WEBVTT 00:00:06.256 --> 00:00:09.793 Okay, next one. 00:00:09.793 --> 00:00:12.047 This is just in order 00:00:12.047 --> 00:00:17.453 and I didn't throw this one out. 00:00:17.453 --> 00:00:19.927 This is from Brandon. 00:00:19.927 --> 00:00:21.927 "Hey, Pastor Tim. Love you guys. 00:00:21.927 --> 00:00:25.496 Thank God for I'll Be Honest's ministry. 00:00:25.496 --> 00:00:27.891 My question is 00:00:27.891 --> 00:00:30.965 should Christians be concerned 00:00:30.965 --> 00:00:35.348 with all the talk of the Illuminati? 00:00:35.348 --> 00:00:38.934 It seems wherever there are Christians these days, 00:00:38.934 --> 00:00:41.747 there is conversation about a New World Order 00:00:41.747 --> 00:00:43.462 that is coming soon 00:00:43.462 --> 00:00:46.491 that will persecute Christians. 00:00:46.491 --> 00:00:49.489 I know we are to think of noble things and godly things, 00:00:49.489 --> 00:00:51.853 but are we supposed to discern the things 00:00:51.853 --> 00:00:53.315 going on in our world 00:00:53.315 --> 00:00:55.198 to guard each other? 00:00:55.198 --> 00:00:58.803 How should we view these topics?" NOTE Paragraph 00:00:58.803 --> 00:01:01.724 Do you guys hear about Illuminati in Mexico? 00:01:01.724 --> 00:01:05.050 (from the room): Not yet. 00:01:05.050 --> 00:01:07.181 Tim: Not yet. Yeah, these circles 00:01:07.181 --> 00:01:08.740 where he hears all this talk, 00:01:08.740 --> 00:01:12.008 he says, "Wherever there are Christians these days, 00:01:12.008 --> 00:01:15.588 there are conversations about new world order." 00:01:15.588 --> 00:01:16.538 I don't know. 00:01:16.538 --> 00:01:19.115 I mean, I gather together with Christians quite often 00:01:19.115 --> 00:01:20.935 and I don't hear about the Illuminati 00:01:20.935 --> 00:01:23.739 or the New World Order. 00:01:23.739 --> 00:01:24.838 Do you guys? 00:01:24.838 --> 00:01:26.678 James: He's talking about YouTube. 00:01:26.678 --> 00:01:28.942 Tim: YouTube? There's a lot of talk about it? 00:01:28.942 --> 00:01:31.847 Okay, well, let's just talk about it for a second. 00:01:31.847 --> 00:01:36.101 Because you know what? 00:01:36.101 --> 00:01:38.524 We should be able to examine everything 00:01:38.524 --> 00:01:41.390 through the lens of Scripture. 00:01:41.390 --> 00:01:43.563 We have the mind of Christ. 00:01:43.563 --> 00:01:46.925 We have the Word of God. 00:01:46.925 --> 00:01:49.957 And we can size things up 00:01:49.957 --> 00:01:52.509 in a spiritual way. 00:01:52.509 --> 00:01:55.738 What is the Illuminati? 00:01:55.738 --> 00:01:59.598 What does that word sound like? 00:01:59.598 --> 00:02:01.817 Illumination. 00:02:01.817 --> 00:02:03.473 Illumination. 00:02:03.473 --> 00:02:06.540 Basically, the Illuminati - 00:02:06.540 --> 00:02:09.801 well, there really was a group. 00:02:09.801 --> 00:02:14.423 You can go back into the 1700's, 00:02:14.423 --> 00:02:17.336 and there really was a group. 00:02:17.336 --> 00:02:19.292 The Illuminati. 00:02:19.292 --> 00:02:21.084 What happened is it seemed like 00:02:21.084 --> 00:02:23.247 they merged together with the Free Masons. 00:02:23.247 --> 00:02:27.527 Sometimes you hear Masons and Illuminati put together. 00:02:27.527 --> 00:02:30.662 Basically, today when people talk about it 00:02:30.662 --> 00:02:32.810 it's not likely that most of them 00:02:32.810 --> 00:02:34.776 even care about the roots 00:02:34.776 --> 00:02:37.795 and tracing it back into the 1700's. 00:02:37.795 --> 00:02:43.459 Today when people talk about the Illuminati, 00:02:43.459 --> 00:02:47.736 it's basically some secret group 00:02:47.736 --> 00:02:51.546 that supposedly runs the world. 00:02:51.546 --> 00:02:53.354 They control everything. 00:02:53.354 --> 00:02:56.176 They're behind why prices are the way they are 00:02:56.176 --> 00:02:58.793 and who becomes famous. 00:02:58.793 --> 00:03:02.650 It's all this huge conspiracy. 00:03:02.650 --> 00:03:04.255 You've got these people plotting 00:03:04.255 --> 00:03:06.839 and like this guy says, 00:03:06.839 --> 00:03:10.297 they're trying to make this New World Order 00:03:10.297 --> 00:03:13.036 and there's this conspiracy. 00:03:13.036 --> 00:03:16.716 Should we be concerned about those kind of things? 00:03:16.716 --> 00:03:18.462 And you'll hear all sorts of things. 00:03:18.462 --> 00:03:20.382 This person is part of the Illuminati. 00:03:20.382 --> 00:03:23.171 And these people (are) and it's Satanic 00:03:23.171 --> 00:03:25.336 and supposedly on our dollar bill 00:03:25.336 --> 00:03:28.303 you can find the Illuminati there. 00:03:28.303 --> 00:03:30.267 It's like you've got people 00:03:30.267 --> 00:03:32.226 that believe there's conspiracies 00:03:32.226 --> 00:03:34.640 and there's all these plots all over the place. 00:03:34.640 --> 00:03:35.439 (from the room): 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:37.591 Hey brother, I think I heard John 00:03:37.591 --> 00:03:39.421 saying someone made a YouTube video 00:03:39.421 --> 00:03:45.670 saying you were in the Illuminati. 00:03:45.670 --> 00:03:49.907 Because you made your hand like this, 00:03:49.907 --> 00:03:51.488 and they paused it 00:03:51.488 --> 00:03:53.157 and circled your hand 00:03:53.157 --> 00:04:05.803 and put a red background behind it. 00:04:05.803 --> 00:04:12.747 Tim: Well, that's funny. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:12.747 --> 00:04:16.147 Brethren, let's think about this 00:04:16.147 --> 00:04:22.367 with regards to our Christianity. 00:04:22.367 --> 00:04:25.228 Let me ask you something. 00:04:25.228 --> 00:04:31.875 What's a conspiracy? 00:04:31.875 --> 00:04:38.368 Conspiracy can be a crime. 00:04:38.368 --> 00:04:43.809 Do you know what that crime is? 00:04:43.809 --> 00:04:44.999 (from the room) 00:04:44.999 --> 00:04:47.940 Speaking something that's not true about somebody? 00:04:47.940 --> 00:04:50.306 Tim: Conspiracy is when 00:04:50.306 --> 00:04:53.339 two or more people plot. 00:04:53.339 --> 00:04:55.168 So if you're involved in a crime 00:04:55.168 --> 00:04:58.028 and it's found out that you were plotting that crime 00:04:58.028 --> 00:04:59.031 ahead of time, 00:04:59.031 --> 00:05:01.568 you can be charged with not only that crime - 00:05:01.568 --> 00:05:04.612 whether it's murder or bank robbery or whatever - 00:05:04.612 --> 00:05:08.621 you can be charged with conspiracy as well. 00:05:08.621 --> 00:05:10.448 So it's basically this idea 00:05:10.448 --> 00:05:12.452 that you're plotting. 00:05:12.452 --> 00:05:17.247 It's like this collusion in some sort of plan. 00:05:17.247 --> 00:05:22.267 And I would just ask you guys this: 00:05:22.267 --> 00:05:27.309 Is there a conspiracy against us? 00:05:27.309 --> 00:05:28.770 Is there anybody out there 00:05:28.770 --> 00:05:30.617 who more than two or three 00:05:30.617 --> 00:05:36.556 are plotting together against us? 00:05:36.556 --> 00:05:39.056 Brethren, the Scripture speaks 00:05:39.056 --> 00:05:42.896 about a kingdom of darkness. 00:05:42.896 --> 00:05:46.316 You know what this world around us? 00:05:46.316 --> 00:05:50.799 Are there secret groups out there? 00:05:50.799 --> 00:05:52.890 Are there people out there 00:05:52.890 --> 00:05:57.719 who are controlled 00:05:57.719 --> 00:06:00.948 by the lusts of the flesh? 00:06:00.948 --> 00:06:06.903 Controlled by Satan? 00:06:06.903 --> 00:06:08.210 Are there people out there 00:06:08.210 --> 00:06:11.046 who are controlled by sin? 00:06:11.046 --> 00:06:14.345 People out there who know not the Lord? 00:06:14.345 --> 00:06:19.220 People out there who are in conspiracy 00:06:19.220 --> 00:06:24.166 to get rich? To get power? 00:06:24.166 --> 00:06:27.020 To take advantage of people? 00:06:27.020 --> 00:06:28.622 Absolutely. 00:06:28.622 --> 00:06:31.540 And beyond that, 00:06:31.540 --> 00:06:36.057 the very demons - the devil himself - 00:06:36.057 --> 00:06:41.913 are in collusion to damn men. 00:06:41.913 --> 00:06:45.218 Is there a conspiracy? Yeah. 00:06:45.218 --> 00:06:47.624 Are there people plotting against God? 00:06:47.624 --> 00:06:49.628 Against His anointed? 00:06:49.628 --> 00:06:52.606 Scripture says so. 00:06:52.606 --> 00:06:55.508 Of course there is. 00:06:55.508 --> 00:07:00.475 Brethren, you know how Paul says 00:07:00.475 --> 00:07:03.305 in 2 Corinthians 5, 00:07:03.305 --> 00:07:06.490 he says we don't view people 00:07:06.490 --> 00:07:08.855 according to the flesh anymore. 00:07:08.855 --> 00:07:10.336 You know what? When we're lost, 00:07:10.336 --> 00:07:12.605 we can get all hung up on these secret groups. 00:07:12.605 --> 00:07:14.973 Oooh, there's a conspiracy out there. 00:07:14.973 --> 00:07:17.658 The Illuminati. 00:07:17.658 --> 00:07:21.950 Brethren, we don't view things 00:07:21.950 --> 00:07:23.905 through the flesh anymore. 00:07:23.905 --> 00:07:26.419 You know how we view them? We view them spiritually. 00:07:26.419 --> 00:07:28.602 People are lost or saved. 00:07:28.602 --> 00:07:31.275 They're under the control of God, 00:07:31.275 --> 00:07:35.424 or they're under the control of the devil. 00:07:35.424 --> 00:07:38.174 (incomplete thought) 00:07:38.174 --> 00:07:40.861 Brethren, the Scripture says 00:07:40.861 --> 00:07:46.106 that this world is in his control. 00:07:46.106 --> 00:07:49.073 He's the god of this world. 00:07:49.073 --> 00:07:50.181 He's in control. 00:07:50.181 --> 00:07:54.240 He's the prince of the power of the air. 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:57.291 People are his pawns. They're deceived. 00:07:57.291 --> 00:07:59.797 He deceives the nations. 00:07:59.797 --> 00:08:02.208 He deceives the nations and he, 00:08:02.208 --> 00:08:05.528 in their deception, moves them against God 00:08:05.528 --> 00:08:08.868 and against God's people. 00:08:08.868 --> 00:08:10.469 Is there a conspiracy? 00:08:10.469 --> 00:08:12.664 Yeah, there's a big conspiracy. 00:08:12.664 --> 00:08:15.018 Do I need to sit and wring my hands 00:08:15.018 --> 00:08:17.294 and get worried? 00:08:17.294 --> 00:08:21.282 Oh, He that is with us is greater than he that's in the world. 00:08:21.282 --> 00:08:22.327 And you know what? 00:08:22.327 --> 00:08:24.739 Our Father knows about every conspiracy 00:08:24.739 --> 00:08:28.253 and every plan - demonic and human 00:08:28.253 --> 00:08:30.791 and otherwise - 00:08:30.791 --> 00:08:34.965 that is being planned against God's people. 00:08:34.965 --> 00:08:37.907 We go on with what we're called to do. 00:08:37.907 --> 00:08:39.830 Do we believe that there are going to be 00:08:39.830 --> 00:08:42.022 sinister plots against us? Yes. 00:08:42.022 --> 00:08:43.988 Are there going to be schemes against us? 00:08:43.988 --> 00:08:46.668 Yes, but like Scripture says, like Paul says, 00:08:46.668 --> 00:08:49.946 we know the schemes of the devil. 00:08:49.946 --> 00:08:51.514 Are there schemes against us? 00:08:51.514 --> 00:08:52.487 Certainly. 00:08:52.487 --> 00:08:56.690 Are there plots to our downfall? Yes. 00:08:56.690 --> 00:08:59.229 Is Satan strategizing right now 00:08:59.229 --> 00:09:01.831 on how to destroy us as individuals? 00:09:01.831 --> 00:09:04.572 And in our churches corporately? 00:09:04.572 --> 00:09:06.831 Of course. 00:09:06.831 --> 00:09:08.927 We're not ignorant of his designs. 00:09:08.927 --> 00:09:11.347 Isn't that what Scripture says? 00:09:11.347 --> 00:09:12.783 We're not ignorant. 00:09:12.783 --> 00:09:14.461 We know what his designs are. 00:09:14.461 --> 00:09:18.411 Is he in collusion? Are the demons planning? 00:09:18.411 --> 00:09:22.549 Are wicked people moving in this world 00:09:22.549 --> 00:09:24.167 in opposition against God 00:09:24.167 --> 00:09:26.699 and against those who fear God? 00:09:26.699 --> 00:09:29.669 Against those who keep His commandments? 00:09:29.669 --> 00:09:31.324 Those who have faith in Christ? 00:09:31.324 --> 00:09:34.457 Yes, brethren. Yes. 00:09:34.457 --> 00:09:39.514 We view things through the biblical lens. 00:09:39.514 --> 00:09:42.382 And we see a great kingdom of darkness 00:09:42.382 --> 00:09:44.748 and a greater kingdom of light - 00:09:44.748 --> 00:09:47.670 the kingdom of His dear Son. 00:09:47.670 --> 00:09:51.359 Are they at odds? Are they at war? Yes. 00:09:51.359 --> 00:09:54.471 In war time, do the different sides 00:09:54.471 --> 00:09:56.541 plot and scheme against the other? 00:09:56.541 --> 00:09:57.571 Yes. 00:09:57.571 --> 00:09:58.929 And I'll tell you this, 00:09:58.929 --> 00:10:01.351 as Christians, we plot and scheme too - 00:10:01.351 --> 00:10:02.709 how to rescue men; 00:10:02.709 --> 00:10:04.628 how to pluck them from the fire; 00:10:04.628 --> 00:10:08.380 how to go take from Satan 00:10:08.380 --> 00:10:10.390 what he thinks belongs to him, 00:10:10.390 --> 00:10:12.989 to be the active members of Christ's kingdom 00:10:12.989 --> 00:10:14.788 that Christ might work through us 00:10:14.788 --> 00:10:16.466 and bind that strongman 00:10:16.466 --> 00:10:20.007 so that they might be plucked out of that kingdom. 00:10:20.007 --> 00:10:25.539 We don't view things according to the flesh anymore. 00:10:25.539 --> 00:10:26.961 So do we have to worry? 00:10:26.961 --> 00:10:28.778 Is there an Illuminati out there? 00:10:28.778 --> 00:10:31.919 Illuminati means like this secret group 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:33.991 that has the illumination. 00:10:33.991 --> 00:10:36.549 Brethren, we are the people 00:10:36.549 --> 00:10:38.449 with the illumination. 00:10:38.449 --> 00:10:40.082 Not them. 00:10:40.082 --> 00:10:41.351 Whatever they may think 00:10:41.351 --> 00:10:43.247 that they're illuminated about 00:10:43.247 --> 00:10:45.288 is darkness. 00:10:45.288 --> 00:10:48.067 We're the illuminated ones and it's not secret. 00:10:48.067 --> 00:10:49.170 We're no secret group. 00:10:49.170 --> 00:10:50.528 We want to make it public. 00:10:50.528 --> 00:10:53.067 We're not like the Mormons or the Jehovah's Witnesses 00:10:53.067 --> 00:10:55.907 that want to play footloose and fancy 00:10:55.907 --> 00:10:57.249 with the Word of God 00:10:57.249 --> 00:10:59.009 and come with all our cloaked 00:10:59.009 --> 00:11:00.796 meanings and expressions 00:11:00.796 --> 00:11:03.915 and not say to people right off what we really believe. 00:11:03.915 --> 00:11:06.250 We want to be open. 00:11:06.250 --> 00:11:08.079 You're dead in sin, world. 00:11:08.079 --> 00:11:10.467 You're in trouble and there's hell coming, 00:11:10.467 --> 00:11:11.818 but we've got a remedy 00:11:11.818 --> 00:11:13.728 and it's Jesus Christ. 00:11:13.728 --> 00:11:15.912 And there's one way. There's one remedy. 00:11:15.912 --> 00:11:17.963 There's one way to God. 00:11:17.963 --> 00:11:20.388 And if you come to God, 00:11:20.388 --> 00:11:22.732 if you come, He'll save you to the uttermost - 00:11:22.732 --> 00:11:25.559 if you come to God by way of Jesus Christ. 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:28.380 We're not playing around. 00:11:28.380 --> 00:11:29.901 We've got the illumination, 00:11:29.901 --> 00:11:31.293 but we don't want it secret. 00:11:31.293 --> 00:11:33.033 We want it to be well known. 00:11:33.033 --> 00:11:34.314 We want it to be broadcast 00:11:34.314 --> 00:11:36.463 and our Lord Himself said you go. 00:11:36.463 --> 00:11:37.910 Go and take the message. 00:11:37.910 --> 00:11:39.335 You be witnesses to Me. 00:11:39.335 --> 00:11:40.721 Don't hide it. 00:11:40.721 --> 00:11:43.459 You don't hide it under a bushel, right? 00:11:43.459 --> 00:11:44.459 None of that. 00:11:44.459 --> 00:11:46.964 You don't light a candle and put it under a bushel. 00:11:46.964 --> 00:11:48.940 We shine it. 00:11:48.940 --> 00:11:51.160 We're the lights of the world. 00:11:51.160 --> 00:11:54.917 That's what we're supposed to be - salt and light. 00:11:54.917 --> 00:11:56.799 Anyway, one more here...