Ask Sam – Week in Review
Episode 75
October 10, 2025
Host: Dr. Isaac Crockett
Co-host: Hon. Sam Rohrer
Note: This transcript is taken from a Stand in the Gap Today program aired on 10/10/25. To listen to the podcast, click HERE.
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Isaac Crockett:
Well, welcome to today the Friday program for Staying in the Gap. Today we are Ministry of the American Pastors Network, and I’m a pastor. I’m Pastor Isaac Crockett, and joining me is my co-host, the Honorable Sam Rohrer, the president of the American Pastors Network. And we’re wanting to dive into another Friday Ask Sam episode. Just try to tackle some of the issues from this week. We’re getting to the end of the week, getting close to the weekend. Nobody, but the Lord knows even how the final hours and days of this week will play out. But we can look at some of the things that have been going on this week. And boy, there are a lot of things going on. Sam, this week was the second anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attacks. That’s one of those infamous dates. Now, two years ago when this started to unfold and you’re getting alerts on your phone and seeing things on the internet and videos appearing, how did you react and why do you have such a strong connection to that country, to that area of the world where this attack happened?
Sam Rohrer:
Isaac, that’s a great question. I’ve had the privilege now of I think being in Israel four times and planning on going again in several weeks. But one of the last times that I was there was this prior, it was not long before that October 7th event where I was actually able to visit down at that literal kibbutz. That was the point of crossover by Hamas into Israel, which then kicked off all of the discussion that is underway right now, that October 7th event. We know in a big picture caused a lot of things, obviously took the hostages, which are under, that’s part of this peace plan. That’s another part that’s coming up here. That’s why all of that is a matter of discussion. Now, we’ll talk about that more later. That also was the trigger point for Israel as a nation to actually literally declare war. And now they have been in a state of actual war under the Declaration of War for two years.
Well, I know this, that their people are getting very tired of war. They aren’t longing for peace. And that’s a part of why Trump’s peace plan kind of falls into the middle of a people prepared for getting their family members back or the remains of those that are not yet back and getting to a point of can we have some peace? Because the last two years, a lot’s happened. The whole world’s turning against Israel. Antisemitism is on the rise like never before. Israel has accomplished great things by their attacks on Hezbollah and Hamas and all of that, but at the same time, the enemies have not gone away. So all of that, Isaac, it’s for that reason. I mean, I look at what’s taking place in Israel because of what God says about the importance of Israel and them being back in the land as of 1947 starts the end time, latter years clock, a prophetic clock because it fulfills prophecies and promises from the Old Testament that God would disperse the people of Israel, which he did after Christ first coming, but that he would rebirth the nation in a day which he did 1947 and bring back the scattered people from the nations, which he as has and is doing.
And the remaining number of Jews that have not gone back are rapidly increasing as antisemitism is increasing. So I look at what’s taking place in Israel and we deal with time on this program because God does, and it factors in directly to what the Bible says about what will be taking place in the end days in which we’re living. So for those reasons and a lot more,
Isaac Crockett:
And those are some really good reasons because well, they’re biblical and personal. And so yes, I like this idea of this prophetic clock because we don’t exactly know when the alarm is going to go off, but we can see that it’s ticking down. And so yes, that’s very important and that makes all that tragedy of this is human understanding of what went on. But even more so when we look at what’s going on in that land and what has happened there. Well, you’ve alluded to the peace talks and Sam, these things are unfolding, even changes by the hour. So as people are listening to this, changes could be happening. But let’s look at some of what has happened, what has been released starting on Monday and throughout the week with President Trump’s potential peace agreement or the first level of peace agreement, the ceasefire, whatever people want to call it, 21 point plan. Can you give us an overview on Wednesday, I think it was on the 8th of October, you and Chris Katulka from Friends of Israel, we’re talking through some of the ins and outs of this kind of unusual attempt at peace, and could you maybe give us a brief overview of that program?
Sam Rohrer:
Yeah, I can. Isaac. It was on the 29th of September. If we recall that the president there with Netanyahu at the White House and others pronounced this peace plant, to which he said all of the Arab neighbors and everybody had signed on. Israel was in agreement. He forced Netanyahu to make an apology to the leaders of Qatar because of Israel having attacked inside Qatar. That was a big, big deal and basically put the onus on Hamas and said, everybody else has agreed it’s up to you now. If you don’t, then we’re going to turn everything loose on you and destroy you. But if you do, then certain good things will happen and so forth. So that was done on that day. Now things that were happening after that, now this is Friday, but on actually Wednesday night, the president came out and said, well, Hamas has agreed and Israel has agreed to the first level of enforcement or agreement to this, which then says that Israel will now release the prisoners, Hamas prisoners that they have.
Hamas will release the final 28 that they have, and then everything will begin to unfold and go for there. But then the meeting went down to further discussions in Egypt where cutter individuals from the cutter and Turkey, the delegation from Turkey were down and they met with Egypt and Jared Kushner and the Middle East, Envoy, Witkoff and some others, and they put together some further plants. Okay, now based on all of that, the president came out and announced victory. And in that victory he said, we have arrived. And I don’t know if I have it here to read what he actually said, but he came out and used some words. As we wrap up this segment, the things that I’m following, we talked about even on the program, Chris Katullka from Friends of Israel and I talked about was that it is a significant thing in that we’re looking at words.
We talk about a peace plan. A peace plan is a prophetical thing. The Bible talks about a peace plan coming in the end day. There’s a setup for that. When scripture in one Thessalonians says, when they begin to say peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes, war comes right after that. Well, the President is using the word peace and safety in this agreement. The United Nations used the word a week before peace and security. The President has also said, I will bring eternal peace to the Middle East. His announcement after the Hamas aggrieved was that we now have everlasting peace and words of that type. Isaac, I’m looking at these words because they come off of pages of scripture, things will change. I think we’re ebbing and flowing, but big deals, big things are happening. We need to keep our eyes open.
Isaac Crockett:
Very big things. And yes, we need to have our eyes open. We’re going to take a quick break to hear from some of our partners when we come back. I want to ask Sam about what’s happening with spying on Congress. I don’t know what you’ve heard about it, but we want to talk about it when we come back. Welcome back to the program. I’m Isaac Crockett and I’m asking Sam Rohr the tough questions of the week. This is a Friday edition of Staying in the Gap today, and we often do this, but we’re just kind of taking an overview of the week. And Sam, we started with the anniversary of October 7th that we saw this week. And the rapidly unfolding peace plan that’s been going forth, especially this week has seen some very important parts of that and seeing that coming together. But I want to talk about something else that’s been going on and it has to do with the government shutdown.
And again, these are very volatile situations and things that are evolving every moment, every hour. But part of what was going on with it has to do with healthcare. And we want to get into that in a little bit. But something else that has come out of Congress in the last few days has been reports, and it was a big part of the report came from Senator Grassley’s letter where whistleblowers disclosed things revealing that the FBI had this investigation, I think it was called Arctic frost, and it collected phone metadata and possibly other stuff, locations and things on at least nine Republican lawmakers. I think it was maybe nine senators in 2023 under the Biden administration. It was tied to their questions about the 2020 election and January 6th. Anyways. From your perspective, Sam, you are a long time state legislator and someone with a biblical worldview and somebody that knows history. Can you walk us through what this surveillance operation really entails and why? It looks like it was a serious breach of constitutional trust. I mean, again, from a biblical worldview, Romans 13 tells us government is there to reward the good, to punish the evil. It’s not there to be used as a tool of God for political targeting. So could you maybe just walk us through the potential issues and problems that this is bringing to our attention?
Sam Rohrer:
It’s bringing a lot to our attention, but I thought, and there’s a history. I actually went back and look and just, we will get into that I think a little bit later, but this is not the first incidence of this matter of fact, there’s been quite a history of this type of thing. But I thought, why not looking? Why not go and consider a little bit about what is wrong with it?
Just exactly why is listening in on somebody’s conversations, taking pictures of them perhaps when they do not know tracking them and they do not know capturing what is wrong with that. And I don’t think that’s being dealt with, but here’s just a couple of things. I think from a moral perspective to do such things, collect information to track or to take that which is viewed as personal and now put it in the hands of someone who can actually use it against you. To me, fundamentally, if nothing else, it’s theft. It’s stealing, what is it? Stealing. Stealing knowledge. It’s stealing.
It’s stealing information for the purposes of not helping that person to whom they’re listening, but it’s for personal advancement of some type. It is greed. And even in this case, Senator Grassley, in this most recent one, this Arctic Frost program, which the official time that it was being done was 20 22, 20 23. It is referred to as political purposes. Kash Patel said about that phone records of us lawmakers were seized for political purposes. So that’s my point. It’s for personal advancement of somebody, it’s theft. Secondly, I think it is an evidence of corruption and bribery. And what I mean by that is well information that is collected, it’s no different than this whole thing behind Epstein collecting information for what purpose? Well, to use that information for control, intimidation, manipulation of some type. Patel said political. Yeah, it is, it is. And it’s other than that, because when you know something about an individual that they thought was private and you’re watching them all the time listening to their phone or whatever that may be, and you’re picking up all of that information, you’re going to find things that are going to be embarrassing, that is used as methods of manipulation and intimidation.
That’s what government has become. So it’s bribery and corruption evidence of that. But I think also from a constitutional perspective, it is unlawful. We are to be secure in our persons and property. Now that goes to the citizens, but certainly it also applies and goes to congressional members. Absolutely. But why is that an issue? Well, again, government, those who have power within government to punish, to indict to jail, which is what the Department of Justice, the FBI, they do. They have the power. That’s the mechanism. That’s the sort of government. If they are collecting information like that and they can use it from a constitutional perspective, it violates all kinds of privacy protections. But when you do it inside government, when the executive branch, which is the FBI Department of Justice, although when the executive branch is actually violating the rights of another branch, the legislative or the judges, it is a violation of a number of things, checks and balances, separation of powers, and what it moves us towards is absolute tyranny, because that’s the kind of stuff a dictator does. That’s what centralized power always does in every nation that does not have constitutional protections or moral prohibitions that we have enjoyed in this country. So Isaac, there’s a lot of reasons, but this has been going on for a long time. It’s not just now one more incident.
Isaac Crockett:
Well, let’s go there because some people are comparing this to Watergate, of course, the infamous thing with Nixon. But let’s go even maybe more recent than that. Can you walk us through maybe more recent history that has spiraled us downward into this approach?
Sam Rohrer:
Well, I can, and yeah, it does go back to that. It was actually Senator Grassley who used that word. This is worse than Watergate. Alright, well, okay, but what actually happened, here’s a little bit of a chronology I think people should bear in mind. When did the ability for government to begin to surveil the citizens without their knowledge? When did that begin? It was a violation under back when Senator Grassley went back to Watergate. Yes, and that was minor compared to all of this, but when did it go from there? Well, it was in 2001 after nine 11. Nine 11 brought in the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act by law then expanded wide surveillance powers including this collection of metadata. They call it the broad information, which they say was involved in this most recent 22 and 2023 Arctic proof program. But no one knows if it’s just the metadata, meaning that it’s usage profiles.
It’s not actual words that were collected. Nobody really knows that, believe me. But it’s the Patriot Act that started it. Some of that came further advanced. They didn’t think that was enough. So between 2002 and 2006 NSA national security agency, they came up with the concept of warrantless wire tapping. Before that, government had to get a warrant in order to go and tap and surveil private citizens, information, knowledge, communication, that kind of thing. Without them knowing it, they changed it. At that point, NSA then had the power to monitor theoretically international calls and emails of US citizens without a warrant. 2007 it gross Prism, there was a program called prism. They enabled NSA to collect internet communications for major tech companies. In other words, they would go to the tech companies and say, we want to have access to information that Isaac or Sam or anybody else out there, whatever have been communicating.
We want that information from you that allowed them to have. In 2013, that was when Snowden came out with his revelation as a whistleblower and said, NSA is collecting a whole lot more of information under this program that came out 2015. Then Congress said, oh, we got to stop this. They came up with the US Freedom Act and they replaced some of that and they said that there had to be court approval before that kind of thing could happen. Then they went and then made some other changes with the FISA court. We all remember that, and the FISA court was put in there saying, we will give you a proof. Well, that became a handpicked group of Theta accompli group that would just give it based on the whims of whoever. So they violated the check and balance in that, and then now you see the kind of thing that’s been identified here in this Arctic frost piece. But all through the process, it’s been happening all along, even through all of this Isaac and is truly a major, major problem.
Isaac Crockett:
So do you think that this Arctic frost part that’s being uncovered right now is worse than what’s happened up until now? Or are you thinking that some of the violations prior to this or even worse?
Sam Rohrer:
Well, I don’t know. I don’t know that it’s worse. I would say that it’s just more of the same because it’s happened. The Obama campaign did it actually under the first Trump administration. They did it to journalists and collected information from them. It’s been happening on both sides. That is the thing, Isaac, it’s been happening on both sides because I think when you put aside moral restraint and constitutional restraint pragmatism rules and it’s kind of like, well, if I have the power, I’m going to do it and just hope I don’t get caught. That’s I think where we’re,
Isaac Crockett:
Yeah, that’s frightening. And one of my sons, they use BJU press homeschool and he’s actually doing a college course and he’s learning the Federalist papers and that’s what our founding fathers were so concerned about. Well, we have a lot to think about, a lot to talk about. When we come back, we’re going to take a quick time out and come back and talk some more. This time we want to talk about unaffordable healthcare. Well, welcome back to the program. I’m Isaac Crockett and my co-host today is the Honorable Sam Rohr and we are talking about a lot of different things and Sam has taught us a number of things from a biblical worldview and just from historical perspective as we’ve been talking about the events of this week and how they’re connected to other events that have been going on. But before we go into more of that, I want to see if our program producer, Tim Schneider, if he’s available to come and maybe teach us about some things going on at Stand in the Gap Media or the American Pastors Network. Tim, are you ready?
Tim Schneider:
I am. Everybody. Gather around. I’ll teach you some stuff about what’s happening around here and hopefully give you some good lessons as Sam and Isaac and the rest of them do every single day as you listen to this program. Want to ask you, have you checked out our YouTube channels? Well, we have three great YouTube channels, three of them, one’s the American Pastors Network, one Stand in the Gap tv, and the other one’s stand in the Gap radio. Check them out to see our archives and all the great content being posted. I’m over there right now on our Stand in the Gap TV YouTube channel. We just recently posted two programs with Dr. Gordon Donaldson about preventative healthcare and inflammation steering the driver of disease two part episode over there on a Stand in the Gap tv YouTube channel. But also we have other shows and pretty soon we’re coming close to I believe 300 TV episodes are coming soon.
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Isaac Crockett:
Actually, Tim, as you were talking, you may not realize this, but you came up with a solution to a big conundrum that a lot of our listeners have, and I love running into our listeners. In fact, I think it was almost a year ago, we were at Carnegie Hall in New York City waiting in line and somebody started talking to me and then he said, wait a minute, are you the guy that does that program with Sam Rohrer? I was like, yeah, but I love talking to those of you who are listening or watching our TV program. But one of the comments that we often get, and Sam gets this I think more than me, is people saying, I love listening to your show. I wish that more of my family or more of my friends would access it, would listen to it. And what you just reminded us of there, Tim, with our YouTube channels, that is the answer.
Get on YouTube and listen to some of these things. It’s easy to share it. You can send it as a text, an email. You can point people to it. That is one of the easiest ways to share some of the information that we’re doing and talking about and to see the programs. I also sometimes know people say, oh, I hear you on radio. I didn’t know what you looked like. Well, if you go to our YouTube channels and if you’re watching the TV part, then at least Sam and I especially you can see maybe unfortunately what we look like a little bit, but definitely some solutions there to these situations. But thanks so much Tim and Sam. Let’s go back to you now and to the events of this week. Again, this week is almost over, we’re almost to the weekend, but still things are probably changing.
But let’s talk about what’s been going on, the government shutdown that’s been happening, and so much of that right now there seems to be a key argument between the Dims the Democrats and the Republicans, and that is that they’re wanting guarantees that the government, the federal government, will continue to give subsidies to make healthcare affordable because in reality, so many of the changes and so much of what has gone on has made healthcare unaffordable. And I’m just wondering, do you believe that this is a legitimate concern? I’m seeing even some now Republicans getting worried about it. Is this a legitimate concern that these subsidies, if they are not renewed, we’ll make insurance unaffordable?
Sam Rohrer:
Yes and no. Alright. And to say it’s complicated, there’s a lot of slights of hand and things being said that are partially true. Now, for instance, what’s driving this matter here right now were changes that were made affecting what is referred to as Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act in the, as what Trump called the one big beautiful bill. Now, in that bill, some were saying, and most of the Republicans and the President said that when they got in, they were going to eliminate Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act. Well, that didn’t happen. And so no matter how you look at it within the bill, there is no repeal language, which really bothered a lot of Republican members of the house. They wanted it just repealed. They didn’t repeal it, but they did make a number of alterations to it.
For instance, the Bill eliminates taxpayer funded Medicaid, which is a state-based program, but it’s funded a lot by the federal government, not Medicare, but Medicaid benefits for illegal immigrants. Well, because the immigrant situation has been so high on the agenda for this administration, as we all know, one of those things were to cut those payments. I mean the illegal shouldn’t have been getting it anyway. But nonetheless, that was a part of it. They put work requirements in there for people who were getting it, that kind of thing. So they did some of that, but they did not actually repeal the Affordable Care Act. But it does chip away. It cuts funding streams. It opposes some stricter eligibility on it and ELIG requirements. It does reverse some mandates and all of that. But the part that actually is partially true of what is being argued is that because of some changes that have been made, it will make everybody who is on Obamacare, it is going to make the premiums that they are obligated to pay skyrocket.
And that is part of what the Democrats are saying. Is that true? So they need more help. Now in actuality, they’re wanting those who that were favor of the bill, were saying we need to get the government out of this whole thing called healthcare anyway, but they didn’t. And here’s my problem with what was done. They are reducing some funding, Isaac, that go to people who are currently on the Affordable Care Act because they had no place else to go. And that’s where they are. The cost that they’re having to pay, the premiums that they’re going to pay are going much higher and they’re actually going to get less coverage that is going to produce a real problem. And to that extent, the Democrats are right. And so anyways, that’s a part of it and we can get into the solution of it. I mean the solution really what it have been, they should have just really eliminated Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, repealed it and put everything back into place that was there beforehand, meaning it would take people back to what was actually real insurance, not government directed socialized medicine insurance and restore it.
But in reality, until that is done, people don’t have the flexibility to go back to what once worked before Obamacare came into being. At the moment, the road is going to get bumpier without a thorough solution, let’s put it that way. So there is a dilemma coming.
Isaac Crockett:
This is a dilemma. This is a very real issue and very complex. We don’t have much time, and I know you’ve done whole programs on this, but there are some who think that some of the pressure that you’re describing that’s building could actually be causing this unaffordability in healthcare could be ushering in a time with increased artificial intelligence, healthcare connected to data centers, wearable health monitor. We’ve got just a little bit of time left. Do you think that that’s a real option?
Sam Rohrer:
I think that’s absolutely going to be an option, and I don’t think so. It’s already been telegraphed. Now where’s it going to come from? It’s going to come from the databases that the president along with of the data centers, the Sam Altman’s and the pillars and others that are part that are building these databases because they have said that AI run healthcare will provide health input, diagnosis, and then recommend treatment from an AI doctor that’ll be better than an actual doctor that somebody could go to. They’re going to present, they already are. And then RFK is talking about wearables. They’re going to have a big push that every American needs to have something on their body that’s monitoring their heart and their sugar level and all of that. And that’s also tied into ai. Isaac, what’s taking place is that AI doctors, which they are saying, why have one doctor in your local office when you could have 1200 doctors immediately at hand by ai, they’re going to introduce ai.
That’s what the track they’re on that will monitor each person by a wearable. That will be a give diagnosis on the spot, and they’re going to sell it as it’s less expensive. It’s actually better quality rather than have one guy that you’re going to have a whole ability to whole bunch. And they will say that it’s going to reduce the cost of the money government is having to spend where it’s going to so many different people and it’s going to be run through the system, Isaac, that is where we’re going. And ultimately it’s going to come down to ration to care. That’s been the goal all along, even of Obamacare and Hillary care, which preceded it and all of that. The government involvement always ends up in ration to care, but artificial intelligence is going to help to drive it and they will become the bad guys when they tell people you can’t get served.
Isaac Crockett:
Well, Sam, again, very complex situation, very complex issue, some dilemmas there, but I love how you’ve simplified it and I know whole programs that you’ve done with Twila Brase and others making more information of this available. But thank you so much. This has been great. We’re going to take another quick time out to hear from our partners and we want to come back, wrap things up and talk about the deception going on today.
Sam Rohrer:
Come back here. Isaac, are you there?
Isaac Crockett:
I’m
Sam Rohrer:
Going to have
Isaac Crockett:
To step there. Yes. Hey, I can hear you see him.
Sam Rohrer:
We were having some internet problems there and I’m glad you’re there. Otherwise I was going to have to close the program just by myself. Go ahead.
Isaac Crockett:
Big picture as we wrap up this week and look at real deception, just would like to hear from you what are some of the areas that you would encourage us this week to be on guard and looking out for deception as we see the news and events unfolding in front of
Sam Rohrer:
Isaac? I think that’s a great question. And we talk about a lot on here, and you and I talk about this as well when we talk personally off air and that kind of thing, but it’s kind of like what do you look for? What should a believer be aware of and do you know where I go? I go to where scripture says we ought to go, and that is that we ought to be alert to what the Lord lays out as signs of the time. He told the disciples, you’re able to look at the sun at night, I mean the sky at night and know what’s going to be in tomorrow. So why don’t and can’t tell about things that are spiritual and that are in the scriptures that don’t be that way. And then they ask him, well Lord, what’s it going to be like before your second coming?
And the Lord answers them in Matthew chapter 24, and that’s where he comes out. And he starts out by saying, well, don’t be deceived, meaning the major descriptor of the days in which we live. And we know we’re in those days that Jesus was talking about because Israel is now back in the land and things happening regarding that. So we know we’re in those windows, so we know that. So he said, don’t be deceived because the deception was going to be rampant. Then he said, also look for things such as wars and rumors of wars, sicknesses, things of that type, earthquakes, volcanoes, ground shaking and all that. And then false prophets and increasing persecution. And he’s talking to the Jewish people there, but also Christians because he said those that are chosen. And so that’s what we’re seeing. I think the rise in Christian persecution.
I think that’s what we’re seeing with the rise in antisemitism and what we’ve talked about so much on the program, such an extraordinarily historic increase in earthquakes and volcanic actions happening all the time. Wars and rumors of war. We know that’s the case. All of those things that are happening and the point that Jesus was making is when you see these things begin to converge and increase in intensity and frequency, know that our return is at the door. And of course you honor, and he compared it to birth pangs. And so I know that on the program I’ve done many times with Dr. Carl Brogue we’ve talked about and say, well, we are in those days of birth pangs right now. And we said, well, I don’t know, but they probably are Braxton Hicks anyways because they, for most women who are delivering babies and my wife has delivered six and I’ve observed them all, literally those other things were happening and then all of a sudden then when with birth pangs actually happen, then a baby’s going to happen.
It’s going to come forth. You don’t stop it at that point. And in Jesus’s prophetical aspect there, Matthew 24, the delivery is the beginning of the tribulation period. That’s what the delivery is. That time is what is coming. So with that in mind, Isaac, I’m thinking, what should we look for? Well, we should look for the things that Jesus has said we ought to look for. And I would just point out, I thought just a couple of thoughts here on that. And one of those is this, learn that the public narrative, what we see in the media and the seeing repeated in the media, that is a mouthpiece for what the world thinks. That public narrative is hardly ever what’s actually happening. So learn to take the public narrative, not trust it for what it is, but look behind to find out about the true story.
And I think that there’s a lot of things that applies to all the what happened relative to the Charlie Kirk murder and the fallout of that. That’s one of them. That’s a big narrative. It’s happening. The other is the peace plan proposed. We talked about earlier that unfolding, that’s a big deal. The budget impasse, that’s another one. The war in Ukraine and Russia and NATO, there’s a much bigger issue there than what we are hearing and seeing. Same thing for artificial intelligence development that we just talked about. Nothing is as it appears. Secondly, I think always remember that we are in days of great deception and Jesus warned us. That’s why don’t just take what is seen or heard initially and swallow it. Be skeptical. Be like the Berean who when they heard something, they got together and they said, wait a minute, let’s take a look at scripture here and find out whether or not these things are true.
I think another aspect is beware of false prophet. That’s one of the things that Jesus said to be aware of. And what do false prophets do? They make changes to the gospel. They could stand up and say, I am Christ, but Omi, the antichrist will do that. But most false prophets just lie. They add to the gospel or they change it slightly. And I think all around us, we’re seeing alterations to the gospel, ecumenical type movements, blending, blending the gospel message with an infusion of government. There are different persuasions that are getting involved in that and mixing them and coming up with a new religion. So I always ask the question that, where is the deception taking place? That’s what I ask myself every day, Lord, if we’re in days of deception, what is happening? What am I seeing? What am I hearing that is not as it appears?
That’s what I do. Then the fourth thing, Isaac, is that in the Book of Revelation, which is last book of the Bible, obviously prophetic book, it is called The Revelation of Jesus Christ. And that’s how it starts out, the revelation of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ gave that book and that language to the Apostle John who wrote it. And in that he said, read it. He in other words, obey it and listen to it, be read and that there’d be blessings as a result of it. So Isaac, I think that we need to see all the things that are watching, read the word of God, particularly the Book of Revelation, because he said to, Jesus said to do that and look at what we are seeing through the lens of scripture. And when that happens, then the Holy Spirit will enlighten our eyes and then do as Jesus said, don’t be perplexed at what you see, because these things must come to pass. Don’t be confused because God’s word brings clarity. Don’t be anxious. Don’t back up. Be bold for truth in Jesus Christ. Share the gospel while we have time. Now, Isaac, I’ve taken a long time. I think that technically you’ve been in and out. Are you there with me right now?
Isaac Crockett:
I just heard that last sentence. My headphones are kind of giving me a run from the money right now. But thank you for that information, Sam. Those are things to be looking for. Those are biblical and those are helpful in knowing the truth versus the false prophets. Sam, because of my headset issue, I’d be glad to ask you to close our program in prayer and maybe you could just wrap our program up as we finish out today.
Sam Rohrer:
Alright, Isaac, and it’s wonderful because we can do this. You’re in one location, I’m in another. Our listeners who are listening, don’t know that right now, but it’s always a prayer that the Lord would keep all the technical parts together. So I’m glad to do that and thanks for everything on the program today. So ladies and gentlemen, let us close in prayer. Do you have any Father, thank you Lord for your presence that you are with us even though there are difficulties in communications and the technical parts of it, your Holy Spirit, there is no break in that communication and you communicate to us unbroken and we can come to you in prayer in an unbroken fashion. And for that, we thank you. Bless those who are listening today. May we all go forth from this day into the weekend, walking in your power and in your strength for your glory. We pray in Jesus’ name, amen. So thanks for being with us today, ladies and gentlemen. Have a great weekend and the Lord willing, we will be back here with you on Monday.
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