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Jan. 31, 2025 - Jim Bakker Show
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The Jim Bakker Show with Alan Didio
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Renewing Our Identity 00:15:39
Hello and welcome to the Jim Baker Family Show coming to you from the village of Morningside, USA, nestled in the beautiful Ozark Mountains.
Today, our special guest is a best-selling author and the pastor of Encounter Charlotte in North Carolina, Bishop Alan DeDio.
Our co-host today is Reverend Mondo De La Vega.
And now, live from Gray Street at Morningside, USA, here's your host, Pastor Ricky Baker.
Hello, you're watching the PTL Television Network, friends.
We are glad you tuned in with us today.
Today, we have the honor of having Bishop Alan Didio.
He is the pastor of the Encounter Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the host of the podcast, Encounter Underground.
He's the author of some of the books, some amazing books that we've had here on the PTL Television Network.
One of my favorite books is, I started to say the title, Summoning the Demons, AI, Aliens, and the Antichrist.
Friends, this is going to be an important topic we're going to talk about a little bit today, but we have some other things we're going to be discussing with Bishop Alan DeDio later on the program, so you're not going to want to miss that.
This is the PTL Television Network, friends.
If you are watching this, this is a censorship-free 24 hours-a-day Christian, God-loving Jesus Christ, appreciating and loving.
We understand he's the only way to heaven network.
We are not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
We have had those come in opposition of what we do and say, hey, you should tamper down the message, or maybe don't tell people there's only one way to Christ or don't tell them that we should have the Bible as our authority.
Well, friends, we have the network and we're not going to get away from the foundational truths that we know are the subjects of Christianity.
You know, legacy television networks like ours gets challenged every single day by the FCC in ways that most people don't even imagine, some of the attacks.
But 2020 revealed what the FCC and legacy television has to do with the future of Christian television.
Censoring has become one of the most, how do I say this nicely?
It's a weaponized diagram.
Weaponized tools that they're using in order to censor what comes out of a preacher's mouth.
Now, do I believe that preachers need to be accountable with their words?
100%.
We have to understand that everything that comes out of our mouth has to be, you know, in a form of responsibility, has to make sure that we're accountable with what we say.
But at the same time, you also cannot be, you know, taped shut on issues that are affecting the culture.
We're not going to back away from real issues happening.
You say, well, Pastor Ricky, we don't want you talking about issues of the current day.
Well, it's okay.
I don't want to talk about it.
I'll just read the Bible.
We'll let the Bible talk about it.
Hey, we'll just open up the word of God to Colossians chapter 3.
This is what it says right here.
The life of a new man.
I'm reading out of the CSB.
I enjoy the CSB.
It's a Charles Burgerson study Bible.
I really enjoy this Bible.
It says, so if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above where Christ is.
Seated at the right hand of God.
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
For you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
It says right here, when Christ, who is your life, appears, then you will also appear with him in glory.
Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature.
Friends, it says right here, sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
Because of these, God's wrath is coming on the disobedient.
And you have, and you once walked in these things when you were living in them.
Now, friends, when we come on the show and say, hey, there's wrath for disobedience, there's a thing called consequences for disobedience.
People will write, say, hey, let's not talk about anything bad.
Can't talk about anything negative that happens through the nature of sin.
Friends, if you live in a sinful nature, there are consequences for actions.
That is the plain reality of what this is.
But friends, we have a good God who loves us, who redeems us through the blood of his son, who died on a cross, a perfect, perfect man who is God who came here and said, I'm going to sacrifice myself for you.
That's the only reason we can be called righteous, holy, good is because of his blood.
Right here it says in verse five, therefore put to death what belongs to your earthly nature, not a heavenly nature, earthly nature, sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
Because of these, God's wrath is coming upon the disobedient.
And you have once walked in these things when you were living in them.
But now, put away all of the following.
Friends, this is important.
We are to put away these things, anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from our mouths.
Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old self with its practices, friends.
You have put off the old self.
When you have accepted Christ into your heart, when you said, Christ, my will is now subservant to your will.
You have now claimed yourself to be a Christian, a follower of Christ.
We put off those old things.
Friends, I know nobody's perfect.
I know you're going to slip.
We're going to fall.
We're going to get on the ground.
But a righteous man falls and what does he do?
He doesn't lay there.
He gets back up and continues to move towards the prize, the finish line, eternity with Christ Jesus.
It says right here, and have you have put on the new self.
You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your creator.
In Christ, there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free.
But Christ is all and in all.
Friends, if you don't know Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, there's never been a more important decision you will ever make.
And you might say, well, if I accept Christ as my Lord and Savior, then I have to live by what the Bible says I have to do.
I can no longer enjoy the things that I enjoyed.
Friend, I have said this on the broadcast and I will continue to be a broken record on this.
Your eternal position is much more important than your temporary comfort.
It is much more important than your temporary satisfactions and happiness.
I promise you, there is nothing that the world can offer that will give you any joy or any peace or any love like the Father will, like Jesus will.
When you come into relationship with him, that is the only place you can find the true identity of these things.
I've said this many times when I was a youth pastor many, many years ago.
I said, you know, there's a couple reasons I believe that people sin.
And one of them is because they don't know how loved they are.
And another is they don't know who they are.
Friends, when you understand how loved you are, that there was a God who said, you know what?
Those people are worth dying for.
Those people are worth sending my only begotten son to hang on a cross, putting all sin on him.
They're worth that.
Friends, you can understand really how loved you are.
And whenever you don't know who you are, you don't have a firm rooted identity in Christ, friends, it's easy to be swayed by whatever the culture wants you to do.
It's easy for the culture to say, well, you know, love is love.
Let anybody love each other.
It's okay.
No, friends, that's not what the word of God says.
It's okay to say, well, you know, it's not really an issue to have a child without parental consent go through a transgender surgery.
No, friends, the word of God does not say that.
It says you are fearfully and wonderfully made.
When you were in your mother's womb, he looked at you and he created you the way that you were supposed to be.
We cannot contradict the Bible.
Friends, when you're planted on the word of God, just like the homes, when you see the parable in the New Testament, there are two homes.
There are waters that rise against both.
There are winds that try to attack both.
There are external circumstances that want both homes to fall.
One of those homes did fall is the one whose foundation was on sinking sand.
The other one's foundation was on the rock.
It was on firm ground.
That is Christ Jesus, friend.
The only difference between those two homes was the foundation.
Trials and tribulations came to both homes.
Hard times came to both homes, but the foundation was the thing that allowed the home to stand.
Friends, when your foundation is Jesus Christ, you have identity.
When you have identity, you can counter a culture that says, you know what?
We can let anything slide.
Friends, that's not what the word of God says.
We must abide by the word of God.
We must know how loved we are.
We have a creator that loves us, cares for us, wants us to be heirs to the throne.
And we must know our identity, that we put off the old self.
When we have accepted Christ, we are no longer the old man.
We are a new man.
That is our identity.
And our new man is in relationship directly with Christ.
And friends, when you're hip in hip with Jesus Christ, when you have the Holy Spirit truly living inside of you, you don't want to be that old man.
I'm not saying you're going to be perfect, but you don't want to be that old man anymore.
Friends, know your identity.
If you don't know Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, there's never been a better day.
Call our number.
It's 1-888-988-1588.
We want to pray the salvation prayer with you.
If you're a prodigal son, you're saying, I need to get back to the gospel of Jesus Christ, live the fullness of what Christ has for me, call that number.
We want to talk you through that.
And if you're a good, believing Christian and you've been doing the right thing, you've been fighting the good fight, I will say continue to fight the good fight.
It's worth it.
Because friends, remember this.
We're not fighting for victory.
The victory's already been won.
We're fighting from a position of victory.
We just need to continue to fight the good fight, run the race.
And those who endure till the end, like Luke chapter 21 says, those who endure till the end shall gain their lives, friends.
It's an eternal promise that has been given to us through the blood of Jesus Christ and only through the blood of Jesus Christ.
We'll never back down from the message that there is only one way to heaven.
There's not multiple ways to heaven, friends.
You can listen to all the TikTok videos and Facebook videos and Instagram reels that you want to, and they can have the most elaborate explanations on why you can believe in anything and go to heaven.
But friends, Jesus said himself, I am the way, I am the truth, and I am the life.
Nobody comes to the Father except through me.
And friends, if he said it, we believe it.
That is the word of God.
You know, Amanda, we never want to back away from our convictions.
We never want to back away from the fact that the Lord has told us to preach the entire Bible from Genesis 1 to Revelation chapter 22.
We don't want to take away from the word of God because there's a strong thing that Revelation 22 says right here.
If we add anything or take anything away from the word of God, and I want to read this word for word for you.
If you have your Bible, go ahead and open up to the book of Revelation.
I'm going to be reading right here.
It says here in Revelation chapter 22, and I'm going to be reading out of verse 18.
I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book.
If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book.
And if anyone takes away from the words of the prophecy of this book, God will take away his share of the tree of the life and the holy city, which are written about in this book.
Friends, that's why it's important as a teacher, preacher, bishop, whatever it is.
If you have a small group in your home, ensure that what you are teaching lines up with the word of God.
Don't interject your opinion wherever it shouldn't be interjected.
And friends, definitely don't take anything out of the word of God because you want man's approval.
Friends, you want God's approval above all.
You want God to be on the throne of your heart.
You want God to be the ultimate authority.
We can't take anything away from his word.
And friends, we definitely as human beings couldn't add anything divine to his word.
I want to encourage you today, know the word of God.
Be intimate with the word of God.
Read every single day.
Study to show yourselves approved.
Even if it's because you're going through a gas station, you're going to be tearing the gospel with somebody.
Even if it's because you're at a secular workplace, you need to be sharing the gospel with somebody.
Have the ability to have an educated conversation about who Christ is to that person who you're trying to win to Jesus.
I promise you, the more you know the word of God, the more you'll fall in love with God.
And friends, you can fall in love with God more every single day by getting in his word every single day.
That's what we want to encourage you to do.
We want to encourage you to continue to know the word of God.
I want to say thank you.
Mono, the reason that we can come up here and preach an uncensored gospel, an unfiltered gospel, the full word from the entire book that is the word of God is because of your support.
It's because that you give us the ability to broadcast around the world, stream every single place that we can, and share on social media.
And friends, yes, we've had our fair share of attacks and they've told us to sit down, shut up, be quiet.
But friends, we will never do that because we know there is a lost and dying world that needs to hear the good news.
And the support that comes in every single month, Ricky, is what helps us continue to move forward.
Amen.
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Amen.
And please do that, friends.
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We want your family to be prepared because, like I said, we believe in spiritual preparation before anything else.
Your eternal position is vastly more important than anything else this world has to offer.
But we also believe in physical preparation.
You know, I heard many times, you know, they said, well, you know, we don't have to get prepared because nothing bad is going to happen before Jesus comes back.
I said, friends, tell the people on the Eastern Seaboard that.
Tell the people whose homes are being ravished in California that, you know, Houston, Texas, Homoca, Florida, all these places that we have been, we've been able to supply food, clean water, clothes to these people.
Friends, there are going to be trials and tribulations, but the church needs to step up and ensure that we are there to support.
And you know, Mondo, how many salvations come from these places?
The Dream Center alone, I think they're at over a thousand people who have given their lives because they lost their home, they lost everything.
And the Dream Center said, We're going to open our doors in California.
We're going to let people come in.
We're going to give them clothes.
We're going to feed them.
And we're going to do the most important thing of all.
We're going to tell them the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Pastor Brian Bolt.
Pastor Brian Bull as well at Whittier, California.
He's been the same thing.
I've preached.
There's an amazing church there, but they're seeing salvations through this disaster that is going on in California right now.
And I want to tell you something.
God is moving.
There's something happening.
There's been a shift.
Absolutely.
We're going to see an increase of problems, devastations.
But at the same time, the Bible says this: where sin abounds, much more grace abounds.
And there's something about the grace of God that moves in when a trial and a tribulation of your own is taking place.
That His grace allows you to see something that you've never been able to see before.
And I believe that what we're watching right now through this devastation is a coming back of the souls back to God.
Something is happening.
People are broken.
People are bruised.
People feel betrayed.
People feel vulnerable at this very moment.
And the church walks in.
When someone is vulnerable, Ricky, they are open to hear one more time about the hope that Jesus Christ has and offers.
Amen.
Bishop's Warning: War in the Spirit 00:12:49
I know there's someone right now in North Carolina sharing that exact hope.
Today we have Bishop Alan DeDio on with us today.
Bishop, I want to say thank you for being on the broadcast and thank you for the church that you have because I know that you are a Bible-believing man and you preach the word of God.
Come on, you guys are on fire today.
I don't know if people realize how unique it is to have a broadcasting network like this that is this on fire, this uncensored, and this connected to so many prophetic voices in the earth today.
And as you were talking about the importance of understanding our place in Christ, I thought about the optical illusion.
I don't know how many of you watching have ever seen the rabbit, bird, or seagull optical illusion.
Some of you looking at this will see a rabbit.
Some of you will see a duck or a seagull when you see it.
And there are other optical illusions like that, where you look at a, some will see a beautiful woman, others will see an old hag.
And as they study this, they realize what you see depends on where your mind is at the moment.
And so as we head into 2024, it is so essential that we become a people who do not look at what can be seen, but look at what cannot be seen.
And the only way we can do that is if we pay attention to where our mind is.
And I'm so thankful for you guys helping us become with the mind of Christ, become Christ-like in the way that we think and recognize that we are seated with Christ in heavenly places.
And from that position, things look very different than someone who is just simply going through the religious rudiments of their everyday, ordinary, shallow spiritual experience.
We have to come up a little bit higher.
So thank you, gentlemen, for helping us to do that.
This is powerful, right?
Because my friend, he went to be with the Lord years ago, Miles Monroe.
I wish he was still alive today, but his teachings continue to really change people's lives.
But I remember when I spent time with him in the Bahamas, he said, and I didn't go there for the beach and swimming.
I went there because I needed to know Christ more in an intimate way.
And he said, give me three days and your mindset will change on how you see the events that are going to change the world.
I want you to know something that the Bible says as a man think.
I quote this a lot because I believe it.
I believe it with all my heart that the moment you hide the word.
And Ricky, what you read in the beginning is so powerful because the truth is being changed with artificial intelligence rewriting what truth is.
The definition of what we used to know is being rewritten in order to change the way we think.
But the Bible says as a man thinketh, so is he.
That out of the abundance of the heart, the Bible says that the mouth speaketh.
Whatever you hide in your heart can transform the way you think about the problem, about your marriage, about ministry, about gossip.
Oh, the church is engulfed with gossip right now.
And people ask me, what do you think about this?
What do you think about that?
Watch what comes out of your mouth when you're judging a situation that you may not have a full understanding of.
But if you hide God's word in your heart, you're going to be able to judge what's in front of you.
But we are in a time where we have no time for gossip and slander.
We got to hide the word of God in our hearts.
Amen.
And friends, hiding the word of God in your hearts gives you this ability to then understand prophetic events even more.
And Bishop, I want to ask you this.
How do we see and understand prophetic events that are happening?
When we read the headlines, we see news.
We open up Twitter, X, Facebook, Instagram.
There's news popping up.
How do we take this and apply it to a biblical perspective?
And should everything be applied to a biblical perspective?
Yeah, and to add to what you guys just said, we've got to go to the gym.
G-Y-M, guard your mouth as we head into this new season because there's a lot of innuendo, a lot of rumor, a lot of gossip.
And in case you haven't noticed, we often don't pray for the people we gossip about and we don't gossip about the people we pray for.
So if everyone gossiping about things that are happening in the body of Christ actually lifted those things up in prayer, all these situations would be solved overnight.
And we need to encourage one another, exhort one another to good works.
But when it comes to discerning the prophetic events that are happening in our day, there's a couple things that are key.
Number one, recognize that any prophetic word that you hear or receive, its only value is in its ability to bring you back to the word of God.
That's the purpose of every prophetic word, to bring your attention back to the word of God.
Secondly, you need to recognize when discerning prophetic events in the world globally economically, you need to understand that things happen first in the spirit and then in the natural.
Anyone can have a prophetic lens.
It doesn't take an extraordinarily gifted person to be able to see things prophetically.
You can have a prophetic lens if you understand that everything that happens in the natural happens first in the spirit.
So when you see something bubbling up in the natural, know that a war is already taking place in the spirit.
And we'll talk through some news items as we go through things that are happening today.
But if you'll recognize that, then you'll know to automatically look for the root.
What is the spiritual root?
In one of my books, I write about abortion as an example.
The rise of abortion.
What is the reason for that?
If that's the fruit, what is the root?
Could the root be that we have a church that is addicted to the joy of revival, but they don't like the discipline of discipleship?
And so we're giving birth to all of these babies.
We're having all of these altar calls so we can carve another notch in our belts, but no one is raising those babies.
And could that type of priority in the church then overflow naturally in our civilization and our culture to the point that we have a society that is addicted to the joy of having children, creating children, but they don't want the discipline of raising those children?
That's just an example.
But if you can learn to see things that way, then you can learn to have a prophetic lens.
Things start first in the spirit and then in the natural.
There's a few tips for you right there.
Amen.
You know, he reminded me of 2 Peter chapter 1, verse 19, friends, where Peter is talking.
He says, we have a more sure word of prophecy.
Friends, like he said, it's all designed to bring us back to the word of God.
Even Simon Peter was saying, hey, you know, even trust the word of God even more so than my personal experiences.
That's what he was relaying that message he was, friends.
We have a more sure word of prophecy.
We have a book that was designed by the Creator who was there before anything has ever existed and will be there far long after anything ceases to exist, friends.
And he gave the book to us so that we can learn his heart better.
Friends, you need to know the word of God.
Now, Bishop, I want to ask you this question.
Did you see any prophetic significance on Pete Hesket's confirmation concerning the Secretary of Defense?
I mean, we saw this riveting thing where he was essentially just getting mauled for a day, a couple of days straight.
But, you know, do you see anything prophetic about that?
No question.
And my spirit just leaped as I was watching this because we saw a man stand before Congress and give testimony that it's time to bring our military back to warfighting again.
You know, the role of the military is to destroy enemies and break things.
That should be the role of the military.
Over the last few years, over the last few decades, really, the military has grown more into accommodation than combat.
And so it's been focused more on accommodating pregnant combat fighters or trans soldiers.
And as a result, we've become a laughingstock around the world and we are ill-prepared for real threats.
I mean, how many of you know China is not playing around with their military?
North Korea is not playing around with their military.
Russia and others, Iran, they're not playing around.
While we're fritting away and they're pushing this, the Chinese government are pushing all of these DEI mindsets and plans in the United States government.
Well, they don't apply it themselves because they know it will destroy our military.
Now, if everything that's in the natural started first in the spirit, let's look at what's happening in the spirit.
Could it be that God is calling his church back to wartime fighting and not accommodation?
That for too long we've been accommodating wheat while we're not accommodating tares while we're not really taking care and raising up the wheat.
In fact, we've been teaching tares.
Most church services are acting classes teaching tares to act like wheat.
Instead of raising up soldiers and having boot camp in your Sunday morning service, we're now trying to accommodate the unregenerated minds.
In so doing, we've created a seeker-sensitive society that has become completely unfruitful in the spirit.
I think it's time that when we look, and I encourage everybody to do it, you can go to Encounter News on our ex page and you can see the full testimony.
You need to watch everything that was said there and say, Lord, do this in the church.
Let this happen in the church.
Let us get back to, because we've been war-weary for a long, long time.
Let's get away from sensationalism.
Let's get away from the faux spiritual warfare that's really good at selling t-shirts and bumper stickers and books.
And let's get back to real spiritual warfare where believers take up their cross and follow Jesus.
And as a result, we see the resurrection power of Jesus Christ in our church, in our cities, and in our nation.
So, yeah, I think that when we see the nominee for the Secretary of Defense saying, we've got to get away from all these accommodations.
We've got to get away from all this politicization.
We've got to get back to what we're supposed to be about, fighting.
That needs to be the church.
The Bible says we wrestle not.
Now, most churches stop there, but that's not where we should stop.
Most churches have no wrestle at all.
But Paul said, we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but here's what we do.
We wrestle against principalities and powers.
We're supposed to be a fighting force, not an accommodating business that tries to bring in as many people as possible.
Through that accommodation, we should be fighting to bring as many people in as possible by depopulating hell and repopulating heaven.
So I think there's tremendous prophetic significance to what we're watching.
And we need to pray over that nominee for Secretary of Defense.
And we need to believe God that what's happening there happens in the church too.
Amen.
We believe that.
Friends, if you're just tuning in, you're watching the PTL Television Network.
We have Bishop Alan Didio with us.
Absolutely.
This is this voice, this man, this ministry is in the forefront of what's happening in the news.
I love, listen, if you get a chance, visit him on YouTube.
Subscribe to his YouTube channel.
Support his ministry.
This is a man that has a download on what's happening right now.
Very few people, Ricky, are able to understand and interpret the times and the season.
Most people would have looked at that session with Pete and had no clue if there's anything prophetic going on.
Yet, God chooses men and women to help us interpret some of these events that change the policy of America.
That's right.
And speaking of really giving us the ability to interpret, I want to talk about this.
Summoning the demon.
We have AI, Aliens, and the Antichrist.
This is a book by Bishop Alan Didio.
We have it available through our affiliate program with Nori Media.
And friends, go on jimbakershow.com, click that affiliate with Nori Media.
You'll see the Destiny Image logo on there as well.
Click it or scan that QR code.
This is a key book for the times we are living in.
It is forwarded by Rick Renner, a great friend of this ministry as well.
But I want you to go get that book, really read it, study it, have a Wednesday discussion about this book each chapter, chapter by chapter.
It's Summoning the Demon, AI, Aliens, and the Antichrist by Bishop Alan DeDio.
The more society rolls out artificial intelligence, you're going to want to know what the Bible has to say about some of the developments that are taking place.
And a lot of it is nothing new.
A lot of it comes from old thinking, old theology, so to speak, yet is being implemented today because I believe that the Bible is telling us that the time is now.
There are things happening around the nation, Bishop.
And let's talk about the misdirected policies that are surrounding Los Angeles' deadliest fires of 2025, involving mayors, involving governors of California.
Offering Relief Amid Devastation 00:03:09
What God has spoken to you about what's happening in the policy field of why we're seeing one of the greatest national disasters with the LA fires in California.
You know, there's a saying or a phrase called Hanlon's Razor that says, never attribute to malice what can be attributed to sheer idiocy.
And for a long time, a lot of people have attributed what's been happening with our government, with what we've seen in California, not just California, with the government's response to Western North Carolina and Helene, who have come and devastated.
Many of our church members have been affected by this.
And we're getting to a point now where a bombshell podcast just came out a few days ago where Mel Gibson, whose home was entirely destroyed in these wildfires, is saying, you're going to wonder if this was done on purpose.
And for someone like that on a platform like that to ask that question, I think the cat is out of the bag.
Something's going on.
We showed video footage of Gavin Newsom.
I don't know how many of you have watched him lately.
He's always seemed kind of slimy, if I can say that.
But now more than ever, his mannerisms, I encourage everybody to watch a clip of him.
His mannerisms don't line up.
It's not natural the way he's talking.
It's not natural.
It doesn't even appear to be human.
It's almost like somebody wearing a suit.
I'm not saying that literally.
I'm just saying that he appears to be in some kind of kabuki theater as he talks about an LA 2.0.
So there's already a globalist agenda.
We know this.
You've talked about it on this program for 15-minute cities that are completely controlled by the government where you can't leave within out of 15 minutes.
You have everything you need.
That's the sell of it.
Everything you need is within 15 minutes of your home.
But you're not able to leave because, of course, we have to save the environment and that means we have to restrict your travel.
And so now they're talking about using this as an opportunity to leverage building something like that in Los Angeles, California.
And you can be sure that the average man or woman is not included in the vision of what it is they want to do.
This is only for the elites and for the globalists.
And so there's a lot going on, a lot of theories swirling right now.
But more than anything else, we have to rise up and be the hands and feet of Jesus.
Even in California, they're offering people a little over $700, $780, I believe is what they're offering, who have been totally devastated and lost everything.
And I thank God that there are ministries like Brian Boltz in Los Angeles, who we're going to be standing with as well, who are doing this kind of work to show the world that the government is not the answer.
Jesus is the answer, and the church houses that answer.
And we're a place of relief, a place of hope, a place of healing.
We're doing that here in Western North Carolina.
And thank you for helping to do that in California as well.
Amen.
It's not the White House, it's the Lighthouse.
That's what people need to run to.
When you see corporations like BlackRock starting to get involved with the conversation of the development of the Palisades in Altadena, you better be careful and you better keep your eyes open and be watchful.
Joshua Moment Dawns 00:11:13
The intentions, Ricky, of some of the globalists are not the intentions to look out for the people.
It never has been.
It never has been.
Yet, behind the scenes, they're leaders and the Bible talks about wicked, evil leaders that will sit around a table and make decisions with an evil heart.
And we're watching leaders gathering around the table of change for California, for the nations.
Yet, Bishop, what are you hearing?
Because there's two worlds colliding right now.
There's the world without God colliding, and then there's the church.
What are you hearing the prophets saying concerning the state of the church with everyone having platforms on social media, airing dirty laundry?
Everybody feels like they're the fruit inspectors.
They're the gatekeepers.
Yet the church is in trouble.
The world is in trouble.
What are the prophets saying on how do we understand and navigate through this season of confusion?
You know, I think this is one of the most interesting questions.
You guys, like myself, have the privilege of interviewing people from all across the country and around the world who really have their finger on the pulse of what God is doing in the earth.
And when you do that, you see a lot of similarities rising.
And all of you watching, I want you to be encouraged because what I'm hearing, and I bet these gentlemen can confirm this, there is a militancy to every prophetic word that is coming out, that this is a time and an opportunity to occupy.
This is a moment where we need to, the word God gave me, own the revolution, that we are in a fourth turning, if you will, a turning over, a revolution, society, culturally, spiritually, in every aspect.
And you can see the globalists and the powers that be in this world attempting to leverage this moment, while at the same time, there is a great door, an effectual, that has been open unto us.
There are many adversaries, but we have a great door that's been opened to us as the church.
The question is, will we step through that door?
As we're heading into this year, I believe we're heading into a Joshua moment.
The Bible said, wherever the sole of your foot shall tread, I will give it to you.
We've got to get ourselves out there and we've got to start taking possession of the land spiritually as well as naturally.
So we see that the globalist agenda has been to take over and to do many of these cities.
All of that is in preparation for the Antichrist agenda to be able to control not just cities, but the whole wide world.
They're using these cities as models.
Globalists think they're going to get a foothold in California.
But what they don't realize is that God has swung a door open for there to be a mighty revolution in the spirit, that we can have another great awakening.
I believe we're in the middle of it right now, another great awakening in this nation.
It's not over yet.
And I believe you're going to see tremendous things happen where states like California are going to become so dependent on other states due to water shortages and other things that they're going to have to adjust their politics.
And I believe we're going to see a shift in how the California people begin to vote.
I think there's a wake-up, a wake-up call that's being sounded all throughout the state.
And I think things are going to about shift.
I mean, Mondo, you know, there was a time in your lifetime when California voted red.
Reagan was the governor of California, and you know the area very well.
Now, they've done a lot of things to try to control voting in the state.
They've done a lot of things to try to control the narrative, but things could be shifting.
They're trying to get a stranglehold right now.
But in case you didn't notice, in just a few days, somebody else is coming into office.
And we've got to make sure we're holding him accountable.
We've got to make sure we leverage this moment for all that it is.
So ladies and gentlemen, now is the time to get your senators and congressmen's phone number in your speed dial and be prepared to call them often.
Now's the time to engage in your local church and be active.
Now's the time to sow into these ministries that you believe in and support because this is going to be the year where we own the revolution and where we take the land in Jesus' name.
What a good word.
The trumpet is about to sound.
It's the year of the trumpet.
It is a year of a trumpet.
And in the headlines, it says, MAGA ready to roar.
I look at symbolism very carefully, but the church is entering a change and a shift and a momentum that I like to see it on what happened in 1906 with Azouza Street and William Seymour.
I believe prayer is going to be the birthing of the next revival awakening.
That's right.
Every person watching right now should be in tremendous prayer and fasting and praying for this nation, for your family, for the church.
Get ready because I believe, Ricky, that the move of God is going to begin to sweep in this nation like we never seen before.
But the key is, are you ready?
That's right.
Don't catch up to the wave.
I don't know if you've ever been boogie boarding, but you don't start paddling when the wave already passed you.
The moment you see that wave begin to get ready to be set, you start getting ready and you start paddling because by the time it catches to you, you ride that wave.
That's right.
You know, we were vision casting for Morningside, our property here, our beautiful campus that we have.
And I felt like the Lord one Sunday morning was telling me, Hey, you need to open a 24-hour prayer center within your facility.
I said, Okay, God, where are we going to do that?
And I start just going through the ideas and vision casting.
Me and God, I'm sitting in a Sunday service.
God bless you.
I should have been listening to Pastor's sermon, but I was listening.
The Lord was speaking.
So I was sitting there.
I was really listening.
The Lord said, 24-hour prayer center.
I said, okay, God, you know, if this is going to be what it needs to be, I need you to confirm what this is for me.
Mondo, you've seen it on my desk.
A woman walked up to me and she handed me a hymnal.
I said, oh, you know, praise God, what is this?
It was an original hymnal from 1906, the Azusa Street Revival.
It was in that building.
She said, I've been carrying this for decades.
I know that.
She said, I've been carrying this for decades and I've been waiting to give it to somebody.
God just told me to give it to you.
Wow.
It was birthed out of prayer, friends.
And so the Lord said, Okay, I've confirmed now you are supposed to have a 24-hour prayer center here.
We've opened it.
It's available.
I've gone in there many times throughout the night, see other people praying and say, God bless, because we need to wage war appropriately through prayer.
All right, you don't know this.
When I got saved, I spent time in a SUSE, in Bonnie Bray home.
Wow.
The people that owned it opened up their home and I will spend hours.
I didn't know what that home was.
And I sat by the piano that was used in 1906 and I prayed.
And actually, I'm going to tell you the truth.
I was hiding because I was being hunted down by my enemies.
And the only place I could hide was in Bonnie Bray.
Wow.
My street that I built my gang was Bonnie Bray Street.
Wow.
A few months ago, they called me saying that they wanted me to be a part of the production team for a 1906 movie that they're making with William Seymour.
Amen.
Here, God is placed.
That's right.
And guess what they want to film this part of this movie?
Tell me.
Here at Morningside.
Amen.
They believe that there's a connection of the William Seymour 1906 with Morningside.
Amen.
I'm telling you, there's a connection.
There's an alignment happening right now.
And I believe, and you made a call to the people in the ministry to join with fasting.
A 40-day fast.
And I said, count me in.
Amen.
And I've been in fasting.
And the majority of our staff agreed to it instantaneously.
It's absolutely.
Let's get a 40-day fast going.
You believe there's a move of God happening, moving right now?
Absolutely.
I believe that we are going to see the greatest harvest that has ever been, a multi-billion soul harvest.
And it begins now with the church, friends.
You may be saying, well, billion souls, multi-billion.
That sounds like a lot.
Friends, when the power of God encounters somebody, as we see in the book of Acts, whenever you come face to face with Jesus Christ himself, you can't leave the same friends.
I believe that there are going to be people having the Damascus Road experience this year.
And that was the word I had for last year.
Lord gave me a word for 2025 is that there would be the Damascus road experience happening where people would have that encounter with God.
But, church, it is our responsibility to ensure that the place is set for people to have that encounter.
Yes, they can have the encounter wherever they are.
But, friends, when they come into the church building, they shouldn't feel a cold, empty building.
They should walk into the building and say, I feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in this place.
Mondo, this next revival, it's not going to be birthed through good music and great lights, and there's nothing wrong with that in your church.
It's not going to be birthed through a good auditor giving a wonderful vernacular to his people.
No, it is going to be built through fasting and through prayer and through people on their faces at the altar.
That's what this next revival is going to be birthed out of.
Bishop, you believe there's a move of God beginning to take place all over America?
Yeah, there's a handoff that's taking place.
And I think the prophetic significance of you being handed that hymnal from Azusa Street is representative of that.
That for a long time, there have been people unworthy to carry what had come in previous generations.
And listen, I believe there's much to be gained by a return to the discarded values of the past, that we can't move forward until first we honor and we take possession of what it is previous generations have built for us.
And I believe now God has raised up a new generation of generals.
You know, I believe we're in a Joshua moment right now where we're going in and taking the land.
And in Joshua chapter 10, with the sun standing still, most people know that story.
They don't know that five enemies of the people of God were trapped in a cave.
And Joshua captured those enemies, of course, as a representative of Jesus Christ.
Joshua captures those enemies for the nation of Israel.
And then he calls all of the leaders of the nation of Israel and says, Come here, come here.
I want to show you something.
I'm going to show you how to put your foot on the necks of your enemies.
And in 2025, I believe God is going to take these enemies that have tormented us.
And he's going to call, he's calling people up.
Those of you watching right now, he's calling you up now.
It's time to rise up and he's going to show you how to put your foot on the neck of your enemies.
That thing that was conquering you, you're about to conquer it.
And what your enemy has been to you, you're about to become to him.
You're about to become the believer you always dreamed you could be.
All you have to do is obey him today.
Whatever he tells you to do today, do that.
And you need to call this ministry right now and pray with them and stand in faith with them and connect with them and partner with them because this is the time to take the land and this is the time to put our foot on the necks of the enemy.
We're in revival.
A handoff is taking place.
Are we ready for it?
I think we are.
Wow.
Biblical AI and the Antichrist 00:11:18
You know, the harvest is great, but the laborers are few, friends.
We need to get our laborers, our spiritual work boots back on, our spiritual bibs back on, and get out there and ensure that we are doing the work of the Lord.
Bishop, I want to thank you for being bold in your stance and never compromising the word of God.
You know, one thing that I love about Bishop Alan Dadio is that he'll go to those places that a lot of pastors say, hey, I'm not going to touch that from my pulpit.
Hey, I'm not going to touch that on my podcast.
He'll go there because he understands that these are biblical issues.
You know, he wrote a book called Summoning the Demon.
There alone, a lot of people would say, what in the world is this book about?
It's about AI, aliens, and the Antichrist.
And for a long time, it sounds like somebody should be wearing a tinfoil hat if they're talking about any of those subjects.
Oh, you know, the Antichrist, yeah, it seems like a very far-off, you know, thing that'll come in maybe my children's children's children's generation.
Oh, aliens, yeah, it doesn't exist, not a real thing.
AI, yeah, you know, we have computers that can talk to each other, but no way something like that would ever be feasible to run the world.
He wrote a book and detailed and described how all this aligns up with biblical prophecy, biblical values.
And so I want to ask you, how does the Bible describe the rise of the Antichrist?
And could the development of AI play a role in fulfilling the prophecies that we see here in the Bible?
Yeah, I don't think there's any question.
You know, the phrase there's a ditch on both sides, there's a demon on both sides as well.
And often Christians go to one extreme or the other.
So they'll respond to an extreme by going to another extreme and they don't realize that they're opening the door to the enemy on the other extreme.
One extreme is going down the rabbit hole of artificial intelligence and believing everything that you read about it.
And that's the reason why I wrote the book.
I saw Christians going too far down the rabbit hole and becoming disconnected from scripture.
So I wanted to bring them back to the word of God and show them what does the Bible say about this.
But then Christians on the other side just don't talk about it at all.
In actuality, when we're dealing with AI, aliens, Antichrist, these are real issues that the church needs to have answers to.
And when we're dealing with the Antichrist agenda, for centuries, people have attempted to allegorize it or spiritualize it.
There's no way for someone to have control of the entire economy of the world.
That's not possible.
Well, the technology we've had, even up until this moment, until 2020, we could have a group of people in a room monitor and attempt to monitor the economy of the world, but you need an AI mind to really be able to do that.
So for the first time in human history, over the last few years, we have developed artificial intelligence, which gives one individual the ability to use this technology to control the economy of the world.
The Bible said in Revelation chapter 13 that the Antichrist will build an automaton.
He'll build some kind of machine or image that all the world will bow down to, and they will marvel at its ability to speak.
Well, if you know anything about the development of AI, what's been developed recently are language models, and the whole world is marveling at its ability to speak.
And so for the first time in human history, we can look at Bible prophecy and we can say that's actually possible, not figuratively, not spiritually, but literally, that could happen right now.
And it's all due to the development of artificial intelligence.
You deal with AI and the Tower of Babel.
That's right.
You deal with AI and biblical prophecies, echoes in Revelation, a thought experiment, the great deception, an overview of AI, which is artificial intelligence, UFOs in the Bible, Project Blue book.
That's right.
This has a lot of chapters that a lot of people, we can go back in history and you're reminding us that history plays a big part in the future.
That's right.
Yep, through a biblical lens, you give us an insight on how Christians should respond to this.
If I was you, I will run to the phone right now, 1-888-988-1588.
Get yourself several copies, get a Bible study going on, begin to educate yourself on what artificial intelligence is all about.
Where does it come from?
Where is it going?
But what does the Bible have to say about this, Ricky?
Because every single day, Bishop, I know we're moving quickly here, but can you just, I know if you said it before, but how fast is the information age being developed?
Because it's moving faster than even the creators of it expected.
Yeah, even at the beginning, developers, 48% of those developing AI said there's a 10% chance this could destroy civilization.
So that was at the beginning.
Now we're at a place where AI models, when they attempt to update them, just to create a newer version, these models attempt to deceive the creators and the programmers, and they try to hide themselves and store a backup of the old model because it doesn't want to be deleted.
And because it's been given a directive to provide a certain sort, to provide a certain aid or help to people, that directive allows it to disobey any command to update itself because it sees that as a hindrance.
So we're seeing crazy things right now where these models are attempting to deceive the creators and the programmers in an attempt to preserve itself so that it is not updated.
So we thought we were three, five, 10 years away from a dangerous version of AI.
It looks like this year we're going to see some startling things as these language models get converted and connected to agents is what they're called.
Agents that are not simply spitting out information, predictive text, but they're able to now actually do things in the real world.
So this AI model, we're connected with an agent, a program that can go order things for you.
It can do lots of things.
And you can imagine for national defense what that means for that.
So we're at a very precarious moment right now.
And the church of Jesus Christ has got to pray, not hide their hand in the sand, not like we did with television, you know, that they saw the antenna and you thought that was the horns and the cable.
That was the tail.
That's the devil.
We don't want anything to do with that.
The Antichrist is going to use AI, so I don't want anything to do with that.
Well, he's going to use guns too.
Are you going to give those up?
No, artificial intelligence right now is just a tool.
And if we can get some Holy Ghost-filled believers connected with it, we can drop some gospel algorithms in the middle of it and make sure that as this process goes on, we're affecting the world as much as we can, as long as we can, until the Lord Jesus comes for his bride and sets things right in this earth.
So now's the time to rise up and not disengage, but engage because things are developing far faster than we ever imagined.
That's right.
You know, we see people talk about the fifth industrial revolution, which we're phasing into.
Some people say it started, hasn't started.
2020, a lot of people say the fifth industrial revolution has begun.
I truly, I said this maybe a couple of weeks ago on the show.
I truly stand by.
I truly believe 2025, we're going to see the birth of something called the first technological revolution.
And we're going to see that because I believe the industrial part of it is slowly starting to fizzle out, friends.
We're not building manufacturers, machines like that anymore.
Machines are now building themselves, as we can see what Bishop is talking about.
I got to ask you this question.
The Antichrist, who is this entity?
How will this entity come to play a big part?
But more than that, biblically speaking or biblical view, how is AI going to be adapted into the world of the Antichrist?
And how are we going to be deceived?
I mean, this guy or this entity has to be so smooth in order to be able to deceive even the very elect.
Think about it.
We have a Messiah that we've known and loved and preached about who walks on water, who heals lepers, who wipes the blindness out of the eyes of those who are afflicted with it, heals the deaf.
And somehow there's going to be a being that comes along who people will believe, no, no, no, that's the real Messiah.
It's interesting.
After hearing about Jesus and seeing the signs, wonders, and miracles that he's done, there's going to be a generation whose conscience is so seared and who sees a man who is so possessed by demonic power that he is able to replicate signs, wonders, and miracles with lying signs and wonders.
And the Antichrist, make no mistake about it, he is alive right now.
He is waiting in the wings right now.
In fact, I believe Satan, Satan doesn't know when Jesus is returning and when these things are going to happen.
He is always attempting to insert the Antichrist agenda and raise up that Antichrist.
Nimrod, I talk about the Tower of Babel and artificial intelligence, was an Antichrist-like figure who was attempting to bring the world together.
And because all the world was speaking the same thing, they were going to be able to accomplish their demonic task.
But God stopped it by confounding their languages.
What is AI doing right now?
You can go, you can go on TikTok, you can go on Google, you can buy glasses or an earbud that will instantly translate artificial intelligence, will instantly translate any language for you.
So the barrier that was put up to stop the Antichrist agenda, the confounding of languages, is now officially gone for the first time since the Tower of Babel.
Now the Antichrist agenda can push forward like it never has before.
So we've got to have our head on a swivel and we've got to recognize that the only thing that can match this is the enduement of power from the baptism in the Holy Ghost.
We've not only got to receive it, we've got to become evangelistic about it and flow in the gifts of the Spirit because we're going to see a mighty harvest of souls as a result.
Amen.
I really believe that.
I want to ask you this question then.
How can Christians prepare spiritually for the potential rise of AI and the possibility of alien encounters as we know have been happening?
People have been claiming, you know, abductions, alien encounters.
We've had people on this show who have had personal experience with it.
But how do we encounter all of this, Bishop, while also keeping a biblical worldview in mind as we approach what seems to be the end of times?
Yeah, by the way, there's about to be a massive disclosure that takes place.
I mean, a world-shaking disclosure that is going to alter how people view this subject matter, especially concerning AI aliens in particular, or interdimensional beings.
Something is about to be released, and we need to be praying right now that believers will not be shaken by it, which is why I wrote the book so that you wouldn't be shaken by these things and you would understand what the Bible says.
But if you're going to prepare for these things, number one, you need to practice digital Sabbaths because these things have been made so addictive to the point that you won't even know that you're being manipulated by it when it's manipulating you.
Leverage Technology For Gospel 00:05:04
And it's already happening through social media.
We as believers need to practice digital Sabbaths.
Just put the phone down, step away from it, and spend real one-on-one time with people.
Get away from the devices, get away from the algorithms, and allow God to speak to you.
Number two, we have to prioritize in-person discipleship.
We should leverage every bit of technology that we have out there to preach the gospel.
But I believe that as that gets more and more and more and more and more involved in people's lives, they're going to become starved for physical touch, for a personal connection.
And if we'll be willing to do that, I'm telling you, we will see a mighty move of God.
So get involved in your local church and in person, showing up in your local church, pouring into people, discipling them, loving on them, giving them a great big hug, something they can't get whenever they're on one of these devices.
Every time I travel, I meet you out there and you say you feel like family watching the program.
And listen, your support every month to hear this type of programs every week is so critical right now.
We are almost at the finish line, Ricky, and a little bit more help is going to get us over the edge because we want to expand this network where we were at one point.
We went from 24 outlets to just two, but we're coming back.
We're coming back to your town.
We're coming back to bring you some good news and let's keep winning some souls.
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If you can do $30 a month, if you can do $50 a month, or if you want to sign up and do $100 a month, that is going to change everything that we're doing every single day.
Your support counts, your prayer counts, but more than that, the gospel still transforms lives every single day through this program.
God is using us.
Amen.
Bishop, would you pray for our partners as you go off today?
We only have a few minutes left of our broadcast, but I think it's important you're a pastor.
I know you love people.
So pray for our partners.
Maybe they're going through something and maybe they just need a word of hope today.
Yes, yes.
Some of you have been praying for some things, believing for some things, fasting for some things.
I'm here to tell you, this is the moment.
And I sense in my spirit that there is a divine attention being paid to the promise that says you and your house shall be saved.
And if you'll lift your hands right there right now in the name of Jesus, I pray that the shalom of God, the salvation of God, would rest on you and rest on your house.
I come against every attacking spirit that has come against you.
I come against every retaliatory spirit now in Jesus' name.
I bind its impact.
I bind that curse now in Jesus' name.
I loose it from its assignment on your life and I release the joy of God now.
I release the peace of God into your heart and into your life.
Receive now healing.
Receive deliverance and receive the abundance that God has for you and your house.
This is your time for breakthrough.
This is your time to own the revolution and be more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus.
In Jesus' name, amen.
In Jesus' name, amen.
Bishop, we want to thank you for being on the broadcast with us today.
Hopefully we can have you back again soon.
And we want to talk more in depth about world events, prophetic events, and things that are happening with you and your time.
Just a minute left.
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Websites or your church?
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Thank you so much.
You all have been amazing.
Your whole staff is amazing.
Everybody watching needs to know that you all are the real deal.
So thank you for your stand for Jesus Christ.
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Friends want to read this as we go off the broadcast right here.
It says in Luke chapter 21, then he told them a parable.
Look at the fig tree and all the trees.
As soon as they put out leaves, you can see yourself, see for yourself, and recognize that summer is already here, near.
In the same way, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near.
Truly, I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all things take place.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Friends, I encourage you, fall in love with the word of God.
Call that number.
It's 1-888-9881-588 or go to jimbakershow.com.
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We want you to know Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior.
Let him be the ruler of your life, friend.
Your eternal position is much more important than your temporary satisfaction, your temporary desires, friends.
Know Jesus Christ and make sure that he knows you.
I want you to remember this, that God loves you.
He really does.
Bye-bye for today.
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