A History of First Landing

In 1607, three ships from England landed in VA Beach on April 26th. This is commonly remembered as the First Landing. The weary travelers fasted for three days while praying over the land that was to be their new home.

On April 29, 1607, Rev. Robert Hunt said a prayer at First Landing in VA Beach. The congregation built a cross that stood 16 feet tall to symbolize the dedication of themselves and the land to God. With this dedication, they vowed to become evangelists to the world.

Welcome to The REALLY Real Deal and our Sunday Message for April 16, 2023.

Today, I’ve chosen to share a program we will broadcast worldwide next Wednesday, April 26th.

It is a re-committal of our wayward nation back to God, just as they fervently did in 1607.

Learn about this project at the First Landing Website.

The First Amendment, Inc. will greatly appreciate each of our faithful followers who choose to support this project. It will assuredly be worth your while.

We will also be producing a documentary about First Landing, but to do so, we need to raise $100K. 

If you want to become one of our donors, you have two ways. 

1. You can donate directly to our website.
2. You can head to my Facebook and contribute to my Birthday Donation Request. 

Please enjoy today’s message, and God Bless you.

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Our Salvation belongs to God!

“Salvation belongs to God, who sits upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.” Revelation 7:10. Welcome to The REALLY Real Deal. This Sunday Message is all about Resurrection Day on April 9, 2023, approximately 1,991 years after the Crucifixion of our Lord.

In this message, we read chapter 17 of the Book of John. 

We will start with the meaning of this Holy Day back to its roots in the Old Testament, with the first Passover, which Jesus instructed the Jews to observe every year.

It was at the Passover supper that Jesus gave himself over to suffering for the Salvation of his believers. Salvation is only available to those who believe, according to John 17:9, “I pray not for the world, but for those that thou hast given me, for they are thine.”

So many people today make a mockery of our Lord and our faith.

In Luke 23, we see the two thieves crucified with Jesus. One begins to mock Jesus, while the other guilty thief rebukes the mocker before asking Jesus to enter Heaven. Jesus replies, “Today, you will be with me in Paradise.” Luke 23:43

We will not see Heaven unless we believe in the Lord, Jesus, the Christ.

Call on the name of the Lord, and you will be saved.

God bless you.

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Welcome to The REALLY Real Deal

This is our Sunday Message for April 2, 2023, called “Troubled Souls.”

In John 12:27, Jesus says: “Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause, I came unto this hour.”

Jesus felt troubled knowing the time was near for him to be the final living sacrifice for the world. He said the words in this verse just six short days before Passover. The Pharisees had already decided to kill Jesus after he raised Lazarus from death. Jesus knew this but walked toward it.

Just as there were back then, there are many “Troubled Souls” Today.

A distraught 28-year-old female, confused even over her gender, became the fourth transvestite mass murderer in the last four years. She let her “troubles” erupt into cold-blooded murder of the innocent. Three children, and three teachers, in a Christian School. A school she once attended and a place that opposes her lifestyle.

President Trump is again troubled by demonic demon-crats using law as a weapon, just like the Presidents and Princes, Governors, and Satraps of King Darius in Ancient Persia (Daniel chapter 6).

This is the fourth phony attempt to manipulate the law against Trump. There will be at least two more comings soon. As always, Trump walks toward them because it is aimed at us. Trump is just out in front.  

The j-6ers, the Christian martyrs worldwide, and the Christian sidewalk counselors who get arrested in the middle of the night are all following close behind.

Troubled Politics, Troubled World

We see similar demonic manipulation of the laws in the Bible to destroy those doing God’s work: The Pharisees in the New Testament, those opposed to Daniel; those opposed to Nehemiah; Haman and his sons who opposed Mordechai and Esther. It is the same today. 

Jesus, of course, knew it in advance. The rest of us do not possess God’s knowledge (John 13:7). Trump did so much that everyone loved.  Not one of the demon-crats gave back the extra money in their checks, demanded to pay more than $2.00 a gallon for gas, or complained that the four peace deals were not good – but would instead go to war. Not a single one.  

Similarly, our police and first responders heard “Good job, thank you, and God bless” 22 years ago on 9/11 but are now targeted – just like Trump. 

People who treat those doing God’s work with such evil today would have treated Jesus the same way if they lived during that time.  I don’t care how loud they sing in the church choir or how many mission trips they take.

John 12:37 says, ” But though Jesus had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed on him not.”

The proof of how you would have treated Jesus is how you treat God’s people today.

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Welcome to The REALLY Real Deal

Watch our Sunday Message for March 26, 2023. “What is the Truth?“

Jesus says, “I came into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.” John 18.

As Jesus stood in front of Pontius Pilate, he continued to stand firm in his purpose on earth: “to bear witness unto the truth,” even when faced with death.

As Pilate contemplated who Jesus was, he became confused. He knew this man that stood before him claimed to be the Messiah. He knew the many works and wonders Jesus had done during his ministry. And most of all, he knew he needed to make a tough decision, but did he have the strength to do it? Was his decision based on what is right?

The “Deep State” is similar to ancient Persia in the way that persecution is allowed or done to those they know they “can find no fault.” (Daniel chapter 6).

For instance, J-6 and Trump. Unjust judges continue to make decisions according to the two-tier justice system in America.

Who will be next?

Will it be you or your loved ones?

In this message, we look at unjust judges in the Bible and the meaning of “both ears will tingle.”

We answer the question asked above— what is truth?

Join me as we uncover some of the unpopular truths about who Jesus is and what he meant when he said, “Everyone that is of the truth, heareth my voice.”

This begins the countdown to “Resurrection Day.”

We cannot claim to love Jesus if we do not love the truth. 

Finding the truth is really simple. Follow Jesus.

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” ‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭6.‬ ‭

God Bless you!

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Welcome to The REALLY Real Deal and our Sunday Message for March 19, 2023.

In case you missed it, watch my sermon from last Sunday called “Purim & The Age-Old Agenda Against God’s People.“

Now, let’s focus on today’s sermon.

This message is called “God is Just. Therefore He Hates Wrong.”

In today’s message, we focus on two things.

First, the faithful St. Patrick, whose life we celebrate every year on March 17. Few people know the history of his freedom from slavery and his ministry later in his life.

And the current news on Trump’s potential arrest, which he predicts, will occur this Tuesday. 

Part 1: Former slave does not ask for reparations but redeems the land of his former captors – The Real St Patrick.

There is a vast difference in how society approaches the discussion and correction of injustices amongst different races and ethnicities. 

Specifically slavery.

Europeans and Africans were horrifically enslaved throughout history, as were almost every other tribe, nation, and people—even some today.

This is not true of every slave. However, the most common scenario was for nearby tribes or nations to bring most people into slavery. 

Often, the money earned from the slave would go towards paying off a debt. Some may have been war criminals or children born into it.

This was true of the Irish, the Slavs, the Polish, the Brits, and others in Europe. It was also true of various tribes in Africa and so many more.

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we will learn how a British man was brought into slavery for six years. How he escaped to freedom, and after two decades, he chose to return to Ireland and plant 300 churches. He baptized 120,000 people for the Lord.

Part 2: A Form of Modern-Day Slavery

The arrest of President Trump is imminent—but no arrests have been initiated for Biden’s Family of Criminals.

Look at the treatment of President Trump versus the Biden family.

Times like this just prove that even within the same races, there will always be a divide.

That’s why the content of one’s character matters so much more than the color of one’s skin.

We need to end this version of slavery in today’s America. After all, we are the land of the free.

In closing, I will share a verse on justice and dishonest gain.

“For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and will make an everlasting covenant with them.” – Isaiah 61:8

God Bless you!

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Our Sunday Message is from March 12, 2023. In light of Purim, this sermon focuses on the agenda against the Jewish people. We begin in the book of Esther.

The Gallows of Haman

In the book of Esther, we see how God allows the righteousness of Esther to hold the evil Haman accountable to the law. The gallows he built for God’s people became his demise. 

Haman was a Government employee who manipulated the Law of the Persians and Medes (an unchangeable law) in an attempt to trick the King into a mass genocide of God’s people.

So the question I have for today is, will the righteous use the modern-day gallows to hold accountable those who are the modern version of Haman?

Now let’s look at the book of Daniel.

We see the exact same treatment and agenda of God’s chosen people in this very book.

It begins with King Darius. He loved Daniel so much that he wanted to make him the leader of all the kingdoms of Babylon.

However, King Darius had wise men who quickly became jealous of the favor Daniel held in the eyes of the king.

“Finally, these men said, We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.” Daniel 6:5-9

So out of envy, the wise men set a trap for Daniel. They tricked King Darius into making it illegal to serve the one true God.

But God worked a miracle in the predicament Daniel found himself in. He shut the mouths of all the lions so that Daniel remained unharmed.

When you read further, you will see how King Darius rejoiced that Daniel was alive! He threw the evil wise men into the very same den of lions they threw Daniel into. Then, he changed the law that condemned Daniel and taught every kingdom to revere and fear God.

“For he is the living God

    and he endures forever;

his kingdom will not be destroyed,

    his dominion will never end.

He rescues and he saves;

    he performs signs and wonders

    in the heavens and on the earth.

He has rescued Daniel

    from the power of the lions.”

Daniel 6:23-27

Take a look at another attack that was planned on God’s people.

85 years ago, on March 12, 1938, the German NAZI army took over Austria, without firing a single shot. 

This was a planned extermination of the Jewish people using the same age-old agenda that almost every government has used to carry out this task.

But God prevailed again, as He always does. Today, Israel has a country; the NAZIS do not.

But the agenda is still very much alive and active in the modern day.

We have NAZI leaders all over the world, even in the US. Biden, Obama, Schumer, Fauci, Schwab, Xi, Zuckerberg, Gates, Soros, Fizer, and Fox are just a few of the politicians that continue to push the NAZI agenda against God’s people.

Will You Hold Them Accountable?

Are God’s people going to courageously hold them accountable, as shown in the Bible in the Books of Ester and Daniel? 

Is the US going to hold trials like the Nuremberg Trials after WWII?

Or will weak political leaders, like Rodney King, who want us all to “get along” commit a big sin of omission by not using the modern “gallows of Haman” against those who created them, the way the Word of God tells us? 

Make sure to watch my video sermon. This is the REALLY Real Deal’s sermon on the Jewish Holiday of Purim. 

It’s all about retribution.

God Bless you.

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Lent Topic: Who has Begun to Worship the Power of Satanic Forces?

Welcome to Part two of our series on Lent with The REALLY Real Deal.

Didn’t get your chance to watch Part One? That’s okay, just click here to refresh your memory!

This is the second part of my sermon series for this Season of Lent. So, grab your Bibles and pull up Matthew 4:9 as we continue to examine Satan’s endeavor to “tempt” our Lord at the end of his 40-day fast in the wilderness.

Many people today, at all levels of society, fall prey to such temptations the Devil has to offer. They worship the power of Satanic and Demonic forces in exchange for the three things offered to Jesus.

After all, these three things are available to all of us.

Satan offered to satisfy Jesus’s Physical Desires, to place Him in a Powerful Position as a spiritual leader, and finally, Satan promised Him Power & Status in various “kingdoms” of government and business.

We should learn to recognize those who feed into the desires of the flesh and to be wary of allowing them to con us into trusting them.

We should also practice self-reflection in this area of our lives. And If the person we recognize is ourselves, it’s time to repent and seek accountability.

Lent is the countdown to Resurrection Day. You have a choice to be either of the two thieves that were crucified alongside Jesus.

You have the choice to live as the guilty thief who does not accept the free gift of salvation, or you can be the thief on the right who had faith and believed that Jesus is who He says He is.

Which one are you?

Will you seek grace and mercy from our Lord, Jesus Christ, as you walk in obedience to Him?

God Bless y’all in this season of Lent.

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Welcome to The REALLY Real Deal

Our Sunday Message for February 26, 2023, is called “Resisting the Power of Corruption.” I focus specifically on corruption in the government and the body of Christ. Yesterday also marks the first week of the Season of Lent.

Lent is a time for reflection. Walking with God while you fight the fleshly desires that may have taken root in your life. We draw our 40 days of reflecting and resisting from Jesus’ 40 days of fasting.

This time of fasting was a vulnerable time for Jesus. He was tired, hungry, and thirsty, but he pressed on. Satan used every form of manipulation to play on His humanity, but Jesus remained triumphant. 

No amount of physical sustenance or heavenly power that Satan could offer would sway Jesus’s steadfastness. Satan knew he only had a short time left before death was no more. And since this fast marked the beginning of Jesus’s public ministry, he offered all of the comforts of the world and the heavens in hopes that Jesus would hand all power to him. 

However, Satan’s cunning was no match for Jesus then, and that truth remains the same today.

Spiritual oppression takes the same shape in each of our lives today. As God’s people, we should do our very best to refrain from willful sin, and in turn, we should avoid any leader that is not committed to the same moral compass.

This week, examine your own life and personal dealings with sin. Can you identify sin in the lives of your public leaders?

Will you resist the passions of the flesh to remain faithful and true?

Learning to lean on God for satisfaction instead of the things the Devil has to offer is a lesson much more powerful than “I gave up eating cake for Lent.”

May God bless you as you reflect and resist the schemes of the Devil in this Lent season.

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Happy President’s Day from The REALLY Real Deal!

Yesterday, I spoke about choosing leaders wisely. Check out the Sunday Message on February 19, 2023, titled, “President’s Day: Evil in the Sight of the Lord.”

In this message, we also discuss a great President, John Quincy Adams, who died 175 years ago, as well as several evil Presidents.

As our Bible tells us, Israel had both good and evil Kings. America has experienced the same.

Therefore, it matters who we choose to place in leadership positions. We must remember that Israel could not vote for a King like we do today. They did ask God for a King, and He, in turn, warned them to be careful what they asked for.

Of course, they had great Kings such as David, Solomon, Josiah, and Hezekiah (He did right in the sight of the LORD. 2 Chr 29: 2-6).

But they had their fair share of wicked leaders as well. Think of the evil Herod, Belshazar, Nebuchadnezzar, Manasseh, Ahaziah, Joran, and his father Ahab (who did more evil in the sight of the Lord than all who were before him).

Consider the evils put on our children by the politicians in office throughout history, and even today. 

There will always be some level of corruption when placing a human being on a pedestal. 1 Kings 15:26 says: “…and in his sin he made Israel to sin.” However, God’s strength is made perfect in our weakness. Because of this, righteous people will actively work to snuff out corruption, even within themselves because God is always at work in them.

As always, the Bible is my guide, and I don’t care who gets offended by it.

So have a blessed President’s Day, and God Bless ya’ll!

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Walk In Love: A Saint Valentine Lesson.

Welcome to The REALLY Real Deal and our Sunday Message for February 12, 2023. This week’s message is related to Valentine’s Day: Walking In Love, based on Ephesians Chapter 5.

We also celebrate the birthdate of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.

Many consider Saint Valentine’s Day as a time to celebrate romantic love (eros). However, it is actually a celebration of Godly Love (Agape).

Here’s a little history lesson on what this holiday is truly about.

The Christian physician, Priest Valentine, was martyred 1,753 years ago, on February 14, 270 AD, for refusing to renounce his Christian faith and salute the pagan gods of Roman Emperor Claudius II. Rather than buckle under pressure, Valentine invited Claudius to accept Jesus Christ.

This invitation angered Claudius so much that he had him beaten, stoned, and beheaded. 

Valentine’s jailer, named Astarius, was so impressed with him that he asked him to teach his young daughter. She was blind, so St. Valentine read to her daily as she visited him in jail.

Claudius was building up the army and outlawed marriage. Valentine persisted.

He was in then placed in jail for his refusal to stop performing secret marriage ceremonies.

He paid with his life for his double refusal.

The letter to the young girl was “agape love,” not romantic love (eros).

He signed it: “Your Valentine.”

Please watch part two of this program as I share a bit about two great Republican pioneers and champions of freedom: Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas.

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