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Pastor Mark's Thoughts On The Third Assassination Attempt On President Donald Trump · The Mark Driscoll Show

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  Well, just got home, preach tonight, went out to dinner with
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  some dear people, didn't look at my phone, jumped in the truck to
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  head home and realize 1/3 assassination attempt on a
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  President Donald Trump. And just a few pastoral
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  observations #1 the world has changed.
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  The world is no longer a place where there is civil discourse,
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  disagreement, and dialogue. When you demonize a human being
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  and sort of neglect and overlook the fact that he's got a family,
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  he's got people who do love and care about him, but you turn
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  them into sort of the personification or the
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  embodiment of evil. We even had some on the right
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  who professed to be Christians, sort of eluding that maybe he's
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  the Antichrist this week. When, when you get that kind of
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  vilification and demonization of a human being, it's no longer
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  just that you need to disagree with them.
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  It becomes moral to force them or, or make them stop what
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  they're doing. And if they won't stop what
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  they're doing, then the only way to stop them is to end them.
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  And so this is the the outcome of an absolute hatred toward a
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  human being who happens to be the president of the United
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  States of America. And yeah, it just, it is
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  incumbent upon us to disagree in agreeable ways and also to
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  differentiate, to distinguish between ideas and people.
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  And certain ideas can be evil and reprehensible, but we still
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  need to pray for and hold out some measure of humanity for
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  people. And when their humanity is
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  stripped of them, then they're just caricatures to be, I guess,
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  assassinated. And this is the third
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  assassination attempt on the president of the United States
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  of America. Whether you're on the political
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  left or right, this should be profoundly troubling because at
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  the end of the day, whether they're a Democrat or
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  Republican, they're an American. And if they're an American,
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  they're representing our nation, our interests, and we want them
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  to be respected and we want their life to be extended.
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  In addition, what we are seeing is an increased need to
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  reconsider public events. We have seen now the martyrdom
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  murder of Charlie Kirk. I can't imagine what Erica Kirk
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  was dealing with tonight. I believe she was present at
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  this, at this dinner with the press and so had to be very
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  jarring and triggering for her. First lady Melania is their
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  third attempt on her husband's life.
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  And then you've got Carolyn, Carolyn Levitt, the press
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  secretary, She's she's pregnant. She's about ready to give birth
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  to another baby. You know, you forget that
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  sometimes even if you don't like somebody, it's a wife, it's a
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  mom, it's a widow, it's a pregnant lady.
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  Like they're, they're human beings that are involved.
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  And, and so we, we've walked into a world where life is not
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  considered sacred. And, and this is not shocking
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  when the number one leading cause of death in the United
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  States of America is the murder of the unborn.
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  We're officially a culture that no longer honors the dignity,
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  value, sanctity of human life. And this is what happens.
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  In addition, I would encourage everyone who holds houses,
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  public events. You're a pastor, You're an event
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  promoter. Heaven forbid you're a political
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  person. Open events are terrifying
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  because we live in a day when violence is just rising.
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  And it's one thing to have sort of strong words and
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  disagreement. It's another thing to take up
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  arms and to try to murder someone.
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  And so for those of us who are pastors and leaders, it's
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  incumbent to ask how is security and are we ready for evil to
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  come? And, and if it comes to a press
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  event where, you know, the the, the leader of the free world
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  and, and those who cover him, when evil comes and murder comes
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  and terrorism comes to those events, you know that there is
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  not a respect for any event. We've even seen it as well where
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  sacred spaces like churches historically have just been
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  overtaken by protesters and, and, and that can also elicit
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  violence. And so there's a big difference
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  between being safe and feeling safe.
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  And, and we're, we're, we're increasingly in a world where
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  people don't feel safe. They don't feel safe when they
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  gather together. It's causing some people to
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  isolate, to go out less and to just be a little fearful and
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  careful, especially if there's any controversy around the
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  leader or the event. I praise God that President
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  Trump is safe for all the reasons that I would praise God
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  that anyone was safe. I don't want anybody murdered.
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  I don't want anybody martyred. I don't want anybody
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  assassinated. I don't want I don't want people
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  getting put to death by lone gunman and terrorists because of
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  disagreement. And, and for those of you who
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  maybe don't understand why there is an appreciation for President
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  Donald Trump, This is why because he's he's fearless,
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  courageous fighter. And I mean, we saw after, you
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  know, bullet just grazed his ear.
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  You know, he gets up, fight, fight, fight.
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  He's he's a man who he is courageous.
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  He is fearless. And it inspires courage and
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  confidence in people. And the record behind the scenes
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  in this event is that he wanted to come back out and he wanted
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  to speak and he wanted to give his message and he wanted, you
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  know, the event to go on. And they said, no, it's too
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  volatile and people don't feel safe and, and it's too
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  dangerous. But yeah, this is where you've
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  got to respect a man that has this much courage to go into
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  opposition and to have a third attempt on his life and also to,
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  to even after his life is threatened, his first instinct
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  is, no, I need to get up and I need to move forward and I need
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  to do my job. This is why those of us who
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  voted for him and remain appreciative of him really
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  respect him. And imagine being a human being
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  that they just keep trying to kill you and they keep getting
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  pretty Dang close. The opposition does.
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  And you still get up every day and you go to a job that you
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  don't get paid for and you're trying your best to do the job.
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  And when they try to end your life, it doesn't dissuade you
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  from doing the job. There's just a, a really
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  remarkable intensity and focus and courage and fearlessness
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  that the man demonstrates that you've got to respect, you've
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  got to appreciate, you've got a value.
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  And so and, and thank God that no one was killed.
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  And you know, one of the officers is wearing a
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  bulletproof vest. But let me say this as well.
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  When you want to defund the police, when you want to
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  discredit law enforcement, when you want to have a reduction in
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  police presence in major U.S. cities.
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  And and you and you and you don't believe in the fallenness
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  of humanity or the danger in the days in which we live.
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  You're creating an environment where evil and evil doers and
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  even those who are terrorists and murderers, they get more
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  emboldened. They feel like they have a just
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  cause on their hands to take somebody's life.
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  And there's less respect for the rule of law and the civil
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  authorities that are enforcing the law.
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  And so, yeah, it just it's very concerning because we saw it
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  through the election season, we saw assassination attempts.
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  We saw the the murder of Charlie Kirk and his his his trial is
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  supposed to be publicly beginning soon if it continues
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  on pace. And now we see an event that has
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  been for decades, a place where the president gets together with
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  the press and they kind of go at it a little bit and you can't
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  even have a dinner because of a terrorist act and an attempted
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  assassination. And so this is the day in which
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  we live. It's highly concerning.
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  And it just goes to show that evil never stops itself.
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  And so we need good guys to get in harm's way and to make evil
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  stops. So thank you to everybody, first
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  responders, law enforcement, security personnel and military.
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  We love you, we praise God for you.
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  We thank God for you. And for those who would oppose
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  law, law enforcement and lawful enforcement of laws, this is the
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  culture that you're breeding, one of anarchy and rebellion and
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  murder and self righteousness. And I'm sure in the coming days
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  we'll know a lot more about this person and won't speculate on
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  his identity or his motivation. But at this point, yet again,
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  people just don't feel as safe. Because after all, if they could
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  get that close to the president, what's to keep evil from getting
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  close to us? That's the concern.
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  So be safe, take security measures and protocols for your
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  family and your church family. And the Bible says to pray for
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  those who are in political office.
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  And let's keep praying for all those who are serving, starting
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  with the commander in chief.