Responding to Chaos with Love and Truth

### Quotes for Outreach

1. "How do we respond in the light of these things? And so the title of this preach is, How Do We Respond? Because we're in this world, and it is getting increasingly challenging to know, how do we respond to a world that's becoming so agitated? How do we respond to a world that's becoming so anti-everything that we believe is good and right and true? How do we respond as believers?" [01:08] (22 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "And so the first thing I want to say is check your facts well. Do your research. And even then, even your fact finders are often, are often biased. So it's really hard. Sometimes I just feel it's above my pay grade. I don't actually know. One day I will know all things. Everything will be revealed. Right now, it's not that important to me. I've got more important battles to fight than worrying about if something pulled out of the Olympics or not." [13:08] (26 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "And so we live in a world of misinformation, and I think as Christians we must realize that. So much on social media right now, I know there was a thing about fake news, and I think the news, depending on which side you want, both sides are fake. I really believe that. I think it's as biased as anything, both sides. But I think social media is even worse now. I think it's become any Tom, Dick, and Larry without accountability can put something on social media, and it just sweeps through. Everyone wants this new information." [10:23] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "And so my point two, Christ obviously is being mocked, but that's old news. That's old news. He's been mocked from the time he came and I think it shouldn't shock us that he's mocked in our generation because when he came in Mark 15, 16 to 20, and I want to just read this. Could you put it up for me? Mark 15, 16 to 20. And the soldiers led him away. This is at his crucifixion inside the palace. That is the governor's headquarters. And they called together the whole battalion and they clothed him in a purple cloak, purple being the color of royalty. So they're mocking him. They say, oh, you really think you're a king? Really? So they put this robe on him and they twist together a crown of thorns. This is all mockery. This is all you think you're a king. He has your crown and he has your robe. And they put it on him. Then they began to salute him. This is all mock. Hail, king of the Jews. And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him and they led him out to crucify him. Jesus being mocked is not new. It's what mankind has done from the start. It shouldn't surprise us." [29:59] (88 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "And so we come with the message of reconciliation. Escape from this corrupt generation. We don't come to judge. We don't come to fight. We come with a message. God loves you in your sin. And wants to save you no matter what you've done. You could beat him. I mean it's said, church history says, the Roman soldier that stabbed Jesus aside, centurion longinus is what they called him. I mean, this is the guy that ultimately wanted to make sure Jesus was dead on the cross. And stabs him up under his rib where he's hanging on the cross. And when he sees the darkness that happens just after that, and when he sees what happens all around him, according to church history, centurion longinus becomes a Christian and a part of the early church. Paul the apostle is persecuting believers. And as he kills his first martyr, the martyr cries out, forgive them. They don't know what they're doing. And this man who's killing the church meets Jesus on the road to a manger. And Jesus goes, God wants Paul to be saved. He wants all men to be saved. And becomes one of the great disciples. Our fight is not against people. Our fight is against the God of this age. And we fight with weapons different to him. He uses bullying and force and lies and manipulation. We stand on the truth like sheep and say, bring on your worst, bring on your worst. You killed our Lord, you can kill us. It changes nothing. We overcome him. But the blood of the lamb, the word of our testimony, and we did not love our lives even unto death." [51:23] (104 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


### Quotes for Members

1. "And so the question I want to bring to us from what does the Bible say? How should we respond? How should we respond? Because I think these things are going to increase more and more. The Bible tells us that we will be hated without cause across the nations. This protected thing that we have in America is going to be taken away at some point. The Bible says that Christians will be persecuted across the nations. You'll be hated like Christ was hated. And there will be a great persecution that will break out in the church." [06:20] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "And so we've got to be very careful because we are people of the truth. And if we post and say things that are actually found to be not true, then when we say about the thing that really is true, Jesus Christ, we look like we don't know what we're talking about. We look like imbeciles. We look stupid. Are you right-wing crazy or left-wing crazy Americans? And actually, we can't be caught up with these things because we know one who is true. And in a world of lies, I know one who is indeed the way, the truth, and the life." [12:35] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "And so we live in a world of misinformation, and I think as Christians we must realize that. So much on social media right now, I know there was a thing about fake news, and I think the news, depending on which side you want, both sides are fake. I really believe that. I think it's as biased as anything, both sides. But I think social media is even worse now. I think it's become any Tom, Dick, and Larry without accountability can put something on social media, and it just sweeps through. Everyone wants this new information." [10:23] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "And so my point two, Christ obviously is being mocked, but that's old news. That's old news. He's been mocked from the time he came and I think it shouldn't shock us that he's mocked in our generation because when he came in Mark 15, 16 to 20, and I want to just read this. Could you put it up for me? Mark 15, 16 to 20. And the soldiers led him away. This is at his crucifixion inside the palace. That is the governor's headquarters. And they called together the whole battalion and they clothed him in a purple cloak, purple being the color of royalty. So they're mocking him. They say, oh, you really think you're a king? Really? So they put this robe on him and they twist together a crown of thorns. This is all mockery. This is all you think you're a king. He has your crown and he has your robe. And they put it on him. Then they began to salute him. This is all mock. Hail, king of the Jews. And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him and they led him out to crucify him. Jesus being mocked is not new. It's what mankind has done from the start. It shouldn't surprise us." [29:59] (88 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "And so we come with the message of reconciliation. Escape from this corrupt generation. We don't come to judge. We don't come to fight. We come with a message. God loves you in your sin. And wants to save you no matter what you've done. You could beat him. I mean it's said, church history says, the Roman soldier that stabbed Jesus aside, centurion longinus is what they called him. I mean, this is the guy that ultimately wanted to make sure Jesus was dead on the cross. And stabs him up under his rib where he's hanging on the cross. And when he sees the darkness that happens just after that, and when he sees what happens all around him, according to church history, centurion longinus becomes a Christian and a part of the early church. Paul the apostle is persecuting believers. And as he kills his first martyr, the martyr cries out, forgive them. They don't know what they're doing. And this man who's killing the church meets Jesus on the road to a manger. And Jesus goes, God wants Paul to be saved. He wants all men to be saved. And becomes one of the great disciples. Our fight is not against people. Our fight is against the God of this age. And we fight with weapons different to him. He uses bullying and force and lies and manipulation. We stand on the truth like sheep and say, bring on your worst, bring on your worst. You killed our Lord, you can kill us. It changes nothing. We overcome him. But the blood of the lamb, the word of our testimony, and we did not love our lives even unto death." [51:23] (104 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)