1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,320 S1: Hi, friends. This is Janet Partial. Thanks so much for 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:06,600 S1: downloading the broadcast and I hope what you hear will encourage, edify, equip, enlighten, 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,119 S1: and get you out there into the marketplace of ideas. 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:11,160 S1: But before you go, let me tell you about this 5 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,640 S1: month's truce tool. It's written by Robert Morgan, who is 6 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,800 S1: one of my very favorite authors. Through the story of 7 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:20,400 S1: Zechariah and Elizabeth, we are reminded that God remembers us 8 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,160 S1: and keeps his promises. 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The president won a pledge. 40 00:01:51,890 --> 00:01:54,010 S4: Americans worshiping government over God. 41 00:01:54,290 --> 00:01:57,690 S1: Extremely rare safety move by a 17 years. 42 00:01:57,690 --> 00:01:59,780 S4: The Palestinians and the Israelis negotiated. 43 00:02:15,060 --> 00:02:17,580 S1: Hi, friends. Welcome to In the market with Janet partial. 44 00:02:17,620 --> 00:02:19,660 S1: Happy Thursday to you. So glad we're going to spend 45 00:02:19,660 --> 00:02:22,060 S1: the hour together. Craig is with me and we're going 46 00:02:22,060 --> 00:02:24,260 S1: to do today what we ordinarily do on Friday because 47 00:02:24,260 --> 00:02:27,820 S1: we have some special themed conversations for Good Friday tomorrow. 48 00:02:27,940 --> 00:02:29,900 S1: So we flip things around a little bit, and I 49 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:32,060 S1: just want to point out what we talked about last hour. 50 00:02:32,060 --> 00:02:34,260 S1: If you missed it and you have an interest. We 51 00:02:34,260 --> 00:02:37,060 S1: spent quite a bit of time talking about this unconscionable 52 00:02:37,060 --> 00:02:40,860 S1: move by the Chicago Bulls to waive guard Jaden Ivey 53 00:02:40,900 --> 00:02:44,060 S1: because he dared to say, I'm not a fan of 54 00:02:44,100 --> 00:02:47,660 S1: gay pride. I think this is unrighteousness being exalting. And 55 00:02:47,660 --> 00:02:49,700 S1: so the bulls go out and they post on X 56 00:02:49,900 --> 00:02:52,940 S1: and they say that his conduct was detrimental to the team. Well, 57 00:02:52,980 --> 00:02:55,180 S1: a hear wake up call. First of all, it wasn't conduct. 58 00:02:55,180 --> 00:02:57,430 S1: It was speech. Second of all, the bulls should be 59 00:02:57,430 --> 00:03:00,389 S1: charged with a violation of title seven of the employment 60 00:03:00,389 --> 00:03:04,270 S1: law because that was viewpoint discrimination. But number three, in 61 00:03:04,270 --> 00:03:06,429 S1: the midst of all of this, boy is the gospel 62 00:03:06,430 --> 00:03:08,750 S1: spreading all over the place. And we talked about it. 63 00:03:08,790 --> 00:03:11,710 S1: We played some audio. Jaden, you get to hear the 64 00:03:11,710 --> 00:03:15,070 S1: arrogance of the head coach of the Patriots because, um, 65 00:03:15,110 --> 00:03:17,709 S1: Trey Anderson, who is a superstar at Ohio State, got 66 00:03:17,750 --> 00:03:20,829 S1: drafted by the Patriots. Plays for them now uh, sent 67 00:03:20,830 --> 00:03:23,430 S1: out a tweet. Blessed are those who are persecuted for 68 00:03:23,430 --> 00:03:25,950 S1: his name's sake and is very bold about his faith. 69 00:03:25,950 --> 00:03:27,829 S1: I referenced last hour. I want to do it again 70 00:03:27,870 --> 00:03:30,750 S1: this hour. If you've not seen redemption. It is a 71 00:03:30,750 --> 00:03:34,750 S1: three part documentary and it was executive produced by Tim Tebow, 72 00:03:35,150 --> 00:03:37,750 S1: and it talks about how the flames of revival went 73 00:03:37,750 --> 00:03:41,830 S1: through the football team in 2024 at Ohio State. Absolutely 74 00:03:41,870 --> 00:03:45,950 S1: stunningly moving documentary. And it follows the likes of players 75 00:03:45,950 --> 00:03:49,070 S1: like Trey Henderson, who is unashamed of the Gospel of 76 00:03:49,070 --> 00:03:51,670 S1: Jesus Christ and loves to proclaim it wherever and whenever 77 00:03:51,670 --> 00:03:54,110 S1: he can. And so when it was brought up to 78 00:03:54,150 --> 00:03:57,040 S1: the coach of the Pats that Henderson had said that 79 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:02,320 S1: he was supporting Jaden Ivey, um, oozing with hubris. The 80 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:04,040 S1: head coach of the pad said, well, he just needs 81 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,680 S1: to be educated because, you know, we want to teach 82 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,120 S1: people about tolerance. So in other words, dumb Christian will 83 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,760 S1: just make you tolerant. Well, he's got some interesting challenges 84 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,120 S1: on his hands because there are all kinds of ballplayers. 85 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,040 S1: The QB, by the way, uh, for the Pats is 86 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:19,640 S1: an open Christian as well. So it's going to be 87 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:21,640 S1: interesting to see what happens. But if you miss that 88 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,480 S1: conversation and we could talk about this for hours. Download 89 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,880 S1: the podcast In the Market with Janet Parshall. Wherever you 90 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,920 S1: find your favorite podcast. Download the first hour of today 91 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:31,680 S1: and you'll be able to hear, but I got a 92 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,039 S1: couple of little things I want to just segue into 93 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,800 S1: this story as well. So I have always said, and 94 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,360 S1: if you follow me on X, you know that I'm 95 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,479 S1: passionate about the intersection between faith and football, that God 96 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,279 S1: gives these superb athletes a platform, and they can oftentimes 97 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,080 S1: use it to bring honor and glory to him. Sometimes 98 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,960 S1: they bring degradation to themselves. But I love it when 99 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:54,600 S1: they're bold about their proclamation of who they are and 100 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,969 S1: how the victory is paling in comparison to the victory 101 00:04:57,970 --> 00:05:00,729 S1: that they have in Jesus. It's just a wonderful way 102 00:05:01,050 --> 00:05:03,050 S1: to remind all of us that God's given each of 103 00:05:03,050 --> 00:05:05,450 S1: us a sphere of influence, and are we influencing and 104 00:05:05,490 --> 00:05:09,330 S1: occupying for Christ within that sphere of influence? So, um, 105 00:05:09,370 --> 00:05:12,530 S1: I want you to hear this is the Giants, uh, quarterback, 106 00:05:12,529 --> 00:05:16,650 S1: Jameis Winston. Uh, and he has a wonderful message about Christ. 107 00:05:16,650 --> 00:05:18,690 S1: And so I want you to hear it. Have a listen, man. 108 00:05:18,690 --> 00:05:22,610 S5: There's something about that name Jesus, man from the West 109 00:05:22,610 --> 00:05:25,210 S5: coast to the East Coast. And we get it in. 110 00:05:26,410 --> 00:05:29,610 S5: We don't stop and we don't stop because we got 111 00:05:29,610 --> 00:05:37,690 S5: the power. We fight from victory. Jesus has won. He 112 00:05:37,690 --> 00:05:41,010 S5: has risen. It's already done, man. We're getting close to 113 00:05:41,050 --> 00:05:43,810 S5: Easter time, man. And we just celebrate, man, because there's 114 00:05:43,810 --> 00:05:45,570 S5: something about that name. Jesus. 115 00:05:46,089 --> 00:05:48,570 S1: Oh, what a great hymn. There's just something about that name. 116 00:05:48,570 --> 00:05:50,850 S1: Love it. Out of the overflow of the heart, the 117 00:05:50,850 --> 00:05:54,340 S1: mouth speaks. But what a reminder. The story with Jaden 118 00:05:54,339 --> 00:05:57,380 S1: Ivey is a reminder that we're going to pay a 119 00:05:57,380 --> 00:06:00,460 S1: price for following Christ. We don't have outright persecution in 120 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:02,900 S1: this country yet, but I want to remind you that 121 00:06:02,900 --> 00:06:06,020 S1: Sunday's coming, and we talk this week with Clint Lyons 122 00:06:06,020 --> 00:06:10,140 S1: of Ireach Global about the persecution against our Nigerian brothers 123 00:06:10,140 --> 00:06:14,420 S1: and sisters. And it's just so underreported. It is a genocide. 124 00:06:14,700 --> 00:06:18,100 S1: Butchered last Palm Sunday. I'm praying against that. This will 125 00:06:18,100 --> 00:06:21,420 S1: not happen on Easter Sunday because the Islamist terrorists are 126 00:06:21,420 --> 00:06:24,100 S1: very big on symbolism and they know exactly what Sunday 127 00:06:24,100 --> 00:06:26,500 S1: is for the Christians. So pray against that. So that 128 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:28,340 S1: story gets swept under the rug, and we need to 129 00:06:28,339 --> 00:06:30,500 S1: be using our voice and praying that God would protect 130 00:06:30,500 --> 00:06:33,140 S1: our brothers and sisters. But there is a cost that 131 00:06:33,140 --> 00:06:36,180 S1: gets paid for following Christ. These people who were slaughtered, 132 00:06:36,180 --> 00:06:38,780 S1: whose churches have been set on fire, and the horrible 133 00:06:38,779 --> 00:06:41,339 S1: actions that have been taken against them are being done 134 00:06:41,339 --> 00:06:44,180 S1: not because of something they've done, but because of who 135 00:06:44,220 --> 00:06:49,740 S1: they are. They are profound and unashamedly followers of Jesus Christ. 136 00:06:49,940 --> 00:06:52,630 S1: So in that light, I want you to hear from 137 00:06:52,630 --> 00:06:56,390 S1: this Iowa State senator? Her name is Sarah Garriott. And 138 00:06:56,390 --> 00:06:58,910 S1: she says, well, I'll let you listen to what she says. 139 00:06:58,910 --> 00:06:59,589 S1: Have a listen. 140 00:06:59,870 --> 00:07:05,750 S6: We have seen some pretty uncomfortable ways that faith and 141 00:07:06,310 --> 00:07:13,270 S6: political power have collided. Um, you know, seeing the flag 142 00:07:13,390 --> 00:07:21,670 S6: and the cross conflated, we have seen religious actors supporting 143 00:07:21,670 --> 00:07:26,510 S6: specific political candidates, even when those candidates might not seem 144 00:07:26,510 --> 00:07:31,070 S6: to match the values of that professed religious faith. There 145 00:07:31,070 --> 00:07:36,270 S6: is this very strong allegiance to specific candidates, and that 146 00:07:36,270 --> 00:07:39,030 S6: confuses us and makes us wonder what on earth is 147 00:07:39,030 --> 00:07:45,750 S6: going on. And we have seen religion and political violence 148 00:07:46,110 --> 00:07:51,800 S6: showing up more and more in our public spaces. It's 149 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,840 S6: something that is just very in our faces and something 150 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,840 S6: that we're very concerned about, and something that feels very 151 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,680 S6: threatening right now at this time. 152 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:04,600 S1: So Christianity feels very threatening and is causing violence. You know, 153 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:08,560 S1: that's interesting because I don't remember in the last I 154 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,200 S1: don't know, we'll do it six months. How's that? When's 155 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,200 S1: the last act committed by a professing Christian? What act 156 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:18,560 S1: of violence? I've seen synagogues burned. Um, I've seen people 157 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:22,560 S1: slaughtered for their public opinions by transsexuals, but I don't. 158 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,240 S1: Did I miss it, Craig? Are there violent acts committed 159 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,920 S1: by Christians that make this Iowa State senator feel nervous? 160 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,920 S7: Darling, I'm afraid I'm going to have to inform you. Uh. Oh, 161 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,680 S7: that you missed it. Because, you see, there are certain 162 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:39,280 S7: dangers to democracy. You can't see them. You can't prove 163 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:43,600 S7: that they're there, but they're there. And usually they're. Well. 164 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:48,160 S7: Christians are are a threat to democracy. Just just believe me. Right? 165 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,370 S7: You and I have heard this. We've seen it. We've 166 00:08:51,370 --> 00:08:54,570 S7: seen it written. In fact, those who have a political 167 00:08:54,570 --> 00:08:59,210 S7: agenda of a certain kind will often say. You don't 168 00:08:59,210 --> 00:09:03,170 S7: want democracy to be destroyed, do you? And if you 169 00:09:03,170 --> 00:09:07,890 S7: ask him, well, exactly how will conservative Christianity and biblical 170 00:09:07,929 --> 00:09:14,810 S7: truth undermine constitutional rule in America? There's not a lot 171 00:09:14,809 --> 00:09:17,610 S7: of answers coming, but there's a lot of labels, and 172 00:09:17,610 --> 00:09:18,410 S7: that's one of them. 173 00:09:18,450 --> 00:09:18,850 S1: Yeah. 174 00:09:19,010 --> 00:09:22,690 S7: It's dangerous. You know, it's going to undermine democracy. 175 00:09:22,730 --> 00:09:26,170 S1: Yeah. Christian's threatening. Well, you know, Nero thought that too, 176 00:09:26,210 --> 00:09:28,330 S1: which is why he put him in the arena and 177 00:09:28,330 --> 00:09:31,650 S1: he had him, well, torn apart by animals. Yeah. And 178 00:09:31,650 --> 00:09:33,970 S1: it's why he used them as nightlights, poured pitch over 179 00:09:33,970 --> 00:09:35,929 S1: them and had them become the night lights as he 180 00:09:35,929 --> 00:09:38,530 S1: drove through Rome on his chariot. Yep. Nothing new under 181 00:09:38,530 --> 00:09:41,210 S1: the sun. Stand up. Stand up for Jesus, you soldiers 182 00:09:41,210 --> 00:09:51,860 S1: of the cross. Back after this. Are you discouraged? Does 183 00:09:51,860 --> 00:09:53,580 S1: it feel like it's been years since you've heard a 184 00:09:53,580 --> 00:09:56,260 S1: word from the Lord? That's why I've chosen God Hasn't 185 00:09:56,260 --> 00:09:59,540 S1: Forgotten You is this month's truth tool. Through 24 remarkable 186 00:09:59,540 --> 00:10:02,420 S1: lessons from Scripture, you'll discover that God cares for you 187 00:10:02,420 --> 00:10:04,940 S1: and he hears you. As for your copy of God 188 00:10:04,980 --> 00:10:06,940 S1: Hasn't Forgotten You. When you give a gift of any 189 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:11,100 S1: amount to in the market, call 877. Janet 58. That's 877. 190 00:10:11,100 --> 00:10:14,059 S1: Janet 58. Or go to in the market with Janet Parshall. 191 00:10:17,820 --> 00:10:20,220 S1: That is our new truth tool this month. Robert Morgan 192 00:10:20,220 --> 00:10:22,980 S1: is the author. I've featured Robert so many times as 193 00:10:22,980 --> 00:10:26,780 S1: a truth tool author, because he just writes so profoundly, 194 00:10:26,780 --> 00:10:32,020 S1: so sensitively, with history, with anecdotes. He's just an outstanding 195 00:10:32,020 --> 00:10:34,460 S1: Bible teacher. And in this particular book, he takes a 196 00:10:34,460 --> 00:10:37,900 S1: look at the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth, who felt forgotten. 197 00:10:37,900 --> 00:10:40,220 S1: They wanted a child, wasn't happening, and they just thought 198 00:10:40,220 --> 00:10:43,380 S1: that maybe God had forgotten them. So in this marvelous book, 199 00:10:43,380 --> 00:10:46,700 S1: he shares 25 remarkable ways that God is working in 200 00:10:46,740 --> 00:10:49,190 S1: you and through you. And I don't know a person 201 00:10:49,190 --> 00:10:51,750 S1: within the sound of my voice who wouldn't be encouraged 202 00:10:51,750 --> 00:10:53,870 S1: by that kind of a message. The book is called 203 00:10:53,870 --> 00:10:56,550 S1: God Hasn't Forgotten You, and it's a gift to you. 204 00:10:56,550 --> 00:10:58,589 S1: When you give a gift of any amount to financially 205 00:10:58,590 --> 00:11:02,309 S1: support in the market with Janet partial, just call 877 206 00:11:02,309 --> 00:11:06,390 S1: Janet 58877. Janet 58. And I'll send a copy of 207 00:11:06,390 --> 00:11:08,150 S1: the book to you as my way of saying thank you. 208 00:11:08,150 --> 00:11:10,429 S1: And may you be encouraged by this story because God 209 00:11:10,429 --> 00:11:13,030 S1: has not forgotten you. You can also do this online 210 00:11:13,030 --> 00:11:16,550 S1: at In the Market with janet.org. Scroll to the bottom 211 00:11:16,550 --> 00:11:18,870 S1: of the page. There's the cover of the book. Well, 212 00:11:18,870 --> 00:11:21,710 S1: the president gave a speech on the situation in Iran 213 00:11:21,710 --> 00:11:25,270 S1: last night. And, uh, this is an interesting battle in 214 00:11:25,309 --> 00:11:27,870 S1: that if Craig and I are fascinated by this aspect 215 00:11:27,870 --> 00:11:31,230 S1: of it, and that is the propaganda war that is 216 00:11:31,270 --> 00:11:36,310 S1: being waged out there in memes. So Pro-iran accounts, I 217 00:11:36,309 --> 00:11:38,390 S1: don't know if you've got any of these bots showing up, 218 00:11:38,390 --> 00:11:40,270 S1: but they are coming down on my feed and I 219 00:11:40,270 --> 00:11:42,430 S1: recognize them as such. I hope you do as well. 220 00:11:42,870 --> 00:11:46,800 S1: They've unleashed several viral videos in recent days that mocked 221 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,760 S1: the president, cast him as a dupe of Israeli Prime 222 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,480 S1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. That's a trope, by the way, that's 223 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,760 S1: being used over and over again by operatives for the 224 00:11:55,760 --> 00:12:00,800 S1: Iranian regime and unfortunately, some American podcasters who are terribly 225 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:05,480 S1: wrong and spiritually blind. And these memes are suggesting that U.S. 226 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:09,480 S1: forces could suffer major loss if the content continues. Here's 227 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:11,320 S1: a report. I want you to listen to Craig, and 228 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:12,160 S1: I'll talk about it. 229 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:16,560 S8: The propaganda war over Iran has taken a strange turn. 230 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,679 S8: The white House and the Iranian regime are trolling each 231 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:24,520 S8: other online in a war of means, posting videos like 232 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:28,760 S8: these on their official social media channels. It started with 233 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:32,160 S8: the white House posting videos of real airstrikes on Iran, 234 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:36,040 S8: edited together with clips from American action movies and video games. 235 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,120 S8: Even SpongeBob SquarePants. 236 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:39,679 S9: Want to see me do it again. 237 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,520 S8: With captions such as justice, the American Way and Wake Up, 238 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:44,480 S8: Daddy's Home. 239 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:49,250 S10: This obscene focus on lethality and the celebration of violence. 240 00:12:49,250 --> 00:12:53,690 S10: This focus on a gaming culture where victims vanish from 241 00:12:53,690 --> 00:12:57,929 S10: moral consideration is an utterly immoral. 242 00:12:57,970 --> 00:13:00,130 S8: Tehran is now firing back. 243 00:13:00,170 --> 00:13:03,050 S11: By the time a satellite finds me, I'm already gone. 244 00:13:03,090 --> 00:13:09,010 S8: The regime's propaganda studio producing these animations, many depicting Lego 245 00:13:09,010 --> 00:13:12,050 S8: figures of the US president, Israeli prime minister and the 246 00:13:12,050 --> 00:13:16,050 S8: devil plotting attacks on Iran to distract from the Epstein scandal. 247 00:13:16,090 --> 00:13:18,690 S8: A lot of this stuff would seem silly if it 248 00:13:18,690 --> 00:13:23,490 S8: wasn't obviously such a serious situation. Is this stuff actually effective? 249 00:13:23,570 --> 00:13:27,530 S12: I mean, I think it's effective in functioning as rallying cries. 250 00:13:27,570 --> 00:13:32,290 S12: We are talking about content that's been viewed in the billions. 251 00:13:32,330 --> 00:13:35,490 S8: What started as a propaganda war between the American and 252 00:13:35,490 --> 00:13:39,610 S8: Iranian governments has now spiraled into an online free for all, 253 00:13:39,610 --> 00:13:44,179 S8: with other apparently ordinary users deploying AI technology to produce 254 00:13:44,179 --> 00:13:49,540 S8: not only memes, but deepfake videos of the war. This 255 00:13:49,540 --> 00:13:52,420 S8: video purports to show an Iranian attack on the U.S. 256 00:13:52,420 --> 00:13:55,940 S8: Navy in the Strait of Hormuz. While this one claims 257 00:13:55,940 --> 00:13:59,460 S8: to show Israel's airport being struck by an Iranian missile. 258 00:13:59,700 --> 00:14:01,060 S8: Both are fake. 259 00:14:01,380 --> 00:14:04,980 S13: The use of AI is just shedding doubt everywhere. Um, 260 00:14:05,020 --> 00:14:09,380 S13: so it's making things more believable, but it's also making 261 00:14:09,380 --> 00:14:13,380 S13: things not believable in the sense that anything and everything 262 00:14:13,380 --> 00:14:16,420 S13: can be edited or fully AI generated. 263 00:14:18,420 --> 00:14:21,940 S8: This parallel information war is blurring the lines between real 264 00:14:21,940 --> 00:14:27,260 S8: and fake. War and entertainment unlike anything seen before. Jeff Semple, 265 00:14:27,260 --> 00:14:28,500 S8: Global News, Toronto. 266 00:14:29,020 --> 00:14:32,060 S1: Yeah, welcome to the 21st century. So these deepfakes and 267 00:14:32,060 --> 00:14:33,700 S1: by the way, what's sad to me is that if 268 00:14:33,700 --> 00:14:36,060 S1: you don't recognize it as propaganda, the next thing you know, 269 00:14:36,060 --> 00:14:37,860 S1: it's coming out of somebody's mouth in a hearing on 270 00:14:37,860 --> 00:14:40,580 S1: Capitol Hill. Like this idea that this was to obscure 271 00:14:40,580 --> 00:14:43,830 S1: the Epstein files. Please. I mean, how ridiculous. When when 272 00:14:43,830 --> 00:14:46,750 S1: we discovered a few weeks ago that Iran had the 273 00:14:46,750 --> 00:14:51,150 S1: capability of blasting missiles, um, and thousands and thousands of 274 00:14:51,150 --> 00:14:54,710 S1: miles that put Lisbon and London and Paris all in 275 00:14:54,710 --> 00:14:58,110 S1: the crosshairs. If those missiles had nuclear warheads, we'd be 276 00:14:58,150 --> 00:15:00,510 S1: having an entirely different conversation. So the point is, they 277 00:15:00,510 --> 00:15:02,590 S1: were farther along than we thought they were. And they 278 00:15:02,590 --> 00:15:04,710 S1: are a global threat, not just a regional threat. 279 00:15:04,750 --> 00:15:09,270 S7: Yeah. The best predictor of future conduct is usually studying 280 00:15:09,270 --> 00:15:14,950 S7: past conduct. And Iran has been for decades, uh, has 281 00:15:14,950 --> 00:15:22,190 S7: a staid and very established scheme of calling Israel the 282 00:15:22,190 --> 00:15:25,750 S7: little Satan, the United States, the Great Satan, and declaring 283 00:15:25,750 --> 00:15:31,550 S7: war on us. Um, everything from IEDs to using proxy 284 00:15:31,910 --> 00:15:35,990 S7: groups to do its bidding and, you know, wreaking bloodshed 285 00:15:36,190 --> 00:15:39,430 S7: in the Middle East, particularly against, uh, any countries from 286 00:15:39,430 --> 00:15:43,239 S7: the West and particularly the United States. So the history 287 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:47,920 S7: is there. But more importantly, what they say and what 288 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:52,160 S7: they will not say is extremely established. What they have 289 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:56,200 S7: said is we want to destroy Israel. From the river 290 00:15:56,200 --> 00:16:00,040 S7: to the sea means wipe out Israel so that we 291 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:04,080 S7: can occupy that land. Death to Israel and death to 292 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:09,080 S7: the United States. That has been their manifesto, and they've never, 293 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:13,680 S7: although they've been asked to retreat from that, to disavow 294 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:19,560 S7: that particular geo philosophy, and they have refused to do so. Therefore, 295 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:23,160 S7: shouldn't we predict that they will probably carry through if 296 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:27,040 S7: given the technology, with their threats and hatred for the West, 297 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:30,320 S7: for the United States and for Israel? I would say yes. 298 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,960 S7: So all the hallmarks are there. But then we have 299 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:40,770 S7: this propaganda, uh, that has been super, uh, Fueled by 300 00:16:40,770 --> 00:16:44,570 S7: artificial intelligence. You know, when you have Lego, uh, soldiers 301 00:16:44,570 --> 00:16:47,250 S7: and things like this, you know, it's not a deep fake. 302 00:16:47,450 --> 00:16:52,610 S7: It's simply a cartoon point. But it is part of propaganda, 303 00:16:52,810 --> 00:16:59,250 S7: which historically relies not on integrity of fact, but on 304 00:16:59,250 --> 00:17:03,730 S7: imagery of emotion. And when we're an image driven culture, 305 00:17:03,970 --> 00:17:08,570 S7: then images, even if they're cleverly put together, but if 306 00:17:08,570 --> 00:17:11,290 S7: we don't analyze them as not being factual, or at 307 00:17:11,330 --> 00:17:14,530 S7: least show me the facts supporting your image, and they're 308 00:17:14,530 --> 00:17:18,770 S7: not giving it because there's emotional impact with the imagery 309 00:17:18,770 --> 00:17:20,649 S7: that's going out there, particularly with AI. 310 00:17:20,690 --> 00:17:23,690 S1: And nothing new under the sun, whether it's Tokyo Rose 311 00:17:23,690 --> 00:17:25,930 S1: Wright or the comic books that the Nazis put out 312 00:17:25,930 --> 00:17:28,770 S1: against the Jews, propaganda has been around since the beginning 313 00:17:28,770 --> 00:17:30,729 S1: of time. When we come back, we're going to linger 314 00:17:30,730 --> 00:17:32,570 S1: in the AI world for a little bit and tell 315 00:17:32,570 --> 00:17:35,410 S1: you why this bright, new shiny thing might not be 316 00:17:35,410 --> 00:17:52,940 S1: as sweet as it looks back after this. So we 317 00:17:52,940 --> 00:17:56,580 S1: were just sharing with you the use of propaganda. And, 318 00:17:56,619 --> 00:17:58,660 S1: you know, you heard someone in that report talk about 319 00:17:58,660 --> 00:18:00,699 S1: the fact that, you know, it's like video games. Well, 320 00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:02,820 S1: all it is is the new technology. The idea of 321 00:18:02,820 --> 00:18:05,780 S1: using propaganda in wartime is not new by any stretch 322 00:18:05,780 --> 00:18:08,540 S1: of the imagination. When Tokyo Rose was broadcasting, we had 323 00:18:08,540 --> 00:18:11,300 S1: the same thing for people coming out of Berlin during 324 00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:13,219 S1: World War Two. It was a way of trying to 325 00:18:13,260 --> 00:18:17,500 S1: influence people's opinion. What is striking to me is that 326 00:18:17,700 --> 00:18:19,860 S1: some of the things that Iran is saying comes out 327 00:18:19,859 --> 00:18:22,140 S1: of people's mouths when we have hearings on Capitol Hill, 328 00:18:22,140 --> 00:18:25,139 S1: and I'm thinking, you're being duped. You have no idea 329 00:18:25,140 --> 00:18:29,060 S1: how much you're playing for the opposition here. So that's 330 00:18:29,060 --> 00:18:30,939 S1: an interesting aspect. But I want to linger with this 331 00:18:30,940 --> 00:18:33,100 S1: whole use of AI, because all of this is tied 332 00:18:33,100 --> 00:18:35,820 S1: into the use of this new technology. This is one 333 00:18:35,820 --> 00:18:38,149 S1: of those stories that reminds us that there really is 334 00:18:38,350 --> 00:18:41,590 S1: a buyer beware aspect to artificial intelligence. So there's a 335 00:18:41,590 --> 00:18:45,270 S1: tendency grandmother who ended up getting jailed for five months. 336 00:18:45,310 --> 00:18:47,310 S1: Now you can't get that time back. Okay. That's the 337 00:18:47,310 --> 00:18:51,110 S1: commodity that can never get replaced. Five months after a 338 00:18:51,109 --> 00:18:56,190 S1: facial recognition program erroneously flagged her for a bank fraud 339 00:18:56,510 --> 00:19:00,030 S1: in a state she never even had visited. Angela Lipps 340 00:19:00,030 --> 00:19:02,389 S1: is 50 years old, was first arrested at her rental 341 00:19:02,390 --> 00:19:05,710 S1: home in Tennessee in July. She was extradited to Fargo, 342 00:19:05,750 --> 00:19:08,910 S1: north North Dakota, more than a thousand miles away from 343 00:19:08,910 --> 00:19:11,070 S1: her home. And at the end of October. All of 344 00:19:11,070 --> 00:19:14,310 S1: this is according to a GoFundMe campaign that was set up. 345 00:19:14,310 --> 00:19:18,790 S1: The West Fargo Police Department had used facial recognition technology 346 00:19:18,790 --> 00:19:20,950 S1: like the kind they use in China, you know, for 347 00:19:20,990 --> 00:19:25,389 S1: that social rating. It flagged her as a potential suspect 348 00:19:25,390 --> 00:19:27,870 S1: in a local fraud case. Remember, she hadn't even been 349 00:19:27,869 --> 00:19:31,990 S1: in Fargo. Uh, apparently, the police chief departments told a 350 00:19:31,990 --> 00:19:35,990 S1: media outlet from their his department took, quote, additional investigative 351 00:19:35,990 --> 00:19:39,840 S1: steps independent of aid to assist in identification and confirm 352 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,480 S1: lips as the suspect. He admitted at a press conference 353 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,480 S1: this week that the Wells Fargo police system, quote, was 354 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:50,399 S1: part of the issue. In lips wrongful arrest. So the 355 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:54,560 S1: Wells Fargo Police Department also said that they use Clearview AI, 356 00:19:55,119 --> 00:20:00,280 S1: which identified a potential suspect with similar features to Angela Lips. 357 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,920 S1: Wasn't there a movie just out called mercy that has 358 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,520 S1: a lot to do with this wrong identity? Oh boy. 359 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,399 S1: Truth is stranger than fiction. So lips was also detained 360 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,480 S1: in Tennessee for three months because the Cass County Sheriff's 361 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:15,840 S1: Office apparently neglected to tell North Dakota's authorities they had 362 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:19,520 S1: her extradition waiver. Uh, lips said that her relocation to 363 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:21,440 S1: North Dakota was the first time I'd ever been on 364 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,240 S1: an airplane. She added that it was the first and 365 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,040 S1: last time she will ever step foot in the Peace 366 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,800 S1: Garden State. At that point, lips was terrified and exhausted 367 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:34,000 S1: and humiliated, she wrote on the GoFundMe page. But the 368 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,330 S1: end wasn't still wasn't in sight once the grandmother finally 369 00:20:37,330 --> 00:20:40,530 S1: touched down in Fargo. She was provided with a lawyer 370 00:20:40,530 --> 00:20:42,850 S1: who obtained bank records proving that she had been in 371 00:20:42,850 --> 00:20:45,330 S1: Tennessee during the time of the fraud the department linked 372 00:20:45,330 --> 00:20:47,850 S1: her to. It took five minutes for the whole thing 373 00:20:47,890 --> 00:20:51,170 S1: to fall apart. Five minutes. And then on December 23rd, 374 00:20:51,170 --> 00:20:54,770 S1: just over five months since Lip's arrest, a Fargo detective, 375 00:20:55,090 --> 00:20:58,650 S1: the state's attorney and a judge mutually agreed to dismiss 376 00:20:58,650 --> 00:21:02,250 S1: the charges without prejudice. To allow for further investigation, the 377 00:21:02,250 --> 00:21:05,610 S1: Fargo police stated. She was released on Christmas Eve, but 378 00:21:05,609 --> 00:21:07,850 S1: was still trapped between a rock and a hard place 379 00:21:07,850 --> 00:21:11,730 S1: because during the five months she was in custody, her 380 00:21:11,730 --> 00:21:16,169 S1: reputation was tarnished, her her rental home gone. All of 381 00:21:16,170 --> 00:21:20,609 S1: her belongings seized when her storage unit bill went unpaid. 382 00:21:20,609 --> 00:21:24,290 S1: All of this was cited on the GoFundMe page. I 383 00:21:24,330 --> 00:21:26,330 S1: am not the same woman I was, she said. I 384 00:21:26,330 --> 00:21:29,050 S1: don't think I ever will be. And so as of 385 00:21:29,050 --> 00:21:33,570 S1: Sunday of last week, apparently the fundraiser had raised $68,000. 386 00:21:33,940 --> 00:21:37,340 S1: and apparently the Fargo Police Department will no longer, quote, 387 00:21:37,380 --> 00:21:41,899 S1: be sending or utilizing information from West Fargo's Clearview AI 388 00:21:41,980 --> 00:21:44,780 S1: because it's their own system and we don't know how 389 00:21:44,859 --> 00:21:49,660 S1: it's run or how it's overseen. Fargo, North Carolina wasn't 390 00:21:49,660 --> 00:21:51,900 S1: there a movie about that and wood chippers? I digress, 391 00:21:51,900 --> 00:21:54,580 S1: so let me tell you, AI. Wow, there's a real 392 00:21:54,580 --> 00:21:55,420 S1: problem for you. 393 00:21:55,540 --> 00:21:58,619 S7: Um, talking about movies, let me tell you where my 394 00:21:58,619 --> 00:22:01,860 S7: brain went. And I'm still in Hollywood, I guess, like 395 00:22:01,859 --> 00:22:04,940 S7: you were, but I'm thinking of a different movie now. 396 00:22:05,140 --> 00:22:09,820 S7: Facial recognition in the hands of AI is a little 397 00:22:09,859 --> 00:22:12,980 S7: bit like The Premises, the premise of a movie with 398 00:22:12,980 --> 00:22:17,619 S7: Michael Keaton called duplicity, where he cloned himself because his 399 00:22:17,619 --> 00:22:21,340 S7: wife really had him doing too many tasks for one person. 400 00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:23,139 S7: He held a job that he had to help with 401 00:22:23,140 --> 00:22:26,139 S7: a home, and he had to help with construction things. 402 00:22:26,140 --> 00:22:30,820 S7: So so he ended up cloning himself, and then his 403 00:22:30,820 --> 00:22:33,500 S7: clone cloned himself and, you know, a copy of a 404 00:22:33,540 --> 00:22:37,700 S7: copy never comes out quite. Quite as accurate. Right? Well, 405 00:22:37,700 --> 00:22:41,699 S7: here we have facial recognition. Now, let me tell you 406 00:22:41,700 --> 00:22:45,340 S7: that facial recognition has had problems for years and years 407 00:22:45,340 --> 00:22:48,820 S7: and years. And the research has been out there that 408 00:22:48,859 --> 00:22:52,740 S7: particularly for certain demographic groups, it doesn't work with a 409 00:22:52,740 --> 00:22:58,739 S7: high enough resolution and identification in some demographic groups to 410 00:22:58,780 --> 00:23:03,140 S7: be reliable. Okay. Now law enforcement has to be based 411 00:23:03,140 --> 00:23:09,139 S7: on reliable evidence, right? Not speculation. Or maybe that guy 412 00:23:09,140 --> 00:23:11,540 S7: is the same person as this. Maybe this woman is 413 00:23:11,540 --> 00:23:15,700 S7: the same. No speculation and suspicion is not enough. Okay. 414 00:23:15,740 --> 00:23:20,060 S7: You need you need probable cause. So you have facial 415 00:23:20,060 --> 00:23:23,740 S7: recognition as a process that has had problems for years 416 00:23:23,740 --> 00:23:26,900 S7: meeting that standard. Now you put it in the hands 417 00:23:26,900 --> 00:23:31,060 S7: of a clone. Of a clone of a clone called AI. And. 418 00:23:31,710 --> 00:23:36,230 S7: you have this ridiculously poor result for this poor woman. 419 00:23:36,470 --> 00:23:37,790 S1: Doesn't get the five months back. 420 00:23:37,830 --> 00:23:42,590 S7: Absolutely. And her reputation is tarnished and loss of liberty. 421 00:23:42,750 --> 00:23:46,070 S7: There's really no compensation. And in fact, the Supreme Court 422 00:23:46,109 --> 00:23:51,230 S7: has made it very clear, uh, that is an irredeemable 423 00:23:51,630 --> 00:23:55,750 S7: injury when you lose a basic, you know, fundamental, right, 424 00:23:55,750 --> 00:24:00,030 S7: like physical liberty, freedom of speech and things like this. Well, 425 00:24:00,190 --> 00:24:03,670 S7: so this poor woman was proof positive that we have 426 00:24:03,670 --> 00:24:07,110 S7: to be careful, not just with facial recognition, but then 427 00:24:07,109 --> 00:24:11,030 S7: putting those questionable tools in the hands of a questionable 428 00:24:11,070 --> 00:24:15,070 S7: artificial intelligence system because, by the way, they are problematic. 429 00:24:15,109 --> 00:24:17,510 S1: Craig, could she turn around and take some money in time? 430 00:24:17,510 --> 00:24:18,869 S1: But could she sue civilly? 431 00:24:19,070 --> 00:24:22,909 S7: I don't there's a good chance that she could. Based 432 00:24:22,910 --> 00:24:26,550 S7: on the fact that you take a questionable tool and 433 00:24:26,550 --> 00:24:29,110 S7: put it in the hands of a questionable machine, you're 434 00:24:29,109 --> 00:24:30,110 S7: going to get an accident. 435 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,240 S1: Yeah. Wow. 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Digital ID and he wants it 453 00:25:49,369 --> 00:25:52,170 S1: to be tied directly to your bank account and payment 454 00:25:52,170 --> 00:25:55,650 S1: systems so that they can monitor whoever they are. Doesn't 455 00:25:55,650 --> 00:26:00,730 S1: say they can monitor your health, track farmers and manage 456 00:26:00,730 --> 00:26:04,650 S1: climate policy. You know, it's interesting, you read the scriptures 457 00:26:04,650 --> 00:26:07,010 S1: and it's the the interest of man who thinks he 458 00:26:07,010 --> 00:26:09,250 S1: can control the climate. I think Jobe had an interesting 459 00:26:09,250 --> 00:26:12,010 S1: conversation with God about that, but I digress. That is 460 00:26:12,010 --> 00:26:16,210 S1: exactly the kind of centralized control that free people should 461 00:26:16,210 --> 00:26:19,850 S1: be rejecting. So if we put our identity, our money, 462 00:26:19,850 --> 00:26:22,930 S1: and our daily life all linked in one system, what 463 00:26:22,930 --> 00:26:25,450 S1: could possibly go wrong? Listen to what Bill gates said. 464 00:26:25,730 --> 00:26:29,060 S14: Place that India leads. but there's a lot more that 465 00:26:29,060 --> 00:26:31,860 S14: all of you can be involved in driving forward. Is 466 00:26:31,859 --> 00:26:36,820 S14: this digital public infrastructure? You know, no country is more 467 00:26:36,859 --> 00:26:40,619 S14: able to take government benefits and get them out efficiently 468 00:26:40,619 --> 00:26:45,659 S14: and effectively to their citizens than India. You know, you 469 00:26:45,660 --> 00:26:48,380 S14: would have expected rich countries or others to do that, 470 00:26:48,380 --> 00:26:53,780 S14: but in fact, they did not. And so that basic 471 00:26:53,780 --> 00:26:58,180 S14: structure that starts with identity and bank accounts and payments is, 472 00:26:58,300 --> 00:27:02,620 S14: is just foundational. And as part of this visit, I'm 473 00:27:02,660 --> 00:27:06,619 S14: now seeing how that foundation is being built out, built 474 00:27:06,619 --> 00:27:12,139 S14: out in, uh, agriculture with profiles of farmers to understand 475 00:27:12,619 --> 00:27:15,780 S14: what they need and give them advice, uh, built out 476 00:27:15,780 --> 00:27:18,780 S14: with health records so that we can help people not 477 00:27:18,780 --> 00:27:22,859 S14: only with infectious diseases, but, uh, the challenge that's coming 478 00:27:22,859 --> 00:27:27,470 S14: in the future with the growth of the Communicable diseases 479 00:27:27,910 --> 00:27:32,750 S14: being a huge thing, and that digital public infrastructure will 480 00:27:32,750 --> 00:27:38,709 S14: help us with these climate problems. I was in Odisha 481 00:27:39,270 --> 00:27:42,830 S14: yesterday and what they showed is that they registered the 482 00:27:42,830 --> 00:27:46,750 S14: farmers and registered what type of crops they grow and 483 00:27:46,750 --> 00:27:50,189 S14: what land they own. They literally have a control center. 484 00:27:50,230 --> 00:27:51,910 S14: You know, when you walk in, you think, wow, this 485 00:27:51,910 --> 00:27:55,030 S14: is agriculture, but you know, you've got a command center 486 00:27:55,030 --> 00:27:59,070 S14: and maps and people doing queries and sending out messages. 487 00:27:59,070 --> 00:28:01,950 S14: And so that all starts, you know, with an ad 488 00:28:01,990 --> 00:28:06,350 S14: hoc identity listing those farmers, getting the information. 489 00:28:07,430 --> 00:28:10,750 S1: Thanks, but no thanks. So again, let me and I 490 00:28:10,750 --> 00:28:13,949 S1: wasn't being facetious. Do you notice how they and we 491 00:28:13,990 --> 00:28:17,990 S1: are never defined. So who is this transcendent entity who 492 00:28:17,990 --> 00:28:22,910 S1: thinks that they are entitled to information like what plants 493 00:28:22,910 --> 00:28:26,240 S1: the farmers grow or your health or your bank account. 494 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,480 S1: What could possibly go wrong, Craig? 495 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:33,200 S7: Bill gates has a big vision. As a matter of fact, 496 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,199 S7: when he came out with his first book in the 497 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,720 S7: 20th century, and he really was an innovator that helped 498 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,800 S7: launch what we now know as the digital age. Um, 499 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:48,040 S7: and he wrote a book. Um, and in his, one 500 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,080 S7: of his, I think it may have been his first book. Um, 501 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:55,800 S7: he talked about, um, the fact that all of us, 502 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,520 S7: he said, it is now time for all of us 503 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:02,360 S7: to jump in with both feet into what he called 504 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:08,800 S7: the digital lifestyle, making your entire life part of a 505 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:13,560 S7: digital infrastructure. And he had a vision for this, even 506 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,840 S7: though he was just an innovator in terms of computers 507 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:20,880 S7: and software. Uh, he had a bigger vision. Now that 508 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:25,370 S7: bigger vision is a big problem Because the big vision 509 00:29:25,610 --> 00:29:28,410 S7: that Bill gates and a lot of folks from Silicon 510 00:29:28,410 --> 00:29:35,010 S7: Valley have about the future is that they think the 511 00:29:35,010 --> 00:29:39,970 S7: best use of the digital age is to digitize each 512 00:29:39,970 --> 00:29:44,330 S7: of us, which means you gather all of our information 513 00:29:44,330 --> 00:29:47,810 S7: about everything in our life, everything we're doing, everything we 514 00:29:47,810 --> 00:29:51,530 S7: believe in, everything we read, the cars that we drive, 515 00:29:52,530 --> 00:29:56,290 S7: the people we vote for, the children that we have, uh, 516 00:29:56,290 --> 00:29:59,810 S7: what happens in our house? Uh, all of that data 517 00:29:59,970 --> 00:30:05,850 S7: is helpful. Bill gates and others think because then it 518 00:30:05,850 --> 00:30:08,890 S7: can be regulated in a way to be most efficient 519 00:30:08,890 --> 00:30:15,010 S7: and safe for the future of humanity. Now, what's interesting is, 520 00:30:15,050 --> 00:30:18,170 S7: is it's kind of a utopian view of we can 521 00:30:18,170 --> 00:30:21,770 S7: get very close to a perfect planet. If you'd all 522 00:30:21,770 --> 00:30:26,540 S7: just realize that we're the bosses and you're not. And 523 00:30:26,540 --> 00:30:30,740 S7: we're in control. And you're not. And the whole the 524 00:30:30,740 --> 00:30:34,820 S7: whole idea is just a little bit totalitarian, isn't it? 525 00:30:35,300 --> 00:30:37,900 S1: Yes, without a doubt. Or Orwellian, you could put it 526 00:30:37,900 --> 00:30:40,380 S1: that way as well. Right. The control. All right. So 527 00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:42,980 S1: in this vein of talking about the technology, and again, 528 00:30:42,980 --> 00:30:45,900 S1: Craig and I are not graduate graduates of the School 529 00:30:45,900 --> 00:30:48,220 S1: of Fear mongering. We're not interested in living in caves 530 00:30:48,220 --> 00:30:50,620 S1: with canned goods and guns. But I also think God's 531 00:30:50,620 --> 00:30:53,140 S1: given us a brain and we're supposed to exercise discernment, 532 00:30:53,140 --> 00:30:55,500 S1: which is, I think, very much of a necessary trait 533 00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:58,540 S1: of a maturing saint. And so you have to think 534 00:30:58,540 --> 00:31:01,500 S1: through what you're willing to surrender. It's always going to 535 00:31:01,500 --> 00:31:05,140 S1: be marketed to you and me as a freedom angle. 536 00:31:05,140 --> 00:31:07,340 S1: This will free up your time. And I'm going to 537 00:31:07,340 --> 00:31:09,780 S1: date myself and I don't care. Remember on Saturday mornings 538 00:31:09,780 --> 00:31:13,340 S1: when the George Jetson cartoon was played and the robot 539 00:31:13,340 --> 00:31:16,060 S1: was kind of like a cleaning woman on wheels and 540 00:31:16,060 --> 00:31:17,660 S1: she would clean the house so they would have more 541 00:31:17,660 --> 00:31:20,940 S1: time together. Um, the idea of the technology is to 542 00:31:20,940 --> 00:31:22,470 S1: give you more time. For what? 543 00:31:22,510 --> 00:31:23,510 S7: The flying cars. 544 00:31:23,550 --> 00:31:26,430 S1: The flying cars. We're miserable right now. We've got all 545 00:31:26,470 --> 00:31:28,230 S1: of these devices and devices. 546 00:31:28,270 --> 00:31:33,430 S7: Yeah. Uh, autonomous cars and autonomous buses and autonomous trucks, 547 00:31:33,790 --> 00:31:38,150 S7: which are driverless. Yeah. Um, well, they're having some problems. 548 00:31:38,150 --> 00:31:41,590 S7: It's not a perfect fit. And sometimes people get hurt, uh, 549 00:31:41,710 --> 00:31:47,590 S7: with those, uh, you know, £5,000 vehicles driving without a driver. 550 00:31:47,590 --> 00:31:49,510 S1: So let me just throw this into the mix. This 551 00:31:49,510 --> 00:31:52,510 S1: came out of MIT Technology Review. This is a publication. 552 00:31:52,510 --> 00:31:56,910 S1: And so they it's fascinating and it's chilling. After operating 553 00:31:56,910 --> 00:31:59,350 S1: in secrecy for years, they write a startup company called 554 00:31:59,390 --> 00:32:03,270 S1: R3 Bio in Richmond, California, suddenly shared details about its 555 00:32:03,270 --> 00:32:07,030 S1: work last week, saying it has raised money to create 556 00:32:07,070 --> 00:32:12,870 S1: non-sentient monkey organ sacs as an alternative, their. 557 00:32:12,870 --> 00:32:13,270 S7: Phrase. 558 00:32:13,310 --> 00:32:16,950 S1: Phrase their words to an alternative to animal testing. So 559 00:32:16,950 --> 00:32:20,230 S1: in an interview with wired, R3 listed three investors billionaire 560 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:24,360 S1: Tim Draper, whose Singapore based it's a fund Immortal Dragons. 561 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,320 S1: That would be my first problem and life extending investors 562 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,160 S1: long game ventures. But there's more to the story, and 563 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,520 S1: R3 doesn't want that story told. So MIT Technology Review 564 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:37,760 S1: discovered that the stealth startup's founder also pitched a startling, 565 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:43,080 S1: medically graphic and ethically charged vision of what he called the, quote, 566 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:47,200 S1: brainless clones. Now this is an MIT. Okay, this is 567 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,760 S1: not the National Enquirer. This is MIT to serve as 568 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:55,040 S1: a role of backup human bodies. So imagine MIT Tech 569 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:58,600 S1: Review writes imagine this a baby version of yourself with 570 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,760 S1: only enough of a brain structure to be alive in 571 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:06,000 S1: case you ever need a new kidney or liver. Or alternatively, 572 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,160 S1: he has speculated you might one day get your brain 573 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:11,800 S1: placed into a younger clone. That could be a way 574 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:14,880 S1: to gain a second lifespan through a still hypothetical procedure 575 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:20,570 S1: known as body transplant. The fuller Extend of Arthur's proposal, 576 00:33:20,570 --> 00:33:23,690 S1: as well as activities of another stealth startup with related goals, 577 00:33:23,850 --> 00:33:27,330 S1: have not previously been reported. I wonder why they have 578 00:33:27,330 --> 00:33:30,810 S1: kept secrets by a circle of extreme life extension proponents, 579 00:33:30,810 --> 00:33:34,370 S1: who fear that their plans for immortality could be derailed 580 00:33:34,370 --> 00:33:39,250 S1: by clickbait headlines and public pushback. And that's because the idea. 581 00:33:39,410 --> 00:33:41,530 S7: That I'm just shocked that they think that. 582 00:33:42,010 --> 00:33:44,730 S1: And that's because the idea can sound like something straight 583 00:33:44,730 --> 00:33:47,730 S1: from a creepy science fiction film. One person who heard 584 00:33:47,730 --> 00:33:50,850 S1: Arthur's clone presentation and spoke on the condition of anonymity, 585 00:33:50,890 --> 00:33:54,330 S1: was left reeling by its implication and shaken by the 586 00:33:54,330 --> 00:33:58,850 S1: founder's enthusiastic delivery. The briefing, this person said, was like a, quote, 587 00:33:58,890 --> 00:34:04,850 S1: close encounter of the third Kind with Doctor Strangelove. The 588 00:34:04,850 --> 00:34:07,210 S1: article goes on can I just take away? I love 589 00:34:07,210 --> 00:34:09,770 S1: this kind of stuff. I absolutely love this because Bible 590 00:34:09,770 --> 00:34:11,650 S1: in one hand, newspaper in the other. What's the reason 591 00:34:11,650 --> 00:34:15,610 S1: behind all of this immortality? Well, there's one way to 592 00:34:15,610 --> 00:34:18,259 S1: deal with immortality, and that's to confess your sins and 593 00:34:18,260 --> 00:34:20,859 S1: to recognize that it is appointed unto man once to die, 594 00:34:20,860 --> 00:34:23,620 S1: and after that the judgment. God has placed eternity in 595 00:34:23,620 --> 00:34:25,259 S1: our hearts. There's not a person within the sound of 596 00:34:25,260 --> 00:34:28,500 S1: my voice who doesn't question or believe that there's something 597 00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:32,379 S1: beyond the grave. Then the second follow up question is gulp. 598 00:34:32,420 --> 00:34:34,859 S1: Where will I be spending it? And that's why this 599 00:34:34,860 --> 00:34:38,300 S1: is Holy Week. That's why we remember today that Jesus 600 00:34:38,300 --> 00:34:41,060 S1: had the Last Supper and reminded those closest to him 601 00:34:41,060 --> 00:34:43,820 S1: that he gave his life for them to pay for 602 00:34:43,820 --> 00:34:46,460 S1: the penalty of sin. You and I are guilty as charged. 603 00:34:46,460 --> 00:34:48,820 S1: There's a sign hanging around our neck that says guilty 604 00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:52,060 S1: death and Christ steps in. And that's what tomorrow is 605 00:34:52,060 --> 00:34:54,660 S1: all about on Good Friday and says, I'm going to 606 00:34:54,660 --> 00:34:58,500 S1: pay the price. He who knew no sin became sin 607 00:34:58,500 --> 00:35:00,700 S1: for us, didn't carry, didn't put it in a backpack, 608 00:35:00,700 --> 00:35:04,660 S1: became sin for us. The profundity of that is almost incomprehensible. 609 00:35:04,940 --> 00:35:07,300 S1: And so you've got a bunch of techie guys thinking, 610 00:35:07,300 --> 00:35:09,819 S1: I'm just going to create a clone and we'll put 611 00:35:09,820 --> 00:35:12,060 S1: in a new brain, and then you get a second 612 00:35:12,100 --> 00:35:14,460 S1: leash on life and it'll be great. Now, Craig referenced 613 00:35:14,460 --> 00:35:17,190 S1: the Michael Keaton movie duplicity before What you may or 614 00:35:17,190 --> 00:35:19,630 S1: may not know about this movie was in every iteration 615 00:35:19,630 --> 00:35:22,310 S1: of Michael Keaton that got cloned. He was stupider and 616 00:35:22,310 --> 00:35:25,629 S1: stupider and stupider in every single one. It didn't work 617 00:35:25,630 --> 00:35:27,750 S1: out so well for him, and half the movie is 618 00:35:27,750 --> 00:35:31,190 S1: spent figuring out how to clone himself because it's a nightmare. 619 00:35:31,230 --> 00:35:34,270 S1: That's a comedy, but the reality is, what could possibly 620 00:35:34,270 --> 00:35:38,469 S1: go wrong again? That's why Shelley wrote Frankenstein. When man 621 00:35:38,469 --> 00:35:42,070 S1: tries to play God, generally it doesn't turn out very well. Craig. 622 00:35:42,070 --> 00:35:42,710 S1: Your thoughts? 623 00:35:43,190 --> 00:35:46,470 S7: Um, when I read this for the first time, I. 624 00:35:46,910 --> 00:35:49,950 S7: And that is to say this story about the innovation 625 00:35:49,950 --> 00:35:54,230 S7: company called R3 bio. I was expecting to see the 626 00:35:54,230 --> 00:35:58,950 S7: name of the CEO as R2-d2 from Star Wars. Um, 627 00:35:58,950 --> 00:36:03,989 S7: you know, being, being the mastermind behind this really crazy, 628 00:36:04,150 --> 00:36:10,430 S7: ethically crazy idea. Uh, United States federal government addressed, uh, 629 00:36:10,430 --> 00:36:15,960 S7: decades ago, uh, the boundaries of cloning from a federal standpoint, 630 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:20,839 S7: because they were concerned back then of this type of innovation. 631 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,799 S7: Without guardrails. Man cannot be trusted. 632 00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:29,120 S1: Well, it is truly a study in the sin sick, 633 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:32,360 S1: fallen state of mankind. That's why I encourage you to 634 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,359 S1: read Shelley's book about Frankenstein. What happens when man does 635 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,600 S1: what's right in his own eyes? Just generally doesn't turn 636 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,880 S1: out too particularly well. We got one more segment we 637 00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:42,399 S1: want to share with you when we come back. This 638 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,680 S1: is in the market with Janet partial. That's Craig partial 639 00:36:44,719 --> 00:37:12,520 S1: back after this. So one day the president of the 640 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:16,569 S1: United States was flying back from somewhere on Air Force One. 641 00:37:16,570 --> 00:37:21,290 S1: And it was interesting because he started talking about his 642 00:37:21,290 --> 00:37:24,050 S1: life and he thought that maybe he'd share some thoughts. 643 00:37:24,050 --> 00:37:27,450 S1: So in a kind of very vulnerable moment, the president 644 00:37:27,450 --> 00:37:30,210 S1: had some thoughts to the press corps that was standing 645 00:37:30,210 --> 00:37:34,009 S1: there and he said, um, if I can save 7000 646 00:37:34,050 --> 00:37:36,129 S1: people a week from being killed, I want to try 647 00:37:36,130 --> 00:37:39,770 S1: and get to heaven if possible. I'm hearing I'm not 648 00:37:39,770 --> 00:37:41,810 S1: doing well. I hear I'm really at the bottom of 649 00:37:41,810 --> 00:37:43,729 S1: the totem pole. But if I get to heaven, this 650 00:37:43,730 --> 00:37:46,370 S1: might be one of the reasons. And so then a 651 00:37:46,370 --> 00:37:48,530 S1: reporter kind of pressed in and asked him to clarify 652 00:37:48,530 --> 00:37:50,330 S1: his statement, and he said, well, I mean, you know, 653 00:37:50,370 --> 00:37:52,169 S1: I'm being a little cute. I don't think there's anything 654 00:37:52,170 --> 00:37:54,730 S1: that's going to get me into heaven. Okay? I really don't. 655 00:37:54,969 --> 00:37:58,049 S1: I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be 656 00:37:58,050 --> 00:38:00,330 S1: in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One, 657 00:38:00,330 --> 00:38:02,009 S1: he said, I'm not sure I'm going to be able 658 00:38:02,010 --> 00:38:04,290 S1: to make it to heaven. I made a lot of 659 00:38:04,290 --> 00:38:07,049 S1: life better for a lot of people, and as a 660 00:38:07,050 --> 00:38:10,770 S1: result of that, God bless. Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, 661 00:38:10,770 --> 00:38:13,580 S1: head of Samaritan's Purse, felt prompted of the Lord to 662 00:38:13,620 --> 00:38:16,100 S1: write him a letter. And he did. And the letter 663 00:38:16,100 --> 00:38:20,259 S1: was from October 15th, 2025. And he said this as 664 00:38:20,260 --> 00:38:23,299 S1: part of the letter this week, you commented to the 665 00:38:23,300 --> 00:38:25,620 S1: media that you might not be heaven bound. Maybe you 666 00:38:25,620 --> 00:38:28,020 S1: responded in jest, but it is an important issue to 667 00:38:28,060 --> 00:38:30,180 S1: know for certain that your soul is secure and will 668 00:38:30,180 --> 00:38:32,859 S1: spend time in eternity in the presence of God. The 669 00:38:32,860 --> 00:38:35,660 S1: only one capital O who can save us from hell 670 00:38:35,660 --> 00:38:38,819 S1: is Jesus Christ. You can't save yourself. I can't save myself. 671 00:38:38,860 --> 00:38:42,780 S1: Good works, prominence, success. None of these gets you into heaven. 672 00:38:43,060 --> 00:38:45,219 S1: The only way to heaven is through the shed blood 673 00:38:45,219 --> 00:38:48,020 S1: of Jesus Christ. God requires us to turn from our 674 00:38:48,020 --> 00:38:50,860 S1: sins and by faith believe in our heart. That Jesus 675 00:38:50,860 --> 00:38:53,180 S1: came to earth, died on the cross for our sins, 676 00:38:53,180 --> 00:38:55,980 S1: was buried, and God raised him to life on the 677 00:38:55,980 --> 00:38:58,940 S1: third day. If you accept that by faith and invite 678 00:38:58,940 --> 00:39:02,060 S1: him to come into your life, you are heaven bound, 679 00:39:02,219 --> 00:39:05,380 S1: I promise you. So that was the letter that got 680 00:39:05,380 --> 00:39:08,540 S1: sent to the president, and it was sent in October 681 00:39:08,700 --> 00:39:12,830 S1: of last year. Why is that significant? because the president 682 00:39:12,830 --> 00:39:15,790 S1: of the United States took that letter just this past 683 00:39:15,790 --> 00:39:20,150 S1: week and decided, without comment, he would simply post it 684 00:39:20,150 --> 00:39:24,390 S1: on Truth Social. So I don't know if the president 685 00:39:24,430 --> 00:39:26,790 S1: knew it or not, but he used his platform and 686 00:39:26,790 --> 00:39:29,029 S1: he has just a few followers to be able to 687 00:39:29,070 --> 00:39:32,589 S1: express the gospel message and the message of Easter and 688 00:39:32,590 --> 00:39:36,830 S1: the resurrection. Um, it was interesting also because the speaker 689 00:39:36,830 --> 00:39:39,149 S1: of the House, Mike Johnson, who's very open about his 690 00:39:39,150 --> 00:39:41,710 S1: walk with Christ, posted on X on this Palm Sunday, 691 00:39:41,710 --> 00:39:44,870 S1: President Trump shared his letter from Franklin Graham explaining, the 692 00:39:44,870 --> 00:39:47,390 S1: only path to heaven is through Jesus Christ, our Savior. 693 00:39:47,790 --> 00:39:50,590 S1: And so I think it's important for us to forget 694 00:39:50,590 --> 00:39:52,310 S1: if you're if you're stuck on Trump, take Trump out 695 00:39:52,310 --> 00:39:54,870 S1: of the story. Just instead, look at it as a 696 00:39:54,870 --> 00:39:57,270 S1: letter written by a person in ministry to a person 697 00:39:57,270 --> 00:39:59,870 S1: in a lofty office here in the United States government. 698 00:40:00,030 --> 00:40:02,670 S1: What's important is not the sender or the receiver. What's 699 00:40:02,670 --> 00:40:05,950 S1: important is the message because the message tells you what 700 00:40:05,950 --> 00:40:08,790 S1: this week is all about. Tomorrow is referred to as 701 00:40:08,790 --> 00:40:11,799 S1: Good Friday. And that's the day that Christ went to 702 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,919 S1: the cross. He suffered six trials. Every one of them 703 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:19,560 S1: would be legal malpractice. Three Roman, three Jewish. He was 704 00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:23,200 S1: an innocent person. He stands in front of Pontius Pilate, 705 00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:26,640 S1: who asks him the erudite question, what is truth? And 706 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:29,839 S1: it's just filled with story after story after story of 707 00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:34,760 S1: Christ standing there, silence before his accusers, the unblemished Lamb 708 00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:36,719 S1: of God that takes away the sins of the world. 709 00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:38,840 S1: What does that mean? It's kind of a lofty statement. Well, 710 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:42,200 S1: the Bible tells us that without the shedding of blood, 711 00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:44,839 S1: there is no remission of sins. In other words, your 712 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:48,040 S1: sins are not eradicated unless blood is paid well. That's 713 00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:49,840 S1: why in the Old Testament, we see all the animals 714 00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:53,120 S1: sacrificed before Jesus comes. In the New Testament, the only 715 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:55,839 S1: way the Jews of old could have their sins paid 716 00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:58,440 S1: for was by in righteousness, going to the altar and 717 00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:01,040 S1: having this penalty paid out. But God knew just what 718 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,640 S1: he was doing as he always does. He was foreshadowing 719 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:07,839 S1: the last, the ultimate sacrifice. Not a dove, not an 720 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:12,130 S1: unblemished lamb, but Christ Himself, who is really God incarnate. 721 00:41:12,130 --> 00:41:14,370 S1: That'll take your breath away. And he comes and he 722 00:41:14,370 --> 00:41:16,730 S1: has a short ministry for only three years, and he 723 00:41:16,730 --> 00:41:19,770 S1: does miracles, and he prophesies and he fulfills the law, 724 00:41:19,930 --> 00:41:22,930 S1: and he lets us know in no uncertain terms that 725 00:41:22,930 --> 00:41:25,890 S1: we're all sinners, that we've fallen short of God's grace, 726 00:41:25,890 --> 00:41:29,050 S1: and that the chasm between God and man created by 727 00:41:29,050 --> 00:41:32,290 S1: sin has to be bridged. How's it going to happen? Well, 728 00:41:32,290 --> 00:41:34,010 S1: it's going to happen in the shape of a cross. 729 00:41:34,370 --> 00:41:37,009 S1: And then and only then is the penalty for sin 730 00:41:37,010 --> 00:41:40,689 S1: going to be paid. So Christ came to die. We 731 00:41:40,690 --> 00:41:42,890 S1: have on the partial household at Christmas time a giant 732 00:41:42,890 --> 00:41:45,489 S1: spike that hangs in the internal part of our Christmas tree, 733 00:41:45,530 --> 00:41:49,330 S1: knowing that this birth foreshadows a death. And as a 734 00:41:49,330 --> 00:41:51,370 S1: result of that, we have been set free and have 735 00:41:51,370 --> 00:41:54,690 S1: redemption in Christ. So I think it was wonderful of 736 00:41:54,690 --> 00:41:56,850 S1: Franklin Graham. He didn't care if it's a president, a 737 00:41:56,850 --> 00:41:59,450 S1: pauper or a prince. He was going to proclaim the 738 00:41:59,489 --> 00:42:01,890 S1: gospel message. And everything that Franklin wrote in that letter 739 00:42:01,890 --> 00:42:04,930 S1: in October of last year is spot on. We can 740 00:42:04,930 --> 00:42:07,129 S1: know beyond a shadow of a doubt that when we 741 00:42:07,130 --> 00:42:10,180 S1: breathe our last. We will, as the Bible tells us, 742 00:42:10,219 --> 00:42:12,860 S1: be absent from the body and present with the Lord. 743 00:42:13,020 --> 00:42:15,300 S1: And so I commend him for saying that. And then 744 00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:17,780 S1: I don't know. You know, man looks on the outward appearance. 745 00:42:17,820 --> 00:42:20,219 S1: God looks on the heart first, Samuel tells us. So 746 00:42:20,219 --> 00:42:23,379 S1: I can't tell you what prompted Donald J. Trump to 747 00:42:23,420 --> 00:42:26,339 S1: put that letter from Franklin, which was never meant to 748 00:42:26,340 --> 00:42:29,340 S1: be publicly put out there, although I. Franklin doesn't bother. 749 00:42:29,460 --> 00:42:31,980 S1: Bother doesn't it doesn't bother Franklin at all because it 750 00:42:31,980 --> 00:42:34,740 S1: was the gospel message. And as I say, that post 751 00:42:34,739 --> 00:42:36,819 S1: became a kind of, I'll use old fashioned language, a 752 00:42:36,860 --> 00:42:39,620 S1: gospel track, and all of the people who follow the president, 753 00:42:39,620 --> 00:42:41,540 S1: maybe because they like his policies or they hate him 754 00:42:41,540 --> 00:42:43,740 S1: and they just want to see what he has to say. Regardless, 755 00:42:43,739 --> 00:42:47,620 S1: the reader was exposed to the gospel. I have become 756 00:42:47,620 --> 00:42:50,219 S1: all things to all people so that by all means, 757 00:42:50,219 --> 00:42:52,020 S1: some might be saved. Craig, your thoughts? 758 00:42:52,020 --> 00:43:00,780 S7: I remember in one of Paul's epistles where the Apostle Paul, uh, 759 00:43:01,219 --> 00:43:04,260 S7: hints that, you know, there are some out there who 760 00:43:04,380 --> 00:43:09,710 S7: have bad motives for sharing the gospel. And then he says, 761 00:43:09,710 --> 00:43:12,229 S7: there's the rest of us who we believe have good 762 00:43:12,270 --> 00:43:14,350 S7: motives because we really want to get people saved, he said. 763 00:43:14,350 --> 00:43:21,670 S7: But regardless whether motives are good, motives are questionable. The 764 00:43:21,710 --> 00:43:25,589 S7: gospel is getting out, and that was a source of 765 00:43:25,590 --> 00:43:30,750 S7: joy and celebration from the greatest evangelist who has probably 766 00:43:30,750 --> 00:43:33,910 S7: ever lived. And that's the apostle Paul carrying that message. 767 00:43:34,590 --> 00:43:37,350 S7: So what are we doing to share that message in 768 00:43:37,350 --> 00:43:40,870 S7: our life, in our walk, in our speech, in all 769 00:43:40,870 --> 00:43:43,390 S7: that we do? What are we doing to make sure 770 00:43:43,390 --> 00:43:46,390 S7: that message gets out? It's a very simple one. God, 771 00:43:46,830 --> 00:43:50,989 S7: through his grace, provided the sacrifice on the cross of 772 00:43:50,989 --> 00:43:55,870 S7: His Son. Now it's our part through faith and faith alone. 773 00:43:56,390 --> 00:44:00,990 S7: We need to accept that or spend an eternity separated 774 00:44:00,989 --> 00:44:04,950 S7: from him. That's the choice. That's an important one. What 775 00:44:04,950 --> 00:44:07,600 S7: will you do with this Jesus? 776 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:11,120 S1: Easter is about so much more than bunnies and eggs. 777 00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:14,320 S1: It has everything to do with what Jesus did for us. 778 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:16,879 S1: So as you go into Good Friday, if you don't 779 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:20,160 S1: know who Jesus is, dig deeper. Ask questions. Open the 780 00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:22,320 S1: Word of God. Start with the book of John. Start 781 00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:25,080 S1: doing some studying to see who this Jesus is and 782 00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:28,200 S1: find out what he did for you and why. You 783 00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:32,000 S1: can know for certain exactly what happens when you breathe 784 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:34,600 S1: your last. You can know it's not based on your 785 00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:38,120 S1: good works. It's because of what he did for you. 786 00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:41,680 S1: God so loved the world that he gave his only son, 787 00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:44,799 S1: that whoever believes in him will not perish but have 788 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:49,480 S1: everlasting life. That's what happened on Easter weekend. God bless you. 789 00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,200 S1: Have a wonderful Easter. We'll see you next time.