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Resolve in the Face of Evil 0:12 I knew this is gonna affect the trajectory0:15 for the rest of0:15 my life, and so I just reaffirmed in my mind I'm dying before I quit. I rely upon the legacy of those who have gone before me to steady my resolve, to guide my every deed. In other words, we'll remember those guys that0:27 have paid the ultimate price, and what that does is it gets us to stop thinking and worrying about self and focus on the task at hand. And this is just a reminder that freedom isn't free. It's paid for in the currency0:39 of blood. So please mark these words down in history. Greater love has no 1 than this, and 1 that lays down his life for his friends.0:58 You know, Kenny, I'm I'm really happy you brought up, you know, the reality of evil because I think that, you know, I've seen evil at its ultimate extrapolation, overseas in the Middle East. Yeah. You know, Satan, like1:09 we said, his mode of operation is steal, kill, and destroy. I think that this is something that he passes through the world, not only spiritually, but physically. And I think the physical manifestation of that, you1:20 really do see that in the practice of Islam, you where women, they truly do occupy the lowest rung on the social ladder, and you see all the types of evil going on because Satan, he wants to spread this.1:33 How? Well, through murder. Right? They they buy into this belief. It's a lie just like in the Garden of Eden that, you know, well, if you just partake of that fruit over there, well, their belief is that, oh, if I just1:43 sacrifice my own life for the cause of jihad for Islam to advance this, then I'm gonna have so many virgins in in heaven Heaven. Right. Which is so bizarre. What does that say for the women? Yeah. You know? Right.1:53 Exactly.1:54 What do they get?1:55 Right there. Right. But you just see this commitment. These guys that are willing to, you know, take time to learn how to devise these plans and devices to, you know, build suicide vests and roadside bombs. And so many2:06 times, they are cowards when it finally comes down to actually performing the d, right, to pulling the trigger. Yeah. You've seen that. In 1 instance over in Iraq, what these guys did was they built suicide2:18 vests, but they weren't brave enough or willing enough to actually strap it on themselves. So they kinda look around, and who are we gonna convince to get this thing on? And they see 2, mentally handicapped2:30 women, and they decide that'll2:33 be the ticket. Right?2:34 Wow. So they take these vests and they fashion them and strap them on to these girls, and they just go shoving them off to wander around in a crowded marketplace. And they watch from a distance like cowards as they set2:44 it off, just killing these women and so many more and wounding more. But this really just kinda gives you an idea of what we're up against over there.2:52 These are2:53 the types of characters that we're dealing with, overseas. And I remember the final operation I was ever involved in. We're given the task of going after 1 of these guys that was a bomb maker, and he was a policeman by3:03 day, but bomb maker by night. And, the ISOF, which is the Iraqi Special Operations Forces, we're giving them an opportunity to really take the lead on this 1. We're gonna be there with you guys just in case things feel3:15 bad. That's right. Because the best way to train these guys, we wanna get our guys out of the Middle East. And so the best way to do that, we gotta pass the baton off to somebody else. Right. And so we're teaching the3:25 Iraqi special operation forces, here's how you hunt down and put together, you know, a mission to get rid of these guys. Fight your own fights. Right. And so we're going on a sort of graduation operation. We've let them3:36 plan the whole thing from the ground up, and we're there just to assist in case things go bad.3:40 Right.3:41 And, I'll never forget as we're driving down a road, and I see a sign in Arabic. It says Fallujah, Iraq, and we passed it before, but it never popped out to me the way that it did on this last operation because my3:52 thought was this. What are the odds that I'm looking at the same sign that my mentor Scott looked at? Because he would've had to have looked at it before he went turning into Fallujah. Right. And I just kinda tripped out4:03 on that thinking, man. And, like, little did he know what was gonna happen that night or that that day. And as I'm looking at that, it's like, little do I know in my team Right. We're being set up on a very similar4:14 scenario. We're gonna get ambushed just like my mentor was.4:17 Wait. They were the guys you were training setting you up?4:20 What happened was this, is that they got some intel off the street. So this source that told them about the man that we're going after, we believe that that source wound up telling that man that they're coming for4:32 you because here's the way that it works is it usually, you know, the information goes to the highest bidder. So I think that we think that this guy saw an opportunity to kinda double down. So he got paid for some4:42 information. Yeah. And then he could let that Iraqi policeman know, like, hey. They're coming for you. And, there were some signals there because what he didn't realize is that we always bring the source with us. So4:52 you're coming along for the ride. And, you know, he realized he's sweating some bullets before we're pulling up.4:59 Then he's4:59 like, what's the deal with this guy right here? Because he knows we're going into an ambush right now. And, yep. This guy knew that we're coming in advance, and he had firing position set up, barricaded,5:11 and they start shooting at us. And, we start taking what we call effective fire, meaning the rounds are being very effective. And they're just snapping into the vehicle, snapping over my head, backed up into a tree, and5:22 they got the tree and the brush in front of me. And I got leaves falling down on me from rounds going over my head and branches coming down, and, I'm just kind of protected. Right? The only open space is really my face.5:33 And so I'm realizing, like, as I'm, you know, getting into the fight right now, it's like, well, if I get hit, I'm not even gonna feel it. I'm just gonna be in the presence of the Lord. You know? Yeah. But at the same5:43 time, I thought, like, I was concerned. I had this protective spirit. Like, a lot of the guys on my team, by all outward indications, they don't have a relationship with God. And so if they're out, it's not in the5:54 presence of the Lord in in a good sense. And so it really gave me this, like, protectiveness, this feeling, like, you know, you better fight and your aim better be true. And so in an ambush, the odds are really against6:04 you.6:04 I mean,6:04 this is how my mentor and all the guys he was with in their vehicle, they got wiped out. And the first words over the radio, you know, after the it goes out tick tick tick, which just means troops in contact. Right? We6:14 want air support as soon as possible, but that air support is not gonna be there right now. Right? We need to fight our fight. My assault leader, he says, alright, boys. We're getting out of here live. He's saying this6:24 over the radio, but we need you to push left. And push left tactically speaking meant that we're not gonna hightail it out of here. That we're gonna advance, and we're gonna flank these guys. Yeah. Yeah. And So we're6:33 going into a hail of bullets and just doing what SEALs do best in the moment, shoot, move, communicate. It's all training. It's really not a lot of thought. It's just, like, do what you were trained. Yeah. Muscle memory.6:43 Muscle memory. And against all the odds, we wind up killing these guys and capturing the guy that we're going after.6:49 We're going after.6:49 We're going back to forward into the We got him. Wounded and alive. Wow. And, here's 1 of the big differences between, you know, us and them, I'd say over there, is that when he no longer was a lethal threat to us, he's7:01 vulnerable now. Right? He's wounded but alive. We don't just finish him off and, let God sort it out. And the crazy thing for me and really just kinda coming full circle is the guy that saw my mentor,7:13 you know, get, you know, ambushed and and murdered on television. Like, that guy, I I wanted the hearts of anyone that was in that Al Anbar province that would've Yeah. Maybe not maybe maybe this guy was involved in7:25 that. If not involved in that, at the7:27 very least, he approved of what happened.7:28 He celebrated what happened. And I was confronted with not I didn't volunteer for it, but my salt leader, we decided we're gonna save this guy's life, which we do, and I was given the responsibility at the end to carry7:40 him into our own hospital. And, it was a walk that, you know, I wish wish was shorter. I wanna get this guy off my hands, but at the same time, we're gonna do the right thing here. Right? And I remember passing him off,7:52 and, I remember thinking, like, wow. You know? Like, that's that's, I think, evidence right there that God really did a work in my heart right there because Yeah. You know, here I am granted an opportunity, an an8:02 opportunity that I wanted before to do Yeah. Some evil. Right? Right. And, we preserve life. We end up preserving life wherever possible.8:09 That's the difference too when you think about a culture of life and a culture of death. And then you see these beliefs whether the isms I call, Islamophasis,Islam's Deception vs. Christ's Liberation 8:23 you know, materialism, just and, you know, but let's stick with Islamophasis, you know, where it's a belief that leads to a behavior that leads to death. Mhmm. And when you said8:34 Satan's a liar and Satan's a murderer.8:37 Mhmm.8:37 So they believe the lie that whatever. I'm gonna strap a vest on. I'm gonna do jihad. Alright. They believe the lie. That belief leads to a behavior. Mhmm. And it's a behavior of death.8:49 Mhmm. And so there is this, you know, where you would look at it as, oh, that's world religion or political theory or culture, but you're saying It's a whole world. This is9:01 good and evil.9:02 That's right.9:03 It's a whole world. Good versus evil.9:06 So Satan, he's the opposite. He's the exact antithesis of who we know God to be, and so he's gonna choose that opposite end of the spectrum. And so I think that in Islam, 1 of the sirs, or at least a few of them, talks9:18 about how Allah is like the ultimate deceiver. They're all about, you know, that deception, and this is the ultimate deception, you know, that people buy into and believe. And the craziest thing is, like, our culture9:29 really doesn't, you know, confront it. They act like, you know what? Islam is supposed to be a religion of peace, and so they'll pull 1 of the surahs that says, you know, Islam is a religion of peace. Yeah. And so these9:38 people like ISIS or the Taliban or Al Qaeda, you know, they're aberrant. They're acting out, like, in a strange way that's just not real Islam, when in reality, it's9:47 like if9:47 anyone goes and does the research, they'll discover this is real Islam. Yeah. You know, so, yeah, Mohammed at 1 point did say Islam is a religion of peace. You know when he said that? When it was in its infantile stages,9:58 when he had no strength, when he had no power, and he's surrounded by some big powerful men that could squash him like a bug anytime they want to. And so he says, oh, you know, we don't come with any threats. We're a10:08 religion of peace. But as you see this progression, as he began to grow, you know, militarily and he had this strength, suddenly it became kill the infidel wherever you find them.10:19 Yeah.10:19 And it's especially an attack on Christianity. You know, that's not by chance. That's not ironic. Right? That's right. And Even now. That's the later Muhammad that you see in history. Right? He was a killer. He was a10:30 murderer, and this is exactly what you see with, like, ISIS today.10:34 Yeah.10:34 And so they have this rule of abrogation that, you know, basically the most recent, revelation is the revelation that you go with, and so what they'll do is cherry pick Islam is a religion of peace that was very10:46 early on. That's been abrogated, overwritten. Right? It's it's it's now it's killed the infidel wherever you find them, and I've had these conversations with, you know, people that would identify, as as Muslims on the10:57 street, And I tell them10:58 As peaceful Muslim?10:59 If you were really living out your your belief, though, you should be chopping off my fingers right now. Right? You should be trying to rip apart my appendages. And they go, yeah.11:08 They do.11:09 Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Wow. Isn't that well, I'm I'm glad. I'm glad that you're not, you know, really following it. And, I think to some degree, that's a lot like Christians too that take on that name11:21 of Jesus. You know? They say I'm a Christian. Yeah. And the difference is, though, you see them, you know, doing things that Christians ought not to be going into, places they go, things that they say, things that they11:31 do. So many claim to be Christians. Right? I think you had a number. It was like Yeah. Billions take on the name Right. Jesus.11:37 They're affiliated.11:38 Yeah. But they're not really living it.11:40 They're not active. They're yeah.11:41 They're not consistent with the book either. You know? Yeah. And, yeah, if they were, they would be living life a lot differently. Not not not cutting off fingers and trying to chop off heads. Right? Here's the11:52 difference maker. Right? We're all in the business of preserving life and freedom.11:56 Yeah.11:57 That's what it was all about from the very beginning. You go back to a guy like Moses, and he's telling the Egyptians, you know, let my people go. We wanna liberate them of slavery, captivity, bondage, and that's what so12:08 many of the souls of justice warriors, they really think that they're all about. Right? Yeah. We wanna empower people. We wanna free them from bondage and captivity and slavery and injustice. It's like, really, that's12:19 the Christian message.12:20 Yeah.12:20 And that's what you're getting at when you're talking about, you know, Jesus who reached down to these women that really did occupy that lowest rung.12:26 That's right.12:27 I know that, you know, some of the commentaries in in Judaism, it says, like, sooner let the law the words of the law be burned than delivered to a woman. Where it also says, happy is he whose women are male, but woe to12:37 him whose children, you know, are female. Yeah. And so Jesus really broke the mold12:41 He did.12:41 During that time.12:42 Like, that's where I feel like, you know, alpha male, strength without heart. K. Like, broken alpha male. Right. A lot of strength, not a lot of heart. Then feminism, another12:54 ism. Mhmm. You know, the pendulum swings and then they create this guy with a lot of heart but no strength. Yeah. And so you have broken alpha, strength no heart. You have omega male. It's13:06 just like now women today are just like, ah, where's the strength? But we want the they want they want the courage and they want the compassion. They want the, the sacrificial guy, the guy who died for13:18 him, but then they want the servant Yeah. You know, and they want the tough guy, but he's got to be tender.13:23 Mhmm.13:24 That sounds like Jesus to me. Yes, exactly. You know, and and that's that's where, like13:28 Yeah. When we13:28 talk about, you know, this this wave of spirit empowered guys, what would the world do if the 700000000 men13:39 Mhmm.13:39 Who named the name of Jesus actually got filled with god's spirit13:45 Mhmm.13:45 Followed god's word and lived out the character of Christ like Jesus did in that first century where he was breaking the rules when compassion or god's word13:57 called for it, you know. And I really feel like that's why you're so effective today because I feel like, today's world is so desperate. Like, it's like they're searching. It's like, okay. We don't want the broken14:09 alpha male, but we don't want the soft omega male. We're looking for this and it's like, okay, that's the church's mission. We're supposed to make men in the image of Christ,14:21 but like you said, cut off the head so we see who Satan's attacking by who's missing. Right. The highest flight demographic from the church is men, young and old. And so14:33 that's why your ministry, is so important. I wanna I wanna just go back to 1 thing. It's connected to men in this this this campaign that we're talking about. When you were in when when you went into Fallujah and your14:45 assault commander said, okay, guys, I need you to flank left.14:47 Mhmm.14:48 You guys moved in unison.14:50 That's right.14:51 You moved the soldiers to.14:52 Okay. But the14:53 way we're supposed to. And you you used 3 words. You were you were communicating. You were Shooting. Shooting. Communicating. And that's how you were able to successfully there's that preaches, bro. That so preaches for15:04 the man. I've got15:04 I see what you're doing there. I see the connection. Yeah.15:07 So, you know, like, that so preaches, but you know what? Men today, you know, isolation kills them. Mhmm. They they could conquer through connection Right. And really being, you know15:18 so just kinda talk about that because I think, you know, in in in SEAL world, there is no such thing as I and team. No. You guys have to and then just the spiritual kind of part of it is, you know, even in your own15:30 life, guys in your own life.15:31 That's right. In the SEAL teams, it's humbly I serve. And so with that, it's always esteeming the needs of others is greater than your own. You're never doing it on your own. I could think of it.15:41 You're never doing it on your own.15:42 The guys that do it on their own, and Uriah wasn't trying to do it this way, but when his team pulled back on him and he got left out their road Right. That's a good way to get killed, you know, on the battlefield. Wow.15:51 That's a great way to get destroyed. Yeah. In the SEAL teams, we have rules that you never enter into a room by yourself. You've always got to go in there with a buddy, and what's your buddy doing? He's going he's16:01 looking over your back, and I'm not looking over my own back. I'm looking over my buddy's Right.16:06 And16:06 so it creates a sort of family dynamic that I'm covering him. He's covering me.16:10 Yeah.16:11 And that's what people want. They wanna know, like, how do you get that fraternity, that group of guys, that that team, SEAL team. It's servant leadership, and Jesus was the ultimate servant with that. He I mean, Jesus,16:23 he says he's he's the commander of the universe. I mean, if there's ever anyone, you know, that, you know, should be served, it's him. And he throws down the gauntlet and says, look. I didn't come to be served, but to16:33 serve.16:34 Yeah.16:34 And he's investing into those that are around him, his disciples. And at 1 point, he gets down on his hands and knees and washes their feet, and it blows their mind. Right. Like, here he is, our leader doing this for us.16:46 Right? And when we should be doing it for him, that something came out of that that money can't buy. Yeah. It's true loyalty. So that when he gave them a task, like, here's what I want you to go do now, You're16:58 you're gonna risk it all. You're I want you to spread this message. Yeah. And, you know, many of you might be giving your lives in the process of it. These guys were more than willing to do something like that because of17:08 the loyalty that they felt towards him, because he was a servant leader. Could you imagine if he wasn't a servant leader? We see this all the time in the workplace. You got guys that maybe they didn't start off this way,17:17 but they get elevated to a certain position. Right? And now all of a sudden, you know, they're the leader of the house Yeah. Or they're the leader in business. And with that power creeps in a little bit of pride, And now17:28 they're harsh, and they're dishing out the orders because they're power playing things. Hey. You gotta do this. You gotta move over there, and people listen to them only because they have to. Right. Only because that's17:37 the manager. That's17:38 the cost. Clients, not cooperation.17:40 Or they might just be a peer. Right? They might be on the same levels as this person over here, but they're not gonna confront that person because they wanna keep everything copacetic. They wanna keep everything on an17:50 even keel. And so a guy like that is just like smoke to the eyes of everybody around him, and people only listen to him out of compliance, out of just, I wanna keep my job. And, it's sad because it all backfires on18:02 someone like that because maybe they get a great idea. You know, maybe they capture, like, as a leader, like, man, this vision, this direction that we should go in. And who does he need to actually see this see through?18:12 He needs his team. He needs the people that are around him. But if they look at him as, man, I'm just gonna do just another straight line for this guy. Well, his vision, his idea will always be like an eagle with its18:22 wings clipped. It'll never shore quite as high as it could have. Yeah. And so in the SEAL teams, the opposite of that is that servant leader. When this guy tells me go forward in those bullets, a lot like that Jesus18:34 character, you know, my salt leader was a servant leader of the team he invested into us. Yeah. It's like, I'm not gonna try and preserve my own life. I'm not gonna give him the bare minimum. If this is what he wants me18:43 to do, just like my mentor Scott Helvinson, my salt leader, go forward into bolts right now, I will go forward into bullets, you know, for you. Yeah. And so it all trickles downhill because we have this example of Jesus18:54 as the ultimate servant leader, you know, in our lives that we should be obeying and following, and he gives us commands. He gives us orders. He gives us things to do, and, part of that is you're part of a team. You19:05 don't do this by yourself because just like, a barbecue with all the hot coals that are piled up together, and they stay on fire, they stay incinerating together. Together. What happens to19:17 that 1 that just maybe trickles off the pile and goes into the corner on its own? Yeah. It cools off. It goes out. Yeah. And so if we really wanna stay incinerating and on fire for the Lord, we need to be, you know,19:27 keeping together. That's how you stay hot.19:29 I have a I have a an email that came just this morning. You shared that with our men. I have an email that came this morning, and that's what the guy said. Interesting. When Chad said, about the Kohl's and the19:41 1 that gets separated, he goes, that's me. And he, he responded to your invitation. He followed up. He got connected in a group. He came to church on Sunday with his wife. His wife and him came19:53 forward and prayed with me. So, what you're saying actually works, but it's that we have to go from, the pride to the humility Mhmm. Of saying, you20:04 know what? I need to be connected. You know, and that's where, this vision that I have and my prayer for the men of God around the world. I mean, we already have these these spirit20:16 empowered teams that are already together. They're called the in the local church. And if the guys in the local church, instead of trying to work it out by themselves, would just get together Mhmm. You know? And20:28 how much would be accelerated in their own life? But how much territory would we take Right. Back together just kinda borrowing your analogy.Show more In this video 0:00 Resolve in the Face of Evil8:15 Islam's Deception vs. Christ's Liberation20:40 Identity Beyond the Uniform29:39 Activate: Soldiers for Christ
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