 Good afternoon pastor David. It is welcome everybody to a random moment with pastor David unfiltered Today pastor as I've shared with the with our church audience and want to welcome those who are joining us here this afternoon You know on Tuesdays, I like to kind of keep it current events Some topics may seem political. They're really not in nature Just getting your feedback on certain things with headlines that I try to stay current with and then Thursdays we look at more of the Christian principles and application our lives and so being that it's Tuesday today I wanted to ask you a question regarding our presidency The question just point blank. Do you believe our president has lost control of our country? I don't believe that that the president is Is leading us properly I believe very very deeply and again seeing that we're just discussing Opinions, you know, I'm not giving any any pronouncement from Mount Sinai for sure But if the question is do I do I think that president biden Is adequately leading the country and engendering a confidence in his leadership I would say that He has lost popularity steadily over the last several months to the point where he's In terms of polls that are taking concerning the Confidence that Americans have in his leadership and decisions and all I would say that If the polls are accurate That that he has some of the least Approval ratings that we've seen in In many years president biden has Has lost the confidence of quite a number including His own democratic party and so has he has he Maintained a level of of behavior and decisions that Have made Americans comfortable and hopeful. No, he has not I don't know if our president Is actually in control even of himself Let alone of this country. I actually have a Compassion on him because I have a strong impression john that That he has diminished mental Faculties I really do I I have ministered to and have been close to Those who have lost their memory over time my mother had a You know had dementia and Very slowly over the course of her last year You know couldn't remember her own children and all I I I have seen at firsthand I Have seen those whom I love dearly whom I've known very well go through The loss of memories slowly over time And I'm no doctor god knows that But I see similarities in the way he Looks at the camera the way he fumbles his words the way he forgets where he is or what he's doing So I have compassion on him. So from that aspect I I believe that his behavior and his obvious mental Weaknesses and his frailty that his body you can see when he walks that He has a particular walk that doctors will say seem to To reveal certain conditions of physical and mental conditions that he has I've heard doctors who have Who've gone on record saying that so He isn't he isn't causing people to have confidence in him. I don't have confidence in him for the decisions he's made from From leaving americans behind in You know in danger and abandoning them the way that he did in In opening up the border and allowing people who have Have coded covet who have not been inoculated and just sending them to various states by At night where people don't even know they're being put on planes or buses and then shipped to different places You know the the lack of strength that he He he evidences by not cracking down on on this amazing crime that's taking place in various cities The lack of confidence his own party has Concerning him. I'm I don't believe that in general People have a sense of confidence in him his leadership and I most certainly don't myself and as uh As a pastor as you mentioned, you know, we we have to keep him in prayer Uh as a pastor, what do you say to the the church? In a time where confidence has been lost in our in our in our nation's leadership in terms of Where do we turn to and because obviously we can't turn to our our government for What we can only find in christ, but what would you say to the church pastor for? Uh in times and such as these where we see it all around us and as you mentioned, you know, there's Putin saying all kinds of crazy stuff, you know, it just there's this loss Like there's this feeling of there's a lot a lack of trust in leadership Well, there is a lack of trust in leadership. I mean if my son did what biden's son did if my son had uh had uh the kinds of clear evidence that he's Taking money he's he's getting half a million dollars for paintings when he has no Credibility and they're selling his paintings anonymously said nobody knows who's purchasing I mean, there's too much that that if you watch the news at all that you're aware of so No, the the erosion of confidence in in In the present it should awaken Uh americans, especially should awaken christians to realize that That you don't put your hope or trust in in a government or governmental system You don't put your hope and trust in in an elected official that you think is going to lead us into the promised land You have to be aware of the fact that um That we have one king and he's the ruler of the universe and so we give him our full confidence And then do what is the proper thing in terms of us being american citizens We vote we vote our conscience we We invite others to do the same And uh, you know, we exercise the rights that god has given to us god given rights that are guaranteed in our constitution We do those kinds of things Our ultimate hope though is going to be in in god and in god Lifting up one and putting down another even as nebuchadnezzar said It's god who determines who the king's going to be He's the one who gives the power and the authority and so What we do is we do our best to submit to it You see one of the problems I see in the church today is we have angry pastors Creating angry congregations. We're mad at the politicians and we forget that That these whom we are now proclaiming to be enemies Are in fact those that are our mission field We're supposed to be praying for them. We're supposed to be praying that god will We'll bring people into their life that can Influence them for the good that that god will save their souls. I'm not saying that's easy It isn't especially when you see the injustice and you see the unrighteousness and how it's getting apparently It's becoming common, you know in our entertainment and in the music in in in our government It's it's just spreading that americans are are Are forgetting that that that god can god can save god can god can forgive god can heal and I don't want to be speaking evil of our rulers. You know, I don't I don't I don't believe well Titus chapter three tells us not to I don't I don't I don't want to be the pastor that stirs up people to march But I don't stir up people to serve christ and to love their neighbor and to pray for those who have despitefully used them and And to trust the lord to do what is right. I don't want to be that pastor because There are there are quite a number of angry pastors right now who who seem to be stirring their congregations up into In a militancy, you know, we're we'll show them show them what? You know what I'm supposed to show them is the love of god and the grace of god and And I'm supposed to have an answer Concerning the hope that lies within me and it pertains not to Elected officials alone, but it pertains to where are you going to spend eternity? You know I know there are people right now perhaps you they may have already turned me off but There are people who oh, I disagree so much The church has to stand up and and look at what we were like in 1776 and this and that This isn't 1776 And we may have a mythological belief that there was some kind of incredible godliness But then we're forgetting that there had to be two great awakenings in the united states because apparently this This christian nation Had fallen asleep at the wheel more than once and that's why we need revival. That's why we need awakening. That's why we need Pastors who thunder with righteousness not just political persuasion john. Amen. You know, I as a pastor have strong political opinions Anybody who knows me knows, you know, my political affiliation and the things I believe because my my morals come out of scripture And had I not been saved I'd be a a complete liberal. I was before Why wouldn't I be now? That's what I was A a complete Dedicated liberal, you know legalize everything, you know Why not why not get drunk when you want to why not smoke pot when you want? Why not drop drugs when you want to why not sleep with whoever you want to that was me I got saved when it got saved. I started reading scripture scripture changed my mind I was transformed by the renewing of my mind the way scripture says So Now i'm the enemy of those who present Of their liberal agenda as being the right and true way to live well But i'm not going to swing over to this side over here where I say You know what we got to do will elect righteous officials, you know there Once you get into the The the mud of political influence. It's very hard to clean yourself from it. It really is it cleans to you So the hunger for power And the power I might gain by being an advisor or a political person or whatever It's a very dangerous place to be because we can lose sight of What matters and so I I you know me anybody who's watching who goes to our church knows that That I don't mince words as it retains deliverance for the lord and doing the right thing But I really think that when you're talking about talking to me about whether I think the president has lost any Good influence. I would say he's lost 70 percent of it and almost 70 percent of it because the polls are saying that And his vice president has lost even more credibility. I mean I could go on but that's the answer Well, thank you pastor and and it's a good reminder for us to wake up And it's a good reminder for us to keep our eyes on jesus and to uh And to find churches that preach that teach and preach god's word Not filled with smoke and mirrors and and ruffling and just getting people pumped up It's about Righteousness and living for god living for jesus loving your neighbor and telling the truth and That's what a christian does and we vote our conscience. We influence others to do the same We have the right to vote let us vote run for an office if you feel called go You know run for the school board if you feel called a mayor, you know representative perhaps Run for congress run for senate whatever what if god would set on your heart do it and if you love the lord and And uh, your brothers and sisters and the lord have confidence and you perhaps the lord will allow that you would be elected and be a good influence you know, it's I think is what we're supposed to do but I don't put my hope in A righteous president You know because there's none righteous. No, not one You uh save from the pulpit Sometimes you'll say I don't I don't have a president. I have a king. I have a king and uh, that's what we need to live for is that we do have a king A king who's superior than anything So, you know, we have an exciting week coming up pastor Tomorrow night's wednesday or wednesday evening services is you're taking us through the book of Titus, right? Just a little close to our clothes and we're having communion. What a great way to go into the christmas Time with having communion with the church family invite your friends and family to come on out church family at 7 p.m On wednesday and then uh christmas eve We have service on christmas eve at 7 p.m And then christmas morning at 9. What a great way to invite friends and family to come on out and join us to worship the lord And to celebrate uh, I think pastor It's a good time to put all that stuff aside and just come focus on the lord during this time The real season the truth sees reason for this season the reason for this season So pastor david, thank you so much church family. Thank you for tuning in with us We say god bless you and we look forward to seeing you this week. Amen. Thank you pastor david