Pastor Rob McCoy on Charlie Kirk's Faith Legacy and Why Politics Was His On-Ramp to Jesus

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[00:01] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[00:06] >> CHARLIE KIRK PASTOR ROB MCCOY

[00:09] INVITED EVERYONE HOW IMPORTANT

[00:10] FAITH IS TO CHARLIE.

[00:13] >> I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU

[00:16] THE WHY AND WHAT HE DID.

[00:19] THE WIFE BROUGHT HIM THE

[00:22] COURAGE, THE WHY BROUGHT HIM THE

[00:23] WISDOM AND THE STRENGTH.

[00:25] CHARLIE WANTED HIS SAVIOR TO BE

[00:26] THE GUEST OF HONOR.

[00:29] HE WANTED ALL OF YOU TO RECEIVE

[00:30] THIS GIFT FROM HIM, THE WHY AND

[00:32] WHAT HE DID.

[00:34] CHARLIE LOOKED AT POLITICS AS AN

[00:35] ON-RAMP TO JESUS.

[00:39] HE KNEW IF HE COULD GET YOU

[00:40] ROWING IN THE STREAMS OF LIBERTY

[00:41] YOU WOULD COME TO THE SOURCE AND

[00:43] ASK THE LORD.

[00:46] >> PASTOR MCCOY WAS CHARLIE'S

[00:47] LONG-TERM PASTOR AND OFFICIATED

[00:47] HIM IN ERICA'S WEDDING, HE IS

[00:51] THE CO-CHAIR OF TURNING POINT

[00:54] USA FAITH AND HE JOINS US NOW.

[00:55] PASTOR MCCOY THANK YOU SO MUCH

[00:56] FOR JOINING US.

[00:57] I KNOW IT'S BEEN AN EMOTIONAL

[00:59] DAY WE SAW YOU SPEAK EARLIER SO

[01:00] ELOQUENT AND BEAUTIFUL.

[01:02] MY FIRST QUESTION FOR YOU WOULD

[01:05] BE THIS WE SAW HOW MANY

[01:07] BELIEVERS THERE WERE IN THE

[01:08] CROWD TODAY TENS OF THOUSANDS

[01:09] I'M SURE THAT THERE WAS ALSO A

[01:11] MOMENT WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT

[01:12] THOSE WHO ARE JUST FINDING

[01:15] CHRIST AND JUST CONNECTING WITH

[01:16] THEIR FAITH IN YOU ASKED THEM TO

[01:17] STAND UP.

[01:18] I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLY

[01:19] POWERFUL MOMENT.

[01:20] AS THEY START THEIR JOURNEY TO

[01:23] FOLLOW CHARLIE'S LEGACY AND HIS

[01:25] TEACHINGS OF THE GOSPEL, WHAT

[01:27] YOU TELL THE NEW BELIEVERS WHO

[01:30] ARE JUST STARTING THEIR JOURNEY.

[01:36] >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, THE

[01:36] FIRST THING I WOULD TELL THEM

[01:37] THEY HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN NOW

[01:39] YOU HAVE TO GET TO A BIBLE

[01:42] BELIEVING CHURCH, PLUG INTO IT

[01:46] AND THE BIBLE SAYS IT COMES FROM

[01:47] THE WORD OF GOD AND I HAVE TO

[01:50] TELL YOU CHARLIE'S LEGACY.

[01:52] I'M A MINISTER, THAT'S MY

[01:53] CALLING IN LIFE NOW I THINK I

[01:58] NEED TO RUN FOR POLITICS BECAUSE

[01:59] ALL THE POLITICIANS WERE

[01:59] PREACHING THE GOSPEL.

[02:00] IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY.

[02:02] JOEY: ON THAT TOPIC, THIS IS THE

[02:05] FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE THAT WE'VE

[02:09] HAD HOURS, HOURS OF NATIONAL

[02:12] NEWS POINTED TOWARDS THE STAGE

[02:15] THAT WAS ALMOST HOLY ABOUT GOD,

[02:16] CHRISTIANITY SPECIFICALLY, WHAT

[02:17] DOES THAT MEAN FOR OUR COUNTRY

[02:19] AND NOT JUST CHARLIE'S LEGACY

[02:21] BUT WHAT WE DO MOVING FORWARD.

[02:27] >> CHARLIE UNDERSTOOD THE

[02:27] HISTORY OF OUR NATION AS JOHN

[02:31] ADAMS SAID ONLY MORAL AND

[02:32] RELIGIOUS PEOPLE CAN GOVERN

[02:35] REPUBLIC.

[02:35] THIS DESIGN OF GOVERNMENT WAS

[02:36] ESTABLISHED TO GIVE PEOPLE THE

[02:37] FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THE FREEDOM

[02:38] OF THE RELIGION, THE FREEDOM TO

[02:42] ASSEMBLE FOR GRIEVANCES THAT'S

[02:43] WHAT CHARLIE UNDERSTOOD.

[02:47] HE WAS IN A SENSE OF MOSES THAT

[02:49] HE REAWAKEN AN ENTIRE GENERATION

[02:50] OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN

[02:52] INDOCTRINATED TO HATE AMERICA

[02:55] AND TO THINK OUR FOUNDERS WERE

[02:58] AWFUL.

[02:58] NOW THEY'VE AWAKENED TO THE

[02:59] BEAUTY OF THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT

[03:00] YET ANOTHER EXCITED ABOUT IT,

[03:03] THAT'S WHAT CHARLIE DID I SAID

[03:07] IN THE MESSAGE THAT THEY SHARED.

[03:08] PEOPLE SAID CHARLIE WAS TOO

[03:09] POLITICAL.

[03:10] POLITICS WAS AN ON-RAMP FOR A

[03:13] RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD.

[03:18] IF HE COULD GET THE YOUNG PEOPLE

[03:19] ROWING IN THE STREAMS OF LIBERTY

[03:20] AND COME TO THE SOURCE WHICH IS

[03:21] THE LORD.

[03:22] TOMI: PASTOR MCCOY I LOVE THAT

[03:25] QUOTE IS STRUCK ME WHEN YOU WERE

[03:26] GIVEN YOUR REMARKS.

[03:26] I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK, HOW DOES

[03:28] THIS AFFECT CHRISTIANS FOR A

[03:29] VERY LONG TIME I FEEL THAT

[03:34] PEOPLE HAVE DISSUADED CHRISTIANS

[03:35] FROM ENTERING INTO THE SO-CALLED

[03:36] CULTURE WAR AND THE CULTURAL

[03:42] BATTLES IN THE POLITICAL ARENA.

[03:43] SO MUCH OF CHARLIE'S LIFE PROVES

[03:43] THAT CHRISTIANS CAN AND SHOULD

[03:44] ENGAGE IN THAT ARENA.

[03:49] >> I WOULD ALSO BLAME THE

[03:49] PASTORS IN AMERICA OURS WAS THE

[03:56] FIRST CHURCH CHARLIE PREACHED

[03:57] AT.

[03:57] I INVITED HIM TO SPEAK AND HE

[03:58] SAID I DON'T SPEAK IN CHURCHES

[03:59] AND I SAID WHY NOT.

[04:02] THEY THINK I'M TOO POLITICAL AND

[04:03] I SAID POLITICS IS THE HIGHEST

[04:04] FORM OF COMMUNITY.

[04:05] IT COMBINES MORALITY WITH

[04:07] SOCIABILITY.

[04:07] IF GOD DIDN'T WANT US IN

[04:11] POLITICS HE WOULDN'T HAVE

[04:11] INVENTED MARRIAGE.

[04:12] YOU HAVE TO HAVE RULES TO LIVE

[04:14] WITH.

[04:14] IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE YOUR

[04:15] NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF THEN YOU'RE

[04:17] GOING TO ENGAGE IN THE PUBLIC

[04:19] SQUARE FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR

[04:22] FAMILIES.

[04:22] I SAID CHARLIE, THAT'S EXACTLY

[04:23] WHERE YOU SHOULD BE BECAUSE

[04:26] PASTORS HAVE JUNKIE DID THE

[04:30] GOSPEL WHICH IS AN EARLY HERESY

[04:31] SEPARATING THE.

[04:32] FROM THE TAINTED SO POLITICS IS

[04:34] DIRTY.

[04:34] MY COMMENT TO THEM THE CHURCH IS

[04:38] DIRTY, WHAT YOUR POINT YOUR LIFE

[04:41] IS DIRTY AND YOU'RE WORKING ON

[04:45] THAT WHY WOULD YOU CONTEND FOR

[04:46] YOUR NEIGHBOR'S CHILDREN IN THE

[04:47] PUBLIC SQUARE AT THE SCHOOL

[04:48] BOARD MEETINGS.

[04:48] THAT'S WHAT CHARLIE DID FOR

[04:49] THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY SAW

[04:50] THAT.

[04:50] HE BELIEVED IN THEIR FUTURE IN

[04:52] AMERICA WHERE THEY COULD RAISE A

[04:53] FAMILY.

[04:54] HAVE KIDS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY

[04:56] FREELY WORSHIP GOD WITHOUT ALL

[04:59] OF THE CENSORSHIP AND ALL THE

[05:03] MISERY.

[05:04] THAT'S WHAT CHARLIE DID FOR THIS

[05:05] GENERATION.

[05:05] WHEN PEOPLE SHOW UP AT CHURCH ON

[05:06] SUNDAY AND YOU SAID NOTHING

[05:09] ABOUT LAST SUNDAY, YOU MIGHT

[05:10] WANT TO ASK THEM WHY THEY'RE

[05:13] THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY

[05:19] CHARLIE KIRK.

[05:19] YOU MIGHT WANT TO LEARN A LITTLE

[05:20] BIT ABOUT HIS LIFE PASTOR

[05:21] BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT THE

[05:22] LORD USED TO CREATE THE

[05:23] AWAKENING IN AMERICA.

[05:23] >> IT IS KEVIN COURT, THANK YOU

[05:24] FOR YOUR TIME.

[05:24] I WANT TO READ THIS AS WE TALK

[05:26] ABOUT ERIKA KIRK IN THE MOMENT

[05:27] THAT STRUCK ME PERSONALLY

[05:35] CLASSIEST 31217.

[05:36] GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE HOLY AND

[05:37] DEARLY LOVED CLOTHES YOURSELF

[05:37] WITH COMPASSION, KINDNESS,

[05:40] HUMILITY, GENTLENESS AND

[05:41] PATIENCE, BEAR WITH EACH OTHER

[05:42] AND FORGIVE ONE ANOTHER IF ANY

[05:42] OF YOU HAS A GRIEVANCE AGAINST

[05:44] SOMEONE AS THE LORD HAS FORGIVEN

[05:46] YOU SO YOU MUST ALSO FORGIVE

[05:51] THAT WAS A TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW

[05:52] FOR SO MANY OF US AFTER WE SAW

[05:57] WHAT HAPPENED TO CHARLIE I

[05:58] WATCHED ERIKA LISTEN TO HER

[06:00] TODAY IT HIT CLOSE TO HOME

[06:01] PERSONALLY, HOW DOES IT STRIKE

[06:04] YOU.

[06:05] >> AMEN.

[06:06] IT WAS DIVINE.

[06:08] THERE'S NO EXPLANATION FOR ERIKA

[06:11] HAVING SUCH STRENGTH RIGHT NOW

[06:13] OTHER THAN A SUPERNATURAL

[06:14] BLESSING FROM GOD.

[06:17] SHE HAS BEEN A LIONESS IN THE

[06:18] MIDST OF THIS.

[06:22] A LOT OF REVIEWERS PROBABLY

[06:23] DON'T KNOW JIM ELLIOTT BUT HE

[06:23] WAS MARTYRED IN THE 20th

[06:26] CENTURY IN AT START OF THE

[06:27] LARGEST MISSION MOVEMENT IN THE

[06:29] WORLD.

[06:29] HIS WIDOW ELIZABETH ELLIOTT

[06:33] ENDED UP BECOMING A FIXTURE.

[06:34] ERIKA KIRK IS A MODERN ELIZABETH

[06:39] ELLIOTT.

[06:39] SHE'S GOING TO TAKE THIS NATION

[06:40] TO A PLACE OF FAITH AND

[06:41] UNDERSTAND THE MOST IMPORTANT

[06:45] PRINCIPLE.

[06:46] WHEN WE COME TO CHRIST WE

[06:47] REALIZE A MULTITUDE OF OUR SINS.

[06:48] HIS BLOOD COVERED US FROM PAST,

[06:51] PRESENT AND FUTURE.

[06:54] ERIKA UNDERSTOOD THAT.

[06:55] SHE DUG DEEP IN THE WORD SHE

[06:59] SAID SHE MEANT.

[06:59] LET ME SAY SOMETHING TO YOUR

[07:01] VIEWERS.

[07:01] FORGIVENESS IS NOT FORGETTING IS

[07:07] PUTTING THE CONSEQUENCES IN THE

[07:08] HANDS OF GOD AND MOVING ON WITH

[07:09] YOUR LIFE AND SHE ALSO LET THAT

[07:14] GO AND SHE DOES NOT LAY AWAKE

[07:15] WANTING REVENGE AND SHE LET IT

[07:16] GO GAVE IT TO THE LORD AND HE IS

[07:20] BEFORE THE LORD WHATEVER HE

[07:21] FACES IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS

[07:21] THE CASE.

[07:22] WE HAVE LAWS IN THE NATION.

[07:26] ERIKA HAS NO ILL WILL TOWARDS

[07:28] HER SHE'S GIVEN THAT TO THE

[07:29] BOARD THAT IS A GIFT FROM GOD.

[07:32] >> SO GLAD YOU SAID THAT

[07:32] BITTERNESS AND UNFORGIVENESS IS

[07:33] LIKE DRINKING POISON AND

[07:34] EXPECTING SOMEBODY ELSE TO PASS

[07:35] AWAY FROM IT, LET GO OF THAT.

[07:38] SHE DID IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL TO

[07:41] WATCH.

[07:41] >> PASTOR ROB QUITE, THANK YOU