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Jeff Chamblee Welcome to Real Truth for Today with Pastor Jeff Schrieve, senior Pastor of First Baptist Church in Texarkana, Texas. Now, here's Pastor Jeff.

Pastor Jeff Schreve Well, good Wednesday morning, and welcome to Real Truth for today. Pastor Jeff here. Psalm 34 says, I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the Lord. The humble shall hear it and rejoice. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. no matter what's going on in life, right now is the right time to praise the Lord, as the song says. And, God inhabits the praises of his people. And it says in Psalm 71, that I will, continually hope and praise you, God, yet more and more. And, you know, I talked to a dear friend yesterday, and she just got news that she has pancreatic cancer and doesn't know. She meets with the doctor tomorrow or today. I talked to her last night. Doesn't know, what procedure or plan that they have for her, but she's at peace because she knows that, she knows Jesus. Her name is recorded in the Lamb's Book of Life. she knows it's not going to be easy. Pancreatic cancer is very, very difficult, but she's trusting him. And we're praying, for God to bring healing to her. And, we know that he is able as the Lord brings her to your mind. Her name is Glenna, and she is just a wonderful, wonderful saint of God. Well, I wanted to let you know that tomorrow night I, am going to be in Belton, Texas. I'm going to be at the Huntington Bank Expo for the Jail Ministry banquet. Jail Ministry Incorporated is a Christ center jail ministry providing programs in prevention and intervention for the incarcerated in the Bale County Law Enforcement center and the Juvenile Services Center. They're serving Belton, Temple, Killeen and the surrounding Central Texas area. The executive director is Steve Cannon. He has been the executive director since 2003. Just a wonderful man of God. Really looking forward to a great evening. Tickets are still available. You can come. There's going to be a great dinner and just a wonderful time. So that's tomorrow night at the Huntington Bank Expo at 6 o'. Clock. If you live in that area, I'd love to see you out there. You can go to jail men. J-A-I L M M I N.org and get more information. Well, we had spent the program yesterday talking about James Tallarico. He was in Texarkana yesterday and according to reports there were about 500 people that came to hear him, all excited. And you know, as one man told me, I'm a big supporter of James Tallarico. So I was asking, AI, why do people like James, James Talarico? What is it about him, you know, and what does he stand for that they like so much? We talked about all the things about the guy that are extremely concerning for any discerning person. You would say this guy, big red flag, according to Grok, AI, this is why people like and what people say about James Talarico, they like his message of affordability, gas, groceries, health care, you know, wants to provide health care for all. Jesus healed everyone and so we should provide. He didn't kick people off of Medicare, Medicaid, insurance and so we ought to do the same. you know, you think about that stuff and it's like, I want this to be free. I want that to be free. I want this other to be free. There is nothing free. So free health care, somebody's paying for it. Doctors, you know, not to discredit them, but they do their work for pay. You do your work for pay. we don't do, you know, have a job that's just like. Yeah, I don't, I don't ever get paid to do this. I work on the railroad, but they don't pay me. I work in highway, construction, but I don't get paid for it. You know, it's just all free. Well, nobody can do that. There is no free lunch. And Adrian Rogers used to say, if somebody gets something for nothing, that meant that somebody got nothing for something. Somebody did the work and didn't get paid and you didn't do the work and you did get paid. And that is not, fairness. That is not equity at all. Ah, I always liken it, you know, this idea of socialism and take from this guy and give to that other guy. As Elon Musk said, you know, when you, when you take 500, $500 from the guy that earned it and give a hundred to five people that didn't earn, you get five voters and they will vote for you because you gave them money. You lose the guys the vote of the guy you took $500 from, but you gain five voters. So it's the numbers work out. But as Margaret Thatcher said, the problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other people's money. And then this idea, we're just going to go after the uber rich. Then going after the uber rich turns into going after the semi, r. Going after the you know, well to do and then just the guys that are making it and it just keeps going down, down, down, till eventually you're taking everything from everyone. But here, here's what people say about James Talarico that they like so much. Well, he's just, he's such a sweet Christian boy. One, lady was commenting about that. Oh, he said, we're just so sorry. Proud of this young man who's such an upstanding, sweet, you know, wholesome young, lad. she didn't word it that way, but that's kind of the flavor of it. so he wants affordability, he wants government accountability. And this is one of his big ones. Love your neighbor. Oh, you know, Jesus. He said, Jesus just had two commands. Love God and love your neighbor. And he just wants to do that just to love God. Love his neighbor. Well, you know, as I said yesterday, James, Talarico believes in another Jesus whom we have not preached. He doesn't believe in the Jesus of the Bible. he would agree with the Muslims. They love Jesus, but they don't love the Jesus of the Bible. They love the Jesus they've created out of their own imagination. The Jesus of the Bible is God in the flesh. The Jesus of the Bible is the one who died for our sins on the cross. Who bodily rose. Rose from the dead. Incidentally, James Talarico's pastor Jim, Rigby, stated that he doesn't know if that's true or not. If Jesus, rose from the dead. One of their other pastors, a, lesbian, Babs Miller, said she doesn't even believe know, if Jesus was even a real person. She's on staff at, James Talarico's church. So don't be fooled by the fact that this guy flies under the banner of Christian. not everybody who calls himself a Christian is really a Christian. A Christian is someone who recognizes who Jesus is. He is the God man. what he came to do, die on the cross for our sins and rise again from the dead. He came to seek and to save that which was lost. He didn't come to be served, but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many. And a Christian is someone who has surrendered his or her life to the Lord Jesus, who has bowed the knee and said with blind Bartimaeus, Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. And, you know, when we talk about love, your neighbor. So Jesus was asked that question, what are the two greatest commandments? Or he asked the. He was asked the question, Matthew 22, what is the greatest commandment in the law? And his answer was surprising because in my mind, I think, okay, greatest commandments in the law. I think of the ten commandments written on stone by the finger of God, you're going to choose one of those. But he doesn't go to Exodus 20 to answer the question. He goes to Deuteronomy, chapter 6. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one, and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. And then he goes to Leviticus, and he says, the second greatest commandment, is like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets. So the first commandment, loving God with all that you are, that's the first tablet of stone. Those first four commandments that, are vertical. And then the second greatest commandment, to love your neighbor as yourself. That's the second tablet, the six commands, and they're all horizontal. that's the way those tablets, shake out. So vertical, love God. Horizontal, love your neighbor. But what does it mean to love your neighbor? Does that mean you just, affirm them in whatever they say or do or whatever they want to be? Hey, you can be anything you want to be. I just love you. I'm just going to affirm you. No, we said yesterday. And, this First Corinthians, chapter 13, is the, chapter in the Bible that really explains to us what love is. It doesn't define it as much as it describes it. But it says in verse, verse six, that love does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth. Real love is always melded with the truth and wedded to the truth. You can't really love somebody if you're lying to them. The apostle Paul said in Galatians 4:16, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? You know, James Tallarico, he said, you know, what do you love? And he said, outside of my family, trans kids. And that's a big thing for him is, trans kids. He thinks about trans kids. He wants to help trans kids. Let me tell you, the best way you can help trans kids is to tell them that, transgenderism is insanity. You can't change your gender. You are XX or xy. God made you male or female. I know James Tallarico likes to say that there are six genders. but they're not six genders. I don't know how many genders came to, hear him yesterday in Texarkana and then last night in Tyler. I would venture to guess there were two genders there, because that's all that there are. There are males and there are females. But he says there's six genders. And he really likes, to fight for trans rights. And, I just think that is, the most unloving thing you can possibly do to a person. Two of the most unloving things kill them in the womb. That's pretty unloving. And he's all for abortion. And he twists the scripture to support his position on abortion. Taking Luke, chapter one, making it say what it doesn't, trying to make it say what it doesn't say. he puts the word of God on the torture rack, as it mentions in Second Peter, chapter three. And he twists it, and he says, well, the angel Gabriel, as I said yesterday, you know, he had to get Mary's consent. So he asks her, is this something you want to do? And we read the passage. He doesn't, that's not true. But isn't it funny how that's exactly what the devil did in Genesis, chapter three? Indeed. Has God said, you shall not eat from any tree of the garden? Question mark. He adds a question mark. And God said, from any tree of the garden you may freely eat. But see how the devil twists it? He tries to get you to question the word of God and question the goodness of God. Did God make all these fruit trees and then say, you can't eat from Any tree of the garden. No, God said the opposite. From any tree of the garden, you may freely eat. I made this for you. God is a good God, and, he wanted Adam and Eve to enjoy what he made. There's only one tree, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. That tree, you can't eat from it, because in the day you eat from it, you will surely die. And the devil tells Eve, no, you will not surely die. For God knows in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. So this idea of loving your neighbor. How do we love our, neighbor? You know, a rising tide raises all boats. If we seek the welfare of the city, as Jeremiah 29:7 tells us to do, if we provide programs and environments where people can flourish, where hard work is rewarded, where you don't reward laziness, you don't reward a lack of ambition. you reward hard work. You reward the people that, put in the blood, sweat and tears to do well in school or do well on the team or to do well in business. that is the American dream. You can be what you want to be in the realm of economics and in the realm of business as you apply yourself. And giving people something for nothing, as Adrian says, if you give somebody something for nothing, that means that somebody worked and got nothing so that you could get something. And that's not fair. Well, you're listening to Real Truth for today. Pastor Jeff Schrieve here, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Texarkana, Texas, and the founder of From His Heart Ministries. From His Heart is heard every weeknight at 6pm Central Time right here on American Family Radio. When we come back, we're going to talk about more things that are in the news, things that we need to know about. So don't go away. We'll be right back.

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Pastor Jeff Schreve Welcome back to the program. Pastor Jeff here, as we have mentioned, the Democrat platform, one of their planks is, the lgbtqia, agenda with all that entails. And one of the big parts of that, the T in LGBTQIA is transgenderism. Well, as we said, transgenderism is a lie. Transgenderism is the worst poison you can give to somebody, especially to young people. And, you know, James Talarico says he loves trans kids. Well, if you love, quote, unquote, trans kids, tell them the truth that, being trans is impossible. And to come out of the ether, if you want to live a horrible life, then engage in that. Go down that road, that road that leads off a cliff. There's a reason why they commit suicide. Those folks that go down that road, four times more than the national average because you have divorced yourself from sanity. And, if you go the route of drugs, chemical castration, if you go, down the road of surgery, to mutilate your body, you're going to wake up one day and wish you were dead. And that's what people do. And then they follow through to kill themselves. Well, I got in the mail, speaking of transgenderism, I got this, sent to my house. Students of the Schrieve family, that's who it was addressed to, from the Texas Transgender Student Union in Meadows Place, Texas. And, so you, turn it over and it says, Texas Trans and LGBTQ Student Resource Guide. If you're on YouTube, you can see this. it says, you're not alone. There are people in Texas who will help you find support. And so it's a whole brochure. It's multicolored. it's M. It's a fourfold brochure. It says, if you're trans, non, binary, whatever that means, or questioning, I guess the Q. I don't know if the Q and LGBTQ is questioning or queer. I've seen people say it, both of them. So who knows if you're trans, non binary, or questioning, and your family, school, or community isn't supportive? You don't have to figure everything out by yourself. This guide is a starting Point for finding supportive people. Youth programs, legal information and community. Important laws and programs can change quickly. Always confirm current rules and eligibility directly with an organization. With the organization. And then it has a picture. Sounds like it comes straight from the dnc. Trans rights are human rights. And, what to do if your parents don't support you. It tells you what to do if your parents are, God forbid, if they say, hey, this is wrong, well, you just blow off your parents. And here's how you can bypass your parents. what to know about hormones or gender affirming care. Can I go out of state for care? One final thing. You don't need to have it all figured out. You don't have to know whether you're definitely trans. You don't have to decide about hormones or surgery right now. You don't have to convince your parents. Your job right now is to stay safe, find people who will listen to you, and give yourself time to figure out who you are. Okay, let me help you figure out who you are when you were born. And on your birth certificate there's an M M or an F because the doctor looked at you and, with all his vast medical training was able to tell if you were male or female. being facetious, obviously, it's not difficult. if you still don't know, go get your chromosomes tested. They can tell you if you're XX or xy and then go with it. That's the way God made you. He didn't make you to be something else. And if you want to have a life that is, disastrous, buck God on how he created you, fight against him. your arms are too short to box with God. And so if you want to fight God on this basic, basic, point of who you are and male or female, you can do that if you want. You have the freedom to do that. You have the freedom to reject God. You have the freedom to, say God doesn't exist. You have the freedom to shake your puny little fist in the face of God. You can do that. And, but you do that at your own peril. Because shall not the judge of all the earth deal justly? And we all have to stand before God one day to give an account of our lives. Now, the Christian, here's the thing. You have two judgments. The Christian stands at the judgment seat of Christ, the bema judgment. And that's a judgment for reward. How did you live your Christian life? Did you live it for the Lord? Did you live it to please him? Did you build on your Foundation Jesus Christ with gold, silver, precious stone, things that stand the test of time. Or did you use wood, hay, stubble? Did you live the Christian life in the power of the flesh or the power of the Spirit? Anything done in the power of the flesh is going to burn up. All that remains, are the things done in the power of the Holy Spirit. the Lord hates the flesh. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. We do bad in the flesh. God hates that we try and do good in the flesh. God hates that. Because God hates the flesh. Because the flesh, flesh is in opposition to God and his will. When we yield to God and we allow the Holy Spirit to fill us and control us, those are the things that please him. So Christians, we stand at the bema judgment, the judgment seat of Christ to receive reward or lack of reward. But we're not going to be judged for our sins because we've passed out of death into life. The moment we put our faith and trust in Jesus, the non Christian, he goes to the great White Throne, Revelation 20:11, 15, and he gives an account of his life to the one who gave him life to the one who created him. And he's going to be judged according to his deeds. And, you did not receive, as it says in Second Thessalonians, chapter two, those people are going to be judged. Why? Because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved, but took pleasure in wickedness. They loved their sin and they rejected God's son. You can do that if you want. But listen, a thousand years from now, you will still be in the lake of fire. That is forever. And I, don't want that for you. Anybody who loves the Lord, we don't want that for you. I don't want that for James Tallarico. James Talarico believes in another Jesus whom we have not preached. I don't want that for any of the politicians. I don't want that for Donald Trump, James Talarico, any of the others. Tulsi Gabbard, who's, something Hindu or whatever she is, all these Muslims, Zoram Mandani. I want him to come to know Christ. El Said, the guy running for, the Senate, office in Michigan, I want him to come to know Christ, any true Christian. Our heart's desire, as Paul said, is for their salvation. And we want people to come to Jesus, but we can't make people come to Jesus. That's their choice. And if they choose to reject him, well, okay, you can do that if you want, but the consequences are severe and they are lasting. And, as Adrian Rogers used to say, you can mock and scoff and laugh your way into hell, but you can't laugh your way out. And you will be there forever. Okay, so let me change gears a little bit. the Islamification of America, that's a big issue in these midterms. we have more and more Muslim candidates and the Rick Green alliance, the Muslims have teamed up with the progressives, as we have seen and are seeing in France. And, perhaps you saw that distraught young lady, the liberal progressive, who is all for, you know, open borders and unfettered immigration and bringing in all these Muslims. And what did they do as they teamed together and we're going to topple this, oppressive regime in France. Or, you know, we're going to march in the streets and we're going to burn things down and we're going to loot and going to cause, physical harm to law enforcement, members. And, you know, we don't like what is happening, and so we're going to, you know, tear it down and rebuild that kind of attitude. Well, what did they do to her? They destroyed her business. They came in and looted her place and took everything. And she's crying. She's like, I'm one of you guys. It's like, yeah, well, that's what they do. And so you're a useful idiot, as it is said of the communist regime, where they would get these, people that would do their foot soldiers. They were useful idiots. They would do what needed to be done on the ground. Cause, the riots and things like that. But then once their use is fulfilled, well, then you just get rid of the idiots. I mean, you don't need them anymore. They're just useful idiots. I, hate to say it. She's a useful idiot. And, hopefully her eyes are open now. It's like, well, that's what you wanted. And so you raised the pit bull, and now he's attacking and killing your family. And, you know, the joke's on you, because you should have seen this coming. Well, Elon Musk sat down with an interviewer. They were talking about Islam. And, it was an interesting back and forth. You know, Elon's pretty sharp cookie in how he handles himself with reporters. This is what he had to say. Are you anti Muslim?

Elon Musk I'm against having. If people are coming to a country with antithetical views, I am against that. I'm against rape and murder. I'M against the imposition of rules and laws that are contrary to what we've come to accept in the West. And I think it's a crying shame that the sort of traditional media like you, don't recognize.

Pastor Jeff Schreve Yeah, they don't recognize it or they refuse to recognize it, or they say, I had one guy write in and said, you know, you talk about Islam a lot. It doesn't represent a big percentage, 1% or something like that. I mean, you're just making a mountain out of a molehill. Well, my friend Dr. Bill Federer, historian deluxe, this is what Bill had to say about Islam and its takeover of the West.

Bill Federer It's a three step process. Immigrate, increase, eliminate, immigrate as a religious refugee and then increase the number of your followers in the minority neighborhoods and get involved in politics. And then you have random outbreaks of violence, usually by the young men, you know, knifing rapes, acid attacks. And the inhabitants of the neighborhood no longer feel safe and move out. And you take over the neighborhood and then you do the city by city, country, by country, right? And there's a 1400 year track record of watching this happen. So there's two ways it spreads. One is through the sword and the other is through immigration.

Elon Musk Right?

Bill Federer And it's called Dawah D A W A H Dawah. It's immigration jihad.

Pastor Jeff Schreve Immigration jihad. You know, we need to learn from France and from the disaster that is facing them. And you know, if we keep going in the direction we're going to, will, will experience what they're experiencing and America will eventually fall. I had a caller, a couple weeks ago and he was saying that you know, maybe as we, as we pray for the welfare of the city, as we seek the welfare of the city, Jeremiah 29:7, as we vote, as we speak, the truth in love. We said, well, maybe this is part of God's plan, that's going to bring about the Antichrist and the tribulation period and this could be the end of it, for America. And that is possible. I mean eventually it's going to get there, right? I mean, Revelation 6:1, the beginning of the tribulation period in Daniel, chapter nine, the signing of the peace covenant, for that seven year period. I mean that is going to take place sometime. And one generation is going to be the generation that sees all this stuff collapse and sees the rapture of the church. Now we believe that, I believe that the rapture of the church can happen at any moment. And so we are, like Paul told the Thessalonians, hey, be ready. God hasn't destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. And they were waiting anxiously and eagerly for the Lord to come to rescue them. And so we know that the Lord is coming, the coming of the Lord. James 5, 8 is near. And Jesus said twice in Revelation, chapter 22, the last chapter of the Bible, behold, I am coming quickly. Now, that doesn't mean I'm coming, tomorrow. It means when I come, I'm coming very rapidly. Bam. I will be here. That's why you don't have time. When the Lord comes, you don't have time to get ready. You have to be ready because he's coming in the moment, in a twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, the last trumpet for the church. That's when the Lord comes. And if you're not ready, you're going to get left behind. So we don't know when that is going to be, and we don't know if God is giving us more time. You know, I think about Nineveh, Jonah, chapter three. Yet 40 days, and Nineveh will be overthrown. But they repented and they turned and they cried out to God for mercy. And they put on sackcloth and sat in the ashes and fasted and prayed. And when God saw how they responded, guess what? God relented concerning the evil he said he would bring upon them. And he did not do it. And they stayed around for 150 more years. And so, you know, we may have more time, we may not have more time, but it's always the right time to repent, to get right. If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, the church has to get right. Then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Well, you're listening to Real Truth for today. Pastor Jeff Schrieve here, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Texarkana, Texas. And we are up against a break. When we come back, as is our custom, we're going to open the phone lines. 888-58-98840. That's triple 858-98840. I would love to hear from you. And if, you've been listening for a while and have never called in, it's always great to hear from, from new listeners. So pick up the phone, give me a call with your question. Your comment I'd love to hear from you. We'll be right back.

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Pastor Jeff Schreve Welcome back to the program. Pastor Jeff here. And, we are opening the phone lines. 888-589-8840. That's 885-89840. If you have a question or comment, love to hear from you. And before we get to the phones, I did want to say this was pretty cool. So President Trump presented Nick Sherley, the whistleblower, that, blew the lid off all the fraud in Minnesota and in California. he presented him with a $10,000 check in the Oval Office, just yesterday as the first recipient of the new fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program, or WIP as they like to call it. Fraud Whistleblower incentive program. The $25 million program administered by the Department of Justice, with Trump and Vance announcing it rewards tips that lead to criminal charges, convictions or, or significant federal enforcement actions involving fraud in federal programs, especially areas such as daycare, hospice and home health care. Awards are described as $10,000 to $30,000 in most official details, with Trump publicly referring to a possible 1% commission on recovered funds. So this is what, Donald Trump said about Nick Sherley.

Donald Trump From day one of my administration, we've waged an unprecedented war on corruption and fraud and will not let our country be looted and plundered by thieves and pirates and foreign fraudsters and basically scum. Today, I'm pleased to welcome to the White House somebody that I've been hearing about met quickly, but I tell you, I'd give him a big hug today. He's done an amazing job. Job Nick Sherley. So thank you, Nick, very much. What a job you've done as a young guy.

Pastor Jeff Schreve So he, he welcomed Nick Sherley. This is what Nick Sherley had to say in response.

Alex McFarland Me as a 24 year old, I went out and exposed the fraud. I just was concerned about the well being of, our tax dollars. And right now I'm standing next to the President of the United States as now people who expose fraud. There's never been an incentive for anyone to ever expose fraud. In fact, when I explained expose fraud, instead of the mainstream media investigating the fraud, they investigated me. And people actually, in fact, wanted to kill me after I exposed the fraud because there's actually never.

Donald Trump Were you surprised by that, Nick?

Alex McFarland I was very surprised.

Donald Trump They went after you instead of the fraudster.

Pastor Jeff Schreve They called the Learning Center I'm not surprised.

Alex McFarland And asked the Learning center if they were committing fraud. That was the extent of the reporting. but now, finally, people have an incentive to actually go out, expose fraud. And when you expose fraud, you help save America. People understand that these fraudsters take from the poor and needy who actually need the services that we all work hard to pay for. And we take that, and they then buy Mercedes. They then send that money overseas. But now, for the first time ever, there will be an incentive for people to actually go out and make that change inside their own communities. So I hope by today, millions, of people are in power inside of the United States States. Go out and actually make a change inside your own community, and you'll actually be rewarded for, saving America money. When you expose fraud, you help save America.

Pastor Jeff Schreve That's Nick Sherley, and he got, the first whip award for the fraud whistleblower incentive program. $10,000. Well, hats off to that guy. And, pretty amazing when you expose the fraud, you get people threatened to kill you, and they want to investigate you and not the fraudsters. It just shows how many people are involved in this, scam. Stealing your money, my money, taxpayer money. You know, the Democrats, and Republicans, too, you know, but Democrats, more so than Republicans, want to raise taxes. We're. More taxes. More taxes. More taxes for what? You want to take more of my money to give it to fraudsters, to waste it on a bridge to nowhere? you know, this bullet train that, Gavin Newsom has been pushing for years and years and years, you know, just. It's just a bottomless pit of money. And you see nothing for it. relatively nothing for it. It's like, good night. How many billions did we spend on this? And we don't have a train to anywhere. We don't even have track that goes, I don't know, what, a hundred feet? I mean, it's ridiculous. And, you know, the government does not do government. Its main function. I'm going to talk about this Sunday in church. God and government. Romans 13 is to punish evildoers and to provide law and order. That's what government is. That's its main function. And, building, wasting all this money on giveaway programs and things like that. That's not government's function. Helping the poor and the sick and the needy. That's a. That's the church's job. That's not the government's job. And so things have gotten totally out of whack. And that's one of the reasons France is failing. It's one of the reasons our country's in such debt. you can't keep giving away money, because you eventually become insolvent. And you know, if you owe 35, $40 trillion, whatever it is, I mean eventually you just, you're just done, you're totally bankrupt. So we're going to the phone lines 888-589-8840. We have Roy on the line from NewSong Hampshire. Roy, welcome to Real Truth for today.

Caroline Well, good morning Pastor Jeff. I don't, I wanted to ask you if you had had a chance to listen to Rick Metaxis in his last ah, podcast that he has interview ah, with Larry Taunton and he's talking about the advancement of, of Islam and what's going on in Europe and how Islam is advancing. And the bottom line, man, women do not have a clue what Islam will do to them. They don't have a clue. These liberal women don't have a clue. And we churches that are predominantly women led or churches that have a lot of women in their leadership needs to shut down and the pastors need to go on sabbatical and repent and find out where they went wrong, why they're not hearing God. Because it's the men, the leadership of men that's going to stop the advancement of Islam. It's the leadership of men in this country. And until men are restored to their place of leadership and men are the emasculation of men is ended. That's when, when that happens, you'll see the advancement of Islam stop. You will see that the men have to be restored and to their place of leadership in this nation.

Pastor Jeff Schreve Amen to that. I would totally agree, Roy. And you know, it's, we're either going to experience a revival in America that will turn things around or we're just going to be swept away in judgment. It's kind of like 1 Samuel, chapter 12, where the people had asked for a king and the Lord said through Samuel, you have done all this evil. But listen, you need to serve the Lord, you need to fear him. You need to walk in his ways and if you don't, you and your king will be swept away. So we have an opportunity. the Lord will not abandon his people on account of his great name, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a people for himself. Only fear the Lord and serve him in truth with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you. Such a great verse, 1 Samuel 12:24. But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king will be swept away. And I think that's a word for us today. We're at a crossroads. Are we going to cry out to God? Is the church going to rise up and say, oh God, we need you, we have sinned and repent? Just like the, the letters to the seven churches. In, Revelation 2 and 3, five of those seven were told to repent. If you don't repent, I'm going to remove your lampstand from you. And so we have to get serious about getting right with God and doing what he's called us to do. To stand up and to speak the truth in love and to call America back, to God. The Lord says, return to me and I will return to you, says the Lord. Malachi, chapter three. And we desperately need to do it. So God bless you, Roy. It's a good word for sure. We have our friend Lee on the line from Virginia. Lee, welcome to the program.

Caroline I'd like to make two points to you, right past. You are absolutely right. The average Muslim family has eight kids. They do not abort any of them. The average American family has less than two kids and they abort a lot of them. And so you're right. They will take over this nation, by just population. And that's their plan. And you know, and they will unite with the socialists. So when we, bring Islamic people into this country, we are setting the doom of our own country. And the Bible says, you know, when wicked rule, the people mourn. And the second point I'd like to make, I don't think we ever have to worry about Islam taking over the world. And in Ezekiel 38, you know that Turkey, which is Islamic, and Iran, which is called Persia, and the Persian nations will come against Israel. Well, the Bible says that God himself will get his glory. He'll wipe out his Islamic nations, and Islam as a, as a national force will be over with. And so. But we live in a free country. And the Bible says, choose you this day who you will serve. If we, choose to let Islamic and radical, socialists take over this country, then we're going to reap what we sowed.

Caroline Mm,

Pastor Jeff Schreve Yeah, great word for sure. You know, my, friend Jeff Kinley, he said, I thought this was insightful. So you have three, three major religions in the world. We use that word, religion. But you have Christianity, you have Judaism, you have Islam. So he says, what is going to happen in the end times. Well, Christianity is raptured, and so the church is gone. Obviously there will be Christians, that get saved during the tribulation period, a lot of them, but the church is gone. That's why there's no word to the church In Revelation, 6. We don't see the church again until Revelation 19, when we come back riding white horses with the Lord. so Christianity is taken out, and as you have Pointed out, Ezekiel 38 and 39, Islam is destroyed by the Lord. And so all that's left is Judaism. And what do you see at the beginning of the peace treaty between the Antichrist and Israel and peace, in the Middle East? They get to rebuild their temple. And I believe that God is going to wipe out the Dome of the Rock because I can't see man doing that, without the Muslims freaking out. So I think God is going to do that. And God is going to decimate, totally, the Islamic countries, and they will not be able to rebuild anything. And so then it's just Judaism, that is going to be, the main religion on the earth. And the Antichrist will let them go and rebuild the temple and sacrifices for three and a half years.

Caroline And.

Pastor Jeff Schreve And then what happens? Then he goes into the temple of God and presents himself as God and he shuts down worship. And he says, I am God. You worship me. And then he tattoos the people, he mark on the right hand or on their forehead, the 666, the number of the beast. And if you don't have the mark of the beast, you can't buy or sell. Very, very difficult to live. And so that's what is coming down the pike. I appreciate, you calling in Lee. You always have good things to say, my brother. And so God bless you. Well, we have Jerry, on the line from Texas. Jerry, welcome to Real Truth for today.

Caroline Good morning, brothers. Good talking to you as always. Just, want to encourage my fellow believers in Christ, as you say, not those that believe in a different Jesus, as Talarico does. but I did just come out of the voting booth. I believe it's my biblically civil civic duty to do so. And I would encourage Christians to vote biblically minded, but note that we cannot sit on the fence. You're either for him or against him. And the fence still belongs to the devil. And given his due, we have to be salt to preserve our current culture. I'll let you go, brother. It's always a pleasure.

Bill Federer Amen.

Pastor Jeff Schreve Great word, Jerry. Yes, the devil Owns the fence. And so we, need to, be active. You know, as Josh, Howerton says, hey, you know, you got two candidates. one is better than the other as far as understanding the difference between good and evil. That's one of the key things, is does the candidate know the difference between good and evil? If they're pro abortion, if they're pro transgenderism, if they're pro open borders, if they're pro Islam, that person doesn't understand the difference between good and evil. We have Jon on the line from North Carolina. Jon, welcome to Real Truth for today.

Caroline Hey, Jeff, you do a great job on this radio show. Listen every day.

Pastor Jeff Schreve Thank you.

Caroline listen, I agree with you. Talarico is evil to the core, but he looks good. He sounds good. He looks like an innocent guy. On the other hand, you got a guy whose reputation is as a serial adulterer. In Paxton, we look like hypocrites by going with the adulterer instead of the false teacher. And then if he gets it in the Senate and he starts again with. With. With his sexual escapades, then we look even worse as believers for supporting him.

Pastor Jeff Schreve Well, yeah, that's a good point, Jon. And that's been a difficulty for people. you know, I was, in conversations with somebody, and I said, you know, they pointed out, well, you know, Paxton is this and that. And I said, well, you know, he's got a lot of things in that aren't very savory, but he's not campaigning on those things. He's not saying, hey, I've committed adultery on my wife, and everybody should commit adultery, because adultery is one of my planks in my, in my campaign strategy. he's not doing that. And, no doubt he's embarrassed about those things. And, that doesn't mean, you know, hey, I'm embarrassed. I'm ashamed for what I did. I lost my marriage because of it. I'll never do it again. I can't say that about him. But here's the thing about him. He has a track record for voting right. And for doing things and pushing legislation that helps and that, ah, provide welfare to the city, not hurt the city, not hurt the masses. And so that's what I would go with. But God bless you. Thanks for the call. Hey, thanks for listening today. I'll be with you again tomorrow. God bless. The views and opinions expressed in this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of the American Family association or American Family Radio.