The Bible says in Isaiah chapter 40 verse 15 says the old the nations are as a drop of a bucket
Counted as small dust of the balance behold. He taketh up the aisles is a very little thing. God's not
Patriotic and he doesn't teach to be patriotic in the Bible at all
And the reason why people get mad about it because they are patriotic
I used to like, you know, I still like doing fireworks
But I just we just basically have a fourth of July fellowship and it's not about America
It's just hanging out together and lighten pop fireworks so we have a good time
It's like, you know a war zone over here. So we got some pretty cool illegal fire
They're illegal most places, but we have some pretty cool fireworks here
But anyway, you know the Bible is very clear that and I preach a sermon called America
And well, I just basically dismantled the whole, you know, faulty patriotism thing that we have going on in this country
I mean everybody wants to wear their Garth Brooks shirts and their, you know, wrap themselves in the American flag
And just that you know
We actually took took over a kingdom and rebelled this nation was was born from rebellion
And I mean a bad tree can't bring forth good fruit eventually
this nation is gonna fall and they're gonna reap what they sowed and
That includes people, you know anybody that lives in this country
I mean, it's just that's just what God does. He he does this to every nation and we're not special
And compared to other places and God just holds it as a very light thing
People get mad about me saying stuff like that, but it's just true and think about this
Freedom of speech is also not a concept in the Bible, you know
I'll use freedom of speech and I'll you know, just like Paul used, you know, his Roman citizenship
I'll use it
But one thing that God killed somebody for and have them stoned to death for was
Blaspheming his name early on in the days of Moses. So I'm blasphemed outside of the camp that he had freedom of speech
you know people use
God's name in vain all the time in this country and it's it's it's not a big deal
So, I mean what's right America's concept of freedom of speech or God's concept that you're not gonna use my name in vain
And that is not freedom of speech. So there's certain things they'd be put to death for saying
In God's kingdom and and that's the way it's gonna be so but I mean, yeah
I mean just separating the fact that America is not, you know is not godly there's
There's no way that you can't see those things in the Bible. I remember I stood up at a
Basketball game and I you know, I grew up
Soluting the flag or whatever and saying the Pledge of Allegiance. I remember after I became a Christian though
I was at a basketball game
I think I was with my son and they had us do the Pledge of Allegiance and
I I just they said to put your hand on your heart and take off your hat and I just stood there
I didn't like sit down or anything like that, but I just remember feeling like this isn't right
This isn't something that's right to do it. I don't think it's even right to do the Pledge of Allegiance
So get mad about that. Do you think Abraham?
Every 4th of July God has said I'm proud to be a kid at night
Where at least I know there's queers, you know what I mean? He didn't sing that song
I'm proud to be a kid at night where I can sojourn and be free
No, he didn't sing that song. Did Jesus sing? I'm proud to be a Roman citizen
No
You can put any of these nations up here I'm proud to be a Greek I'm proud to be a Babylonian
So stand up
There ain't no doubt
I'm just trying to make the point that you know
It just sounds so silly to to say you're proud to be an American where you know, at least you know, you're free
You know, are we really free? Should we be proud?
I mean God hates pride and obviously I know that pride can mean like, you know
like something that you feel strongly about but like pride is just
You know to be like a proud American that means you basically think your America is so exceptional that everything else
Nothing else compares to it. I'm just mocking that song a little bit after I got done just ripping
everything to shreds concerning patriotism, so