This message was preached by Jesse Boyd at Living Word Baptist Church in Creedmoor, NC on November 10, 2024—immediately following the end of #TheLongWalkUSA, the dismissal of all unjust charges in Montana, and the surprising 2024 landslide presidential election

The local churches (not the Republican Party or a MAGA movement) are to be the pillar and ground of the truth in America (I Timothy 3:15). It is the American churches that are to be salt and light (Matthew 5:13-14), to restrain the evil in this land (II Thessalonians 2:6-8). And yet, we are failing Christianity 101. If Christians in America can’t get very basic CHARITY, HOSPITALITY, EMPATHY for our persecuted brethren; marital FIDELITY, and SERENITY right amongst ourselves (Hebrews 13:1-6), then the results of a presidential election ultimately won’t matter. America was in distress and under God’s judgment before the recent election. She remains in distress and under God’s judgment after said election, and we are so because of IRRESPONSIBLE AMERICAN CHURCHES who are failing Christianity 101. Repentance, revival, and spiritual awakening must begin with us, or it won’t begin at all.