 Welcome, everybody, to unfiltered. Welcome, Pastor David. Thanks again. I want to ask you a question, just straight out. Straight question is, America being brainwashed. Yes. Next. Well, obviously, I mean, every time you turn on the TV, every time you read a newspaper, any time you turn on the radio news, any time you have any kind of information given to you in any form, there is an obvious intent to communicate certain things, certain biases, especially in the news today. So, yes, is there an effort to brainwash us? I would say there is. A good example would be just what occurred just this weekend. You know, you have people saying, you know, don't go outside, don't go to church, you know, don't be on the roads as if the entire area of California is somehow going to be saturated by enormous amounts of rain. And indeed, there was rain. And yes, there were certain areas that were drenched in all of that. And there were inconveniences. And there were things that occurred that I think are obviously things that should concern anybody who has a heart. But the bottom line was it was blown up. It was one of those things that we have almost grown used to. And I think that we have, to some degree, we're used to hearing warnings from those who claim to have higher authority and greater knowledge and more experience. And what happens is the sheep, Californians, Americans, people in general, really, but we especially seem to be very sheepish. So if somebody says, this is going to happen, we're all afraid. And even people who normally would go to churching and claim faith in Christ and trust in Him, even they stay home. They're afraid to get in the cars and to drive. And I have to be honest when I say, I was very disappointed in our services this Sunday when in the first service there was a light turnout. And second service was closer to normal, but we saw a good percentage of our fellowship decide to stay home. And it must have been, it has to have been, that they had heard that there are gonna be some tragic results that they get on the highway and all of that. And so yes, we're being brainwashed and it is a spirit of fear. There is a very strong sense of fear in the heart of many people. Fear, as we see it in the scripture, begins in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve partake of the forbidden fruit and God asks of them a question and they said, well, we heard you and we were afraid. So fear really in its origin seems to be combined with the obvious lack of faith and God hasn't given to us this attitude or a mind of fear of power and believers, I think, fail to realize that. And we on the one hand, we wanna do what is wise. We don't wanna tempt the Lord. We don't wanna presume on him. But on the other hand, I question whether the church really gets on its knees and says, God, am I really gonna be washed off the road by a hurricane? I'm here in the Inland Empire. I've never seen anything quite like that, but they're saying, don't go out. Therefore I won't. John is easy for us to succumb to that. It really is. And yes, there is a 24 hour a day, seven day a week, constant barrage of negative news that is intended to undermine your confidence, to steal your hope, to quench your faith and to keep you from fellowshiping with God's people and being in the Word. That mentality is not just over the world, not just over the state, not over just this city and our county. That mentality is infiltrating churches. And so on the one hand, we don't wanna be presumptuous. On the other hand, I don't wanna be captured by fear. Fear has torment. The one who fears has not been made perfect in love. I don't wanna be captured by the fear of this age because the enemy is working overtime to undermine the army of God. And so yes, there's a lot of brainwashing. Yes, there are a lot of people who are brainwashed. You know, Fauci said it must be true, but we have seen that many are being, the news is manipulated. We know that there are things that from the highest office, the president of the United States, he can't hide the evil that he's been doing. It's being revealed now, even though people are refusing to believe it, we're seeing people who are being brainwashed and into believing that a boy can decide when he's six years old that he's a girl and a girl can decide when she's four years old that she's a boy. And then you have these parents who are absolutely deceived, saying you've got to treat them that way, you've got to give them up. This is true, for example, one parent was saying, you have to make sure that they have a litter box in the bathroom form because they're an animal, you know, they're really a cat. Yes, we're being brainwashed and yes, it's destructive and the church needs to get in the word, get in fellowship and has to be prepared and even more prepared because there's a non-slot. Well, thank you, Pastor. I saw some of the news today or the other day in supermarkets were being flooded by these doomsdayers or these emergency and I think it was you mentioned that we're in the Inland Empire, we're not gonna get that. But I wanted to just get your perspective on that because yes, you do, we see it all across everything that there's a brainwashing going on, especially for our children. Pastor, thank you so much for Shane. Do wanna invite you guys to come out and join us on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. as we celebrate or as we celebrate our worship with a Bible study and fellowship and time in God's word. Come on out, you're taking us in Romans. It's Romans chapter 11. Chapter 11, wow, we're going. It's a great study, great opportunity to invite your friends and family. So we look forward to seeing you. Thank you again, Pastor and God bless you.