Discovering Truth Amidst Misinformation

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Welcome to Call to Freedom with Barbara Carmack. This is Jimmy Lakey, and I’m delighted that you are joining us for this half hour. You can reach Call to Freedom at Box 370367, Denver, Colorado, 80237, or by going to the website at www.freedomstreet.org. If you want to leave a message or order a Word Power Daily Reading Bible Guide or a Freedom Street Express newsletter, you can call us toll free at 1-877-917-7256 and leave your name and address, including your zip code. If you want to talk to Barbara right now, she is expecting your call. You may call that same toll-free number, 1-877-917-7256 to speak to her. And now, let’s join Barbara in the studio.

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Thank you, Jimmy. Welcome to Call to Freedom. Thank you for joining me today. And it’s the last day here that I am live. And tomorrow, Darren and I have a very provocative and serious program from callers, from a couple of callers. So I hope you can listen in then. It is something that I may be talking about that on Monday. It’s just such an up-to-date kind of thing that’s going on with the norm of the public of the United States of America. I don’t know how to describe it, but I’m going to be working on it this weekend. God bless you. May your eyes be open today to the many glimpses of God’s love for you. as we as believers work on fruit of Holy Spirit. That’s why we need to be exhibiting the fruit of Holy Spirit. And that’s love and joy and peace. And I’m still working on patience, friends, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and also on self-control. Wow. So we should be exhibitors of the fruit of Holy Spirit in our lives. You are blessed to dispense for in him you live and move and have your being and I’ve missed Kimberly this week. I haven’t talked to her, so I will be happy to see her back home in Tulsa. She did text me and say, Mom, I can’t wait to get to my Colorado home. So she is probably going to join us for the July 12th meeting. So circle that and be ready to come and join us on July the 12th. I watched, and as I watched the interview of Secretary Pete Hegseth and General Kane today, this morning, early this morning, I asked myself, why are they so bent on giving the step-by-step bombing of the nuclear sites? And it’s over and over and over again, all week long. That’s all we’ve heard. And then, come on! It dawned on me that this country has been in such a deceptive veil of misinformation for so long that the public has believed the reports that have come over the news and social media without even batting an eye, without investigating, without going anywhere. to any kind of resource materials. And see, in 1 Corinthians 2, it says the man, the spiritual man and woman, they investigate, they question, they look into things before they take it as truth. And it has been that way for so long that These mighty men and women in the leadership are trying their best to turn this ignorant and deceived public back to the truth of what is really going on. Some of you may just hear the news and say, call somebody and say, oh, did you hear? Did you hear? And it’s false. We’ve got to find out what is the truth. So I say that all that is within me, including the Trump leadership and involving the Trump leadership, continue doing what you’re doing and saying what you’re saying, because we may be slow, but we’re not stupid. And it’s going to get ingrained within us one of these days as they keep pounding us Pounding the truth into us. Praise the Lord. We will get the full truth because we truly long for the truth. I believe the majority of the people in America do long for that truth. And praise God, I serve a God of truth and faithfulness and a spirit of truth. It’s coming, folks. It’s coming. Our memory verse for this week has been Romans 8.15. Such a great verse. So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him Abba Father. That means you will never feel orphaned, never be an orphan again. For as he rises up within us. Our spirits join him in saying the words of tender affection, Beloved Father. And Holy Spirit makes God’s fatherhood real to us as he whispers into our innermost being, You are God’s beloved child. Say that with me. I am God’s beloved child. Say that with me. I am God’s beloved child. Oh, it’s so beautiful. And since we are his true children, we qualify to share all his treasures. For indeed, we are heirs of God himself. And since we are joined to Christ, we also inherit all that he is. and all that he has. In him, we live and move and have our being. Praise the Lord. So we will experience being glorified with him, provided we accept his sufferings as our own. I’m sure that you’ve asked this question before. Why are the Jewish people so prosperous and so successful? Let’s look into this. I’ve taken a few moments at the computer screen and looked into why Israel is so successful. First of all, God promised to bless the Jewish people and make them a blessing to the world through Abraham. And we see that in Genesis 12. God told Abram that was before he was circumcised and before he was blessed with that covenant. Leave your country, leave your family and your father’s home for a land I will show you. Boy, that is so difficult for most people leaving their country. Missionaries do that. Leave your family and leave your father’s home. And his father, Terah, had already died in Haran. And God said, I’ll make you a great nation and bless you. I’ll make you famous. You’ll be a blessing. I’ll bless those who bless you. Those who curse you, I’ll curse. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you. So Abraham left just as God said. He was so obedient. He was 75 years old. Now, a lot of you, I’m retired. I’m not going to go anywhere from now on. Well, he was 75, and he left Haran, and he took his wife Saria and Lot, and they left for the country that God had promised to him in Canaan. Now, at the time, the Canaanites occupied the land. Even today, the Palestinians say that Israel is their land. Their land, just because they occupied the land for so long, does not mean that the original owner, God himself, cannot give his land to the people he wants to bless. Remember, the Canaanites were enemies, and this promise that God gave to Abram was not was all the families who bless you will be blessed. Those who curse you will be cursed. So God blessed Abraham’s obedience with the land of Israel. I also want to say that Abram at this time in Genesis 12 built an altar to God to honor him. So don’t forget your offerings to God. You give it to the place where you are spiritually fed. And I say to you today, some of you… have been in a poverty mindset because you haven’t been giving to God. You haven’t been giving into the ministries that bless you. So God bless you. Open your eyes to see the things that God has given to you. Praise the Lord. Well, despite all their troubles, the Jewish people have a disproportionate for good in this world for God’s name’s sake. Since almost half of the world’s Jewish people live in Israel, their prosperity translates into modern Israel’s success. The state of Israel, only 77 years old, ranks first, first, first among all nations. Get a map. Look at the little sliver that Israel is. And they’re first among all nations in agricultural research, in water management. Remember, in 1948, when they came into the land, it was a desert. And Kimberly has traveled to Israel, and she says, Mom, you should see all the trees, all the beautiful fruit trees growing along hillsides. So they are first in water management, and it was the fourth best economy, and it is considered a world leader in cybersecurity, military advancements, and artificial intelligence. It’s just such a tiny country, and it’s the fourth best economy in the whole world. Well, as you can attest to, after all the military maneuvers that we’ve seen on TV and in the news, Israel has done some unbelievable things. It’s almost too good to believe. For instance… Just to see all those pagers go off in the marketplaces in Lebanon is enough to make your head shake and say, wow, something supernatural is going on. It really is. The Jewish people make up less than half of 1%. Half of 1% of the world’s population, and they consistently have made up more than 20% of the Forbes 400 list of the world’s richest people. I’m going to say that fact again. The Jewish people make up less than half of 1% of the world’s population, and they consistently have made up more than 20% of Forbes 400 list of the world’s richest people. 30% of Nobel Prize winners in science are Jewish. And major Hollywood studios are run and owned by Jews. Now, don’t ask me why their vote is consistently liberal. I’m going to let God take care of it. He’s working on them to win all of Israel into the kingdom. I know he is. So I’m praying God operates as he only can as God of the Lord of Lords and King of Kings. Now, Jewish rabbis emphasize four values. as the head of the religious portion of the Jewish nation. This is really interesting. Jewish rabbis and the people do respect them highly. Number one, they respect human autonomy. That means an equalization of all of the different ethnic groups. Number two, belief in freedom of thought and expression. Now that one can get anyone in trouble if their minds are not on God. Belief in freedom of thought and expression. Oh, yes. Get as much education as you can. Conviction that life in this world is inherently good. And you know that we are born sinners and we are saved through believing in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord. But what’s the first thing a little baby says? No, no, mine, mine, mine. So we know they’re not born inherently good. Number four, and this is a biggie, respect for education. As I just said a few minutes ago, too much knowledge and the wrong kind of knowledge can destroy. So I realized that none of these four values, do you know what? They don’t mention God. Not once. They don’t mention him in any of the values of what Israel is standing on today. These values have permeated Judaism for centuries. And these tenets are so entrenched in the culture that they provide an edge that favor the Jewish people. That’s like I was just saying at the top of the show here today, that the American people are ignorant because they’re listening to the wrong news. They’re listening to the wrong stations. As much as I love Crawford Media and KLTT, I don’t listen to it all day long because I can get confused listening to it. So we need to listen to the correct things that God is showing each and every one of us. He keeps his promises, and these rabbis do not realize that God promised that he would bless Israel, and God keeps his promises. God said that he would make their way prosperous and that they would have good success. He says that in Joshua 1.8, that he will have that wonderful success. Now, when you realize that verse and confess it to yourself right now, it is done for you because all these promises of God are meant for you and me. I am so grateful for the Abrahamic covenant. And I want to turn to Romans for just a little while today because I can tell you about the grafting of the Gentiles to the root Israel. And Israel is the root, is the root on which the Judeo and Christian values have been built. Now, in Romans 11, 13 through 27, and this is Paul speaking. I am saying all this, especially for you Gentiles. God has appointed me as the apostle to the Gentiles. I stress this for I want somehow to make the people of Israel jealous of what you Gentiles have. So I might save some of them for since their rejection meant that God offered salvation to the rest of the world. Their acceptance will even be more wonderful. So they rejected God, and that gave us, Gentiles, opportunity to accept Jesus as Messiah. It will be life for those who were dead. And when the Israel… accepts the Lord and it does say that, that all Israel will be saved. Just as the entire batch of dough is holy because the portion given as an offering is holy, so that Israel is going to be saved. The roots of the tree are holy and the branches will be too. But some of these branches from Abram’s tree, some of the people of Israel have been broken off. And you Gentiles who were branches from a wild olive tree have been grafted in. So now you also receive the blessing God has promised Abraham and his children, sharing in the rich nourishment from the root of God’s special olive tree. Oh, I love olive tree. I live on olive waste, so I love olive trees. And I love olives, too. I’m reading from Romans 11. It’s just a clear and distinct thing that God has given to the Gentiles, the fact that we need to honor God. Israel as a state. You must not brag about being grafted in to replace the branches that were broken off. You are just a branch, not the root. Israel is the root. Well, you may say, and Those branches were broken off to make room for me. Yes, they were. But remember, those branches were broken off because they didn’t believe in Christ. And you are there because you do believe. So don’t think so highly of yourself, but fear what could happen. For if God did not spare the original branches, he won’t spare you either if you disobey his word. Notice how God is both kind and severe. Yep, when you need to be punished, he’s a wonderful, loving God who does correct. He is severe towards those who disobeyed, but kind to you if you continue to trust in his kindness. But if you stop trusting, you also will be cut off. And if the people of Israel turn from their unbelief, they will be grafted in again. For God has power to craft them back into the tree. You by nature were a branch cut from a wild olive tree. So if God was willing to do something contrary to nature by grafting you into his cultivated tree, he will be far more eager to graft the original branches back into the tree where they belong. I want you to understand this mystery, dear brothers and sisters, so that you will not feel proud about yourself. Some of the people of Israel have hard hearts, but this will last only until the full number of Gentiles come to Christ. That is so simple. And then all Israel will be saved. That’s Romans 12, verse 26. As the scriptures say, the one who rescues will come from Jerusalem. He will turn Israel away from ungodliness. This is my covenant with them that I will take away their sins. Oh, what a beautiful thing to know that Jesus Christ, our Messiah, is also our shepherd. He’s the shepherd of the flock. And as we follow him, all of Israel will be saved. We’ll become one man. Listen to John and me as we sing these songs. And I want to bring you back then to Ephesians 2 afterwards.

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Savior, like a shepherd lead us, much we need Thy tender care. In Thy pleasant pastures feed us, for our use Thy folds prepare. Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus, Thou hast bought us, Thine we are. Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus, Thou hast bought us, Thine we are. We are Thine, do Thou befriend us. Be the guardian of our way. Keep Thy flock from sin, defend us. Seek us Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus, hear Thy children when they pray. Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus, hear Thy children when they pray. Early let us seek thy favor Early let us do thy will Blessed Lord and only Savior With thy love our bosoms fill Blessed Jesus Thou hast loved us, love us still Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus Thou hast loved us, love us still God, you are my God. Earnestly will I seek for you. I thirst for you in a dry and barren land. So I look to you to see your power and your Your love for me is far better than my life. So I will bless you every day as long as I live. You are my God and in the shadow of your wings Will I rejoice, will I rejoice God, you are my God And with your right hand you appoint my king of kings forever i will praise your name so i will bless you every day as long as i have breath to say you are my god and in the shadow Will I rejoice? Will I rejoice? God, you are my God. And with your right hand you uphold me. My King of kings. Forever I will praise your name. Through our God we shall live valiantly. It is He who will tear down the enemy. We’ll sing and shout the victory. Christ is King. For God has won the victory and set His people free. His word has slain the enemy. The earth shall stand and see that through our God We shout it valiantly, it is He who sheltered down the enemy. We’ll sing and shout the victory. Christ is King, for God has won the victory and set His people free. His word has slain the enemy. The earth shall stand and see that you are God. He shall do valiantly. It is he who will tread down. The enemy will see and suffer victory. Christ is King.

SPEAKER 01 : 24:38

Amen. Through our God, we shall do valiantly, my friend. Through our God, we will defeat that enemy. It is God who wins that battle for us. I want to remind you as believers in our Lord Jesus Christ that God no longer sees us separated in any way by race or ethnicity. I want you to know that. There’s neither Jew nor Greek anymore. I know some churches, they talk about we are Jewish roots. Our roots, as we believe in Jesus Christ, are in him. The master gardener has us as branches on that absolutely marvelous vine, Christ Jesus. And there’s neither Jew nor Greek, slave or free, male or female among us. You are all equal. And that’s from Galatians 3, 28-30. We’re all in a common relationship with Jesus Christ. And since you are Christ’s family, then you’re Abraham’s famous descendants. Yes, you and I are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the covenant promised. Oh, it’s just such a wonderful thing to know that in God, we have absolutely all that God has promised, even to Abraham. Clear back there to Abraham and Moses. And in Jesus Christ, you are free. In Jesus Christ, you know that the future for you is success and prosperity in the spirit. And for some of you who believe, have faith in the flesh as well. God bless you and keep you. It’s just been so fun being with you this week. I hope that you have a wonderful weekend. Tune in tomorrow when Darren and I are talking to these callers on the phone. I think you will really receive some remarkable things in the spirit. God bless you and keep you and take joy.

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Thank you.