TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - News Media Ignores Ukrainian Link to Latest Trump Assassination Plot

Episode Date: April 14, 2025

A chilling assassination plot targeting President Donald Trump is making headlines—but the national news media is leaving out one crucial piece of the story. Before we examine the Ukrainian connection in the Trump assassination attempt, let’s start with another alarming political attack that’s gone mostly unnoticed—an arsonist’s plot to murder Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro inside the official Governor’s Mansion.Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart. Airdate 4/14/25Join 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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and become prepared today. Wisconsin and federal law enforcement officials have arrested a Wisconsin teenager for murdering his parents and plotting to kill President Trump. But the mainstream legacy establishment news media is not telling the whole story. For some reason, they are omitting an important part of the story. I'll tell you more about it later in today's true news. First, however, I want to begin our analysis and commentary of today's news with a look at this frightening, horrible

attack on the governor's mansion of the state of Pennsylvania and a plot to murder the governor in his sleep. Very disturbing story. We'll start with WHP TV, TV 21 in Pennsylvania. Alleged arsonist said he would have beaten Governor Shapiro with a hammer if he had been able to get to the governor's bedroom. Doc Burkhardt is here. Hey Doc.

Yes, so Harrisburg Television is reporting this story. The man charged with setting fire to the governor's mansion allegedly admitted to police that he harbored hatred toward Governor Shapiro and would have beat him with a hammer if he'd been caught according to charging documents. Now according to court documents, Ballmer turned himself in Sunday to the Pennsylvania State Police Department headquarters located in the city. Troopers wrote that while speaking with investigators, Ballmer admitted to harboring hatred towards Governor Shapiro.

And during an interview with troopers, Ballmer said he knew Shapiro might have been inside at the time of the fire. When asked by troopers what he would have done if Shapiro caught him in the act, Ballmer allegedly said he would have beaten him with a hammer, according to charging documents. Here we see the interior of the governor's mansion. It was confined to several rooms in the mansion, but of course extensive damage there.

The governor and his family were in the mansion at the time, it was about 2 a.m. and thankfully they were able to get the governor and his family out of the building and they were able to get the fire under control. So Doc, this man, let's put his photo right, he's a really scary looking guy. Yeah, he's a looker. So, imagine this man walking around in your house at night with a hammer. Yes, and a Molotov cocktail. Yes, so he took several bottles of gasoline with him into the Governor's mansion to ignite

the fire. What I find, I mean the whole story is disturbing. You know, the governor's family, wife and children, asleep in the governor's mansion. This is the first night of Passover. This is an important night for the governor of Pennsylvania. And you know, it's a holy day. A Passover is a day recognized by both Jews and Christians. And so this guy's wandering around inside the governor's mansion. The two things I find extremely odd about this story is that first of all, he got on the grounds, he got inside the mansion, he started a fire, and he left. He was not arrested on the property.

He turned himself in that yeah The initial reports had him being arrested on the grounds, but that's not the case at all. He turned himself in yes, doc Where were the Pennsylvania State Police? That's an intriguing question Rick if I were the governor I would be tearing into the question Rick. If I were the governor I would be tearing into the superintendent of the State Police of Pennsylvania and and and let me tell you Pennsylvania's got a great State Police Department. I grew up in Maryland and you know well acquainted had a relative that was a Pennsylvania State Trooper one time. But I can't wrap my head around the fact that somebody got on the property, broke the window, got inside the mansion, ignited a fire, left the

mansion with his hammer, and went home. And nobody saw this man nobody nobody attempted to apprehend him I I find it extremely bizarre And you know here we we have another one of these cases of somebody with a hammer like with with Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul Pelosi Remember that guy went in the house with a hammer. What's up with hammers these days? How do these people get in these homes with hammers? Well, but you would think the governor's mansion

of all places in the state of Pennsylvania would be the most highly protected piece of property in the state, right? And yet, somehow he's able not only to get on the grounds, but actually get access to the mansion. Now, WHTM TV 27 had a report on this and they delve a little bit into this. Let's watch. Tells just into ABC 27 about the arson fire at the governor's mansion in Harrisburg.

Police say the fire was set while the governor and his family were sleeping inside and court paperwork is now revealing a possible motive in this case. Kayla Schmidt has that paperwork. She joins us live from the governor's mansion with the very latest. Good morning, Kayla. Good morning, Ali and James. New details about how 38 year old Cody Balmer of Penbrook was arrested so quickly and what police say he told them about his

motive. Now in this newly obtained paperwork, state police say the attack was all caught by surveillance cameras. Police say Cody Balmer of Penbrook was seen climbing over the perimeter fence, breaking an exterior window with a hammer. Police say he then threw a Molotov cocktail into the residence, resulting in visible flames inside. Investigators say Balmer then

moved to another window again, breaking the glass and this time entering the residence. Police say once inside, Balmer threw another Molotov cocktail, then kicked the dining room door open and ran from the home. During this investigation,

state police in Harrisburg say they were contacted by a woman claiming her ex-boyfriend, Balmer, was responsible for setting the fire and that he had asked her to call police to turn him in. A short time later, police say Balmer did turn himself in at the state police headquarters. Now, during the interview with investigators, police say Balmer admitted to harboring

hatred toward Governor Shapiro. Police say he told them he removed gasoline from his own lawnmower and poured it into beer bottles at his home to create fire devices. The paperwork also says he knew it was a possibility that Governor Shapiro and others were inside. When asked by police what he would have done if he encountered Governor Shapiro while others were inside. When asked by police what he would have done if he encountered Governor Shapiro

while inside the home, he replied he would have beaten him with his hammer. Bomber was then taken to the Dauphin County Prison for arraignment and outreach. Governor Shapiro talked about the attack on his family yesterday afternoon. This house functions as welcoming

place for for Pennsylvanians to come and and to learnians to come and and to learn and to celebrate and to be together. We'll clean this up, we'll get it repaired, we'll get it rebuilt, we'll get rid of that smell of fire and smoke and we'll be back very soon. Allie and James, that press conference happening hours after Governor Josh Shapiro and his family were evacuated from the home after celebrating the first night of Passover together. And with more on that information, here's

our Mackenzie Jarrell at approximately two o'clock in the morning, while my family and I were asleep upstairs here at the governor's residence, one of the state troopers assigned to our detail banged on our door, woke us up and told us we had an emergency and needed to leave immediately. Just hours after Governor Shapiro and his family celebrated the first day of Passover, state police say a man broke into the governor's residence and set it on fire. This kind of violence is becoming far too common in our society. And I don't give a if it's coming from one particular side or the other directed at one particular party or another or one particular person

or another. It is not okay. And it has to stop. We have to be better than this. We have a responsibility to all be better. Doc, at the beginning of the report, the reporter said that the Pennsylvania State Police acted quickly to arrest this man. No, he turned himself in.

Right. He went home and his girlfriend called the police. And made arrangements to turn Cody Bomber in. I still can't get over this, that this guy, first of all, he got over the fence. Someone saw that. On a camera. But was there any, were there any Pennsylvania state troopers patrolling the property? How about, were there any state troopers in the mansion? Well, one showed up to knock on the door, but did he drive over there? There's a lot of questions about this story. Now, one thing I did notice about the story

is they have not automatically blamed Cody Bomber as a MAGA supporter or a Trump supporter or anything. He just didn't like Josh Shapiro. Well, that's obvious. He didn't like Josh Shapiro. He set his house on fire. And took a hammer to beat him. Right.

And so you've got arson. You've got attempted murder, since he knew the people were in the house, in the mansion. Yeah, if you set a house on fire and you know there's a family sleeping in the bedroom, that is attempted murder. Now, I wanna go to the ABC News report and listen carefully to ABC News omit a very important piece of information.

You'll hear it towards the end of this report. Are we still talking about the arson, Rick? No, we're not. I'm sorry. I've moved on to the second bizarre story. Okay, so let's go from the arson in Pennsylvania this next story is ABC News from and this is a report on Wisconsin Wisconsin teenager allegedly killed parents in an extremist plot to assassinate Trump. Yes Just get your mind wrapped around this this boy murdered his mother and father Just get your mind wrapped around this. This boy murdered his mother and father to get money to kill Donald Trump.

Now in this report, I'll just read what ABC said in the beginning, but I want you to listen to the report because they omit a very important piece of information. A Wisconsin teen allegedly killed his parents to obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary to kill President Trump and overthrow the U.S. government. Nikita Kasap, 17, was arrested in March. Wait a minute, we're just hearing this? Yes. And charged with two counts of first degree murder and two counts of hiding a corpse, according to the Waukesha County authorities. Other charges include theft of property over $10,000 and misappropriating an ID to obtain money. Court documents show investigators are

pursuing federal charges including conspiracy, presidential assassination, and the use of weapons of mass destruction. Now let's watch the ABC News report again. Listen closely at the end. See if you detect the part where they omit an important piece of information. Now to a new twist in a Wisconsin teen's alleged plan to overthrow the federal government and assassinate President Trump. The 17-year-old is charged with murder in the deaths of his stepmother, his mother and stepfather.

So let's bring in ABC's Melissa Adan and Melissa, you're learning the FBI now believes there may be others who were aware of this alleged plot. Mary, yes, these new federal documents are showing that the government is considering possible conspiracy charges. This again, 17 year old Nikita Kasap and also the others who they say had some knowledge about the alleged extremist plot. The FBI says the Wisconsin team allegedly murdered his parents and was motivated by white supremacy with extremist neo-Nazi views in order to obtain the financial means and

autonomy necessary to kill President Trump and overthrow the government. Well federal affidavits say that Kasap was in contact with others who appear to have been aware of his plan and actions and also provided assistance. This including a couple of people overseas as well as another person who Kasap allegedly told that he was going to go on a spree of violence. Mary. A bizarre and troubling story. Melissa, thank you. Okay, so, Doc, don't give it away.

I won't. Don't give it away. Did you hear? He was in communication with people overseas. Well, can you tell me where? Overseas is pretty big. Yeah, that's a big world out there. Could you just narrow it down?

At least a continent. Bring it down to a continent. What's the secrecy here? And why haven't we heard about this attempted assassination for a month? Why is it just coming out now? This happened a month ago. So the next one in this is, they get a little bit closer

on this one. This is WISN TV 12 Milwaukee. As you see the headline. And then this is, this is their, well let me, I'll bring this up before we go to it. The guy, Kasup, according to federal documents, shared the views of an extremist neo-Nazi group, the Order of Nine Angels. Angles. Oh, angles. Yes. Nine angles.

It is nine angles. OK, nine angles. You'll check that. OK. And so they're identifying him as a Nazi. The records said investigations found materials in several devices from Kasip's home. The group is described by the FBI as a satanic cult. With strong anti-Judaism and anti-Christian and anti-Western ideologies, whose goal is

to incite chaos and violence. They also found documents that reference a self-described manifesto, which described a call to assassinate President Trump, to make and detonate bombs, carry out terrorist attacks. In the three-page manifesto, the goal of the assassination attempt was to start a political revolution in America and to promote white supremacy. Now, let's watch the WISN TV 12 report. They give you a brief clue about the location overseas.

At our understanding of the trail investigators followed in this case and how the murders were part of a much larger, disturbing plot, they detail Nikita Kasap's internet activity and conversations about white supremacy and overthrowing the government. A federal search warrant, Unsealed Friday, details a murder plot as part of a plan

targeting President Donald Trump. The documents attribute that plot to 17-year-old Waukesha student Nikita Kassop. Charged in the shooting deaths of his mother, Tatiana, and stepfather Donald Mayer inside their home, February 11th. According to prosecutors, the teenager stayed inside the home with their bodies for 12 days.

Victim B body was, appeared to have been deceased for some time, was unable to definitively identify who it was. Police arrested Casop in Kansas weeks later, finding him with his stepfather's car, gun, and $14,000. The motive for the murders, according to the federal warrant, was to use that money to fund a plan calling for the murders, according to the federal warrant, was to use that money to fund a plan calling for the president's assassination, to, quote, ferment a political revolution in the United States and save the white race.

According to the records, Kasop shared an affinity for the neo-Nazi group, the Order of Nine Angles. And they also reference a three-page manifesto quoted as saying, as to why, specifically Trump, I think it's obvious by getting rid of the president and perhaps the vice president, that is guaranteed to bring some chaos. The records show Kasop on the platform's TikTok and Telegram discussed buying a drone to use in an attack. And investigators say he told a classmate, quote, when they saw 10 consecutive attacks in the news, it would have been him. Investigators also say Cassop paid for at least in part a drone and explosives to be used as a weapon of mass destruction to commit an attack. And Emily, those documents say Cassop shared some of his ideology and murderous plot with

classmates. Any indication those classmates came forward to police? Not according to these documents. As for his future plans, though, investigators say Kassop discussed moving to Ukraine, asking whether he could live a normal life even after his crimes were discovered. There you go. How about that? Ukraine. Bingo.

Nazis and kill Trump. Now, he has some familiar area with the... Ruth. Ruth Ruth. Ruth also went to Ukraine and tried to purchase a high-powered rifle to kill Donald Trump. Ukraine, huh? I thought they were our friends. I thought we were defending their democracy, Rick. Well, the Nazis, the US media and the politicians tell us that's Russian propaganda. They believe the Russians, they're making this up. But really, Ukraine was taken over by Nazis. And the Russians have been absolutely correct in saying that they're fighting a resurgence of Nazism. Now Rick, this arrest occurred on Friday the 12th, right? And so, but the event took place February 11th. What event? He murdered those people February 11th, stayed in the house for 12 days, according to the police, stayed there for 12 days before

leaving at that point, driving, taking his stepdad's car, and ended up a month later, mind you, in Kansas of all places. And yet, this weekend was the first time we've heard about this story at all. How is that even possible, Rick? And ABC News going out of their way not to say the word Ukraine yes I'll tell you what it smells like another deep state plot to kill Donald Trump now to show you how the media here in the US manipulates the information let's see how the Russians are reporting on this all right this is

from Russia today today US team plotted to kill Trump and flee to Ukraine. According to the FBI, this is the headline on Russia Today. Messages uncovered on his phone showed Kasip discussing the plot with an unidentified user on Telegram. On January 21st, he asked, what country will be blamed for the crime? The user replied Russia will be blamed for it. This is the goal. Kasup's phone also contained conversations

with a user using a Ukrainian phone number appearing to discuss a post-attack escape plan. How long will I need to hide before I will be moved to Ukraine before I will be moved yes one to two months yes so while in Ukraine I'll be able to get a normal job and have a normal life yes call the army yeah even if when it's found out I did it he added now listen this agents also found screenshots of a three-page document titled accelerateelerate the Collapse, created on February 28th. This is after he murdered his folks. The manifesto called for political violence, including the assassination

of the president, to spark societal chaos and protect the white race. Doc, the people that are in control of Ukraine are satanic. They are Nazis. They are violent. And we've been supporting them. We as a country. And they are murderers. They send out hit teams to kill the people that oppose them.

This is a disturbing story. It has so many elements in it. This is the second time that we've seen a tie to Ukraine in an assassination attempt of Donald Trump. Yes, and again, this story practically covered up. And you know what, Rick, I'm not a betting man, but I would wager that Matthew Crooks, who supposedly did the attack in Butler, Pennsylvania, they kept saying that he had foreign contacts. Yes. But they've never said what country.

Right. How much you want to say that it might be Ukraine there as well? I would say it's Ukraine. It's Ukraine. Now let's go to London Telegraph. While we're talking about Nazis. Yes. Germany ready to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine. The Telegraph said Germany is willing to send send Taurus missiles to Ukraine. The Telegraph said Germany is willing to send its Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine. Its incoming chancellor has said, Friedrich Meurs, said Kiev needed to get ahead in the conflict after dozens were killed in Russia's Palm Sunday attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy,

which he denounced as a serious war crime. Ask if he would agree to Ukraine's repeated plea for German long-range missiles. Mr. Merz said he would do so if they were done in conjunction with allies, some of whom are already providing similar long-range weapons. He said, this is a quote, our European partners are already providing similar long-range weapons. He said, this is a quote, our European partners are already supplying cruise missiles.

The British are doing it, the French are doing it, the Americans are doing it anyway. This must be jointly agreed, and if it's agreed, then Germany should take part. Now, the dear Mr. Mears has a suggestion for what the Nazis in Ukraine can do with the German missiles. Here's the Kiev Independent. Mears signals Ukraine could use Taurus missiles to target the Crimea-Kurch Strait bridge. They're still determined to bring that bridge down. Doc, they're determined to keep this war going. Yes. To enrage Putin, to

you know, ruin any ceasefire, any peace agreements. And to take America down a notch. Yes. I mean really that, that's part of it, too. Frederick Merz, Germany's chancellor in weighing, suggested that long-range tourist missiles, if delivered to Ukraine, could be used to target strategic Russian military infrastructure in occupied Crimea, including the Kerch Strait Bridge. In an interview with ARD's Karen Miozga,

Merz emphasized the need to support Ukraine in moving from a reactive to a proactive stance on the battlefield, saying Kiev must be equipped to shape events and get ahead of the situation. If things continue as they are, if, for example, the most important land connection between Russia and Crimea is destroyed, or if something happens on Crimea itself

where most of the Russian military logistics are located, then that would be an opportunity to bring this country strategically back into the picture finally, Mertz said. This is quite the, it's really the polar opposite of Schultz, isn't it? Well, Schultz wanted the war, but he was reluctant. He really didn't, he never went all in, but he was in. Murs is a warmonger. Yes. And he's the conservative. Yes. Okay.

Hell, you got to get those conservative warmongers elected. They know how to do war like a Lindsey Graham so mr. Murs is he's dreaming of blowing up the Kirtz straight bridge or blowing up Crimea blow up Crimea it just blow up something anything that that belongs to Russia that'll bring peace to the world these These people are insane. They are absolutely nuts. And how they get in power, I don't know, other than the devil himself. Dmitry Medvedev, as expected, had something to say. Yes, labeled MERS a Nazi. He had this on X. This is from his account here, as you can see. Chancellor candidate Fritz Mertz is haunted

by the memory of his father, who served in Hitler's Wehrmacht. Now Murs has suggested a strike on the Crimean bridge. Think twice, Nazi. Dmitry Medvedev just does not hold back in his opinions. So Murs' father was in the Nazi army? I guess so. Hey, what a coincidence.

The Russians have been identifying Nazis for a very long time, Rick. Think twice, Nazi. So how would you interpret that line? That if Germany were to make any kind of move against Crimea or the Kirtz Street Bridge that they might be looking for new parking lots in Berlin. I mean, that would be a direct, you know, incursion by Germany into the Ukraine conflict. But Rick, you know, all bets are off right now. I don't know what the Europeans are up to here. They have, unless they're just so blinded by bloodlust and war

that they can't see beyond it. They don't have a military to fight Russia. Right. And yet they want to fight Russia. Yes. It really is madness. And the Russians have made it clear, if anything happens to the Kirt Straight Bridge, they're gonna hold Ukraine and any planners involved in it responsible. So it's not like they haven't been

warned. And those planners will include Great Britain. We didn't get to the story last week. I think it was either Wall Street Journal or Financial Times. There's a big article about, well, now we can tell you the truth. Great Britain has been the mastermind behind the war the whole time. It's been a big secret. I mean this is the way the article presented itself. It's been a big secret. But now we can tell you it was Great Britain that's been directing the war. Well yeah we've known that for years. I've been saying that for three years on this program. King Charles. Saying it over and over and over. King Charles is the man running this war. And so finally they came out and said, yes, it is us.

And it was their former NATO commander, the Admiral, I forget his name right now, but he's been proposing for years that he knows how to bring that bridge down. For three years he's been bragging, I know how to do it. I think he was a either a structural engineer or an architect. I'm trying to remember his name too. Yeah and he was bragging that he knows exactly where to hit the bridge to bring it down. You can be certain the Brits are going to be involved with the Germans in taking down the bridge. If that bridge comes down, folks, you... Not gonna be nice. London Bridge is falling down, falling down. London Bridge is falling down. My fair lady. Yeah, and the

Brandenburg Gate's falling down. There's a lot Yeah, and the Brandenburg gates falling down. There's a lot of stuff in Europe's gonna fall down. Not gonna be pretty when they do it. The Russians are gonna absolutely tear them up. Let's take a look at the economy. This is the Gold Co financial report Telegraph London everything is grinding to a halt China digs in after Trump shock This is a on the ground in Shenzhen China's high-tech epicenter linking Hong Kong to the mainland. Tariffs are no longer a laughing matter. Winston Azow is one of thousands of business owners here,

increasingly nervous about what lies ahead. Yes, and the article from The Telegraph reports this. Right now we're having conversations with our US clients, Azow, who owns an electrical goods business. Most of them are withholding purchases. So we are adjusting by downsizing, scaling, and seeing how long this trade war continues. Buyers are not going to commit to purchasing goods when they don't know how much they're going to have to pay in two weeks or two months.

So the uncertainty is basically grinding everything to a halt. Now, Zhao, who did not want to use his full name, is paranoid about what might happen next. He said, the last thing I need is being flagged by US border and customs for saying anything that might not line up with White House policy. People like me have been doing business with the US for decades.

All the offshoring done by American companies during that time was for profit. And he's right about that. They take advantage of China's low cost, hard work and ingenuity. They squeeze our margins in order to pad their quarterly profits. And now they're blaming us for the socioeconomic problems. That's just hypocrisy.

He makes some good points there. We created modern China. Yes, and so a Lot of Americans want to think well the Chinese are Evil, they're bad. They're they've taken our jobs. They've done all this what this man is saying is you brought your factories here Yes, you brought them here And then you took advantage of our cheap labor, and you squeezed us to get the cheapest price you could get, and then you sell it back in America at the high price.

Oh my, Doc, who's been making gazillions of dollars the whole time? It's not just the folks in the Communist Party, I'll tell you that. That's right. It's Wall Street. Yes. It's Wall Street. And they got in bed with the Communist Party leaders to keep the game going. Either they invited them in or the Chinese Communist Party invited themselves in, but somewhere along the line they said, we're going to have to be partners here if you want to keep this little game going and this was

All mapped out and architected by Alan Greenspan. Alan Greenspan, former Fed chairman so The other thing I see here is everything has ground to halt So there are no containers coming. Nothing is coming from China right now. Nothing. Now look at this photograph of a port in China. Yes. Nothing is coming to America. What you are buying in the stores right now is inventory

that's already been here and many of the big stores like Walmart and Target have inventory to last until the summer. It's going to be the fall when things get weird. That's when they'll run out of inventory because there's nothing coming now. There's nothing coming to replenish inventory that's being sold. Yes. And they're hesitant to even ship anything, because the policy might change halfway across the ocean.

And did you notice he said, I don't want to say anything, because I don't want to be accused of opposing US government foreign policy? Meaning, the way I take that is he's coming into the US, flying in or coming in on ships. He's doing business here. And he's afraid of what's going to happen to him at the port or at the airport, that he is vocally

opposing US foreign policy. You know, the Middle Easterner, the student, he's an adult student, the one that Secretary of State Rubio is deporting because of the protest against Israel. I don't know all the details about it. I know that he's in the country legally. He has a green card issued by the country legally. He has a green card issued by the United States. He was a student and so forth. I don't know in his activities for protests for the Palestinians against Israelis. I don't

know if he encouraged violent protests. I have no idea. I've never heard anyone say, anybody in the government say that he encouraged violence. What they charged him with was hindering U.S. foreign policy objectives. Let me translate that. He was hurting America's relationship with Israel. That's right, and posting about it online. Yes. So this gentleman, this Chinese businessman, said, the last thing I need is being flagged by US border

and customs for saying anything that might not line up with White House policy. We are at a place right now that if you say something that opposes the US government, bad stuff might happen to you, even Americans. There may be a day that Americans get shipped to South America, to a prison. And Marco Rubio just last week said that we don't have to let everybody in. We are monitoring social media posts

to see if you've been critical of the US. And they're confiscating phones of people coming in, legally, coming to the United States. They're confiscating their phones at the airports to see what they have posted on social media. That's another story. So let's get back to the logjam. The containers are not leaving the Chinese ports and that means at some point the Chinese factories shut down. And then Chinese

citizens are out of work and then the Chinese Communist Party's got serious social political problems. The South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. How Trump tariffs hurt the US. Christmas toys, Swiss watches, Japanese whiskey. We're going to go through this paragraph by paragraph to give you an idea of what is happening right now regarding consumer goods in the USA. It starts by saying the 90-day pause has given some respect to Indian exporters of gems and jewelry to the US, but they're still expected to see a short-term slowdown in the next one and a half months after traders front-loaded shipments to the U.S. to beat the levies. Textile producers in Bangladesh are reporting that their U.S. buyers have halted orders

due to the tariffs, which for the South Asian nation were at 37%. Textile and garments make up 80% of Bangladesh's exports. Right. For example, Mohamed Rahman, manager-director of Essendorf Footwear and Leather Products, said that an order of bags, belts, and wallets worth $300,000 was halted on April 6 by one of his buyers. Everyone's familiar with the store Five Below, with everything priced $5 or less. Well, Five Below Incorporated, which sells toys, clothes, and household goods,

has suspended their cargo shipments from China, according to a letter that shipping giant AP Mollermursk sent on behalf of the U.S. retailer to suppliers. Starting on April 10th, no containers were to be delivered to the yard and those that had been loaded will be unpacked and returned to the carrier according to the letter, which did not specify what kind of products were involved.

They're unpacking the containers and shipping them back to the factories. Yes. All right, do you shop at Five Below? and shipping them back to the factories. Yes. All right, do you shop at Five Below? You just got heads up on future inventory problems. Right. Now it went on in that article by the South China Morning Post to say,

you're not thinking about Christmas right now, right? Well, retailers are. Christmas decorations and trinkets for this year's holiday season may also be impacted after Reuters reported that Chinese producers said they hadn't, listen to this, they hadn't received orders from their American customers. Orders are usually finalized by the middle of April. So these are artificial Christmas trees, Christmas lace, Christmas decorations, tinsel, you know Santa Claus's, all the

stuff that they sell around the Christmas season. They have it, the US retailers have not even placed their orders. That's right. That tells you right there Rick that this is going to be a different year by the time we get into the fall. Oh I can hear Elvis singing. It's going to be a blue, blue Christmas idea, Doc. Alright, well Consumer Electronics Maker Framework announced a pause on sales for specific laptops in early April. The company said that following the tariffs earlier this month, it will not sell some of its base model framework laptop machines in the US. Razer, another laptop maker, has stopped all sales to the US.

So if you're planning on buying a computer this holiday season, it won't be coming from China. Basic Fund, which makes toys including Care Bears, Lincoln Logs. Lincoln Logs are made in China, Rick. And Tonka Trucks is Paul's shipments of its basic products made in China. Its CEO, Jay Foreman, told local US media

that he cannot risk putting any product on the water that might incur tariffs as implemented and threatened by the president. Look, you got three products there. Care Bears, Lincoln Logs, and Tonka Trucks. I mean, you don't just, you don't get much more American than those brands. And they're all made in China.

All made in China. But they're not gonna be here this year. Not this year. If you wanna buy Christmas gifts, you better buy them right now. Lincoln Logs is what gets me. Lincoln Logs are made in China? What would Lincoln say? what gets me. Lincoln logs are made in China? What would Lincoln say?

Oh my goodness. Well, even on the high end, Rick, this is impacting products. Swiss watch makers such as Peugeot, Breitling, and Rolex are also pausing their shipments after President Trump imposed a 31% tariff on Switzerland. It's also impacting the car industry, isn't it, Rick?

Yes, it is. Mitsubishi joined the expanding list of carmakers halting deliveries to America as they waited to clarify the tariff policies. The Japanese carmaker keeps exported vehicles at US ports rather than sending them to dealerships. Aldi has suspended deliveries to the US with shipments that arrived after April 2nd to be held from dealers for the time being. They're going to focus on selling existing inventory of approximately 37,000 vehicles, which should last two months.

So May, June, by July, there won't be any Audis in America for sale. Now, new Jaguar Land Rover vehicles may be hard to come by after the British car maker said it's putting experts on hold this month as it deals with the new trading terms. Japan's Nissan motor company said it will stop selling two Mexican-built Infiniti sports vehicles,

sports utility vehicles in the US market. And one more car manufacturer, Bloomberg, is reporting that Mercedes-Benz was considering withdrawing its least expensive cars from the US as the new levies would make their sales economically unviable. And let's not forget about Japan. Yes and always a popular toy around Christmas time or anything to do with gaming. Bigger than expected import tax has also prompted

Japan's Nintendo company to delay pre-orders for its long-awaited Switch 2 gaming console. And I've got some nephews that have been looking forward to that new game console, but it's not going to happen this year. Oh, Doc, you can tell them you tried to buy it. Yeah. It kept me from it. It'll sound good. I tried.

Uncle Doc tried. I tried to buy it. I looked everywhere for it. So suffice it to say that you may not be feeling the impact of this right now, but by let's say about August or September you're going to start feeling and then by Christmas time that's when really the full brunt of all this October, October, November. October, November. The holiday season.

Shelves are going to be empty. A lot of shelves are going to be empty. Assuming that this trade war hasn't ended. Well, even if by some miracle. It's disrupted the logistics line. Right. And even if by some miracle they were to negotiate some kind of settlement today, because of this disruption, it messes everything up for the year.

Yeah. So the supply line systems been disrupted, just like what happened during COVID. And it took what two years to get it going again. Right. One more story on this. And again, all this is part of the Gold Co. financial report. Folks, you should seriously be thinking very hard about getting into precious metals, moving your retirement account out of stocks securities, getting it into precious metals. Gold Co. at 844-960-GOD. It's not going to get better anytime soon.

I'm telling you, we are in a long-term cycle. And there's a war up ahead. That's where this is headed. You get the United States and China butting heads like this, eventually there's going to be a fistfight and it's going to have rockets in it. But get your house in order now. Give Goko a call, 844-China decoupling could cost $2.5 trillion in equity and a bond sell-off, says Goldman Sachs.

Right. According to an analysis by Goldman Sachs, the decoupling between the world's two largest capital markets could cost approximately approximately 2.5 trillion in an extreme scenario, as investors from the US and China are forced to divest of their holdings of equities and debt instruments. US investors could be forced to sell

nearly $800 billion worth of Chinese stocks currently trading on the American exchanges. In an extreme case of decoupling the US investment banks and analysts led by Kinger Lau and Timothy Moe said in a report on Monday, conversely, China could liquidate its US Treasury in equity holdings of $1.3 trillion and $370 billion respectively.

They said that the sell-off was based on the assumption that US regulations from such investments would restrict US investors. The risk of US-China decoupling has shown signs of spreading beyond trade. After Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said delisting US traded Chinese companies was on the table amid a tit-for-tat tariff war between the two nations.

Now should that threat become a reality it will affect nearly 300 companies including some of China's biggest tech companies. As of March 7th, 286 mainland Chinese companies were listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange American, and the NASDAQ with combined market capitalization of $1.1 trillion, according to US-China Economic and Security Review Commission. They never should have been on there in the first place. So what is this decoupling? In a real simplistic explanation, over the last 40 years, Wall Street and high-level government officials in America worked with the Chinese government, and they intertwined the American economy with the Chinese economy.

intertwine the American economy with the Chinese economy. We moved our factories to China, we got cheap labor and cheap products, but the products were not sold cheap here. Not in comparison to the price that the American companies were buying them at, getting them made. The American Wall Street investors made a killing with a high margin. Yes, come into the family. Come in, Chinese companies. We'll be glad to list you on the exchange. Just bring bags of cash with you. So, the two economies have been intertwined, and they're tight and you got Chinese companies on the New York Stock Exchange owned by the PLA. But now Mr. Trump is decoupling it.

It is being ripped apart. The bonds are being ripped apart. And what this South China Morning Post article is saying is that this divorce, just replace decoupling with divorce. There's going to be a split up of the assets. There's no divorce that's sweet and nice. They're all expensive and ugly and nasty. And what they're saying is this divorce between the US and China is going to cost two and a half trillion dollars.

Yes. Somebody's going to pay and it is going to have a major impact on the world economy. Now keep in mind too that Chinese also hold over a trillion dollars worth of US Treasury bonds, Rick. over $1.3 trillion worth that they've been sitting on for years. At any time, Doc, they could sell them. At any time they could dump the stuff on the market. And what does that do to the bond market the day they dump it?

I can only imagine the turmoil, the chaos, is gonna be in the bond market. The bond market was pretty shaky last week. That's the reason President Trump paused the tariffs on the other countries for 90 days. Because of what was happening in the bond market. Rick, then if that's the case, if we're seeing all this shakeup in the bond market

and the stock market, where is the safe haven we need to find? Well, as a preacher of the gospel, I'm going to tell you it's in the Lord Jesus Christ. That's where it's at. He's the cleansed in the rock. Ultimately, He is. You want to be in Christ. There is no safer place to be than to be in Christ. No matter where you are at in the world, if you're in Christ, you're safe. Financially, you should have something, you should have a substantial portion of your of your assets in

something that's stable and for me that's gold and silver and I think gold and silver is going to be I think both of them are going to produce returns I'm already seeing doc as I saw one, gold expected to be at $4,500 by the end of this year. Yes. And gold, even with the instability in the markets, gold is holding its own today. The GBA is at $4,500? Yes. By the end of this year, that was a prediction. I I'm not making it I'm just saying I saw an article where financial experts said that they are

anticipating $4,500 gold by the end of this year it is still a good time to invest in gold and give the people go call 844 960 gold There's a QR code on the on the screen Let's take a look at the Middle East times of Israel President Trump says he expects to make a decision on Iran's nuclear program very quickly Ari doc that says something's coming up soon. Yes very soon We have what six B-2 bombers parked in the South Pacific? Yes, at least that many. That's the ones that have been able

to identify on the island. There might be a couple others hidden, but yeah, I think we're ramping up toward that and President Trump hinted on that yesterday evening as he was flying back to Washington. This is President Trump on Air Force One. But with Iran, yeah, if it requires military, we're gonna have military. Israel will obviously be very much involved in that. He'll be the leader of that. But nobody leads us. We do what we want to do. My mistake, that obviously wasn't Air Force One. That's true. But he did make comments to reporters on Air Force One.

But did you hear what he said? Israel's going to play a part. But then he corrected himself and said, they're going to take the lead. But he said, but nobody leads us. Nobody tells us what to do. Yeah, I caught that too. Listen to it again. He talks about Israel, and then he corrects himself to say, but they're not going to tell

us what to do. Let's watch again. But with Iran, yeah, if it requires military, we're going to have military. Israel will obviously be very much involved in that. He'll be the leader of that. But nobody leads us. We do what we want to do. They're going to be the...

That's like saying my wife's going to take charge. But wait a minute. No, I'm the guy in charge. No, you already admitted to who's really in charge. Israel is going to take charge. Right. And the US is going to back them up. Israel bombed the last fully functional hospital in Gaza City. They found a hospital that was still operating. Yes. And they bombed it last night. The Ali Arab Hospital. And guess what they bombed? The intensive care in surgery

departments. Yes. This was a targeted event. On the last remaining functional hospital in Gaza. Yeah, and two days earlier they hit the Baptist Hospital there that the Anglicans run there in Gaza too. So this was the second in the series. We have some video here showing some of the aftermath of the strike on the hospital there. Just tragic situation there. Video posted online appeared to show huge flames

and smoke rising after missiles hit a two-story building attached to the hospital, people including some patients, still in hospital beds, were filmed rushing away from the site. The Israeli Defense Forces said it targeted the hospital because, guess what, Rick, it contained a command and control center used by Hamas well these really is reported according to Gaza Civil Emergency Service well

obviously video says differently there watch look at this these are patients in their hospital beds people dragging their relatives out of the hospital so the Israelis don't kill them. Do you really stand with Israel? Oh, I could be in trouble for violating U.S. foreign policy. I'm hindering U.S. policy because I'm questioning why the U.S. supports a genocidal country that kills children, kills sick people in hospitals. Bombing hospitals is a war crime. It's always been a war crime.

When did it become legitimate? Now, with Israel. Anybody else who bombs a hospital? You're a war criminal. Yeah, if Russia were to bomb a hospital in Ukraine, would they call Putin a war criminal? Of course they would. I want to put up an image of John Hagee at his Goofy Coofy conference. I'll read that quote.

It says, there's a God in heaven, and that God in heaven created Israel, and that God in heaven said, I am the defender of Israel. John Hagee is either biblically illiterate or downright deceiver, because the Israel that God created isn't the Israel he's defending. Yes. He's defending an imposter. Israel represents the people of God, the people who obey God, the people who have faith in God.

That's who he defends. Yes, God defends that Israel, but today the Church of Jesus Christ is that Israel. Mr. Hagee is either deceived or a deceiver. Right. I won't say which one. There was an American Baptist Church missionary from Marysville, Tennessee, who was kidnapped at gunpoint during a church service in South Africa. Josh Sullivan was abducted by armed men who burst into his church in Motherwell Township in

the eastern Cape province of South Africa. The his church, the Fellowship Baptist Church in Maryville, Tennessee said on his Facebook page. Fellowship Baptist Church in Maryville, Tennessee said on its Facebook page. There is the Facebook page, and I think if we scroll down if you can, I don't know if you can, I was going to show a photograph of Pastor Sullivan. I know Maryville, I've been in Maryville when I lived in Tennessee, Nice little town dock. And, you know, typical Baptist church in little Maryville, Tennessee. But he was a missionary, serving the Lord Jesus Christ in South Africa. And now he's a hostage. There he is. Yes.

He's a hostage now. Will the news media make a big deal about this hostage? Of course not. Can we bomb South Africa now? Can we bomb the South African hospitals? They're holding a hostage. Right. I mean, if you're going to use Gaza logic, it would apply here, right? Right. We had to just bomb South African hospitals and schools. Until they give up Josh Sullivan. That's the way the Israelis would do it. NBC News president of El Salvador says he will not return a mistakenly deported man to the USA.

I like how NBC keeps framing these headlines here like this. It was a mistake. Well, when you dig down into the story, you discover even though he wasn't supposed to necessarily be on that transport, he was here illegally and had been identified as an MS-13 gang member. That's right. So El Salvador President Buqueli told reporters during an Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump that he would not, would not return a man, the Justice Department said,

it mistakenly deported to his country. So Doug, a federal judge ordered President Trump to return this MS-13 gang member to the United States. And Mr. Trump has, he's been obviously dragging his feet on bringing the guy back. But what he did, this is brilliant. He brought the president of El Salvador, see the guy's in an El Salvador prison, because President Trump is outsourcing.

He's putting these violent gang members in the United States. He's putting them in a prison in El Salvador and paying El Salvador to house them. Well, and the guy is from El Salvador. And he's from El Salvador. And so President Trump did something brilliant. He brought the President of El Salvador to the White House. And then he acted like he was surprised when the president of El Salvador told a reporter, I'm not going to give this guy back.

Now the president can say to the judge, I tried. But the president of El Salvador. You have to go down there and make the president of El Salvador release him. I can't make the man do it. We've got a video, this is El Salvador president talking with President Trump about the return of this MS-13 gang member. Return the man who your administration says was mistakenly deported. Which one is that?

The man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador. Well let me ask Pam, would you answer that question? Sure, President. First and foremost, he was illegally in our country. He had been illegally in our country. And in 2019, two courts, an immigration court and an appellate immigration court, ruled that he was a member of MS-13 and he was illegally in our country. Right now, it was a paperwork, it was additional paperwork that needed to be done. That's up to El Salvador if they want to return him. That's not up to us. The Supreme Court ruled, President, that if, as El Salvador wants to return him, this is international matters, foreign affairs, if they wanted to

return him, we would facilitate it, meaning provide a plane. So will you return him? And you are doing a great job. Thank you. Can you just also respond to that question? Because, you know, it's asked by CNN, and they always ask it with a slant, because they're totally slanted because they don't know what's happening. That's why nobody's watching them. But would you answer that question also?

Yes, gladly. So as Pam mentioned, there's an illegal alien from El Salvador. So with respect to you, he's a citizen of El Salvador. So it's very arrogant even for American media to suggest that we would even tell El Salvador how to handle their own citizens as a starting point. As two immigration courts found that he was a member of MS-13, when President Trump declared MS-13 to be a foreign terrorist organization, that meant that he was no longer eligible under federal law, which I'm sure you know, you're very familiar with the INA, that he was no longer eligible for any form of immigration relief in the United States. So he had a deportation order that was valid, which meant that under our law he's not even allowed to be present in the United States and had to be returned because of the foreign terrorist designation.

This issue was then, by a district court judge, completely inverted, and a district court judge tried to tell the administration that they had to kidnap a citizen of El Salvador and fly him back here. That issue was raised to the Supreme Court. And the Supreme Court said the district court order was unlawful, and its main components were reversed 9-0 unanimously, stating clearly that neither Secretary of state nor the president could

be compelled by anybody to forcibly retrieve a citizen of El Salvador from El Salvador who again is a member of MS-13, which as I'm sure you understand, rapes little girls, murders women, murders children, is engaged in the most barbaric activities in the world and I can promise you if he was your neighbor, you would move right away. So you don't plan to ask for anybody to get him back? And what was the ruling in the Supreme Court, Steve? Was it nine to nothing? Yes, it was a nine to zero. In our favor?

In our favor, against the district court ruling, saying that no district court has the power to compel the foreign policy function of the United States. As Pam said, the ruling solely stated that if this individual at El Salvador's sole discretion was sent back to our country, that we could deport him a second time. No version of this legally ends up with him ever living here, because he is a citizen of El Salvador. That is the president of El Salvador.

Your questions about it per the court can only be directed to him. I ask President Bukele. Can President Bukele weigh in on this? Do you plan to return him? Well, I guess, I'm supposed to have suggested that I smuggle a terrorist into the United States, right? How can I return him to the United States? It's like I smuggle him into the United States, or whether I do it first, I'm not going to do it. It's like, I mean, the question is for Busters. How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? I don't have the power to turn him to the United States.

But you can release him inside of trouble. Yeah, but I'm not releasing, I mean, we're not very fond of releasing terrorists into our country. I mean, you just turned the murder capital of the world to the safest country in the Western Hemisphere, and you want us to go back into releasing criminals so we can go back to being the murder capital of the world. That's not going to happen.

Well, they'd love to have a criminal, you know, released in July. I mean, there's a fascination. They would love it. Yeah. They're sick. These are sick people. Marco, do you have something to say about that? Yeah, I mean, Stephen, I don't understand what the confusion is.

This individual is a citizen of El Salvador. He was illegally in the United States and was returned to his country. That's where you deport people, back to their country of origin. Except for Venezuela that wasn't refusing to take people back to places like that. I can tell you this, Mr. President. No, the foreign policy of the United States is conducted by the President of the United States, not by a court. And no court in the United States has a right to conduct a foreign policy of the United States. It's that simple.

End of story. District Court judge gonna do, compel the President of El Salvador to release this guy? Of course not. Nope, nope. That issue's over, Doc. Yeah. That leftist judge has been put in his place.

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You need to be in Christ. And that's all we're going to do, is build people's faith in Jesus Christ. And so watch for that letter. It should be arriving here very soon. Order your cross, and we will get one to you right away. Again, $500 gift in support of this ministry. And it's heavy. It's solid. It does come apart. We're going to ship it in two pieces, okay? So, but it's quite heavy. And it will make a great piece of religious art in your home or office.

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on faithandvalues.com for Morning Math. And we are so privileged to have you here. We are continuing our study in Romans chapter 10. I'm reading verses 13 through 21, but our focus is on verses 18 to 21. And I'll begin reading here from the King James. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

How then shall they call on him on whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach except they be sent as it is written? How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace

and bring glad tidings of good things. But they have not all obeyed the gospel, for Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? Verse 17, very familiar. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. But I say, have they not heard? Yes, verily, their sound went into all the earth and their words into the ends of the world.

But I say, did not Israel know? First, Moses sayeth, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. But Isaiah is very bold and saith, I was found of them that sought me not. I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. But to Israel he saith, all day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gain-saying people." God bless the reading of his Word today. Amen. Verse 16, 17, 18. But they have not all obeyed the Gospel. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who has believed our report?

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. And then verse 18, but I say, have they not heard? Yes, verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world." It's an interesting statement, Doc. In his familiar fashion, Paul asks a rhetorical question. Have they not heard?

He's boldly challenging any claim That Israel Was not given the gospel right makes it clear They heard and so he answers his question yes most certainly He affirms that the gospel's message undeniably reached across all boundaries. Yes. And I could make the argument, Rick,

that the gospel was preached to Abraham, to the Hebrews in the desert. And if you look up verse 16, Isaiah preached the gospel. Yes. So, they are without excuse. because the let's see Psalms 19 1 through what I want to go to

somewhere 4, 5, or 6 somewhere in there where it finishes its theme It's its theme Psalm 19 beginning with verse 1. All right I'm ready. Psalm 19 verse 1, the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork. Day and today uttereth speech and night and tonight showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber and rejoices as a strong man to a race. His going forth as from the end of the heaven, and is circuited unto the ends of it,

and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof." There we go. All right, so now Paul was quoting Psalm 19. But I say, he says, but I say, have they not heard? Yes, verily, their sound went into all the earth and their words unto the ends of the world. He's quoting Psalm 19. Yes. That said, their sound went into all the earth. What sound? The sound of creation. See, Paul keeps bringing it bringing back the theme that there is no excuse for not

obeying God for not believing in God for not obeying God. He repeatedly says in his writings, even creation testifies of God. Right. So that's what this means when he said their sound went into all the earth. He's he's likening the spread of the gospel to creation's universal testimony. They're one in the same. That's why on Judgment Day nobody can have an excuse. Well, I didn't know there was a God. Oh, really? You didn't all creation yes no excuse no excuse and there's no excuse for us either that's right and I am an enthusiastic advocate that we should be we should be teaching creationism as we teach the gospel amen you can't preach the gospel without preaching creationism amen i'm a strong believer in that as well rick six days of creation well seven days technically but six days of creation, well, seven days technically, but six days of creation before God rested,

literal six days. And if somebody says, I don't believe it, I don't think it can be done, well, you don't believe in God. And you probably don't believe in the resurrection either. That's right. Which is essential for our faith. If you're God, you can do anything. I'm not phased at all.

The cosmos was created in six days. I don't stumble over that idea at all. No, He's God. He could have taken one moment. Well, that's what I'm. Yeah. I'm like, why do you stretch it out over six days? For our benefit, for his glory to show himself strong. Yes, to create a week. He created a week for us. Seven days. Their sound went into all the earth.

Sound. Their sound went into all the earth. Sound evokes an inescapable proclamation. The sound proclaimed the Gospel. Creation's sound proclaimed the gospel. Creation's sound proclaimed the gospel. So Paul has in this verse, he's emphatically confirming that Israel has indeed heard the gospel, and he's stripping away any and all excuses for their unbelief. They can't hang that hat on anything. They own it. They simply did not believe.

Romans 10, 16, not all obeyed. Israel's rejection was a deliberate choice. Deliberate. not out of ignorance, out of rebellion. The phrase all the earth, that speaks about God's impartiality. He's offering salvation to all mankind without distinction. The Lord has removed the fence that at one time surrounded the Jewish people. Now the fence fences come down. Yes, praise God it's down. Hallelujah. The gospel is singing, don't fence me in. Hallelujah. All right, the gospel wants to roam. The gospel is going throughout all the ends of the earth.

All the earth, that's the message here. The gospel's reach extends to the ends of the world. And whosoever calls on the Lord shall be saved. That is our message. And we can take this gospel message into any nation. And it applies to everybody equally. There are no grace has no ethnic bound boundaries. Grace does not stop at a wall and say, I can't go beyond this wall. I have to stay within this geographic boundary. Grace is moving upon the earth,

looking for people to bless. looking for people to bless. And so the gospel's global spread fulfills, if you remember Romans 9.17, it's the sovereign purpose that God is orchestrating salvation for his glory. That I might show my power. Yes. That I might show my power.

So, Paul in this verse, he quotes Psalm 19 for in this verse, he quotes Psalm 19 for, to elevate the gospel's role, to parallel creation's silent witness with the preached word's power. Yes. They are working side by side. Right. So not only did creation speak about this, but so did the prophets. That's why he alludes to Isaiah back up here as well.

Creation preaches the gospel. Isaiah and the prophets preach the gospel. We're without excuse. We are without excuse. Specifically, he's talking about the Jews're without excuse. We are without excuse. Or specifically, he's talking about the Jews are without excuse, but that extends now to the Gentiles as well. We're without excuse. We can't say, well, I just didn't know the gospel. No. Creation itself preaches the gospel. It's like creation handed the baton to the church. Yes, there you go.

And said, now you run with it. You have beautiful feet. Praise God. Let your feet go across all of creation. Creation's cheering the church on. Yet Israel, the Jewish people's accountability, with their hearts hardened, stands in a in a in tension with God's universal call. The The Jewish people to this day are still resisting the gospel. They heard the gospel but they refused it. And yet the Gentiles found God. Romans 10.19, but I say, did not Israel know? First,

Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people. And by a foolish nation, I will anger you. foolish nation, I will anger you. So what Paul is making the case here for is he's asking the question, did not Israel know? Know what? Know what specifically? Know that did not Israel know that the good news, the gospel would be preached not just to them, but to all the Gentiles too. That's what Paul says. And how did they know, Doc?

Because Moses told them. Amen. Moses said, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people. Meaning people that aren't a nation. Yes. With a nation that's void of understanding God, I will make you angry. Are the are many of the Jews hostile towards Christians? Yes. Yes, they are.

They may not express it openly, but they are hostile. So, Paul's question, did not Israel know? He's challenging Israel's ignorance. Yes. Don't pretend you didn't know.

That's right. You knew. You knew God intended salvation for the Gentiles as well. You knew it. Don't try to pull that on me. You knew it. He said, don't try to pull that on me. You knew. So the question anticipates what we're going to see in Romans 11, where Gentile inclusion stirs Israel's response. And we'll get to that in the coming days.

So the question I will provoke you, this is Moses, I will provoke you to jealousy It was a prophecy think about this at the time of Moses Moses spoke the prophecy That God would use the Gentiles to to provoke the Jews to provoke the Jews. What God said through Moses was there's coming a day. I'm going to I'm going to Save the Gentiles. I'm going to bless the Gentiles. It's going to make you angry. It's going to provoke you to jealousy. Yes Now Yes.

Now, non-Jews who have been saved need to keep their hearts right and not have an arrogant attitude towards the Jews. We should be praying for them, loving on them, desiring them to come to know Jesus. You know, we shouldn't be, we should never have the attitude, hey, he lost out too bad, we're in. Right. No, that'll get you an attitude adjustment real fast. Yeah, to give you an idea, every generation has the opportunity to go into all the world, because you have a whole new set of people Every generation so it's not like it was one and done type situation back in the first century As until the Lord chooses to make his appearance We have the opportunity always to go into all the world

Always every generation has a brand new opportunity to preach and to go. Yes. So in verse three of chapter 10, Paul said, for they being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. And then verse four, he said, for Christ is the end of the law, for righteousness to everyone that believeth. So now, Paul is, he's challenging the, he's speaking of a people that don't have a nation, no people, meaning he's talking about the worldwide Gentile population, and he's contrasting them to the Jewish nation.

And he's saying, these are no people. They don't have a nation like you do. They're on the outside of the covenant. But he's contrasting now with the Jewish pride that he spoke about in Romans 10 verse 3. And he's saying, you're going to see God's Holy Spirit come upon the Gentiles in such a way that you will become jealous of these people. Why, why does God want to provoke them to jealousy?

Just to irritate them? No, to bring them in, to bring them in, to awaken them. Yes. So, uh, he's saying you're going to you're going to see the Holy Spirit working with what you would consider a foolish nation, a unworthy people, people you wouldn't even sit down at a table and share a sandwich with. You wouldn't even get close to them. And you're gonna see God's Spirit move upon those people.

Right, and it's interesting when Paul quotes this, Deuteronomy 32, 21, I will procute the jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation, I will anger you. God's not calling them foolish. God's not calling the Gentiles foolish. This was the label that the Jews had put on the Gentiles. The Jews had put on the people, yes.

Yes. Okay. So yes, fools are gonna draw you in. Hallelujah. Yeah, you're gonna see- I'll be a fool for Christ if it saves the Jews, I'll do it. Amen. But it's always God's desire is to save the Jews. That is His desire today. And He does not need to put them in Palestine to save them. That's right. That's the false doctrine that the Christian Zionists are teaching. That a location is what saves. Right. Well if that's the case then, if that's the case

doc then all the Jews should leave America and Europe and move to Israel right away. That's how they're going to be saved. And there are some segments of the Jewish community that teach that. that's how they're going to be saved. And there are some segments of the Jewish community that teach that. And there are segments of the Christian community that teach it. Yes. And if that's the case, then shouldn't all Christians

be trying to move to Israel, too? You want to be in the place where salvation is, right? Right. I mean, if you're going to take this logic all the way to the end. But the take this logic all the way to the end But the gospel goes into all the earth Hallelujah, it's not limited by the boundaries of the state of Israel. That's right. It is worldwide the gospel is Proclaimed into every nation and the love of God has been extended to every nation, the grace of God flows to every nation.

That's the message here. It's not confined anymore to a small geographical territory and a single ethnic group. That's the message. And the message is not only is it available to everybody, but God is trying to get the original people to come back in. Yes. In other words, they're further away than you are. And God's trying to draw them in. Why? He loves them. Yes. He loves his people. He loves them, but you're his people now too.

And he made a covenant to Abraham and he's fulfilling his covenant to Abraham. Amen. There will be a remnant of Jews saved. Not all Jews will be saved. Not all Gentiles will be saved. But a remnant will be saved. There will be a remnant of Jews saved. There was a remnant of Jews who walked by faith in the old covenant days. As we've been teaching, not all Jews were in the covenant because they lacked faith. Yes. And so God always had a remnant.

And those Jewish prophets spoke on behalf of the remnant. They spoke to the remnant, they spoke for God. They were part of the remnant of Israel that stayed true to God. Amen. And there is still a remnant today that will be saved. Verse 20, but Isaiah is very bold and says, I was found of them that sought me not. I was made manifest unto them that ask not after me." In other words, Isaiah said, I was found by those who didn't seek me. I was revealed to those who didn't ask for me.

didn't ask for me. This is Isaiah 65-1, right? Yes. I think it's 65-1. Very bold. Why is he bold? Because he's a prophet. And a prophet knows he's been commissioned by God. He speaks for God. And if you know that, you're bold. Yes. And so Isaiah is very bold and says, I was found by those who didn't seek me. I was revealed to those who didn't ask for me. The Gentiles. That's who he's talking me. The Gentiles. That's who he's talking about, the Gentiles. And he's confronting Israel's self-righteousness.

And he's saying the inclusion of the Gentiles is a surprise. The inclusion of the Gentiles is a surprise. But it really isn't because God's foretold it throughout the old covenant days. If you remember back in Romans nine, not my people, in verse 25, 26, becoming God's own. Again, this has been throughout the scriptures. There's nothing new here. The Gentiles ignored that there was a God. At least that there was a God of Abraham. Yes. They had idols, they had false gods, but they didn't know the one true God. They were ignorant.

They sought me not. They did not seek God. You don't seek something you don't know exists. So, the inclusion of the Gentiles stems from God seeking them, not them seeking God. Right. So, what are we back to? The same theme we've seen throughout our scripture studies, that we don't find God. God comes for us. Yes. Remember, they used to say, Oh, he found Jesus. No, he wasn't even looking for him. But Jesus was.

That's right. See, this, that's the message here. You're not even looking for God. But he came after you, he came seeking you. He found you. He found the pearl of great price. Praise God. It's God seeking the sinner. Sinners don't seek God. If they were seeking God, they wouldn't be sinners.

God seeks sinners. And he offers them grace and they have to make a decision to accept or to reject. And that goes for Jews and Gentiles. He shows no partiality. Made manifest. That's God's self-disclosure. Yes, revealing himself. All right, how does that work? I'll tell you in my life. So I was 24 years old, long hair down to my shoulder, shoulders. Just lived every day for a party. All right, went to work, you know, you know, responsible, I had a job, did them, had a family, had my first child at that point. But smoking, weed, drinking, heavy on the weekends,

that was my life. weekends. That was my life. And the Lord started, this would have been sometime in late 1977 or early maybe January of 78. I don't remember exactly when. It was in the time frame. He started interrupting my drunken dope parties. He has a funny way of doing that, doesn't he? Yes. And we'd be having a great time. All my buddies were there. We were having a great time.

And I would audibly hear my name. I literally heard it, Rick, just as like somebody in the rooms called my name. I heard it. And I instinctively knew the voice came from outside. And I would just walk outside, stood on a porch. My porch was a concrete slab. I stood on that porch and I knew this voice was coming from the sky.

Because there wasn't anybody outside in the yard. And I go, who are you? You said my name. No reply. But I'd instantly sober up. I'd go back into the party. I'd tell all my buddies, hey, it's time to go home. No, Rick, come on. No, no, go home.

I want to go to bed. Okay, go home. I was snapped out of my stupor. Next day, I'm back to normal, what I consider normal. Another week goes by, you know, and I don't remember whether this happened weekly or I don't remember the frequency. I just remember it happened multiple times over a span of months It's been a long time ago And again, I would be

I would be in that party and I'd hear my name, Rick. Once again, I'd have to go outside. Who are you? No answer, no reply. This continued, like I said, for months. And then one day, one night when it happened, I was getting frustrated. And I looked up at the sky and I said,

okay, you've been saying my name. I wanna know your name, identify yourself. Here I am, I'm talking to this voice, Doc. Yes. I'm thinking it this voice doc. Yes. I'm thinking it's a space alien. Honestly, that's how goofy I was. I'm thinking there's some kind of extraterrestrial up there using some kind of voice to skull technology getting inside my head and they're just messing with me on

a Saturday night. They don't have anything else to do. They're sitting up there in their spaceship just messing with me. Honestly, that's how goofy I was. Okay. And I got upset. I said, Okay, you've been saved my name. I want to know your name. Identify yourself. The voice stopped. He never spoke again. But right after that, I had a dream. And it scared the you know what out of me. And it was about the end of the world.

And I started going to church with Susan. And then about six months later, you know what he did? He identified himself to me. On Sunday morning, June 11, 1978, he identified himself. Yes. The Lord Jesus Christ. And I knew his name. Who was seeking who? I wasn't seeking Him. He was seeking me. Jesus said, Behold, I stand at the door and knock, and if any man openeth, any man. He's waiting. He's waiting for man to open that door. He's knocking. He's knocking away at your heart's door.

He waiting for you to open so he can come in and sup with you. Praise God. Paul said, according Isaiah, them that sought me not, asked not after me. I wasn't seeking God and I wasn't asking for God. But he was seeking me. That's a father who has a love for his children that's beyond our comprehension. Amen.

And you think about. Yes, go ahead. Amen. And you think about, yes, go ahead. Well, just sitting here thinking, what if you had not answered that call? What if you've not opened the door? I hate to think, I hate to think in that term. I think about the impact to this day. It terrifies me. There would be no morning manna. There would be no faith and values. There would be none me. There would be no morning manna, there would be no faith and values. There would be

none of there would be no true news. There'd be no ministry over 27 years. There'd be none of that. You made one decision Rick, and it changed the lives, maybe even of millions of people, Rick. Millions of people was certainly changed., it certainly changed my eternal destiny because I would be on my way to hell. If I were still alive, I might not even be alive. That's right. But just one decision can change the world. One decision for Christ can change the world. And once again, it comes back to

faith. But faith, how does faith be applied? It is applied by obedience. You heard, you responded, you obeyed. And because of that, the world is a different place. Yes. And it's a different place because you got saved and everybody in this morning man of Bible class, the world has changed because you got saved. Amen. You have the gospel inside of you that he desires you to speak it, that it would go into all the world. If you don't speak it, the gospel doesn't go anywhere.

It has to be spoken. Each of us have a responsibility to speak the don't but you have a you have a you have your own universe Where you influence people That's where you're supposed to speak the gospel Because you don't know who is going to get saved right you have no idea is going to get saved. Right. You have no idea. There's somebody, and they might not

get saved for another five years, but you're going to plant a seed in them that just continues to grow. Verse 21. But to Israel, he says, all day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. Gainsaying contrary, contrariness, disobedient and contrary. But all day long I've reached my hand out

to a people who are disobedient and contrary, meaning stubborn, argumentative. But his hand is reached out. You know, when God reaches out his hand is reached out. You know when God reaches out his hand, it's got two sides. You can get the open hand or you can get the backhand. You don't want the backhand. You don't want the backhand. I've experienced backhand and that's right

But his hand is the same hand And he's saying which which side of this hand do you want I'm not Condemning the jewish people You know, there's a terrible reputation out there that the Jews have painted on the internet that I hate Jews, which is an absolute lie. It's a lie. It is a lie. And I forgive them for lying about me. And I forgive them for lying about me. But by and large, the Jewish people never stop to think

why have so many bad things happened to them as a nation, as a people. They're always blaming somebody. They're always victims. They never take responsibility. They're getting the back hand of God. His hand is stretched out and He says, you're a disobedient, contrary people. Here's my hand. Take it. I'll bring you back into the kingdom. Take it. I'll bring you back into the kingdom." And they say no. And every once in a while he gives them the backhand. Yes. And then they go into the victim mode. The world hates us. We've been kicked out of every nation. No, God's

kicked you out. Were you kicked out because every nation. No God's kicked you out Were you kicked out because of your morality were you kicked out because of your goodness? Would you you have these these are real questions that nobody asked were you kicked out because you were too moral? Or you were doing too many good things. I Mean that's nobody asks those questions. No. And if you ask those questions, then you're accused of being anti-Semitic and all that kind of stuff. Right. Because you're not allowed to ask those questions. But God says, so what are you going to do with this scripture? Romans 10.21. God says to Jews, all day long I stretched out my hand to a disobedient and contrary people. So is God anti-Semitic? No, he's an exasperated father. Yes, absolutely. That's exactly what it is.

He's a loving father who is frustrated with the response of people whom he loves, and yet they don't love him. They want to have a religion around him, but their way, not his way. They want to be saved by their righteousness, not by his son's righteousness. What do you mean? No, no, no, no, no, no, we're not accepting your son. We will keep the law. We will declare our own righteousness. Right. But God's voice throughout Isaiah speaks of his covenant love for Israel.

Yes. You can't read the book of Isaiah and not see Jesus. God gave Isaiah a glimpse of Jesus. He said, I saw the Lord high and lifted up. I was Jesus. His train filled the people. And I'll just go back to verse 16 again. Isaiah preached the gospel. Yes.

He preached the gospel. He's still preaching the gospel here in verse 21. That's referencing Isaiah 65 too, quoting him directly there. The Jews heard the gospel through the prophets. They heard the gospel. There's no other way around it. That was a revelation to me, Rick. Yes. Yeah, it changes everything. It's not like after the resurrection, God said, okay, I'm now introducing the gospel. No, it's always been the gospel. Always been the gospel and it's always been by faith.

God said all day long. When you say to somebody all day long, what are you saying? You're expressing a frustration. Look, I'm gonna tell you something. All day long I have whatever. It speaks of God's unceasing patience, his never ending mercy, his unending love, all day long I've stretched forth my hand.

That's God hand pleading with you to come back. You can just see a loving father or mother saying to a disobedient child, you know, who's left home, made a mess of their life, and that mother or father is saying all day long my hand is stretched out for you to come home. But they're contrary. He describes them as contrary. Do You know anybody who's contrary? Ooh. Try talking sense to a contrary person. They're close-minded.

They're narrow-minded. They're rebellious. They're stubborn. You can't reason with them. Right. That word contrary is an interesting word to use there, because there are people who know the truth sometimes and will still fight you about it. Yes.

That's being contrary. That's contrariness. They're argumentative. You can't ever reason with them. You can't ever come to a place of harmony and agreement with them. There's no harmony with a contrary person. Because if you somehow manage to get them to stop their contrariness on a particular point and come into agreement, the next hour they're going to be contrary about something else. Yes.

It's their nature. It's just their nature. They like to argue. They like to fight. They like to be stubborn. I don't know what it is about people like that. But they test my patience. And so what we're seeing here, God is saying to the Jews, you test my patience. All day long I stretch out my hand, waiting for you, but you're a contrary people. But his outstretched hand is a signal of mercy. It is his hope for Israel's restoration. signal of mercy. It is his hope for Israel's restoration. As we will see in Romans 11 26, all Israel saved. There's a lot of misconception

being taught in the church about those words. But as far as God's concerned, He will get it done. The remnant will be saved. So what can we, Doc, what can we take from these verses and apply it to our lives in the church today. The way I look at it, Rick, is like this, that Paul has removed all excuses here. Whether anyone would dare claim a superiority and approval by God, the playing field is level for Jews and Gentiles. Jews are without excuse,

but on the other side Gentiles are without excuse too. God has revealed himself both to Jews and Gentiles. And he's done it through creation. He's done it through the prophets. He's done it through the word of God. And so now all of us stand before God with a choice, whether we choose to believe and obey. And when we choose to believe and obey,

as it says in verses nine and 10, thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in thy heart that God has raised him from the dead, thou shalt be safe. For with the heart, man believeth under righteousness and with the mouth confession is made under salvation we are without excuse and yet we all come in through the same gate same door and that's jesus christ and confession in him amen that's the only way jesus said i'm the way the truth and the life No man comes to the Father but by me. Nobody, Jew, Gentile,

red, yellow, black, and white, doesn't matter. They all come through the same way. Jesus is the door. So, Doc, I'm looking at the chat and I'm seeing a number of people saying they have children saying they have children like what we're describing. So what can you learn from today's lesson? Have the patience of God? Yes. If God has contrary disobedient children and he patiently waits on them, then he's the role model for us.

He's the role model. He never gives up. He keeps reaching out his hand and always waiting on them to come home. Amen. And he keeps the porch light on. Amen. Tonight might be the night they come home. Praise God.

God waited for you. That's right. And you know, there were probably people who were shocked that I got saved. I know that there were people shocked that I got saved. I know that there were people shocked that I got saved. I know that. And there were probably people shocked that you got saved. But it's to God's glory.

He was patient. He waited. For me, he waited 25 years. Amen. Others, he waits 50 years, but he gets them. They eventually come home and his hand stays outstretched. So if you have a child who's rebellious or separated from you right now or contrary, just think of your heavenly father. He's patient and all day long, his hand is outstretched.

And if I could encourage everyone, don't write them off. Okay? No. Don't write them off. God didn't write you off. Continue to love them. Just keep loving them. Keep showing love to them. Be sensitive to the needs of their life and what the Lord is doing.

You have a unique opportunity to observe how God is working in their lives and just keep praying for them. Keep praying that God will bring people across their path, that will speak a word to them, a kind word, they'll be a friend to them, that maybe they won't be receptive to you and to your words about Jesus, but maybe they will to someone else. That's how my brother came to the Lord. I had witnessed to my brother for years. For years I'd witnessed to him. And then I started praying, Lord, I'm frustrated with my ability to reach my brother. Can you just bring people across his path frustrated with my ability to reach my brother. Can you just bring people across his path to

minister to him because obviously he's not listening to his big brother. And I got a message one day from my brother saying I made a new friend, Ray, and believe it or not, he's a preacher. And he's a preacher of the assembly of God church here in this town. And he just invited me over. I've been going over to house every Saturday to watch football. And we just hang out. And then he started going to church, started praying to his wife. He went to church first and then brought his wife and the kids. And so it was an Assembly of God preacher in a small town in small town, Missouri,

just inviting my brother over to watch football with it. And that was the door that opened up. And so now I figured it out. I don't like, I don't like football. And so that's why we didn't make the connection. What do you got to say? I'm looking at Brian said, I've become more patient with my child because of the revelations I've received through morning manna. Well praise God for that. That's cool.

That's what I like. Cheryl said I never stopped telling them I love you. And Jesus does too. My daughter finally told me she has started to pray again. These are good things. These are good reports. Don't give up on your kids. Don't give up on your brothers. Don't give up on your parents. Keep praying for them. Pray for God to bring people into their lives. Ask God to protect them as he protects you to give them an opportunity to hear the gospel. So, and then you might have preached the gospel to them,

but they didn't hear it. We want them to hear it. Yes. Brian, I'll tell you a true story about patience. So when my son Jeremy, I guess he was I think just in the seventh grade and you know what that stage is like when they reach junior high, middle school, okay? Like what just happened to my little child, okay? And Jeremy was never a bad kid, but he would test me.

I like the way you phrased that. Yes, he would test me. If I said, don't cross this line, he would put his toe up to that line and say, what about this? And then it would be, look, what if my toenail is over the line? It was always, there was always a test. And he wore me out in that age.

So at that time we lived in a home that was a split foyer if you know what a split foyer is So you come into the front and there's You you got a foyer and then there's there's a flight of stairs upstairs and a flight of stairs down Okay, and that's that's the home. We lived in his two-story house that was split four-year. And so there was one day, Jeremy and Carissa, my daughter, they were upstairs and Carissa kept yelling downstairs, Dad, make him stop it. What's he doing? He's irritating me.

He's teasing me. Whatever he was doing, okay? Jeremy was always trying to get a reaction out of somebody. Okay? And I kept yelling up the stairs, stop it, Jeremy. All right? And then it just kept going on and on and on. I'm like, you don't want me to come up there.

You understand? Stop it. Okay? And five minutes would go by and then it would be again, Carissa would yell, I'm like, you don't want me to come up there. You understand, stop it. Okay. And then five minutes would go by and then it would be again, carousel video and dad, please come up here and make him stop it. Finally, I got frustrated. He was interrupting whatever I was working on. And I went marching up the steps, doc, like the giant in Jack and the Beanstalk. the giant in Jack and the Beanstalk.

I was stomping on those steps, fee five, four, five. I mean, I was like, I'm going up the steps. When I get up there, he is gonna regret that he made me come up these steps, okay? And I mean, I was huffing, I had smoke blowing out my nose and ears. I was frustrated and angry and I like, I'm gonna put this boy in his place. And I was marching up the steps.

And all of a sudden, the Lord spoke to me and said, from this day forth, I will deal with your sins the way you deal with your son's sins." And my foot stopped in midair and I stopped and I said, what did you just say? And he repeated it. From this day forth I will deal with your sins the way you deal with your son's sins." And I sat down on the step-dock and I pondered what the Lord said, because I was marching up the steps to give that boy a whooping. And I'm thinking, wait a minute, God just told me he's going to give me a whooping the way I give my son a whipping.

If I get out of line with him, he's not going to be patient with me. And I resumed my walk, but it was with humility. And I opened up Jeremy's bedroom door, and first thing he thought, oh, dad's here. This is going to be bad. And instead, I sat down. I had him sit down on the edge of the bed, and I said, tell me what's going on. And I talked to him. And I reasoned it out. And I got him and his sister together and they made up and they went on that day without

fighting. This when you're dealing with your children, when they are contrary, misbehaving, plucking your nerves, testing you, do you think of the way God has dealt with adults? Do we test him? Do we pluck his nerves? Think about it. How do you want him to treat you? How do you want him to treat you? And when you think about that, you'll change your

parenting skills. And you'll become a lot more gentle and reasonable and your children will be amazed. So, I don't know, that's my story. I just felt like I needed to share that. Be patient, be patient with your children. Amen.

That doesn't mean let them get away with things, but be patient. Love them, just keep loving them. That's the key, keep loving them. How do you want God to treat you? How do you want him to respond to your misbehavior? Right. Don't write them off. You never know how God will use situations and circumstances to bring them into the kingdom. Think about what he did to bring them into the Kingdom. Think about what He did to get you into the Kingdom. Didn't give up on you. Praise God. Rick, it was a great lesson today. I think it really spoke to a lot of people.

Well, I'm glad. God's been working on me for decades. He's still working on me. And He'll be working on me to the day I take my last breath. Yes. And you know how I'll be admitted into His presence by faith, by His grace, not by anything I did. Yeah. Because I'll still be imperfect on the day I take my last breath. I'll still be imperfect. But I will

have faith in Almighty God that His grace will save me. Praise God. And it's only His grace. Only His grace. Yes. And so I don't fear, you know, what's going to happen to me on the day I die. I don't have a fear. My faith is in His Son. And that's the message that we're teaching here today and every day. It is the message of the gospel, the message of the cross. Okay, got to go to work. This isn't work.

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