WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.560 What is your, let's just say, take on the status of the American church? 00:00:03.860 --> 00:00:08.280 So there are so many bold pastors like you and many others, but largely the church was not 00:00:08.860 --> 00:00:12.660 as active as they should have been to get President Trump back in the White House. 00:00:13.600 --> 00:00:16.800 Why is that? And please, Jack. 00:00:18.690 --> 00:00:25.330 Yeah, this is an amazing thing, Charlie, because we have been standing in this water in California 00:00:25.330 --> 00:00:30.350 fighting for our rights and for our freedoms as a church, understanding the biblical mandate 00:00:30.350 --> 00:00:31.310 given to the scriptures. 00:00:32.130 --> 00:00:40.770 given from the scriptures to us that, for example, Jeremiah 29.7, that we are to be very engaged and very much committed to the welfare of our community. 00:00:41.230 --> 00:00:47.630 And it's very clear from Proverbs 29.2 that when the righteous are empowered, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan. 00:00:47.910 --> 00:00:49.090 So we as a church, 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:56.260 here in Southern California, we never did not have a Sunday where you couldn't sign up to 00:00:56.780 --> 00:01:01.980 register to vote. We informed people of every proposition of everything, and people used to 00:01:01.980 --> 00:01:06.940 laugh at us, Charlie. Churches laughed at us. Pastors said to me, you're wrong. You should preach 00:01:06.940 --> 00:01:11.740 the gospel. Yeah, we do that too. We can actually walk and chew gum at the same time. We can preach 00:01:11.740 --> 00:01:16.920 the gospel and be righteousness in the community at the same time. And Charlie, after 35 years, 00:01:17.450 --> 00:01:21.710 God has been honoring this position, and so other churches, not so many, but other churches 00:01:21.710 --> 00:01:22.430 have caught on. 00:01:22.850 --> 00:01:27.510 And it doesn't take many, remember Charlie, God doesn't move always with a big crowd. 00:01:28.430 --> 00:01:33.630 He takes those that are open and willing to follow him, and we're seeing a shift and we're 00:01:33.630 --> 00:01:34.530 delighted about that. 00:01:34.610 --> 00:01:37.890 But I am pleading right now for pastors to wake up. 00:01:38.190 --> 00:01:41.210 And to get yourself out there on the front line, 00:01:41.370 --> 00:01:42.850 stop hiding behind your congregation. 00:01:43.390 --> 00:01:46.390 Stop hiding behind your theology up until now 00:01:46.390 --> 00:01:47.970 might be very theoretical. 00:01:48.530 --> 00:01:51.370 How about putting it forward and doing it 00:01:51.370 --> 00:01:53.990 and then your flock will follow and you know what? 00:01:54.190 --> 00:01:59.970 Maybe more people will attend your church when they realize that you are a instrument of light and truth 00:02:00.470 --> 00:02:05.370 Pastors, I believe that God gave us a gift by giving us four more years of religious freedom 00:02:05.370 --> 00:02:09.790 We better not waste it. We need to speak up more than ever before. That's my word, Charlie 00:02:11.210 --> 00:02:19.010 What what what a great message Jack? I totally and completely agree as we should not look at this as just a reprieve 00:02:19.010 --> 00:02:22.690 Which of course it is from the heavens, but an opportunity for a harvest 00:02:23.260 --> 00:02:26.760 an opportunity to bring people to Jesus, Jack. 00:02:28.220 --> 00:02:29.180 Yeah, absolutely. 00:02:29.740 --> 00:02:31.840 Listen, revisiting this comment. 00:02:32.040 --> 00:02:34.200 Well, Pastor Jack, you should just preach the gospel. 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:35.540 We don't get involved. 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:36.900 Wait a minute. 00:02:37.140 --> 00:02:39.400 If we preach the gospel and people get saved, 00:02:39.620 --> 00:02:40.980 what do we do with them after that? 00:02:41.300 --> 00:02:43.860 We're supposed to make disciples of all of them, 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:45.100 Jesus said in Matthew 28. 00:02:45.540 --> 00:02:47.700 So preach the gospel is what we do. 00:02:47.920 --> 00:02:49.440 Give them the gospel. 00:02:50.270 --> 00:02:54.270 for God's soul of the world. He gave his only begotten son, Jesus Christ, right? He is the 00:02:54.270 --> 00:02:57.450 gospel. He forgives sins. He died on the cross for our sins. He rules again from the dead. 00:02:57.770 --> 00:03:03.290 What do you do after that, pastor? You are not an evangelist. Your primary calling, pastor, 00:03:03.370 --> 00:03:07.090 is to equip your church to do the job of righteousness. 00:03:07.630 --> 00:03:12.770 every day of the week. And so we must do this like never before. Charlie, we're gonna be calling 00:03:12.770 --> 00:03:20.390 a statewide California gathering where we are now going to do a very, very new and revised reach 00:03:20.390 --> 00:03:23.410 to pastors who have sat down. Because Charlie, I gotta leave you with this, man. 00:03:23.930 --> 00:03:28.470 So many pastors have reached out in the last few hours and said, Pastor Jack, I apologize. 00:03:29.150 --> 00:03:34.930 I see what you've been doing. I see what's been going on. And I want to be on the team. And I'm 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:38.620 Jack, it's Team Jesus. 00:03:39.160 --> 00:03:41.720 Let's obey the Lord and let's just be righteous 00:03:41.720 --> 00:03:44.260 until we see Christ face to face. 00:03:44.420 --> 00:03:45.200 Let's go for it. 00:03:46.320 --> 00:03:46.800 Amen. 00:03:47.380 --> 00:03:48.520 Jack Kibbs, you're a great man. 00:03:49.020 --> 00:03:50.280 I really appreciate your mentorship. 00:03:50.980 --> 00:03:53.920 I was watching you actually live here in Washington, DC 00:03:53.920 --> 00:03:55.040 on a local TV channel. 00:03:55.380 --> 00:03:57.140 Jack, please unplug your website, 00:03:57.560 --> 00:03:58.860 Real Life with Jack Kibbs, 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:00.420 your books, please, for our audience. 00:04:01.580 --> 00:04:10.380 Yeah, the real life network is available on any one of your apps 24 7365 very, very awesome content Christian content 00:04:10.890 --> 00:04:16.330 So that's real life network and then also this you can go to jackkibbs.com for everything else 00:04:16.330 --> 00:04:20.570 thousands and thousands of hours of teaching and then we're grateful that 00:04:21.150 --> 00:04:27.030 living in the days of deception is a book that has now become a national bestseller. 00:04:27.230 --> 00:04:31.270 It's just flying off the shelves. We're happy about that living in the days of deception. 00:04:31.530 --> 00:04:37.010 And it turns out to be extremely prescient for the moment that we're in right now today. 00:04:37.010 --> 00:04:39.170 God bless you Charlie. Thank you brother so much. 00:04:40.670 --> 00:04:42.510 Jack, you're wonderful. Thank you so much.