 Good afternoon pastor. Hey John welcome everybody to a random moment with Pastor David unfiltered Well, this weekend was a great weekend because we celebrated the Lord honor the day of the Lord on Sunday and And afterwards after having great service in church. There was a game on yeah We watched the game and watch the game and it was a it was a good game and it turned out the way we Hope we had hope so Yeah From that pastor, I wanted to get your feedback on something You know LA county has been one of the has the strictest mask mandate that requires individuals regardless of vaccination status To wear a mask indoors and at major sporting events I everybody seen the picture with magic johnson and our governor the state of california governor Gavin Newsom without a mask There was eric garcetti who was also there without a mask There was san francisco mayor london breed There was a out of mask. Can you speak a little bit about the hypocrisy that We see here. I mean we have our governors. It's about a mask. You have to wear a mask and then here 70 000 plus and no mask, you know, that is a problem and I know that a lot of uh americans and speaking again just of Contemporary issues, you know seeing that tuesday is the time that we kind of speak of issues related to Those things that are contemporary or going on at this moment And uh and all of that. Yeah, that is something that that some of the news outlets have picked up Not all of them and most of them have kind of like brushed over them saying that these individuals were Taking their mask off only for pictures and this and that the sad fact about that is that There are pictures of them walking around without them in other places and so it's just uh Just not true. I believe that in In leadership one of the most important aspects of uh leaders Character and all is is that they're supposed to have the integrity to be believable They're to be modeling those things that they That they are commanding others sometimes to actually follow You look into the life of the apostle paul for example when he's there before the The elders of the aphesian church. He's in a place called myelitis and he summons them to come And to meet with him so that he may be able to give to them some final directives and all as it relates to the church and And things that pertain to the life of the church and the people within it and In the book of axon chapter 20 starting somewhere around verse 17 or so to the end of the chapter The apostle paul Begins to share with them by first pointing to himself. You know what manner of life I always lived amongst you and he repeats that kind of sentiment more than once in his last recorded Sermon if you will or communication to these elders, but but he said, you know what manner of life I always lived amongst you. That's a key in leadership If you if you don't follow the directives you give to others Then you are going to not be a good leader, you know, and so Jesus taught us as As christians that our yes is to be yes and our no should be no and anything Other than that is actually something. That's just not right and so Yeah, I have a Problem with being given an order that those who give the order will not follow themselves and I think a lot of Americans feel the same way and We here we are here in San Bernardino County And we're also adjacent to riverside county And so the sheriff bianco apparently Issued a statement. I read it. It's um, it's been credited to him or he said That the the mayor and all Of la and the governor of california Is not following his own mandates and apparently Bianco was saying That's the reason why he is not willing to enforce the mandates I think it has a trickle down effect if you will If the if the governor is not doing that what she tells others to do There's every reason for us to begin to believe or at least wonder Why what is good for me is not good for him, right? And uh, you know I think californians have uh an obligation to question those things john not just to to wonder I also believe that californians and anybody under some leadership Has a moral obligation to to be very careful to See that that one who gives the orders and gives those commands That they're faithful to the things they say are good for you If they're good for you, they're good for him too. And so this hypocrisy is going to lead to the The ultimate changing of the direction of this nation because even those who do not subscribe to uh to quote unquote republican Um values Are seeing some of the things that those who are Republican in the political system and and all Are are saying and seeing we we see hypocrisy and hypocrisy as a way Of undermining authority, you know, it's as you're mentioning this and yes pastor Thank you for reminding our viewers that on tuesdays We do talk about current events and and things that are going on and hitting the news and on thursdays We talk about the spiritual aspect of things, but you know, it's that saying that I think all of us have heard Do as I say it not that I not what I do not what I do And there's only that only goes so far until we get tired of it. I mean, I remember hearing that as a kid and thinking Well Who are you or you know, I would have that and I think it's going to come to a point where we reached that as we see These leaders Doing that. Well, you know, john you would know as well as I you know our our testimonies um contained Battles with drugs and alcohol, you know, and I as a young man thank god I got saved at an early age I got saved at 20 uh, but I'd already lived a life of five years of increasing alcohol and drug abuse and and and alcoholism so God was very gracious to save me at an early age But I still remember when I was smoking pot before everybody decided It is legal to do something like that I still remember when people who were drinkers would say that it's wrong for you to to smoke pot and and I always thought that was a bit a bit hypocritical Because you know The ones who were telling us that we shouldn't drink were often found to be drunk themselves. So I I didn't parse those kinds of concepts I just felt if if you're going to tell me that I shouldn't be giving myself over To a substance that changes my behavior How in the world do you feel that you can tell me that when you're giving yourself over to the control of alcohol? And I wasn't even a christian. I just saw through that. I just thought this is hypocrisy. So yes I believe that if it's good for you It's good for others. What's good for the goose is good for the gander is how we used to say it And so yeah contemporary illustrations of hypocrisy are you know, they abound and We saw that on full display this last sunday when when Newsome Was there maskless and and and then that gets into the issue of do the mass even work and and and There's a consensus now even though it's not being broadcast In every station that the that the masks and whether you're wearing one or two or whatever really are not Keeping the the virus from spreading and the inoculations that they're saying that you need to have you need to have these Inoculations doesn't keep you from getting the the illness, you know, and so I just think that Americans and Are myself included to have a long time ago Decided that we need need to do what is best for ourselves to take care of ourselves Because I have never believed the government cares about me and again john and I'll close with this A law that a governor that an axle mandate or whatever Saying that he cares about my health And yet believes in destroying the life of a baby in the womb is not somebody i'm going to listen to And we've seen plenty of examples of that, you know, where these governors, you know are saying You know, I care about the old folk and then they're they're putting Covid positive old people back in in convalescent homes and and Many many thousands Our elderly die, so I I think there's a reason why Many americans just don't trust The government and we almost certainly don't trust the media Because the media is in in bed with uh with the democratic party. That's obvious I mean anybody who would dispute that just doesn't really pay attention And this is why it's so important as we have mid-term elections coming up To really ask christians to vote we need to get out there and do our due diligence and And to get this hypocrisy out of office do the best that we can to to vote in somebody who at least Is closer to what you believe right is right. We're not going to have a savior elected We already have one that's been given to us And every human being is prone to the same temptation to power that adam himself and eve were We're tempted with eve especially as we see in scripture You know, you shall be like god. It's a temptation to power And so no there's there's this failure on the part of of human beings to be able to resist these kinds of temptations Without the power of the spirit And so we're all aware of that and we're not casting stones at people Although it may appear to some that we are because they're they're given over to the belief that That Newsom and others are very sincere and all of that which uh, which to me is extremely naive And uh, and their trust isn't well placed But we do need uh people who reflect our values to be elected at least closer to what we have now And it comes down to again, we don't have a governor. We don't have a president We have a king. Yes, and uh, and you know, we do pray for them We do lift them up in prayer But as as the american people we can only take so much. Amen. And so pastor. Thank you so much for Sharing your thoughts on this and church family We do want to invite you to come out and join us on sunday at 8 30 a.m And 10 45 and pastor david you're taking us through the book of mark Been amazing studies How jesus is even last week we saw don't you know that i fed the 5000 and had The 5000 4000 and he's teaching his apostles You know that he's he's he's able to take care of them tomorrow night on our wednesday night study We're going to be looking at uh, the book of Ephesians chapter 2 Um, probably verses one through ten. So wednesday night 7 p.m Uh, it's been an amazing study. It's a great book And it's we've been having a good turnout and we want to invite you guys to come out and join us And then men tomorrow's the last day to purchase your ticket for the superbowl breakfast For the breakfast option and so you can actually stop by the gazebo after services tomorrow Or register online and we look forward to having you amen pastor. Thank you so much for your time. God bless you guys Thank you for tuning in to unfiltered. God bless you