Rachel Ruth Lotz Wright Sees Revival Spreading Worldwide After Charlie Kirk's Death, Drawing Parallels to Billy Graham's Legacy

[00:02] The just shall live by faith. The just

[00:07] shall live by faith. Not by our own

[00:10] goodness, not by our own works, but by

[00:13] faith.

[00:16] By grace are ye saved through faith. And

[00:18] that not of yourselves. It is the gift

[00:20] of God, not of works, lest any man

[00:22] should boast.

[00:24] The Reverend Billy Graham began a

[00:26] revival in America with a simple yet

[00:28] powerful message. The gospel and

[00:31] salvation and Jesus Christ changes

[00:33] everything. And that same spirit of

[00:35] revival carried into the life and

[00:36] mission of Charlie Kirk who boldly and

[00:39] tirelessly defended biblical values and

[00:41] truth as he challenged a new generation

[00:43] to stand firm for Christ. Billy Graham's

[00:46] granddaughter, Rachel Ruth Lots Wright,

[00:48] got a chance to witness both her fa

[00:50] grandfather's and Charlie's passion to

[00:52] awaken the country with the gospel and

[00:54] she joins us this morning. Rachel Ruth,

[00:56] great to see you. Thank you for joining

[00:57] us here on the National News Desk.

[00:59] Thank you so much for having me. It's so

[01:01] good to see you, Dan.

[01:02] You too. You know, we were texting about

[01:03] this because we both have teenage

[01:05] daughters. You have two in their 20s who

[01:07] saw

[01:08] this assassination online and you have

[01:11] three Jenzers. So you have this unique

[01:13] perspective seeing this through their

[01:15] eyes. How has this affected them?

[01:18] It affected them and me huge. I I I

[01:21] think because it just came immediately

[01:23] onto our phones and we first saw that he

[01:26] was shot and we were calling each other

[01:28] and praying and crying and and then to

[01:31] get the news that he had passed was just

[01:34] devastating. and they were balling and

[01:36] and um and and I immediately knew that

[01:40] if this happened to him, it was not a

[01:43] surprise to the Lord. And the Lord

[01:46] allowed it to happen for a greater

[01:49] purpose. And so I kept texting them,

[01:50] girls, we've just got to see why.

[01:53] There's there's a greater purpose for

[01:54] this. We've got to see why. Because

[01:56] Charlie was such an incredible um

[01:59] spokesman for the Lord. And so then to

[02:02] see what has happened, what has taken

[02:05] place now where revival is just

[02:07] spreading all over the world and

[02:09] millions of people are hitting the

[02:11] streets and you hear people shouting

[02:13] Christ is king all over the world and um

[02:17] and atheists are going out and buying

[02:19] Bibles and people who have never gone to

[02:21] church before are going to church and

[02:24] you just see this incredible moving of

[02:26] the Holy Spirit all over the world and

[02:28] you see, okay, okay, as tragic and awful

[02:32] as it was, um there was a greater

[02:35] purpose. And so my girls are all seeing

[02:37] that and they're seeing it in the places

[02:39] where they're at on their campuses and

[02:41] and um so many people asking questions

[02:44] and wanting to know about Jesus. And

[02:46] that that is the God always brings good

[02:49] out of suffering. Yeah.

[02:50] So it's been amazing. and and you I I

[02:53] imagine this might have been a little

[02:54] reminiscent, you know, to some of your

[02:56] grandfather's revival because you had a

[02:58] front row seat to that and these sold

[02:59] out stadiums and then you witnessed

[03:01] Charlie Kirk raising up new voices on

[03:03] college campuses. How has that shaped

[03:05] your own understanding of how the gospel

[03:08] never changes even in the face of evil?

[03:11] And do you see this this revival similar

[03:14] to the one that your grandfather started

[03:15] with this generation?

[03:18] I think it's the the neat thing is that

[03:21] no matter if my grandfather passes away

[03:24] or Charlie Kirk is killed, the gospel

[03:27] does not die. And the gospel is that

[03:29] Jesus loves you. He loves you and he

[03:33] left perfect heaven to come down to this

[03:36] earth to die on the cross because he was

[03:38] the perfect sacrifice and it's the only

[03:40] way that we could have a right

[03:42] relationship with God is if Jesus died

[03:44] on the cross to take away our sins. And

[03:46] so when I was a little girl, I asked

[03:48] Jesus to come live inside of me. In the

[03:50] person of the Holy Spirit, I've been

[03:51] forgiven of my sins. And that's the good

[03:53] news. It's for everybody. It doesn't

[03:55] matter if you've done horrible things in

[03:57] your life. You can come to Jesus and he

[04:00] will forgive you. He'll cleanse you.

[04:02] He'll walk with you through life, give

[04:04] you a purpose in life. And that's the

[04:06] good news that goes on that no matter if

[04:08] if we die, his message does not die out.

[04:11] And I just see that going out

[04:13] everywhere. And my daughter, who's in

[04:15] law school, led a kid to Christ this

[04:18] past weekend after everything that

[04:19] happened to Charlie Kirk. And my other

[04:21] daughter was walking on her campus.

[04:23] She's a freshman in college. And sat

[04:25] down and prayed with somebody she didn't

[04:26] even know because the girl looked sad.

[04:28] And and you just see this. So many

[04:31] people are hungry. They want to know.

[04:33] And so if if you are somebody that if

[04:35] you're watching this and you're hungry

[04:37] and you know that what is this that's

[04:39] happening? It's Jesus just calling you

[04:41] to himself and he loves you. And I think

[04:43] that's the good news that is going out

[04:46] through Charlie Kirk's death and God's

[04:47] using it in a mighty way even like he

[04:50] did with my grandfather and through

[04:52] Charlie Kirk and then he's going to

[04:53] raise up thousands more.

[04:54] And you know I love how your grandfather

[04:56] also said come as you are. You you come

[04:58] as you are. You don't have to get good

[05:01] to get God. and just actually just the

[05:02] opposite, right? Um he he also said,

[05:05] "Death was not the end for those of us

[05:07] who believe in Jesus Christ." I love

[05:09] this quote. He said, "Someday you will

[05:11] read or hear that Billy Graham is dead.

[05:13] Don't you believe a word of it. I shall

[05:15] be more alive than I am now. I will just

[05:18] have changed my address. I will have

[05:19] gone into the presence of God." God, you

[05:21] know, when you think about Charlie's

[05:22] life and legacy, how how does that truth

[05:25] that he's more alive now in heaven give

[05:27] you hope and and how do you plan to

[05:29] personally carry forward that legacy for

[05:31] both of them?

[05:32] Oh, it's it brings tears to my eyes.

[05:34] It's just awesome because for somebody

[05:36] who has placed their faith in Jesus, the

[05:38] second they close their eyes, when

[05:39] Charlie Kirk was killed, he wasn't just

[05:42] like in the grave and disappearing, you

[05:45] know, he went straight into the presence

[05:46] of God. He was straight looking at Jesus

[05:49] face to face. And heaven is a perfect

[05:51] place. There's no pain, sickness,

[05:53] sorrow, um mean people, angry people.

[05:57] There's no sin. It's a perfect,

[05:58] wonderful, real place. And and when you

[06:01] place your faith in Jesus, that is a

[06:03] 100% guarantee that you will be in

[06:05] heaven when you die. And and I believe

[06:07] that that we don't have long. I think

[06:09] we're at facing the end of human

[06:12] history. And we see all these signs that

[06:15] are happening. in Matthew 24, if you

[06:17] ever want to know, go read the book of

[06:18] Matthew, chapter 24, and it describes

[06:21] what to expect in the last days. And

[06:23] this is part of it. You see the evil

[06:25] that is so evil, and you see a a real

[06:28] clear line drawn, and and I would just

[06:31] beckon you to come to Jesus and um come

[06:35] to the light and uh and have heaven when

[06:38] you die. Be assured that you can have

[06:39] heaven when you die. And so that was

[06:41] Daddy Bill's message and Charlie Kirk

[06:44] and um and it's mine and that is my

[06:46] desire to tell as many people as I can

[06:48] while there is still time.

[06:50] I love that and and I love when you talk

[06:51] about Daddy Bill because you said he too

[06:54] had death threats. They would post them

[06:57] on his gate in North Carolina all the

[07:00] time.

[07:01] Yes. I know. I remember as a little girl

[07:04] driving up because they had a a gate

[07:05] all, you know, fence all the way around

[07:07] their property and on the gate that we

[07:09] would have to go through, they had death

[07:12] threats just posted all over the place

[07:13] and we had to be careful going up and

[07:15] down and and um but God protected. It

[07:18] didn't stop Danny Bill. It didn't stop

[07:20] Charlie Kirk, you know, and when you

[07:22] know what Jesus has done in your life,

[07:24] you can't help but tell people it

[07:26] doesn't matter. you you hear all these

[07:28] people in in the Middle East, in China,

[07:30] North Korea that that are believers in

[07:32] speaking up knowing that it may be a

[07:34] death sentence for them. But when you

[07:36] know the truth, you can't help but share

[07:38] it.

[07:38] Rachel Ruth, just a pleasure to have you

[07:40] on. Thank you so much for joining us

[07:41] here on the National News Desk. I'm

[07:43] excited to see uh what you do and and

[07:45] what your girls do, too. God bless.

[07:47] Thank you so much, Jan.