan Bongino said on his podcast last Friday about Adam Schiff. Let's watch. Particularly good mood today. If you only knew. You ever hear that House on Fire song? It's one of his other songs. This guy's on fire. Just like the baby So on fire he is on fire ship well 100% success rate of failing Why is Adam Schiff so worried? folks I strongly encourage you to go back and Take another look today at the Russia collusion hoax

I know it's a story that's old and a lot of people want to move on I'm gonna be straight with you I don't want to move on. I'm going to be straight with you. I don't want to move on. We had the FBI in conjunction with the Department of Justice, officials in Congress, foreign governments and intel people, fabricate a story, invent a story that could have caused and done serious long-term harm to international relations with a nuclear powered foe. It's kind of a big freaking deal. I'm not letting it go. And you listen to me,

this is gonna be very important in the coming days. I'm not letting this go. I wanna find out what happened because it can never happen again. Not to a Democrat, not to a Republican, not to a Libertarian, not to any United States citizen. You do not get to alter or try to change the course of electoral politics by fabricating a story, hijacking the justice system then to give the patina of truth to a fake story.

You don't get to do that. Why do I bring that up now? Because who is the ringmaster of that circus? Yes, Adam Schiff. And no, I'm not letting it go. Man who said that last Friday is today the deputy director of the FBI. If I were Adam Schiff, I would be very nervous, very afraid. And Dan Bongino does not have to go through the process of confirmation.

No, no, he's in. And by the way, the other news story, President Trump appointed Cash Patel as acting director of the ATF. I hope he shuts it down. It's like every day I'm like, is this, is this really happening? Military.com President Trump fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He fired the top U.S. Navy leader. He fired the top Air Force vice chief, the service judge, advocate general.

And the list goes on. So it was a Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Charles C.Q. Brown who was that man there in the in the photo who was fired. The diversity general. Yes and he was replaced by retired Air Force Lieutenant General John Dan Raisen Kane. Yes. This is gonna be fun, Doc. Yes. We're gonna, every week, talk about General Raisen Kane. That's right. That's his nickname, Raisen, Raisen Kane, a career fighter jet pilot and was flying over DC on 9-11 and also worked for the CIA. He's been brought in. He's in retirement.

He's been brought back to active duty to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Doc, you had a point that maybe the mass firings had something to do with that story that James O'Keefe released late last year where he had the video of the Booz Allen consultant who said, I had a meeting, we're having a meeting tomorrow at the Pentagon to talk about where somewhere in a, he's having a meeting with a group of generals talk about what we're going to do about Trump. I know it seems like last year, but it was actually just in January, Rick, that we talked about this.

Was it January? January, yeah. I was thinking it was like November. We did Rick, that we talked about. Was it January? January, yeah. I was thinking it was like November. We did that story on January 15th. Before the inauguration. Yeah, just immediately before the inauguration, James O'Keefe did one of his hidden camera investigations and discovered this individual here that you're seeing pictured with O'Keefe there on the right about a secret meeting that retired generals had on... They were retired.

Well that's what the article... Oh, but it wasn't retired. It was not retired. They were active duty generals. I want to go to NPR. Trump officials will put 4,700 USAID employees on leave and eliminate 1,600 jobs. USAID is done. It's over. They just wiped it out today. It's gone. Thehill.com

Elon Musk and federal workers who haven't returned to the office will be placed on leave this week. No more discussion. You've got thousands, I don't know how many, how many hundreds of thousands of federal government workers who haven't been in the office since the spring of 2020. Right. For COVID. COVID's been over for years. These guys are still home.

Yes. And we're sending them checks. His post on X said those who ignored President Trump's executive order to return to work have now received over a month's warning. And starting this week, those who still fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave. I want to show you New York Post number 32.

President Trump posted a meme to poke fun at the outrage over Elon Musk's email telling federal workers that what they that they had to tell Elon Musk five things that they did last week. Oh, they didn't have to respond to Elon Musk, just tell their supervisor. Tell their supervisor. Five things that they did last week. They went berserker. There's President Trump's meme.

So he says, cried about Trump, cried about Elon, made it in the office for once, read some emails, cried about Trump and Elon some more. The collective meltdown that the left has had over Elon Musk sending that email out on Friday, what did you do this week? They went berserker. They went nuts. But do you know what it was really intended, Doc? Oh, to smoke out those that weren't don't exist that don't exist

People ghost employees. That's right ghost employees. That's really what they're looking for Yes, the ghost employees where the email goes to nothing. Yes But somebody's getting the paycheck, right? That's what that's what they're really looking for a Couple other things I want to go through quickly. Lee, if we could jump over to number 38. Starbucks is going to lay off 1,100 corporate workers as sales sag. Yes, go woke, you go broke. Yes.

And also, they endorsed the Gaza genocide. Right. And that really hurt them. And people were staying away from Starbucks. I'm not crying at all. NBC News, Lester Holt, is out as the anchor of NBC Nightly News. Yeah, this was announced today. Then another NBC property, MSNBC, cancelled Joy Reid's leftist show. And then, number 42, the drama continues. They fired three more leftists at MSNBC. What's going on at MSNBC? Well, I'll tell you, Comcast wants to unload it.

They want to sell it. Right. But nobody with money is going to buy a leftist news channel when the world has gone right. Yes. And if you study cycles, you know that this is a 15 to 20 year cycle. So you're not going to make money on that for 15 to 20 years? MAGA is going to be in power until the early 2040s. Some form of Republican conservatism is going to be in power to the early 2040s. That's the way the cycles work. And then it will roll over again to a leftist cycle for 15 to 20 years. So they know this thing's going to lose money. And they've lost their audience since the election. I mean, their audience numbers have plunged.

So Comcast is trying to unload that thing. And so they're getting rid of all these far, far left radicals. But it's too late for them. Right. What are they going to do with the channel? But you see, even Lester Holt is out. They're all taking a walk. Elon Musk posted this. This is very interesting.

We are on the event horizon of the singularity. Pay attention to that one. We are on the event horizon of the singularity. What is singularity? When artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence. Yes. Okay. What does he know?

Are we going to hear a big announcement this year? But I want to show you something. Let's go down to number 44. This is number 43. It's South China Morning Post. Chinese startup impresses with world's first front flip by a robot. The company is Enjin AI. I will show you the video of and a robot can do it. It hurts me watching it. Now the last one I want you to see, I'm gonna drop down to 47. This robot appears to attack members of an audience at a Chinese festival. Let's watch. Was it aggressive?

It sure acted that way. Some people said no, it just stumbled. Okay. No, it looked to me like it was going after the people. Let's watch it one more time. Tell me what you think. Did it stumble? That was that the Chinese Spring Festival story we covered here a couple weeks ago. We had all the dancing robots. And didn't you say that one of those dancing robots left the stage?

That's the video. That's it right there? Yeah, that's the one I was talking about. Oh, I thought you, the way you explained it, it was like just how kind of like dancing in the aisles. Well, there were two of them that had wandered off stage. Right. And it wandered down into the audience area. Okay, but that was one of them. That was one of them. And that one was mean. It wasn't happy. That was not a nice

robot. Okay. What a day of news today. Incredible day. You know what? The Lord Jesus Christ is coming. Amen. You can just feel it. The world is moving quickly. Things are changing. We've got years to go. We've got years to go. A lot of stuff's got to happen. But we are in that final rush. I can feel it, Doc.

We're moving quickly. The next 10 years are going to go by so fast. And there's going to be a day. Christ is going to be here. Are you ready? Are you ready? What if you left this world today before he comes back? What if you leave? Are you ready? That's the decision every person needs to make. You need to repent of your sins, believe in the name of Jesus Christ, and be baptized in water. Those are the things you need to do.

If you get that done, you can be assured. You can have that eternal assurance that your sins are forgiven, your name is written in God's book of life, and that you will spend eternity with God. It's not that hard, folks. He did all the heavy lifting. You really don't have to do anything other than repent and believe. So why not take advantage? It's the greatest offer that's ever been made in the history of the universe. Free salvation and eternal life. Make sure you get it done for yourself and your family. We'll see you tomorrow.

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through all 11. No guarantee, but we're going to give it our best shot. Let's go to the Lord and invite the Holy Spirit and then Doc Burkhart's going to read Romans 6, 1 through 11. Dear gracious heavenly Father, our Father in heaven, how we love you and adore you and praise you and magnify you. Father, you are the creator. Father, you are the creator. You are the one and only God. There's no other gods, none. There's not even a little God. There are no gods.

Everything else are just inanimate idols. You are the only living God in the universe. And you are our Father. and you are the Creator. You say things and it happens. Father, we are in awe of you, and we're so glad that you are our Father. Father, we have gathered here men and women from many nations, we're gathering in this virtual Bible study class this Monday morning to be taught by your Holy Spirit. And so we submit to the Holy Spirit and we invite the Holy Spirit. He is welcomed and desired to teach us your word.

Father, bless this lesson today in the name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. And we are continuing our study today in the book of Romans and it's been an exciting journey. Give you an opportunity to turn to Romans chapter 6 here. We're going to read together here in just a moment welcoming hundreds of people from all over the world here today on our live edition of Morning Manna and we appreciate you. If you haven't heard anyone say it to you today, I love you. We love you here at this ministry. The Father loves you, Jesus loves you, the Holy Spirit loves you. Some of you need to hear a good I love you today and so I'm delivering that to you this morning. Romans chapter six, I'm reading from the King James this morning, starting at verse one.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbid, how shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein? Know you not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death. Therefore we are buried with him by baptism in the death

that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Or if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall also in the likeness of his resurrection. Knowing this that our old man is crucified with him, that the blood of sin might be, excuse me,

the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now, if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead, dith no more, death hath no more dominion over him. Verse 10, for in that he died, he died unto sin once,

but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise, reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord." God bless the reading of His word today. Amen. Well, first one, what shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? So, Apostle Paul's using a rhetorical question to deal with the misunderstanding of grace. Because some people falsely assumed that he was teaching

that you could continue in sin and receive grace. And he's asking a question in a way that highlights the irrationality of the abundance of grace. And he's asking a question in a way that highlights

the irrationality of the abundance of grace. And he's asking a question in a way that highlights the irrationality of thinking that sin enhances God's glory and grace. So this question follows Romans 520, where grace is said to abound over sin. Again, Paul is, he's addressing misinterpretations of his teachings. And so you're, you're seeing now in this verse, 6 1, a pivotal shift from discussing justification. And now Paul is exploring sanctification and the ethical demands of the gospel.

Paul is quite brilliant. He's demonstrating his skill. He's a lawyer. He's anticipating the objections. He's anticipating the counter arguments. And so he's heading them off at the pass. And he brings up what he knows will be questions that his opponents will ask. So grace is not just forgiveness, but it's an empowerment for renewal and righteousness. It inspires holiness, not continued sin. You know, we were, before we started, I was,

you know, joking, has heaven ever issued a license to a believer, giving them permission to be bitter or angry or unforgiving? believer, giving them permission to be bitter or angry or unforgiving. Well, what we're dealing with here is Paul is refuting any idea of grace as a license for sin. Right. He's he's pointing us towards the believer's union with Christ. And what he's teaching is that true faith results in a transformed life that's free from the dominion of sin. Right. So Paul is he's challenging us to live in holiness and integrity that our lives should

reflect our identity in Christ. That receiving grace carries the responsibility to reject sin, to embrace righteousness. to reject sin, to embrace righteousness. We get to verse two, may it never be we who died in sin, how could we live in it any longer? Amen. So Paul answers his own question. God forbid, may it never be. That's a forceful rejection of the idea that grace permits continued sin.

Absolutely. churches that are basically telling their congregations that their sin doesn't matter? Well, they wouldn't say it in those many words from the pulpit, but by the nature of how they view grace, yes, that's what they believe. But I like what you say, Rick. Grace is not a license to sin, but the power to overcome it. That's what it really, really is. Hypergrace says, basically, you know, you can do whatever, that you've got that license and that it's already covered. and that it's already covered. I don't think, I don't see the scripture teaching that. Right. There are too many scriptures that say otherwise. I still remember the man that visited our church one Sunday night,

and the next day he sent me an email and he said, I won't be back, you made me feel like a sinner. said, I won't be back. You made me feel like a sinner. And I tried to communicate with him. And I said, brother, I what I was teaching was law and grace. You objected to hearing the law part. You only wanted to hear the grace part. We are forgiven sinners, but what are we forgiven from? Sin. Right. He didn't want to hear that part. He just wanted to hear the good part. And so I knew the kind of church that he attended, that they didn't discuss sin. So continuing in sin after dying to it,

Paul says is illogical, is contradictory. Believers, once they've been freed from the rule of sin, cannot logically live under its dominion again. Amen. So Paul's denial shows his awareness of these potential objections to his teaching on grace, and he's confronting this notion that somehow grace could encourage people to have a permissive attitude towards sin. Remember he's dealing with a lot of Jewish Christians who still have Judaism in their brain. Right.

So death to sin means a definitive separation from the control of sin. It's a spiritual reality in which sin no longer holds dominion over a believer. Amen. I think every, I don't think every, I can say every, without a doubt, every believer and every person listening to Doctrine

and Eve right now, all of us in our personal private lives, we have all wrestled with one or more sin, even as we've been walking in Christ. And then there comes a time when you get complete dominion over it. And that sin doesn't bother you anymore. Right. So you may be in that situation right now where you're still wrestling with a sin. Don't put condemnation on yourself. Know that Christ, His death and resurrection, the blood of Christ empowers you to get dominion over that sin. Amen. And the fact that you are being convicted

or your sins are being pointed out shows that the Lord has not given up on you. He has not given up on you at all. And so the sinner does not wrestle with sin. He's in bondage to it, but he's not wrestling with it. Right. And so we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but have been against principality, power, rulers and darkness of this present world. And so there's a fight that's underway for your soul. Satan wants it back. And so. Yes. Or at least to mar it, to muddy it, to trash it. I mean, if he can't get it back, he'll at least mess it up.

Try to ruin your testimony. So we as believers are no longer enslaved by the power of sin. We've been liberated and this liberation allows us to pursue righteousness and to reject sin's authority over us. And this, our death to sin mirrors our union with Christ's death. The union signifies our participation in the victory of Jesus Christ over sin and death. Remember He became our sin. He died with our sin on Him. So when we die to Christ, we die knowing that He has taken our sins upon Himself, and He was raised from the dead and so we are brought up from the dead. That's baptism. Yes. Our old nature is

washed away in the waters of baptism. We come up out of the water a new creature in Christ resurrected. Our spirit is resurrected. When Christ comes back, our body will be resurrected. Hallelujah. So baptism symbolizes the believer's death to sin and resurrection to a new life. It's a public declaration of the inward transformation that comes from the union with Christ. This is why before we started this class we were having this discussion about baptism. Baptism is absolutely mandatory for believers. I won't even get into conversation with people anymore about it. I've just, I've reached a point where I'm not even going to have that conversation.

I think the word says it, you deal with it. I'm not going to spend time arguing with people about whether you have to be baptized. And you know, when I was doing an Ask Doc on a regular basis, that was usually one of the top five questions all the time. Usually within the top five was about baptism. And I guess it just something that's just not clicking with a lot of people who are going to church. I can't call them Christians because if they're not obeying the Lord in baptism when they know they should be, are they believers? Leave that up to the Lord.

I'll let him sort it out at the end. I'm just going with what the word says. So if we go with what the word says, believers should be baptized. Why? Because it identifies us with Christ. Christ takes our sin upon Himself. He died, was resurrected, we die, and we're resurrected to new life. Why wouldn't you want to follow the Lord in

baptism? But some people want to argue with you about it. Yes, and on the other side you have people in church who were baptized but they never believed. Right, you're just a wet sinner then. That's right, that's all you are, a wet sinner. Verse 3, know ye not that so many of us as we're baptized into Jesus Christ, we're baptized into His death. So Paul's assuming that his audience knows the theological significance of baptism. Right. He's saying, look, this is a foundational teaching in the church. You certainly know this, right?

Right. Isn't it amazing, 2,000 years later we have to ask the same question? Right. Obviously this group of believers already knew the truth about baptism. That's right. The question, don't you know? Don't you know? He's urging believers to recognize the implication of their baptism. So baptism is a union with Christ in His death and resurrection. And through it, believers share in His redemptive work on the cross. By being baptized into Christ's death, we identify with his atoning sacrifice and we break from sin's control.

Yes, buried with him in baptism. with Him in baptism. Baptism is part of the core message of the gospel. Yes. Christ's death, burial, resurrection. You can't have a baptism-less gospel. I like that. It doesn't exist. It's like a gospel without a resurrection. And someone made a comment here just a few moments ago in our live chat saying, baptism's the easiest command of Jesus to follow. That's the easiest one. The tough ones are, you know, don't harbor anger.

Love one another. Don't be jealous. Don't be a coward. Those are the tough ones. Baptism is the easy one. All you gotta do is get in water. What is the big deal about this? So what does baptism symbolize?

It symbolizes your death to sin, your separation from your old life, your spiritual rebirth. I would tell you, the early church believed you didn't become a Christian until you came up out of the water. They absolutely believe that. That's right. They did not teach what is taught in American churches today. The salvation was a two-part process. Belief first, baptism second. When you came out of the water, you were then saved. They didn't teach that the baptism saved people, but the obedience to both commands, believe and be baptized, is what saved people. And can you imagine somebody back in the first century arguing with Paul or any of the apostles?

Now, do you really have to be baptized? I can see Paul looking at me, what do you think? I can tell you what G. Campbell Morgan taught. He said that baptism is a public acknowledgement of the believer's faith and commitment to live according to the new identity in Christ. Amen. If Campbell Morgan said that, I'm willing to go with it. So baptism is the beginning of a spiritual transformation. It's the moment when sin's dominion is broken. Yes. It's when grace empowers righteous living.

And baptism obligates believers to live in holiness, to reject sin, to align their actions and their thinking and their speaking with the new spiritual reality which is the kingdom of God. Verse 4, therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." Once again, baptism symbolizes our burial with Christ, the end of our old sinful life, and the beginning of our new life in Christ in the kingdom of God. in the beginning of our new life in Christ in the kingdom of God. You got to think of baptism as, I see it as the immigration process, the naturalization process. Okay, so if you if you become a citizen of a new country, there are

requirements of things that you have to go through, alright? And when you complete the process, you are sworn in as a new citizen of the country and you're given a passport, citizenship. Baptism is required to acquire citizenship. It's the naturalization process into the kingdom of God. That's when you get your passport stamped. It's stamped in the blood of Jesus. Or you get your citizenship papers or something that says that you're supposed to be where you're at. Otherwise, you're an illegal alien, right? That's right. That's when the king comes up and says, my friend, I noticed you're here in the party without the problem.

We're wedding garments. Wedding garment. I notice you don't just have your documents. I can just hear the graceful, dignified way God would ask that question. Friend. would ask that question. Brent. Like in the voice of Jimmy Stewart. It'll always be stuck in my mind that way now. No, then that means he would stutter. So I got to think of another actor.

All right. I'm gonna think of another actor. So, just as Jesus was raised by the glory of the Father, you and I rise from baptism to a new transformed life of holiness and righteousness. At that point, everything the devil is trying to do in your life now is to pull you back down. He doesn't want you in that position. He knows he can't get your soul back, but can he get your garment dirty? That's all he's looking for. Can he stain your garment? Oh, you came out of a

baptism water in that beautiful white garment. What can I do over the rest of your life to stain that garment? Look, if it's happened in your life, heaven has a cleaning department. Amen. Okay? The blood of Christ works better than any detergent. It makes you whiter than snow.

Don't be ashamed to go to the cleaning department and say, hey, I got my garment dirty. Can you clean it? Please? Heaven will clean it. So our baptism signifies our spiritual participation in the death of Christ and His resurrection. We are not only united with Christ in death, but also in resurrection. And that enables us to live victoriously over sin. Amen.

So the resurrection of Jesus is our model. It empowers us. It's the source for our empowerment for our new life. Christ overcame hell and death, the grave. And when He is in you and you are in Him, you overcome death and the grave and sin and the devil this all comes down to Satan doesn't want you and me to know who we are in Christ that's right he doesn't it really bothers him that you discover your identity in Christ. So this newness of life is a fundamental change in our character, our priorities, our behavior,

because we start aligning ourselves with the resurrection of Christ and the power that's in that resurrection. So we're called to live out this transformed nature in our everyday life to demonstrate our break with sin and our commitment to our Savior. So the resurrection guarantees not only eternal life, but victory in this life over sin. That's how you know you can defeat sin. If the resurrected Christ is in you and you are in him, then you have dominion over sin.

It does not have dominion over you. So in my view, baptism is the initiation of the sanctification process. My view is that it's a lifelong process of growing and holiness, of reflecting the image of Christ. It's a process that never stops. Verse 5, for if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall also be we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection. Praise God. There it is.

Planted together. United. It conveys an intimate, inseparable union with Christ in both His death and His resurrection. You're planted together. For if we have been planted together, if we become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection. The likeness points to our spiritual identification with the death of Christ. It symbolizes the crucifixion of our old sinful nature. And this union ensures that just as believers share in Christ's death, we will also share in his resurrection, spiritually now and physically when he comes back for the body of Christ.

So this allows us to live victoriously free from the control of sin and it guarantees a future bodily resurrection and eternal life for all who are united with Christ. This union that Paul speaks of, this union with Christ is in His resurrection. That is what enables us to overcome the dominion of sin. It allows us to align our lives with the will of God. And so this verse that Paul just, we just quoted, it's the foundation for this ongoing process of sanctification. That's right. It's just the first part, but it's part of ongoing process.

That's right. So we as believers were challenged to live out the reality of our spiritual resurrection. How do we do it? We reject sin. We embrace righteousness and holiness. Verse six. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed,

that henceforth we should not serve sin. The old man is understood as not your dad. Old man. Old man. It's your sinful nature that you inherited from Adam that was dominated by sin. So it's the old man that's crucified and that represents your union with the death of Christ. And that act breaks the power and dominion of sin. It makes it powerless in your life. You have to give sin power.

Once you're born again, you have to voluntarily yield to it. When you weren't saved, you didn't have to do anything because you were sinful. But once you're saved to sin, you have to voluntarily go down that path. Speaks of the body of sin, knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. The body of sin represents the physical and spiritual components of our humanity, our being corrupted by sin. And it's through this union with the death of Christ that this body of sin loses its ability to dominate the believer's life. Because the crucifixion liberates believers so that they are no longer slaves to sin.

They're freed from the authority of sin and now they're free to serve God. You couldn't serve God before you were born again. Even if you wanted to, you couldn't do it because you were bonded to sin. You were bound by sin. But when you believe in Christ, the resurrected Christ, when you are baptized in water, the power of sin is broken. It's at that moment the power of sin is broken. So the crucifixion of the old man is closely tied to the believer's spiritual union with Christ. That's right. And again, this is the beginning of the sanctification process.

When the believers victory over sins power enables them to live righteously and reject sinful ways. Verse 7, for he who has died has been freed from sin. The death mentioned by Paul is spiritual death that believers experience when they are united with Christ in his death. For he who has died has been freed from sin. This is the death of your old man you By dying with Christ We are freed from sins control and that makes it possible for us to live the lives aligned to God's will This freedom from sin is directly tied to being united with Christ in his death directly tied to being united with Christ in his death. When you share in his death you share in his victory. The two come together. You can't have

one without the other. If you share in the death of Christ, you automatically share in his victory. Praise God. And aren't you glad? Because in our old man we had no power over sin at all. None. We were bound to sin. We were chained to sin. We were shackled to sin, hand and feet and neck. We were shackled to sin. But upon death, those shackles are broken. That's right. Those shackles are completely broken. They're taken off our neck. They're taken off our hands. They're taken off our feet. We are freed from sin. Yes, and doc, that word freed carries a legal connotation. Yes, you were a slave, but that slave is dead. Therefore, he's no longer a slave. That's right. So in the days of slavery, if you were a slave, you were a slave. But if you gained legal freedom from your master,

nobody could take that away. You were a free man or woman, and nobody could ever enslave you again. And so Paul says that we are freed, And so Paul says that we are freed for he that is dead is freed from sin. You are legally, you're declared legally free from the power of sin and from the guilt of sin. There's a practical deliverance from sins controlling influence and that enables you and me to serve God with our whole heart.

And when you're freed from sin, you can grow in holiness and righteousness. And that means sanctification becomes an immediate reality. And the process begins immediately. A lifelong process of aligning your life with God's will conforming to the image of Christ. eight now if we be dead with Christ we believe that we shall also live with him dying with Christ is the spiritual separation from sin and the union with his death yes living with Christ is a present experience, a present reality, a spiritual in faith because it's confidence in this new

life that comes from trust in the finished work of Christ. You would come back to the cross again. Everything is rooted in you having your complete confidence on what Jesus did at the cross and he said it is finished. There's no more work. It's all done. You're free. That's it. Done. Your sins are paid for. You're liberated. You're not a slave anymore. You're free. Believe in that. So verse 9, I'm going to try to get to 11 before we close here. Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead, dieeth no more. Death have no more dominion over him.

So the resurrection of Jesus Christ permanently nullifies the power of death over you. And it demonstrates the victory over sin and mortality. Praise God, yes. Death no longer holds any authority over Christ. That's the end of its reign and if you are in Christ death has no authority over you. Yes physically we're going to die. Our bodies are going to die, but not our spirits. The moment you take your last breath, somebody from heaven, whether it's Jesus Christ or

an angel, somebody from heaven is going to meet you there and escort you. You're going to walk right past death. You're going to walk right past them and wave and say, see you. You have no authority over me at all. Amen. You don't have to fear death at all. You're going to be escorted. You're not going to have to get home on your own. Hey, folks, I've got news for you. Revelation tells us that

death is gonna die. That's right. That's the greatest thing. I don't know how that happens. How do you kill death? But it's gonna be killed. Praise God. That's the that's the final victory. So So, Christ's victory guarantees that those who are united with Him also experience eternal life. This is your assurance. If you are united with Him in His death, then you are guaranteed his life. The death of Christ was a one-time event. Why? It was sufficient to atone for sin. He got it all done. There's nothing left over.

and leftover. Again, he said, it is finished. He didn't say most of us done. It. What is it? The defeat of hell and death and the liberation of mankind from the curse of death. Jesus Christ on the cross undid what Adam did. It's just that simple. So, the resurrection of Christ is permanent, and you will be resurrected, and you will forever live with Almighty God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the angels, the saints of God. It's permanent. And that inspires confidence that we can persevere in this life. Amen. In my prayer, I was saying to the Father, I would be so excited to know that Christ is coming in the 2030s. I mean, He hasn't said that to me, but I would be so excited to know that we are within

years, maybe a decade from the second coming. Wouldn't it be just the thought of it? This is over. Yes. This is over. And I told the Lord, I said, if I'm still alive, when Christ comes back, I'll go through whatever I got to go through. Tribulation, persecution, it doesn't matter. I'll get through it. I'm going to see Jesus. The hope, the hope of seeing Jesus, I'll go through anything to get to that hope. That motivates me more than anything else to spend eternity with him. Verse 10, for in that he died, he died unto sin once, but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. He liveth unto God. So the death of Christ was singular, a decisive act. Yes, just as Adam's sin was a singular act. Yes.

That's right. Adam physically died once and spiritually died once. Jesus physically died once, he didn't spiritually die. He overcame death. But his death was sufficient. A one time singular death was sufficient to deal a death blow to sin. The second death. And death.

So by dying unto sin, Jesus nullified his dominion and he broke its hold over humanity. Jesus nullified its dominion and he broke its hold over humanity. His death happened one time. It was final, sufficient for our atonement. There's no need for repeated sacrifices. All right, so I'm not gonna go into the Roman Catholic mass concept, but there's no need for a continued sacrifice. Amen. After his resurrection.

Yes. So after his resurrection, Jesus lives unto God the Father. He lived on earth in perfect obedience and communion with his father, and now he lives unto God, seated at the right hand, interceding for you and me. His death and resurrection was a complete victory over sin and the defeat of death. This is why you can have this confident peace that there's no reason to fear death that when your body dies,

you don't have to fear what's gonna happen to you. Death has no authority over you anymore. Again, I think if somebody today, Doc, that that's a fear in their life. Yes. It may not be a highly visible fear, but it's a deep personal fear. What's going to happen to me when I die? They're afraid of that moment.

Now, I'm telling you, you're going to be escorted. I don't know who escorts you. Could be Jesus, could be an angel. I don't know, but you're going to get an escort. You don't have to find your way home. Heaven has an uber service. You will be transported. You will be led right past death. Death will be sneering at you, but it can't touch you. So the life of Christ unto God is our model to pursue holiness, a God-centered living. Verse 11, likewise, reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto

God through Jesus Christ our Lord. All the word reckon, it's calling us to actively acknowledge our new identity in Christ. Amen. To see ourselves dead to sin, alive to God. It involves a mental acceptance, a spiritual affirmation of this truth. What is the truth? That you're dead to sin and you are alive unto God. And how are you alive unto God? Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Once again, it's our union with Christ in his death and resurrection that is the foundation for this reckoning.

That enables us to live out our freedom from sin and to declare to the whole world that we have been transformed and we're dedicated to God. Being dead to sin means we are no longer under sin's dominion. Once again it's talking about as we've seen all through chapter six, this decisive break with the sins control. When you come up out of the baptism water, you have been set free. Praise God. So reckoning yourself dead to sin alive to God means that people should see tangible changes in our attitude, our behavior, our words.

I really have a problem with people who call themselves Christians and their words don't reflect it. There needs to be a change in your life. Yes, there's something wrong. There's something terribly wrong when a person's words do not reflect their position in Christ. Something's missing, something where they have not understood who they are. Or they've never truly been born again. They've not been filled with the Holy Spirit. And they're trying to act like a Christian to the best of their own ability.

I don't know what it is. But I will tell you this, your identity in Christ ensures your victory over sin. And that will enable you to resist temptation because sin no longer has authority over you. This reckoning is possible through God's grace, the power of the Holy Spirit, you're not on your own. God has sent his Holy Spirit to enable us to live a life of victory. And being alive to God also means looking forward to the ultimate glorification. Eternal communion with Almighty God. Hey, we did it.

We made it. We got it. Good job. All right. I wasn't sure we could do 11 verses today, but we did. No, but we got the message across and we answered some great questions today. And so praise God.

And we're gonna continue in our study in Romans chapter six tomorrow, picking back up in verse 12. And so we encourage you to read ahead a little bit, study the word, meditate on it, chew on it a little bit, and allow it to get down in you. And when we get together again tomorrow morning, live here on faithandvalues.com,

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But we want to be praying about it. We have a unique body of believers here, Rick, that join us every weekday morning. Nearly 400 people every day that join us live, plus the thousands that listen and watch us later on, on the recorded edition. Amen. Amen. Well, Doc, let's go ahead and we'll wrap it up.

I'll blame one of the pancakes. Okay. We won't want to stop that. So okay. All right. We'll praise the Lord. We encourage you join us again tomorrow morning, Tuesday edition of Morning Manna. God bless you.

Thank you. Bye. Bye bye.