WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.394 >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH. 00:00:04.405 --> 00:00:09.843 WELCOME SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH. >> CHARLIE KIRK. A PATRIOT, A 00:00:09.877 --> 00:00:11.634 >> CHARLIE KIRK. A PATRIOT, A CONSERVATIVE, A LEADER, A 00:00:11.645 --> 00:00:13.570 CONSERVATIVE, A LEADER, A BUILDER, AN ADVOCATE. 00:00:13.581 --> 00:00:14.548 BUILDER, AN ADVOCATE. >> AND AUTHOR. 00:00:14.582 --> 00:00:16.306 >> AND AUTHOR. >> A LOVER OF. 00:00:16.317 --> 00:00:16.907 >> A LOVER OF. >> FREEDOM. 00:00:16.918 --> 00:00:17.751 >> FREEDOM. >> A HUSBAND. 00:00:17.785 --> 00:00:22.088 >> A HUSBAND. >> A FATHER, A CHRISTIAN, AND A 00:00:22.089 --> 00:00:24.581 >> A FATHER, A CHRISTIAN, AND A WARRIOR. YOU SEE, CHARLIE KIRK 00:00:24.592 --> 00:00:26.793 WARRIOR. YOU SEE, CHARLIE KIRK WAS A TRUE BELIEVER FOR. 00:00:26.794 --> 00:00:27.450 WAS A TRUE BELIEVER FOR. >> THE. 00:00:27.461 --> 00:00:27.727 >> THE. >> CAUSE OF. 00:00:27.728 --> 00:00:29.586 >> CAUSE OF. >> FREEDOM, FOR THE POWER. 00:00:29.597 --> 00:00:31.021 >> FREEDOM, FOR THE POWER. >> OF YOUNG. 00:00:31.032 --> 00:00:31.288 >> OF YOUNG. >> PEOPLE. 00:00:31.299 --> 00:00:31.865 >> PEOPLE. >> BELIEF IN OUR REPUBLIC. 00:00:31.899 --> 00:00:32.856 >> BELIEF IN OUR REPUBLIC. >> AND. 00:00:32.867 --> 00:00:33.567 >> AND. >> OUR FOUNDING. 00:00:33.601 --> 00:00:36.026 >> OUR FOUNDING. >> PRINCIPLES IN AMERICA FIRST. 00:00:36.037 --> 00:00:38.228 >> PRINCIPLES IN AMERICA FIRST. >> AND MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. 00:00:38.239 --> 00:00:43.133 >> AND MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS A 00:00:43.144 --> 00:00:45.379 BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS A TRUE BELIEVER. 00:00:45.413 --> 00:00:47.738 TRUE BELIEVER. >> ONLY CHRIST. 00:00:47.749 --> 00:00:48.605 >> ONLY CHRIST. >> IS KING. 00:00:48.616 --> 00:00:49.483 >> IS KING. >> OUR LORD. 00:00:49.517 --> 00:00:58.782 >> OUR LORD. >> AND SAVIOR. OUR SINS ARE 00:00:58.793 --> 00:00:58.993 >> AND SAVIOR. OUR SINS ARE WASHED. 00:00:59.027 --> 00:01:01.328 WASHED. >> AWAY BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS. 00:01:01.329 --> 00:01:03.754 >> AWAY BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS. >> FEAR GOD AND FEAR. 00:01:03.765 --> 00:01:08.468 >> FEAR GOD AND FEAR. >> NO MAN. 00:01:08.470 --> 00:01:10.261 >> NO MAN. >> THAT WAS. 00:01:10.272 --> 00:01:10.670 >> THAT WAS. >> CHARLIE KIRK. 00:01:10.672 --> 00:01:12.439 >> CHARLIE KIRK. >> YOU SEE, CHARLIE KIRK. 00:01:12.440 --> 00:01:14.007 >> YOU SEE, CHARLIE KIRK. >> STARTED TURNING POINT. USA 00:01:14.042 --> 00:01:14.932 >> STARTED TURNING POINT. USA TO CHANGE. 00:01:14.943 --> 00:01:16.534 TO CHANGE. >> OUR POLITICS. THAT’S WHEN. 00:01:16.545 --> 00:01:17.768 >> OUR POLITICS. THAT’S WHEN. >> I FIRST MET HIM. 00:01:17.779 --> 00:01:19.614 >> I FIRST MET HIM. >> OVER A DECADE AGO. 00:01:19.648 --> 00:01:20.705 >> OVER A DECADE AGO. >> HE WAS BUILDING A. 00:01:20.716 --> 00:01:22.917 >> HE WAS BUILDING A. >> MOVEMENT AND NOBODY WORKED. 00:01:22.951 --> 00:01:23.707 >> MOVEMENT AND NOBODY WORKED. >> HARDER AT IT. BRINGING 00:01:23.718 --> 00:01:25.786 >> HARDER AT IT. BRINGING PEOPLE TO. 00:01:25.787 --> 00:01:28.522 PEOPLE TO. >> POLITICAL SMALL T TRUTH. I 00:01:28.557 --> 00:01:32.560 >> POLITICAL SMALL T TRUTH. I STILL HAVE THE STICKER BIG 00:01:32.561 --> 00:01:44.562 STILL HAVE THE STICKER BIG GOVERNMENT SUCKS. AND HE 00:01:44.573 --> 00:01:45.773 GOVERNMENT SUCKS. AND HE PURSUED THAT TRUTH WITH MORE 00:01:45.774 --> 00:01:46.664 PURSUED THAT TRUTH WITH MORE VIGOR. 00:01:46.675 --> 00:01:48.533 VIGOR. >> THAN ANYONE I’VE EVER MET. 00:01:48.544 --> 00:01:48.809 >> THAN ANYONE I’VE EVER MET. >> BUT OVER. 00:01:48.810 --> 00:01:49.667 >> BUT OVER. >> TIME HE. 00:01:49.678 --> 00:01:50.945 >> TIME HE. >> REALIZED, LIKE SO MANY. 00:01:50.979 --> 00:01:52.203 >> REALIZED, LIKE SO MANY. >> OF US. 00:01:52.214 --> 00:01:52.603 >> OF US. >> HAVE, THAT THIS. 00:01:52.614 --> 00:01:55.349 >> HAVE, THAT THIS. >> IS NOT A POLITICAL WAR. IT’S 00:01:55.384 --> 00:01:56.384 >> IS NOT A POLITICAL WAR. IT’S NOT EVEN A CULTURAL WAR. IT’S A 00:01:56.385 --> 00:02:00.712 NOT EVEN A CULTURAL WAR. IT’S A SPIRITUAL WAR. FAITH AND FAMILY. 00:02:00.723 --> 00:02:01.379 SPIRITUAL WAR. FAITH AND FAMILY. FIRST. 00:02:01.390 --> 00:02:03.591 FIRST. >> THERE IS A GOD. AND AS 00:02:03.592 --> 00:02:04.625 >> THERE IS A GOD. AND AS CHARLIE WOULD SAY. 00:02:04.626 --> 00:02:07.461 CHARLIE WOULD SAY. >> IT IS NOT US. WE’RE SINNERS, 00:02:07.496 --> 00:02:10.698 >> IT IS NOT US. WE’RE SINNERS, SAVED ONLY BY GRACE IN NEED OF 00:02:10.699 --> 00:02:14.001 SAVED ONLY BY GRACE IN NEED OF THE GOSPEL. YOU SEE, WE ALWAYS 00:02:14.002 --> 00:02:14.692 THE GOSPEL. YOU SEE, WE ALWAYS DID NEED LESS GOVERNMENT. 00:02:14.703 --> 00:02:15.826 DID NEED LESS GOVERNMENT. >> BUT WHAT. 00:02:15.837 --> 00:02:16.537 >> BUT WHAT. >> CHARLIE UNDERSTOOD AND 00:02:16.538 --> 00:02:19.330 >> CHARLIE UNDERSTOOD AND INFUSED INTO HIS MOVEMENT IS WE 00:02:19.341 --> 00:02:23.010 INFUSED INTO HIS MOVEMENT IS WE ALSO NEEDED A LOT MORE. GOD, 00:02:23.011 --> 00:02:23.801 ALSO NEEDED A LOT MORE. GOD, CHARLIE. 00:02:23.812 --> 00:02:28.082 CHARLIE. >> HAD BIG PLANS, BUT GOD HAD 00:02:28.117 --> 00:02:39.117 >> HAD BIG PLANS, BUT GOD HAD EVEN BIGGER PLANS. YOU KNOW, 00:02:39.128 --> 00:02:39.584 EVEN BIGGER PLANS. YOU KNOW, MARCO. 00:02:39.595 --> 00:02:41.152 MARCO. >> MENTIONED THIS ARENA AND. 00:02:41.163 --> 00:02:42.120 >> MENTIONED THIS ARENA AND. >> THE MILLIONS. 00:02:42.131 --> 00:02:43.698 >> THE MILLIONS. >> WATCHING. A COUPLE OF DAYS 00:02:43.732 --> 00:02:46.133 >> WATCHING. A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, I LEARNED THAT KIRK. 00:02:46.135 --> 00:02:49.237 AGO, I LEARNED THAT KIRK. >> ACTUALLY IN GERMAN, IN 00:02:49.238 --> 00:02:50.395 >> ACTUALLY IN GERMAN, IN GERMAN, THE GERMAN LANGUAGE 00:02:50.406 --> 00:02:53.908 GERMAN, THE GERMAN LANGUAGE MEANS CHURCH. SO ON THIS SUNDAY 00:02:53.943 --> 00:02:55.500 MEANS CHURCH. SO ON THIS SUNDAY MORNING, I’D LIKE TO THINK. 00:02:55.511 --> 00:02:56.812 MORNING, I’D LIKE TO THINK. >> WE’RE ALL. 00:02:56.846 --> 00:03:03.709 >> WE’RE ALL. >> IN CHARLIE’S CHURCH. 00:03:03.720 --> 00:03:04.576 >> IN CHARLIE’S CHURCH. >> CHARLIE STARTED A. 00:03:04.587 --> 00:03:06.478 >> CHARLIE STARTED A. >> POLITICAL MOVEMENT, BUT. 00:03:06.489 --> 00:03:08.056 >> POLITICAL MOVEMENT, BUT. UNLEASHED A SPIRITUAL REVIVAL. 00:03:08.057 --> 00:03:09.624 UNLEASHED A SPIRITUAL REVIVAL. MY PASTOR TEXTED ME THE DAY 00:03:09.659 --> 00:03:12.784 MY PASTOR TEXTED ME THE DAY AFTER THAT HORRIFIC EVENT AND 00:03:12.795 --> 00:03:13.528 AFTER THAT HORRIFIC EVENT AND SAID, PETE, THE DEVIL 00:03:13.562 --> 00:03:16.664 SAID, PETE, THE DEVIL OVERPLAYED HIS HAND. CHARLIE 00:03:16.666 --> 00:03:18.524 OVERPLAYED HIS HAND. CHARLIE STARTED WITH LIBERTY, BUT ENDED 00:03:18.535 --> 00:03:20.736 STARTED WITH LIBERTY, BUT ENDED UP LIGHTING OUR COUNTRY ON FIRE 00:03:20.770 --> 00:03:22.894 UP LIGHTING OUR COUNTRY ON FIRE FOR CHRIST. HE STARTED TURNING 00:03:22.905 --> 00:03:24.706 FOR CHRIST. HE STARTED TURNING POINT USA. BUT THIS MOMENT IS 00:03:24.707 --> 00:03:30.669 POINT USA. BUT THIS MOMENT IS THE TURNING POINT FOR THE USA. 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:35.317 THE TURNING POINT FOR THE USA. RIGHT NOW. 00:03:35.318 --> 00:03:38.687 RIGHT NOW. >> HE DIED THE WAY HE LIVED. 00:03:38.688 --> 00:03:41.480 >> HE DIED THE WAY HE LIVED. SPEAKING THE TRUTH. CHARLIE 00:03:41.491 --> 00:03:41.690 SPEAKING THE TRUTH. CHARLIE WAGED. 00:03:41.691 --> 00:03:43.759 WAGED. >> WAR NOT WITH A WEAPON, BUT 00:03:43.793 --> 00:03:46.952 >> WAR NOT WITH A WEAPON, BUT WITH A TENT, A MICROPHONE, HIS 00:03:46.963 --> 00:03:49.497 WITH A TENT, A MICROPHONE, HIS MIND AND THE TRUTH. AND THE 00:03:49.499 --> 00:03:53.068 MIND AND THE TRUTH. AND THE GATES OF HELL COULD NOT PREVAIL 00:03:53.102 --> 00:03:58.797 GATES OF HELL COULD NOT PREVAIL AGAINST HIM. 00:03:58.808 --> 00:03:59.598 AGAINST HIM. >> HE WENT. 00:03:59.609 --> 00:04:01.910 >> HE WENT. >> INTO THE DARKEST OF PLACES 00:04:01.911 --> 00:04:04.569 >> INTO THE DARKEST OF PLACES LIKE PAUL IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, 00:04:04.580 --> 00:04:05.781 LIKE PAUL IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, WENT INTO COLLEGE CAMPUSES 00:04:05.815 --> 00:04:07.372 WENT INTO COLLEGE CAMPUSES WHERE THEY SAID WE COULDN’T GO. 00:04:07.383 --> 00:04:11.019 WHERE THEY SAID WE COULDN’T GO. AND HE WAS THE LIGHT. HE WAS 00:04:11.020 --> 00:04:12.787 AND HE WAS THE LIGHT. HE WAS BOLD. HE WAS BRAVE. 00:04:12.822 --> 00:04:15.714 BOLD. HE WAS BRAVE. >> HE WAS A HERO. 00:04:15.725 --> 00:04:17.049 >> HE WAS A HERO. >> YOU KNOW, AT THE WAR 00:04:17.060 --> 00:04:19.328 >> YOU KNOW, AT THE WAR DEPARTMENT, WE KNOW A LITTLE 00:04:19.329 --> 00:04:21.654 DEPARTMENT, WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HEROISM. I’VE SEEN IT 00:04:21.665 --> 00:04:23.623 BIT ABOUT HEROISM. I’VE SEEN IT PERSONALLY ON THE BATTLEFIELD 00:04:23.634 --> 00:04:25.424 PERSONALLY ON THE BATTLEFIELD FROM AMERICANS WEARING 00:04:25.435 --> 00:04:27.169 FROM AMERICANS WEARING CAMOUFLAGE. AND I’M SURROUNDED 00:04:27.170 --> 00:04:29.738 CAMOUFLAGE. AND I’M SURROUNDED BY MEN AND WOMEN TODAY WHO HAVE 00:04:29.739 --> 00:04:31.573 BY MEN AND WOMEN TODAY WHO HAVE THE CHANCE TO WITNESS THE SAME. 00:04:31.575 --> 00:04:34.734 THE CHANCE TO WITNESS THE SAME. MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THIS, 00:04:34.745 --> 00:04:36.912 MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THIS, BUT CHARLIE KIRK WANTED TO GO 00:04:36.947 --> 00:04:39.439 BUT CHARLIE KIRK WANTED TO GO TO WEST POINT. IT NEVER 00:04:39.450 --> 00:04:41.650 TO WEST POINT. IT NEVER HAPPENED. OBVIOUSLY, HIS 00:04:41.651 --> 00:04:42.918 HAPPENED. OBVIOUSLY, HIS PERSONAL LOSS AT THAT MOMENT 00:04:42.919 --> 00:04:53.485 PERSONAL LOSS AT THAT MOMENT WAS OUR NATION’S GREAT GAIN. 00:04:53.496 --> 00:04:55.054 WAS OUR NATION’S GREAT GAIN. >> CHARLIE KIRK. 00:04:55.065 --> 00:04:56.432 >> CHARLIE KIRK. >> WAS A CITIZEN WHO HAD THE 00:04:56.466 --> 00:04:56.722 >> WAS A CITIZEN WHO HAD THE BIBLICAL. 00:04:56.733 --> 00:04:59.268 BIBLICAL. >> HEART OF A SOLDIER OF THE 00:04:59.269 --> 00:05:01.370 >> HEART OF A SOLDIER OF THE FAITH, WHO PUT ON EVERY SINGLE 00:05:01.371 --> 00:05:03.696 FAITH, WHO PUT ON EVERY SINGLE DAY THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD WITH 00:05:03.707 --> 00:05:07.643 DAY THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD WITH A SMILE, AS THE SCRIPTURES TELL 00:05:07.678 --> 00:05:10.336 A SMILE, AS THE SCRIPTURES TELL ALL CHRIST FOLLOWERS TO DO. 00:05:10.347 --> 00:05:13.683 ALL CHRIST FOLLOWERS TO DO. CHARLIE KIRK, A WARRIOR FOR 00:05:13.684 --> 00:05:16.476 CHARLIE KIRK, A WARRIOR FOR COUNTRY, A WARRIOR FOR CHRIST. 00:05:16.487 --> 00:05:18.954 COUNTRY, A WARRIOR FOR CHRIST. HE RAN THE RACE. HE FINISHED 00:05:18.989 --> 00:05:22.615 HE RAN THE RACE. HE FINISHED THE FIGHT. NOW IT’S OUR TURN. 00:05:22.626 --> 00:05:26.863 THE FIGHT. NOW IT’S OUR TURN. MY CHARGE TO ALL OF YOU LIVE. 00:05:26.897 --> 00:05:29.222 MY CHARGE TO ALL OF YOU LIVE. WORTHY OF CHARLIE KIRK’S 00:05:29.233 --> 00:05:31.724 WORTHY OF CHARLIE KIRK’S SACRIFICE AND PUT CHRIST AT THE 00:05:31.735 --> 00:05:34.537 SACRIFICE AND PUT CHRIST AT THE CENTER OF YOUR LIFE AS HE 00:05:34.572 --> 00:05:48.442 CENTER OF YOUR LIFE AS HE ADVOCATED FOR GIVING HIS. 00:05:48.453 --> 00:05:51.288 ADVOCATED FOR GIVING HIS. CHARLIE HAS HEARD THE WORDS 00:05:51.322 --> 00:05:54.524 CHARLIE HAS HEARD THE WORDS ECHOING NOW IN HEAVEN. WELL 00:05:54.525 --> 00:06:00.020 ECHOING NOW IN HEAVEN. WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. 00:06:00.031 --> 00:06:01.864 DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. CHARLIE WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE. 00:06:01.866 --> 00:06:04.567 CHARLIE WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE. GOD BLESS.