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Robert Jeffress - Can We Survive Another 250 Years (Part 2)

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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Can We Survive Another 250 Years (Part 2) | June 28, 2026

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From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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Of dallas, texas, this is pathway to victory
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With dr. robert jeffress.
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Hi, i am robert jeffress
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And welcome again to pathway to victory.
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America has been uniquely blessed by god from the beginning,
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But as we celebrate 250 years as a nation, how do we ensure
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That blessing continues?
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Today i'm going to share four practical steps christians
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Can take right now to stand for righteousness,
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Support our nation and extend god's blessing on america.
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My message is titled america at the crossroads,
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Can we survive another 250 years?
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On today's special edition of pathway to victory.
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♪ mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord ♪
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♪ he is trampling out the vintage ♪
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♪ where the grapes of wrath are stored ♪
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♪ he hath loosed the fateful lightning ♪
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♪ of this terrible swift sword ♪
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♪ his truth is marching on ♪
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♪ glory, glory, hallelujah ♪
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♪ glory, glory, hallelujah ♪
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♪ glory, glory, hallelujah ♪
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♪ his truth is marching on ♪
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♪ glory, glory, hallelujah ♪
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♪ glory, glory, hallelujah ♪
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♪ his truth is marching on ♪
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♪ glory, glory, hallelujah ♪
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♪ glory, glory, hallelujah ♪
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♪ glory, glory, hallelujah ♪
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♪ his truth is marching on ♪
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(audience applauding)
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As our nation marks 250 years,
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America stands at a crossroads.
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Will we return to the god who blessed us
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Or continue down a path that leads to ruin?
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Through the in god we trust matching challenge,
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For 30 years, pathway to victory
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Has pierced the darkness of our nation
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With the light of god's word by sharing biblical truth
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Matching challenge today.
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(bright music)
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A gallup poll found that only 32%
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Of americans supported israel's attack against
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Hamas that was residing in gaza.
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Only 32% believe israel has a right
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To protect itself from those barbarians
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Who came into israel in 2023
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And did things to men and women
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And babies that are unmentionable.
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We can't talk about what they did,
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But it was so horrific, it defies imagination.
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And yet in spite of that, only a few percent
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Of americans believe israel has the right to defend herself.
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The bible predicts that in the last days,
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Every nation in the world, including the united states,
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Will turn her back on israel.
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It's easy to see how that's going to happen.
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Interestingly,
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Turning our back on israel will result in the decimation
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Of the every country including the united states,
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But it will have no impact on israel.
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Did you know israel is the only nation in the world
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That has the promise of endurance?
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Because israel was a nation created by god.
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Israel is the nation that is the apple of god's eye,
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And yet in spite of that,
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America will turn her back on israel.
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That is going to be a cause of judgment.
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Don't forget, regardless of what the polls say,
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Regardless of what the politicians say,
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God made a covenant with israel.
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In genesis 12:3, he said to abraham, i will bless those
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Who bless you and your descendants.
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I will curse those who curse you and your descendants.
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I believe, i believe one reason god is so uniquely
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And richly blessed america has been
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Because of our historic support of israel,
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Bipartisan support, i might mention, it was in 1948
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That a democrat president, harry truman,
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Was the first to recognize the new nation of israel.
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And in 2018, our country showed its support for israel
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By moving our embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem to say
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To the whole world, we believe israel has the right to exist
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And determine its own capital.
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And one of the great honors of my life was
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To be giving the opening prayer for the dedication of
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That embassy.
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We've talked about america's past, you can't change it.
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We've talked about america's future, it's already set.
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You're not going to change it,
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But i want to talk about america's present, what we can do
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To prolong god's blessing on our country,
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Even if it's a temporary time, as a country,
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We face the same choice that israel faced
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As they prepared to enter the promised land.
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Remember in deuteronomy 30 verse 19, god said, i call heaven
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And earth to be witness against you today that i have set
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Before you life and death, the blessing and the curse.
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So choose life in order that you may live
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And your descendants.
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In the same way, god has said to america,
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I'm placing before you a blessing or a curse.
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You choose.
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A blessing if you follow after me,
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A curse if you disobey me.
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What can we do to make the right choice
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For america's present?
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I'm going to suggest four action steps for every believer
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Who truly loves his god and loves his country.
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Number one, take a stand.
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Take a stand.
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Remember, we are the restrainers of evil,
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But that means we have to push back against the flood
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Of evil that is trying to envelop our world right now.
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That means you need
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To take a stand wherever god has placed you.
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Maybe it's a school board meeting.
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Maybe it's a city council meeting.
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Maybe it's a neighborhood association.
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Maybe it's your school, maybe it's your work.
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When an employer tries to force an ungodly
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Practice on the workforce, whatever it is, we need
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To stand up and push back.
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We need to say no.
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We need to take a stand,
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Especially take a stand against those who would seek
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To diminish our freedom of worship.
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What others have called the first freedom found
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In the constitution, our right to worship
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And practice our faith.
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Anybody who tries to curtail
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That freedom needs to be stopped.
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I remember so well many years ago when our oldest daughter,
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Julia was eight years old,
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She was very evangelistic back then
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Just as she is right now,
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And she was passing out water bottles
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To her classmates that had a bible verse printed on them,
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John 4:14 that says, whoever drinks
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Of the water i give will never thirst.
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And so she was sharing her faith,
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Giving out those water bottles.
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Well, she was told by the school administrator
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That she couldn't do that
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Because that violated school policy.
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And so she asked me what she should do
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And i decided it's time for a civics lesson.
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And so i called our good friend kelly shackleford
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At first liberty institute,
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Got some information about recent court rulings,
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About similar actions.
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I brought julia into my study
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And we called the administrator.
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And by the way, he was a godly good man.
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He was just misinformed.
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And so i thanked him, first of all for what he was doing
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For our family, for what he did to our community,
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But then brought up this ruling
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And i said, i know it violates your school policy,
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But your policy violates the constitution and here's why
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And we need you to reinstate her right.
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And surprisingly, he agreed and understood.
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Now, that's not a major legal victory
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That you'll read about in the news.
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It did not have the standing of a supreme court ruling
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And i understood that.
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But in that west texas town, we decided to take a stand
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Where we were at that time to push back against those
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Who would violate the constitution.
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I'm saying if we're going to be restrainers of evil,
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We need to take a stand.
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Secondly, if we care about america, we need to cast a vote,
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Cast a vote.
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Now i know some of you're saying where is that in the bible?
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Where is anything about voting?
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Honestly, nowhere.
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But there's a reason it's not found in scripture.
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In biblical times, you didn't get to choose your leader.
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They didn't send around ballots.
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I'd like for emperor so-and-so.
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You know, you didn't get to choose the emperor,
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That was imposed upon you.
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But john jay, who was a great christian
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And the first supreme court justice
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In the united states said this.
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He said, in this christian nation,
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By the way, isn't that interesting?
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The first supreme court chief justice said america
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Is a christian nation.
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He'd be accused of being a christian nationalist today.
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But he said, without doubt, in this christian nation,
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God has given us the privilege
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Of choosing our leaders.
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We get to choose our leaders.
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Every time we go into the voting booth,
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We get to cast a vote.
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We're casting a vote for righteousness or unrighteousness.
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Now i know there are no perfect candidates,
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There are no perfect pastors.
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That's not the issue.
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When we go to vote, we ought to ask who is best equipped
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To fulfill god's purpose for government?
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Which candidate?
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That's what we ought to be asking.
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You see, we need to remember god didn't just create
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One institution, the church, he actually created
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Three institutions
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To accomplish his purpose on earth.
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First of all, he established the family.
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In genesis two, the family was first created by god.
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Then in genesis nine, he created government
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To bring order to society.
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And then in acts chapter two, he created the church
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Of jesus christ to share the gospel.
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And people get all mixed up when they try
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To confuse those responsibilities.
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God has not called on government
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To lead a revival in america.
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God has not asked government to raise our families.
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God has not asked the church to enforce discipline
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Against those outside the church.
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Every institution has its own responsibility.
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What is god's responsibility for government?
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The bible says there are two things, we elect leaders
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To do when choosing a leader.
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Two responsibilities government has.
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Number one isn't on your outline, just write it down.
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The number one responsibility of government is
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To protect citizens from evil doers.
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It's to protect citizens from evil doers.
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Romans 13:4 says,
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For government does not bear the sword for nothing.
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Now what does that mean?
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To bear the sword means to execute,
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To kill somebody.
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God has given government the right to bear the sword.
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That means capital punishment.
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If somebody takes another person's life,
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Government has the right to take that person's life.
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That went back to genesis 9:6.
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God has authorized government to do that.
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God has authorized government
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To stop evil doers.
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Doesn't matter where they are
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To keep evil doers from practicing evil.
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And we need to remember that in this present situation,
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What iran is doing, ladies and gentlemen, is evil.
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It is evil to kill 45,000 of your citizens
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For being dissidents.
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That is absolute evil.
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And we need to call it what it is.
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And make no mistake about it, the leaders of iran want
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To destroy every one of us in this room.
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They will not stop until they have succeeded in doing that.
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You remember the words of the ayatollah khomeini
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Back in 1979.
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He called america the great satan.
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He called israel the little satan
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And he said, both of us need to be wiped off the face
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Of the earth.
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And i want to say this as clearly as i know how i've said it
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To him privately, i said it publicly at the white house.
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Thank god we have a president who understands.
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He not only has the god-given right,
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But the god-given responsibility
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To protect this nation from those who would destroy us.
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God help him as he does that.
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That is the function of government.
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And when we are looking for a leader,
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We're not asking who's going to be the best
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Bible school teacher.
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We're not asking who's qualified to be pastor.
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We're saying who's going to do what is government's right
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And responsibility and that is to protect us.
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The second function of government is
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To protect citizens' right to practice their faith.
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Where do you find that in scripture?
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Very clearly.
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1 timothy two verses one and two, paul said,
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I pray that prayers
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And treaties in thanksgiving be made for kings
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And all those who are in authority that we may lead a quiet
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And tranquil life in all godliness and dignity.
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You know what he's saying?
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Pray for government
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That they might leave us alone to practice our faith.
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We don't expect a revival from them.
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That's the church's responsibility.
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But government needs to leave us alone so we can have quiet
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And tranquil lives in all godliness and dignity.
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And when we cast a vote, those are the things we ought
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To consider who's best
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To execute the purposes of government.
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Thirdly, in addition to taking a stand
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And casting a vote, we need to say a prayer
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Or maybe more than one prayer for our country
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And those who inhabit it,
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There's a verse you may not be familiar with.
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Jeremiah 29, verse seven, god was speaking to those
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Who were about to be sent to babylon and to exile.
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He was talking to the jews
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And he was instructing them how
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To handle their surroundings, what to do for the city
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And the nation to where they're going to be sent.
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And notice jeremiah 29 verse seven, god said,
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Seek the welfare of the city where i've sent you into exile
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And pray to the lord on its behalf
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For in its welfare you will have welfare.
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Christians again are confused about this.
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They think they're supposed
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To isolate themselves from the culture,
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Stay in their holy huddle
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And hope nothing bad happens to them.
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No, he said, be involved in the welfare of the city.
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Seek the peace of the city.
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It also means prosperity.
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Seek the prosperity of the city for in its welfare,
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In its peace, in its prosperity, you will have peace.
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We're to be concerned about the world into which we're sent,
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The nation in which we live.
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And of course the best way we seek welfare for those
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Around us is to lead them to faith in christ.
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And that ought to be our prayer for them.
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Remember 2 chronicles 7:14, if my people who are called
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By my name will humble themselves and pray
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And seek my face
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And turn from their wicked ways,
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Then i will hear from heaven.
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I will forgive their sin and i will heal their land.
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John adams said it this way, the american union will last
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As long as god pleases.
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It is the duty of every american citizen
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To exert his utmost abilities
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And endeavors to preserve the country as long as possible.
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And to pray.
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Seek the welfare of the city.
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Pray, take a stand, cast a vote, say a prayer.
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And number four, the most important thing we can do
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Is share the gospel.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the only way we're going
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To change america is by changing the hearts
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Of americans.
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And no political party can do that.
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The democrat party
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And the republican party are corrupt
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And spiritually bankrupt.
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They have no answers for our country.
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Only the church of jesus christ has the answer.
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And if we want to see god's blessing on this country,
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We must do everything we can to share the gospel with
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As many people and as quickly as possible.
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And that's the mission of first baptist church dallas,
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Transforming the world with god's word, one life at a time.
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And you know we're seeing that happen every day
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Of every week.
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We hear from people around the world in our country
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And around the world who are coming to faith in christ,
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Who are rededicating their lives to christ
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Because of the word they've heard preached from this pulpit.
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I was getting a hamburger friday
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And i was on the way out of the restaurant.
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A man stopped me.
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He said, could i take a selfie with you?
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I said, i can't imagine why i'd want to.
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But i said yes.
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He explained about himself.
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He said he was from romania.
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And he said he has friends in romania
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That talk about our church
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And pathway to victory and our message.
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And he said it would be such an encouragement for them
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To see this picture.
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We hear that all the time.
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The best investment you can make
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And the investment you are making is in this church
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That has the power through god's word
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To transform the world.
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So thank you for doing that.
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You know,
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(audience applauding)
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When i was a little boy growing up in this church,
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I remember we had a week long revival
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At southern methodist university on the smu campus
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Mcfarland auditorium.
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It was an evangelistic outreach.
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And our guest preacher for the week was a man
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Named dr. angel martinez.
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He was known for having memorized all of the new testament,
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But he was a powerful preacher.
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And i remember those meetings,
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But what i remember even more than the meetings
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Were the weeks of spiritual preparation
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Our church went through
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To prepare for that great evangelistic effort.
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And during that time, we learned a little chorus
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We sang in every worship service.
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It came from the old testament book of habakkuk.
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I bet some of you know the chorus.
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It went like this.
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♪ lord, send a revival ♪
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♪ lord, send a revival ♪
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♪ and let it begin with me ♪
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Sing it with me.
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♪ lord, send a revival ♪
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♪ lord, send a revival ♪
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♪ lord, send a revival ♪
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♪ and let it begin with me ♪
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Back in 1976 when our country was celebrating
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Its bicentennial, our 200th birthday, i look back to see
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What was preached here from our church
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During the bicentennial.
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And dr. criswell, our former pastor,
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Preached a message entitled,
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Turning america back to god.
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And this is how he closed the sermon.
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I am part of a nation, maybe a small part,
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But i am part of the nation
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And the nation cannot repent until i repent.
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The nation cannot believe,
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Unless i believe.
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The nation cannot be baptized, unless i am baptized,
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The nation cannot turn to god, unless i turn to god.
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The nation cannot be saved, unless i am saved.
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The devotion and the fire
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And the flame must start with me.
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Lord, send a revival
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And let it begin with me.
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That's the prayer, that's the hope of every christian
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Who loves god and loves america.
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Let's bow together in prayer.
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If america is going to be more moral,
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Then i must be more moral.
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If america is going to be kinder, then i need to be kinder.
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If america is going to be saved, then i need to be saved.
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Do you know with the absolute certain
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That your name is written
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In that lamb's book of life right now?
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The most important issue
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Is not political.
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It is a spiritual issue.
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Do you know your sins have been forgiven?
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If you want that assurance, you must accept god's free gift
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Of salvation now.
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And i believe that's why god has you here
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Or watching this worship service so you can receive
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That gift of forgiveness.
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Would you pray this prayer with me?
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Dear god, thank you for loving me.
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I know i have failed you in so many ways
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And i'm truly sorry for the sins in my life,
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But i believe what i've heard today,
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That you love me so much.
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You sent your son jesus to die on the cross for me
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To take the penalty of sin that i deserve.
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And right now i'm trusting in what jesus did for me.
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Not in my good works,
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But in what jesus did for me to save me from my sins.
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Thank you for forgiving me
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And help me to live the rest of my life for you.
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In jesus' name, amen.
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(bright music)
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Lord, send a revival and let it begin with me.
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I hope that becomes your prayer as well
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As you seek god's blessings on this great nation.
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And one practical step you can take today is
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To become a pathway to victory partner
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To help us get god's word to as many people as possible
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As soon as possible.
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The in god we trust matching challenge ends july 5th.
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That means that every gift you give between now
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And then will be matched dollar for dollar.
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Until we reach our $1.5 million goal.
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As america celebrates 250 years,
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Your generosity doubled in impact
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Will help us proclaim the only message
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That can truly transform a life, the gospel of jesus christ.
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Now please stay right there.
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I'll be back with more pathway to victory in just a moment.
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As our nation celebrates 250 years,
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Do we still remember the faith that built america?
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Dr. robert jeffress has created
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A beautiful book to make sure
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That we and our families never forget.
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The brand new 250th commemorative edition
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Of america is a christian nation is an 88 page full color
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Large print coffee table book
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Packed with inspiring stories from our nation's history,
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Breathtaking imagery of america, select portraits
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Of our founding fathers and powerful truth from god's word.
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America was founded on the principles
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Of the judeo-christian faith as revealed in the bible.
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And our future depends on returning
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To that biblical foundation.
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Request the 250th commemorative edition
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Of america is a christian nation
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When you give a generous ministry gift
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To pathway to victory,
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You'll also receive the in god we trust dvd video
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And mp3 format audio disc set
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Featuring two powerful messages from dr. jeffress
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And 12 patriotic performances
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By the first baptist dallas choir and orchestra.
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And with your ministry gift of $100 or more,
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Your gift today will be doubled in impact
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As together we pierce the darkness
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With the light of god's word.
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The same choice god placed before israel,
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Blessing or cursing, is the choice america faces today.
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And as our nation stands at this historic crossroads,
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I pray we choose to walk in god's blessing.
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Well, i hope you'll join us next time
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For a very special broadcast.
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The in god we trust freedom sunday,
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We'll celebrate america's 250th anniversary
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With patriotic music and teaching from god's word.
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Don't miss this special edition of pathway to victory.
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Set your dvr and join us next time
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For a special message,
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In god we trust,
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Right here on pathway to victory.
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(bright music)
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Robert Jeffress - Can We Survive Another 250 Years (Part 2)

June 28, 2026 | 27:29

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