 Good afternoon, Pastor David. Hey John. Welcome everybody to a random moment with Pastor David unfiltered. Pastor, today is going to be it's going to leak in a little bit into the political scene and and I wanted to ask you, you know, as Christians, how do we respond to the double standard that has been presented by our administration? For example, just recently there was an event where there were immigrants that were dropped off at Martha's Vineyard and were there, what, 44 hours? And then they were shipped. And so, you know, the argument is, why weren't they housing them, especially if it's, you know, they're talking about, we're welcoming everybody, that double standard, how are we to respond? And that's just one example. How do we respond as Christians to things like that when things are unfolding right in front of us, such as things like this? I think part of the call of a Christian is to speak out against injustice. You know, this is one of those complicated kind of situations in that they are illegal. We have any country that's going to survive, has to have laws and regulations, rules. And so to see those rules and regulations flaunted with the open borders and the millions that have come across and the dilution of different states to try and, undoubtedly, to try and affect future elections is a gross miscalculation and is truly hypocritical in every way because, you know, on the one hand is Mexican, you know, my mom and dad both, Mexicans, my grandparents all coming from Mexico. I see it kind of ironic that they took these brown-skinned people to a vineyard, you know. They're going to put them to work or what, right? You know, maybe that's why they were happy to arrive. But what I thought about then, I thought how ironic that really is to take them to a place that is one of the richest areas of the entire country. And for these people to say that, oh, we don't have room here for them, not even in any of our inns. I mean, they have so much room there, so many empty rooms, because it's not the tourist season right now. They very easily could have cared for these people. And yet I have to tell you, John, the hypocrisy of this is amazing to say, oh, you're using human beings as pawns. And you took these 44 people and took them or 50 people and took them to this place where they can't stay. It's amazing how fast the army was called in to remove them. And to see the hypocrisy of these people on the one hand, just the day before is saying, oh, we don't have room here. We can't help them. This is the richest place and one of the richest places in the whole United States. We can't help them. We don't have the money to help them. Well, wait a minute, you've received as a sanctuary, you have received government funds. Why are you saying you cannot help them? Your racism is showing itself for what it is. I have to say it that way, because that's what it is. It's hypocrisy. And the fact that Biden, the president, has been for over a year, been taking people by cover of night and dropping them off in all these different cities and has done it. Not a single liberal voice has spoken up and said, this is hypocrisy. Why are you doing this? They didn't say a word about it. All you can hear are crickets. So how does the church respond? Well, one, we've always been ready to be of help to anybody in need of help. But also, we have to cry out and call out and say, this is gross hypocrisy to claim that the governor of Florida and the governor of Texas, that they are acting with a sense of callousness towards those in need, when they have thousands upon thousands in Texas, that every day are coming across the border, every day are being allowed because the border czar hasn't ever even shown up there to do anything about it. To me, it's just hypocrisy. We need to vote these people out. We really do because they don't love the United States. They're not doing something to be of help to the United States. They're actually injuring the United States. They've done this through their policies all along. So what does the church do? I think we teach the Word of God. We tell people to live justly. We care for those who have need. We do those kinds of things. But we have to speak up and say, this is wrong. We need new officials. Basically, that's what we do. Amen. Keep our eyes on Jesus. And yes, and vote. Vote the rascals out, John. Vote them out. It's become one of these things. And it's amazing to me. I mean, my heart has compassion and pity for the president, for Biden. But just yesterday, when he was speaking to the United Nations, he used to feel sorry for this man because he doesn't really know where he's at. It's quite obvious. My mom, I had dementia. And I've seen dementia more than once. And I see the signs of it. And it's quite obvious that he has it. And to see him shaking hands with invisible people or to be directed, somebody is pulling the strings on our president puppet. That's what's taking place. And I think that if you don't see that, then you are willfully blind. That's what's taking place. And the idea of the next person stepping in to take over being Kamala Harris, that makes it even worse. And then the next person in line is Pelosi, that makes it even worse. So I'm serious when I say, we have to wake up as a nation. And seeing you asking a political question, the political answer, as I see it, is to vote them out. To bring in some people who haven't been tainted with the Washington hypocrisy, because there are a lot of rhinos, a lot of Republicans in name only out there who are doing what they can to keep their position. I honestly think part of the solution is term limits, so that they don't make a living. They become millionaires off of taxpayers the way that they do. No, I think we need to vote them out. And I really do believe that we need to, something has to be passed, something has to be established so that there are limits to the amount of time these people can, they're just sponging off American taxpayers. Billions and billions into the trillions, and then giving bills that are saying, oh, we're gonna improve the inflation when in fact it's increasing it. We're not blind. I certainly hope Christians wake up because we have given away so many elections because Christians say, well, boy, you know, especially California Christians, well, what good does my vote do? Well, my vote does good for me because I know that I'm not part of the problem. And those who are not voting are because we have millions of Christians who don't vote. We could actually stand up and we could say, listen, this is not the society we want, where you're telling us to stay indoors while you're at the French laundry, where you're telling us we can't get our haircut while you're getting yours done by your spectral person who does it, where you're telling us that we have to make sacrifices while you're standing in front of your $20,000 refrigerator eating this very expensive ice cream. Where is your sensitivity? We're supposed to obey the law while your husband hits a car while drunk and nobody knows anything about it. No, this is terrible. What we're seeing is horrible, John. And I have strong feelings that the church doesn't very often hear, but I have very strong feelings because this is unjust. It's unjust. And, you know, there's going to be some ruffled feathers watching this and comments. And I think by that assumption, they're assuming it's about Trump. No, it's not about Trump. It's about voting biblically. It's about what is right and what is wrong and doing what we can to make it right. Amen. You know, yeah, God raises up one and puts down the other. We know that. But I have been in a republic like we have. I have responsibility to vote. And when I don't, I get the leadership that I deserve. Amen. Well, Pastor, thank you so much for sharing with us. You're welcome. And again, we'll see the responses that we get from this. We'll see. I want to invite you guys to come out and join us on Wednesday evening. We're going to have a time of worship and God's word. Invite your friends and family to come on out. And we do look forward to seeing you guys come out. And also Sunday 830 and 1045 is our Sunday morning services. Invite a friend to come on out. Pastor, thank you again so much. Thank you guys for tuning in. And God bless you.