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 hardly any TV, you've seen more political ads than you want, I know.

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 I don't know, I don't think I've received any on my cell phone, but the house phone,

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 the landline, every day there's some kind of political call.

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 Just about any place you turn on the internet, there's some type of political ad.

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 By the time November the 3rd rolls around, you're going to be ready to scream,

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 enough or worse.

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 But I want to ask you, do you really need all these ads?

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 Do you really need all this information to help you to decide who to vote for?

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 I don't know many people who have not, on their own, already decided

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 who they are going to support come November the 3rd.

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 What I want to ask you this morning is, how did you decide?

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 How did you make up your mind?

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 Did it have anything to do with your candidates' views about issues that the Bible speaks to?

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 Does what the Bible reveals about this issue or that issue come into play

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 as you evaluate what the different candidates running for office are saying they believe?

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 You know, God calls us as Christians to look to His Word for guidance about every aspect of our lives.

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 Most all Christians understand we're supposed to look to God's Word for guidance in our homes.

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 What kind of husband we should be?

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 What kind of wife you should be?

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 Parents, children.

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 We understand we're supposed to look to God's Word in personal relationships.

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 Loving one another, forgiving one another, being patient, things like that.

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 But we need to understand that God expects us to look to Him as He has revealed His will in His Word

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 for guidance about every aspect of our lives.

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 And that includes how we vote.

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 I want us to conclude the message that I began last week on thinking biblically about political involvement.

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 And we're going to begin with a review of some of the things we looked at last week.

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 Let's begin with this question.

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 Why are all people held accountable to the same biblical standards?

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 We looked last week how every human being is accountable to God to live by the moral standards that He has revealed in His Word.

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 Here's a brief summary of why that's true.

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 First, everyone has been uniquely created by God in the image of God to live in this world governed by God according to the will of God for the glory of God.

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 And we're not going to look at all those different scriptures that we put on the screen and looked at last week.

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 But I'm giving you the references here.

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 That's a summary statement of how God has created us and worked in us and is still working in us.

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 We belong to Him as our Creator.

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 Next, everyone possesses at least a basic understanding of God's existence.

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 Romans chapter 1, Paul talks about that.

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 Everyone knows something about God by virtue of the fact that He has created this world.

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 And we live in it.

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 And we see that it's complex.

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 It's orderly.

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 And other things.

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 God has revealed Himself through nature in a general way, the scripture says.

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 And God has revealed His moral standards.

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 The moral standards of God revealed in scripture.

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 He has put a general awareness of that basic right and wrong on people's hearts, in their conscience.

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 Paul describes in Romans 2, 14 and 15.

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 Therefore, everyone will be judged by God according to the moral standards of His word on the day of judgment.

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 That's what the Bible teaches.

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 Everybody at the end of their life is going to stand before God.

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 They're going to be judged on how they lived based on the truth of God that they have received.

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 Here's a sobering thought.

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 Us in this room, we're going to be held to a stricter judgment because we have the revealed word of God in scripture.

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 If we're Christians with the spirit of God living in us to help us understand that and be able to live it out,

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 we're not going to have a whole lot of excuses for not living faithful Christian lives when we stand before God on judgment day.

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 We're going to have no excuses.

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 Some people who have a limited knowledge of who God is and just that general basic understanding of right and wrong on their conscience,

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 they will be judged, but they didn't know as much as we do.

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 So we need to take this seriously, you and me in this room.

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 Wayne Grudem explains things like this in detail in his book, Politics According to the Bible.

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 And he points out how this applies to political matters that deal with moral laws.

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 We looked at that last week, but let me look at it again.

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 He says,

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 This truth, that all people are held accountable to the same biblical standards,

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 has significant implications for how Christians understand political questions that involve right and wrong.

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 For example, if God says that murder is wrong,

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 and if it is determined that the command not to murder applies to preborn children,

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 and to those who are elderly or very ill,

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 it clearly affects how one views laws regarding abortion and euthanasia.

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 I didn't put this next statement on the screen last week,

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 but Southern Baptists make that same point in our denomination's official statement of faith.

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 It's called the Baptist Faith and Message 2000.

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 It was adopted, updated in the year 2000.

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 This is also our church's statement of faith.

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 But I want you to look at what this says in Article 15,

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 The Christian and the Social Order.

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 All Christians are under obligation to seek to make the will of Christ supreme in our own lives and in human society.

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 Most people would say,

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 If you're a Christian,

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 obviously you should seek to make the will of Christ supreme in your own life.

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 But they would stop there.

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 But that's not what the Bible says.

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 I want us all to be clear about this.

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 There is no such thing as an individual or just a personal faith belief system.

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 God created this world and everything in it.

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 He rules this world according to His standards.

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 All people are accountable to God.

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 We as God's people who know the truth,

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 we have been given the charge to teach this to all people, everywhere.

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 We are, look at it again.

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 We are to make the will of Christ supreme in our own lives for sure.

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 That's where it begins.

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 We can't stop there.

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 And also in human society.

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 It goes on.

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 Every Christian should seek to bring industry, government, and society as a whole

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 under the sway of the principles of righteousness, truth, and brotherly love.

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 Six weeks from this coming Tuesday, November the 3rd, Americans are going to the polls to elect a president,

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 United States senators, some states will that is, and all the House of Representatives members.

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 And those leaders are going to determine the laws and policies of our country,

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 including the laws and policies that deal with matters of right and wrong found in the Bible.

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 You and I, as God's people, we must take our responsibility seriously.

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 We must seek to vote for candidates who come the closest to supporting biblical morality.

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 And I want to emphasize come the closest because none of them are models of biblical morality.

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 But I want you to notice something John Frame, the theologian, says that I think can be helpful to everybody

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 when it comes to making a decision between people, two people that you don't like, that you don't respect.

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 Look at this.

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 Frame says, many political debates do not leave room for a third alternative.

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 Typically, we have to choose between two candidates or two parties, or we have to vote yes or no on a proposition or bill.

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 Often, neither alternative represents an ideal Christian choice.

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 But often, one alternative is distinctly better than the other.

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 So that the Christian would be wise to be co-belligerent with one party or another.

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 I think Frame is very wise in pointing this out.

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 Now, since some people wrongly believe that Christians should not get involved in politics at all,

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 I want to do a quick review of why we should.

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 Question number two, why should Christians be involved in the political process in our country?

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 Well, if you look at the Bible, God has always called His people to be involved in their world.

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 God's always called His people to make a difference where they are, however they can.

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 We looked last week, and I just want to touch on it now, for example, how Daniel.

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 Daniel was directly involved in what we would call the political system or his government.

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 He was a governmental official in a place where he didn't want to be

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 because he was taken captive to Babylon when he was young.

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 But he made the best of it.

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 He rose to the top, became a respected leader.

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 But Daniel used his position of power, of influence,

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 to confront the pagan king Nebuchadnezzar about the way he lived.

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 Look at this.

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 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you.

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 Break off your sins by practicing righteousness

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 and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed,

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 that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.

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 That was a risky thing to do.

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 But Daniel knew it was his duty to confront the king like that

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 because there's only one standard of morality,

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 only one standard of right and wrong in this world,

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 that which has been revealed in Scripture.

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 The prophet Jeremiah told the Jewish people

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 who were living as captives, prisoners of war in Babylon,

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 to get involved in the affairs of their city,

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 to benefit that pagan city,

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 because as that city prospered, they would prosper.

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 Look at what he said.

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 He said,

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 Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile

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 and pray to the Lord on his behalf,

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 for in its welfare you will find your welfare.

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 And as I showed you last week,

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 Grudem says this has to include political involvement.

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 Look, the true welfare of such a city

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 will be advanced through the governmental laws and policies

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 that are consistent with God's teaching in the Bible,

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 not by those that are contrary to the Bible's teaching.

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 We need to be involved in seeking to bring about

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 the overall welfare of the United States of America,

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 of South Carolina, of Pickens County.

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 And as our county and state prospers,

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 we will prosper.

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 That's what he's talking about.

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 That's part of God's common grace,

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 the way he works just in this world,

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 not just in Christians' lives,

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 but the way he works for good throughout this world.

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 You remember last week,

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 Jesus also instructed his disciples

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 to be actively involved in this world,

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 and he said we're to exert our influence like salt and light.

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 Look at this real quickly.

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 We're to be like salt,

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 having a preserving and flavoring effect on our community.

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 We're to be like light,

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 shining the light of the truth of God's word

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 wherever we go.

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 It is a part of our Christian duty,

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 our responsibility to be involved first here in Pickens County

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 and in every level of society that we can,

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 promoting and defending the moral standards of the Bible

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 as the moral standards of all people

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 because they're given to us from the God

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 who has created all people.

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 This is one way we fulfill also the commandment.

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 Think about this.

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 Love your neighbor as yourself.

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 Jesus said that's the second most important commandment.

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 Love your neighbor as yourself.

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 Life works best for everyone

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 when we try to live it according to God's way.

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 God's moral standards are for our benefit.

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 They make life better for us as individuals,

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 for our families, for our communities.

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 And so we need to believe it, practice it,

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 and seek to influence as many people as we can,

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 live life God's way,

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 according to the way he's revealed in his word.

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 Now, one of the ways that we need to do this right now

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 is to look at where the political party and candidate

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 stand on the issues

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 and then vote for those who most clearly align

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 with the truth of God's word.

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 What I want us to do now is look at this.

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 Third question.

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 Where do Republican and Democratic candidates

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 stand on issues addressed in Scripture?

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 Now, with rare exception,

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 there are a few exceptions,

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 but with rare exception,

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 the men and women running for president,

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 United States Senate,

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 and House of Representatives,

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 they support their political party's platform.

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 Therefore, let's compare the Republican

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 and Democratic Party's platforms

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 on the issues addressed in Scripture.

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 If you look at those,

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 you can look at them,

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 go online,

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 just type in

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 Democratic Party platform,

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 Republican Party platform.

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 They're long documents.

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 They cover a lot of areas.

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 What we're going to look at now

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 are some of the issues

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 that could be considered,

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 that are considered biblical issues.

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 The first one is abortion.

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 Abortion destroys the life of a baby

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 in his or her mother's womb.

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 Every baby that is conceived

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 is a living human being

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 created in the image of God.

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 Every life that is conceived

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 is a gift from God,

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 and that little living human person

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 is being shaped and molded

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 to be the person that God wants them to be.

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 I want you to look at an example.

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 The psalmist describes this in Psalm 139.

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 He says,

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 For you formed me in my inward parts.

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 You knitted me together in my mother's womb.

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 I praise you,

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 for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

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 Jeremiah describes himself like this.

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 Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,

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 Before I formed you in the womb,

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 I knew you.

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 And before you were born,

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 I consecrated you.

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 I appointed you a prophet to the nations.

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 Every child is conceived

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 by the supernatural,

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 just miraculous work of God,

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 you might think.

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 It can be explained.

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 But every conception,

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 that's God's allowing it to happen,

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 causing it to happen.

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 And that child is conceived

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 and grows and develops

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 according to the plan and purpose of God.

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 You are like you are

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 because God made you like you are.

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 But like Jeremiah talks,

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 God makes us like we are

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 because he has a purpose for our lives.

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 Now,

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 to share the slide,

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 I'm not going to read all this,

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 but it's here for you.

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 The Democratic Party platform

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 strongly opposes

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 any laws that would prohibit

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 or even restrict

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 the killing of a living human being

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 in his or her mother's womb.

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 And that's what abortion is.

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 Someone might say,

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 well that's sort of inflammatory language.

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 No, that's just real language.

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 Abortion is the murder,

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 the killing,

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 the destruction

00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:48.359
 of a human being

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 in the mother's womb.

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 That's what it is.

00:18:54.379 --> 00:18:55.639
 Democrats say,

00:18:56.899 --> 00:18:58.619
 a woman has the right

00:18:58.619 --> 00:18:59.979
 to do that.

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 The Republican Party platform

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 opposes abortion

00:19:05.939 --> 00:19:08.919
 and defends the unborn baby's

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 right to life.

00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:13.439
 That's the emphasis

00:19:13.439 --> 00:19:14.479
 of the Republican Party.

00:19:15.179 --> 00:19:15.979
 That's the emphasis

00:19:15.979 --> 00:19:17.639
 of the Bible in this case.

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 That which is growing

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 in the womb of a mother

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 is a living human being.

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 And as a living human being

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 created in the image of God,

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 that person has the right

00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:32.899
 to life

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 that should be protected

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 until natural death.

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 But let's move on now.

00:19:39.859 --> 00:19:40.699
 Second issue,

00:19:40.879 --> 00:19:42.240
 transgender issues.

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 We're talking about

00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:44.559
 biblical issues

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 that are found

00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:45.919
 in the Republican

00:19:45.919 --> 00:19:47.659
 and Democratic Party platforms.

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 A transgender person

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 is someone who chooses

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 to live their life

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 as the opposite sex

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 or gender

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 of how God made them.

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 A man declares

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 that he's going to live

00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.339
 his life

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 as a woman.

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:02.459
 Or a woman declares

00:20:02.459 --> 00:20:03.279
 she's going to live

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 her life

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 as a man.

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 Such people

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 want what is

00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:12.840
 their denial

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 of reality

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 to be protected

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 by law.

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 Now I want to emphasize

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 that.

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 Every male

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 who is born

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 into this world

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 biologically male

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 will always be

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 biologically male

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 regardless of what

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 they call themselves

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 or how they dress

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 or how they act.

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 And for a biological

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 man

00:20:45.620 --> 00:20:47.320
 or a biological

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 woman

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 to say

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 I feel like

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 the man

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 I feel like

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 I'm a woman

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 trapped in a body

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 a woman's

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 I feel like

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 a woman trapped

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 in a man's body.

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 That's denying

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.220
 reality.

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 That is a mental

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 problem.

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 That is not something

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:06.440
 that normal people

00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:07.220
 would think.

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 And it's certainly

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:08.819
 not something

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:10.220
 that should be

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 protected

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:13.039
 by law.

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 God determines

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 our sex

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 or gender

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 when he forms us

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 in our mother's womb.

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 God creates us

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 male and female

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 as you see

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 the scripture

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 on the screen

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 that we've looked

00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:31.440
 at numerous times

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 God decides

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.640
 whether we'll be

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 male or female.

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 And that is

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 who we are

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 regardless of

00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:42.700
 how we think

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 or what we declare.

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 Now

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:46.480
 the Democratic

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.600
 Party platform

00:21:47.600 --> 00:21:49.200
 affirms

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 people

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 choosing

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 their

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 gender.

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 For example

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 they want to

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 make it legal

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 for a biological

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 male

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:59.520
 to identify

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 himself

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 as a female

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 on government

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 documents

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:03.980
 like say

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 a driver's

00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:05.040
 license.

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 If

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:08.220
 biological

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.820
 man

00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:10.200
 chooses

00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:10.820
 to be

00:22:10.820 --> 00:22:11.540
 act like

00:22:11.540 --> 00:22:11.900
 a woman

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.280
 he can go

00:22:12.280 --> 00:22:13.220
 to the DMV

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.259
 and get a

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.920
 driver's license

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.440
 that says

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:16.220
 female.

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 Democrats

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:20.160
 also want

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:20.560
 to allow

00:22:20.560 --> 00:22:21.259
 boys who

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:22.000
 call themselves

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 girls

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 to use

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 the girls

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 bathroom

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 at school

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 and locker

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 room

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 and in

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.180
 other places.

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.839
 They also

00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:32.500
 want to

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:32.940
 allow

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:34.140
 male athletes

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:34.880
 who identify

00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:35.480
 themselves as

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:35.920
 female

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:37.640
 to compete

00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.480
 against

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.579
 female

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.579
 athletes.

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.779
 There's a few

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.460
 states that are

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:43.119
 allowing that

00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:44.240
 but most states

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.140
 still have

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:46.000
 enough common

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.500
 sense

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.880
 not to allow

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.300
 that.

00:22:50.580 --> 00:22:50.940
 Well the

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.400
 Republican

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:52.000
 Party

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.700
 platform

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.600
 opposes

00:22:53.600 --> 00:22:54.120
 this

00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:54.880
 nonsense.

00:22:55.820 --> 00:22:56.320
 Opposes

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 making this

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:58.180
 the law

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.540
 of the

00:22:58.540 --> 00:22:58.960
 land

00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:00.780
 and just

00:23:00.780 --> 00:23:02.200
 pretending

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:03.660
 that your

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.240
 biological

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.040
 sex

00:23:05.040 --> 00:23:06.060
 does not

00:23:06.060 --> 00:23:06.460
 matter.

00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:07.860
 The third

00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:08.180
 issue

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.600
 religious

00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:09.000
 liberty.

00:23:09.360 --> 00:23:09.860
 This is the

00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:10.280
 right to

00:23:10.280 --> 00:23:11.140
 practice your

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.520
 religious

00:23:11.520 --> 00:23:12.180
 convictions

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:13.300
 everywhere.

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 Not just

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.380
 at home

00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:14.720
 not just

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.300
 at church

00:23:15.300 --> 00:23:16.160
 but at

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:16.500
 work

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.000
 at school

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.259
 and just

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.619
 out in

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:17.740
 the

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.180
 community.

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.619
 This also

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.240
 applies to

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.680
 business

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.019
 owners

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.940
 being able

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:23.220
 to conduct

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.500
 their

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.259
 businesses

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:26.140
 according to

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:26.700
 biblical

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.880
 convictions.

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:28.839
 For an

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.200
 example

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:30.660
 colleges

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.099
 like

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:31.640
 Anderson

00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:31.940
 and

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.160
 North

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.440
 Greenville

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.079
 Universities

00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:33.700
 here in

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:33.900
 South

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.220
 Carolina

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.599
 they're

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:34.980
 Baptist

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.720
 institutions

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:37.099
 they now

00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:37.480
 have the

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:37.880
 right

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:39.200
 based on

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.400
 their

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:39.960
 statements

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.740
 of faith

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:42.339
 to say

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:42.700
 we're not

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:42.920
 going to

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.299
 hire

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:44.099
 somebody

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.400
 who is

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:44.500
 a

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:44.960
 homosexual

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.759
 in

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.220
 administration

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:47.019
 or to

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.460
 teach.

00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:48.920
 They now

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.339
 have the

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:49.680
 right

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.180
 because of

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.319
 their

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.740
 statement

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.400
 of faith

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:52.600
 to say

00:23:52.600 --> 00:23:53.279
 we're not

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.519
 going to

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.339
 allow students

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:55.140
 to openly

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:56.079
 engage in

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.579
 homosexual

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.240
 behavior

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.019
 on our

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.559
 campus

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.480
 and they

00:23:59.480 --> 00:23:59.880
 do those

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:00.180
 things

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.680
 because

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:02.019
 the Bible

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.440
 clearly

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:03.120
 teaches

00:24:03.120 --> 00:24:03.980
 that homosexual

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.759
 behavior

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.620
 is sinful

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:06.200
 behavior.

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:06.740
 I'll give you

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.319
 one example

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.819
 from 1

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.680
 Corinthians 6

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:10.279
 Paul is

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.860
 writing to

00:24:10.860 --> 00:24:11.360
 these people

00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:12.240
 do you not

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.819
 know that the

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.620
 unrighteous

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:14.420
 will not inherit

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:14.980
 the kingdom of

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.299
 God.

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:15.900
 Do not

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:17.019
 be deceived

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.980
 neither the

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.900
 sexually immoral

00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.819
 nor idolaters

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.759
 nor adulterers

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.380
 nor men

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:21.799
 who practice

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.799
 homosexuality

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.799
 nor thieves

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.279
 nor the

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.620
 greedy

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:25.620
 nor drunkards

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.579
 nor revilers

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.500
 nor swindlers

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.039
 will inherit

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.380
 the kingdom

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:28.839
 of God.

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.220
 Homosexual

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.059
 behavior is not

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.839
 singled out here

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.460
 as some kind

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.660
 of unique

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.599
 sinful

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.460
 behavior.

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.099
 Paul is just

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:37.500
 saying that

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.180
 anybody who

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:39.000
 chooses to

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:40.000
 live a sinful

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:41.200
 lifestyle like

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:42.759
 this including

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.299
 practicing

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.259
 homosexuality

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:45.899
 will be

00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.559
 excluded from

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:46.879
 the kingdom

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.440
 of God.

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.480
 It is

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.539
 contrary to

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:51.180
 the way

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.799
 God made

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.379
 us and

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:52.700
 the way

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.180
 that God

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:54.059
 regenerates

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.359
 a person

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:54.639
 when he

00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:55.159
 saves a

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:55.519
 person.

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.460
 It is

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.220
 contrary to

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:58.039
 living a

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.619
 Christian life.

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.480
 Now there is

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.299
 good news in

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.599
 the next

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:01.940
 verse.

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.220
 Paul goes on

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:03.899
 to say to

00:25:03.899 --> 00:25:04.359
 point out that

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.099
 all sinners

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:05.980
 can be changed

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.740
 by God's

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.039
 grace.

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.960
 All sin can

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 be forgiven.

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:08.759
 Look at

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.000
 this.

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.879
 And such

00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:11.259
 were some

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.619
 of you.

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.480
 But you

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.099
 were washed,

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.440
 you were

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.059
 sanctified,

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.539
 you were

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.700
 justified in

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.039
 the name of

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.220
 the Lord

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.059
 Jesus Christ

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:18.460
 and by the

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:18.740
 Spirit of

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.119
 our God.

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.099
 There were

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.480
 people in

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.220
 that church

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.460
 who had

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:23.400
 been alcoholics.

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.099
 People in

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.819
 that church

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:27.579
 who had

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:27.859
 committed

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.440
 adultery.

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:29.980
 There were

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.200
 people in

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.839
 that church

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.960
 who had

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.680
 been involved

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:32.859
 in a

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.079
 homosexual

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.859
 lifestyle,

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:36.299
 but they

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.960
 repented of

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.420
 their sin.

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.720
 They changed.

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.660
 They were

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.000
 not living

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.360
 that way

00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:41.860
 anymore.

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.180
 Another

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.680
 example.

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.460
 This has

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:45.819
 been upheld

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.100
 by the

00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:46.380
 Supreme

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:46.740
 Court of

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:46.980
 the United

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.460
 States.

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.600
 Currently,

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.279
 a Christian

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.980
 baker does

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.380
 not have to

00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:51.700
 make a

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.480
 wedding cake

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.440
 for a

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.259
 same-sex

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.460
 couple that

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.680
 wants

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.500
 decorations

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:58.019
 depicting

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.799
 two men

00:25:58.799 --> 00:26:00.720
 or two

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:02.240
 women being

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:04.000
 married because

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.440
 that would

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.100
 violate the

00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:05.380
 Christian

00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:05.880
 baker's

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.519
 convictions

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:08.039
 that marriage

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.640
 is between

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:10.240
 a man and

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.680
 a woman

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.640
 only.

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.520
 As the

00:26:12.520 --> 00:26:13.100
 scripture says,

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.540
 look at this,

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.320
 the foundational

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:14.960
 statement about

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:16.180
 marriage in the

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.480
 scripture,

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.160
 Genesis 2,

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.540
 24,

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.280
 therefore a

00:26:18.280 --> 00:26:18.680
 man shall

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.040
 leave his

00:26:19.040 --> 00:26:19.480
 father and

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:19.840
 his mother

00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:20.440
 and hold

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:21.040
 fast to

00:26:21.040 --> 00:26:21.560
 his wife

00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:22.120
 and they

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.780
 shall become

00:26:22.780 --> 00:26:24.080
 one flesh.

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:24.940
 Now,

00:26:25.060 --> 00:26:25.320
 I want you to

00:26:25.320 --> 00:26:25.600
 show the

00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:26.100
 slides.

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.280
 There's

00:26:27.280 --> 00:26:27.480
 going to

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.980
 actually be

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.340
 two.

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.759
 Make note

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.220
 of these.

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.360
 The

00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:31.840
 democratic

00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:33.140
 platform

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:34.460
 forbids

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.240
 such

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.820
 religious

00:26:35.820 --> 00:26:36.340
 liberty.

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:37.520
 The

00:26:37.520 --> 00:26:37.920
 democratic

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.860
 party

00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.720
 platform

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.360
 considers

00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:40.800
 running

00:26:40.800 --> 00:26:41.120
 your

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.840
 business

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:43.039
 or your

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.440
 school

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.360
 or institution

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:45.320
 or even

00:26:45.320 --> 00:26:46.220
 personal life

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.800
 according to

00:26:47.800 --> 00:26:48.320
 your

00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:49.440
 religious

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.480
 convictions

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.940
 to be

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.580
 discrimination.

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.680
 For

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:54.920
 Anderson

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.580
 University to

00:26:55.580 --> 00:26:55.880
 say,

00:26:56.300 --> 00:26:58.580
 we're not

00:26:58.580 --> 00:26:59.300
 going to

00:26:59.300 --> 00:26:59.980
 employ

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:01.580
 a homosexual

00:27:01.580 --> 00:27:02.720
 to teach

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.000
 here.

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.420
 The

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:04.779
 democratic

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.340
 party says,

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.700
 we're going

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.820
 to outlaw

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.099
 that.

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:07.419
 We're going

00:27:07.419 --> 00:27:07.779
 to ban

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.079
 it because

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.339
 that's

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.139
 discriminatory.

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:11.059
 The

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.299
 Republican

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.799
 party is

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.059
 saying,

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.500
 no,

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:14.700
 that's what

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.039
 the Bible

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.519
 teaches.

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:15.960
 That's what

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.539
 your religion

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.179
 teaches and

00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:17.679
 you have a

00:27:17.679 --> 00:27:19.179
 right to

00:27:19.179 --> 00:27:20.460
 practice your

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:22.019
 religion even

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.419
 as an

00:27:22.419 --> 00:27:23.039
 institution,

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:23.960
 Anderson

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.500
 University.

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:25.980
 The

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.259
 Republican

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:27.399
 party supports

00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:28.359
 religious

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.859
 liberty.

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.339
 It affirms

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:31.179
 the rights

00:27:31.179 --> 00:27:32.379
 of businesses,

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.240
 institutions,

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.759
 and

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:35.579
 individuals to

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.579
 practice their

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:39.620
 beliefs in

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:41.559
 life, work,

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:43.039
 school, as

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.640
 well as home

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.700
 and church.

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.440
 This applies

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.019
 not just to

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.339
 Christians,

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.819
 I want you to

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.339
 understand all

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:49.400
 of this, this

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:50.640
 applies to

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:50.980
 people who

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.740
 practice any

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.079
 religion.

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.339
 You can live

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.039
 out your

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:55.200
 faith in

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:56.000
 this country

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:58.599
 without being

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.200
 discriminated

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.680
 against.

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:01.299
 Now the

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:01.920
 fourth issue

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.779
 is traditional

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.480
 marriage and

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.920
 family.

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:04.720
 So I'm

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:04.980
 going to go

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.680
 straight to

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.539
 this slide

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.019
 and be real

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.600
 quick with

00:28:07.600 --> 00:28:08.060
 this.

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.539
 Look at

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:09.900
 this if you

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.180
 would.

00:28:13.600 --> 00:28:14.200
 The

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.779
 Republican

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:16.680
 party states

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.259
 this.

00:28:17.340 --> 00:28:17.560
 I'm going to

00:28:17.560 --> 00:28:17.980
 look at it

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.180
 here.

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:19.840
 Supports

00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:20.240
 traditional

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.820
 marriage and

00:28:20.820 --> 00:28:22.000
 family based

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.400
 on one

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:23.340
 woman and

00:28:23.340 --> 00:28:23.880
 one man.

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.820
 Every child,

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.320
 here's the

00:28:25.320 --> 00:28:25.560
 quote,

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.299
 every child

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.960
 deserves a

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.920
 married mom

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:29.000
 and dad and

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.660
 our laws and

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.140
 government

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:31.160
 regulations should

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:32.259
 actively promote

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:33.660
 married family

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:34.620
 life as the

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.500
 basis of a

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.440
 stable and

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.800
 prosperous society.

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:39.440
 That statement

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:40.400
 is a statement

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:41.460
 of fact.

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.900
 All the

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:44.180
 research shows

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.960
 in every

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.660
 demographic,

00:28:45.860 --> 00:28:46.460
 in every

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.019
 demographic,

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.820
 in every

00:28:47.820 --> 00:28:48.759
 racial group,

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.279
 a home where

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.900
 there is a

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:53.740
 stable presence

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.980
 of father and

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:57.240
 mother strongly

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:59.120
 impacts a

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.959
 child's well

00:28:59.959 --> 00:29:02.819
 being throughout

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.579
 their lives.

00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:06.099
 People will

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.799
 talk about the

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.500
 problems of

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.419
 poverty today.

00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:09.819
 One of the

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.779
 greatest ways to

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.099
 deal with

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:12.799
 poverty is for

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.699
 our government

00:29:13.699 --> 00:29:14.519
 to have

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:16.219
 policies that

00:29:16.219 --> 00:29:17.299
 actually promote

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:18.919
 and reward a

00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:19.379
 man and a

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:19.879
 woman living

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.379
 together as

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:20.859
 husband and

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.679
 wife staying

00:29:21.679 --> 00:29:22.879
 together and

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.379
 bringing up their

00:29:23.379 --> 00:29:24.219
 children in a

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.420
 solid home.

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:28.140
 A lot of the

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:29.279
 racial problems in

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:30.000
 our country today

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:31.579
 could be eliminated

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:33.380
 by focusing on

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:35.500
 both husband and

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.500
 wife, father and

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.400
 mother, being

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:38.200
 there, being

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:39.059
 present, being

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:40.400
 involved in the

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:41.519
 lives of their

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:41.960
 children.

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.200
 Well, the

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.900
 Democratic Party,

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:46.079
 as you see on the

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.400
 screen,

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:49.039
 Democratic Party

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:51.799
 has sections

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:53.059
 supporting every

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:54.200
 group you can

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:55.319
 imagine under the

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:58.039
 sun except the

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.440
 family.

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.379
 Look at it.

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:02.639
 Go online and

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.379
 look it up and

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:04.720
 you will not find a

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.960
 statement supporting

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:07.940
 what we would call

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:09.240
 traditional families,

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.960
 a husband and

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.740
 wife, a father and

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:13.599
 mother, being in the

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:15.480
 home, raising their

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:15.799
 children.

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:17.819
 If you doubt me,

00:30:17.919 --> 00:30:18.399
 what I'm talking

00:30:18.399 --> 00:30:19.259
 about, ask any

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:20.059
 teacher in this

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:23.119
 room where the

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:25.180
 problems are in

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.039
 their classrooms.

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.879
 Children can't

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.480
 help it.

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.879
 But the ones that

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:34.539
 suffer most are

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.779
 being raised alone

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:37.339
 by someone and a

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:38.399
 lot of times neither

00:30:38.399 --> 00:30:41.240
 father or mother.

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.279
 You know, there are

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.399
 other biblical issues

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:45.079
 addressed in the

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.419
 Republican,

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:45.779
 Democrat,

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:47.960
 platforms like the

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.960
 role of government

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.940
 in our lives.

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.899
 That's another way

00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:51.379
 of talking about

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:52.339
 socialism and we

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:52.940
 did, we've done

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:54.000
 that enough over the

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.919
 last few weeks.

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.740
 But let me just say

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.119
 this.

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:59.399
 Democrats look more

00:30:59.399 --> 00:31:00.940
 favorably at

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:02.859
 socialism and

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.559
 giving the

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.220
 government more

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:06.379
 power in our

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:07.419
 lives and

00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:08.799
 throughout our

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.220
 country.

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:11.659
 Republicans are

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:12.139
 opposed to

00:31:12.139 --> 00:31:13.319
 socialism and

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:14.139
 want to limit the

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:15.319
 power of government

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:16.019
 government to

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:17.939
 control our lives and

00:31:17.939 --> 00:31:18.879
 control everything in

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.319
 our country.

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:21.439
 Now, in light of all

00:31:21.439 --> 00:31:22.179
 we've looked at last

00:31:22.179 --> 00:31:22.859
 week and this week,

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:25.460
 it's clear that God

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.960
 does call his people to

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.980
 be involved in the

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.379
 world.

00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:30.939
 We can't pretend that

00:31:30.939 --> 00:31:33.000
 what's going on is not

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.480
 going on.

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:35.740
 And that includes being

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:37.639
 involved in political

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.079
 matters.

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.220
 matters.

00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:41.000
 I think John Frame says

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:42.960
 it best in his

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:44.819
 explanation of why he's

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.659
 involved in political

00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:46.099
 matters.

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.779
 Look at this.

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.679
 He says, I try to base

00:31:48.679 --> 00:31:50.679
 all my ideas not only

00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:52.019
 about theology but about

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:53.319
 everything else on the

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:53.679
 scriptures.

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:55.559
 That includes politics.

00:31:55.919 --> 00:31:56.879
 If I am to do all

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.859
 things for the glory of

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:59.119
 God, that surely

00:31:59.119 --> 00:32:00.279
 includes my voting

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:01.839
 behavior and my other

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:03.119
 efforts to improve the

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:04.199
 government of my country.

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:06.960
 I want to ask you, are

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:08.059
 you involved in the

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:10.220
 political process of

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:12.200
 this country to the

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.880
 glory of God?

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:16.160
 Are you informed of

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:17.000
 what the Bible teaches

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:18.420
 about the issues of

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:18.720
 today?

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.620
 The Bible doesn't

00:32:19.620 --> 00:32:20.620
 address every issue

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:22.259
 that's being discussed

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.440
 today.

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:27.420
 But the Bible does

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:31.340
 strongly state clearly

00:32:31.340 --> 00:32:33.940
 a position on the

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.960
 issues we've looked at

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.259
 and many more.

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.360
 Do you look to the

00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:39.440
 Bible for guidance

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:40.779
 about what is right,

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.500
 what is wrong?

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:44.240
 Are you informed about

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.120
 what the candidates

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:46.019
 running for office

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:47.500
 believes about these

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.059
 issues?

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:51.420
 How they line up with

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:53.279
 the truth of God's

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.539
 word?

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:56.460
 And are you planning to

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.500
 vote according to the

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.460
 truth of God's word?

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.920
 For the good of our

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:02.539
 country and for the

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:04.220
 ultimate purpose of

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.559
 glorifying God.

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.619
 Now I want to make

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:08.659
 one thing real clear.

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:11.319
 This is not some kind

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:14.980
 of campaign speech or

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:18.119
 rally for any

00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:18.659
 candidate.

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.399
 I want to make this

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:21.700
 clear.

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:23.079
 I don't think either

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:24.500
 Republican Donald Trump

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:26.700
 nor Democrat Joe Biden

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:28.319
 has the moral character

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:29.460
 to be president of the

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.059
 United States.

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.759
 You know a lot of

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:34.700
 times evangelicals get

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:36.200
 blasted by the liberals

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:37.359
 in this country because

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:39.099
 many evangelicals support

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:39.879
 Donald Trump.

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.919
 They talk about his

00:33:40.919 --> 00:33:42.139
 lifestyle and so forth.

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:44.779
 Most all evangelicals that

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:46.240
 I've ever heard or read

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:47.519
 speak about this all

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:49.740
 denounce Donald Trump's

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:51.779
 moral character and

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.319
 lifestyle.

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:54.379
 And I do too.

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:56.639
 I do not hold him up in

00:33:56.639 --> 00:33:57.839
 any shape, form, or

00:33:57.839 --> 00:34:00.559
 fashion as a model of

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.179
 integrity.

00:34:03.179 --> 00:34:04.619
 As an example of

00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:05.960
 someone I would want my

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:08.319
 grandchildren now to

00:34:08.319 --> 00:34:09.219
 grow up to be like.

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:11.840
 But neither would I Joe

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.259
 Biden.

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:14.579
 Or four years ago neither

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:16.480
 would I Hillary Clinton.

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:20.599
 But the fact is this.

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:24.460
 One of these men,

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.340
 Donald Trump or Joe

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:28.280
 Biden, is going to be

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:29.980
 elected president of the

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:31.659
 United States in

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.059
 November.

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:34.199
 It doesn't matter what you

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:36.000
 think about either one of

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.159
 them.

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:39.980
 Therefore as Christians,

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:42.380
 we need to vote for the

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:45.480
 one whose policies and

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:47.960
 party platform most

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:51.039
 closely support biblical

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:52.039
 principles.

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:56.420
 That also applies to

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:59.059
 choosing our senator from

00:34:59.059 --> 00:35:00.260
 South Carolina that we're

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:00.880
 going to do this year.

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:02.159
 Either Republican

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:03.920
 Lindsey Graham or

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:06.119
 Democrat Jamie Harrison.

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:10.340
 Final thought.

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:13.099
 Voting matters.

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:15.839
 It's important for us to

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:16.579
 be involved in political

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.159
 process.

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:20.219
 But we must guard against

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:21.380
 putting too much

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:25.519
 confidence in any human

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:28.000
 being or any human

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.880
 institution.

00:35:30.839 --> 00:35:33.259
 Our unreserved confidence

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:38.099
 must always stay upon our

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.839
 sovereign God.

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:43.200
 He alone controls this

00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:43.760
 world.

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.860
 Our country.

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:48.600
 And our individual lives.

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:51.400
 Regardless of the outcome of

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:51.900
 an election.

00:35:53.680 --> 00:35:55.660
 I think the scripture is very

00:35:55.660 --> 00:36:00.480
 clear about certain issues

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:03.880
 that will help us to evaluate

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:06.420
 the two parties, the two

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:08.420
 platforms, the two

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:09.059
 candidates.

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:12.760
 I think the Bible is very

00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:14.740
 clear how we should vote.

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:18.220
 It matters that we vote.

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:20.720
 The outcome of this election

00:36:20.720 --> 00:36:21.220
 matters.

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:27.039
 But no matter what, once this

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:29.820
 election is over, God is still

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:30.460
 in control.

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:33.840
 He is still working in this

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:37.659
 world for His glory and our

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.480
 ultimate good.

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:41.740
 And He will do that no matter

00:36:41.740 --> 00:36:42.740
 who is in the White House.

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:44.460
 No matter who controls the

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.539
 Senate or the House.

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:50.199
 We must never lose sight of the

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:52.920
 fact that God is sovereign.

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:55.679
 God will be the one who

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:56.980
 determines the outcome of this

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.340
 election.

00:36:57.340 --> 00:37:00.260
 Read Romans 13 if you have any

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:00.539
 doubt.

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:02.920
 So trust Him.

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.760
 But be involved.

00:37:07.200 --> 00:37:08.900
 Recognize that God works

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:14.320
 through His people to bring

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:16.000
 about His outcomes.

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.700
 Let's pray together.

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:21.600
 Father, help us to think

00:37:21.600 --> 00:37:24.340
 biblically and deeply about

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:26.059
 about these issues.

00:37:28.140 --> 00:37:29.820
 Help us to be involved in the

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:30.720
 political process.

00:37:32.660 --> 00:37:34.940
 Not just voting, but right now,

00:37:36.200 --> 00:37:39.539
 voting November the 3rd.

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:42.800
 And help us, Father, to be

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:44.620
 guided by the truth of Your Word

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:50.819
 and what the candidates and their

00:37:50.819 --> 00:37:55.920
 parties say in relation to the

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.699
 truth of Your Word.

00:37:58.940 --> 00:38:02.380
 And we pray, Father, that You will

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:06.539
 bless our country through this

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:08.980
 process, through the outcome of

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.519
 this election.

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:12.900
 But help us, Father, no matter

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:17.860
 what, to keep our true faith and

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:21.000
 confidence in You and You alone.

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:25.400
 Let's just in an attitude of prayer

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:26.759
 listen to the Lord and respond to

00:38:26.759 --> 00:38:29.340
 Him during these next few minutes.

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.480
 When I say this to God, we pray for

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:42.460
 the darkness of what is

00:38:44.620 --> 00:38:46.420
 this morning.

00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:49.579
 You have to accept if CHC

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:52.420
 and that you release any

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:52.480
 related to

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:54.539
 Our point of Órght

00:38:55.180 --> 00:38:56.180
 onor

00:38:57.740 --> 00:38:58.600
 was