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Thank you. This is What's Right, What's Left with Pastor Ernie Sanders. Good evening and welcome to another edition of What's Right, What's Left. I'm Radio Pastor Ernie Sanders and indeed this is the voice of the Christian resistance movement. And tonight the title of the message today was Many Unusual and Vain Talkers and Deceivers. Many Unruly and Vain Talkers and Deceivers. And so here we're going to start tonight in Titus.
This is the third time I'm preaching this message. We're starting in Titus chapter 1 starting with verse 10. For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision. Now, the circumcision here is referring to the inhabitants of Crete were generally belligerent and they were kind of, well there was a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds including many displaced Jews. This posed quite a great challenge to those who would want to establish a sound Christian church there.
And Paul wanted to counsel and help Titus in whatever way that he could. And now it's an interesting thing because for there are many unruly and vain talkers that applies today more than ever, more than ever today. You have the mainstream media. You've got people out there speaking about the circumcision.
Bill Maher, people like Joy Blahart or whatever her name is from The View. Rachel Madkow, these are, you know, Jews, but they're not all Jews out there. That's where he says there are many unrulers and vain and deceivers, especially they, especially they of the circumcision.
And that does seem to be many of those today. Some of the worst ones are what you call the seed but not the sons, the seed but not the son. Jesus made it very clear when he was talking to the Pharisees that though you're the seed of Abraham, you're not the sons of Abraham. Abraham was not your father. And the reason Jesus told them that the reason you don't believe what I'm saying is that you're not of my father, but you're of your father, the devil.
And that's what it seems like so many of these people in the mainstream media is they can't seem to tell the truth at all. He goes on whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses teaching things which they ought not for filthy, lucre's sake. Boy, I'm going to tell you if that doesn't describe the prosperity church today. The Kenneth Copeland, the Rick Warren, the Joel Osteen, the curfew dollar, curfew or whatever, T.D.
Jakes, Paula White, Joyce Myers, all of those, that is exactly what they do here. Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses. That houses there means church houses, referring to church houses teaching things which they ought not for filthy, lucre's sake.
In other words, promoting the people having engineers promoting another gospel, a prosperity gospel, not the gospel of God's word, the Bible, not in this case the gospel of Paul, the gospel of Titus, no, and especially not the gospel of Jesus Christ, but a different gospel, a prosperity gospel. One of them, even a prophet of their own, said that the Cretans are always liars and evil beasts and slow bellies. Well, here Paul is quoting actually a certain poet and reputed prophet by the name of Epimendes who lived about 600 years before Christ. Paul confirmed that he, that this deplorable reputation was still valid in the city today.
They still talked about this guy. And when he says slow bellies, that means simply lazy and gluttonous, lazy and gluttonous. He goes on to say, this witness is true, wherefore you rebuke them sharply that they may be sound in the faith, not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men that turn from the truth. Well, the Jewish fables were an amalgamation of pagan myths and Jewish extra biblical traditions.
In fact, they were superimposed on the Old Testament scriptures. The commandments of men were ascetic in prohibitions and prescriptions that really, well, had no biblical basis, although pharasical hypocrisy may have pretended that they did. He said, not giving heed to Jewish fables, commending men that turn from the truth, and so they pretended that what they were saying was legitimate. Then he says in verse 15, upon unto the pure, all things are pure, but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled. They profess that they know God, but in their works they deny Him, being abominable and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
And so here, when he said nothing pure, the plowing of the wicked is sin, and even the sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, Proverbs 21, 4, and 27. And so here, we want to take a look now, today, if you've been watching the news, if you're watching the commercials now, the political ads being run by the Democratic Communist Party, they have all these different people saying, Donald Trump, a convicted felon, a convicted felon, so the echo chamber was activated, and they used the exact same words, word for word, whether it's NBC, ABC, CBS, PMS, NBC, word for word, that you can't elect a convicted felon, you can't vote for a convicted felon. He's a convicted felon over and over and over. Well, let me tell you, there were some very, very famous convicted felons throughout the years, folks.
And here, for example, let's take a look over in Acts, chapter 7, at some of those very well-known convicted felons. You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost, as your fathers did, so do you. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them, which showed before the coming of the Just One, of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers, who have received the law by the disposition of angels, have not kept it. And when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on them with their teeth. But being filled with the Holy Ghost, he looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I have seen the heavens open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God. Then they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, and they ran upon him with one accord, and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down and he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.
And when he had said this, he fell asleep. Well, that was Stephen. Stephen was a convicted felon of that day. He had been accused of blasphemy against the temple and the law. But even though false witnesses had distorted his message, he did not attempt to defend himself. Israel had rejected God's word, killed the prophets, corrupted the law, and murdered the Messiah.
Israel rejected. They rejected God's word as supreme. They killed the prophets, right?
Well, if you take the equivalent of that today, although they weren't prophets, the J-6ers, think about this. These were patriots, most of them Christian patriots, who were there because they know that their vote had been stolen. They were there to right a wrong on January 6th. And innocent people, Ashley Babbitt was one, Roseanne Boland was another. They were murdered. They were murdered by the same type of corrupt individuals as those that picked up stones to stone Stephen.
And you had, from what I understand, there's been four J-6 inmates who have committed suicide. Now, you've got this corrupt judge, Murchon, and he has once again tried to put a gag order on President Trump, saying it's for the safety of the judges and the prosecutors. And his corrupt order allows Biden, Obama-Biden, to accuse President Trump of whatever he wants to.
But President Trump is not allowed to even mention the Biden crime cartel. And so here, as we see this, I want to go now over to Acts Chapter 12. And Acts Chapter 12 here, we're going to read the entire chapter, in fact. Now, about that time, Herod the king stretched forth his hand to vex certain of the church, and he killed James, the brother of John, with a sword. Well, what happened here, you had James the greater, James the greater, he was beheaded in Jerusalem in AD 44 by Herod Agrippa I. He wanted to please the corrupted Jews there, so he gathered up a group of believers, and James was among them. And he had them murdered. He was so pleased by the response of the corrupted Jews that he decided to go after Peter. Herod soon found out that God meant it when he said not to touch my anointed.
This should be a warning to all the corrupt judges, prosecutors, attorney generals, politicians out there. Now, again, here we see the difference between the seed of Abraham and the son of Abraham. These were, again, the seed of Abraham. They weren't the sons of Abraham.
As the Lord Jesus said, those that say they are Jews but are not, they're of the synagogue of Satan. And so here now, and because we're going to take a look, because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter. And these were the days of the unleavened bread. And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers. Now, a quaternion is four. Now, he delivered him to four quaternions. So there were sixteen. Normally, if you had a high-profile prisoner, there would be one quaternion, and he would be before four guards. But here, in this case, there were sixteen.
They had put Peter between sixteen. And four quaternions of soldiers to keep him, intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. Now, here, and therefore, we kept him in prison, but prayer was made without ceasing of the church of God for him. Now, here you had, again, this was the time of the Passover, unleavened bread, and the holiday of the Easter, okay, fell at the same time as the Passover. But actually, in Easter, the term came from Estria, the Teutonic goddess of spring. And so here now, and Easter has traditionally been very near the time of Passover. And so we don't celebrate Easter, we celebrate Resurrection Sunday.
Resurrection Sunday is what we commemorate. Peter, therefore, was kept in prison, but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. Now, when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and the keepers before the door kept the prison. And behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison. And he smote Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly, and his chains fell from off his hands.
Now, Peter was sleeping pretty sound at this time here. And the angel said unto him, now this, an angel of the Lord is referred to as a Christophany, a Christophany, and that means it's the Lord Jesus Christ. We see from Genesis to Revelation, we see God the Father giving the marching orders, God the Son carrying him out, and the Holy Ghost providing the power.
And so here, normally when it's referred to as the angel of the Lord, not an angel, but the angel, it's a Christophany, it's the Lord Jesus himself. And behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison, and smote Peter on the side, raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly, and his chains fell off from his hands. And the angel said unto him, gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. And he went out and followed him, and was not that it was true. In other words, Peter wasn't sure if he was dreaming or not. He wasn't sure if this was a dream. What just happened to him?
Here is the Lord himself. He woke Peter out of a deep sleep. Peter saw the chains simply fall off of him. And is this real, or am I dreaming all of this? And so Peter was not that it was true, which was done by the angel, but thought that he saw a vision. And when they were past the first and the second ward, they came into the iron gate that leadeth into the city, which opened to them of its own accord. And they went out and passed down through one street, and forthwith the angel departed from him. And Peter was come to himself. By this time, he's decided to say that this is no dream.
This is real. And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surity that the Lord has sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectations of the people of the Jews. And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John, whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying. And as Peter knocked on the door of the gate, a damsel came to Harken, named Rhoda. And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in and told how Peter stood before the gate. And they said unto her, Thou art mad.
But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. But Peter continued knocking. And they opened the door, and they saw him, and they were astonished. But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them, Now the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go, show these things unto James and to the brethren. And he departed and went to another place.
And as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers. What was become of Peter? And when Herod had sought for him and found him not, he examined the keepers and commanded they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea and their abode. And when Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon, but they came with one accord to him, and having made Blastus the king chamberlain their friend, they desired peace because their country was nourished by the king's country. Well, here, they wanted to garner Herod's favor because they needed to go through his land.
They needed to do trade in all their merchandise, and they needed to do it without being taxed to death. And so here, and upon a set day, Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, set up on his throne, and made an orientation unto them. Well, tradition has it that Herod was wearing his birthday suit.
Not the birthday suit we're born in, but one that was made of silver, a silver suit. And so here, he stood there, and as he stood there in the sunlight coming through unto his throne, the silver just gleamed, and it was the bright light of the sun coming off him. And then here, he made this great orientation unto them, and the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of God, not of a man. Well, you know, we were talking about this today, one of the people brought up in the Bible study about how, when some years ago, I remember at that time, I happened to be watching that at that time, when Elvis Presley was giving a performance, he was just a young guy then, and here, he was being televised, and there was a bunch of young women that, probably 20 of them together, had this big, huge banner that said Elvis is king. And all at one time, they stood up and they held up this banner that says Elvis is king. Now, Elvis knew this story very well, he knew this story. And he stopped, he said, Take it down, take it down right now, okay?
Or I'll stop the show right now, take it down, okay? Elvis was, you know, he was, he feared God. Now, here, Herod, had he been smart, he would have just rent his birthday suit, he would have just rent it right there on the spot, and said, I am not God. But he didn't do that, he failed to do that. And immediately, the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory, and he was eaten of worms, and he gave up the ghost.
Well, folks, when, you know, you're not having a good birthday when you, when worms are eating you alive in front of everybody. But the Word of God grew and multiplied, and Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and they took with them John, whose surname was Mark. And so here, again, we see that James was the brother of John, and James the greater, he was referred to, was beheaded in A.D. 44 by Herod. James was considered to be, at that time, a convicted felon. And again, we see how you have an innocent, an innocent convicted man, a felon, by an extremely corrupted court, if you will. And take a look at what we have today. Boy, do we have a, I've never, never dreamed that our judicial system could become so corrupted as it is today.
I never dreamed it could be that corrupted. I want to go over to Matthew, and in Matthew, chapter 9, verses 9 through 13. And as Jesus passed from, forth from thence, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at a receipt of custom. And he said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and he followed him. Now, here, tradition has it that Matthew was probably one of the followers of John the Baptist. He was apparently ready to follow Jesus.
And so he immediately got up and he followed Jesus. And it came to pass that as Jesus said it meet in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners. Now, publicans, by the way, that's not republicans, it's publicans, folks.
And I've heard some of the opposition read that as republicans. But many publicans, which means tax collectors, and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your master with publicans and sinners? But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that behold need not a physician, but they that are sick.
But go ye, and learn what the meaning, and I will have mercy, and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Well, let me tell you, when they were referring to, everybody there was a sinner except for one. And that one was the Lord Jesus himself. He was the only one that was not a sinner there.
Now, it's an interesting thing, because Matthew invited Jesus to his house and all these other people showed up. And here, and by the way, according to the Lord, the Lord Jesus said over in Matthew 23 to these Pharisees, he told them that because of their hypocrisy, because of their hypocrisy, that their damnation would be the greater. He used the word, a stronger, damnation is a stronger word than condemnation. Condemned means you've been condemned. The damnation means sentence being carried out. And so here now, we see that Matthew was martyred in 70 A.D. and had delays in Ethiopia. He was pinned to the ground, and actually they drew spikes through his hands and feet. And then they beheaded him. He was the only author of a gospel that was written in Hebrew. And with his own people in mind, he repented of his sins and was judged and found to be, again, a convicted felon by unrepentant, corrupt officials. Kind of sounds a whole lot like today, doesn't it?
It's time to wet my whistle. Here, we see when he was referring to Jesus in verse 13 when he said, He said, But go ye and learn what the meaning I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, for I am not come to call the righteous, but to the sinners. Jesus was quoted in Hosea 6, 6 as a scriptural authority.
Of course, animal sacrifices which were prescribed by the law, and thus necessary and appropriate, were meaningless unless accompanied by true obedience to the moral requirements of the law, and which had to go along with absolute true repentance. So the very first time Jesus got up to preach, he preached repentance, and today you have those in that Word of Faith movement that are preaching that repentance is not required for salvation. And Jesus said, You either repent or perish.
And so here, Jesus talked about true repentance, and with true repentance comes faith and God's mercy and forgiveness. And so, here, I want to go now over to John chapter 21. And in John chapter 21, verses 15 through 25. So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He said unto him, Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. And he said unto him, Feed my lambs. Then he says, He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? And he said to him, Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He says unto him, Feed my sheep.
Now Peter died in A.D. 69, and we're going to see what really matters here when it comes our turn. He said unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he had said unto him the third time, lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things, and knowest that I love thee. Jesus said unto him, Feed my sheep. Now Jesus had twice asked Peter whether he loved him with the agape love.
That's a selfless devotion to one love. And Peter had answered that he did love him, but with filial love, brotherly kindness. The third time Jesus also used filial, and Peter was grieved. He finally recognized that the thrice repeated question was intended to remind him of his thrice repeated denial of the Lord.
Remember? Peter now knows what he was doing, what the Lord was doing. Further, the Lord had not addressed him as Peter, the rock, but by his old name Simon. Jesus wanted to bring him back to the point where he would not just go fishing, but would feed my lambs, feed my sheep. So the converts there must be fed and tended with God's word. See, nobody knew Peter better than Jesus. And so verily, verily, Jesus says in verse 18, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou was young, thou girdest thyself, and walkest whither thou wouldest.
But when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thine hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. So here, this spoke, he signified by what death that should glorify God, and when he had spoken thus he said unto him, Follow me. He was talking about the crucifixion, that Peter was going to be crucified. And then Peter, turning about, seeing the disciple whom Jesus loved, that was John, followed, followed, which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? And Peter seeing him, saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? And Jesus said unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
Follow thou me. Then went out the saying abroad among the brethren, that the disciple should not die, yet Jesus said unto him that he shall not die, but if I will that they tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Well, here John ended up being boiled in oil, but he didn't die, he survived it. And so here, he goes on to say, This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things, and we know this testimony is true. And there are also many other things which Jesus did that which should be written, every one, I suppose, that even the world itself would not contain the books that should be written. You know, think about this, I know that someplace, well, come on now, you know, it's kind of an exaggeration, not really, it's actually, think about this, Christ, the Lord Jesus was pre-existent, he'd always been in existence. The four gospels record what Jesus began both to do and to teach the works, the words have been continued throughout the world for over 2,000 years now, by all those in whom Christ dwells by the Holy Spirit. And every such person could write a complete autobiography about all that the indwelling spirit of Christ has done in and through him, of course the number of books would indeed be astronomical, and this will continue throughout eternity.
Think about that, all of eternity, all of the things that the Lord Jesus had done before he even made the earth, before he even created us. Now, Peter's final days in Rome are not described here in scripture, but many traditional accounts have survived. Reportedly, he spent horrifying months in the infamous Mamertine prison, a place where incarceration was often a death sentence in itself. Though chained and mistreated, Peter survived the tortures and communicated the gospel effectually to his guards. Eventually he was called off to Nero's circus, and there he was crucified upside down, because Peter did not consider himself worthy to be crucified with his head upward like his Christ.
Now, I can tell you my way of thinking, that was a very smart move on Peter's behalf, and that probably guaranteed him some extra crowns. Now, I want to go over to 2 Timothy chapter 4. You start losing your voice after you preach so much so many times in a day. And here in 2 Timothy chapter 4, I charge thee, therefore, before God, the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge. Well, here the chart suggests that Christ will judge the quick, that is, those whose mortal bodies will be quickened by the Spirit when Christ returns, is what he's referring to. But he says here, I charge thee, therefore, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead, appearing at its kingdom.
Preach the word, be instant in season and out of season. Reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. Well, that means to preach the word when you can do it without persecution or preach the word even if it's going to cause persecution. I myself had been arrested many times for preaching the Gospel, for preaching the word out there. There were false accusations made that he was doing this because God's word has not returned void. And I, being out in front of those bloody abortion mills, preaching the Gospel, having sweetened hell hot to people, which was turning away many babies that these women brought their baby in to kill them, you know. They were turned away because the word of God pierced their hearts and we had saved babies. So they made false accusations, false charges. Look, people that kill babies will do anything.
There's nothing too low for them. Nothing. And so here, preach the word, be instant in season and out of season. Reprove, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. And here, so he's referring to reprove. You reprove them.
You tell them, no, here's the truth. You rebuke. You let them know that to lie, to misrepresent the word of God, well, you rebuke them for it. Exhort, you exhort them to turn away from that, repent of their sin with all longsuffering and doctrine, doctrine, doctrine.
Not dogmas, but doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but after their own lust shall they heap to themselves teachers having itchy ears. Well, that time is now. It's today. It has never been more true than it is today.
Not only will they not accept sound doctrine, the biblical illiteracy is astronomical. But I am seeing some signs of change coming. There's been some good things, good changes, and we want to continue to pray that it continues.
There's something in the air that there's a cry for revival like I haven't seen in a long, long time. It has a deadly sting. Pleasure is a burning desire. But it will take you to the lake of fire. Don't fall into that burning lake of fire. You go down, down, down the flames, they'll burn higher and you'll burn, burn, burn that lake of fire. That lake of fire. Don't fall into that burning lake of fire. You go down, down, down the flames, they'll burn higher and you'll burn, burn, burn that lake of fire. That lake of fire. Christ is a saving King.
He'll keep you from that sting. Sin is a burning desire. Go into that burning lake of fire. You go down, down, down the flames, they'll burn higher and you'll burn, burn, burn that lake of fire. That lake of fire. Don't fall into that burning lake of fire. You go down, down, down the flames, they'll burn higher and you'll burn, burn, burn that lake of fire. That lake of fire. Alrighty, we're back.
Apparently, folks, we had had some problems with the equipment here. Well, we're back up now and so I'll pick it up where I left off and I don't really know how long we've been down. Okay, let me go back and start over here and we're going to be in Matthew 27 starting with verse 51. And behold, the veil of the temple was rent and twain from the top to the bottom, and the earth did quake and the rocks did rent. Now, here the veil of the temple was a heavy curtain separating a holy place in the temple from the Holy of Holies, behind which the glory of God met with the high priest just once a year in the day of Atonement, for it to be torn in two, especially from top to bottom, even in an earthquake would seem to require a miracle, possibly by an unseen angelic hand. Symbolically, the tearing of the veil would mean that Christ had now opened the way for all to enter directly into the presence of God. We now may have the boldness to enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by new and living way, which he had consecrated from us through the veil, which is to say, is flesh.
Over in Hebrews 10, 19, 20, and that was the reference to. And see, at that time, the office of the priesthood ended. And from now on, there was one intercessor, just one intercessor between God and man.
We didn't have to offer up to prepare a sacrifice and take it. Now we could go directly to the Father. And that one intercessor, that one high priest was none other than the Lord Jesus himself. And so here now, we became a nation, a whole, a royal priesthood, living stones.
So to be, once you become born again Christian, you're a part of that holy priesthood. And the graves were opened and many bodies of the saints which slept arose. Not only had the light of the world gone out, but also the earth's great foundation, the rock, had been smitten here. The veil had been rent and the graves of the saints were opened. The saints whose bodies were raised could only have been the men and women who had died in faith before the very first coming of Christ. Until it came out and they came out of the graves after his resurrection and went into the holy city and they appeared to many. And now the centurions that were with him watching Jesus saw the earthquake and those things which they were done.
And they feared greatly saying, truly, this was the Son of God. I'm going to stop right there because we're out of time for tonight. And I want to apologize for that, for the equipment failure, but those things happen. And remember, you know, we're talking about what's happening today, the hypocrisy out there. You're going to see ads, they're running these ads talking about condemned felons.
I was in a prison ministry, I'm still in a prison ministry, I just don't visit on a regular basis like I did, but for 45 years I did up on death row. And I can tell you this, there are many, many innocent people in prison today, a lot more than you might imagine. And our judicial system is really corrupted, it is completely corrupted. And all of these are simply a sign that the return of our Lord is closer, closer than it's ever been. And as we're seeing all of the things around us. Now, after saying that too, what he said in Second Chronicles 7.14 still holds.
If there's repentance, and folks see, a lot of times people don't, they don't go to repentance until God has to bring them to their knees. But we're seeing signs, good signs, things like happening in Tennessee, where the month of July will be a month of prayer and fasting. That's wonderful. And we're looking, I just see that in Oklahoma, they're going to be putting the teaching of the Bible, and from what I hear it's grades 1 through 5, now the teaching of the Bible will be mandatory in a public school system. In Louisiana, the Ten Commandments are now to be posted in all of the classrooms. These are very good things that are happening. And so this is time for the people to rise up, to repent, to hear very clearly.
And I want to praise the good Lord too. I'm seeing more of the black robe regiment type preachers, bold preachers, arising. There's still not what it should be, but it's happening. These are all good, very, very, very good things that are happening out there. So we're running out of time for tonight. And as we get to this point every night, we say, thanks for being here, God bless, good night, and always, always, always keep fighting the fight. Please tune in next time for another edition of What's Right, What's Left.
