Amen. All right. Well, thank you all for coming. It's great to be here this morning. Thank you,
Pastor Anderson, for the great opportunity of coming here. I always love visiting Faithful Word
and just Arizona in general. I love the great American West. So yesterday I hit all the hikes,
did all the things, only got mildly sunburned. So that was a great success for the day.
But I'm very happy to be with you all this morning. And we are here in Titus chapter number one,
and we're going to start reading in verse nine, which is of course the verse text of Faithful Word
Baptist Church. Right here the Bible says, "Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught,
that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers." And of
course to remind you a little bit of the context of this chapter is the apostle Paul has left Titus
in Crete and he's given them this charge to ordain elders in every city. So there's all these
congregations throughout Crete and Paul wants Titus to ordain these pastors to take care of
these churches and he kind of lists out the qualifications of a bishop. He starts by talking
about that he needs to hold fast the faithful word so that we could by sound doctrine exhort
and convince the gainsayers. So of course it's implying that there's always a spiritual battle
that's going on. Did I already lose this thing? I can see why Brothers and Girls kept losing this
lately. Probably gonna happen a lot. We'll keep it going. So look at verse number 10. It kind of
gives the reason why it says, "For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially
they of the circumcision." So Paul's saying, "Hey, there's lots of false prophets that are out there,
these unruly and vain talkers." But he kind of gives a special shout out to the Jews. He's saying,
"Well, especially those of the circumcision." There's lots of those guys going around. Then
he says in verse 11, "Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which
they ought not for filthy lucres' sake." So he's saying, "Hey, the pastor needs to be preaching
against these individuals because these false prophets are subverting whole houses." What does
that mean? They're causing damage to people. They're harming people spiritually. So we have to,
by preaching, shut their mouths, if you will, by preaching the truth and preaching against them.
Then it says in verse 12, it says, "One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said,
'The Cretians are all-way liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.'" Now, this verse has kind of a
controversial interpretation amongst Christianity. The traditional view of this verse, I believe,
is wrong. And I even talked to Pastor Anderson about it. He agrees with my interpretation on
this verse. But basically, the mainstream view of this verse is when it says, "One of themselves,
even a prophet of their own, said the Cretians are all-way liars, evil beasts, slow bellies."
The traditional view is that this is a Cretian prophet or a Cretian poet saying this quote,
basically, that the Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. But if you look at
the context of what we've been reading so far, what has Paul been talking about? The false prophets,
right? He's been talking about false prophets, false prophets, especially those of the
circumcision. So I interpret this to say one of themselves, meaning one of the false prophets that
we were just talking about, because that's how pronouns work. They have to have an antecedent.
The only antecedent so far is the false prophets or those of the circumcision. So one of themselves,
even a prophet of their own, said the Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
So what I think Paul is doing is he's quoting something that one of these false prophets said,
right? So we don't want to use this statement and say like, "Oh, this statement is right.
This statement is good." No, he's simply quoting what one of the false prophets said as an example
of how these false prophets are subverting whole houses, how they're teaching things that are
harming people. But, you know, surprisingly, all the church fathers, which we don't care what the
church fathers think. Amen. Now, sometimes it's interesting just to see what people believed in
history, but we're not basing our doctrine off their opinion. But here's the church fathers. So,
Clement, Jerome, and Chrysostom. Also, everyone knows Matthew Henry. He's got the Matthew Henry
Commentator Bible. They all interpret that one of themselves to be talking about this Cretan poet
named Epimendes. And, you know, I say that all those church fathers are wrong because it would
make this whole chapter make no sense. You know, he's like, "Hey, watch out for these false prophets.
They're teaching dangerous things. They're subverting whole houses." By the way, here's
a quote of one of the things that they said and it's good. It's actually right. No, that makes no
sense because look at the next verse. It says this, "This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them
sharply that they may be sound in the faith." So some people will say, "See, Paul is endorsing
this quote. Paul is saying that this is a good quote." No, Paul is simply establishing the
authenticity of the quote. He's not agreeing with the quote of one of these false prophets,
because this is a very similar attitude that many of the Hasidic Jews have to this very day. Like,
"Oh, the Gentiles are all dogs. Oh, the Gentiles are all swine." And they kind of make this
generalization about a whole group of people and just preach that as doctrine, right? So Paul is
sitting here saying, "Yes, this is true in the sense of this statement was made, but Paul is not
agreeing with this statement because he says, 'Wherefore rebuke them sharply that they may be
sound in the faith.'" He's saying, "Rebuke these false prophets for this wrong attitude so that
other people will be sound in the faith." Now, the reason why I bring up this portion of Scripture
and talk about this idea is because it seems to me that this idea of racism or just preaching as
doctrine that a certain group of people just are a certain way is actually making a resurgence today
in America, and we need to make sure we have a biblical view on these things. But look at the
next verse, it says, "Notice not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men that turn
from the truth." So again, this further goes to prove that my interpretation is correct because
he's saying that quote I just read for you is a Jewish fable that's turning from the truth.
Now, like I said, this attitude that this one of themselves, this prophet of their own,
this attitude that this person has is kind of resurgent today in America.
And I even did a post on X recently where I did a poll and I just said, "Does race matter?" That
was the question. Does race matter? Now, here were the results. 56.8% of people who answered said,
"Yes." So more than half of the people when asked, "Does race matter?" said, "Yes." And this is
something that is making a resurgence today. Only 43.2% said, "No." All I did is I simply posted that
question with a Bible verse and I had all these people commenting, "You're a Marxist. You're a
communist. You hate white people." Just like, "Have you ever looked at me before?" Like, I just think
about going outside and I get sunburned. I put on sunscreen like five times yesterday going hiking.
Okay, look, I'm white and I'm not ashamed of being white, but I'm also not proud of being white
either. There's nothing wrong with being white and I shouldn't glory in being white either.
Why? Because race doesn't matter, folks. Race is completely superficial and does not matter,
and it's just this increase and bolstering of carnality that's rising in our country that is
bringing people back to this idea of racism. It's insane. And so the title of my sermon this morning
is simply this, "Race and Religion." Race and religion. Because, you know, over the last 10
years there's been a lot of brainwashing to call things racist that aren't racist and try to make
every white person seem like they are racist. And you got critical race theory being taught in school
where kids are being told you're just inherently racist. You've just victimized people by your
existence. And, you know, back in 2020 we had Black Lives Matter where we watched a group of people
burn cities to the ground and loot things and steal things and commit acts of violence. And
then we were told, "Oh, we're racist. They're doing this because they're being oppressed."
Right? So there's all this just insanity that's being pushed down people's throats for the last
decade or even more. And what happens is people are constantly being told you're racist, you're
racist. And for a while people resist that and they're like, "No, I'm not." But sometimes people
all of a sudden let the pendulum swing way too far the other direction where they just embrace it.
And there's like, "Yep, I'm a racist. Yep, Adolf Hitler was wonderful." Right? Yeah,
Nazis were great. Like, if you spend any time on X, you know, if you're of my generation, Gen Z,
you know what I'm saying is true right now? Like, Adolf Hitler is making a comeback. I'm not kidding.
Like, you're laughing. You think I'm joking? No, I am dead serious. There are tons and tons of people
who think Adolf Hitler was good. Nazis are cool. Racism is good. You know, we need to make sure
that we have a biblical perspective on these things. And just like, you know, there's Trump
derangement syndrome. There's Pastor Anderson derangement syndrome. It seems like there's
kind of Jew derangement syndrome too, where it's like, we recognize that the Jews are wicked,
that their religion is evil, that they're the synagogue of Satan. But then some simple-minded
people just say like, "Well, anything that Jews say is good must be bad, and anything that they
say is bad must be good." They just take like this simple-minded view. Like we've been told,
"Oh, Adolf Hitler was bad, therefore he was saved. He was a good Christian." You know,
I saw Pastor Shelley had an x-spaces where all these people were calling saying, "Adolf Hitler
did nothing wrong. Adolf Hitler was great." And it's just like, you have a simple-minded view.
You have like, Jew derangement syndrome right now. You know, I saw Pastor Anderson, he posted
this x-post where it said like, "Oh, you know, Trump's cabinet is planning on cutting taxes."
Praise the Lord, right? That's great. And Pastor Anderson was saying like, "Yeah, this is good."
And someone commented, "Well, there's Jews in his cabinet, so that must mean it's bad."
It's like, bro, if a Jew says ice cream tastes good, I'm not going to start disagreeing with
that statement. Okay? We need to use our brains a little bit, and more importantly, our Bibles,
and actually base what we believe on what the Bible says. Go to Acts chapter 17,
Acts chapter number 17. So we want to have a biblical view on race and religion. Number
one this morning, race is not a biblical concept. It is a man-made idea that is not taught in the
Word of God. Look at Acts chapter number 17 verse 24. The Bible says, "God that made the world and
all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth dwelleth not in temples made with
hands. Neither is worshiped with men's hands as though he needed anything, seeing he giveth to all
life and breath and all things." Notice verse 26, "And hath made of one blood all nations of men
for to dwell on the face of the earth and hath determined the times before appointed and their
bounds and the bounds of their habitation." So notice of all the nations of the earth,
God has made us all of one blood. There is no such thing, biblically speaking, as multiple races.
There is simply the human race. Now, of course, we're not going to deny that there are different
superficial characteristics in different parts of the world with different peoples. And hey,
that's fine. There's nothing wrong with that. But when it comes to intrinsically who we are
as human beings, God has given us the same nature. God has given us the same sin nature, that is.
God's given us the same blood. And there's no difference between us. We all have that common
ancestor of Adam and Eve, or even more specifically, Noah, if you will. So we have been made all of one
blood. But I want to read for you a quote from Adolf Hitler, who seems to be making such a weird
resurgence in our culture. And, you know, I read his manifesto Mein Kampf several years ago, and it
sucks people in because he does make some true statements. You know, usually the devil deceives
you by mixing in some truth and some lies. But if you actually read Mein Kampf, and if you've ever
read the Bible, you'll realize that is extremely an anti-Christian book, that Adolf Hitler had an
anti-Christ mentality, that Nazism is not compatible with biblical Christianity whatsoever. So this is
one of his quotes. He said, he said, "German Austria," maybe I could have Anslem or Moses
come read this. No, I'm just kidding. He said, "German Austria must be restored to the great
German motherland, and not indeed on any grounds of economic calculation whatsoever. No, no, even
if the Union were a matter of economic indifference, and even if it were to be disadvantageous
from the economic standpoint, still it ought to take place." So he's saying, "I want to reunite
Germany and Austria." And he's saying, "I don't care if it doesn't make a difference economically
on our country. I don't care if it's even at the detriment of our country's economic development."
He's saying, "I want to reunite these countries." The question is, why? Well, this is what he says
next. He says, "People of the same blood should be in the same Reich." So again, his focus is
on that superficial characteristic of race. And in his mind, he thinks that there's a different
blood from the black person and the white person and the Jew and the barbarian. Whatever race you
want to say, in his mind, he's got to reunite Germany and Austria simply by merit of blood,
right? Then he says this, "The German people will have no right to engage in a colonial policy
until they shall have brought all their children together in the one state. When the territory of
the Reich embraces all the Germans and finds itself unable to assure them a livelihood,
only then can the moral right arise from the need of the people to acquire foreign territory."
So his main driving factor is he wants to have this unified nation of Aryans, right? Of just white
people. He wants to make sure that the Germans and the Austrians that they're have that blood
uniting them. You know, this is why he had this moniker that was repeated all over Nazi Germany
is like, "Ein Blut, ein Sprache, ein Fuhr." Right? One blood, one language, one Fuhr.
And look, one language, that's no problem with that. We should have a language in our country,
right? One leader, you could even debate issues like that. But you know, one blood,
guess what? All nations already have one blood because God has already made of all the nations
of the earth of one blood. So it doesn't matter if our church or if our nation is filled with
people from all over the world with all sorts of different skin colors. We already have a nation
of one blood because there's only one blood, folks. It's just an idiotic mentality here of saying
like, oh, the white person's blood, the black person's blood. No, we already have the same
blood. We have the same creator, Jesus Christ. He said this, the plow is then the sword and the
tears of war will produce the daily bread for the generations to come. So notice his mentality was,
look, I got to unite Germany and Austria under one racial state. And even if we can't provide for
them, even if, you know, they're hungry, only then will the moral right arise to go and grab other
lands. He constantly talks about in Mein Kampf, Lebensraum, which just means living space, right?
So, you know, I've read this book and I had people come up to me and be like, you know,
we're lied to about so many things. You know, is it really true that Hitler was bad?
Was he actually racist? Did he actually instigate World War II? It's like, yes, folks, just because
some conspiracies are real does not mean that every stupid TikTok video that you see on the
internet is true. And this is just the unbelievable stupidity of our culture today. It's like people
don't read books. People don't read the Bible. They watch a 60 second TikTok clip of one of Adolf
Hitler's speeches and be like, wow, he said something true there. Hitler must be great.
Oh, Nazi Germany must be awesome. Right. Or they'll see some stupid video and be like,
oh, the earth must be flat. I saw it on TikTok. It's like, no. Okay. The simple believe in every
word. We need to make sure that we're actually checking these things, doing the research,
reading what the Bible says. Yes. Hitler was a wicked person. Yes. Hitler actually was a racist.
Like definition of racist put his face in the dictionary. He absolutely was a racist folks.
Go to Genesis chapter number one, Genesis chapter number one, Genesis one verse 27,
very well known verse. Bible says, so God created man in his own image in the image of God created
he him male and female created he them, right? So God has made man in his own image. It doesn't
say that he made the white man in his own image or that he made black people in his own image
only and not other people. No, he just made man in his own image. And we today are the descendants
of Adam and Eve. We all have the exact same common ancestor. So race is not a biblical concept. Go
to first John chapter two. Here's another thing that Adolf Hitler said in Mein Kampf. He said this,
the anti-Semitism of the Christian socialists was based on religious instead of racial principles.
The reason for this mistake gave rise to the second error also. So catch what he's saying
there. He's criticizing Christians or Christian socialists, whatever he's describing there.
He's criticizing Christians for being anti-Semitic or against Jews based on a religious principle
rather than a racial principle. So he actually thinks it's crazy and he makes fun of Christians
in Mein Kampf for being against Jews because of Judaism. He's not focused on the religion of
Judaism because Adolf Hitler doesn't care about religion. He cares about race and he thinks it's
crazy and silly and laughable for Christians to be against Jews because of their religion
because he's against them because of their blood, because of their racial whatever makeup. Look at
1st John chapter 2 the Bible says in verse 22, "Who is a liar but denieth that Jesus is the Christ?
He is anti-Christ that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son the same have not
the Father. He that acknowledgeeth the Son hath the Father also." Hey, guess what? Yeah, the problem
I have with the Jews today is not their race. It's their religion. He's exactly right. He
rightly perceived that Christians, we don't have anything against Jews because of their race,
because there's only one race, idiot. It's the human race. But yeah, we are against Jews because
of their religion. Why? Because they deny that Jesus is the Christ and that is an anti-Christ
religion. Look, we don't have problem and I hope you in this room, I hope that no one in here thinks
that we preach Jews are bad because of their blood, because of they have certain racial
tenets. Like that's ridiculous. That's not what we believe. That's not what I've ever heard any
new IFB preacher preach. But again, it just kind of seems like this idea is creeping in amongst
especially the young people that Hitler's cool, Nazism's cool. But look, no, the Bible's cool,
first of all. And the reason I'm against Jews is because of their religion, not because of their
race. Go to Romans chapter two. And you know, if, if you claim to be a Christian and claim to believe
the Bible, you know, what a silly, what a silly idea just to be against Jews in general, because
I have a new slash for you. We are Jews. I am a Jew today. Look at Romans chapter two, verse 28.
The Bible says for he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly. Neither is that circumcision, which is
outward in the flesh. So notice the people that you would just look at outwardly and be like,
oh, that's a Jew. Oh, you've got the curly hair. Oh, he's, you know, he's bowing at the wall. Oh,
he's got, you know, the factory, whatever's going on, the circumcision. That's not even a Jew.
Here's what a real Jew is. Verse 29. But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly. And circumcision is
that of the heart in the spirit and not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.
I stand before you today, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, white person that I'm sure Germans
would have accepted in World War II. And I tell you, I am a Jew. I am a spiritual Jew because I
believe in Jesus Christ. I'm the real Jews. The people who are hourly Jews in the flesh,
those people are imposters. They are not real Jews. Hitler said this. He said, "It was obvious,
however, that this kind of anti-Semitism did not upset the Jews very much, simply because it had a
purely religious foundation." So notice, he's pointing out Christians are against Jews from a
purely religious foundation. Amen. You're exactly right. That is exactly correct.
"If the worst came to worst, a few drops of baptismal water would settle the matter.
Hereupon, the Jew could still carry on his business safely and at the same time retain
his Jewish nationality. On such superficial grounds, it was impossible to tell with the
whole problem in an earnest and rational way." So notice, he's saying, "Christians think
that Jews could just have a couple drops of water sprinkled on them and that we're going
to be good to go." You know, first of all, his Catholic roots are definitely showing
here. As Adolf Hitler grew up Catholic, you know, us as real Christians, we reject the
idea of sprinkling as baptism because baptism means to fully immerse. John the Baptist,
he was baptizing where? Where there was much water, right? And every time you see a baptism
in the Bible, they go down into the water, they come up out of the water. But even just
in his warped mind, if we just implement something else here, let's say, "Oh, a Jew gets saved,"
and we say, "Yeah, it's all good." Yeah, if a Jew got saved, he'd be good to go. Yeah,
we would accept someone who has a Jewish upbringing but then repents of their false religion,
embraces Christianity, accepts Christ. Yeah, we would accept that person because religion
is actually what matters, not race. And notice the hypocrisy of Adolf Hitler. He says, "Oh,
on such superficial grounds." So religion is what's superficial? Religion is superficial
to Adolf Hitler. Religion is what's superficial to the Nazis. No, no, no, race is what's
superficial, my friend. Your outward characteristics, the color of your skin, these are actually
the true superficial characteristics. Let me tell you what really matters is religion.
And let me tell you something, Nazism, the worship of Adolf Hitler, hey, it's really
cool if you're a super carnal person. If you are super, super carnal, then yeah, wow, it's
going to be so cool because all it is is a worship of self. Let me just explain to you
what the philosophy of Nazism is. It is the worship of humanity, specifically of white
humanity. It is the worship of self as the Aryan man and the Aryan woman is just the epitome of
good of humanity and it needs to lead the way in the world. Look, that is extremely carnal.
That is the superficial mindset. The real mindset that matters is that religion is important,
not race. You're there in Romans two, right? Have you go to Romans two? Okay, before we go there,
I want to read for you Romans eight five. The Bible says for they that are after the flesh,
do mind the things of the flesh, but they that are after the spirit, the things of the spirit.
You want to know why racism is kind of having a resurgence today in America is because people
are extremely carnal. That's why. And that's why if you notice, if you go on X and you see
these pages that are promoting racism, like true racism, Nazism, worship of hate of Hitler,
you know what I've noticed is it's often coming from Catholics. It's often coming from Catholic
run accounts. Why? Because they're not saved. They're extremely carnal. And so the carnality
of Nazism, I'm sorry, is attractive to the unsaved mind. So number one, race is not a
biblical concept. Number two, God is not a respecter of persons. Romans two, verse five,
the Bible says, "But after thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurous up unto thyself
wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render
to every man according to his deeds, to them who by patient continuance in well-doing seek
for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life, but unto them that are contentious and
do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish
upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first and also of the Gentile. But glory,
honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first and also to the Gentile.
Notice verse 11, "For there is no respect of persons with God." You are not just born into
this world and God looks down with some sort of extra favor or care or love for you simply
because you're born into this world as a white person. Or, on the flip side, you're just born
into this world as a black person. It's not like God cares either way. These are superficial
characteristics about us. God's not a respecter of persons. He's like, "Hey, to those who are
having faith and doing good, God's going to bless those people, whether it's a Jew or a gentile."
Right? And if you're just have an impenitent heart and you're just rebellious and you're wicked,
well, God's going to recompense to you tribulation and wrath and anguish upon every soul that does
evil to the Jew first and also to the gentile. You know, things are on a level playing field
spiritually. And so what really matters is getting saved. What really matters is living in a community
of people who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. And beyond that, what really matters is being
around people who have chosen to go beyond just getting saved and want to serve God with their
lives, want to follow His commandments. And you know, living in any part of the world, any nation
could be great at any time if it just decides to believe in Jesus and do His commandments.
And when you see differences between people groups or colors in this world, what you have to realize
is that it's not that God has just arbitrarily shown favor to one nation and shown wrath and
anguish and judgment to another nation. No, it's a response of the people's hearts, how they
responded to the truth, how they responded to Christianity. And you know, perfect example of
this is you look at areas of the United States, where we would see statistics of black community,
where they have a very high violent rate, violent crime rate. And people sometimes get the idea,
oh, you know, black people are just inherently racist, or I'm sorry, inherently violent. No,
that's that's ridiculous. Your skin color doesn't just make you do things. Your blood type, if you
will, doesn't just make you do things. Because why is it when we go to the Bahamas, it's an entirely
black nation and they're all reading the King James Bible. They're all super receptive, not just a
crazy amount of crime going on around there. Men have their pants pulled up with a belt on. You
don't hear a bunch of stupid rap music going on. Why? Because their skin color has nothing to do
with it. What matters is the culture. God didn't just say like the Bahamas is going to be great
and South Chicago is going to be wicked. No, God's not a respecter of persons. That's not how it
works. It's a response to how people respond. Go to John chapter number eight, John chapter number
eight. Now the biggest racists of this world are truly the Zionists and the Jews themselves because
they think that just by their racial identity as descending from Abraham that they have some extra
favor with God. You know, they think that God is a respecter of persons and that if someone is
a descendant of Abraham that they're just automatically God's chosen people, that God's
going to have favor with them. But look at what the Bible says in John 8 verse 33, "They," that's the
Jews, "answered him," Jesus, "We be Abraham's seed and we're never in bondage to any man. How sayest
thou? Ye shall be made free." Jesus answered them, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, whosoever commiteth
sin is the servant of sin, and the servant abideth not in the house forever, but the son abideth
forever. If the son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." And notice verse 37,
"I know that ye are Abraham's seed, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you."
So notice Jesus even acknowledges their carnal ancestry. He's saying, "I agree, I assent,
I will agree to this, that you are of Abraham's seed." But does that make them accepted with God?
Does that make them special? Does Jesus have favor to them? Notice because he says,
"But ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you." So even though they were of the
seed of Abraham, God was angry with these people. Why? Because of their actions. Because of their
unbelief in the Messiah. They rejected the Messiah, and they actually wanted to kill Jesus Christ.
So them being of the seed of Abraham, racially speaking, doesn't help them get any favor with
God. They were of the seed of Abraham, but God was still extremely angry with them. And he goes on
to say in verse 38, "I speak that which I have seen with my father, and ye do that which ye have
seen with your father." They answered and said unto him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus saith unto
them, "If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me,
a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God, this did not Abraham. Ye do the deeds
of your father." Then said they to him, "We be not born of fornication. We have one father, even God."
Jesus said unto them, "If God were your father, ye would love me. For I proceeded forth and came
from God. Neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Why do you not understand my speech?
Even because he cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lust of your father
ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no
truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it."
Hey, it sounds like Jesus cares about religion, not race. Sounds like Jesus cares about who you're
serving, who you're worshiping, not from where you come from. Right? Because they're showing,
"Oh man, we're of Abraham's seed. We're God's special chosen little people because we came out
of Abraham's loins." And he's like, "Oh, I know you did, but you're worshiping Satan. You're actually
of your father, the devil. Hey, I actually came from God. I'm speaking the words of God to you.
And what do you want to do? You want to kill me. You want to reject me." He said, "So you're of
your father, the devil." You know, Adolf Hitler's view would not have jibed with Jesus' view here,
right? Because Adolf Hitler's saying, "Oh man, religion, what a superficial thing. What a
superficial thing to dislike someone over their religion." Meanwhile, Jesus is saying like, "Hey,
I recognize that you're of the race, if you will, the descendants of Abraham, yet you're wicked as
hell. Yet you're of your father, the devil, because you denied that Jesus is the Christ."
So religion is what matters. Go to James chapter 2, James chapter number 2. And you know, we don't
even just see this only with white people and these weird Nazis and Hitler lovers. Like,
this mentality exists all throughout the world. Like, there are truly racist people all throughout
the world and that is not going away anytime soon. You know, here's a racist group, the Black Hebrew
Israelites. Who's ever dealt with these people out-soul-winning? They are extremely racist.
And I will tell you a story. When I was working for Steadfast Baptist Church, there's a couple
really big Black Hebrew Israelite churches in the DFW area and I actually called one and asked if I
could just visit. And long story short, they told me no. They told me I have to have some sort of
Black ancestry in my lineage to be able to go. And I'm like, "Well, I don't know. I haven't tracked
that. I haven't taken a DNA test. What if I do?" Like, you know, 5,000 years ago. Who knows? What
if I do? And they're like, "Well, you will know. You'll know." I'm just like, "How do you know?
You'll know if you're black. You'll know. Okay." So they just said, "No, I can't go." Could you
imagine today someone calls, you know, Anchor Baptist Church, "Hey, I'm black. Can I come visit?"
We're just like, "No. You know, you have to be white to attend." That's insane. That's absolutely
nuts. That's such a carnal mind to make the identity of your church the color of your skin.
It's ridiculous. Our identity should be in Christ, in His Word, in the King James Bible,
in soul winning, in hard preaching. That's our identity. Why? Because God's not a respecter
of persons. Look at James 2 verse 1, "My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold
ring and goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment, and you have respect
to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place,
and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool. Are ye not then
partial in yourselves, and have become judges of evil thoughts? You know, imagine just someone comes
to church and you don't know anything about them, you haven't asked them about their salvation,
all you've done is you've laid eyes on some superficial exterior characteristic about
that person, whether they're dressed in really nice clothes and they look rich and well-to-do,
or if they're dressed in kind of ragged clothes and they look poor to you and immediately you just
treat the other one great, you just roll out the red carpet for the rich guy, you bring them in,
you let them sit in a nice place and then someone else just because they're poor, just oh sit way
back there, you know no one cares about you, we're not going to talk to you, we're not going to be
friendly to you, you know that'd be a wicked attitude to have. You know it's the same exact
thing with skin color and you know we had in our country for a long time segregation, whereas
literally like, "Oh, you're black?" Just immediately different business, different water fountain,
different bathroom, different church. I mean that is wicked. That is being a respecter of persons.
Verse 5 says, "Hark, and my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world,
rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? But you
have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you and draw you before the judgment seats? Do
they not blaspheme that worthy name by which you are called? If you fulfill the royal law according
to the scripture thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself you do well. But if you have respect of
persons notice this ye commit sin and are convinced of the law as transgressors. Look do not get sucked
into this attitude of real racism because you know what if you are a respecter of persons the Bible
says ye commit sin. Let me tell you the Nazi movement is a sinful wicked movement. Adolf Hitler
was a wicked sinful person who is burning in hell today. It is not cool to exalt him to make him
look like he's some wonderful person. No he was a wicked person with a wicked mentality. Go to
Acts chapter number 10. Acts chapter number 10. You know I'm not interested in going to a church
where we just make our identity based on what we look like. You know I'm much more interested
in having unity and camaraderie about the things of the Bible because you know I'm looking around
today at a really diverse group of people but yet there's so much unity here today. Why? Because
of what we believe. Because of the values that we share. And you know what is detrimental to a
nation is not having people of different skin colors or blood in the nation. What's detrimental
to a nation is having a whole bunch of different religions. That you know multiculturalism is bad.
Multiculturalism is bad but multiracial having different skin colors you know there's nothing
wrong with that. We need to have a country, a church, a family, a business that's unified around
the right things. You know I would rather live in a neighborhood full of black people from
the Bahamas than a neighborhood of white Jews that hate Jesus Christ. I mean just use some
common sense here today folks. Being white does not automatically make you great. Have you ever
heard of Iceland? Have you ever heard of these crazy European countries? You know how about
Germany persecuting Christians? Oh yeah Germany's so great. Germany's still pretty white today
and a lot of the government is still pretty white yet they're persecuting Christians today.
It's wicked. Acts chapter 10 verse 34 the Bible says this, "Then Peter opened his mouth and said
of a truth, 'I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth
him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.'" Notice every nation you find me today
a brown person in Afghanistan who is saved, who believes the Bible, who fears God, that person is
accepted with God. Hey you show me a white person living in suburbia USA and loves God and believes
in Christ, that person's accepted with God. You show me a black person that believes in Jesus,
that person is accepted with God. Why? Because your race doesn't matter. God's not a respecter of
persons. He cares about your belief. And you know a lot of cultures today when we look at certain
groups of people and there are certain attributes about them that are common to many, it's often as
a result of their culture of rejecting Christianity, of rejecting the teachings of the Bible,
of not being an independent fundamental Baptist church that leads to all these wicked cultures
that in turns destroys a group of people. You know like there absolutely is a big problem today
with you know inner city young black people today getting caught up in crimes, doing a bunch of
drugs, not having fathers, raise them. These are just facts that I'm saying right now and this is
not racist because I'm just acknowledging these are facts that are happening but let me tell you
what's driving it. What's driving it is people rejecting the teachings of the Bible. What's
driving it is people not getting in church. What's driving it is a bunch of black guys
going out committing fornication which the Bible says flee fornication right and guess what if we
had a group of we had just this massive group of white people and we're all just committing rampant
fornication and not raising our children you'd see the same exact issues and in some places you do
but you know you have wicked drivers of culture today like this guy how about Kanye West and you
know what's what's so insane about Kanye West is that he's a black guy who adores and loves
Adolf Hitler I mean talk about just what are you huh this makes no sense like it's bad enough and
stupid enough when blonde-haired blue-eyed white guys like Hitler I think you're cringe and weird
but it's like you got black dudes adoring Adolf Hitler and we wonder why certain parts of the
black population today are being destroyed maybe because you're you know lifting up a guy like
Kanye West and singing his music instead of singing to God be the glory you know maybe
you're spending your Sundays listening to you know his new song Heil Hitler instead of going
to church okay here's here's Kanye West's most recent song it's called Heil Hitler you ready for
this niggas see my Twitter but they don't see how I be feeling so I became a Nazi what oh pastor Oz
you're making this up there's no adoration of Hitler happening today there's not a bunch of
people liking Nazis okay here's Kanye West I mean everyone knows who he is even in an independent
fundamental baptist church everyone knows who this guy is you don't think that just millions
and millions and millions of people are listening to this music it's happening it's weird it's
cringe he says yeah B I'm the villain nigga Heil Hitler nigga Heil Hitler they don't understand the
things I say on Twitter nigga Heil Hitler they don't understand the things I say on Twitter all my
niggas nazis nigga Heil Hitler wow the folks from Germany are just shocked that I even said that
because it's probably illegal to even quote that song in Germany look you know I'm not advocating
that like all these weird freaks on x that like Hitler that we should like restrict their free
speech but what I'm saying is that they're retarded is what I'm saying what I'm saying is
that you know Kanye West I'm not for censoring this guy and shutting down his life or any of
those things but I am for warning people that this guy is a moron that this guy is wicked that
this guy is harming the black community and it's not preachers like me who just point out facts
like hey you know the black community today in inner city Chicago has an issue with fatherlessness
oh crazy no that's a fact guys that is a fact but you know what's causing harm to the black
community is rap music this absolute trash I mean what a joke we have a whole philosophy
based on idolizing white blonde blue-eyed people and we got a bunch of black people
going around saying all my niggas nazis heil hitler it's like what is going on this is
absolutely insane folks we need to reject this mentality go to Jeremiah chapter number nine
Jeremiah chapter nine so you know God's not a respecter of persons number three pride in
one's skin color is foolish I'll start speeding it up a little bit Jeremiah verse nine or chapter
nine verse 23 the Bible says thus saith the Lord let not the wise man glory in his wisdom
neither let the mighty man glory in his might let not the rich man glory in his riches now the Bible
has to tell you not to glory in these things because this is kind of natural for man's natural
sinful tendencies to want to glory in things like wisdom right because to become wise you have to
put in effort you have to seek wisdom you have to read and so you could see just from our own human
fallen nature how man would want to be prideful about being wise right or about having riches
people who get riches they usually have to put in a ton of work they build businesses and they want
to be prideful of those things might you know it takes a lot of effort to be strong you know putting
in the time working putting in the time in the gym these things it's kind of like okay from like
from just a purely human perspective i can understand why people get prideful about these
things it's not right we need to remind people not to be prideful about these things which is why the
bible's saying this but you could at least understand this right but verse 24 says but
let him that glorieth glory in this that he understandeth and knoweth me that i am the lord
which exercise loving kindness judgment and righteousness in the earth for in these things
i delight saith the lord so hey don't be prideful about being wise even if you've put in a ton of
time getting wise don't be prideful about being rich even if you've worked your tail off building
a business and gaining all this money hey don't be prideful about being strong even if you put in
a ton of work to get strong in the gym why because if you're in a glory in anything why don't you
glory in the fact that you know jesus christ why because that should be your identity why don't
you glory in the fact that you are a saved child of god okay now imagine how much more stupid it
would be if we can't glory in strength and wisdom and riches imagine being prideful about the color
you were born what did you do for that absolutely nothing see god's saying even if you put in the
time and the effort to get wise and strong and rich you still shouldn't boast about it you still
shouldn't be prideful about it you should sit here and say you know what i glory in the fact
that i'm a child of god and that i know god okay now it's like oh i was born white aren't i so cool
hey let's you know have a little nazi worship party because i'm white no that's retarded folks
that's gross that's unchristian behavior flip the page to jeremiah 13 jeremiah 13 verse 23
notice this can the ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots hey you did nothing
to be born white or black or brown or red or yellow or whatever you are you did absolutely
nothing and you can't do anything to change it unless you want to go like down michael jackson's
path but you know if changing your skin color makes you know if skin color is the difference
in this world why was michael jackson a perverted pedophile when he was black and then he was still
a perverted pedophile when he's white isn't that interesting how that works oh yeah because your
skin color doesn't matter it's your heart it's your religion go to first corinthians or i'm
sorry go to uh psalm 139 so you know being prideful about your skin color it's foolish
but also number four being ashamed of your skin color is foolish as well there's no reason that
you need to feel bad about whatever skin color you are and you know that has been so annoying
over the last few decades which i think has kind of sparked and caused a lot of this real racism
is people are getting tired of being told like you're white so you're evil you oppress people
you hate people people get sick and tired of that because it's garbage and you know you shouldn't
put up with that there's no reason to be ashamed of your skin color whether you're white or black
or brown or whatever notice what the bible says in psalm 139 verse 14 i will praise thee for i am
fearfully and wonderfully made marvelous are thy works and that my soul knoweth right well god made
you the individual that you are to be who you are and you do not need to be ashamed of that
you do not need to be ashamed about the color of your skin what nation you hail from these are
nothing these are things you can't change these are things that you did nothing to attain you were
just born into this world the color you are and the bible says that you're fearfully and wonderfully
made praise the lord for that don't be prideful about your skin color but don't be ashamed of it
either i'm not going to fall into white guilt i'm just not going to put up with it i'm not going
to believe it because i didn't own any slaves i didn't do anything i haven't been oppressing
anyone in fact i go into the black neighborhoods of okc every week of my life and get black people
saved every week of all the salvations that i've had this year one has been a white person one
the rest have all been blacks and hispanics so go ahead and just cut the crap with the accusations
of racism folks no but i'm not going to be ashamed of who i am of what i look like god made me this
way yeah i get third degree sunburns by thinking about going outside oh white privilege bro i have
to put sunscreen on my scalp what are you talking about white privilege well this girl probably
doesn't have to deal with that i say he's privileged go to first corinthians chapter number seven but
you know we want to have a balanced view on this because the bible is a balanced book the bible is
not into these crazy extremes that people claim oh the bible is so extreme no the bible is very
balanced right so number five i want to say this having preferences is not sinful having preferences
is not sinful look at first corinthians 7 verse 39 the wife is bound by the law as long as her
husband liveth but if her husband be dead she is at liberty to be married to whom she will you see
that right there only in the lord hey you get to get married to whoever you want and you shouldn't
listen to people that you know talk down on whatever your preferences are you know if you're
a white person and you know you're a young single new ifb guy i could probably guess your preference
right now it's probably asian girls from the philippines right hey if that's your preference
praise god that's fine if you're a white guy and you say my preference is european white girls
that's totally fine that doesn't make you a reference or a racist the bible says that you
get to get married to whoever you will only in the lord hey if you're a black guy you like white
girls you're a white guy you like black girls hey whatever you want as long as your spouse is saved
you get to make that decision and you should not allow people to look down on you or call you a
racist or say you're a terrible person for having whatever preferences you want to the bible says
you get to get married to whoever you want you're the person that's got to live with this person
for the rest of your life you should marry to some you should get married to someone you are
attracted to don't listen to the brow beating hey get married to whoever you want go to second
Corinthians chapter number six you know in the old testament we did see that marrying between other
nations was forbidden now this was not because of skin color it was because of religion this is what
we've been talking about the whole time hey don't go to all these strange and foreign women because
they're going to turn away your heart from following the lord your god doesn't say don't go to the
strange women because it's going to taint your arian blood you're going to mix the nations the
poisons of the nation you know this insane adolf hitler view no it's like hey we don't want to
mix religions right hey and in the old testament religion was very closely with your uh closely
identified with your nationality right because the people of god was the nation of israel and
people could join the nation of israel by serving and believing in the lord second carindians chapter
six verse 14 be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers for what fellowship hath righteousness
with unrighteousness in what communion hath light with darkness and what concord hath christ with
belial or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel so notice we are not supposed to be
unequally yoked together with unbelievers it does not matter what color of person you want to marry
someday if you are single you need to make sure that they're saved and you will have a way better
chance of having a successful marriage marriage being married to someone of a different skin
color who's saved then just oh i'm white got a married white chick doesn't matter if she's saved
no no salvation is the number one most important thing in looking for a spouse now thank the lord
you can still have your preferences too there's lots of safe people in this world you can get
married to whoever you will as long as it's in the lord go to exodus chapter number 22 now just
really briefly number six i want to talk about what about illegal immigration this is something
that is coming up a lot in our culture right now and when it comes to the idea and topic of racism
this topic is almost always brought up next to it and i'm not really going to give you just a ton
of information about it today i just want to give you a couple short things exodus 22 verse 21 the
bible says thou shalt neither vex a stranger nor oppress him for ye were strangers in the land of
egypt so what is the bible saying here not to vex or oppress strangers in your land and to that i
say amen we shouldn't just treat people bad take advantage of people harm people who are strangers
in our land but i've almost heard some people read this verse and act like this is just saying
like open borders is good and it's like oh having any immigration laws is wrong look there's a big
difference between not vexing someone not oppressing someone and just having wide open
immigration oh don't oppress them that means we have to give them you know millions of dollars of
hard-working american taxpayers there's a big difference between not oppressing someone
and saying the whole world could just come in no problem no stipulations no rules we'll just give
you all the money no problem folks there's a big difference between those two things
and having any type of immigration law is not inherently racist that is ridiculous no we need
to have laws in our country even new jerusalem comes down from heaven with borders my friend
there's nothing wrong with having walls or borders or rules you know i say we get rid of all the
handouts that were given to people because it just anecdotally it seems like people used to want to
come here because they wanted to get on the team they wanted to learn english they wanted to embrace
the culture they wanted to work hard and and give to this country and you know even my great-great
grandfather who came from norway i have his diary and he writes hey today is a new day for me because
today i become an american and i'm done speaking norwegian i'm leaving norway behind i'm contributing
here to the united states but you know it seems like today many subcultures of illegal immigrants
just stay in america they never learn english like go soul winning in houston like you will
run into people from all over the world that just never learn english they're here for 30 years
you know that is a problem and it's not racist to say that when you join a nation you should join
their culture you should join their language you should follow their laws you know come to america
to embrace the christianity that started this country not oh let's bring islam to america
springs you know catholicism and hinduism to america oh yeah you know the religion that
destroyed india let's just bring that into the united states no no that's ridiculous having
immigration laws is not racist but amen don't oppress them don't vex them don't treat them
poorly but there's a big difference between those two things and and again you know people
will use this verse to kind of just preach oh just no problem have all the illegals come in no big
deal but go back a few verses look at verse 18 thou shall not suffer a witch to live sounds like
there's some rules here right oh don't oppress the strangers let's bring in all the african voodoo
witches from africa uh no those people should be put to death those people should not be allowed
in our nation thou shall not suffer a witch to live okay verse 19 whosoever lieth with a beast
shall surely be put to death oh all cultures are deserving of respect all cultures are wonderful
and beautiful no no no if you come from a culture that does this you should be killed by the
government you should not be allowed into our country you know oh you come from a nation that
exalts and promotes sodomy and not coming in that should be the rule not just all wide open border
whoever wants to okay how about verse 20 he that sacrificed it unto any god save unto the lord only
he shall be utterly destroyed look the immigration in the bible was way more strict than today and
people want to use verse 21 just being like oh yeah you know legal immigration is totally fine
you know no rules no borders it's like the bible is saying in verse 20 that you weren't even allowed
to be in the nation of israel if you're going to go sacrifice to another god big difference go to
proverbs chapter 14 last point this morning and i've reiterated this a few times throughout the
sermon religion is what matters not color religion is what matters not color one of my favorite
verses in the bible is proverbs 14 verse 34 notice righteousness exalted a nation but sin is a
reproach to any people you know there is no nation today like i said that just inherently has the
curse of god just because of their skin color just because of their race no no righteousness
exalted a nation and you want to know why the united states became the greatest nation in the
world it was because it was founded on christianity and you want to know why nations like india are
absolutely disgusting countries i'm talking physically disgusting you want to know why
because it has a wicked religion oh you know people want to make all these memes look at
what africa looks like today look at the hut of these people oh isn't it it's their skin color
no no no it's rejection of biblical christianity because i could show you a bunch of very smart
very successful black people who follow what the bible says i could show you the nation of the
bahamas where the culture there is wonderful the culture there is christian you go into the public
schools there and it's just king james bible verses on the wall women wearing skirts and dresses
young men in in shirts and ties at school learning the king james bible in school man i wish we had
that culture in america you know we've been drifting far away from christianity as a nation
and we're going to reap the results of that but also at any time any nation could just decide to
be righteous could decide to follow the bible and you'll see god bless that nation and the
nations throughout history that have been the most blessed by god are not white nations black
nations brown nations it's been christian nations it's been christian communities right and obviously
you know we're not going to have a pure theocracy until jesus christ comes on the scene but you know
You know what?
Our country can get better, any country can get better if we decide to follow what the
Bible says.
Now, I just want to give you a quick little historical reminder because there's been a
lot of revisionist history, there's a lot of people that don't read, and when I say
that America was founded as a Christian nation, what I mean by that is not that every single
person was saved.
What I mean by that is that not every person in government was saved.
What I mean by that is that the people in general believed the Bible.
The people in general ascended to Christianity and wanted to follow the word of God, had
respect under the word of God, and I think a really good way to prove that is by reading
the original state constitutions of the 13 colonies, because everyone is really familiar
with the federal constitution and the federal bill of rights and the first amendment and
some people get, you know, confused of what separation and church is talking about.
You know, that phrase is not even found in the constitution or the declaration, but
people will say, "Oh, you know, our country was not founded on religion.
Our country was not founded on Christianity."
Okay, so you had the federal constitution that was established and it was established
to be purposefully general because it was applying to a large amount of people.
Then states, they had their own constitutions ratified where they got a lot more specific.
And I'm going to read for you some of those.
This is the Massachusetts state constitution in 1780 in chapter six, article one.
It says, "Any person chosen governor, lieutenant governor, counselor, senator or representative
and accepting the trust shall, before he proceed to execute the duties of his place of office,
make and subscribe the following declaration.
I, insert your name, do declare that I believe the Christian religion and have a firm persuasion
of its truth."
Did you know that this morning?
That to be the governor of the state of Massachusetts when our country was founded, you had to publicly
say that you believed in Christianity and that you were persuaded of its truth.
Our country afforded freedom of religion because it didn't want the government running a state-run
church like you have in England and in Europe, but you know what?
To serve in government and to be a representative of the people as governor of Massachusetts,
you had to be a Christian.
You could not be a Muslim.
You could not be a Hindu.
You could not be a Catholic.
You could not be an atheist.
You had to be a Christian, folks.
That is not a secular society.
Here's Delaware.
Delaware State Constitution, Article 22.
"Every person who shall be chosen a member of either house or appointed to any office
or place of trust before taking his seat or entering upon the execution of his office
shall take the following oath or affirmation.
If conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath to it, I, answer your name, will bear
true allegiance to the Delaware State, submit to its Constitution and laws, and do not act
wittingly whereby the freedom thereof may be prejudiced, and also make him subscribe
the following declaration to it.
I, your name, do profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son,
and in the Holy Ghost, one God, blessed forevermore.
And I do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by
divine inspiration.
That was in the United States of America, folks.
That was post-revolution.
That was not, oh, British colonies, no, no, that was post-revolution.
That was our country.
How did America become such a great nation?
How have we been a powerhouse for the gospel of Jesus Christ?
How have we gone out into the world and turned this world upside down for the gospel?
It's because this is what we were started like.
What a shame that we've gone so far from it.
What a shame that, you know, during the presidential election, people were considering a Hindu,
Vivek Ramaswamy, when it used, he wouldn't have been able to be governor or even a representative
in the original 13 colonies because he doesn't believe in Jesus Christ, because he didn't
believe in the inspiration of the Old and New Testaments.
This is real history I'm giving you.
Here's a few more.
New York Constitution says this, "And whereas the ministers of the gospel are by their profession
dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls and ought not to be diverted from
the great duties of their function, therefore no minister of the gospel or priest of any
denomination whatsoever shall at any time hereafter under any pretense or description
whatever be eligible to or capable of holding any civil or military office or place within
this state."
Now let me explain to you what this is saying.
This is saying that no pastor could ever serve as a representative, governor, or a military
office.
And you say, "Well, that seems kind of anti-Christian."
No, did you hear what it said?
It said their duties and their responsibilities as ministers are way more important than anything
else.
So they're barred from that.
They need to keep being pastors.
They need to keep feeding the flock.
They need to keep preaching the gospel.
Now other Christians could fill in.
Other Christians could go be a governor.
Other Christians could go be a representative.
But not pastors.
Why?
Because of the immense respect that our country had for the office of a bishop.
Because of the immense respect that our country had for the word of God.
Isn't that amazing?
Here's a couple more.
Pennsylvania Constitution, Section 10.
And each member before he takes his seat shall make and subscribe the following declaration.
I do believe in one God, the creator and governor of the universe, the rewarder of the good
and the punisher of the wicked.
And I do acknowledge the scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine
inspiration.
And no further or other religious test shall ever hereafter be required of any civil officer
or magistrate in this state.
So notice, we're not going to ask you, are you a Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, non-denominational?
We're not going to ask you that.
But we do need you to say that you believe that the Old and New Testaments are divinely
inspired by God to serve in government.
North Carolina, last one.
That no person who shall deny the being of God or the truth of the Protestant religion,
which many people understand Protestant just means non-Catholic.
No person who shall deny the being of God or the truth of the Protestant religion or
the divine authority, either of the Old or New Testaments, or who shall hold religious
principles incompatible with the freedom and safety of the state, shall be capable of holding
any office or place of trust or profit in the civil department within this state.
Oh man, America was just founded.
Totally secular religion.
Oh yeah, you know, atheists, Hindus, Catholics, no no no no.
You could not be in office if you were those groups.
You could not be in office if you denied the Christian religion.
You could not be in office if you were an atheist or a Muslim or a Hindu.
I mean, our country was founded on respect for the word of God.
And again, I'm not saying, oh everyone was saved, all the founding fathers were saved.
No, but what I am saying is that the society highly respected the word of God, highly respected
the word of God.
Hey, righteousness exalted the nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
Hey, if any nation today in this world wants to make rules like this, where to serve in
government, you have to believe that the New and Old Testaments are divinely inspired by
God.
You watch how quickly that country turns around.
But you got, you know, your Supreme Court is full of Jews that hate and reject Jesus
Christ and Catholics that believe in a false gospel, in a works-based salvation.
Oh, I wonder why there's no good judgment in our courts.
Oh, I wonder why things are messed up in our country, because we're disobeying Christ.
We need to get back to exalting not whiteness, not, oh, our European race.
Look, the whiteness did not make America great and never made it great.
Christianity made it great.
Believing in Jesus Christ made it great.
Following his commandments made it great.
That's the only way it could ever be great again.
That's the only way it could ever have any rebound into greatness that it once had.
Let's go to Galatians chapter three.
I'll read two more verses.
We'll be done.
Galatians chapter number three, verse 28.
You know, I saw on your guys' bulletin today you had the American flag.
Did you guys know you were having a history lesson this morning on what's going on?
Galatians three, verse 28, "There is neither Jew nor Greek.
There is neither bond nor free.
There is neither male nor female, for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise."
Hey, let us identify as Christians.
Let us identify as sons of God.
Let us have unity around that.
Last verse I'll read is Psalm 133, verse one.
The Bible says, "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together
in unity."
Do not allow this unbiblical, worldly, carnal mentality of racism to creep into this church,
to creep into the new IFB, to cause the wrong type of division.
How good and how pleasant it is when brethren dwell together in unity.
How are we going to have that unity?
Well, we actually have to be spiritually minded.
We actually have to remind ourselves that what matters is not the color of our skin,
it's the God that we serve.
It's the Bible that we read.
It's the church that we go to.
It's the scriptures that we preach.
That's what should unify us, not our skin color.
Let's have a word of prayer.
Lord, we thank you for Faithful Word Baptist Church and thank you for bringing all these
people here together today from so many different backgrounds to worship your son, to hear preaching
from your word.
I pray that you would not allow this wicked mentality to creep into this church or my
church or churches like it.
I pray that we would be unified around serving your son Jesus Christ and please bless Pastor
Anderson on his trips and bring him home safely, in Jesus' name we pray, amen.