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PB:  Proverbs 29:2, the Word of
God, says: "When the righteous
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are in authority, the people
rejoice: but when the wicked
beareth rule, the people mourn."
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"When the righteous are in
authority, the people rejoice."
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The people do what,
everybody? Aud.:  Rejoice.
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PB:  "But when the wicked
beareth rule." The wicked do
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what, everybody? Aud.:  Mourn.  
PB:  They mourn. Trump, Clinton,
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Cruz or Sanders. Who has your
vote? Trump, Clinton, Cruz or
Sanders. Who has your vote?
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Father, I ask right now for a
double portion of Your Spirit.
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As we preach this Word,
we pray for Your guidance.
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We pray that Your
people will hear this Word.
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Thy Word have we hid in
our hearts that we will not sin
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against Thee. At any
point in time in the appeal,
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move in this place and may
the devil not even be present
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or evident in this
place. So in the name of Jesus,
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I rebuke the enemy right
now that Your Spirit may flow
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full and free. And it's in
the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.
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This political season has
been the most messy, divisive,
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mud-slinging, name-calling,
backbiting, bad-mouthing,
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back-stabbing, bickering,
squabbling, hand-measuring
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political mess I've seen.
And the sad thing is this: We're
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just dealing with political
infighting within one's own
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political party. We haven't even
gotten to the general election,
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with the Democrats versus the
Republicans. We've been dealing
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with Republicans versus
Republicans, and Democrats
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versus Democrats. We've got
Donald Trump, who says he'll
guild a wall between
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the United States and Mexico to
keep Mexicans out of the U.S.,
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and then he says he's
going to make Mexico pay for it.
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I won't even offer the
response of Mexico's president,
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because the pulpit is rated
G and his response was rated R.
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Do I have a witness in this
place? Trump further claims that
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he's going to keep Muslims out
of the U.S.; that he won't let
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them in. Now, his party says
he's a loose cannon, that he's
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out of control and he will not
win his party's nomination. But
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obviously, somebody likes what
he's saying, because this same
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party that says he won't be
elected keeps voting for him,
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and he keeps winning Republican
primaries in state after state
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after state. We've got Hillary
Clinton. She says America needs
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comprehensive immigration reform
with a pathway to citizenship.
But her critics ask,
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What does that really mean?
Unpack what you're trying to
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say. We've got Ted Cruz, an
immigrant himself, having been
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born in Canada, who's opposed to
comprehensive immigration
reform. But it's interesting
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to me that some of the same
people in his party, who are now
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supporting him, fought Barack
Obama running for president
because they said he
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wasn't born in the United
States, when in fact he was born
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in Hawaii. They are now some
of the same people who aren't
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saying anything about Ted Cruz
being born outside the United
States. Hypocrisy at its best.
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We've got Bernie Sanders, who
describes himself as a
Democratic Socialist.
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He says he wants to fight wealth
inequality in the United States;
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but does this mean
bigger government, and is he a
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modern-day Karl Marx or
Friedrich Ingles? Trump,
Clinton, Cruz, Sanders.
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Who has your vote? I must
admit, with what I heard them
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saying I thought about
running for president myself.
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Come on, say
amen.   [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  I think I'd get
some votes. Come on, say amen.
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[Aud. reaction]  PB:  Who
has your vote? Because in eight
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months we'll be going to the
polls to vote in probably the
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most important presidential
election in our lifetime.
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Because friends of mine, the way
this thing is shaping up, this
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might be it. Now please
understand today, I'm not here
to preach politics.
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But I want to turn the direction
to us, the voter, and especially
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those of us who claim
Christianity. Because as
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Christians, we have a right
and a duty to vote. People were
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beaten so we could vote. People
were sprayed with hoses so we
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could vote. People were bitten
by dogs so we could vote. People
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fought so we could vote. People
died so we could vote. Don't
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forget where you come from.
Don't forget the sacrifices that
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were made so you could vote.
Don't think you've got the big
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head now, and think that going
to the polls and standing in
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line is beneath you or you don't
have time. We have a
responsibility to vote.
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Your one vote will make a
difference. If I were to call
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the historical roll today,
in 1645 one vote gave Oliver
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Cromwell control of England. In
1949 one vote caused Charles I
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of England to be executed. In
1776, one vote gave America the
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English language instead of
German. In 1845, one vote
brought Texas into the Union.
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In 1868, one vote saved
President Andrew Johnson from
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impeachment. In 1876, one vote
changed France from a monarchy
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to a republic. In 1876, one vote
gave Rutherford B. Hayes the
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presidency of the United States.
In 1933, one vote gave Adolph
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Hitler leadership of the Nazi
party. In 1960, one vote,
changed in each precinct in
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the state of Illinois, would
have denied John Kennedy the
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presidency. Our votes make a
difference. We have a
responsibility to vote,
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and we who are Christians
should honor this most important
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privilege. You see, if you read
Scripture carefully, all
throughout Scripture
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we hear about our duties as
citizens. Romans 13 tells us we
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should be peaceful, law-abiding
citizens. First Timothy 2 tells
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us we ought to pray for our
government leaders. Matthew
22:21 admonishes us
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to pay our taxes. All throughout
Scripture, followers of Christ
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were involved in politics.
Joseph became the Secretary of
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Agriculture in Egypt. Moses
faced Pharaoh as a messenger of
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God and won freedom for God's
people Deborah was a judge who
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helped destroy the Lord's
enemies. Esther was a queen for
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such a time as this, to save
the Jewish nation. David fought
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Goliath, led the nation of
Israel. Nehemiah stood firm for
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the rebuilding of the temple.
Daniel served the king but he
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still obeyed God. Even Ellen
White, in the Review and Herald,
October 15, 1914, said,
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"In our favored land every voter
has some voice in determining
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what laws shall control the
nation. Should that not
influence," she said,
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"and that vote be cast on the
side of temperance and virtue?"
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It's okay then for the Christian
to vote. But how, as a Christian
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voter, can you reconcile
building a wall and keeping
people out of America,
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when America was settled by
people looking for religious
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freedom in the first place?
Other nations primarily came
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into existence by conquest for
selfish and ambitious motives,
but this country was
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to be built in
the atmosphere of God.
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Our Pledge of Allegiance says,
"We are one nation, under God."
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Our money says, "In God
we trust." Our spiritual
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forefathers came to the shores
of America so they could worship
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and practice their faith without
fear of persecution. But how do
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you justify keeping people of
a different religion out of the
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country under the cloak of "Make
American Great again"? When, if
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we return to our roots and make
America great again, religious
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freedom was one of the pillars
of our nation. The text says,
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""When the righteous are in
authority, the people rejoice:
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but when the wicked beareth
rule, the people mourn." Today,
do you want to rejoice?
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Or today, do you want to
mourn? I don't know about you,
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but I want to rejoice. It's
time to rejoice. Trump, Clinton,
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Cruz or Sanders--I
want to rejoice. Democrat or
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Republican--I want to rejoice.
Male or female--I want to
rejoice. Black or white--
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I want to rejoice. Whoever is
in authority--I want to rejoice,
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and in order to rejoice, the
righteous must be in authority.
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But that's not just authority on
the national level, state level
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or local level, but
that's also on the church level.
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That's also on the school level.
That's on the hospital level,
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that's in your house, that's
on your job, that's everywhere.
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In order for people to rejoice,
the righteous must be in
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authority. Now as a leader
myself here in this church, I'm
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reminded that I must be
righteous. I don't know anybody
who's trying to follow a
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spiritual leader who's not
trying to be righteous. Do I
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have a witness in this
place? I'm not trying to be
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unrighteous; I'm trying to
be righteous. I'm not really in
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authority if I'm not righteous.
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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I tell myself all the
time, don't forget that with the
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greater influence that
God allows me to have, I must
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remember that the higher
the level, the higher the devil.
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People will see you on
television, watch you on the
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Internet, post about you
on social media, see you in
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magazines, and you have to be
careful because people shoot at
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the deer they can see,
not the one in the bushes.
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[Aud. reaction] PB:  God is
always sending things to remind
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me that I have not elevated
your ministry to exalt you,
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but I need you to be a
mouthpiece for Me in these last
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and evil days. God will
give you influence at times in
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your life for His
purposes and not your purposes,
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but you've got to be
righteous. And because you are
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called to righteousness,
you have to be careful how
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you manage influence. There's
nothing worse than giving
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influence to somebody
who's not ready. You can be
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academically ready, you
can be philosophically ready,
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you can be physically
ready, but if you don't
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have the wisdom, the
judgment and the clarity
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of mind to manage the
moment, your gift can put
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you in a position where
your character can't keep you.
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People with good
intentions make good promises.
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But people with good
character keep them. You are
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what you do, not what
you say. Righteous authority
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displays Christian character.
Righteous authority has
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the discernment to know
what to say, when to say it,
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how to say it, and when
to be quiet. Just because you
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can master a crowd of people
doesn't mean you can manage
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the moment and the opportunity
that God has given you.
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What do you
mean by that, Pastor?
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Let me tell you, it was in
the last presidential election
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season--2012. Some of you
remember there was a man by the
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name of Terry Jones who
was running for president.
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Anybody remember Terry
Jones? Let me help you.
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Terry Jones was a
self-declared independent U.S.
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presidential candidate
in 2012, and he is listed
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by the way as a presidential
candidate in 2016. Jones,
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if you remember--go
home and Google him--was a
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fundamentalist pastor
from Gainesville, Florida,
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who first gained national
and international attention
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in 2010 for his plan to burn
the Koran, the Islamic bible,
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on the ninth anniversary
of the September 11th attacks.
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Jones got so much media
attention that everybody was
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talking about Terry Jones. Terry
Jones this, Terry Jones that.
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He got so much media attention,
that was his impetus to
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run for president of the United
States. And so everybody was
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watching, everybody was
listening to Terry Jones, who
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said, "I need a call from the
president of the United States
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or I'm going to burn the
Koran." Attention seeker.
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Here is a man with 50 members in
his church, in a small college
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town, who got the
entire media--not just national
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media--but the entire global
media looking at him. But here's
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an example of somebody being
unfit to manage the spotlight.
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He claimed Christianity, but
just because you're a Christian
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doesn't mean you have the right
to disrespect somebody else's
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faith or beliefs. You never
maximize yourself by minimizing
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somebody else. Downing somebody
else never made you any bigger.
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Burning the Koran does
not illuminate the Bible.
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Just because you have the
right in America to burn the
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Koran doesn't mean it's
right to do it. Just because you
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have the freedom to say
something or it is in your
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rights to do something does
not mean you ought to do it.
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And shame on our media for
giving such spotlight to such
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trivia. Shame on our media for
taking countless hours, millions
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of dollars' worth of television
time, and putting it in the
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hands of somebody who couldn't
handle the decision between
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right and wrong. And that's
what's going on in this
presidential election.
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We've created media monsters,
and then we're vulnerable to
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their decisions. And we would
never know what they thought
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or what they said if we hadn't
put a camera in their face
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or a microphone in their
hand and acted as if they were
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important in the first place.
But when the righteous are
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in authority, the people
rejoice. When the wicked beareth
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rule, the people mourn. Let
me give you another example.
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We have a lot of New
Yorkers who've moved south to
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Huntsville. Some of you were in
New York City a couple of years
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ago, you will remember a few
years ago there was a bunch of
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controversy over a Muslim group
that wanted to build an Islamic
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community center in New York
City, in close proximity to the
World Trade Centers.
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The dilemma was how do you allow
a Muslim community center on
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the very spot where Muslims
killed thousands of people on
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9-11? But based on the laws of
the country we live in, if it's
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private property and if somebody
purchases this private property
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and builds what they want
to build, just because I don't
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agree with what they want to
build doesn't give me the right
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to stop them from building it.
Because if I do that to somebody
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else, what happens when somebody
in Huntsville decides we
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shouldn't build a family life
center for the Oakwood Church.
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Because the same nails
you pick for somebody else may
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be the same nails
that end up nailing you.
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This nation was founded on
the principles of freedom of
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religion. Not just yours but
theirs too. This freedom covers
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us all, and if we take it from
one how long will it be before
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they take it from us? When
the righteous are in authority,
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the people rejoice. But
when the wicked beareth rule,
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the people mourn. Donald
Trump--I want to rejoice.
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Hillary Clinton--I want
to rejoice. Ted Cruz--I want
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to rejoice. Bernie
Sanders--I want to rejoice.
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But in order to rejoice a
righteous man or a righteous
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woman must be in authority. 
But what if a righteous man is
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not in office? What if a
righteous woman is not in
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office? What if none of
the candidates are righteous? I
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can't rejoice, so what then am
I supposed to do? The Psalmist
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gives us the answer to this.
He says, Blessed is the nation
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whose God is the Lord and the
people whom he hath chosen for
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his own inheritance. Hallelujah,
somebody. Which means then,
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regardless of what happens
in November, God is still
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large and in charge. While
we should vote, don't you ever
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forget that we're voting for
mere mortals. So I don't care
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how moral and upstanding we
think the politician is that
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we vote into office on
any level; I don't care how
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righteous we assume they are;
he or she is still a sinner.
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I don't care what the candidate
promises, the candidate
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is still prone to the same
weaknesses and sinful tendencies
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and the same temptations as the
rest of us. These politicians
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are not God. They are mortal.
They do not walk on water.
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They do not perform miracles.
They didn't wake you up
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this morning. They
didn't start you on your way;
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and they will disappoint
us. But not only that.
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When Christians vote
there are times that we often
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do so under the mistaken
belief that the candidate
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or the party for which
we vote has the power within
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national destiny. That's
not true, though. Don't put
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themselves to change the
course of our city, state or
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your faith in an earthly
politician and take your eyes
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off Jesus. Don't you
mistakenly believe that the
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candidate you choose will
supply for you. My Bible says
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that my God shall supply
all of my needs according to
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His riches in glory. Don't
get this thing twisted. Yes,
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I believe that Christians
ought to be involved in the
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political process. Yes, I
believe that Christians not
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only should vote but they
should actively work in the
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system to bring about
righteousness in our nation.
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But it's dangerous to
put more faith in politics,
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more faith in politicians,
more faith in political
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parties than we do in God. 
 So, some trust in chariots,
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some trust in horses, but
we will remember the name of
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our God. Because promotion
neither cometh from the east
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nor the west, the north
or the south, but God is the
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judge and he putteth down
one and he will set up another.
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God has ultimate authority.
He is the King of kings.
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He is the Lord of lords.
He is head over all things.
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He is ruler over the
kings of this earth. I don't
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care who's the president.
No matter who's the president,
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king, prime minister or
ruler, God rules over all.
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He's got the whole world
in His hands. Because God
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is sovereign. God can do
what He wants, when He wants,
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where He wants and how
He wants, and because He's
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sovereign we must respect
and accept His sovereignty.
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What does that mean? And
we know that all things work
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together for good to them
who love the Lord and are called
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according to his purpose. If God
be for us, who can be against
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us? Nothing shall separate us
from the love of God. No matter
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what presidents might do. No
matter what senators might do.
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No matter what the house might
do. No matter what the Supreme
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Court might do. We're in
God's hands. We may not know the
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future, but we know who holds
the future, and we have nothing
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to fear for the future lest we
forget how God has led us in the
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past. As this political season
begins to heat up and the name
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calling and the backbiting
get worse, you'd better remember
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who you are and Whose you are.
You're a child of the Most High
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God. This earth is not your
final home. God has something
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better for you. Eyes have not
seen, neither ears heard the
things that God has
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prepared for them that love
him. When the righteous are in
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authority the people rejoice.
But when the wicked beareth
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rule, the people mourn. Let
me be clear this morning: This
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earth is not going to get
better. It's going to get worse.
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From reduced taxes to national
security to immigration reform
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to properly distributed wealth,
each candidate has a promise for
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a better future with the planned
intent to be the best individual
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to lead the most powerful nation
on earth. But I don't care
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what they promise,
they're not God. God sits high,
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and God looks low.
And if God can set 'em up,
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God can take 'em down.
No matter--friends of mine,
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good old Adventist
Christians--no matter who wins
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the election, Bible prophecy
must come to pass. The Bible
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foretells that there's coming
a day when our country will
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turn away from the
principles of religious freedom
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on which our
country was founded.
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You'd better listen to me
good. When the leading candidate
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in this political party
proposes that legislation
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should be enacted to
prohibit immigration for a
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certain group of people
solely based on their religion,
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you'd better know it's
the beginning of the end.
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Because like I said earlier,
if it can happen to them,
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it can happen to us. Read
your Bible. Feel-good time
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is over. The Bible prophesied
in Daniel 9 when Jesus
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would be born. The Bible
prophesied in Daniel 9 when
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Jesus would be
baptized, when He would die,
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when the gospel
message would be taken to
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the entire world and
not just the Jewish nation.
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The Bible prophesied in
Matthew 24 the signs that
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we would see and
experience before Jesus returns.
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Wars, rumors of wars,
earthquakes, pestilences in
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diverse places. In our
world today you hear more
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about fighting and wars
than you ever have before.
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Everybody's got a gun. I've
got Jesus. Come on, say amen!
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[Aud. reaction]    PB:
 ISIS, the Middle East,
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the Islamic State,
fighting at political rallies.
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These are the signs of
the end. More wars have been
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fought and more shed in
the name of religion than
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any other cause. Iran
versus Iraq--that's Isaac
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against Ishmael.
Syria versus Afghanistan.
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North Korea versus
South Korea. In Africa,
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the Shiites versus
the Sunnis. In Rwanda,
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the Hutus versus the
Tutsis. In the United States,
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Democrats versus
Republicans. It will not end.
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All this fighting that's
supposed to rid the world
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of evil men and women
and make room for peace.
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And for some people,
their solution for peace is
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a new world order. A
new world order which makes
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one authoritarian
government. But my Bible tells
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me in 1 Thessalonians
5:3, "When you hear peace
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and safety, be prepared
for sudden destruction."
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But many people want to
create a so-called utopia
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that will bring
about what they call peace.
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So you hear rumored
rumblings of these things
00:25:48.51\00:25:51.01
coming to fruition
with the signing of the
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North American Free
Trade Agreement, NAFTA.
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You hear rumored
rumblings of a new world order
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when there are people
who speak of a unified
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monetary currency.
They already have it in
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Europe--some of you
know that--with the Euro,
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and there are attempts
in North America between
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the United States,
Canada and Mexico with a
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proposed Amero. But
God told me, God told you,
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God told us in Daniel
chapter 2 that there will
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never be a manmade,
earthly unified kingdom.
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The only unified
kingdom that will ever come
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into existence is
God's kingdom. And when God
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sets up His kingdom,
nobody can tear it down.
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Daniel 2:44 says
"And in the days of these
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kings shall the God of
heaven set up a kingdom
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which shall never be
destroyed, and the kingdom
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shall not be left to
other people but it shall
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break in pieces,
consume all these kingdoms,
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and it shall stand
forever." The prophecy
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in Revelation 13 also
lets us know that regardless
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of who's president, the
prophecy says there will
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be a lamb-like beast,
a second beast--I wish I
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had a church in this
place--that will arise out
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of the earth. This
second beast will be a nation
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that will not arise by
war, not by conquest or
00:27:16.83\00:27:20.80
occupation but will
develop into greatness from
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a region of few
inhabitants. The second beast
00:27:23.67\00:27:27.01
will speak as a
dragon, so when it speaks
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everybody's going to
listen. The second beast
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will cause everybody to
worship the first beast.
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The second beast will
persecute and kill those
00:27:37.55\00:27:40.66
who refuse to comply with
worshiping the first beast.
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The first beast of Revelation
14 can't force religion
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because it doesn't have
the political power to do so,
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but the second beast
of Revelation 13 can force
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religious and political power.
That's why anything forced is
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not good. God is not a
God of force, but God is a
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God that gives you
the power of choice.
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[Aud. reaction]  PB:  So I
don't care who you vote for.
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Trump, Clinton, Cruz or Sanders.
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>:  Thank you for
joining us for another exciting
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Breath of Life
television broadcast.
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Tune in next
week at the same time,
00:28:19.56\00:28:21.63
as Dr. Byrd will
deliver another dynamic
00:28:21.66\00:28:24.30
message from the
Lord, just for you.
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