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Welcome to From the Pulpit in Classic Sermons.

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Each week we bring you a different message

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from some of history's greatest speakers in the

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Christian faith and powerful sermons from modern preachers

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This week we have Ken Ham with his

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message The Great Delusion, The Spiritual State of

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Our Nation.

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Good evening.

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Well it's great to have you all here

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at the Answers Genesis megaconference 2013.

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I'd be interested to know how many of

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you have been to the Creation Museum?

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Wow, how many of you have not been

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to the Creation Museum?

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Hmm, all have sinned and come short of

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the glory of God.

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I trust you will repent this week and

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make sure you get to the Creation Museum.

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Well as we kick off the Answers Genesis

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megaconference I'm sure like myself you're looking at

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this nation and realize something catastrophic has happened

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in regard to the world view of people

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in this nation.

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We're on catastrophic spiritual decline.

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The first verse of scripture I want to

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bring our attention to 2 Thessalonians 2.11

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For this reason God will send them a

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strong delusion that they should believe the lie.

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A great delusion, a great lie has crept

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across this nation and has had evil consequences.

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As I read Romans 1 and passages from

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Romans 1 I'm thinking about this nation of

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the USA in fact our whole western world.

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Romans 1.18 For the wrath of God,

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God's judgment is revealed from heaven against all

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ungodliness and unrighteousness of men.

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Because his invisible attributes are clearly seen.

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People without excuse.

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Verse 21 They did not glorify him as

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God.

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Verse 23 Change the glory of the incorruptible

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God into an image made like corruptible man

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and birds and four-footed animals and creeping

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things.

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Verse 24 So God gave them up.

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He gives them over to judgment.

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Withdraws the restraining influence of the Holy Spirit.

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These people dishonor their bodies.

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They exchange the truth of God for the

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lie.

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And worshiped and served the creature rather than

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the creator who is blessed forever.

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Verse 26 God gave them up to vile

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passions.

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For even their women exchanged the natural use

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of what is against nature.

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Likewise also the men leaving the natural use

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of the woman burned in their lust for

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one another.

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And even as they did not like to

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retain God in their knowledge.

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Verse 28 God gave them over to a

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debased mind.

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Being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness,

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covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit,

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evil-mindedness, they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of

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disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving,

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unmerciful, who knowing the righteous judgment of God,

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that those who practice such things are deserving

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of death, not only do the same but

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also approve of those who practice them.

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Verse 18 For the wrath of God is

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revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness

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of men.

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My assertion in this presentation is that as

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you read Romans 1, I believe you're reading

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a description of the culture in America in

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2013.

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I believe you're reading a description of our

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western world in particular.

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In fact, the wrath of God, God's judgment

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is revealed from heaven.

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And God judged, He turned them over.

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He turned them over to their vile passions.

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It is my assertion in this presentation that

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America is under judgment.

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You know, I want you to think about

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the founding of this nation.

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Many of the founders of this nation were

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Christians who built their thinking on the authority

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of the Word of God and as a

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result we've seen Christian morality permeate this nation,

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a Christian worldview permeate this nation in many

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ways.

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In fact, this nation has had an incredible

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Christian heritage in many ways.

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And America has been, I believe, the greatest

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Christianized nation on earth in our modern era

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of history.

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It has more churches and seminaries and Christian

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colleges, Christian bookshops, resources, Christian radio, Christian TV.

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In fact, America has more Christian resources right

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now in 2013 than it's ever had in

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its history.

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But for all of that, we see the

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Christian worldview collapsing in this country.

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We see catastrophic spiritual decline.

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In fact, in many ways, as I look

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at America, as I watch Fox News, CNN,

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MSNBC, whatever it is, it seems to me

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I'm almost reading what the days of Noah

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must have been like with the wickedness that

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we see in this nation, with the moral

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relativism that pervades this nation.

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This nation is no longer what it used

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to be.

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You know, when he was still Senator Obama

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back in 2006, now President Obama spoke at

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a conference called Building a Covenant for a

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New America.

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I don't believe many people understood what he

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meant by a new America, but I believe

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if you look at America in 2013, you

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start to see what he did mean by

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a new America when he said this.

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Remember where we once were, we are no

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longer a Christian nation, at least not just.

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We are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim

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nation, and a Buddhist nation, and a Hindu

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nation, and a nation of non-believers.

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Whatever we once were, we are no longer.

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It was in his book, The Audacity of

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Hope.

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It was published in 2006.

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We're no longer just a Christian nation.

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In fact, it's interesting, the American Humanist Association

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put an ad in the Washington Post on

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January 20, and this was on the first

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inauguration of President Obama, and they quoted from

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the book, The Audacity of Hope by Barack

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Obama, and they quoted this section, I was

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not raised in a religious household without the

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help of religious texts and outside authorities.

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And then it goes on, given the increasing

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diversity of America's population and so on, whatever

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we once were, we are no longer just

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a Christian nation, and there's that quote.

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It's interesting to note, the first inauguration address

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on January 20, President Obama said this.

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We are a nation of Christians and Muslims,

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Jews and Hindus, and non-believers.

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We are shaped by every language and culture.

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It was certainly a reference to the same

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basic statement.

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And then in 2009, President Obama speaking in

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Turkey to the President of Turkey, April 6,

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2009, said this.

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It's something that's very important to me.

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I've said before that one of the great

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strengths of the United States is, although as

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I mentioned, we have a very large Christian

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population, we do not consider ourselves a Christian

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nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim

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nation.

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We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who

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are bound by ideals and a set of

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values.

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bound by ideals and a set of values.

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Whose values?

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Who determines those values?

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Who determines what's right and what's wrong?

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Because if they're just mans, in the book

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of Judges, when they had no king, no

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absolute authority to tell them what to do,

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they all did what was right in their

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own eyes.

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And people, that's really what's happened to this

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nation.

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We really have changed.

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Whatever we once were, a nation that in

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many ways was founded on the word of

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God and therefore the morality, the worldview of

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this nation.

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And not all, of course, had that worldview

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and morality.

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But nonetheless, it was predominant in this nation

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because most of the founding fathers started with

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the word of God and absolute authority who

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determined right and wrong.

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But if we no longer build our thinking

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on God's word, there is only one other

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foundation.

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Go back to Genesis 3.

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If you don't trust God, then you become

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your own God.

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And really the battle right from the beginning,

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right from Genesis 3, has been a battle

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between God's word and man's word.

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Between building our thinking on the authority of

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the word of God and saying that we

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determine truth.

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And really right back there in Genesis 3,

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Adam and Eve decided to determine truth for

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themselves instead of building their thinking on the

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word of God and listening to the word

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of God.

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And people, that's the change that's really occurred.

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It's a foundational change.

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It's a change of religion.

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See, people think there are hundreds of religions.

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There really aren't.

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There's, in essence, only two religions.

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You either start with God's word or you

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start with man's word.

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Back in 2008, let me share a video

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clip with you and then a series of

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quotes and video clips to help us understand

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what progressively has been occurring in this nation.

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In 2008, while Barack Obama and John McCain

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were campaigning for the presidency, Obama was interviewed

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by Rick Warren.

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And listen to what he said.

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And, by the way, listen to what he

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doesn't say.

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I believe that marriage is the union between

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a man and a woman.

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Now, for me as a Christian, for me,

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for me as a Christian, it's also a

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sacred union.

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You know, God's in the mix.

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I'm not sure what he means by God's

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in the mix.

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What does that mean?

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But I think it was said in a

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way to make people who are listening think

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that what he was saying was that marriage

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is between a man and a woman.

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That's it.

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That was in 2008, before the election, in

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August 17.

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But then again, June 1, 2009, what do

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we read on the White House website?

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President Obama says, I am proud to be

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the first president to appoint openly LGBT candidates

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to the Senate-confirmed positions.

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And then in regard to the fiscal year,

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federal budget, which ran from 2009, October 2009

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to September 2010, we read from the White

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House website, President Obama's fiscal budget for that

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year, the federal budget defunded all abstinence-based

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education.

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And then, on October 11, 2009, at a

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human rights campaign dinner, we read where President

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Obama said, I've called on Congress to repeal

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the so-called Defense of Marriage Act.

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And then at the same human rights campaign

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dinner, he said this, When you look back,

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my expectation is, when you look back on

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these years, you will see a time in

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which we as a nation finally recognize relationships

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between two men and two women as just

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as real and admirable as relationships between a

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man and a woman.

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And then, January 27, 2010, in his State

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of the Union address, he said, This year

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I will work with Congress and our military

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to finally repeal the law that denies gay

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Americans the right to serve the country.

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And then, in 2012, ABC News showed a

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video here, showed an interview by Robin Roberts,

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where President Obama talks about gay marriage.

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I have to tell you, as I said,

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I've been going through an evolution on this

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issue.

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It is important for me to go ahead

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and affirm that I think same-sex couples

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should be able to get married.

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And, by the way, I suggest, when you

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look at the evidence, that he's always had

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that belief.

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That what he said back in 2008 wasn't

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that he didn't believe that.

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And, in fact, I believe there's been a

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deliberate agenda, a deliberate agenda, to push the

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gay marriage issue across this nation and to

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condone homosexual behavior.

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It's interesting.

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Many of you might remember, on January 10,

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2013, Pastor Louis Giglio withdrew from Obama's inaugural

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ceremony over remarks he made against homosexual behavior

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that went back to the mid-1990s.

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And, because there were some negative remarks about

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homosexual behavior, he had to withdraw from giving

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the inaugural prayer.

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And, in a news item about what happened,

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we read this.

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Obama's inaugural planners have put an emphasis on

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reflecting diversity in the festivities, including the participation

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of conservative Christians and gay Americans.

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Obama personally selected Richard Blanco, whose work explores

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his experience as a Cuban-American gay man,

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as the inaugural poet.

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And the Lesbian and Gay Band Association of

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St. Louis was one of the first selections

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to march in the inaugural parade.

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People, it's a deliberate agenda.

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It's been an agenda ever since he became

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president.

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And then Newsweek cover, January 18, 2013, seems

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to equate Obama with the second coming of

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Christ.

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And then in the second inauguration address, January

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21, 2013, we heard this.

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Our journey is not complete until our gay

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brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else

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under the law.

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For if we are truly created equal, then

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surely the love we commit to one another

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must be equal as well.

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In his 2013 State of the Union address,

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we heard this.

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This was February 13, 2013.

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We will ensure equal treatment for all service

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members and equal benefits for their families, gay

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and straight.

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And then February 21, 2013, Fox News reported

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that Obama was considering intervening in the gay

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marriage case.

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This was over California's Proposition 8, which banned

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same-sex marriage.

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Well, Obama filed that brief to oppose Proposition

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8 later in the month.

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You realize that the President of the United

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States is also the honorary head of the

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Boy Scouts.

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And we know that the gay issue has

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been really pushed in the Boy Scouts.

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And first of all, allowing gays into the

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scouting movement.

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But the next step, as they've already said,

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is for leaders to be allowed in as

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gays.

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In a pre-game interview, a pre-Super

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Bowl game interview, February 3, 2013, President Obama

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was interviewed about the Boy Scouts issue.

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Next week, the board of the Boy Scouts

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of America is going to vote on whether

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to end their national ban on gays in

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scouting.

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Should scouting be open to gays?

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Yes.

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This was on CBS.

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But I want you to listen to how

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he then followed up.

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Listen carefully.

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Why so?

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Well, because I think that, you know, my

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attitude is that gays and lesbians should have

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access and opportunity the same way everybody else

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does, in every institution and walk of life.

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Did you hear that?

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In every institution and walk of life.

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People in England, the Prime Minister, wanted to

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have laws passed that churches had to marry

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gay couples.

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That's coming in America, I believe.

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Because, you see, one of the things that

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has been very clear from the White House

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is that they have tried to make out

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that the gay marriage issue is a civil

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rights issue.

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It is not a civil rights issue.

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It is a behavioral issue.

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It is a moral issue.

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You can't change the shade of your skin,

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but you can change your behavior and your

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morals.

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There was a very sad event that occurred

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in 2012 when a number of dear children

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were killed by a gunman in Connecticut.

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And President Obama was at the prayer vigil

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held on December 16th.

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And it's interesting.

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What he did was he quoted from 2

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Corinthians 4.

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In fact, he read 2 Corinthians 4, verse

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16 right through to 2 Corinthians 5, verse

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1.

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I'll just play you a little bit of

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that.

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Scripture tells us, do not lose heart.

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Though outwardly we are wasting away, inwardly we

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are being renewed day by day.

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Now I've got the whole passage there that

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he quoted.

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But I want you to hear that, just

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so you know that that's what he did.

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He quoted from 2 Corinthians 4, verse 16

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to 2 Corinthians 5, verse 1.

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Now we know that all of the Bible

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is God's Word.

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All Scripture is inspired by God.

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But we also know that God moved people

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by His Spirit to write down what He

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wanted written for us that we have today

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in the revealed Word of God.

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Paul wrote that section.

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It's interesting that President Obama will quote from

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Paul in Corinthians, but would he vote from

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Paul in Ephesians?

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Ephesians 5.1 For this reason a man

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shall leave his father and mother and be

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joined to his wife, and two will become

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one flesh.

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In fact, that's the very same passage that

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Jesus referred to in Matthew 19 when He

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was asked about marriage.

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And His answer, Have you not read the

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authority of the Word of God?

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That He which made them at the beginning

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made them male and female.

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Not male and male.

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Not female and female.

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Male and female.

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He quotes from Genesis 1, verse 27 and

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said, For this reason shall a man leave

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his father and mother and be joined to

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his wife, and the two shall be one

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flesh.

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He quotes from Genesis 2.24 where God

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had made Adam from dust and put him

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to sleep because he was alone.

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There was no one that was like Him.

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And out of His side He made the

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first woman.

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You become one.

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You're one in marriage based on the one

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flesh because the woman came from the man.

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The first marriage, the marriage that God invented,

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was a man and a woman.

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People, what Jesus Christ, the Son of God,

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who's the truth and the Word is saying,

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is marriage is a man and a woman.

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Not a man and a man.

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Not a woman and a woman.

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It's a man and a woman.

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God is the one who invented marriage.

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But I know, President Obama will only quote

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from the passages that he wants.

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Not ones that contradict his false view of

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marriage.

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His incorrect view of marriage.

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By the way, not just marriage.

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Ultimately, every single biblical doctrine is founded in

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Genesis 1-11.

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Why did Jesus die on a cross?

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Genesis 1-11.

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Why is there sin in the world?

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Genesis 1-11.

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Why do you wear clothes?

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Genesis 1-11.

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Why is Jesus called the last Adam?

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Genesis 1-11.

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They're all founded in Genesis.

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The whole gospel message is founded in Genesis.

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We better go and tell the President of

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the United States and the Vice President and

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all the senators and the congressmen, right?

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Actually, we've talked to some senators and congressmen

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and you know what they say?

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Oh yes, but not every Christian leader believes

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Genesis is literal history and by in, therein

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lies a major problem in this nation.

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You see, I'm going to shock you all

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in saying this.

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I believe the state of this nation actually

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reflects the state of the church and we'll

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talk more about that as we go on

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here and you know, what we've seen happening,

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a gay marriage agenda pushed from the top

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down in this nation and now we're seeing

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all sorts of aspects of the culture getting

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on this bandwagon and it's interesting that in

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April, Time Magazine had on its front cover

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the headline Gay Marriage Already Won and people,

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I'm sorry to say, sad to say, in

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a way, I think it is already won

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in this nation because of what's happened in

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this nation but, God is, God is on

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our side and if God's people would only

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stand up and stop compromising His word and

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stand up and be counted in this nation,

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we could have a great effect in this

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nation.

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You know, even the United Nations posted quite

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a significant video on YouTube recently to promote

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gay marriage.

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This is just a section of the United

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Nations video.

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You are not alone.

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LGBT rights are human rights.

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LGBT rights are human rights.

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Together, we will build a world.

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We will build a world that is free

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and equal.

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You know, it's interesting in that video they

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also talk about persecution and all the rest

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of it but, of course, they wouldn't talk

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about Christian persecution throughout the world, would they?

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And then, of course, we know what happened

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June 26, 2013 where the Supreme Court in

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America struck down a provision of the Defense

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of Marriage Act that denied benefits to gay

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couples and, of course, this opened the way

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for further action to legalize gay marriage across

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the country.

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You're going to see that in the future.

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And also, in a separate ruling, they paved

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the way for same-sex marriages to resume

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in California because of what they ruled concerning

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Proposition 8 there for which a majority voted

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for Proposition 8.

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And you know what happened as a result

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of the Supreme Court rulings?

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And, people, this is indicative of the problem

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in this nation.

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The National Cathedral began pealing its church bells

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along with some other Washington churches to celebrate

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the Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage.

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In fact, in this news item here in

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CBS says Cathedral spokesman Richard Weinberg said that

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the bells rang at noon Wednesday for 45

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minutes to an hour.

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Bells also rang at other Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian,

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Unitarian, and Christian churches.

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The Cathedral scheduled a prayer service for gay,

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lesbian, bisexual and transgender families.

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You know, when I read that, I could

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almost imagine these same people in charge of

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those churches standing in front of Sodom and

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Gomorrah and ringing their bells and saying, what

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00:22:39,500 --> 00:22:40,540
great cities.

546
00:22:43,220 --> 00:22:46,800
You know, on Fox News, Mike Huckabee made

547
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,220
a very strong stand, actually, against gay marriage.

548
00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:52,360
It's interesting to see one of the political

549
00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:55,940
cartoons that had him saying Jesus wept and

550
00:22:55,940 --> 00:22:58,980
it had a bishop from the church saying

551
00:22:58,980 --> 00:22:59,560
with joy.

552
00:23:02,220 --> 00:23:05,900
And then we've seen things like this.

553
00:23:06,660 --> 00:23:09,560
February 28, 2012, a church in Winston-Salem,

554
00:23:10,220 --> 00:23:14,020
North Carolina, the United Methodist Church, said that

555
00:23:14,020 --> 00:23:16,460
they would not do weddings for straight couples

556
00:23:16,460 --> 00:23:18,220
until same-sex marriage is legal.

557
00:23:20,220 --> 00:23:21,860
To me, they shouldn't do any weddings.

558
00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:27,460
April 2012, Westminster Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids,

559
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:32,500
Michigan, launched the GayChristianYes.org program.

560
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,780
And then, earlier this year, 2013, Reverend Olive

561
00:23:38,780 --> 00:23:40,820
White, who's the Senior Minister of Grace Community

562
00:23:40,820 --> 00:23:43,600
United Church of Christ in Seppor, Minnesota, was

563
00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,800
interviewed by Sean Hannity and Terry Jeffrey.

564
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,360
Listen to what this minister of a church

565
00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:50,920
said.

566
00:23:51,540 --> 00:23:54,700
You disagree as a Christian minister with what

567
00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:57,420
is described as marriage in Genesis and what

568
00:23:57,420 --> 00:23:59,120
Jesus himself described as marriage.

569
00:23:59,220 --> 00:24:00,260
Do you disagree with that?

570
00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,720
Well, yes, I do because I think that

571
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,080
the book of Genesis is not necessarily...

572
00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,580
Do you disagree with Jesus on marriage?

573
00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:10,080
Do I say that again, please?

574
00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:13,060
Well, Jesus, as you know in the Gospels,

575
00:24:13,180 --> 00:24:15,780
said that a man and a woman should

576
00:24:15,780 --> 00:24:18,260
come together in marriage and be as one

577
00:24:18,260 --> 00:24:18,760
flesh.

578
00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:23,960
He personally, Jesus, our Christian Savior, defined marriage

579
00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:24,940
as a man and a woman.

580
00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,480
Do you disagree with the way that Jesus

581
00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,780
Christ defined marriage in the Gospels?

582
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,940
I don't disagree with Jesus Christ, but what

583
00:24:33,940 --> 00:24:35,720
I do say is that if Jesus were

584
00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,060
alive today, I think that he would be

585
00:24:38,060 --> 00:24:40,720
more inclined to say, you know, I didn't

586
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:41,480
know at all.

587
00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,580
In Christ are hid all the treasures of

588
00:24:45,580 --> 00:24:46,440
wisdom and knowledge.

589
00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:49,980
He's the infinite creator God, infinite in power,

590
00:24:50,180 --> 00:24:52,340
infinite in wisdom, infinite in knowledge.

591
00:24:52,540 --> 00:24:53,600
He didn't know it all.

592
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:55,360
Wow.

593
00:24:57,460 --> 00:24:59,000
People, I want to say this as well.

594
00:24:59,700 --> 00:25:01,520
Do you realize that gay marriage is not

595
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:01,980
the end?

596
00:25:03,260 --> 00:25:04,940
In the book of Judges, when they had

597
00:25:04,940 --> 00:25:06,240
no king to tell them what to do,

598
00:25:06,340 --> 00:25:07,720
they all did what was right in their

599
00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:08,860
own eyes.

600
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,700
So why shouldn't any other view about sex,

601
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:15,160
relationships, be allowed?

602
00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:17,240
What about polygamy?

603
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,440
In fact, Julian Keenan, who's an independent journalist,

604
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,560
who's also contributed to the New York Times

605
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,320
and the Washington Post, stated this.

606
00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:27,160
Gay marriage is a slippery slope.

607
00:25:27,300 --> 00:25:27,700
What's next?

608
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:28,640
Legalized polygamy?

609
00:25:28,820 --> 00:25:29,740
We can only hope.

610
00:25:30,380 --> 00:25:32,300
Let's not forget that the fight doesn't end

611
00:25:32,300 --> 00:25:33,400
with same-sex marriage.

612
00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:35,060
We need a legalized polygamy too.

613
00:25:35,340 --> 00:25:36,980
The definition of marriage is plastic.

614
00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:39,560
People, when you abandon a foundation in the

615
00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:41,700
absolute authority of the word of God, and

616
00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:43,380
you build, you're thinking on man's word, the

617
00:25:43,380 --> 00:25:45,400
definition of everything is plastic, basically.

618
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:47,820
And that's what's happening to this nation.

619
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,620
Newsmax reported, polygamists see gay marriage ruling opening

620
00:25:51,620 --> 00:25:53,880
door to multiple marriage.

621
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,320
This was posted after the Supreme Court's decision

622
00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:57,960
regarding gay marriage.

623
00:25:58,660 --> 00:26:00,460
And in the article it said this, polygamists

624
00:26:00,460 --> 00:26:02,600
cheered the Supreme Court for their gay marriage

625
00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,360
rulings Wednesday, which they considered one step forward

626
00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:07,660
for the legal and social acceptance of multi

627
00:26:07,660 --> 00:26:08,680
-person relationships.

628
00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:10,360
But people, it's not going to stop there.

629
00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:12,560
It's going to go beyond that.

630
00:26:13,740 --> 00:26:15,400
Ultimately, anything goes.

631
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:16,060
Why not?

632
00:26:16,060 --> 00:26:18,020
Who determines what's right and what's wrong?

633
00:26:18,220 --> 00:26:21,100
If man determines it, why shouldn't he allow

634
00:26:21,100 --> 00:26:21,520
everything?

635
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,420
Of course, it's interesting the way that the

636
00:26:25,420 --> 00:26:27,700
secular humanists work, they talk about people like

637
00:26:27,700 --> 00:26:29,320
us who say gay marriage is wrong.

638
00:26:29,420 --> 00:26:30,600
They say, we're intolerant.

639
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,820
And they say, you've got to allow all

640
00:26:32,820 --> 00:26:33,220
views.

641
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,720
I say, okay, well my view is that's

642
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:38,320
wrong and this is the right view.

643
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:39,860
Well, you can't have that view.

644
00:26:39,940 --> 00:26:41,000
You've got to allow all views.

645
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,200
And by doing so, they're intolerant of our

646
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,040
view, which is based upon the Bible because

647
00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:49,060
it's a clash between a Christian worldview and

648
00:26:49,060 --> 00:26:51,980
a secular worldview between the absolutes of Christianity

649
00:26:51,980 --> 00:26:54,720
and moral relativism because at a foundational level,

650
00:26:54,820 --> 00:26:56,680
it's a clash between God's word and man's

651
00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:56,900
word.

652
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:00,780
They went on to say in the Newsmax

653
00:27:00,780 --> 00:27:02,760
article, the nuclear family with a dad and

654
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:03,100
a mum.

655
00:27:03,900 --> 00:27:08,190
Mom, as an Australian, every now and then,

656
00:27:08,250 --> 00:27:10,310
I slip back into my ways of saying

657
00:27:10,310 --> 00:27:10,590
things.

658
00:27:10,690 --> 00:27:11,050
You know what?

659
00:27:11,270 --> 00:27:12,150
I'm going to say it properly.

660
00:27:12,350 --> 00:27:14,050
The nuclear family with a dad and a

661
00:27:14,050 --> 00:27:16,370
mum and two or three kids is not

662
00:27:16,370 --> 00:27:17,890
the majority anymore.

663
00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:20,430
And then you had this article in CNN.

664
00:27:20,550 --> 00:27:22,950
It was a CNN opinion piece posted June

665
00:27:22,950 --> 00:27:24,630
21, 2013.

666
00:27:25,650 --> 00:27:29,050
Headline, face it, monogamy is unnatural.

667
00:27:30,250 --> 00:27:32,030
And then in the article, we read this.

668
00:27:32,350 --> 00:27:34,510
Biologically, we humans are animals.

669
00:27:34,870 --> 00:27:36,090
You know, the Bible says we're made in

670
00:27:36,090 --> 00:27:36,710
the image of God.

671
00:27:36,770 --> 00:27:37,890
We're different to the animals.

672
00:27:38,250 --> 00:27:39,690
He said, let the earth bring forth the

673
00:27:39,690 --> 00:27:40,010
animals.

674
00:27:40,190 --> 00:27:42,090
But he said, let us make man in

675
00:27:42,090 --> 00:27:42,970
our image.

676
00:27:43,170 --> 00:27:44,450
We are not just an animal.

677
00:27:44,450 --> 00:27:46,650
But generations of our kids are being taught

678
00:27:46,650 --> 00:27:48,990
in our public education system in the secular

679
00:27:48,990 --> 00:27:51,210
universities that we're just animals.

680
00:27:51,570 --> 00:27:53,710
We're just animals that evolve from ape-like

681
00:27:53,710 --> 00:27:54,090
creatures.

682
00:27:54,210 --> 00:27:55,390
We're no different to the animals.

683
00:27:55,710 --> 00:27:56,930
And so the article goes on.

684
00:27:57,050 --> 00:27:58,530
So it makes sense to look at the

685
00:27:58,530 --> 00:28:01,050
animal kingdom for clues as to what we

686
00:28:01,050 --> 00:28:01,870
are built for.

687
00:28:02,190 --> 00:28:04,250
And so they look to the animal kingdom

688
00:28:04,250 --> 00:28:06,250
and say, see, we've got all our gay

689
00:28:06,250 --> 00:28:08,550
marriage, homosexual relationships and so on.

690
00:28:08,670 --> 00:28:09,830
By the way, do they look at the

691
00:28:09,830 --> 00:28:11,670
animal kingdom and say, oh, look, here are

692
00:28:11,670 --> 00:28:13,050
some animals that eat their young.

693
00:28:13,250 --> 00:28:14,790
Here are some animals that eat their own

694
00:28:14,790 --> 00:28:15,150
kind.

695
00:28:15,270 --> 00:28:16,370
We should allow that too.

696
00:28:17,890 --> 00:28:19,530
See the absurdity of the position.

697
00:28:19,870 --> 00:28:20,670
The inconsistency.

698
00:28:22,290 --> 00:28:23,970
Those who don't build their thinking on the

699
00:28:23,970 --> 00:28:27,070
Bible, there's always major inconsistencies.

700
00:28:27,910 --> 00:28:31,310
We've even had the founder of eHarmony get

701
00:28:31,310 --> 00:28:32,990
on this gay marriage bandwagon.

702
00:28:33,450 --> 00:28:35,210
He says he's a follower of Jesus.

703
00:28:35,410 --> 00:28:36,770
I'm not sure what he means by that.

704
00:28:36,830 --> 00:28:41,190
But he said this in April 12, 2013,

705
00:28:41,190 --> 00:28:42,550
quoted in the Christian Post.

706
00:28:42,910 --> 00:28:44,610
I have said that eHarmony really ought to

707
00:28:44,610 --> 00:28:46,910
put up 10 million and ask other companies

708
00:28:46,910 --> 00:28:48,550
to put up money and do a really

709
00:28:48,550 --> 00:28:51,630
first class job of figuring out homosexuality.

710
00:28:51,950 --> 00:28:54,490
I want to challenge the founder of eHarmony

711
00:28:54,490 --> 00:28:56,970
to give Answers in Genesis that 10 million

712
00:28:56,970 --> 00:28:59,770
dollars because we've got the answer already and

713
00:28:59,770 --> 00:29:00,830
I'll give him this book.

714
00:29:07,700 --> 00:29:09,260
Then we've seen articles like this.

715
00:29:09,340 --> 00:29:11,760
February 12, 2013 in Florida.

716
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,580
A Miami, Florida court rules that a homosexual

717
00:29:14,580 --> 00:29:16,900
threesome can be named on a baby's birth

718
00:29:16,900 --> 00:29:17,280
certificate.

719
00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:18,840
Then we see this one.

720
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:20,860
February 20, 2013.

721
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:24,280
The Massachusetts Department of Education issued directives to

722
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:28,620
schools that students who call themselves transgender can

723
00:29:28,620 --> 00:29:32,360
choose the boys' or girls' restrooms and they

724
00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:34,820
can choose the girls' or boys' sports teams

725
00:29:34,820 --> 00:29:38,840
and students who refuse to affirm transgender classmates

726
00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:39,700
face punishment.

727
00:29:41,940 --> 00:29:45,380
In California in 2013, a new book for

728
00:29:45,380 --> 00:29:46,340
children was released.

729
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:48,020
A is for activist.

730
00:29:48,660 --> 00:29:49,340
Go to L.

731
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:51,220
L for LGBTQ.

732
00:29:51,900 --> 00:29:53,440
Love who you choose.

733
00:29:53,780 --> 00:29:54,400
Go to T.

734
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:56,040
T is for transgender.

735
00:29:56,580 --> 00:29:58,940
The he, she, they, that is you.

736
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,220
People as well as the gay marriage issue.

737
00:30:03,340 --> 00:30:04,320
Then we can go and look at the

738
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:05,140
abortion issue.

739
00:30:08,180 --> 00:30:11,160
Senator Obama said this.

740
00:30:11,940 --> 00:30:13,780
And this was in his plan for America

741
00:30:13,780 --> 00:30:14,660
2008.

742
00:30:15,700 --> 00:30:17,520
It was called the blueprint for change.

743
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,760
Obama and Biden put this together for their

744
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:22,100
election campaign.

745
00:30:22,420 --> 00:30:25,060
And it says in that particular document that

746
00:30:25,060 --> 00:30:27,680
President Obama will make preserving a woman's right

747
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:29,900
to choose under Roe versus Wade a priority.

748
00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:31,440
In other words, abortion is going to be

749
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:31,940
a priority.

750
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,780
And then January 22, 2010.

751
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:37,260
On the White House website.

752
00:30:38,260 --> 00:30:40,780
Today we recognize the 37th anniversary of the

753
00:30:40,780 --> 00:30:43,200
Supreme Court decision in Roe versus Wade.

754
00:30:44,140 --> 00:30:46,400
This is the President of the United States,

755
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,940
President Obama speaking, which affirms every woman's fundamental

756
00:30:48,940 --> 00:30:51,240
constitutional right to choose whether to have an

757
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:51,560
abortion.

758
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,620
I have and continue to support these constitutional

759
00:30:54,620 --> 00:30:55,180
rights.

760
00:30:55,740 --> 00:30:58,060
In other words, we have a President who

761
00:30:58,060 --> 00:31:02,840
totally condones the killing of nearly 55 million

762
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,260
children in their mother's womb since Roe versus

763
00:31:05,260 --> 00:31:05,580
Wade.

764
00:31:06,660 --> 00:31:11,360
Which comes down to about 3,500 abortions

765
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,900
or children killings per day.

766
00:31:13,900 --> 00:31:16,100
That was back in 2003.

767
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,000
About 146 an hour.

768
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:19,720
About one every 25 seconds.

769
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,980
President Obama is the first President ever to

770
00:31:23,980 --> 00:31:27,180
speak to a Planned Parenthood conference and he

771
00:31:27,180 --> 00:31:31,440
pledged his full support for an organization that

772
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,940
kills children in their mother's wombs.

773
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,820
We've also had interesting conferences like this where

774
00:31:38,820 --> 00:31:42,340
Planned Parenthood, the YWCA, and the Girl Scouts

775
00:31:42,340 --> 00:31:44,400
headed a pro-abortion conference.

776
00:31:45,020 --> 00:31:48,300
And then, in Boulder, Colorado, earlier this year,

777
00:31:48,380 --> 00:31:52,320
in 2013, a policeman shot an elk and

778
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,100
killed an elk in the suburbs of Boulder,

779
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:54,720
Colorado.

780
00:31:55,060 --> 00:31:57,420
So people got together and had a vigil

781
00:31:57,420 --> 00:31:58,160
for the elk.

782
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,000
And they held candles, they held hands, they

783
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:05,340
had speeches, and then they sang a song

784
00:32:05,340 --> 00:32:06,320
to the elk.

785
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:14,220
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound.

786
00:32:14,460 --> 00:32:15,900
By the way, they got the words wrong.

787
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,860
They don't even know the words.

788
00:32:19,260 --> 00:32:22,780
When you have people singing Amazing Grace to

789
00:32:22,780 --> 00:32:25,760
an elk and on the same day, 3

790
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,580
,500 or so children were killed in their

791
00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:31,760
mother's wombs and they said nothing, there is

792
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:33,620
a major problem in this culture.

793
00:32:36,530 --> 00:32:38,890
Yes, America has changed.

794
00:32:39,470 --> 00:32:41,230
Remember we once were, we are no longer

795
00:32:41,230 --> 00:32:45,830
a Christian nation, at least not just.

796
00:32:46,610 --> 00:32:49,810
No, we're no longer a Christianized nation as

797
00:32:49,810 --> 00:32:50,770
we once were.

798
00:32:51,630 --> 00:32:54,230
No, America has changed foundation from God's word

799
00:32:54,230 --> 00:32:54,950
to man's word.

800
00:32:55,670 --> 00:32:56,990
And think of what's been going on.

801
00:32:57,050 --> 00:32:59,790
In 1962, the Supreme Court ruled school prayer

802
00:32:59,790 --> 00:33:00,730
unconstitutional.

803
00:33:01,110 --> 00:33:05,830
In 1963, the Supreme Court ruled that Bible

804
00:33:05,830 --> 00:33:08,030
reading in public schools was unconstitutional.

805
00:33:08,170 --> 00:33:11,090
In 1973, Roe versus Wade, the killing of

806
00:33:11,090 --> 00:33:14,510
children was ruled legal, the killing of children

807
00:33:14,510 --> 00:33:15,430
in their mother's wombs.

808
00:33:15,490 --> 00:33:19,470
In 1985, the Supreme Court ruled that nativity

809
00:33:19,470 --> 00:33:22,130
scenes on public lands violate separation of church

810
00:33:22,130 --> 00:33:22,710
and state.

811
00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:31,520
Remember, January 27, 2010, the State of the

812
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:35,140
Union Address, President Obama said, in the end,

813
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:39,220
it's our ideals, our values that built America.

814
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:40,400
No, it wasn't.

815
00:33:41,380 --> 00:33:44,160
No, many of the founding fathers said, it's

816
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,120
God's word that we build our thinking on.

817
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:52,100
He says, they're American values, our ideals, our

818
00:33:52,100 --> 00:33:52,540
values.

819
00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:56,180
You know, really to me, that's a paraphrase

820
00:33:56,180 --> 00:33:57,640
of Judges 21, 25.

821
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,240
In those days, there was no king in

822
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:00,580
Israel.

823
00:34:00,780 --> 00:34:02,640
Everyone did what is right in his own

824
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:03,280
eyes.

825
00:34:03,820 --> 00:34:05,580
And when everyone does what is right in

826
00:34:05,580 --> 00:34:08,080
his own eyes, God's word tells us about

827
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,880
what our heart is like.

828
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,239
The heart is deceitful above all things and

829
00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:13,260
desperately wicked.

830
00:34:15,409 --> 00:34:18,550
Really, as I read Matthew 24, as in

831
00:34:18,550 --> 00:34:20,389
the days of Noah, so shall the coming

832
00:34:20,389 --> 00:34:22,510
of the Son of Man be, in many

833
00:34:22,510 --> 00:34:25,090
ways, we could look at today and say,

834
00:34:25,210 --> 00:34:27,150
it's just like the days of Noah.

835
00:34:27,969 --> 00:34:31,030
And God saw the wickedness of man was

836
00:34:31,030 --> 00:34:33,070
great in the earth, and every intent of

837
00:34:33,070 --> 00:34:34,610
the thoughts of his heart was only evil

838
00:34:34,610 --> 00:34:35,270
continually.

839
00:34:35,790 --> 00:34:39,710
Certainly true of an increasing part of this

840
00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:40,090
culture.

841
00:34:42,580 --> 00:34:44,360
Remember the verse we started with, and for

842
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,020
this reason, God will send them a strong

843
00:34:46,020 --> 00:34:47,980
delusion that they should believe the lie.

844
00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:51,540
What greater lie can there be than God's

845
00:34:51,540 --> 00:34:52,260
word is not true?

846
00:34:53,139 --> 00:34:55,400
What greater lie can there be that there

847
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:56,260
is no God?

848
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:01,140
And people, that lie is permeating the culture

849
00:35:01,140 --> 00:35:03,820
and it permeates the public schools and it

850
00:35:03,820 --> 00:35:07,800
permeates the television and permeates our education system.

851
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,520
I wrote about that lie back in 1987

852
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:12,980
when we first published the book called The

853
00:35:12,980 --> 00:35:13,480
Lie.

854
00:35:15,060 --> 00:35:17,480
Because what's happened is that we live in

855
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:21,380
a culture in which people are being taught

856
00:35:21,380 --> 00:35:22,840
that they're just animals.

857
00:35:23,740 --> 00:35:25,460
They're no different animals.

858
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:31,240
Legislation protects that students not be allowed to

859
00:35:31,240 --> 00:35:33,880
be taught that God is creator, or even

860
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:37,540
that possibility, but that they're animals that evolved

861
00:35:37,540 --> 00:35:38,720
over millions of years.

862
00:35:39,060 --> 00:35:41,420
It's a reminder of Romans 1.23, they

863
00:35:41,420 --> 00:35:43,880
changed the glory of the incorruptible God because

864
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:45,420
it used to be that kids in our

865
00:35:45,420 --> 00:35:47,920
public schools were taught that God is creator.

866
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,420
But now they've changed the glory of the

867
00:35:50,420 --> 00:35:52,900
incorruptible God in our public schools and the

868
00:35:52,900 --> 00:35:53,760
education system.

869
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:58,120
And they've made an image made like corruptible

870
00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:00,200
man and birds and four-footed animals and

871
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:02,660
creepy things, creeping things from which we all

872
00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:03,520
supposedly evolved.

873
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,740
They exchanged the truth of God for the

874
00:36:05,740 --> 00:36:09,060
lie and they worshipped and served the creature,

875
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:14,160
even a dead elk, rather than the creator

876
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:15,080
who was blessed forever.

877
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:19,120
Yes, this lie, the lie of evolution, big

878
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:22,180
bang, millions of years has permeated our culture

879
00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:25,300
and it's had evil consequences because as generations

880
00:36:25,300 --> 00:36:27,640
of our young people have been taught the

881
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:30,860
lie and they've doubted and walked away from

882
00:36:30,860 --> 00:36:32,960
the word of God, now we see a

883
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:34,900
change in this nation from God's word to

884
00:36:34,900 --> 00:36:35,380
man's word.

885
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:37,220
We see a change from the absolutes of

886
00:36:37,220 --> 00:36:40,240
Christianity to moral relativism pervading the nation.

887
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:43,880
What does God think of a nation like

888
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:44,260
this?

889
00:36:45,700 --> 00:36:47,660
Oh, back to Romans 1, for the wrath

890
00:36:47,660 --> 00:36:49,780
of God is revealed from heaven against all

891
00:36:49,780 --> 00:36:51,880
ungodliness and unrighteousness of men.

892
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,120
And even as they did not like to

893
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,940
retain God in their knowledge, God gave them

894
00:36:56,940 --> 00:36:58,980
over to a debased mind to do those

895
00:36:58,980 --> 00:37:00,020
things which are not fitting.

896
00:37:00,500 --> 00:37:02,820
Therefore, God also gave them up to uncleanness

897
00:37:02,820 --> 00:37:04,600
in the lusts of their hearts to dishonor

898
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,460
their bodies among themselves.

899
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:08,540
And for this reason, God gave them up

900
00:37:08,540 --> 00:37:10,880
to vile passions for even their women exchanged

901
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,540
the natural use for what is against nature.

902
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,280
People, a sign that God is giving a

903
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:21,700
culture over to judgment, a sign that God

904
00:37:21,700 --> 00:37:24,200
is withdrawing the restraining influence of the Holy

905
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:28,500
Spirit is that sign of homosexual behavior, gay

906
00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:30,800
marriage that is permeating this nation.

907
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,320
Therefore, it is my assertion, America is under

908
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:34,720
judgment.

909
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:40,580
It's under judgment by an almighty God who

910
00:37:40,580 --> 00:37:43,380
looks upon this culture that has thrown God

911
00:37:43,380 --> 00:37:44,380
out of the culture.

912
00:37:45,140 --> 00:37:48,540
By and large, it has thrown God out

913
00:37:48,540 --> 00:37:49,060
of the culture.

914
00:37:49,860 --> 00:37:51,920
God out of the public schools by and

915
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:52,280
large.

916
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,280
If that is so that America is under

917
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,800
judgment, then how should we view the President

918
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:05,860
of the United States who has promoted gay

919
00:38:05,860 --> 00:38:09,360
marriage, pushed the gay marriage homosexual agenda in

920
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:14,240
a big way, has condoned the killing of

921
00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:17,840
55 million children that makes what Hitler did

922
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:20,520
at the Holocaust pale in comparison.

923
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:25,220
Daniel 2.21 says he removes kings and

924
00:38:25,220 --> 00:38:26,360
raises up kings.

925
00:38:26,740 --> 00:38:29,740
God removes kings, God raises up kings.

926
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:32,920
Isaiah, Isaiah.

927
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,960
45.1, thus says the Lord to his

928
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:40,440
anointed, to Cyrus, a pagan king, whose right

929
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:42,900
hand I have held, to subdued nations, he

930
00:38:42,900 --> 00:38:47,020
raises up whom he wills to do his

931
00:38:47,020 --> 00:38:51,100
work, to subdued nations, and loose the armor

932
00:38:51,100 --> 00:38:54,460
of kings, to open before him double doors.

933
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,680
Romans 13, let every soul be subject to

934
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:01,140
the governing authorities, for there is no authority

935
00:39:01,140 --> 00:39:03,760
except from God, and the authorities that exist

936
00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,680
are appointed by God.

937
00:39:08,510 --> 00:39:13,450
President Obama has been appointed by God to

938
00:39:13,450 --> 00:39:14,250
be where he is.

939
00:39:15,070 --> 00:39:16,490
Scripture makes it clear.

940
00:39:17,930 --> 00:39:22,850
If America is under judgment then, the leader

941
00:39:22,850 --> 00:39:25,490
is there for America's judgment.

942
00:39:27,550 --> 00:39:29,230
And that's a sobering fact.

943
00:39:30,250 --> 00:39:32,570
It's true, and I believe it is.

944
00:39:34,900 --> 00:39:37,600
If the leader is there for America's judgment,

945
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:43,240
wow, we need to fall on our knees

946
00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:45,420
before a holy God, if my people humble

947
00:39:45,420 --> 00:39:47,300
themselves and pray, and turn from their wicked

948
00:39:47,300 --> 00:39:49,820
ways, then I will heal the land.

949
00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:53,040
This nation needs to fall on its knees

950
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:54,520
before a holy God and repent.

951
00:39:57,780 --> 00:39:59,000
You know, when you go to Washington, D

952
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,020
.C., you can still see the reminders of

953
00:40:01,020 --> 00:40:02,420
the Christian heritage of this nation.

954
00:40:03,540 --> 00:40:05,000
You go into the rotunda of the Capitol

955
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:10,100
building, you'll see the painting of founding fathers

956
00:40:10,100 --> 00:40:11,620
on their knees in a prayer meeting.

957
00:40:13,220 --> 00:40:16,080
You see Bible verses or the Ten Commandments

958
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,620
on the Supreme Court building.

959
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,880
When the president stands there and does his

960
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:24,980
State of the Union address, he's looking at

961
00:40:24,980 --> 00:40:28,120
a carving of what represents the face of

962
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:29,580
Moses, the law giver.

963
00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:32,280
I have 12 stones here, and those 12

964
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:40,320
stones really remind me of the reminders of

965
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:41,680
the Christian heritage of this nation.

966
00:40:42,980 --> 00:40:45,100
Bible, prayer, creation used to be in the

967
00:40:45,100 --> 00:40:45,840
public schools.

968
00:40:46,340 --> 00:40:48,960
Christian symbols like crosses, Ten Commandments, nativity scenes

969
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:50,240
used to be in public places.

970
00:40:50,860 --> 00:40:52,300
Marriage was considered a man and a woman.

971
00:40:52,380 --> 00:40:55,020
Abortion was considered wrong because you're killing a

972
00:40:55,020 --> 00:40:55,580
human being.

973
00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:58,060
But you know what's been happening?

974
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:04,500
What's been happening is that those reminders that

975
00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:08,000
were once there have been removed and replaced

976
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:11,420
with a whole different worldview, a reminder of

977
00:41:11,420 --> 00:41:13,760
the change of foundation from God's Word to

978
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:14,300
man's Word.

979
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:18,360
You know, I use 12 stones because in

980
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,840
Joshua we read, when Joshua went across the

981
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:23,300
Jordan River, a great miracle of the Lord

982
00:41:23,300 --> 00:41:24,360
to cross the Jordan River.

983
00:41:25,220 --> 00:41:27,380
And after they crossed the river, he said,

984
00:41:27,620 --> 00:41:29,940
take yourselves 12 stones from here out of

985
00:41:29,940 --> 00:41:30,880
the midst of the Jordan.

986
00:41:31,240 --> 00:41:32,400
What do these stones mean?

987
00:41:32,660 --> 00:41:34,560
That they may be a sign, that they'll

988
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:35,500
be a memorial.

989
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:38,180
These 12 stones are to be a sign,

990
00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:40,900
a memorial to remind the next generation of

991
00:41:40,900 --> 00:41:41,620
what God did.

992
00:41:41,860 --> 00:41:44,040
So when your children ask their fathers in

993
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,200
time to come saying, what are these stones,

994
00:41:46,340 --> 00:41:47,960
then you will let your children know.

995
00:41:48,180 --> 00:41:50,500
Make sure you pass on that spiritual legacy

996
00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:51,620
to the next generation.

997
00:41:52,060 --> 00:41:52,900
Make sure you do that.

998
00:41:52,900 --> 00:41:54,120
That is so important.

999
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:55,920
Remind the next generation.

1000
00:41:56,220 --> 00:41:57,940
Don't lose that spiritual legacy.

1001
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,100
Pass that spiritual legacy on.

1002
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:02,860
And not only for the next generation, not

1003
00:42:02,860 --> 00:42:04,980
only for your children, but that all the

1004
00:42:04,980 --> 00:42:07,200
peoples of the earth may know the hand

1005
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:07,580
of the Lord.

1006
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:10,300
People, there were times in the past in

1007
00:42:10,300 --> 00:42:12,600
this great nation in America when that spiritual

1008
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:14,820
legacy was passed on to the next generation.

1009
00:42:15,100 --> 00:42:17,700
And America sent missionaries out around the world

1010
00:42:17,700 --> 00:42:19,720
so that all the peoples of the earth

1011
00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:20,820
may know the hand of the Lord.

1012
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,740
But just like in Joshua, you know what

1013
00:42:24,740 --> 00:42:25,900
happened in Joshua's day?

1014
00:42:28,190 --> 00:42:30,570
Sadly, the next generation was not reminded as

1015
00:42:30,570 --> 00:42:31,030
it should have been.

1016
00:42:31,110 --> 00:42:32,930
The fathers did not pass on that spiritual

1017
00:42:32,930 --> 00:42:34,110
legacy as they should have done.

1018
00:42:34,590 --> 00:42:36,550
We read that Joshua then dies.

1019
00:42:37,010 --> 00:42:38,650
The elders that were with him died.

1020
00:42:39,470 --> 00:42:41,430
And then the next generation, what happened?

1021
00:42:41,510 --> 00:42:43,170
Then the children of Israel did evil in

1022
00:42:43,170 --> 00:42:44,030
the sight of the Lord.

1023
00:42:44,490 --> 00:42:45,810
And they followed other gods.

1024
00:42:46,030 --> 00:42:48,430
They lost it in one generation.

1025
00:42:48,650 --> 00:42:51,190
It only takes one generation to lose a

1026
00:42:51,190 --> 00:42:51,450
culture.

1027
00:42:51,450 --> 00:42:54,370
We are losing this culture before our very

1028
00:42:54,370 --> 00:42:56,970
eyes right now.

1029
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:00,220
It only takes one generation.

1030
00:43:04,250 --> 00:43:06,810
Statistics show very clearly that two-thirds of

1031
00:43:06,810 --> 00:43:08,710
young people from the church in America are

1032
00:43:08,710 --> 00:43:10,270
walking away from the church by the time

1033
00:43:10,270 --> 00:43:11,250
they reach college age.

1034
00:43:12,490 --> 00:43:14,930
As this exodus from the church continues to

1035
00:43:14,930 --> 00:43:17,810
happen, and if we don't stop this, I

1036
00:43:17,810 --> 00:43:20,110
believe America will be where England is today,

1037
00:43:20,230 --> 00:43:23,590
where statistics indicate two-thirds of teenagers don't

1038
00:43:23,590 --> 00:43:24,530
even believe in God.

1039
00:43:25,910 --> 00:43:28,770
Church attendance in England is down from, what,

1040
00:43:28,850 --> 00:43:32,270
50%, 60% around World War II to

1041
00:43:32,270 --> 00:43:36,130
7% or 6% right now.

1042
00:43:38,030 --> 00:43:40,030
What's happened there is happening here.

1043
00:43:42,210 --> 00:43:44,990
And as we see in England, United Kingdom,

1044
00:43:45,110 --> 00:43:49,150
across Europe, across our Western world, moral relativism

1045
00:43:49,150 --> 00:43:52,470
pervading the culture, it sure is a reminder,

1046
00:43:52,850 --> 00:43:56,290
I think, of what it must have been

1047
00:43:56,290 --> 00:43:57,490
like in the days of Noah.

1048
00:43:58,790 --> 00:44:00,070
So what's the solution?

1049
00:44:01,130 --> 00:44:02,770
Well, we could look to Bill O'Reilly

1050
00:44:02,770 --> 00:44:05,230
for the solution from Fox News.

1051
00:44:06,010 --> 00:44:07,930
Let's see what he says is the solution.

1052
00:44:08,750 --> 00:44:10,190
Bill Russell, Brighton, Michigan.

1053
00:44:10,790 --> 00:44:13,390
As Laura tried to explain, our belief system

1054
00:44:13,390 --> 00:44:14,750
is our policy.

1055
00:44:15,310 --> 00:44:18,250
We believe there are only two sexes and

1056
00:44:18,250 --> 00:44:20,110
that marriage is between a man and a

1057
00:44:20,110 --> 00:44:20,330
woman.

1058
00:44:20,330 --> 00:44:22,870
We see other lifestyles as sin.

1059
00:44:23,770 --> 00:44:25,490
Let me break this to you as gently

1060
00:44:25,490 --> 00:44:27,090
as I can, Bill, because this is the

1061
00:44:27,090 --> 00:44:27,770
crux of the matter.

1062
00:44:28,650 --> 00:44:31,450
Your belief system is constitutionally protected, and I

1063
00:44:31,450 --> 00:44:32,230
respect it.

1064
00:44:32,410 --> 00:44:35,110
But if you think you will influence any

1065
00:44:35,110 --> 00:44:38,890
U.S. policy with a sin analysis, you

1066
00:44:38,890 --> 00:44:40,370
are misguided in the extreme.

1067
00:44:42,730 --> 00:44:44,010
I've got news for you, Bill O'Reilly.

1068
00:44:45,290 --> 00:44:47,930
The problem is we have not been standing

1069
00:44:47,930 --> 00:44:50,530
up and giving a sin analysis in this

1070
00:44:50,530 --> 00:44:50,910
nation.

1071
00:44:51,490 --> 00:44:53,350
And that's what we do need to do

1072
00:44:53,350 --> 00:44:56,030
from the authority of the Word of God.

1073
00:44:57,610 --> 00:44:59,250
Now, I know there are some that are.

1074
00:44:59,650 --> 00:45:01,510
There's a remnant that do out there, but

1075
00:45:01,510 --> 00:45:04,270
as a whole, no, the nation doesn't want

1076
00:45:04,270 --> 00:45:05,530
to consider a sin analysis.

1077
00:45:06,670 --> 00:45:09,870
People, we need preachers of righteousness as Noah

1078
00:45:09,870 --> 00:45:11,310
was a preacher of righteousness.

1079
00:45:13,550 --> 00:45:15,090
Wow, are you depressed?

1080
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:19,120
Is there any good news?

1081
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:24,060
You know, as I travel throughout America and

1082
00:45:24,060 --> 00:45:25,840
I visit with people at the Creation Museum,

1083
00:45:27,220 --> 00:45:30,760
I'm reminded of that passage in Elijah, who

1084
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:33,440
himself was reminded that there were thousands that

1085
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:35,380
hadn't bowed the knee to Baal.

1086
00:45:36,820 --> 00:45:40,660
There is an incredible remnant of God's people

1087
00:45:40,660 --> 00:45:42,660
in this nation who do stand on the

1088
00:45:42,660 --> 00:45:44,080
authority of the Word of God.

1089
00:45:45,340 --> 00:45:46,840
That's where many of you are.

1090
00:45:47,580 --> 00:45:49,260
And I believe you're all part of that

1091
00:45:49,260 --> 00:45:49,620
remnant.

1092
00:45:49,620 --> 00:45:52,080
But we need to mobilize that remnant in

1093
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:53,900
this nation, because in many ways they feel

1094
00:45:53,900 --> 00:45:54,500
intimidated.

1095
00:45:55,060 --> 00:45:57,060
In many ways, many of them don't even

1096
00:45:57,060 --> 00:45:58,740
really know how to defend the faith and

1097
00:45:58,740 --> 00:46:00,760
answer questions and don't know how to confront

1098
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:01,400
these issues.

1099
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:03,540
You know, that's one of the reasons why

1100
00:46:03,540 --> 00:46:05,060
I believe the Lord has raised up Answers

1101
00:46:05,060 --> 00:46:07,920
in Genesis and other ministries, ministries like Living

1102
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:09,080
Waters and Ray Comfort.

1103
00:46:09,460 --> 00:46:11,460
The Lord has raised up ministries like Answers

1104
00:46:11,460 --> 00:46:14,260
in Genesis and the Creation Museum to be

1105
00:46:14,260 --> 00:46:16,940
reminders, to call people back to the authority

1106
00:46:16,940 --> 00:46:18,420
of the Word of God, to remind people

1107
00:46:18,420 --> 00:46:20,500
that the history in the Bible is true.

1108
00:46:20,620 --> 00:46:22,160
That's why the gospel based in that history

1109
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:22,680
is true.

1110
00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:26,780
He's raising up ministries like that in this

1111
00:46:26,780 --> 00:46:28,640
nation, that they may be a sign and

1112
00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:32,780
a memorial to the children, and that all

1113
00:46:32,780 --> 00:46:34,080
the peoples of the earth may know the

1114
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:34,760
hand of the Lord.

1115
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:37,900
As we do at the Creation Museum, we

1116
00:46:37,900 --> 00:46:39,400
walk people through the history in the Bible

1117
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:40,620
from Genesis to Revelation.

1118
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:42,280
We call it the seven seas of history.

1119
00:46:43,660 --> 00:46:45,960
And we help people understand that history in

1120
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:49,140
Genesis concerning creation of a perfect world, the

1121
00:46:49,140 --> 00:46:51,960
entrance of sin and death, corruption because of

1122
00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:54,600
man's rebellion against God, the catastrophe of Noah's

1123
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,660
flood, and the terror of Babel.

1124
00:46:56,820 --> 00:46:57,780
That history is true.

1125
00:46:59,260 --> 00:47:01,900
And we have researchers who help people understand

1126
00:47:01,900 --> 00:47:03,920
that we can go out in biology and

1127
00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:06,340
geology and astronomy and chemistry and so on,

1128
00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:08,180
and we can show how the evidence confirms

1129
00:47:08,180 --> 00:47:10,060
over and over again the Bible's history.

1130
00:47:11,240 --> 00:47:13,380
And the gospel is based in that history.

1131
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:20,080
Actually, the greatest reminder, I believe, of the

1132
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:21,480
gospel is the cross.

1133
00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:23,700
Because of what happened on that cross.

1134
00:47:24,540 --> 00:47:26,480
Death and resurrection of Jesus paid the penalty

1135
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:27,160
for our sin.

1136
00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:29,940
Offers a free gift to salvation.

1137
00:47:30,580 --> 00:47:32,580
Other than the cross, I believe Noah's ark

1138
00:47:32,580 --> 00:47:35,560
is the greatest reminder of salvation.

1139
00:47:37,340 --> 00:47:40,200
You see, God had Noah build an ark,

1140
00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:42,640
and the world was so wicked.

1141
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:46,280
And he was going to judge the world

1142
00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:47,780
with a flood.

1143
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:51,180
And Noah did what God commanded him to

1144
00:47:51,180 --> 00:47:51,440
do.

1145
00:47:51,740 --> 00:47:52,600
He's a righteous man.

1146
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:54,900
He's in the Hebrews Hall of Fame.

1147
00:47:56,260 --> 00:47:57,720
And you know, God sent the animals to

1148
00:47:57,720 --> 00:47:58,920
Noah to go on board that ark.

1149
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:02,300
And then eight people went on that ark.

1150
00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:04,920
Only eight people went on that ark.

1151
00:48:06,260 --> 00:48:08,920
Only those who went through the doorway could

1152
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:09,520
be saved.

1153
00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:15,380
You know, Noah's ark is really a picture

1154
00:48:15,380 --> 00:48:16,060
of salvation.

1155
00:48:17,140 --> 00:48:20,040
God's son stepped into history and said, I

1156
00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:21,220
am the door.

1157
00:48:22,100 --> 00:48:23,560
By me, if any man enter in, he'll

1158
00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:24,140
be saved.

1159
00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:26,580
Just as Noah and his family had to

1160
00:48:26,580 --> 00:48:27,980
go through a doorway to be saved, we

1161
00:48:27,980 --> 00:48:29,340
need to go through a doorway to be

1162
00:48:29,340 --> 00:48:29,700
saved.

1163
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:30,820
Wow.

1164
00:48:31,580 --> 00:48:33,820
And of course, the flood was a judgment

1165
00:48:33,820 --> 00:48:35,580
because of the wickedness of man, but it's

1166
00:48:35,580 --> 00:48:38,060
also a message of grace and salvation because

1167
00:48:38,060 --> 00:48:42,800
of what God provided for those who trust

1168
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:44,020
him to go through a door to be

1169
00:48:44,020 --> 00:48:44,380
saved.

1170
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:49,740
Sadly, the evidence of the flood, fossil layers

1171
00:48:49,740 --> 00:48:52,380
all over the earth, is used today to

1172
00:48:52,380 --> 00:48:54,820
teach students that that event is not true,

1173
00:48:54,940 --> 00:48:56,540
that those fossil layers are a result of

1174
00:48:56,540 --> 00:48:57,340
millions of years.

1175
00:48:58,380 --> 00:48:58,940
Imagine.

1176
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:02,980
Imagine if we were to rebuild Noah's ark

1177
00:49:02,980 --> 00:49:06,000
in our day, in this age of wickedness,

1178
00:49:06,100 --> 00:49:09,460
as a great reminder that God's word is

1179
00:49:09,460 --> 00:49:12,700
true, that he's a God who judges sin

1180
00:49:12,700 --> 00:49:15,020
and wickedness, but he's a God of mercy

1181
00:49:15,020 --> 00:49:18,780
because he provides a free gift of salvation.

1182
00:49:19,100 --> 00:49:21,720
Imagine if we were to rebuild Noah's ark.

1183
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:27,400
CBS 60 Minutes, back in November 2009, in

1184
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:30,940
conjunction with Vanity Fair magazine, I'm sure you'll

1185
00:49:30,940 --> 00:49:34,720
get that, they conducted a web survey asking

1186
00:49:34,720 --> 00:49:37,420
what archaeological discovery would people want to be

1187
00:49:37,420 --> 00:49:38,060
made next.

1188
00:49:39,380 --> 00:49:41,260
Noah's ark, 43%.

1189
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:45,340
I mean, that outstripped everything else.

1190
00:49:46,180 --> 00:49:47,920
And they said this on their website.

1191
00:49:48,180 --> 00:49:49,580
This is in the secular world.

1192
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:51,960
Noah's ark continues to capture the imagination of

1193
00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:53,960
the general public and this interest spans all

1194
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:55,600
social, religious and economic segments.

1195
00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:56,920
The ark and the flood is one of

1196
00:49:56,920 --> 00:49:59,580
the few historical events which are well known

1197
00:49:59,580 --> 00:50:00,880
in the worldwide global circle.

1198
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:01,360
And that's true.

1199
00:50:01,460 --> 00:50:04,020
People all over the earth have heard of

1200
00:50:04,020 --> 00:50:04,640
Noah's ark.

1201
00:50:05,020 --> 00:50:06,720
There are flood legends and cultures all over

1202
00:50:06,720 --> 00:50:07,220
the world.

1203
00:50:07,840 --> 00:50:10,960
Whenever there's a supposed sighting of the remains

1204
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:13,820
of Noah's ark on Mount Ararat, not that

1205
00:50:13,820 --> 00:50:16,120
we necessarily believe that that is there, but

1206
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:19,720
in fact the Bible says it landed on

1207
00:50:19,720 --> 00:50:21,740
the mountains of Ararat, but we won't get

1208
00:50:21,740 --> 00:50:23,060
into that discussion tonight.

1209
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:26,080
But whenever there is such a mention, what

1210
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:26,720
happens?

1211
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:29,040
There's newspaper headlines across the world.

1212
00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:30,840
TV headlines.

1213
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:33,260
People are fascinated by Noah's ark.

1214
00:50:35,570 --> 00:50:40,490
And sadly, many people twist the account of

1215
00:50:40,490 --> 00:50:41,130
Noah's ark.

1216
00:50:44,580 --> 00:50:46,400
But we have said to ourselves, what if

1217
00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:49,440
we were to rebuild Noah's ark as a

1218
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:51,760
real boat, out of wood, the size of

1219
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:52,200
the ark.

1220
00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:55,600
And as you walk through it, answer questions

1221
00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:57,340
that people have like, how many animals could

1222
00:50:57,340 --> 00:50:58,340
he feed on board and how could he

1223
00:50:58,340 --> 00:51:00,260
take care of them and so on, with

1224
00:51:00,260 --> 00:51:02,580
a purpose for helping people understand the history

1225
00:51:02,580 --> 00:51:02,920
is true.

1226
00:51:04,580 --> 00:51:06,180
If there really was a global flood, you'd

1227
00:51:06,180 --> 00:51:07,660
expect to find billions of dead things buried

1228
00:51:07,660 --> 00:51:09,100
in rock layers laid down by water all

1229
00:51:09,100 --> 00:51:09,600
over the earth.

1230
00:51:09,640 --> 00:51:10,440
And that's what you find.

1231
00:51:12,100 --> 00:51:15,220
And the main purpose is then to present

1232
00:51:15,220 --> 00:51:16,600
the door.

1233
00:51:17,900 --> 00:51:19,080
The Lord Jesus Christ.

1234
00:51:19,860 --> 00:51:21,440
As Noah and his family went through a

1235
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:22,460
door to be saved.

1236
00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:23,600
You need to go through a door.

1237
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:27,380
We contracted with Rick Beamer, head of America's

1238
00:51:27,380 --> 00:51:28,700
research group, to go out and do a

1239
00:51:28,700 --> 00:51:29,980
general population study.

1240
00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:32,740
And we said, go out and do a

1241
00:51:32,740 --> 00:51:33,660
general population study.

1242
00:51:33,780 --> 00:51:36,440
Find out if we rebuilt Noah's ark, would

1243
00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:37,380
people actually come?

1244
00:51:39,300 --> 00:51:41,420
When he did the study on the creation

1245
00:51:41,420 --> 00:51:44,760
museum, he predicted 400,000 people would come

1246
00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:46,280
for the first year, which would be the

1247
00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:46,760
biggest year.

1248
00:51:46,820 --> 00:51:48,740
It always is for an opening of a

1249
00:51:48,740 --> 00:51:50,340
new facility like that.

1250
00:51:50,420 --> 00:51:52,320
And we had 404,000.

1251
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:55,060
He missed it by that much.

1252
00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:57,900
But it was pretty well what he predicted.

1253
00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:00,520
So he went out and did the research

1254
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:00,940
for us.

1255
00:52:01,120 --> 00:52:02,340
Do you think the idea of building an

1256
00:52:02,340 --> 00:52:03,600
exact replica of the ark is a worthy

1257
00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:04,040
idea?

1258
00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:05,580
76% say yes.

1259
00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:07,480
Would you personally like to see this ark

1260
00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:07,720
built?

1261
00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:08,880
81% say yes.

1262
00:52:09,020 --> 00:52:10,480
If a replica of the ark were constructed

1263
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:12,140
in America, would you take your family to

1264
00:52:12,140 --> 00:52:12,480
see it?

1265
00:52:12,880 --> 00:52:14,240
63% say yes.

1266
00:52:14,340 --> 00:52:16,800
That represents 200 million people.

1267
00:52:17,040 --> 00:52:21,100
Actually, just from America alone, when he distilled

1268
00:52:21,100 --> 00:52:23,000
down all the figures and how they do

1269
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:25,060
their research and so on, he said this

1270
00:52:25,060 --> 00:52:26,660
would mean, as he said for the creation

1271
00:52:26,660 --> 00:52:29,220
museum, you would expect 400,000 in the

1272
00:52:29,220 --> 00:52:29,600
first year.

1273
00:52:29,660 --> 00:52:33,160
He said you should expect 2 million people

1274
00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:34,060
in the first year.

1275
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:35,300
Wow.

1276
00:52:36,060 --> 00:52:38,440
Do you know of any other Christian facility

1277
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:42,540
that could reach so many people like that,

1278
00:52:42,780 --> 00:52:45,860
of which his statistics indicate 60% or

1279
00:52:45,860 --> 00:52:47,300
so would be unchurched?

1280
00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:48,640
Wow.

1281
00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:51,180
Another question he asked, is it important that

1282
00:52:51,180 --> 00:52:52,620
children see the ark so they could easily

1283
00:52:52,620 --> 00:52:53,200
believe the Bible?

1284
00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:54,040
You know, it's interesting.

1285
00:52:54,920 --> 00:52:56,700
When people come to the creation museum, one

1286
00:52:56,700 --> 00:52:57,800
of the things they've said to me is,

1287
00:52:58,500 --> 00:53:00,200
when we bring our children here, it helps

1288
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:01,160
make it real to them.

1289
00:53:01,340 --> 00:53:03,520
You see, the secular world put figures of

1290
00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:05,340
so-called ape men and so on to

1291
00:53:05,340 --> 00:53:07,880
try to make a lie real to them.

1292
00:53:08,040 --> 00:53:10,340
We need to make the truth real to

1293
00:53:10,340 --> 00:53:10,540
them.

1294
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:12,460
That's what we do at the creation museum.

1295
00:53:13,260 --> 00:53:17,380
I remember when a particular atheist visited the

1296
00:53:17,380 --> 00:53:20,760
creation museum in opening year, so it was

1297
00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:23,120
just over six years ago, and she was

1298
00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:25,640
quoted in the newspaper afterwards as saying something

1299
00:53:25,640 --> 00:53:28,020
like that, that place is dangerous, it is

1300
00:53:28,020 --> 00:53:29,980
so well done, kids are going to believe

1301
00:53:29,980 --> 00:53:30,200
it.

1302
00:53:31,220 --> 00:53:33,340
Actually, we asked America's research group, what would

1303
00:53:33,340 --> 00:53:38,020
be worst, worst, worst, worst case scenario in

1304
00:53:38,020 --> 00:53:39,380
regard to attendance at the ark?

1305
00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:42,100
And he sat down and did some calculations

1306
00:53:42,100 --> 00:53:45,300
and said, hmm, worst case scenario, 1.2

1307
00:53:45,300 --> 00:53:46,620
million, but I don't believe that would be

1308
00:53:46,620 --> 00:53:46,860
so.

1309
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:48,160
He said, I really do believe you'll get

1310
00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:49,480
2 million people a year.

1311
00:53:50,600 --> 00:53:52,840
He actually indicated probably double the attendance at

1312
00:53:52,840 --> 00:53:53,720
the creation museum.

1313
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:55,520
So you know what?

1314
00:53:55,600 --> 00:53:57,080
We stepped out in faith a few years

1315
00:53:57,080 --> 00:53:59,480
ago to build what we call the ark

1316
00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:03,700
encounter project, to rebuild Noah's ark as a

1317
00:54:03,700 --> 00:54:07,560
reminder, as a reminder that God's word is

1318
00:54:07,560 --> 00:54:09,760
true, as a reminder of the gospel.

1319
00:54:12,780 --> 00:54:14,880
We want people to understand this event did

1320
00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:15,180
happen.

1321
00:54:15,360 --> 00:54:16,800
God did send the animals to Noah.

1322
00:54:17,220 --> 00:54:19,060
Eight people did go on board that ark.

1323
00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:21,180
You know, the Bible seems to indicate that

1324
00:54:21,180 --> 00:54:23,140
when it was fully loaded, that ark stood

1325
00:54:23,140 --> 00:54:25,120
for seven days before God shut the door.

1326
00:54:25,940 --> 00:54:27,460
I don't know what Noah was doing in

1327
00:54:27,460 --> 00:54:28,220
those seven days.

1328
00:54:28,380 --> 00:54:30,400
I like to think that maybe he was

1329
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:33,600
out being a preacher of righteousness, standing in

1330
00:54:33,600 --> 00:54:35,220
front of the door saying, come through the

1331
00:54:35,220 --> 00:54:36,380
door to be saved.

1332
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:38,160
There's judgment coming.

1333
00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:42,300
But nobody else came in.

1334
00:54:43,340 --> 00:54:45,080
And God shut the door.

1335
00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:48,880
Let me do that again.

1336
00:54:52,380 --> 00:54:55,020
And then the people outside realized something was

1337
00:54:55,020 --> 00:54:56,460
wrong, and the flood did come.

1338
00:54:57,420 --> 00:54:59,900
And it's left its mark indelibly across the

1339
00:54:59,900 --> 00:55:00,240
earth.

1340
00:55:00,700 --> 00:55:02,140
Fossil layers, canyons.

1341
00:55:02,140 --> 00:55:05,300
You know, today many people are out there

1342
00:55:05,300 --> 00:55:07,260
saying, we've got to tell people about Jesus.

1343
00:55:08,660 --> 00:55:10,680
But what we don't realize is, many of

1344
00:55:10,680 --> 00:55:12,140
them don't believe the book from which the

1345
00:55:12,140 --> 00:55:14,640
message of Jesus comes, because they've been indoctrinated

1346
00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:17,200
to believe that Noah's flood never happened.

1347
00:55:18,260 --> 00:55:20,300
No, the evidence of the fossils is evidence

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of evolution and millions of years, supposedly.

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We need to tell them the truth.

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They've been told a lie.

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And of course, the main reason for rebuilding

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the ark is to remind people that God's

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son stepped into history.

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He became one of us, our relative.

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You see, there are no different races.

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There's only one race of people.

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Actually, there's two races.

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Well, really, there's only one race.

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Well, there's one race biologically, but there's two

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races spiritually, the godly and the ungodly.

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But he stepped into history to be of

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our biological race, to be the God man,

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to be one of us.

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To suffer death on a cross, because death

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was a penalty for sin.

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You didn't have millions of billions of dead

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things and diseases, and as you see in

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the fossil record, like cancer and brain tumors,

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millions of years before man.

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No, it's man's sin that resulted in death

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and disease.

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And our bodies will die, but we're not

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like the animals.

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We're not an animal.

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We're made in the image of God.

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Our body will die, but our soul will

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live forever, separated from God.

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But God wanted to save us from what

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we did, because when we rebelled in Adam

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and we're descendants of Adam, what he did,

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we did, we really said, we don't want

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God.

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And God said, but I want you.

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I love you so much.

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And he stepped into history to pay the

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penalty for our sin.

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And he said, I am the door.

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You know, that door is open.

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But one day, like Noah's ark, that door

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is going to shut.

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And then the judgment will come.

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See, when we look at the world, we

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could get all depressed.

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And people, if America really is under judgment,

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and the president is there because God is

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judging America, and he's there for our judgment,

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we could easily get depressed.

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But we need to occupy until he comes.

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You know what we need today?

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We need people like Noah who are preachers

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of righteousness.

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And I want to mobilize all of us

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that we would get out there and stand

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upon the authority of the word of God

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and preach with boldness and be unashamed and

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preach with authority because we believe the authority

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from which it comes and get equipped with

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answers so we're not going to be intimidated

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by the secularists.

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And we will stand tall and not compromise

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as many, sadly, of our Christian leaders have

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done.

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You've been listening to the From the Pulpit

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in Classic Sermons series.

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This week you heard Ken Ham with his

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message, The Great Delusion, The Spiritual State of

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00:57:52,170 --> 00:57:52,570
the Nation.

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Tune in next week to hear William Blackburn

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talk about the Salvation Test on From the

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Pulpit in Classic Sermons.