Frank Turek Shares What Happened After the Shot Rang Out on September 10th for Charlie Kirk

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[00:05] Erica wanted me to share with you what

[00:09] happened after that shot rang out on

[00:13] September 10th. I was standing 25 ft

[00:17] from my beloved friend just off his

[00:19] right.

[00:20] Why was I there?

[00:23] about five years ago, Charlie asked me

[00:26] if I would mentor him in the evidence

[00:29] for Christianity

[00:31] because that's one of the things I do.

[00:34] Now, it's going to be difficult to

[00:37] mentor someone smarter than you.

[00:40] However,

[00:43] the only thing that surpassed Charlie's

[00:46] intellect was his humility.

[00:50] And so the few things I knew that he

[00:52] didn't, he wanted me to share with him.

[00:55] When that shot rang out, I took a step

[00:57] toward him, but his security team was on

[01:00] him immediately.

[01:04] And so Charlie being like a son to me, I

[01:10] ran toward the security team and we ran

[01:12] to the SUV together.

[01:15] No father would stand back and go, "No,

[01:17] you just take my son. take them. I'll

[01:19] meet you at the hospital.

[01:23] I got into the back of the SUV and let

[01:26] me tell you something. His team was

[01:29] amazing.

[01:30] When this when this full investigation

[01:34] is done, I think you're going to see

[01:37] that his team did everything they were

[01:39] supposed to do in the car. Justin was

[01:43] driving. Dan was in the front with the

[01:46] GPS.

[01:48] Rick was to my left. He had Charlie's

[01:50] head. And Brian was at Charlie's feet.

[01:53] And Charlie's so big, we couldn't even

[01:55] shut the door. He's so tall.

[01:59] And I'm per I'm perched over the back

[02:02] seat.

[02:04] And while they're administering all

[02:07] sorts of first aid, apparently my skill,

[02:09] my job was to yell.

[02:11] I was doing a lot of yelling.

[02:14] And I want you to know that we did

[02:17] everything we could to save Charlie,

[02:22] but Charlie was already gone.

[02:26] His face was looking at mine, but he

[02:28] wasn't looking at me. He was looking

[02:30] past me right into eternity.

[02:34] And if it's any comfort at all, I

[02:36] learned later that Charlie felt no pain.

[02:40] He died instantly.

[02:43] But we had to try and bring him back. We

[02:45] couldn't We couldn't save him. Now, I

[02:48] want you to know that Charlie right now

[02:50] is in heaven.

[02:52] Not because he was a great husband and

[02:55] father. Not because he saved millions of

[02:58] kids out of darkness on college

[03:00] campuses.

[03:02] Not because

[03:04] he changed minds and chased votes to

[03:07] save the country. Not because he

[03:10] sacrificed himself for his savior.

[03:15] Charlie Kirk is in heaven because his

[03:17] savior sacrificed himself for Charlie

[03:20] Kirk.

[03:32] Now look, there's only two things you

[03:35] can get in the afterlife. You can get

[03:38] justice or you can get grace. Ladies and

[03:42] gentlemen, does anyone in here does

[03:44] anybody out there watching around the

[03:46] world want justice from an infinitely

[03:48] just being?

[03:50] I don't want justice. I want grace.

[03:53] Well, the only way to get grace for an

[03:56] infinitely just being is for him to

[03:59] punish an innocent substitute in our

[04:01] place. Where can he find an innocent

[04:03] substitute among us? He can't. We're all

[04:06] fallen. So what does this infinitely

[04:09] just and infinitely loving God do?

[04:13] He adds humanity to his deity. He comes

[04:16] to earth. He allows the creatures that

[04:19] rebelled against him to torture and kill

[04:23] him so he could place their punishment

[04:26] upon himself. And then by trusting in

[04:29] him, every one of us can be forgiven and

[04:32] then given his righteousness.

[04:35] Ladies and gentlemen, this is the

[04:36] greatest story ever told and it happens

[04:39] to be true.

[04:41] There's evidence for this and Charlie

[04:43] knew it. Watch his videos.

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[04:51] Charlie knew that life wasn't just about

[04:54] money. It wasn't just about sex. It

[04:56] wasn't just about power. It wasn't just

[04:58] about prestige. He knew that the purpose

[05:01] of life is to know Jesus and to make him

[05:04] known, to make heaven crowded.

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[05:15] Charlie's eyes were fixed on eternity.

[05:19] Where have your eyes been fixed? What

[05:21] have you been doing with your lives?

[05:26] What have you been doing?

[05:28] What are you going to do now? You know,

[05:31] in every evil, God brings forth some

[05:33] ripples of good. In this case, he's

[05:36] bringing a tsunami of good. Look around.

[05:40] You're seeing it.

[05:46] And if you think a martyrdom is going to

[05:49] stop this movement,

[05:54] well, we all know Charlie was

[05:56] inspirational.

[05:58] But Erica Co Kirk is a force of nature.

[06:03] You're going to see her later today.

[06:07] In fact,

[06:10] I know what's going on in the spiritual

[06:11] realm right now. Every morning Erica

[06:15] gets up, the devil shrieks, "Oh no,

[06:19] she's awake again."

[06:25] And ladies and gentlemen, let's honor

[06:27] Jesus.

[06:29] Let's honor Charlie. Let's honor Erica.

[06:35] So that when we wake up every morning,

[06:37] the devil shrieks, "Oh no, they're awake

[06:41] again. They're born again.

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