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host where there is hope is Richard over to your pastor of Seattle open door church
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Work hard we want to be led by your spirit Father God we want to hear your voice in
our lives or will you bring conviction where there needs to be conviction Lord God
would you bring peace for there needs to be peace Lord God would you show us what
you would have for us to do for our land for America or as we look at the various
ways that we can stand
a gap for our nation I pray Father that we would ask you what would you have me to
do what would you have me to do as
a follower of Jesus Christ to stand for this nation that we truly could be one
nation under God we pray all these things in Jesus name
a min. Amen you be seated and that song is as hip or I am my arms opened wide I
talked about this many times people say well why why at the lift your hands in
church where you don't have to lift your hands in church but here's
a concept of it when you worship and you say here I am could I tell you something.
If it's here I am. What does that give
you think it is
a message if it's here I am or
if it's here I am the whole symbolism is what when you lift up your hands what are
you doing you welcoming your surrender and you say here I am and I've talked about
many times and in I don't know maybe many of you didn't have daddies that you lift
your hands up to but when Daddy came home when your little kid and Daddy comes home
what's the first thing you do when daddy comes on you lift your hands up daddy and
why you doing that you want him you want to hold it right you want him to pick you
up rabbits arms around you and then here I am and they would kneeled down like this
to eat the grass they prayed in our yard their year I see that and then if you walk
five hundred feet away from my yard you go to the Cook Inlet in the ocean and RB
hundreds probably thousands of sea otters laying on their back. That's right did I
come to see yeah. You know I came to Seattle to help plan a church to help
a church that was starving I gave all that up just to help
a church to start that's crazy wasn't because I have something that I wake up to I
don't wake up to Bald Eagles anymore I don't wake up to see otters and I don't wake
up to Moose anymore when I wake up I wake up to
a beautiful young lady right here and that's we're better now but
a cry better than any you go there is of you honey.
OK distress in America this talk about distress in America distress in America
America's only hope listen to me last week we talked about all the problems America
has we have all kinds of different problems all kinds of issues America's got
a mess America is in
a mess our hope is not if you look on here and the image there what do you see when
you see in the background what kind of animals on the background on the left it's
an elephant and if I know what
a party the elephant represents Republican Party on the right side there is
a I'll call the donkey has another name called a donkey. There is
a donkey and what part does it represent Democrat Party
OK and. In the middle What do you see see the
cross I hope isn't
a political party in America the hope is in the land were the hope is in Jesus
Christ if you want to see America change it is not in
a political party should we vote we're going talk about that we should vote but our
hope is in
a political party or hope is in Jesus Christ only hope for America is the lamb the
ONLY for America is that we allowed Jesus Christ to be the Lord of Lords and King
kings in America and where is
a start with before Jesus can be the campaigns America where it is to be the king
of kings lot of Lords and where the church after the church where about us
in the US so I got
a first for you to look at as exams sixty twelve. Sixty twelve says for the nation
and the Kingdom which will not serve you will perish and the nations will be
utterly ruined they use who God for the nation and the Kingdom which will not
serve God will perish in the nations will be utterly ruined what this is saying is
a nation that turns its back on God
a nation that says we want no more to do with God as
a nation that will fall. And I would argue one of the great examples that is the
nation of Israel
a nation of Israel turned their back on God multitude because of what happened they
would go into bondage over and over again if you read the Old Testament should read
the Old Testament the Bible says the New Testament says you read the Old Testament
has examples for us this is as Christians read the Old Testament not to follow
everything the Old Testament teaches but for his example if you read the Old
Testament you read that the nation of Israel would have
a judge and the judge would rule over the nation for
a period of time but that judge would turn his back on God and the judge would turn
his back on God the nation would go into Paganism and God would walk away and
they'd be conquered again then God raised up another judge that would be following
after him and that judge may be good to follow God in the nation and turn from God
and the nation would be destroyed and then you had kings and God said what other
nation of Israel they kept saying we want to King we want to King says I'm your
king they say they want to King but they were
a theocracy there do all the theocracy that's ever been on the planet of the earth
they were theocracy who was King God was king he was in charge the people said no
no no we want to man we want to man and God speaks the prophet Samuel says you
don't want to man to be your king because if you have a man to be
a king he will start having you serve Him to build his kingdom you have to
feed him and clothe him and all the relatives and build the temples the balances
everything else you want but the people said we want was so they chose solemn saw
they took because he looked like he was a king he was
a real man and he led them down the path away from God So God raise
up another king King David thinking David has this problem in his son Solomon and
you go and you read the Bible there is king after King and then the nation splits
in
a divides. And you have this Southern. Which is two tribes the tribes of Judah and
you have the Nordic king in this called The Kingdom of Israel or some area and it's
ten tribes to separate kingdoms and they deal with that and to they go into
captivity and now Israel is coming back together is as
a nation because they are God's chosen people God will bring them back in the in
but how much did they have to go through it can I tell you the way our country is
going our countries divided you pick almost every issue if there isn't is about
fifty fifty almost every issue it's fifty fifty it's not like seventy thirty
the other they need the neat thing about Israel they at least did ten into the
other problem the Tim of the ones that were the pagans in the two were the ones
following God but out of that were split half and half you talk about and I don't
care what subjugate you talk about abortion is going to be fifty fifty you talk
about homosexuals marriage is going to be fifty fifty you talk about ice is fifty
what we should do fifty fifty whatever it is our nation is divided and I'd argue
the reason is divided because our focus is not on God we're focused on
a party not on God You focus on Jesus Christ I think one party leans more towards
a biblical principles absolutely absolutely the Republican Party leans more towards
biblical principles whether you like it or not I don't care if you're Democrat I'm
telling you been
a Democrat and I know I shouldn't say that they're going to say it because it's the
truth which party supports abortion the killing the innocent on URN babies but
party supports almost sexual marriage totally against the Word of God the party to
turns around their party platform two years ago their party platform they took out
the name God out of their platform that should give you
a hint what So then we take the other party talks all about God but has some of the
most greedy politicians there is and could care less about
a lot of the issues of the day so it isn't
a party it has to be that we're for we see
a Jesus Christ and him alone he's the answer so let's be real. I talked about this
last May come out again this let's be real this be totally real America is not
a Christian nation do you know that America is not a Christian nation never was
a Christian nation talked about last week or about it they were going to come to
some solutions but America was never
a Christian nation how do we know that OK for America to be
a Christian nation the founders had to be what Christians were all the founders of
America Christians know many of them were Deists but are Diest
that the AS believe that there is a God and they believe that God is
a powerful God and
a mighty god they believe that you should please that. A disbelief that you should
please that God But they don't believe in it and have intimate relationship and
they were not Christians D.S.
Is not a Christian is not Buddhist is not a Muslim is not anything
a distance to one who believes in God Now the DOE's who were D.S.
Lean towards the Christian God So those who are Diest are D.S.
That lean towards the Bible the God of the Bible but they were not Christian so if
some of the founders were not Christians we cannot be
a Christian nation now where some of the founders Christians absolutely remain
even Christians absolutely where they ashame the Gospel Jesus Christ absolutely not
read the founding father papers all the different articles that were written read
what the early presidents are right and you will find that most of them trusted in
the Bible for sure read their Christian not they believed in this Bible but most of
them were made up of about five different denominations of that time and so they
were all different denominations they are were all of one day domination at either
a Diest or they were Christians but a nation was not
a Christian nation it can't be a Christian nation because for appeared to be
a Christian nation who asked to be King Jesus has to be king. Have you seen Jesus
ever king of this nation ever he's never been king of this nation but was this
nation founded on biblical principles absolutely if you look at the declaration of
pended look at the Constitution you look at the Bill of Rights you look at all of
our founding papers get fine you can have references to the Bible you have
references to Bible principles that are there and so out of that we were founded on
biblical principle. We're already one nation under God. And in
a couple other secrets I pledge allegiance the United States of America one nation
under God that was that pledge of allegiance in seven hundred seventy six though
in my know when it came around in the fifty's OK In God we trust in our money it
says In God We Trust did it say In God We Trust in the early money though came
later on OK Those came later on so that wasn't part of our our founding was was and
that but oh are we
a nation that believes in God We man has an elbow writes Who says that man has
enabled the rights is not doubt
a biblical principle that all of us have rights as human beings that go up that you
are worth as
a biblical principle and you go along look at the Constitution you can read through
it you can look at the declaration of
a new Pinots and you can see that it's very clear their nation is full of typical
principles if you look at the presidents of United States you look at the writings
how many times they call for prayer for prayer and many times when they call for
prayer who they pray to they pray to the Christian God they don't pray to Muslim
God it upgrade all law
a law if you look at Muslims were not involved in the founding of America were not
involved whatsoever in fact if you read some of the writings one of the Thomas
Jefferson and he actually wrote some things to say one of these we do as
a nation to protect ourselves from what's taken place with the Muslim world so
we're not we're not
a Muslim country. We are country that was based upon Christian principles Bible
principles we want
a Christian nation the reason I say that is because Christians will go and they'll
take it to the extreme and say we're
a Christian nation so we need to bring back God back in you know we're
a nation that believes in biblical principles and it's OK for God to be in the
marketplace it's OK for God to involve and how many know it in just Bill and some
foundation their own to get into some solutions I want to want to I want to get
still distill lies deceptions half truths because one side lanes from one way and
those leans another way that out of our nation when you look at our nation is
really in our Constitution says there are certain religions that cannot be practice
in America bill of rights freedom of religion did of our founding
father start America so they could make it this certain religions cannot be
practiced no nothing in there whatsoever why was America started it was the
opposite of that it was the fact that what they did they left Great Britain they
left England why because it was the Church of England the country is controlled and
if you were part of the Church of England you had no freedom that was one reason
our nation was started so they left that was the Church of England you would call
that Christian it's the church here if you take the and we can church over there
the church here but it was Bush in what was
a certain former Christianity said if you didn't honor this from a Christian and
a T.
You would be persecuted so they started came to America so what So there could be
freedom whatever their religion there was whatever practice there was now all of
them came not as Muslims they didn't come as Buddhist there was
a move just on the boats. The Muslims in the US are Christians on the bolts but
they came and they came for freedom to have for
a bit to practice their religion the way they had it now did they lean towards
Christianity Absolutely but nothing in our Constitution says that there's any
religion they can be honored but does that mean what we do that as Christians we
have be silent so others can rise up and have their or opinion is that what we do
as Christians we say well we want freedom of religion so what I want to do is you
know what I want to tax dollars to go to
a Satanic temple would use
a Christian support tax dollars going to say tanning temple I hope not but I'm
a challenge you should government money go for
a Christian church to be built sure taxes build
a Christian church I say no I say No Why
why separation of church and state I listen to me this get that right because I try
to set you all up a separation church or state as people have
a wrong concept of that is that our purpose of our government in the way it was
established was to protect the church from what the government
was it to protect the government from the church No it was to protect us from the
government it was not to protect the government from the church so can the church
have influence in the government absolutely but does it mean only Christians can
have influence on the government who can have influence on the government every
vendor of whatever religion they are every voter there is and so out of it I do not
want tax dollars going I do not believe in fact I believe absolutely is Insta law
for the tax dollars to go to build
a church why because you don't tax dollars to build
a church what do you have to love. Then turn around they have control over it plus
then tax dollars can go to pay for
a state and tannic temple or whatever it may be and so their separation there for
a purpose now what happens with Christians because I got to be careful as I go to
get to my to the solutions but here's what happens because Christians don't have
this foundation talking about this understand talk about they go off into extremes
and what happens they lose the ability to make
a difference because they go into places they shouldn't go into when they talk
about certain things that they should talk to them people right off the going to
say that isn't what the Constitution teaches So let me tell you something if
we do think the government has some or any kind of organization then that means
they can support any organization and I don't want them we don't have to
worry about the government supporting the church because the church has WHO IS IT
support Jesus Christ God US So if we don't
like something happening we have freedom in America to speak and we don't need to
make the good side we just need G.'s on our side and Jesus will work in the midst
of all that goes on so what's happened because the church has been silent because
the churches embrace the world because the church has become the rule. Now all of
a sudden everything else has more power more authority everything else has more
influence and so what happens is the encourages to get mad they say what we need to
do is we need to vote in these people and I believe in voting we need
a vote in these people we need to do this we need to do that we lose our rights we
lost our rights because we haven't been a light we haven't shown
a reason for there to be the church to have them Florence that halves and so we
haven't been the light we haven't been who God's called us to be because of that or
America goes
a certain way so the solution isn't what we need to do is that make
everybody in the government all Christians. If Allah politicians or Christians will
be OK OK Most church is made up of all Christians of the church OK
church is sick the American church is sick so the solution is all Christians in the
government we got
a problem because we have churches and churches in A doesn't work because we have
to turn a life's over it isn't the answer of everybody being a Christian is
a body being sold out for Jesus Christ there is a difference between being
a Christian is sought out for Jesus Christ and so what we're looking for is the
nation we shouldn't be looking for everything has to do with the government is the
answer who should be the answer God be the answer so America's had some problems
we're going to take
a look at it but first what I want to do is look at politics is not the answer
political candidates political parties political rhetoric political hypocrisy is
not the answer how to know that because it will hurt Yes well we've had Republican
presidents we have Democratic presidents we're still
a mess we have Republican Democratic congressman we still got
a mess they can't even fix it guess what we have we have
a Democratic president and Republican Congress and we can't fix the mess. And other
times we've had every public and president Democratic congressmen can't fix the
mess other times they have a Democratic president
a Congress they can't fix their mess in public and President Congressmen can't fix
the mess because it's not politics politics is not the answer the solution for the
trouble in America is Jesus Christ Lord of Lords and King of Kings the salacious
prying the principles and guidelines found the script you have been listening to
there is so with Pastor Richard over through Jesus Christ we can live
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