Unthinkable II

Extracted Verses and Quotes from the Sermon

Biblical Verses

Matthew 12:25

Jesus said, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.”

Exodus 20:15 (The Sixth Commandment)

Thou shalt not steal.

Jesus’ teaching on loving enemies (paraphrased in sermon)

Jesus taught to love your enemies, to sacrificially love and pray for and do good to those who hurt you and despitefully use you, and to pray for God’s blessing upon those who have given you pain.

Memorable Quotes

“In the West, traditionally governments have not tried to block the Christian message or the Adventist message in particular, and society has not seen Christianity as a dangerous oppressor or enemy of freedom.”

“The moment the IRS determines that the Adventist Church and what it stands for — for instance in biblical morality — is not in tune with the general interests of society, then we could have our tax exempt status revoked and there’s really nothing you can do about that.”

“The effects of these changes in wider society — when you stop all public discussion in the public square like Facebook or Instagram, when you ban views from discussion, people have no option but to go to the streets.”

“Marx’s idea was that communism is the riddle of history solved and it knows itself to be the solution.”

“The Hegelian dialectic works like this: thesis, a manufactured terror threat; antithesis, a repressive police state to deal with the terror threat; synthesis, the removal of individual liberties and power centralized within a society.”

“Marx’s manifesto’s first point was the abolition of property in land and the redirection of all rents to public purposes.”

“Marx advocated for a program of state terror, including forced agricultural collectivization, to achieve his goals.”

“Lenin said, ‘We do not believe in God. We reject any morality based on extra-human and extra-class concepts.’”

“Lenin launched the League of the Militant Godless among young people in the Soviet Union.”

“Marx’s poetry reveals a fascination with deals with the devil, and an intense rage against God who he portrays as having abandoned this world.”

“Soul Nan captured the essence of Marx when he said: within the philosophical system of Marx and Lenin, hatred for God is the principal driving force.”

“Cultural Marxism came to America in the 1930s with the Frankfurt School, which developed academic areas like critical theory, critical race theory, LGBTQ studies, intersectionality, diversity, inclusion, equity, safe spaces, and cultural appropriation.”

“According to Ibram X. Kendi, if you are not actively anti-racist, you are still considered a racist.”

“The sexual revolution as part of cultural Marxism calls everybody to join the struggle against repression of personal expression in the area of sexuality.”

“The Bible teaches that the physical act of love exists within the safety and confines of biblical marriage and expresses covenant love and fidelity.”

“Today it is forbidden to forbid — which echoes the famous Satanist motto ‘Do as thou wilt.’”

“The sexual revolution argues that any restraint on sexual expression is psychologically harmful and repressive.”

“The overwhelming majority of transgender cases these days are teenage girls transitioning to become boys, often as a way to escape social pressures and unrealistic ideals of female beauty.”

“In critical race theory there is a hierarchy of oppression; oppression only flows downwards never upwards. So some girls become transgender to escape guilt of being white heterosexual females by moving down the oppression hierarchy.”

“As Christians, there are three general responses to persecution: moving away, fighting, or accommodation.”

“When Christians fight, the gospel is destroyed because the goal becomes to destroy the opponent rather than love and forgive them.”

“Accommodation destroys the church by compromising its witness and making the gospel subservient to fallen ideologies.”

“Jesus said, ‘If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.’”

“A positive Christian response is the theology of the cross — living according to Jesus’ teachings no matter the personal cost and loving our enemies even in persecution.”

“One faithful individual who is faithful to Jesus in the midst of persecution and refuses to respond with violence can have a more powerful impact for Christ than a thousand sermons.”

“It is always the church’s willingness to suffer without retaliation while continuing to love its enemies that advances the cause of Christ.”

“When Yuri Gagarin went to space and said there was no God, a four-year-old Kindergarten child said, ‘But my God lives higher up.’”

“As the shadow of Marxist cultural revolution spreads across Western nations, the advantages of sharing the gospel through current institutional structures will be stripped away.”

“Sooner or later, the mark of the beast will be imposed. We will lose our tax exempt status, the ability to speak freely, and the Bible may be declared hate speech.”

“Until that day, while we have freedom, let’s worship together, pray together, work together, and witness together.”

“Learn who your church members are, love them, care for them, pray for them, and support them in ways they don’t even understand.”

“We may not know what is going to come, but God will give us the grace to accept whatever He allows and the strength to endure to the end.”

Other Quotations

From Karl Marx’s Writings (as quoted by the preacher)

“We have no compassion and we ask for no compassion from you. When our turn comes, when we have power, we shall not make excuses for the terror.” (1849)

“Communism is the riddle of history solved and is it knows itself to be the solution.” (1848)

“Marx wrote in his poetry: ‘Still I go mad, my heart is utterly changed. See the sword the Prince of Darkness sold it to me. He beats the time and gives the signs ever more boldly. I play the dance of death.’”

“Lenin, at the Third All Russian Congress of the Young Communist League in 1920: ‘We do not believe in God. We reject any morality based on extra-human and extra-class concepts.’”

From Professor Peter Kusmin (as referenced)

“There are three general Christian responses to communist oppression: moving away, fighting, or accommodation.”