GTY Comments on Trump Assassination Attempt - Steve Lawson from John MacArthur's Pulpit

Hello in this video. I just want to show a clip of a very well-known pastor or at least Someone from his pulpit speaking about the news that's been going on obviously a lot of things are happening right now.

Joe Biden just stepped down. He is not running for president anymore, so who's gonna take his place? Time will tell obviously last week the failed assassination attempt against President Trump, you know when stuff like this happens people look.

Well, they look to the news and they realize they can't necessarily trust What they hear in the news especially depending on what channel you're watching, right? But people will look to sources different sources for information.

But as for Christians we typically look to pastors to see what they say. How should a Christian respond? What is the biblical Response, what's the biblical point of view and people will look maybe to their local pastor?

But certainly people look to the famous pastors the well-known Pastors, and I just have to say it and I think this is too bad that. It's amazing how a lot of pastors are just not talking about this when the former president and the way it looks now.

Then the future president when he is almost murdered on television on live TV. How does the pastor how does that happen on Saturday night, but a pastor doesn't even bring that up the next day and I'm not saying you need to preach a sermon on it, but you don't even bring it up and Because everyone's thinking about it just about everybody you don't even bring it up as a matter of prayer.

I mean, it's just bizarre. I think the stuff that's at listen people have the right. I'm not judging anyone I I just find it I find it strange. But Christians need to look. We don't have much for political leadership these days.

Leadership is a hard thing to find not a lot of competent leadership in the Day and age we live in it seems but people will look to well-known pastors and a lot of famous pastors. They're just totally silent not saying anything.

Steve Lawson on God’s Sovereignty in Human Lifespan

But as you know if you watch this channel one pastor that he's always he comments on. Not everything but a lot of things. He's not afraid to comment would be pastor John MacArthur and people obviously look to see what what's he saying about this from what?

I understand. Because I have a clip of Steve Lawson preaching from MacArthur's pulpit. I think this was last Sunday not the 21st, but the 14th so the day after Trump was shot. Or it grazed his ear. I guess that he still was shot still hit him, right?

So Steve Lawson John MacArthur for what I understand. He's not feeling well. He has a procedure or had one I don't know if it was on his heart, but John MacArthur's 85 years old. As far as I know he hasn't commented on this he wasn't in the pulpit he's not doing any public events at the moment, but Steve Lawson a Associate of John MacArthur's he spoke from the pulpit and here's what he said.

Here was his take a biblical take on the failed Trump assassination plot. Let's watch.

In these verses Job states how short-lived human life is. And we see here that its length of days and its length of months Remains in the hands of God. That no one will live beyond the allotted time that God has assigned for that person.

We are to give ourselves to medical care. We are to use wisdom and discretion but the fact of the matter is That God by his own sovereign will have set the boundaries for our lives. He has set the day of our birth and he has set the day of our death and he has numbered every one of our days in between and we will not live one day less nor one day more and.

This truth is especially important to us today for several reasons. And number one is I woke up this morning and saw on social media what many of you saw the The attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump and How that bullet that was aimed for the temple of his head just grazed past his ear and all that was done was simply to bring a flesh wound and The only explanation for this is it was it simply was not his time That God has ordained the number of days and the number of months that he was live to live and that was not that day.

Okay, so that I think is the right.

Response.

It was not Donald Trump's time. So you can't argue with that these people somebody sent me a Request to look at the pastor Lorenzo swell I don't think that's how you pronounce his last name, but he spoke black pastor spoke at the Republican Convention and somebody wanted me to watch his message and maybe do a video on it.

I thought his message was fine. Except towards the end. He twisted Ephesians 611 and then basically It's the Trump is Trump is anointed by God and God is gonna use him for such time as this to do this.

And this and you know, here's the thing saying Trump is anointed by God. I've never said that According to 1st John 2 20 Who's anointed in this age? Okay, and in the past in the Old Testament David was anointed by God the Holy Spirit came upon him.

He was a chosen vessel God was using it. Trump is not Like King David or something. Okay, so he's not anointed in that sense. You know a true prophet didn't pour oil on his head. But in the New Testament the concept of the anointing of God is that you have the Holy Spirit.

Okay, so I think it's 1st John 2 20 all true believers have the Holy Spirit and we've talked about this already is Trump saved. Is he not. I'm not gonna say that Trump is anointed. Okay, so I think that When you say God it has a plan for him.

That's true. We don't know what the plan is so when people make all these claims that Trump is anointed and God's gonna use them to Make America great to restore America to Christianity or this or that that's obviously debatable.

The jury's still out. We don't know what God's gonna do but what I like about Steve Lawson what I like about John I realize a lot of people don't like John MacArthur and the pastors that Minister with him and fellowship with him, but they don't go into crazy land, you know.

They don't go beyond what the word says at least not here. Okay. I just this is true what he said. It's not Donald Trump's time. Why because God is sovereign and this is something that not all Christians believe but it's true.

This is biblical God is Sovereign whether you see the word in the Bible depends on the translation, but that doesn't matter. The word Trinity isn't in the Bible. The word Bible isn't in the Bible, but we still have a Bible.

So the concept of the sovereignty of God is certainly in Scripture and this gives us great comfort. So the thing I want to emphasize in this video in the last video, I emphasize the gospel. I try to emphasize some biblical point.

I want to emphasize the sovereignty of God. God is in control here. If you say Trump is anointed and God's going to use them to do this or that debatable, okay. Even to say that this was a miracle, you know, the the bullet was here and Donald Trump turned to said it was a miracle.

Well miracles are supernatural. I understand probably what some people mean by that. But a miracle is supernatural. The laws of nature are suspended or God intervenes in some incredible way. Like when Jesus raised the dead or when Moses part of the Red Sea, that's a miracle.

I'm not seeing anything about the Trump incident of him turning. It's incredible. It's amazing God's I would say God did spare his life. I think it's fair to say that because of the sovereignty of God, but I don't believe it's a miracle.

At least I didn't see anything that would Indicate it's a miracle, but we need to focus on this truth. And this is what Steve Lawson was saying the sovereignty of God. Here's a few verses. Okay, psalm 115 verse 3 says but our God is in heaven and he does whatever he pleases.

That's the sovereignty of God. Proverbs 19 21. There are many plans in a man's heart. Nevertheless the Lord's counsel that will stand that is the sovereignty of God all the verses about God ordaining things or for ordaining or Predestining.

Okay, that's the sovereignty of God. The story about Joseph. What his brothers did they meant it for evil, but Joseph recognized God was at work. His brothers meant it for evil. God meant it for good.

That's the sovereignty of God. It's the providence of God. The providence of God is that the hand of God which is guiding human history. God The Lord is on the throne. He really is in control. Romans 8 28 said says that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God to those who are the called according to his purpose.

So Here's here's my word to you whether it's Something you have anxiety about in your personal life something that happened. You just don't understand. Listen. God gives us a Will. God gives us the ability to go out and make choices.

I can go out and do something today that would you know, just make a mess out of thing I I can do things that would bring harm to myself and obviously people do things that bring harm to others and That's on them.

Okay. It's just like a person who rejects Jesus. That's their choice and they reject Jesus because they want to reject him and that's that's on them. We don't blame God for what people do because we all have choices.

We can all do terrible things if we want it to but hopefully the Holy Spirit is Working in our heart that we don't want to do those things. But the the will of man and what man does aside God is still no matter what man does God is still Working all things according to the counsel of his will.

God is working all things together for good to those who love him. What men mean for evil God means for good so I just want to say this to you if you're worried if you're if you're fretting about Evildoers and what's happening in the world and it's an easy thing to do.

My friends look at these verses That teach the sovereignty of God. God when we say God is in control. He really is. He really is now what he has for the future whether Donald Trump's anointed whether God's gonna use him to do this or you know Joe Biden steps down and someone is maybe you don't care about politics at all.

And you're more concerned about this thing going on in your personal life or whatever it is. If you're a Christian just know that God is sovereign. God is sovereign and it's a matter of you having faith that God is sovereign and hopefully that should bring some peace and contentment into your heart.

Amen, thanks for listening and until next time may the Lord be with you and have a great day.