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You know in early March when I started talking about the Rona I kind of was very conflicted about it because this is a channel that's primarily about the woke church movement and big Eva. And then I started talking about the coronavirus lockdowns and stuff like that and it kind of took over the content for a while and so I always kind of felt bad because I didn't know I mean you know I want to provide the content that you guys tune in for right.
But I just kind of kept coming back to this coronavirus stuff and you know I was thinking about it over the weekend and the truth is that the coronavirus stuff is related to the same mindset of the woke church stuff and that might offend you but I want to make that case in the next few minutes.
Yeah I see these as very similar. And what I want to talk about it today is sort of like the similarities between this despair mindset and this victim mindset because they're very very similar in the woke church movement.
One of the things that I find so disgusting about it is this idea of consistent and constant victimization. Like these people think that they're victims even as they're eating the best foods living in the best houses have salaries bigger than most people.
They're wearing nice clothes they've got stacked they've got dripped they've got all of it. They're still looking at you in the face and saying I'm a victim. And they can say it with a straight face like Kyle Howard is one of the most disgusting men I've ever known in my entire life.
He's he grew up with privilege he grew up with I think it's both of his parents I think are lawyers. You know what I mean like a privileged existence according to most standards. And yet he will get on Twitter every single day and play the victim like a child.
It's so disgusting. And that's that's a mindset that I absolutely abhor in myself because I know that I often play the victim when I am not the victim. And that's something that I seek to destroy in myself.
Because it's very sinful to have that constant mindset that everyone's out to get you that you're the victim that that if if only things were fair you would have you know X Y Z really what you're doing is you're shaking your fist at God.
That's what that is. And the despair mindset is very similar. You see the despair mindset is holding on to this fear holding on to this this this state of of of hopelessness almost as if it's somehow legitimate.
It is not legitimate. You know I posted the other day on my Facebook actually somebody posted on my Facebook a quote of me and I said that despair is not a Christian mindset. And I had people jumping out of the woodwork trying to defend their despair as if it is Christian it is legitimate to be in a state of despair.
And what I kept telling people was look if you experience a momentary despair or a momentary grief or lament or sadness that's totally fine that happens. That's appropriate. But it should be very different than the way the pagans despair.
That's what the Bible says we grieve but not as those who have no hope. And so if you're constantly in this state of panic in this state of of despair or hopelessness that's a sin that needs to be mortified.
And again that is the same thing with the victim mindset like sometimes you are victimized but if you're constantly if you're if you're if your persona is that of a victim I don't care who you are. If your persona is that of a victim constantly and you're constantly referencing your victimization and you're constantly pumping out this this victim mindset that's something that ought to be mortified for a Christian.
How could I say that. How could I say that. Because there are people that live in oppression there are people that are victims and all that kind of stuff. That's true. That's true. There are people that physically are in bondage physically in chains.
And that's not a sin to be in chains. You know in reality in the physical realm however we have to understand that the Bible says something about our freedom and we need to understand it and embrace it.
And if we're Christians no matter what kind of bondage that we're in we ought to be free. We need to grab on to the truth of our freedom. This is John chapter 8 this is Jesus talking our Lord and our Savior Jesus Christ.
He says Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him. If you continue in my word you really are my disciples you will know the truth. And the truth will set you free. Jesus Christ says the truth will set you free.
And so if you understand the truth of Christ right. If you understand God's commands and God's moral law and all of that stuff that's the stuff I always talk about no despair because God's law is easy to understand if you do those things if you know the truth and you continue in his word you will be free.
And we know that if the sun sets you free you will be free. Indeed like the Sun has set you free. That means that you can't be put in bondage again. That's just how it is. We need to understand that. And so how can you be in bondage and yet be free.
I often think about the movie the Shawshank Redemption right. One of my favorite movies if I ever remember scrolling on TV which I don't really have time for anymore. And I that's a movie that's on very often and I'll always watch it for a few minutes because it's just a great movie.
And the Shawshank Redemption if you remember the main character I forget his name at this point he's in he's in prison. He's wrongfully been accused of something he was convicted wrongfully of something.
And so he's in prison. And one of the things that the narrator of the movie mentions about him is that how he doesn't act like he's in prison. He's actually in reality he's in prison. Right. He's got homosexual rapists that he's dealing with.
He's got all kinds of of disgusting awfulness that comes with prison sentences. And yet when he's in the yard he's strolling like he's just on a Sunday afternoon stroll. He's thinking about he's free.
He's sitting in the hole and he's thinking about classical music and he just acts like he's a free man. Because he is a free man because he's not allowing himself to become a mental slave. He's he's in there in prison but his mind is free.
And so he's doing what he has to do regardless of what the warden tells him. If you remember the what what did the warden say. He says he says put your trust in the Lord. Your ass belongs to me. Right.
He'd refuse. He refused to consent to that. No it doesn't know. It doesn't. I don't belong to you. Yes I'm in prison. Yes there's nothing I can do about it. Sort of because he does do something about it.
But no his situation was a ridiculously horrible situation. I wouldn't I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. And yet he's sitting there and he's free. And so here's what I have to say to you. Because there's despair on both the left and the right.
There's despair all over the place. You go on Facebook you're going to see despair. You go on Fox News you're gonna see despair. You go on a CNN and MSNBC all they have is despair. Because pagans that's their religion.
Despair is the religion of the pagans. You need to understand that. And it's coming at you all the time and media and social media all the time people are despair. Despair. Despair telling you not to enjoy God's good gifts.
You see this is the thing the media and social media. It's like the prison walls. Right. It's like the prison walls and Andy Dufresne is sitting in the yard and God's good gifts are all around him. The the sun is blue.
The sky I'm sorry the sun is yeah is bright. The sky is blue. The air is good. All that kind of stuff. And Andy's enjoying his time outside in God's good gifts even as all the prison bars are all around him.
It's like the despair coming at you from the media. Right. But yet God still has good gifts out there for his people. And so what you need to do is take them and appreciate them. The way Andy Dufresne appreciated the nice breeze on a summer day.
The way Andy Dufresne appreciated the gifts that God gave him as an accountant and he used them to grab a few beers for him and his buddies. Right. On a hot summer day. That was a beautiful good gift and he accepted it even as he's in chains.
Right. And so when we're in chains and we have a tyrannical government which we definitely have. Let's just be honest like they think they have the authority to tell you how you can celebrate Thanksgiving.
Here's how you be free. Right. You just be free. Christ has set you free. So what can Caesar do to you. Christ has set you free. So what can governor wolf do to you. He can do nothing to you. Nothing.
Could he put you in jail. Could he put you in prison. Yeah he could do that. But he can't take away what Christ has set free. So what my suggestion is is that the next time the government tells you to shut down your business just say no.
And you're free. That's it. The next time government says uh sunday morning worship is not an essential service. Just chuckle. That's cute tom wolf. No. And you're free. You just take your freedom because it was given to you by christ.
Christ is powerful. Christ will protect you. And even if he doesn't you serve christ. Not tom wolf. You serve christ. He set you free and so you're free. So you're free. You can't have thanksgiving. You need to wear the masks on the inside.
You need to do it. Because it's you're gonna die if you don't. And so is grandma laugh at them. No i'm gonna have thanksgiving and i'm gonna be with my family and we're gonna have a great time. And that's that you're free.
If christ has set you free then you are free. Indeed it's just that simple because the reality is you can have bars all around you look we could have uh we could be live in a police state which in many ways we do.
Right. Because we've set up a system in our country with the consent of everybody essentially where every single day you commit felonies that you don't even know about. They've made everybody a criminal.
And now the mask stuff and you know social distancing and stuff everybody's a criminal now. And so we live in a police state so they can come and get you at any time. And you probably have committed a crime today that they can incarcerate you.
For probably have people have written books about this how people commit like three felonies a day. Because we have so many freaking laws that everybody is a criminal. Right. That's not how god's law is.
That's how man's law is. And so in many ways we have bondage already. Right. We have physical bondage. In reality we're in bondage. But here's the thing about christ's people you have been set free. So act like it act like andy dufresne because here's the thing it doesn't matter didn't matter if he was in prison or he was on the beach he acted the same because he was enjoying god's goods gift good gifts.
And they could not take away. They could not make him a mental slave. They couldn't make him a mental slave. So anyone who tries to make you a mental slave reject them and just say no. I'm not closing down my business.
I've got a family to feed. I'm not going to not have thanksgiving. I've got a family to enjoy you. Who are. Who are you. Who are you to tell me what to do in my own house. Listen. If i want to have people over at my own house and they want to come over.
That's what we're going to do. The answer is no. We're free men here. We're free men here despite what everyone else says. We're free men. Christ has set us free and so we're free. Indeed that's a biblical truth.
And so we need to start acting like that's a biblical truth. If christ has set us free we need to start believing that. And how do you demonstrate what you believe. It's how you act. And i have a feeling my friends that that would be contagious especially amongst christians.
You start living and acting as if you are a free man. Because you are. I think others will join you. They'll see the joy that you have. And that'll be the biggest apologetic that you can use right now.
Well how is it like that. You're like this. Why aren't you despairing of coronavirus. I mean haven't you seen the the the scary maps. And the and the and the death charts. And the rates are going up at 200 200 000 cases a day.
What does the bible say about that stuff. What why. What are people gonna. They're gonna ask you why. Why aren't you in despair. What. What is the deal with this hope that you have. And then you can tell them then you'll be prepared to tell them why are you acting like a free man when we're all on lockdown.
And you can tell them exactly why. Because christ has set us free and so we are free. Indeed there are free men here. We're not slaves. We're not slaves we're not victims. We're free men here and we're victorious in christ.
And those are truths that you need to start believing and start acting like you believe. And if you don't understand one thing that's a sin to be mortified. That's a sin to be mortified. This is why the woke church project is is dead on arrival.
Because they don't act like they're victorious in christ. They don't act like they're free. Because so they don't believe it. They don't trust it. They don't have the hope that's within. Uh those of us who are in christ they don't have it.
You look at the difference between like like i always think about this. You look at the difference between a black man who's who's uh who's in the woke church movement and a black man who's a christian.
And there's a huge colossal difference in the joy you will see in each of those people. There's no question about it. You look at brothers like daryl and virgil from the just thinking podcast. You look at chocolate knox.
And there is a distinct difference between those brothers and the brothers that are in the woke church movement. And those people are miserable. You know why. They're miserable. Because they're mental slaves.
They're slaves. And they're mental slaves because in a lot of cases christ hasn't set them free. And so they're slaves. But you see here's the thing you're a christian that's your profession. You can change right now and just reject all of the despair that's coming your way and realize that.
Look i'm gonna believe today that christ has set me free. I'm gonna believe today that i'm victorious in christ. I'm gonna do that today. I'm gonna act like it today. And i gotta tell you man once you get a taste of that freedom you're gonna love it.
You're gonna love it because freedom is beautiful. Christ is good. Christ is powerful. And look when you're with the lord life is rarely easy but it's always good. I hope you found this video helpful.
God bless. Can i say something to conservatives. Because you know conservatives we have a lot of things right. Especially with this coronavirus stuff. A lot of us just kind of intuitively understand that the tyrants are having the field day and we're just gonna refuse to do that kind of thing.
Um but but i just want to make sure to be clear that there's despair on our side as well. And i'm guilty of it at times. And i know that a lot of you are guilty of it at times. You know we we talk about the things like the great reset and stuff like that.
And social media you know censorship. And and sometimes it's the way that we talk is as if the sky is falling. You know they stole the election and the sky is falling and stuff like that. And and i know i'll speak for myself.
I'm not going to speak for you but maybe this will resonate with you. I have to reject that despair sometimes in my in my life because the reality is that of course they stole the election. They're pagans.
This is all they have. Of course they're going to do everything in their power to get the the small the illusion of of of victory. Um and then they think that they're beating christ and christ people and stuff like that.
It's all an illusion. But of course they're going to do that kind of stuff. And here's the thing guys like i talk to a lot of people and a lot of people will ask me what when are people gonna when are people gonna resist.
When when are we gonna have the revolution. All the founding fathers would be rolling in their graves. They would have had a revolution a long long time ago. And that's probably all true right. Here's the thing though guys like before you can have an actual revolution and i'm not i'm not in favor of violence.
You you guys understand that about me i'm non-violent kind of guy. I mean who's the revolution gonna be against. Who are we gonna who are we gonna attack. You know what i mean like i i just don't see that happening.
But but here's the thing though even before you even get to have that conversation you need to understand that you know freedom is something that you just take it's it's in your hands. Like like there's more than one way to revolt.
Like one way to revolt is just to say no. And i'm serious like when they say shut down your business or you're gonna lose your license just say no let them take away your license and then see them in court like like that's that is a revolution just having it in your mind because you have to be free in your mind before you can take your freedom in real life.
Like that's another thing from shawshank redemption like dufresne was free the entire time and he got busy making that freedom a reality here on earth as well. And he was busy all day and he would mean dug a hole whatever you know he did the whole thing right.
And then he was free not only in his mind but also in reality as well in the physical reality as well. That's how we have to handle this kind of stuff guys like shrewdness we need to develop that shrewdness right.
Because we're not going to win a fight a straight up fight against the machine until we understand that freedom is just something that we take god gives it to us. And so it's it's it's ours and we need to understand that.
And we need to act and start living like that. And once you're free in your mind and you're not you know slaves to the despair merchants and just everything's freaking freaking out all the time the great reset's coming.
What are we going to do. They're going to take away our religious liberties. Nobody can take away your religious liberties. What did the founding fathers say these come from god. So if they come from god nobody can take it from you.
So you just have to realize that and act like that. They can't take away your religious liberty that came from god. If they tell you you can't have church have church anyway. And some of us it might be open in public church and just say you know sticking it to the man kind of thing that's fine.
Some of us might have secret church in our house and you know come come and find us if you can kind of thing that's fine. But just understand whatever route you go whether it's going to be publicizing it like the guys in moscow and putting it on youtube and stuff like that or if it's going to be in private and you're just privately being faithful and stuff like that whatever route you choose like you have your religious liberty the state can't take that from you.
Stop despairing because tom wolfe doesn't think it's good for you to go to church you know what i mean who cares. Who's he. He's not god. He's not god. Stop with the despair. And i i'm talking to myself here right.
I'm talking to myself. Maybe you can relate to that kind of stuff as well. But there's more than one way to revolt. And i would argue that the more critical revolt is the one that happens in your mind where you just say nope i have to obey god rather than men anyway i just thought i'd add that.
I hope you found this helpful. God bless.