amen all right well we want to again thank everybody for being here tonight I
did want to announce that we have a hundred and eighty eight people in
church tonight praise the Lord for that and we are glad that you are here keep
your place there in Psalm 33 if you would that's we're gonna come back to it
here in a minute but I'd like you to go with me to the book of Jeremiah Jeremiah
chapter 51 if you got your place in Psalms right after Psalms you have
Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon Isaiah Jeremiah Jeremiah chapter number
51 and I'd like you to look down at verse number six Isaiah 51 verse 6 says
this flee out of the midst of Babylon and deliver every man his soul be not
cut off in his iniquity for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance he will
render unto her a recompense notice verse 7 Babylon hath been a golden cup
in the Lord's hand that made all the earth drunken the nations have drunk in
her wine therefore the nations are mad in Psalm 51 excuse me in Jeremiah 51
Jeremiah actually 50 and 51 we have a passage in the book of Jeremiah dealing
with what we refer to as end times Babylon and this is of course the nation
at the end of the world at the at the what we refer to as prophetically the
end times that is going to be the world that's going to unite the give the
Antichrist the ability to be able to unite the world under a one-world
government and a one-world religion Babylon physically literally of the time
is being spoken here but prophetically we are speaking here about end times
Babylon and what we see in this passage and I'm not going to take the time to
explain that or go through that if you've never heard that before or if
you're not sure what that means I would encourage you to check out our
documentary called Babylon USA where it's you can find it on YouTube or we
can try to get you a copy and we go through and explain all that what I want
you to notice is in verse 7 it gives all this stuff about Babylon Babylon end
times Babylon is generally a negative it's spoken of in a negative way it's a
nation that's being used by the Antichrist to bring in a one-world
government one-world religion all those things here in verse 7 we're told that
Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand there's actually a positive
reference to Babylon the fact that at one point it was used of God God was
able to use it like a golden cup something that he valued something that
he was happy about he was able to use it in the Lord's hand we have this
reference to the fact that at one point Babylon was being used of God in a
positive way and again I believe and our church's position is that the United
States of America is end times Babylon the United States of America is that
nation that's going to be used to bring in a one-world government to bring in a
one-world religion and today especially around conservatives you find many
people saying you know this statement make America great again but the truth
of the matter is that I do believe that America was once to some point to some
extent as far as nations go it was a golden cup in the hands of the Lord it
was a nation that was being used of God and it was in some ways great however
the United States of America that we live in right now is not that nation
it's it's it's not great tonight it's not great today and I want to just take
a few minutes tonight people think if they turn their music on they're gonna
make me go you know less but it just pisses me off more so we might go louder
and longer I want to give you some thoughts in regards to what made America
great because tonight America is not great tonight America has a lot of
problems tonight America has a lot of issues but there was a time when America
was great they thought okay well maybe he will go shorter if we turn it off
once they thought America America was a place that was being used of God but
that has changed that is no longer the case go back to Psalm 33 if you would I
realize we're at a park and you're probably not able to write notes but let
me give you some thoughts and I want to give you four thoughts in regards to
what once made America great what once made America great number one I'd like
you to notice tonight what once made America great was America's emphasis on
the Word of God and the house of God our nation once had an emphasis on the Word
of God and on the house of God obviously America as a whole and Americans by and
large have never all been saved and we don't believe that Americans were all
Christians at some point we realize that broad is the way that leaded to
destruction and many there be which go in there they're at we realize that most
people are not saved if you go so winning with us and you talk to enough
people who are religious you'll find out that most people even religious people
are not saved we understand that but our nation did once as a society as a
culture emphasize the Word of God and the house of God that's why even our our
national buildings and historic buildings will have the Word of God
inscripted on the walls why because America once had an emphasis on the Word
of God and whenever a nation emphasizes the Word of God or the house of God it
will be a blessed nation you're there in Psalm 33 look at verse 12 notice what
the Bible says blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord the Bible says
that when we make God the Lord of our nation our nation will be blessed when
we observe the house of God and the ha the Word of God go to Deuteronomy if you
would yeah towards the beginning of the Bible there you have Genesis Exodus
Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Deuteronomy chapter 4 and look at verse
number 5 Deuteronomy chapter 4 and verse 5 the Bible says this behold I
have taught you statutes and judgments this is a reference to the Word of God
even as the Lord my God commanded me that you should do so in the land
whether you go to possess verse 6 keep therefore and do them that's what we're
talking about this morning we're not just supposed to observe the Word of God
we are supposed to do the Word of God for this is your wisdom and your
understanding in the side of the nations which shall hear all these statutes and
say notice here you have the nation of Israel and God is telling them when
people hear about your laws the statutes of the Word of God they shall hear them
and say surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people for what
nation is there so great who have God so nigh unto them as the Lord our God is in
all things that we call upon him for and what nation is there so great that
have statutes and judgments so righteous as the laws which are set before you
this day see the closer that a nation aligns itself to the Word of God and to
the house of God that will be a blessed nation there's no there's no debate as
to whether or not the United States of America has been a blessed nation this
has been a prosperous land God's allowance of his blessing has obviously
been upon our people but the reason for that is because in the past Americans
did to some extent uphold to the Word of God today America has by and large
walked away from God America has kicked God out of the governmental system
America has decided that we don't longer want to be a Christian nation we
want to be a pagan nation we want to be a heathen nation we want to be a nation
that no longer upholds and no longer encourages and no longer promotes the
Word of God or the house of God today we're told that regular church
attendance has dropped from 70% of our population in the 1960s in the 1960s
70% of Americans went to church that has dropped to today just 20% of
Americans attend church regularly more than 2 million people were told have
left churches every year for the past seven years in just eight years the
percentage of the u.s. population calling themselves Christians has decreased from
78% to 70% over half of Americans never attend church 68% of all American
churches in the United States have a congregation with less than a hundred
people including children and half of those churches have less than 50 people
two-thirds of all American churches are experiencing no growth and a decline in
numbers and again today conservatives want to say oh let's make America great
again but let's remember what made America great was the fact that people
went to church even if these churches and we understand that most of these
churches were not preaching the true gospel are not preaching salvation by
grace through faith but they're at least teaching the morals and character and
integrity that came to the Word of God see today people say let's make America
great okay well let's get back to church then because that's what made America
great you say what was it that made America great once it was when people
by and large had an emphasis and a respect for the Word of God even when
people did not consider themselves Christians they at least had respect for
the Bible and respect for the church house and respect for the things that
the Word of God teaches in the past America did uphold the Word of God I'm
not saying most Americans were saved I'm not saying most Americans were godly but
there was at least a respect for the things of God today America has walked
away from God so if you want to know what made America great once it was
their adherence to the Word of God it was their adherence to the house of God
go with me to Psalm 128 if you would Psalm 128 look at verse 1 Psalm 128 and
verse 1 I said number one tonight well once made America great was America's
emphasis on the Word of God secondly tonight like you to notice that what
once made America great was not only America's emphasis on the Word of God
but it was America's emphasis on the nuclear family Psalm 128 in verse 1 I
want you to notice what Psalm 128 verse 1 says it says blessed is everyone that
feareth the Lord that walketh in his ways for thou shalt eat the labor of
thine hands happy shalt thou be in it shall be well with thee notice there in
verse 3 thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house thy
children like olive plants round about thy table behold that thus shalt the man
be blessed that feareth the Lord one of the blessings that God said that would
come upon a nation was when they would fear the Lord and when they would have
wives and children when men would get married and they would produce children
in fact the Bible teaches that lo children are in heritage of the Lord and
the fruit of the womb is his reward see in America there was once an emphasis on
the nuclear family and again we understand that sometimes people don't
get married and it just doesn't work out that way and they don't have children
and we understand that and sometimes that's the way it goes but there used to
be a time in our country when there was an emphasis on the idea that what you
were supposed to do was you were supposed to grow up get married and then
there was a husband and there was a wife and there were children and the husband
went to work and provided for the family and protected the family and the wife
stayed home and she was a keeper at home and she cared for the house and and the
children were raised by their parents see in the past in America there was a
strong emphasis on the nuclear family unit the idea that there is a dad that
there is a mom that there are children that they perform that they that they
create a family but today in America the nuclear family is under attack in fact
there used to be a time in our country and I realized people have go through
heartaches and they go through difficult times in their lives and maybe
they end up divorce and we understand that and look we're not against you
we're for you God wants to forgive you and we want to help you move on but
there used to be a time in our country where you went to school even a public
school and most kids in the classroom went home to a mom and a dad and in fact
if there was a child that came from a divorced family that was a rare thing
that was something that was unusual it was like that was the one kid in the
classroom whose parents were divorced today it's different today it's rare if
you have a mom and dad that are both your mom and dad and you go home and you
live with your mom and your dad and you're a family unit today 42% were told
to 45% of marriages end in divorce that's actually a rate that has declined
in recent years but before you celebrate oh there's a decline in divorce that's a
good thing just keep in mind it's not necessarily a good thing the reason that
there has been a decline and that's a still a high number 42 to 45 percent of
marriages and in divorce that's a high number but the divorce rates have
declined not because divorces are in a decline but because couples
cohabitating or what the Bible would call fornicating has increased a larger
share of adults were told have cohabitated then have been married among
adult ages 18 to 44 59% have lived with an unmarried partner at some point in
their lives while 50% have been married according to Pew Research most Americans
69% say cohabitation is acceptable even if a couple doesn't plan to get married
37% of US adults favored allowing gays and lesbians to wed in 2009 a share that
rose to 62% in 2017 gay and lesbian parents are raising 4% of all adopted
children in the United States more than 16,000 same-sex couples are raising an
estimated 22,000 adopted children in the United States tonight more than 16,000
adopted children are living with lesbian and gay parents in the state of
California tonight same-sex partners in the United States are four times more
likely than different sex partners to be raising an adopted child I'm here to
tell you America is no longer great because there used to be a time in our
country when a child would go home to his mother and his father and that was
promoted that was accepted that was the norm and today we're telling homosexual
partners that they can raise children today we're telling people that it's
okay to fornicate it's okay to divorce it's okay to do whatever it is that you
decide to do see what made America great was an emphasis on the nuclear
family but the nuclear families under attack the LGBTQ mafia today has decided
that they want to attack the nuclear family you say pastor I don't know if
you should be talking about this we're out at the park right now and people
could hear you well you know the Bible says men love darkness rather than light
because their deeds are evil they got to turn the music up because they don't
want to hear what I have to say some of you to be good for you to say amen let
them know that there's some people who still think it's it's normal and still
think it's right to preach against two men going to bed together there's an
attack on the nuclear unit a famous group called black lives matter which
has nothing to do with race and their stated goal on their website is to
destroy the nuclear family explain to me what that has to do with race and
racism you can call yourself black lives matter than we look we're
Bible-believing Christians we love black people we love brown people I am one we
love red and yellow black and white they are precious in his sight but please
explain to me what that has to do with destroying the nuclear family what does
race have to do with two men going to bed together what does race have to do
with two women getting married together what does race have to do with two
reprobates adopting children and molesting them and destroying their
life what does race have to do with that but yet today in America we're told oh
let's make America great well I'm all for making America great but here's what
made America great the fact that there was an emphasis on the nuclear family
the fact that it was a shame to to end up in divorce the fact that it was a
shame to end up a pregnant outside of marriage and again if that's where you
are and that's where you find yourself and we love you and we want to help you
and we want to help you grow in Christ but let me tell you something we've got
to get back to the place where we're teaching our children you stay pure and
you stay clean and you get married and you raise your kids for God what made
America great once was the fact that there was an emphasis on the nuclear
family the fact that there was an emphasis on fathers raising their
children fathers protecting their families fathers promoting their
families providing for their families mom staying home with their children and
raising their kids say can America be great tonight not while 16,000
Californians are being raised by same-sex couples no that won't bring
God's blessing that will only bring his judgment go to Ecclesiastes chapter
number 9 Ecclesiastes chapter number 9 you're there in Psalms you go Proverbs
Ecclesiastes you say what made America great there was an emphasis on the Word
of God what made America great it was an emphasis on the nuclear family you
say what what made America great you know what made America great was an
emphasis on hard work and opportunity the Bible says in Ecclesiastes 9 and
verse 10 whatsoever thy hand find it to do do it with thy might for there is no
work nor devised or knowledge nor wisdom in the grave whether thou goes I
return and saw under the Sun that the race is not to the swift nor the battle
to the strong neither yet bread to the wise nor yet riches to men of
understanding nor yet favored to men of skill but time and chance happening to
them all the Bible teaches that there are two things that will help you be a
success in your life one is hard work and one is opportunity verse 10 of
Ecclesiastes 9 says whatsoever thy hand find it to do do it with thy might that's
hard work then in verse 11 we're told I saw under the Sun that the race is not
to the Swift that the the battle is not to the strong that the bread is not to
the wise riches are not to men of understanding that favors not to men of
skill none of that part of verse 11 but time and chance happening to them all
what is that that's opportunity you know here's what we believe we believe that
you work hard and God will bring the opportunities your way to help you
succeed and grow that's what we used to call the American dream people used to
say that in America America was the land of opportunity America's that was not
somewhere we have a culture in this country where migrants would come into
this country not to receive a handout but because this was the land of
opportunity this was a place where you can work where you could get to work
where whatsoever that I had find it to do do it with my mind and then time and
chance happening to them all you did hard work and then opportunity met you
and you did hard work and then opportunity showed up see in the time
past this was a land of work and opportunity today America is a welfare
society today we are told an estimated 59 million Americans receive welfare
during an average month today we are told 21.3 percent of the u.s. population
participates in government assistance programs each month today we are told
that more than 3.5 million Californians are on food stamps today we are told
that four out of ten Americans are part of the welfare program for more I've
been part of the welfare program for more than three years and look I'm not
against helping people that need help and if there are elderly people or
disabled people that need the help then we should be happy to help them and you
know whether the government should do that or whatever I I believe the Bible
teaches that those types of things widows and orphans should be cared for
through the people of God and through the house of God we obviously live in a
different society than that I'm not against people who need help getting the
help but I'm here to tell you that today we live in a country where a bunch of
guys that have nothing wrong with them they have well-abled bodies that can go
to work and they choose not to they choose to be lazy they choose to allow
the government to support their needs and provide their needs and I'm just
saying we want to make America great well great let's do it but here's the
thing what made America great was an emphasis on hard work and opportunity
you work hard an opportunity to meet you you work hard and time and chance
happen to do them all but today today we're a welfare society today people are
being supported by the government you say what's wrong with that well here's
the problem when you're dependent on the government then you're not independent
we're supposed to be celebrating Independence Day today well I can't be
independent of the government while I'm physically dependent on the government
you say pastor Jimenez what gives you the guts to stand up in a park like this
and say these things that are not popular today here's what gives me the
confidence and the ability to do it is that I don't need the government's help
in any way shape or form I don't our church doesn't need the government's
help in any way shape or form somebody recently asked me I was out and about
and there their heart was in the right place they weren't saying anything mean
or wrong but they they said all during this COVID thing that did your church
apply for some you know these loan programs that the government puts out
and I said no oh well you could have qualified for eyes that I know I could
have qualified for it but I don't want to owe the money the government money I
it's called conflict of interest I preach too hard against the government
to ask them for something I make too many videos against the government I say
too many things about Gavin Newsom to hold my hand out to Gavin Newsom what
once made America great was this spirit of independence you say what's the
spirit of independence it's not grilling hamburgers and setting off fireworks
although I'm not against that the spirit of independence is that I can go and
provide for my family I can work hard an opportunity will meet me and the
blessing of God will beat me and I can be truly autonomous you say what made
America great was an emphasis on hard work was an emphasis on opportunity go
to Proverbs 14 if you would you're there in Psalm just flip over to Proverbs
Proverbs chapter 14 Proverbs 14 and verse 34 I said number one tonight what
made America great was an emphasis on the Word of God in the house of God what
made America great was an emphasis on the nuclear family what made America
great was an emphasis on hard work and opportunity let me tell you tonight
number four what made America great once was the America's emphasis on
righteousness and morality Proverbs 14 and 34 says righteousness exalted a
nation but sin is a reproach to any people see you cannot have you cannot be
a golden cup and the in the hands of the Lord if you are promoting wickedness
and perverseness it is righteousness it is right living that exalted a nation
but sin is a reproach to any people see in the past America has been a society
of decency obviously debauchery has always been around but at least before
it was hidden it was secret we're told about the homosexual movement that they
came out of the closet the idea is that they used to be hidden it used to be
shameful it used to be something that yes it happened but it happened
somewhere in the dark recesses of the pervertedness of certain cities not
something that was promoted in the past America has been a society of decency
today America in America today debauchery is accepted and promoted and
protected we're told that 34% of evangelicals believe that abortion is
morally acceptable we're told that nearly half of young evangelicals today
favor same-sex marriage we're told that two-thirds of those who are 18 to 34
years of age do not believe that premarital sex is ever wrong we're told
that 59% of the majority of US adults say abortion should be legal in most
cases we're told that nearly 1 million u.s. households are a comprise of same
sex couples we're told that 54% of u.s. churches allow openly gay and lesbian
couples to hold full-fledged membership today we live in a nation where being a
pervert and being a reprobate and being a predator is not only accepted like we
just had in the month of June here Pride Month it's promoted and it's also
protected in fact today they're trying to scare preachers like me who stand up
and say hey it's wrong hey it's disgusting hey it's wicked hey we gotta
get away from that you say what do should we do put him back in the closet
the preachers were sent up and preach the word of God if God's people would
stand up and make it know that we're not okay with it we don't think it's okay we
don't think it's funny we think it's disgusting you say you'll never get rid
of it but can it at least go back in the closet can it at least be hidden from
the eyes of our children can it at least not be something else for a motive you
can't walk through an airport today without seeing some picture of two hairy
disgusting men holding each other and hugging each other and you think we're
going to make America great righteousness exalted the nation the
Bible says America will only be great when she goes back to emphasizing
righteousness and morality when she goes back to emphasizing decency when she
goes back to fighting against debauchery fighting against
perverseness fighting the Predators today there are those who say let's make
America great I say let's do it I just don't think you're committed today there
are those who say let's make America great again I say hey let's try it but I
don't think you realize what made America great to begin with say what
made America great was an emphasis on the Word of God what made America great
was an emphasis on the nuclear family unit what made America great was an
emphasis on hard work and opportunity what made America great was an emphasis
on righteousness and morality and that's why I can say today definitively America
is not great we don't live in a great nation tonight righteousness the Bible
tells us exalted a nation but we can't make America great if men of God and the
people of God would stand up stand up and be known and make it known that we
want to take America back we don't like the direction it's headed we understand
it's end times Babylon and we understand that there's nothing we can do about
that those things are set in stone but at least for a while could it be that
she could be a golden cup in the hand of the Lord or just a little while but we
have to take America back we have to preach the Word of God we have to be
righteous we should love people we should help people we should obviously
try to restore people but we have to be clear about what we believe we have to
be clear about the Word of God here's all I'm saying I'm saying what most
Republicans say they want today let's make America great but we're gonna do it
through the Word of God through the house of God and through the preaching
of the Bible let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer
Heavenly Father Lord we do thank you for allowing us to gather together and thank
you Lord for the fact that there is a church in Sacramento California that is
willing to stand up and be heard we're willing to take a stand for the Word of
God to take a stand for the things of God we understand that today this is
called hate speech we understand that today they would call us a cult they
would call us hateful but Lord help us to always side with the Word of God we
love you in the matchless name of Christ we pray amen