The Charlie Kirk Show - August 04, 2024


The Ten Commandments As The Bedrock of the West

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The Ten Commandments are the foundation of Western civilization, but most Americans don't even know what they are. They are the rules that should keep us free, yet most Americans do not even know them, let alone know the significance of them. In this episode, we will go through the ten commandments and see if you actually know all of them, or if you can even remember them from memory! If you can't remember them, then you don't know the meaning of them or that they should be displayed in all of our schools, churches, and public schools, but at least the ten commandments used to be displayed all over our public schools and public buildings. But at least they were displayed in our courtrooms, in our homes, and in our churches. And guess what? All of our churches don't have them. And why is that? Why is it that we don't see them in our schools or in public places? What does it have to do with religion? And why does it matter? Is it because they don't exist? in the eyes of the modern world? Or is it because we don t know them? If they do, then why do they matter to us? or do they really matter to you? I'll tell you why they do matter to me and why they are so important to us, and why we should have them in schools, homes and public places and everywhere else? and in public if we are going to live up to the standards that we should be living up to our highest standard of freedom and freedom or at least have them displayed in the best possible way in every aspect of our society they are the most important things in our culture the ones we are taught in our books and our schools and books And the ones that we are supposed to have in our day to day lives we should all know them why they're important what are they're so important? why are they so important and why should we need them in the Bible Why are they be displayed everywhere who knows them in every public place How do we should we know them ? What do you think they matter how important they are when it matters to us where should we be taught them ? what do they belong in our classrooms, and etc?

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00:00:00.000 Hey everybody, happy Sunday.
00:00:01.000 Can you name the Ten Commandments from memory?
00:00:03.000 What do the Ten Commandments mean?
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00:01:41.000 I want to talk about the Ten Commandments because I believe that, as a nation, we were once founded on these core ideas, these core beliefs, and we've deviated away from that.
00:01:52.000 Every civilization has a structure of which it's built upon, okay?
00:01:56.000 It has a form and has core ideas.
00:01:58.000 One of the great lies of what's happening in America right now Is that the people that have taken over this country, mostly Marxists and secularists, people that don't believe in God, they say that, well, we're just gonna let you to determine your own belief system, and live and let live, and we're not gonna tell you what is right or wrong.
00:02:16.000 They don't even believe that.
00:02:17.000 They're creating their own constellation of modern Ten Commandments.
00:02:22.000 So, we're gonna go through the Ten Commandments.
00:02:23.000 I'm gonna quiz you to see if you guys actually know all ten of them.
00:02:27.000 Things that are not always mentioned about the Ten Commandments.
00:02:29.000 And then we're going to kind of play around and try to, we don't have to get to ten, but what are the new Ten Commandments that we're living under?
00:02:37.000 Because there are things that are considered to be thou shalt nots within society today.
00:02:42.000 So, context of the Ten Commandments.
00:02:44.000 Exodus 20.
00:02:46.000 Moses and God's chosen people, the most unimpressive group of people ever created. 1.00
00:02:51.000 They were in Egypt.
00:02:52.000 They were slaves, constantly complaining.
00:02:54.000 God delivers them from Egypt. 0.94
00:02:55.000 They're in the desert.
00:02:57.000 Moses goes up to Mount Sinai and gets downloaded a moral app.
00:03:02.000 And Moses comes down from the mountain to deliver the news.
00:03:07.000 And what are God's chosen people doing?
00:03:10.000 They're having like a rave party, worshiping a golden calf.
00:03:14.000 And again, it's one of my favorite scriptures ever.
00:03:16.000 I think it's later in Exodus 20, Exodus 21.
00:03:18.000 He comes down from the mountain.
00:03:20.000 He says, Oh, what is this calf all about?
00:03:22.000 What does Aaron say?
00:03:23.000 Like, I don't know.
00:03:24.000 It's like we just threw the gold in the fire and out came a calf.
00:03:26.000 Like, yeah, one of the worst excuses ever in the history of humanity.
00:03:29.000 I hate when that happens and you throw gold in the fire and all of a sudden a golden calf emerges.
00:03:34.000 So, understand this, which is that the Ten Commandments, it's really more than ten, built all of Western civilization.
00:03:40.000 And it's more than that.
00:03:41.000 It's the Word of God and Bible-believing church-attending Christians that built the civilization. 0.81
00:03:46.000 But at least the Ten Commandments used to be displayed in all of our schools.
00:03:51.000 All of our courtrooms.
00:03:52.000 Back a hundred years ago, a majority of Americans could tell you the Ten Commandments from memory and what it would mean.
00:03:58.000 What percentage of Americans do you think could name two or three?
00:04:03.000 One percent?
00:04:04.000 I think that's probably... maybe.
00:04:05.000 You know, I do the test at churches, at churches, and not even all church attenders can... they can get to like six or seven, which is horrifying.
00:04:13.000 We'll get to questions in a second, okay?
00:04:15.000 So, but going even deeper and beyond that, the...
00:04:20.000 The Ten Commandments are not about trying to make life less enjoyable for us.
00:04:24.000 It's the opposite.
00:04:25.000 They're actually rules to set us free.
00:04:27.000 Set us free from our sinful and depraved and broken nature.
00:04:33.000 And so, the beauty of the Ten Commandments is that it starts with our relationship with God, and then there's a Bridge Commandment, which of course involves your parents.
00:04:42.000 We're going to talk extensively about that.
00:04:44.000 And then our relationship with our fellow man.
00:04:46.000 So, who wants to... Here's a real good pop quiz for you homeschoolers out there.
00:04:51.000 Who's homeschooled, by the way?
00:04:52.000 Yeah, okay, well there you go.
00:04:53.000 Alright, so then you should know this because I hold you to a higher standard.
00:04:56.000 By the way, homeschooling will save America, okay?
00:04:59.000 Homeschooling will save America.
00:05:04.000 What is... So, in Hebrew, it's actually the ten statements.
00:05:10.000 What is the first thing it says in Exodus 20 as the first statement?
00:05:13.000 Who wants to tell me?
00:05:15.000 Anybody?
00:05:15.000 Yes.
00:05:17.000 No, that's not right.
00:05:18.000 That's what's before that.
00:05:21.000 Anybody?
00:05:22.000 Yes?
00:05:24.000 There you go.
00:05:24.000 What's your name?
00:05:26.000 Payton?
00:05:27.000 Yeah, give it up.
00:05:28.000 That's very good.
00:05:29.000 I will repeat that.
00:05:30.000 That's very good.
00:05:32.000 Most churches, when I ask that question, can't get it.
00:05:35.000 It is very important.
00:05:36.000 Which is, remember, I am the Lord your God who delivered you out of the house of bondage of Egypt. 0.67
00:05:42.000 Before any of the Ten Commandments, It's a reminder, I, God, am giving you these.
00:05:49.000 This is not Moses' commandments.
00:05:52.000 They come from a divine source.
00:05:53.000 What is the importance of this?
00:05:56.000 The Ten Commandments are not suggestions for life.
00:05:59.000 They lose all zest and spice and applicability if you do not believe that they come from an eternal or a divine source.
00:06:10.000 Secondly, I am the Lord your God who delivered you out of the house of bondage of Egypt. 0.81
00:06:15.000 Our God is a God who loves liberty and hates totalitarianism and slavery.
00:06:21.000 He is framing it as a pro-liberty freedom statement.
00:06:25.000 I delivered you from slavery, now if you want to live free, here is what you must do.
00:06:31.000 Now, if you want to go back to slavery, and go back to being in an unfree state, start violating these things. 0.97
00:06:37.000 And by the way, we see that unfold all throughout the Old Testament.
00:06:41.000 We see it in human nature.
00:06:42.000 You go away from these ten things, you'll go back to the House of Bonded of Egypt. 0.99
00:06:47.000 And understand that it's not just that they were slaves, that Pharaoh in the book of Exodus, my favorite book of the Bible besides the book of John, by the way, is best compared to Hitler. 0.88
00:06:58.000 He literally said, kill all the firstborn sons. 0.99
00:07:03.000 Mass genocidal maniac. 0.99
00:07:05.000 And God delivered his people from that, because that is not his heart or his wish for his people.
00:07:09.000 That also applies to today's news cycle and today's time.
00:07:12.000 God does not want us to live in an unfree country.
00:07:16.000 His heart is for liberty.
00:07:17.000 Remember, where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
00:07:19.000 Okay.
00:07:20.000 Then, my friend over here, what's your name?
00:07:22.000 Johnny, what is technically... So most, in the Jewish tradition, they say the first commandment is actually, I am the Lord your God, who delivered you out of the house of bondage of Egypt.
00:07:30.000 But the... Anybody Catholic here?
00:07:32.000 Any Catholics?
00:07:33.000 Okay, we'll get into the fun.
00:07:35.000 I love Catholics, by the way.
00:07:36.000 As an evangelical Christian, I have a heart for Catholics.
00:07:38.000 I mean that.
00:07:40.000 But do you know that Protestants and Catholics have different Ten Commandments?
00:07:44.000 Anyone know that?
00:07:45.000 Yeah, that's right.
00:07:46.000 Not many people know that.
00:07:47.000 I actually discovered that by mistake, and I'll tell you why.
00:07:50.000 They're the same list, but they condensed them, and I'll tell you which one.
00:07:54.000 So what is then now the first commandment?
00:07:57.000 Note, thou shalt have no other gods before me.
00:07:59.000 This is very, very important.
00:08:01.000 When I say this to many audiences, they think this is the least applicable to today's time.
00:08:08.000 When in reality, it's the most applicable to today's time.
00:08:11.000 Whether it could be the God of social media, the God of self, the God of pleasure, the God of environmentalism.
00:08:19.000 That nothing should be higher than God in your life.
00:08:23.000 Now, that's a very, very difficult thing for us.
00:08:25.000 And that's why it is the first commandment.
00:08:27.000 You don't get the first commandment right, none of the other nine actually matter.
00:08:31.000 Now, I'd ask you what the second commandment is in Catholicism, which is different than... What is... Who wants to say the second commandment?
00:08:38.000 Yes.
00:08:40.000 Yeah, that's right.
00:08:40.000 Correct.
00:08:42.000 No idols, essentially.
00:08:43.000 So in Catholicism, they put number one and two together, and then they go to the next one.
00:08:48.000 And so, no craving it.
00:08:50.000 That's no idols?
00:08:51.000 No, you might say, oh, that one doesn't matter, that one's not... In America, we just had an entire month, Pride Month, Where more people would observe and worship the rainbow flag than the cross of Jesus.
00:09:08.000 A blatant and direct violation of the Second... I was gonna say Second Amendment, but no.
00:09:14.000 Second Commandment.
00:09:15.000 That too, but I love the Second Amendment.
00:09:17.000 We're not talking about that today, okay?
00:09:19.000 Who wants to say the Third Commandment?
00:09:21.000 Yes.
00:09:23.000 That's right.
00:09:23.000 Now the full... Who wants to get super extra bonus points?
00:09:26.000 What does it actually say?
00:09:28.000 Well, that's true.
00:09:29.000 Remember the Sabbath, but you said it was six days.
00:09:32.000 For six days you shall work, and the seventh day you shall rest.
00:09:36.000 Here's a fun trivia question.
00:09:39.000 Where do animals come up in the Ten Commandments?
00:09:43.000 Anybody?
00:09:44.000 Yes.
00:09:45.000 Yes, on the Sabbath, that's right.
00:09:47.000 Your animal gets a Sabbath.
00:09:49.000 Well, that's actually a later law, but you're right.
00:09:50.000 The animal does get rest, and also you shouldn't covet your neighbor's donkey or, you know.
00:09:56.000 So that's right.
00:09:56.000 We'll get to coveting, which is important.
00:09:58.000 That's later.
00:09:59.000 But why is this important?
00:10:01.000 So, I always get into these debates on these campuses of these animal rights activists.
00:10:07.000 That the Bible loves animals.
00:10:11.000 Does not prioritize animals and human beings on the same moral plane.
00:10:15.000 But God loves animals so much that even animals get a Sabbath.
00:10:21.000 That your animal gets to rest on the seventh day as well.
00:10:24.000 So I am a very, very committed Sabbath observer.
00:10:28.000 I'm actually writing a book on the Sabbath.
00:10:30.000 Who could tell me the Hebrew word for Sabbath?
00:10:32.000 It is... Shabbat.
00:10:33.000 What does it mean?
00:10:35.000 Stop.
00:10:36.000 Literally to stop.
00:10:37.000 It means to cease all activity.
00:10:39.000 And it is the longest standing celebration and it is the longest standing ordination of what?
00:10:47.000 What are we actually doing on the Sabbath?
00:10:50.000 Yes.
00:10:51.000 That's right.
00:10:52.000 It is every day, in Hebrew it is called the Kaddush in Judaism, which they will say every Friday night, they will say, Lord, you created the heavens and the earth.
00:11:03.000 If we as Christians don't honor the Sabbath, which I believe, by the way, is one of the most violated and disregarded, to our own detriment, commandments from the Lord, that every time we do this, we are saying, God, you created all of this.
00:11:17.000 I believe that honoring the Sabbath makes it easier To have no other gods before him.
00:11:23.000 That if you honor the Sabbath, I think the Sabbath is the commandment that unlocks all the other commandments.
00:11:31.000 That if you honor the Sabbath, then every single one of the commandments becomes easier and becomes more likely to actually occur and happen.
00:11:38.000 And, again, I could do a whole speech on the Sabbath.
00:11:40.000 Here's what I do, and I encourage you guys to do it.
00:11:42.000 The sooner you embrace a legit Sabbath in your life, the happier you will be, the more joyful you'll be, and the closer to God you'll be. 0.55
00:11:49.000 On Friday night, I turn off my phone.
00:11:51.000 On Sunday morning, I turn my phone off.
00:11:52.000 It's 36 hours.
00:11:53.000 It's only family, reading, and non-work activities.
00:11:58.000 And if I'm a pretty busy guy, as you know, three podcasts a day, national radio show, God has been really good to us, Turning Point USA, Turning Point Action.
00:12:06.000 If I'm able to shut off for 36 hours, you're able to shut off for 36 hours.
00:12:10.000 The sooner that you are able to do that, your life will be better.
00:12:15.000 And I can tell by the golf applause, you're like, well, I don't understand.
00:12:20.000 So, here's the thing.
00:12:22.000 Do you believe the Ten Commandments are from God?
00:12:24.000 If you believe, then he's commanding you to rest for a day.
00:12:29.000 As soon as you believe that it's from God, you'll take all the commandments differently.
00:12:33.000 If you think it's from a motivational speaker, then you'll think, oh, it's a nice suggestion.
00:12:40.000 Maybe I'll incorporate that once in a while.
00:12:42.000 When I turn off my phone and I rest, I decide to do it on, I believe the seventh day is Saturday.
00:12:47.000 I'm not a seventh-day Adventist.
00:12:48.000 I'm not.
00:12:48.000 But if you think it's Sunday, it's actually not my contention.
00:12:52.000 I think, here's my test.
00:12:54.000 For those of you that grow up in Christian homes, almost all of you, We wouldn't be outside. 1.00
00:12:59.000 We wouldn't be outside.
00:12:59.000 Sunday is the Sabbath or that's fine like totally fine right no yes okay on
00:13:03.000 the day that your family says it's the Sabbath can you tell me that if I walked
00:13:07.000 in on the Sabbath or walked in on a different day would I be able to tell
00:13:12.000 the difference raise your hands if I'd be able to tell the difference okay what
00:13:17.000 would be different tell me yes you wouldn't be outside you live on a farm
00:13:25.000 or hobby phone Okay.
00:13:29.000 You're allowed to play on the Sabbath, to be clear.
00:13:31.000 You're just not allowed to work.
00:13:32.000 Okay?
00:13:33.000 It's not like thou shalt not have fun.
00:13:35.000 Yes.
00:13:35.000 Okay?
00:13:36.000 What would be different?
00:13:37.000 Tell me.
00:13:37.000 I'm curious.
00:13:38.000 If I come in.
00:13:39.000 And yes?
00:13:40.000 The other reason we would see me going to the bank, the grocery store,
00:13:43.000 the library, not a perfect example.
00:13:46.000 That's right.
00:13:47.000 No commerce.
00:13:47.000 No work will be done.
00:13:48.000 Yes.
00:13:51.000 That's a great answer.
00:13:53.000 That there would be no disparate parts.
00:13:55.000 Anybody else?
00:13:57.000 Yes.
00:14:03.000 Quieter, more resting.
00:14:05.000 So if you cannot, and again this is a good way to kind of challenge your parents a little bit, if I walked into your home and I could not tell the difference, then you're not honoring the Sabbath.
00:14:16.000 You are not.
00:14:17.000 In our home, it's a total difference, right? No work, no phone, I'm unreachable.
00:14:21.000 Okay, so I could do an entire hour-long monologue on the Sabbath, but I think we did that sufficiently.
00:14:26.000 What is the fourth commandment? Yes?
00:14:28.000 You skipped the third commandment.
00:14:30.000 I thought that Sabbath... the third is that... well, we might be rearranging the order, but yes.
00:14:36.000 The... you shall not take an ayment.
00:14:38.000 Yes, that's... yeah, I get three or four of them.
00:14:40.000 The order, I sometimes get confused.
00:14:42.000 You're right.
00:14:42.000 So this is very important.
00:14:44.000 That you shall not take the Lord's name in vain.
00:14:46.000 Thank you for that correction.
00:14:48.000 Actually, in Hebrew, it says you shall not carry the name's Lord in vain.
00:14:53.000 Now, again, not everybody shares this view.
00:14:55.000 Number one, you should never ever say, oh my, you should never say that, okay?
00:14:59.000 I believe that.
00:15:00.000 Is that the entirety of what that commandment is telling us?
00:15:04.000 What is the entirety of that?
00:15:07.000 Yes, yes ma'am.
00:15:09.000 Not blaspheming, you're right.
00:15:10.000 That's correct.
00:15:11.000 Who has not answered?
00:15:11.000 Yes.
00:15:14.000 That's very smart.
00:15:15.000 Yes.
00:15:16.000 So, thou shalt not carry the Lord's name in vain.
00:15:20.000 If you do evil in the name of God, that is a violation of that commandment.
00:15:27.000 So, think about it.
00:15:29.000 Think about giving religion a really bad name, or Christianity a bad name. 0.99
00:15:34.000 Where you walk around and you, let's say that you are a fornicator or you're doing something and you also say you are a Christian, you are carrying the name of God towards evil purposes. 1.00
00:15:47.000 And we could all think of examples of what that actually is. 0.98
00:15:50.000 And that means those of us that call ourselves Christians, that we must really believe it.
00:15:55.000 And that we should never do evil in the name of God.
00:15:58.000 Okay?
00:15:58.000 Next one.
00:15:59.000 Three, four, I think we're on five now?
00:16:01.000 Yes?
00:16:01.000 Are we on five?
00:16:03.000 Honor thy father and thy mother.
00:16:05.000 Honor thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment of the Promise.
00:16:10.000 The most long-livered, land-loving guy.
00:16:11.000 Honor thy father and thy mother which is the first commandment of the promise.
00:16:16.000 You're right, but what is the full commandment? What does it say? Yes.
00:16:18.000 That you can live long in the Lord and the land of the Lord be God.
00:16:21.000 What's your name?
00:16:22.000 Ben.
00:16:23.000 Ben, that's very good. Give it up for Ben. That's a tough question. That's right.
00:16:26.000 So, honor your mother and father so that you may live long in the land of which I have given you.
00:16:33.000 You're right.
00:16:34.000 It's the only one of the Ten Commandments with a promise, and the only one of the Ten Commandments that involves your nation.
00:16:42.000 And you look at America today, that singular commandment is one of the reasons why this country is collapsing.
00:16:50.000 We are no longer a country where children are instructed to honor your parents.
00:16:56.000 Now, you might say, well, I don't get along with my parents.
00:16:58.000 It doesn't matter.
00:17:00.000 I would even say all the way up until, like, criminal abuse, that applies to you.
00:17:05.000 Now, what does it mean to honor one's parents?
00:17:08.000 To honor your parents, yeah, go ahead.
00:17:12.000 Take into account what they're saying. It doesn't mean like necessarily listen to them no matter what.
00:17:16.000 You should always take into account what they're saying.
00:17:18.000 Take into account what they're saying, yes.
00:17:20.000 It's not just obeying them, but it's taking that next step of like respecting them.
00:17:25.000 Respecting.
00:17:26.000 So let me give you a different way of thinking about it.
00:17:28.000 In Hebrew, the word to honor has the same word meaning to take heavily, with a lot of weight.
00:17:39.000 The word to curse, so if I were to curse my parents, is the same word for to take lightly.
00:17:46.000 So if you are to take your... You probably think of your best friend.
00:17:51.000 You probably take that relationship seriously.
00:17:54.000 So let me say it differently.
00:17:55.000 Honor your mother and father so that, take the relationship with your parents very seriously.
00:18:02.000 That's a different way of saying it, right?
00:18:04.000 Which is that, that's a big deal.
00:18:07.000 For example, when you guys, if you go off to college, which I do not recommend, but if you end up going off to college, calling your parents every single week.
00:18:14.000 Honoring them in all that you do.
00:18:16.000 Failure to do that means, If you cannot honor your earthly father, you will never be able to honor your heavenly father.
00:18:25.000 It is a test of whether or not you can actually honor the divine and the eternal father.
00:18:31.000 This is a beautiful thing because it's the last of the five commandments on the first tablet because it's a segue to all of the ten commandments between man.
00:18:41.000 Right?
00:18:41.000 Which is that if you... It kind of involves both.
00:18:45.000 Which is to have your earthly relationship and your eternal relationship.
00:18:49.000 Okay, what is the sixth commandment?
00:18:52.000 Again, this order isn't as important, but yes.
00:18:54.000 Do not murder.
00:18:55.000 Okay, so... We've done a really bad job of that in America, wouldn't you say?
00:18:59.000 A million abortions a year, every year.
00:19:01.000 Pretty bad job of that.
00:19:03.000 Now let's go deeper, because you're all smart.
00:19:06.000 Do not murder.
00:19:06.000 Okay, that's easy.
00:19:07.000 Is it okay to kill? 0.99
00:19:10.000 Who says yes, raise your hand. 0.98
00:19:12.000 Who says no, raise your hand.
00:19:16.000 Okay, a human being.
00:19:19.000 Okay, in war?
00:19:20.000 Okay, self-defense.
00:19:22.000 In Hebrew, there is a different word for murder and kill, just so we are clear.
00:19:27.000 And the word murder in Hebrew is never used for an animal.
00:19:33.000 The word murder is only used for human beings.
00:19:36.000 Now, what is the difference between murder and killing?
00:19:39.000 Yes?
00:19:40.000 The difference between murder and killing is that murder has an intent on anger or revenge, and killing has an intent on stopping a threat.
00:19:49.000 Yep, that's, that's correct.
00:19:50.000 Here's how you know that it does not, it's not a prohibition on killing.
00:19:54.000 What is the only commandment, what is the only commandment, it's not of the Ten Commandments, it's like in Torah Levitical law, what is the only one that is in all five books of the Torah?
00:20:03.000 Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.
00:20:07.000 That if you take a life, your life shall be taken.
00:20:10.000 It is the only one that appears in all five books of the Torah.
00:20:12.000 So we know God would not tell us to give the death penalty for murderers if thou shall not kill.
00:20:18.000 Murdering and killing are two completely different things.
00:20:21.000 That distinction in society is almost never made.
00:20:24.000 Okay.
00:20:25.000 Seventh commandment.
00:20:26.000 Where we at?
00:20:26.000 Yes, sir.
00:20:28.000 Do not steal.
00:20:29.000 I love this one.
00:20:30.000 We are all so guilty of stealing.
00:20:34.000 How often?
00:20:36.000 Anyone ever cheated on a test?
00:20:38.000 I pre-appreciated the mission. 0.99
00:20:39.000 You're all thieves. 0.98
00:20:40.000 Yeah, I did too. 0.98
00:20:42.000 No, but that is stealing something that is not your own.
00:20:46.000 How about taking a, this happens all the time in my industry, which is people that talk for a living, taking an idea or a concept that you did not come up with and not giving that person attribution.
00:20:58.000 That is a form of theft.
00:20:59.000 Happens all the time.
00:21:00.000 For example, I give Dennis Prager a lot of credit for almost all of these ideas, some of them that I'm diving deep into.
00:21:06.000 He helped me learn Hebrew.
00:21:08.000 So stealing is a very, very interesting commandment.
00:21:12.000 Because you can make an argument.
00:21:14.000 That stealing is actually almost every single one of the commandments between men.
00:21:21.000 Let's think about it.
00:21:22.000 What are you doing when you murder?
00:21:24.000 Stealing a life.
00:21:25.000 What are you doing when you commit adultery?
00:21:27.000 You're stealing a, you know, a relationship.
00:21:29.000 What are you doing when you tell a lie?
00:21:32.000 You're stealing trust.
00:21:33.000 Stealing and theft connects to almost every single one of the human-to-human relationships.
00:21:38.000 Okay, next commandment.
00:21:40.000 Who wants to tell me?
00:21:41.000 Yes.
00:21:41.000 The order is not as important.
00:21:42.000 Yes.
00:21:45.000 That I shall not commit adultery.
00:21:46.000 So, yes, very, this one, you might not think this one applies to you.
00:21:51.000 I'm going to tell a joke, I don't think you guys are going to get it, but that's okay.
00:21:55.000 So it's, so Moses goes up to the ten, this is not true, this is very heretical, okay?
00:22:00.000 Moses goes up to the ten commandments, comes down, he says, guys, good news, I got it down to ten.
00:22:05.000 Bad news, adultery stays.
00:22:07.000 So, it's a bad joke, sorry.
00:22:10.000 So, that's not my own, it's a rabbi who came up with it.
00:22:13.000 The point is that it's, why would you need a special commandment just against adultery?
00:22:19.000 What is this all about?
00:22:20.000 Anybody want to speculate?
00:22:22.000 Yes.
00:22:23.000 We're human beings.
00:22:25.000 Men have a certain nature to crave variety.
00:22:28.000 Yes.
00:22:31.000 That's exactly right.
00:22:32.000 So, this is where almost no one talks about this, is that the prohibition on adultery is the lifting up of the sacred union of marriage.
00:22:44.000 And that is, like, never talked about, right?
00:22:47.000 Is that God cares so much about male, female, Not just relations, but male-female marriage and matrimony is the word I'm looking for.
00:22:57.000 That a specific commandment is you shall not desecrate that union.
00:23:02.000 You shall not allow that to be forsaken.
00:23:07.000 Now we can get deep into in the New Testament where Jesus expands adultery Give false testimony.
00:23:13.000 not even lust after a woman with your heart and you're committing adultery and
00:23:18.000 every teenage boy in the country is therefore guilty of adultery okay and
00:23:23.000 that's okay that's you know Jesus forgives all and and saves those who
00:23:27.000 repent okay next commandment adultery what's what's the next one yes give
00:23:33.000 false testimony I love this now I had this super legalistic guy said that only
00:23:39.000 applies to a court of law Of course, that's nonsense.
00:23:42.000 Said differently, you shall not lie.
00:23:44.000 And this is one of the hardest.
00:23:46.000 I think we can all agree this is the one where we violate almost all the time.
00:23:52.000 Where God is a lover of truth because God is truth.
00:23:57.000 This commandment is a parallel and symmetrical to who God is.
00:24:03.000 Jesus is truth.
00:24:05.000 Jesus is God.
00:24:06.000 And therefore, you cannot honor God back to the first commandment.
00:24:10.000 if you do not tell the truth.
00:24:12.000 Finally, to covet, the Catholics will put covet into two commandments, believe it or not. 0.99
00:24:18.000 Nine or ten, they'll say, you shall not covet your neighbor's wife or covet your neighbor's donkey.
00:24:22.000 Love Catholics. I'm sorry. It's kind of a little bit of a cope for me. 1.00
00:24:25.000 I have a whole theory as to why. Yes?
00:24:28.000 So, I have been, I have understood that the reasoning for that
00:24:32.000 is that it orients your desires,
00:24:37.000 which in a way circles back to the first commandment. I am the Lord your God.
00:24:42.000 You should not, you should not covet your neighbor's wife or covet your neighbor's donkey. 0.83
00:24:44.000 You should not desire these things of your neighbors, and instead you should desire me as your God.
00:24:50.000 That's a beautiful explanation.
00:24:52.000 The answer was that it was about an orientation of desires.
00:24:56.000 I have a more cynical explanation, which is that in Catholicism, there's a lot of things that could flirt on idolatry, and they didn't want that to be its own commandment.
00:25:05.000 So, we could agree to disagree.
00:25:07.000 But anyway, that's my own interpretation.
00:25:09.000 And I say that as a lover of Catholics, and my wife was baptized Catholic, so was my mom and my grandma.
00:25:14.000 So anyway, I don't want to get too back into the Catholic-Protestant distinctions, but we both agree we shouldn't covet.
00:25:19.000 Every one of us covet in modern society.
00:25:22.000 The multi-trillion dollar corporate model is designed based on your covetedness.
00:25:27.000 If we do not covet, corporations would go bankrupt tomorrow.
00:25:33.000 Gotta have the new shoes.
00:25:34.000 Gotta have that next trip.
00:25:36.000 I gotta, I gotta, I gotta.
00:25:37.000 Social media is designed around you coveting.
00:25:42.000 And so, to covet, it's very, very interesting that in Judaism, they really struggle with this one.
00:25:50.000 We don't, as Christians, and I'll tell you why, it's a very important thing, which is that we as Christians are open to talking about how sin can be both internal and external.
00:26:00.000 We agree, right?
00:26:01.000 That you can sin alone in a room.
00:26:05.000 In Judaism, they don't believe that, believe it or not.
00:26:08.000 They believe that, really, sin is all action, and what happens on the inside is really not as important.
00:26:14.000 It's just kind of a gray area.
00:26:18.000 So, to covet, therefore, is a battle within yourself to restrain your nature, okay?
00:26:28.000 Imagine if this country even had a little bit less of coveting, and I... Thou shall not covet, and the last thing I'll say on this, is the root of socialism.
00:26:38.000 You cannot have a socialistic society, you cannot have Bernie Sanders, or AOC, if you do not covet.
00:26:47.000 Why do the billionaires have so much?
00:26:49.000 Why do they have all this money?
00:26:51.000 I want that.
00:26:52.000 I want free health care.
00:26:53.000 Oh, and then they also have to go violate Do Not Steal. 0.82
00:26:57.000 Let's go take their stuff.
00:26:59.000 Socialism is a walking violation of two of the Ten Commandments and probably even more if you count the murder spree of the socialist history.
00:27:06.000 That is a short summary of the Ten Commandments.
00:27:08.000 I hope that you guys learned something new with that.
00:27:11.000 However, let's now try to speculate what are some of the commandments in today's America?
00:27:16.000 How about this?
00:27:17.000 Thou shall not be a racist.
00:27:19.000 Yeah?
00:27:20.000 Thou shall be nice under all circumstances unless you're talking to a Trump supporter.
00:27:24.000 Yes.
00:27:25.000 Boo, I like that a lot.
00:27:31.000 So, yeah, thou shall accept everyone's truth unless they're a conservative, right?
00:27:35.000 Yeah, so.
00:27:36.000 How about this one?
00:27:39.000 Live and let live.
00:27:41.000 What else?
00:27:46.000 Yes, that's really good.
00:27:47.000 You should act based on how other people feel.
00:27:49.000 Yes.
00:27:53.000 Yeah, thou shalt not assume someone's gender.
00:27:55.000 I like that.
00:27:56.000 Yes, sir.
00:27:59.000 Yeah, I like... No, this is very good.
00:28:01.000 Yes.
00:28:03.000 Yeah?
00:28:06.000 Yeah, that's a good one.
00:28:08.000 Yes, ma'am.
00:28:10.000 Thou shalt not be a victor.
00:28:11.000 Yeah, I like your name, by the way.
00:28:12.000 It's all throughout the book of Psalms.
00:28:13.000 Yes.
00:28:14.000 Selah.
00:28:14.000 Yes.
00:28:18.000 Yeah, that's right.
00:28:19.000 Who has not?
00:28:20.000 Yes.
00:28:21.000 Anyone who has not chimed in on this one?
00:28:23.000 Yes.
00:28:24.000 Yeah, my body, my choice.
00:28:26.000 That's good.
00:28:26.000 So let's kind of distill some of those.
00:28:28.000 So what you have to understand is that there is no such thing as eliminating your rules for life.
00:28:35.000 There is replacing.
00:28:38.000 Everybody lives by some sort of rules.
00:28:42.000 And the great lie is they'll tell you, oh no, we just have neutral rules.
00:28:45.000 We all agreed that these are actually the rules of society.
00:28:49.000 They're not written down yet, but they kind of are.
00:28:53.000 Love is love.
00:28:54.000 Diversity is our strength. 0.99
00:28:56.000 Trump is a Nazi. 0.97
00:28:59.000 It's kind of already written in. 0.98
00:29:01.000 And your goal should be to point people back to the Ten Commandments in all that we do as a way to organize society.
00:29:11.000 And here's the kicker, and then we'll do questions.
00:29:13.000 Why are the Ten Commandments so critical?
00:29:17.000 Because through the Ten Commandments, you realize you need Jesus.
00:29:22.000 The way to bring people to Jesus is not like this.
00:29:25.000 Here's how the modern gospel works.
00:29:28.000 If you give your life to Jesus, your stock portfolio will go up, better days are ahead, and you'll be healed from all your sickness.
00:29:34.000 You think I'm joking? 0.98
00:29:36.000 Eighty to ninety percent of modern churches are preaching this, I was gonna say a not-so-great word, um, garbage. 0.86
00:29:43.000 When in reality, revival requires repentance. 0.97
00:29:48.000 And repentance requires an acknowledgment that you are a sinner.
00:29:53.000 It requires a hot gospel that shows that you cannot live up to God's law. 0.78
00:29:58.000 We went through those Ten Commandments.
00:30:00.000 We violate, like, five out of ten on a daily basis, don't we?
00:30:04.000 And so society drifts from Jesus when you drift from the law, because people don't think they need Jesus, because that's no longer the law.
00:30:13.000 And they say, well, I don't need Jesus.
00:30:14.000 I'm master of my own life, and my body my choice, and I'm the most important thing in the world.
00:30:20.000 How's that working for America?
00:30:22.000 Not very good.
00:30:23.000 Yeah, not good.
00:30:24.000 Most depressed, most suicidal, most anxious, most alcohol-addicted generation in history.
00:30:29.000 We have more opioid deaths and more drug overdoses than ever before.
00:30:32.000 More murder, more arson, a million abortions every single year. 0.98
00:30:35.000 The evidence is all in.
00:30:37.000 But here's the tough part.
00:30:39.000 Restoring back to what we've talked about here.
00:30:41.000 It's gonna take a lot of work.
00:30:43.000 It's gonna take work for all of you, but I'm hopeful.
00:30:46.000 I think God... I will say this.
00:30:48.000 I know this might sound cheesy or cringe to some people.
00:30:50.000 I don't care.
00:30:51.000 I say it.
00:30:52.000 I have never been more convicted after I saw my friend and someone I hope to become president again.
00:31:00.000 Be two inches from having his brains blow out that God's not done with America.
00:31:03.000 I believe that more than I ever have, that God is not done with this country.
00:31:06.000 And that God is not done doing his work in this great republic.
00:31:11.000 Because you can't tell me that it was just like a thing of chance or whatever.
00:31:15.000 I mean, I literally saw him yesterday.
00:31:17.000 He's missing the top part of his ear.
00:31:19.000 I want you all just to look in the mirror tonight and measure the distance between the top of your ear and your brain.
00:31:25.000 God's not done with this country.
00:31:27.000 And there's a beautiful future ahead of all of us if we do the work and obey his commands.
00:31:31.000 Okay, let's do some questions, everybody, and then they'll end when they tell me to end.
00:31:34.000 Okay.
00:31:36.000 Who has not been some of the more... Who knows what the word loquacious means?
00:31:41.000 Anybody?
00:31:41.000 Loquacious.
00:31:44.000 I thought you guys were homeschooled.
00:31:46.000 Yes.
00:31:47.000 What?
00:31:48.000 Talkative!
00:31:48.000 Yes.
00:31:49.000 So who has not been the more loquacious?
00:31:51.000 Yes.
00:31:52.000 I have a great question.
00:31:53.000 I have a business pitch for you.
00:31:55.000 You have a business pitch for me?
00:31:56.000 Wow.
00:31:57.000 Uh, in 30 seconds?
00:32:00.000 Okay.
00:32:01.000 So, my company, I create digital business cards for people, and I created three custom ones for you.
00:32:06.000 So, right?
00:32:07.000 If you scan this to your phone, it brings up the digital business page, right?
00:32:10.000 And so, the thing with this is, I know you don't have a lot of time, you gotta get to things, right?
00:32:15.000 So, I obviously can't get your information now.
00:32:17.000 You scan it on here, my information is on here.
00:32:19.000 What do you scan?
00:32:19.000 A QR code?
00:32:21.000 Thank you.
00:32:21.000 Give it up for Ethan.
00:32:22.000 This is really good.
00:32:22.000 I love that.
00:32:23.000 Well, Ethan, I commend you.
00:32:24.000 That's terrific.
00:32:24.000 These two are for you.
00:32:25.000 These ones are like personal.
00:32:27.000 And this one is for your business.
00:32:28.000 Give it up for Ethan.
00:32:29.000 This is really good.
00:32:30.000 I love that.
00:32:31.000 So, you scan the card and the number and the email is mine.
00:32:36.000 And I can remotely change it.
00:32:39.000 So you just call, contact me and I'll change all the information for you.
00:32:42.000 Well, Ethan, I commend you.
00:32:44.000 That's terrific.
00:32:45.000 Thank you.
00:32:46.000 I would, yeah, afterwards in the photo line.
00:32:51.000 Yeah, afterwards in the photo line.
00:32:52.000 I'd love to see how it works.
00:32:53.000 Thank you.
00:32:54.000 He's going somewhere, I'll tell you what.
00:32:55.000 That's... I love that.
00:32:59.000 He's got hunger.
00:33:01.000 I'll tell you.
00:33:01.000 That's a very important thing.
00:33:03.000 Ethan, you're... How old are you?
00:33:05.000 Yeah, that's a big deal.
00:33:07.000 First of all, to have this, the... I gotta watch my words.
00:33:12.000 The piece of anatomy that you would imagine to do that is pretty remarkable.
00:33:18.000 And that's a great rule.
00:33:21.000 When you're young, go up to people that you might want something from or that you might admire or whatever and ask for the order.
00:33:29.000 You literally have nothing to lose.
00:33:30.000 You're 17 or 18 years old.
00:33:32.000 And I learned this, you know, I was very blessed.
00:33:34.000 I spoke at the RNC last evening.
00:33:36.000 It was my third time speaking.
00:33:37.000 It was just amazing.
00:33:39.000 And literally 12 years ago, from this day, I was 18 years old at the RNC without a ticket, not able to get into the RNC.
00:33:47.000 Decided not to go to college.
00:33:48.000 12 years later, I'm giving a 9.30 p.m.
00:33:50.000 Eastern keynote address.
00:33:52.000 Only in America is a story like that possible.
00:33:54.000 And it's thanks to the glory of God, His mercy, His goodness.
00:33:58.000 And also, I was kind of like you.
00:34:00.000 I went up to every single person I could imagine.
00:34:02.000 And I did not have digital business cards, though.
00:34:04.000 I had old-fashioned ones.
00:34:06.000 So, pretty impressive.
00:34:08.000 That's a great... If you want to succeed in life, do that.
00:34:11.000 He was respectful, he was direct, and he was prepared.
00:34:14.000 He had a briefcase, which could have had something else in it, but...
00:34:19.000 So you're a little worried about that?
00:34:21.000 Yeah.
00:34:22.000 Ethan, you're special.
00:34:23.000 You're going somewhere.
00:34:24.000 Okay, yes.
00:34:24.000 Who has not asked a question?
00:34:26.000 Yes.
00:34:27.000 My loquacious friend.
00:34:27.000 Yeah.
00:34:28.000 What's the best way to convince your neighbors that voting for Trump doesn't exist?
00:34:34.000 Yeah, I mean, look, I'll be very honest.
00:34:37.000 Again, this is totally superficial.
00:34:39.000 But if you're an American man, and you don't, like, something in you doesn't get triggered, like, when you see him, like, pop up after getting shot, and, like, pump his fist up, like, you're a trans man, and, like, honestly, I mean that.
00:34:49.000 Like, there's something wrong with you.
00:34:51.000 I mean, I don't know about you, I saw that, and I was like, that is next level.
00:34:55.000 Like, something that got so activated in me.
00:34:58.000 He got shot, and he's up there, like, saying, fight, fight, fight.
00:35:04.000 I'm sorry, like, I just... God's not done with this country.
00:35:08.000 I know that might not be persuasive to your neighbors or whatever. 0.94
00:35:11.000 He's a Nazi! 0.90
00:35:12.000 Like, okay. 0.96
00:35:13.000 First of all, you don't believe that.
00:35:14.000 And I could prove... Here's actually an interesting answer.
00:35:17.000 So, the people that have been telling us that he's a Nazi for the last eight years, as soon as he got shot, they're like, I'm deeply praying for Donald Trump and that I hope he gets better.
00:35:30.000 Okay, which one is it actually?
00:35:32.000 Because if he was Hitler, you wouldn't be praying for him. 0.97
00:35:35.000 Like, if Hitler got shot, I'd be praying he died. 0.98
00:35:38.000 No, seriously. 1.00
00:35:38.000 Of course it's moral to kill Hitler. 1.00
00:35:40.000 He's the most evil person ever to live. 1.00
00:35:42.000 Oh, so which one is the lie? 0.97
00:35:44.000 Are you not praying for him?
00:35:47.000 Or that you don't believe that he's Hitler? 0.87
00:35:49.000 One of those two things is not true.
00:35:51.000 They both simultaneously can't be true.
00:35:54.000 So again, as far as people that say this nonsense, I am... Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, and self-control.
00:36:01.000 I'm working on patience and self-control.
00:36:03.000 Faithfulness, thank you.
00:36:03.000 Yeah, that too.
00:36:05.000 And so, I lose patience with people that are, like, gonna go vote for this brain-dead idiot that we have as president. 1.00
00:36:12.000 No, I'm sorry, like, I just, I have no patience for this anymore. 1.00
00:36:14.000 Our country's collapsing.
00:36:15.000 Our border's wide open.
00:36:16.000 Like, we're involved in two proxy wars to turn our back on Israel.
00:36:19.000 We're aborting a million babies every single year. 0.99
00:36:22.000 The president just got shot because of relaxed Secret Service requirements.
00:36:25.000 And I have to have people say I'm an undecided voter?
00:36:29.000 Really?
00:36:30.000 I'm sorry, I get a little bit aggressive, because what else do you need to see?
00:36:33.000 People can't afford groceries.
00:36:35.000 Young people can't own homes. 1.00
00:36:36.000 The fertility rate is collapsing. 0.96
00:36:39.000 And they're worried that Donald Trump is Hitler and he's a Nazi.
00:36:44.000 Yeah, I know that's not the most articulate answer, but I'm kind of in a different mode right now, where I saw someone who I've got to know so well walk in with a severed ear from a bullet that nearly killed him.
00:36:56.000 Like, I just... I'm sorry.
00:36:58.000 Like, that just kind of activates a different level in me.
00:37:01.000 So, yes.
00:37:03.000 Yes, ma'am.
00:37:04.000 Eagles!
00:37:05.000 Yeah.
00:37:05.000 I have a question.
00:37:08.000 So, would you ever consider becoming president?
00:37:13.000 Okay, she asked, would I consider becoming president?
00:37:17.000 First of all, I'm too young.
00:37:19.000 I am, I'm 30.
00:37:20.000 So, second of all, no, I don't want to be.
00:37:23.000 Let me tell you why yesterday was such a sigh of relief for me.
00:37:26.000 I have been pushing so hard, the shooties know this, and this guy's a God-fearing, good man, great father.
00:37:32.000 So amazing, J.D.
00:37:32.000 Vance.
00:37:33.000 And I've been pushing for him to become the vice president, half and part, so that I'm like, okay, I don't have to run for office.
00:37:39.000 He's such a good person that, like, I could take the next decade and keep on doing this.
00:37:43.000 And here's my true answer.
00:37:44.000 We reach millions of people every single day on social media.
00:37:47.000 We reach millions of people on Instagram, on TikTok, on podcasting, on all that stuff.
00:37:52.000 We have thousands of chapters.
00:37:54.000 I believe that the difference we are making outside of running for office is greater than just being, you know, a senator or some office holder.
00:38:02.000 I believe this is where God has called us to be.
00:38:04.000 I could not tell you the joy that I had last night and the gratitude to God where I was able to literally sit in a corner and kind of be a spectator and watch J.D.
00:38:15.000 and Trump and I just said, They got it.
00:38:18.000 Like, no, I meant that.
00:38:19.000 It's like, it doesn't need to be me.
00:38:21.000 Like, that's not how I am.
00:38:22.000 I was like, if someone's better and someone's more equipped, I was just like so full of just incredible, like, gratitude that God put all that together.
00:38:33.000 I was like the happiest spectator fan that a human being could be at that moment.
00:38:37.000 So, yes.
00:38:39.000 Yes, ma'am.
00:38:41.000 Oh, that's a great question.
00:38:42.000 So this is Vote Early.
00:38:45.000 It is a campaign that we are trying to get conservatives and Republicans to entertain, not just voting on Election Day.
00:38:52.000 We believe Election Day is the last day of voting.
00:38:55.000 This is very, very, in Wisconsin it's a little bit more nuanced than this, but in Arizona in particular, 75% Of all voters, vote by mail.
00:39:06.000 And Republicans largely don't embrace this.
00:39:08.000 In Arizona, because of our lack of early voting, Carrie Lake should have become governor, and she didn't because we had widespread machine tabulation failures because of that. 1.00
00:39:19.000 And so we're trying to say, hey, it's better to go vote early than not vote at all.
00:39:24.000 And so it's part of a big campaign that we're doing here.
00:39:27.000 And every one of you, who here is 18, by the way?
00:39:30.000 Anyone?
00:39:30.000 You all get to be better registered to vote.
00:39:33.000 Okay?
00:39:33.000 Yes?
00:39:34.000 Yes?
00:39:35.000 Okay.
00:39:36.000 Good.
00:39:36.000 Every single one of you.
00:39:38.000 All right, yes.
00:39:39.000 Who has not asked a question?
00:39:40.000 Raise your hand.
00:39:41.000 You have not.
00:39:41.000 Yes.
00:39:42.000 It's a great question.
00:39:43.000 The question was, under Trump, we strengthened our relationship with Israel.
00:39:47.000 What are we doing right now?
00:39:49.000 I mean, Joe Biden is an awful president, and he's doing such damage.
00:39:54.000 We should obviously have Israel's back. 0.75
00:39:55.000 I've been so morally clear about that.
00:39:57.000 We should try to have the war be won as quickly as possible. 0.66
00:40:03.000 Look, it's also, allow Israel to be Israel, and Israel is a pretty amazing country.
00:40:09.000 Anyone ever been to Israel?
00:40:11.000 Oh, you should.
00:40:11.000 It's so amazing.
00:40:12.000 It changes your life.
00:40:13.000 It puts the Bible in reality. 0.79
00:40:16.000 It pops.
00:40:17.000 And Israel is a country that is allowed to have borders.
00:40:21.000 They actually have an increasing fertility rate.
00:40:23.000 Like, what concepts?
00:40:23.000 Like, we should actually bring those, you know, ideas back to America.
00:40:27.000 But yeah, right now, Joe Biden is trying to play both sides of the conflict.
00:40:29.000 Do you know that we're funding both Israel and Hamas right now?
00:40:33.000 Well, because Joe Biden is very worried about a couple hundred thousand Muslim voters spread across three states.
00:40:40.000 And so, it's sick, it's awful, but we have to have Israel's back.
00:40:45.000 That's exactly right.
00:40:46.000 Who has not asked a question?
00:40:47.000 Yes?
00:40:48.000 I'm going to jump, then you.
00:40:49.000 Yes, go ahead.
00:40:51.000 That's a great question.
00:40:52.000 So, do I think the Democrat Party will be able to recover their image five to ten years after Biden?
00:40:58.000 Not if I have anything to say about it, but we'll see.
00:41:00.000 Here's the exciting part, everybody.
00:41:02.000 When I first started speaking at LEAD four years ago, right guys?
00:41:04.000 Three, four years ago?
00:41:05.000 I think my first one?
00:41:07.000 Younger voters were tilting liberal.
00:41:11.000 We are seeing a massive resurgence of younger voters going the conservative direction, the likes of which could be an extinction event for the modern Democrat Party.
00:41:19.000 And especially young men, by the way.
00:41:22.000 Especially young men.
00:41:27.000 And so... Yeah, look, I...
00:41:32.000 These people are radicals.
00:41:33.000 They believe in things that are deeply unpopular.
00:41:36.000 We have to keep on educating people on that.
00:41:39.000 And yeah, I hope not is the answer.
00:41:41.000 I hope not.
00:41:42.000 Yes, sir.
00:41:43.000 That's a really good question.
00:41:45.000 So I've actually wrestled with this.
00:41:47.000 My friend Dennis Prager famously tells a story that he hated Jimmy Carter, but Jimmy Carter once came into his radio station and he stood up for the president because out of respect for the office of the presidency.
00:41:57.000 So it got me thinking.
00:41:59.000 I said, if I were, which it probably wouldn't happen, right?
00:42:01.000 They wouldn't let me near him.
00:42:02.000 But if I were to be in a room and Joe Biden would walk in, what would I do?
00:42:10.000 And I don't know the answer to that.
00:42:12.000 Because the answer should be, I respect the office of the presidency, and you should respect that's greater than him.
00:42:18.000 That's what the answer should be.
00:42:19.000 But I struggle with that, because I believe that he's a usurper in that role.
00:42:23.000 I think he's actively done treason against the United States.
00:42:27.000 And it's hard for me to respect that, even though the office deserves respect.
00:42:31.000 And I know what the answer should be.
00:42:33.000 Do I accept what he's doing as president?
00:42:35.000 Yes, he has legitimate authority, obviously.
00:42:37.000 But I don't believe that he's a legitimate president.
00:42:40.000 So.
00:42:41.000 Yes, yes ma'am.
00:42:42.000 We'll go there and then here.
00:42:43.000 Yes.
00:42:44.000 Have I watched Sound of Hope?
00:42:46.000 No, but I need to because I'm actually promoting it.
00:42:48.000 Actually, I've watched part of it.
00:42:51.000 They know I haven't finished the film yet.
00:42:52.000 The Angel Studios.
00:42:53.000 Did you like it?
00:42:55.000 You haven't watched it yet?
00:42:56.000 You and me both.
00:42:57.000 No, Sound of Hope is the parallel to Sound of Freedom.
00:42:59.000 Did you like it?
00:43:00.000 Okay.
00:43:01.000 Sound of Hope is the... it's a... there's a word they used for it that is connective to... it's a totally different story, but it's about foster care kids being brought in What would the Founding Fathers say about this country?
00:43:16.000 Wow.
00:43:16.000 or other really less than desirable circumstances.
00:43:19.000 So haven't watched it yet, but I watched part of it.
00:43:21.000 But don't tell the Harmon brothers from the Angel Studios.
00:43:24.000 They're going to be mad at me.
00:43:25.000 Yes, yes, ma'am.
00:43:26.000 What would the founding fathers say about this country?
00:43:28.000 Wow.
00:43:29.000 Yeah, they would be...
00:43:32.000 I think a couple things.
00:43:33.000 First of all, I think that they would be surprised—yeah, they're like, wait, Israel's a country?
00:43:38.000 Wait, what?
00:43:40.000 So, I think they would be deeply surprised at the fourth branch of government, which has come out of nowhere, which is unconstitutional—the FBI, the Department of Justice, the CIA, the EPA.
00:43:52.000 I do think, though, that there would be some shock, if they just woke up today, at how long the Constitution lasted.
00:43:59.000 And I think that they would be impressed with their own creation.
00:44:02.000 If you read their journals, they didn't know if this thing was going to last.
00:44:05.000 They hoped it would.
00:44:06.000 And that just goes to show the brilliance of the Constitution, because it was written to stand the test of time, not just written for the times.
00:44:14.000 Okay, two more questions of people that have not asked questions or commented.
00:44:18.000 Yes?
00:44:18.000 Have you not asked a question?
00:44:20.000 Okay, one, two, and then that's it.
00:44:21.000 Yes, go ahead.
00:44:22.000 So yeah, first of all, that's a great question.
00:44:24.000 What is Trump's stance on abortion?
00:44:25.000 Let me tell you, I'm 100% pro-life.
00:44:27.000 I mean, I am like the biggest pro-life warrior you could imagine, and you should be too.
00:44:31.000 We cannot waver on the life issue even an inch, okay?
00:44:34.000 Even an inch, okay?
00:44:36.000 That's very important.
00:44:41.000 And I will say this while simultaneously defending Trump, which might seem difficult.
00:44:45.000 I'm gonna do both and I hope it will make sense.
00:44:47.000 So the first thing is this, is that I go on campuses in the most hostile, nasty environments defending life against the abortion laws.
00:44:54.000 And you should never give an inch on that.
00:44:57.000 Now let's talk, so that's, my job is not to run for office, right?
00:45:01.000 My job is to speak truth and moral clarity regardless the price of the consequence, okay?
00:45:06.000 I'm not here to win votes.
00:45:08.000 I get enough death threats, that's what Dan and Jonathan are here for, right?
00:45:11.000 It's fine, okay?
00:45:12.000 They want my family dead, all that stuff.
00:45:14.000 I'm not gonna waiver and you guys should never either.
00:45:16.000 Now let's go to the next category though.
00:45:19.000 It's politics.
00:45:20.000 Politics is the assumption of power given by the people to be able to then put forward laws and customs and regulations to then go after, hopefully, an improvement in society.
00:45:33.000 Politics is only possible if you are able to get political power, and you get political power through elections.
00:45:38.000 Now, you might say, but Charlie, it's bigger than just elections.
00:45:41.000 Well, I agree, but we're not going to save any babies if we don't win the presidency.
00:45:45.000 That is a fact.
00:45:46.000 We would not have reversed Roe versus Wade.
00:45:48.000 Simultaneously, Donald Trump is in a very difficult position.
00:45:52.000 He is more pro-life than people give him credit for.
00:45:54.000 I can say that both in private and in public.
00:45:56.000 He spoke at the March for Life.
00:45:58.000 He put three pro-life justices on the Supreme Court.
00:46:00.000 He defunded Planned Parenthood.
00:46:02.000 He was terrific on the issue.
00:46:03.000 George W. Bush never even spoke at the March for Life, for example.
00:46:06.000 First president to do so.
00:46:07.000 He's in a difficult position because we, as pro-life warriors, we also must have the humility to realize we are not in the majority of this country right now.
00:46:17.000 We are not.
00:46:18.000 That is tough.
00:46:20.000 And you might disagree, but we lose ballot referendums in Montana, in Kentucky, in Kansas.
00:46:25.000 We will get there, because we are going to be relentless in educating and opening people's eyes about the crime and the horror and the sins of the abortion industry.
00:46:34.000 We must now look at abortion the same way we looked at slavery, through a lens of incrementalism.
00:46:40.000 Slavery was not abolished overnight.
00:46:43.000 It was, well, first we're gonna make it illegal to buy new slaves. 1.00
00:46:49.000 Then we're gonna make it illegal to have slaves across states. 1.00
00:46:52.000 It was an incremental march through many decades that eventually led us through the abolition of slavery.
00:46:58.000 And you might say, well, my critics say, you're trying to compare slavery with abortion?
00:47:02.000 Yeah, abortion's even worse, actually, than slavery in certain ways.
00:47:05.000 It's the murder of an unborn, innocent life with no due process and no ability to be able for that baby to defend themselves.
00:47:13.000 So, Donald Trump has an issue.
00:47:16.000 He's running as a pro-life candidate in an environment where the country itself is not pro-life.
00:47:21.000 Including this state, by the way.
00:47:22.000 This state tends to be more pro-choice than pro-life.
00:47:25.000 So how do you navigate that?
00:47:27.000 His position has been this.
00:47:29.000 I will not back down or apologize for reversing Roe vs. Wade.
00:47:32.000 That's a big deal.
00:47:33.000 He did that in the debate.
00:47:35.000 Number two, we are a pro-life party.
00:47:37.000 Number three, temporarily, we need to let the states discuss this and send it back to the states and respect our Federalist consent to the governed model.
00:47:44.000 And number four, reminding people, as we are incrementalists, the Democrats are the extremists on this issue.
00:47:51.000 That they want post-birth abortion and they're okay with abortion after death.
00:47:55.000 And if you might say, but Charlie, I want him to call for a national abortion ban.
00:47:59.000 That is not going to happen in the next couple of years.
00:48:02.000 There is not political appetite for that.
00:48:03.000 There are not votes for that.
00:48:05.000 There is not even the consensus of the people to demand that yet.
00:48:08.000 So then politics is the art of the possible.
00:48:11.000 The art of the deal, the art of the possible.
00:48:13.000 And so President Trump understands that without winning the election, right, we get none of our stuff done, while simultaneously being very morally clear on abortion.
00:48:22.000 So here's how I'd say, he is a pro-life pragmatist, is what Donald Trump is.
00:48:28.000 I'm just like a pro-life warrior.
00:48:30.000 But I am willing to defend and advocate and campaign for the most pro-life president in American history, Donald Trump.
00:48:35.000 Yes, last question.
00:48:36.000 Great question.
00:48:37.000 So this is the last question.
00:48:39.000 How do you best combat liberal ideology in our institutions?
00:48:41.000 They hate the truth.
00:48:43.000 You must always speak the truth.
00:48:45.000 And if you can get through their most lethal weapon, name-calling, They're done. 0.99
00:48:54.000 All they have is, you're a racist, you're a bigot, you're a homophobe. 0.99
00:48:56.000 That's all they have. 0.99
00:48:56.000 If you can pierce through the name-calling, they have nothing left. 0.99
00:49:00.000 And that is the best way to defeat them.
00:49:01.000 Okay, I think we're going to do pictures really quick.
00:49:03.000 Is that right?
00:49:04.000 Guys, I do a podcast every day.
00:49:06.000 If you want to subscribe to it, great.
00:49:07.000 I don't know if you're allowed to have phones in your homeschooling world or not.
00:49:10.000 I don't know.
00:49:12.000 It's not offensive.
00:49:13.000 Honestly, you shouldn't have cell phones until you're 18, because they're awful for you.
00:49:18.000 Okay, it's fine.
00:49:18.000 You should have flip phones.
00:49:20.000 Cell phones are really bad for you.
00:49:21.000 We didn't have them growing up.
00:49:22.000 It was awesome.
00:49:22.000 It was a great life.
00:49:23.000 By the way, I love homeschooling because homeschooling is actually about developing the human being.
00:49:27.000 But if you have access to the technology, I do a show every single day.
00:49:31.000 I encourage you guys to subscribe to listen to it.
00:49:33.000 I love this group.
00:49:34.000 I see some familiar faces throughout the years.
00:49:36.000 I see you guys growing up.
00:49:37.000 It's amazing.
00:49:38.000 This is one of the most fun things.
00:49:39.000 I will be back next year if you'll have me.
00:49:41.000 And you guys are the future of this country.
00:49:44.000 Never give an inch.
00:49:45.000 Stay close to the Lord and his scriptures every single day and fight for this country in our best days ahead.
00:49:50.000 God bless, guys.
00:49:51.000 Thanks so much.
00:49:54.000 Thanks so much for listening, everybody.
00:49:55.000 Email us as always freedom at charliekirk.com.