128. 10 REASONS WHY IT IS A SIN TO VOTE DEMOCRAT (THE INTRODUCTION)
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In this video, Pastor Kendall Lankford launches a new series exposing why voting for the Democratic Party is not just a poor choice but a sin against God. Over the next ten weeks, Pastor Kendall will dive into ten critical issues—ranging from abortion and gender confusion to religious liberty and secularism—that reveal the party's deep opposition to Biblical truth. This series is a call to Christians to reject the lies, embrace the truth, and work to bring Christ's Kingdom into every area of life. Discover why supporting the Democratic Party is not morally neutral but is, in fact, a betrayal of God's commands. If you're ready for bold, unfiltered Biblical teaching that challenges the status quo, this series is for you. 🔔 Subscribe for more teachings on Biblical truth and culture! 🔔 📢 Like, share, and comment to spread the Gospel further! 📢 Follow us on Social Media: 🌐 Website - https://www.theshepherds.church 📘 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Kendall.W.Lankford 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/KendallLankford 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theshepherdschurch/ 🎵 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@reformed_pastor Join us in worship at The Shepherd's Church: 📍 Location: 10 Jean Ave, Chelmsford, MA 01824 📅 Service Time: Sunday School @ 8:30am Lord’s Day Worship @ 10am Contact us: 📧 [email protected] 📞 (978) 304-6265
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- That is the future of the world not the Democrats not the Republicans not abortion not pronoun confusion
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- Not liberalism or conservatism or Islam or Judaism or any of it? The future of the world is
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- Christ Hello everyone and welcome back to the broadcast where we prod the sheep and beat the wolf
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- This is episode 128 10 reasons why it's a send -to -vote Democrat the introduction Well, hello everyone and welcome back to the broadcast now if you're new to this channel
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- Or if this is your first time joining us, I want to tell you a little bit about who we are We are a salty
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- Christian podcast that talks about Eschatology and culture and we talk about those things in a frank salty sort of way
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- Because we believe that Jesus owns the world and that through his spirit and dwelled bride the church
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- He's gonna put down all of his enemies foreign and domestic He's gonna spread his kingdom far and wide and he's gonna transform this rebel planet into a garden paradise
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- Once again, he's gonna bring it under his complete and total Dominion and he's gonna make this world robustly and totally
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- Christian before he returns That is the future of the world not the Democrats not the
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- Republicans not abortion not pronoun confusion Not liberalism or conservatism or Islam or Judaism or any of it?
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- The future of the world is Christ Jesus and his church are the future of this world and we believe that on this show
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- We do not believe that the world is gonna be getting worse and worse and worse just before it crashes into a blazing glory
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- We don't believe that we're arranging deck chairs on the Titanic We believe that Jesus is gonna keep spreading his kingdom until the entire world
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- It's been made a footstool for his feet until all of earth Obeys him as it does in heaven which affects the way that we live
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- Since we believe that Jesus is gonna have the Dominion. We're not defeatist We are not doom and gloomers and we're not weirdos in basements who study charts and who map out blood moons
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- We are hopeful Joyful, we're a vigorous people We believe that our lives matter now
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- We believe that we are not just biting our time until we get zapped out of here We believe that we're called to work down here and to labor down here and to pray down here and to go to church down Here and to live lives in the world that matters to the glory of God We believe that Jesus is gonna bring his kingdom to all the rebel parts of this world and that he's gonna use us as his
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- Hands and feet until he returns and since we know that Jesus is going to win that he's gonna have the victory that he's gonna have
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- Dominion We do not have an expectation of losing We expect that our work is gonna matter and that we're gonna continue gaining ground and that we're gonna continue
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- Marching forward until his kingdom has prevailed and he returns to defeat the final enemy, which is death
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- That's what we believe on this show. So What we talk about a lot is how we need to then defeat this loser
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- Mentality that has infected the church for far too long and we need to get juiced up again for kingdom service we need a eschatology that actually
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- Invigorates the Bride of Christ to take back the world from the squatters who think it belongs to them and This is the show for if that's what you think.
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- This is a show for you This is not a show for bellyachers or professional squishes. This is not a show for nice guys or navel gazers
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- This is a show for those who want to grab a shovel and get to work. This is a show For everybody who wants to stop complaining about how bad the world is and to start do something about it to help rebuild it
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- To be obedient to Christ for the glory of God. It's for those who want to reclaim a triumphant masculine and holy vision for the
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- Christian faith and what we need to do about that in the present and what Direction Jesus is taking the world in the future.
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- This show is meant to prod. That's why we call it the broadcast it's meant to prod all of God's people to righteousness holiness and joyful victory in Jesus if you've been looking for a show that is meant to coddle you
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- Well, you need to go grab your binky and go put on somebody like Joel Osteen because we're not about that here
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- But if you're ready for a triple imperial stout of raw biblical truth That's gonna point you to the only one who can give you true and lasting joy in obedience to him and a show
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- That's gonna give you the kind of kick in the pants That you and I need in order to serve our King with all of our heart soul mind and strength
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- Well, then brothers and sisters this show is for you. Why? this new series
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- Speaking of things to be glad about I'm especially glad that you are here today for this new series
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- Because we have a lot of work to do this country that we are living in right now is an absolute
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- Dumpster fire and the biggest reason I think is because Christians have been passive uninvolved and spectating the collapse of the
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- American Empire for decades We've been like second -string cheerleaders on the sidelines instead of all pro linebackers facing fourth and one instead of being faithfully engaged in culture and Cultivating culture those words are from the same root
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- We've been living with our proverbial bags packed. Hoping our heavenly Scotty will beam us up any moment this posture of cultural escapism and isolationism that the church has adopted is like leaving hamburger meat out on the counter instead of putting it in the fridge as time
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- Passes it turns green and noxious Which is precisely what has happened to the
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- American culture under our negligence in the past two decades
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- The alphabet abomination has wildly increased gaining tremendous speed and ground and momentum in our culture
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- Now that's not to say that the sodomites and the lesbians and the mr. Potato head trannies haven't always existed they've existed in our culture for some time now, but in the last 20 years in general and Especially in the last 20 years in particular
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- This unholy movement has been Increasing its speed it's been promoting the
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- Frankensteining of our young children the weaponizing of pronouns the twerking of fat men and dresses in front of mothers and babes pushing pornographic material in our schools and our libraries forcing
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- Everyone with good sense on earth to cheer for this lewd and disgusting lifestyle that Movement has increased in intensity
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- It's increased in speed and it's done that over the last 10 years, especially and it really began around the second term of Senor Obama Eric Holder was an
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- Obama official who was over the Department of Justice He turned the DOJ into a political hammer that was meant to nail down the left's enemies
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- And that's been happening now for about 15 years nowadays men and women Who are simply praying outside of Planned Parenthood and grandmothers who are taking guided tours of Congress Guided by the
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- Capitol Hill Police no less have been jailed disproportionately for the actions that they committed
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- This comes at the same time that Kami Kamala was working in 2020 to defund the police and to pay the bail of the arsonist who were burning
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- Minneapolis to the ground and by the way Shout out to government governor walls for that as well.
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- So If you agree with the godless left in this society Then you can torch entire cities and you can turn them into an absolute
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- Into rubble and you can get a get out of jail free card by the left but if you dare disagree with them on anything then you will be made an example of you will be punished and that's what the justice system has
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- Become under these godless perverted people and that's happened more and more frequently the more that the left has jolted left
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- Just since Obama has taken office. This has expedited and that's not the only thing on and on we could go
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- We could talk about things like government overreach during the China virus as President Trump calls it the pressure campaign to get people to take the jab the
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- Normalization of sexually explicit material in the public school libraries men flashing their penis to women's in the women in the bathroom or men competing in women's sports or the undermining of parental rights so that now a child can have an abortion without even telling their mother and so much more we could talk about the expediting of this crazy
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- Lunacy that's happened over the last ten years and it's and it is crazy And at the center of all of it at the center of all of these issues is this pimp
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- Known as the Democratic Party who is prostituting our country into deeper and deeper rebellion against our
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- God and sadly Much of the modern -day Republican Party is bought and paid for pansies
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- Who watch all of this happening and they do nothing about it, but they pad their pockets along the way shame on you
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- This is why I wanted to do a series like this both Because Jesus is going to win.
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- He's gonna transform the world He is going to turn this world into a Christian paradise before he returns But in the meantime
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- The Christian Church needs to wake up and pull her proverbial head out of her proverbial tail and get to work
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- Because Jesus is gonna use his church in order to bring about his kingdom
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- And if we skip that work and if we take Our generation just says you know what?
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- I'm not gonna do this. I'm gonna wait on the rapture I'm gonna I'm gonna watch the world get worse and worse and I'm gonna complain about it
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- But I'm gonna do nothing about it if we take that posture The Lord will not use this generation and we will stand up in heaven and have to give an account for why we were
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- Slothful why we buried our talent in the sand why we were the unfaithful Servant who did not do what the
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- Lord himself told us to do and I don't want us to be that generation So I'm sounding the alarm as loud as I possibly can to say we need to do both
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- We need to have an eschatology of victory and we need to have a work ethic like a Protestant now
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- In Sun Tzu's art of war. He gives this great Statement know thine enemy
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- That's why I wanted to do a series like this Because we need to know good eschatology and we also need to know our enemy and our enemy
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- One of them at least currently today is the modern Democratic Party I don't want any
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- Christian to be confused about the godlessness of this movement and how wretched it actually has become and I Also as a primary focus for this series
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- I don't want any evangelical Protestants or anyone who calls upon the name of Christ to support this
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- Movement out of a deep -seated moral kerfuffle Because they have
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- Trump derangement syndrome. I don't want that. I know that Trump is immoral I know that Trump is hard to support in many ways especially if you're looking at some of the things that he said and some of the things that he's done and you're like I can't
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- Possibly vote for that guy. Maybe I just need to vote for the Democrat Brothers and sisters that is not the right answer.
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- I Gonna inflame many people's consciences. I get that and I'm gonna address that in the final episode but running to the
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- Democratic Party as a sanctuary against the Immorality of Donald Trump is like guzzling the venom of an inlet
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- Taipan which is the most poisonous snake on earth to avoid the bite of a copperhead, which is you're gonna survive
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- It's gonna hurt but you're gonna survive It would be like running to the Democratic Party instead of Trump would be like Injecting fentanyl in order to avoid taking
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- Morphine running to the Democrats on on the moral ground is akin to a kind of moral insanity
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- That David French and Russell Moore and some of the other evangelical squishies are all about but it's but it's wrong and it's insane and It must not be found among the ranks of the
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- Church of Jesus Christ now over the next several weeks. I want to show you How evil the
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- Democratic Party has become and I want to show you not only that they've become the party of sin
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- But that voting for them as the less evil option as the shoot yourself in the foot instead of shooting yourself in the head kind of option is in fact a
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- Great evil and a great sin against God and a and a terrible thing to do to this country
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- It is cheering for the continued reign of Washingtonian Jezebel's and secular progressive
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- Athaliah's of which Kamala Harris is Both when what our country really needs is a good old -fashioned
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- Christian. Joash. I Do not believe Trump fits that bill. I do not believe
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- Trump is moral I do not believe that Trump is Anywhere close to the messianic figure that some portray him to be
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- I think Trump is deeply morally flawed and I have real issues with Trump, but I certainly think that the modern
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- Democratic Party is uniquely and terrifyingly wicked and no one in their right mind
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- Could ever support them So over the next 10 weeks I'm going to be given 10 specific examples of how and why voting for the
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- Democratic Party is Not a morally neutral action, but it is in fact sinning against God.
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- We're gonna talk about topics like climate change Critical race theory open borders conversion therapy religious liberty education secularism and socialism gender transitions the
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- LGBTQ support and the systematic genocide of children through abortion My goal in this tumultuous election cycle is to provide crystal clear clarity on why?
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- The Democrats cannot be supported with even a single vote It's my hope that as we do this
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- That their reign of terror will come crashing down and it will be replaced by something that is far less wicked and far less morbidly heinous
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- How voting Democrat is a sin Now before we wrap things up today
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- I do want to drop the hammer on why voting for the Democratic Party isn't just a bad idea
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- And it's not just harmful for our country But it's a full -on assault against the God that you claim to serve
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- Now if I'm gonna bind your conscience that I need to bring chapter and verse if I'm gonna tell you that you can't vote
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- Democrat or else it's a sin that I Need to actually prove that from the Bible and not just for my opinions But based on what the
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- King of Kings actually says So today I want to give you five verses to think about over the next week as we will give ten reasons
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- Why I think voting Democrat is a sin. So here's five reasons To kind of begin us off with number one voting
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- Democrat approves of what God hates Romans 132 Romans 132 says it like this and although they know the ordinances of God That those who practice such things are worthy of death
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- They not only do the same but they also give hearty approval to those who practice them I want you to let that sink in the sins of the
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- Democratic Party are the kind of sins that are worthy of death But when you cast your vote for them
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- You're not only Celebrating or you're not only voting for a party that celebrates
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- Abominations like abortion and sexual perversion and every other flavor of wickedness under the Sun, but but you're also
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- Supporting them. You're not just standing on the sidelines. You're cheering them on and saying saying go keep going
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- Yeah, we support this you're telling God that I'm okay with this kind of insanity that my friends is
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- A Romans 31 branded neon flashing sign telling you that you have been handed over to debased mind
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- To do the things which ought not to be done God is screaming at you through his word that if you're voting for people who do this kind of wickedness
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- Then you are supporting them You are cheering them on you are nodding along as they stomp on everything that is sacred wake up and repent
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- Before it's too late or you'll find yourself on the wrong side of God's wrath and believe me That is not a place that you want to be number two voting for the
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- Democratic Party is not acting in faith Romans 14 23 says this whether or whatever is not from faith is sin
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- So you can't hide behind or excuse the voting against Trump mentality when you toss your lot in with the
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- Democrats That's not faith That's fear. That's cowardice. And that's a complete lack of trust in the sovereignty of God If you think for one second that switching sides
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- To a party that openly defies God is the lesser of two evils
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- Then you are dead wrong running from Trump's moral failings is fine, but running from them into the arms of the
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- Democrats is like jumping out of the frying pan and into the full -on fire
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- It's a sin because it doesn't arise out of faith. It arises out of fear.
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- It comes from a twisted sense of Pragmatism that has no place in the life of a
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- New Testament Christian Don't kid yourself if you vote if your vote in November is not rooted in faithfulness to God and Fidelity to his word then it is a sin plain and simple number three voting for the modern
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- Democratic Party is calling evil good and Good evil Isaiah 50 verse 20 throws down the gauntlet like this.
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- Whoa to those Who call evil good and good evil who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness who?
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- substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter The Democratic Party is guilty of this sin every single day when they promote policies that fly in the face of biblical morality abortion literally murdering children in the womb sexual immorality chopping off the body parts of kids
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- The redefinition of marriage and anything you go on and on and on they don't just stop there
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- They demand that you celebrate their abominations with them. They demand
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- That you call their evil good and that you call their bittersweet and that you call their darkness light or though or they'll cancel you they
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- Demand that you label the truth of God as evil And when you vote for a party like that You are signing your name on the dotted line of their perversions
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- You are standing shoulder -to -shoulder with those who shake their fists at heaven and who dare to mock
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- God This isn't just a vote. It's a betrayal. It is it is a misalignment of your
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- Allegiances and that is nothing short of treason against the King of Kings and the
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- Lord of Wars I'm not saying that the Republicans are the answer by no means and if you have any doubt about that Wait until episode the final episode when
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- I go after them as well but if You vote for a party that calls evil good
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- You yourself are doing evil. That's number three number four Partnering with darkness 2nd
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- Corinthians 6 14 through 15 leaves. No doubt It says this do not be bound together with unbelievers
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- For what partnership have the righteous with the lawless or what fellowship has light with darkness or what harmony has
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- Christ with Belial or What has a believer in common? with an unbeliever
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- Voting for the Democratic Party is more than a political choice. It's spiritual adultery You are yoking yourself to a party that revels in lawlessness and dances in the dark and spits
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- In the face of Jesus Christ, there is no middle ground and there is no neutrality here You can't serve two masters either.
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- It's gonna be Christ or it's gonna be Belial in it If you're casting your vote for a party that is doing the devil's work at every turn
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- Then you've made your choice Don't deceive yourself into thinking that you're somehow
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- Righteous because I can't get along with Trump and his policies and his immorality
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- So I'm gonna vote for the don't deceive yourself if you can support the Democratic Party You are the problem and you need to repent number five
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- You're allying with a throne of iniquity Psalm 9 94 20 through 21 says this can a throne of destruction be allied with you?
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- One which devises mischief by decree they ban themselves together Against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death brothers and sisters the
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- Democratic Party has made its throne on the blood and the bodies of unborn infants and The broken lives of those who follow its twisted decrees
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- By casting your vote for them. You are allying yourself with a throne of iniquity a throne that God himself hates
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- This is not just about policies politics and platforms It's about standing with the kind of people who have set themselves up against the righteousness and the justice of God supporting them is akin to spiritual treason by shaking their fist at heaven and saying
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- All manner of things that they do by you voting for them. You are doing the same thing That's not just a mistake it is a sin and it's time to repent before you find yourself again on the wrong side of God's judgment conclusion
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- In weeks ahead. We are going to examine this very thing We're gonna examine the top ten reasons why voting for the modern
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- Democratic Party is a sin. And by the way Kamala Harris has not yet published the 2024
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- Democratic Party platform She won't even take a an interview with a news media person she's not done anything yet, but speak with a teleprompter and view and lie about her policies and flip -flop on the things that she believes so I Actually don't know what the 2024 platform is.
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- My assumption is is that it's worse than 2020? Because Kamala is the most progressive candidate that we've ever had for president
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- So I assume that it's worse the problem is is that I don't have any material to actually work with so this series has been patterned off of the 2020
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- Democratic platform and once something is released if it's released who knows what they're gonna do
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- Then I will modify as I go. But for now, it's been based on that I'm gonna look into ten reasons why the
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- Democratic Party is a sin and then at the end I'm gonna conclude this series on how I am going to vote and the principles
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- By which I am using to think through how to vote as a Christian In this current political chaos that we're living in.
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- So this series is gonna be confrontational It's gonna be filled with lots of scripture. Like you just heard a second ago.
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- It's gonna likely cause more than a few controversies It's gonna set some people's heads on fire
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- But my hope and my prayer is that the Word of God will do precisely what the
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- Word of God does. I pray That the Word would act and it would function as a two -edged sword
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- I'm praying that it will expose the fake branch of Christianity that has put its lot in with the
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- Democrats the evangelicals for Kamala Kamala group I pray that this series would expose them for their absolute fraud and how they're masquerading like they're
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- Christians among us because they're not I also pray That these episodes are gonna spark great conversations among friends and family
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- I pray that they're gonna expose things that are going on in our country I pray that they're gonna equip the Saints on how to think about these crucial issues in our time period
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- I know that there's a lot of work For the Church of Christ to do and I know that we need to and we must cling to the gospel of Christ in all
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- Things we must grow in our allegiance to Almighty God learning how to love him with all of our heart soul mind and strength
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- And a part of that is learning how to understand Who the world is and What enemies that we actually face?
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- What are the principalities the powers in the darkness that are behind these movements? That's what we're gonna accomplish in this series.
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- And as it relates to our neighbor, I Pray that this series would make us the kind of truth tellers
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- Who love our neighbors enough to actually share the truth with them? Because we don't want anybody to cast our lot in with such a deplorable crowd
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- Telling the truth is one of the most loving and most basic acts of love that you can ever do and I pray that we would lay our love on thick as We speak the truth in these untruthful days with that.
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