Sermon Saturday's w/ Ash Cash

Are going to, uh, spotlight for everybody. Okay. All right. Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, um, to Abundance Church, uh, AKA Saturday Sermon. Today we are talking about— there's a lot. Look, there's a lot of things going on right now, right? There's a lot of things going on right now, um, and a lot of it could seem Man, there's a lot of conflict. Let's just say that, a lot of conflict. And so, you know, in, in, in the world today, we see conflicts from, you know, a grand scale and, and, you know, from, from wars, right? So like, we, you, we may not know, you know, you might not notice, but there's like active wars going on right now, right? And so, you know, from, uh, geopolitical tensions across the nations, um, to competitive dynamics in the world of hip-hop. Um, and so whether it's like, you know, countries like Iran and Israel, um, Palestine, all of the other countries that are, that are probably gonna get in, get into this. So, you know, you know, I look, I look at this as, um, you know, a pot— a potential world war, right? A potential world, world war. That's happening as we speak. Um, and then, you know, you know, simultaneously, right, you got, you know, you know, hip-hop artists like Drake, Kendrick Lamar. I know y'all, you know, y'all might have heard the, the diss track, uh, the AI diss track that Kendrick, uh, or, or Drake just dropped against Kendrick, uh, waiting for Kendrick for a response. J. Cole backing out. Rick Ross Right? Like all of this, this, this conflict happening, you know, even, even conflicts amongst, you know, in the finance world, right? Watching, you know, my brother Julian Gordon and, you know, and everybody who has been calling out what's happening with the Tulsa Real Estate Fund and the sale of the Black House. Like there's a lot, there's other, other stuff happening, right? So there's a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot of conflict happening. Uh, right now. Um, and to me, when I look at this and I look at the conflict that's happening, you know, the, the other day somebody set themselves on fire at, at, at a Trump trial. Uh, rest in peace to him. You know what I'm saying? Like, to me, all of this mirrors a deeper, uh, truth, um, about human nature, right? You know, it's a deeper truth about human, human nature, um, and the pursuit of what is right. Um, and so this sermon, you know, what I want to do today in this sermon, I want to explore, uh, the necessities, right, of sometimes engaging in conflict, uh, to uphold justice and protect essential values, right?

Mm-hmm.

And so we're going to be drawing insights, uh, from the Quran, from the Bible, from the Torah, as well as principles from the law of attraction. Because what I realize is, in order for us to understand what's right, what's wrong, which direction that we should be going in, you know, I think that it's always good to pull from ancient scriptures, right? It's always good for, you know, to pull from scriptures, you know, and really, you know, as we're pulling from these different scriptures, what do they say about conflict, right? Because I think a lot of times when we talk about manifestation, when we talk about desires, when we talk about, um, attracting, law of attracting, attracting things, we almost, we almost, or, or many of us almost look at them as sort of like a negative or, um, something that we try to avoid or run from, right? Like, like, how, like, how can there be A righteous struggle. Is there such thing as a righteous struggle? Can you be fighting for good? Right? Is that is that part of it? Um, and I want to start with uh you know with the Quran. Um, Surah Al-Baqarah says, and that's uh uh that that's two ayat one ninety, right? So so two verse one ninety. Um, and it says. Fight in the way of Allah, God, those who fight you, but do not transgress. Indeed, God does not like the transgressors. Right? So again, fight in the way of God, those who fight you, but do not transgress. Indeed, God does not like transgressors. So what does that mean? What does it mean? This verse highlights the necessity of conflict. When it is in defense of justice. I'm gonna say that again. This highlights the necessity of conflict when it is in defense of justice, but also emphasizes the importance of not exceeding the bounds of what is just and right. So what does that mean? That means that, you know, when you are protecting, right, when you are protecting justice, when you are protecting what's right, when you are You know, fighting for a just cause, right? Even in the Quran, it is something that is permissible. It is something that it is allowed for you to defend, right? Like you, if if if if someone's attacking you, you are allowed to defend. But but but, right? Do not transgress, right? Don't be the aggressor, right? Because God doesn't like the aggressor, right? And so, and so what is it, right? Where's the Malcolm X? There's a Malcolm X quote. I'm gonna pull it up. What'd he say, Malcolm X? There's this quote that just like immediately came to my head, right? And it's a Malcolm X quote, right? Right? And it says, be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone. But if someone puts his hands on you, send him to the cemetery. And I remember reading that, right? I remember reading that quote. And, you know, again, it's one of those things where, again, I'm never, right? I'm never gonna be the transgressor, right? Like, I'm never gonna You know, attack anybody unnecessarily, right? In fact, you know, I'm always looking for peace, right? I'm always looking for peace. But, but, and sometimes, right, conflict is gonna be necessary, right? Sometimes conflict is gonna be necessary for peace, right? And so you wanna make sure, and this is not just in physical fighting. Right? This is in business. This is in finance. This is in, you know, things that you're gonna be doing, right? Like, not everything you do is going to be, you know, going the way you wanna go, right? Sometimes there's gonna be conflict. But in that conflict, right, in that conflict, are you, right, are you engaging in this righteous struggle? Um, the Bible says this as well. So Ephesians 6:12 reminds us, it says, for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, right, against power, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Um, and this passage teaches us that our struggles are often against greater forces of injustice, and that standing firm in our values is a spiritual duty.

Right.

It's a— you have a spiritual duty, all right, to stand firm against, right, against injustice, right, to fight against the greater forces that are trying to go the opposite way. You know, you know, like, um, I was watching, um, you know, documentary on, um, on, on, um, uh, Netflix— oh no, uh, Prime, I think. And it was talking about, you know, what was going on in Nickelodeon and all this stuff that's happening, right? It's like, nah, if there's injustice happening, you got you got to stand firm against that injustice, right? Because what again Ephesus is talking about, right? Like you're not fighting against against flesh and blood. It's not you you you know what I'm saying? It's like it's not it's not you against me, right? It's not flesh and blood. I'm not fighting against people. I'm fighting against the principalities. What are your principles? What do you stand for, right? You know, like I'm fighting against powers. I'm fighting against rulers of the darkness in this world. Like who's who's leading the darkness, right? Because there might be somebody I love, right? Do I love their flesh and blood, or do I love do I love their principles? Do I love what they stand for, right? And so and so and so if someone that I love, right? Uh, goes in a direction, right, goes in a direction that is not just, then me fighting against that person is not fighting against their flesh and blood. It's more so fighting against the principle, right? It's fighting against that power. It's fighting against that darkness, right? Them being a ruler Right, a ruler of that darker world, right? And, uh, the Torah says this in Deuteronomy 20:4. It says, for the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory, right? And so, and so it says, right, this verse reassures us that in conflict, right, for just causes though, Right? You know, you know, you know, you know, in conflict for just causes, right? So it says that that conflicts for just causes we are not alone, right? Divine support is what is with us with those who strive to uphold righteousness, right? So think about that, right? Think about when you are fighting for a just cause, never think you're fighting alone, right? Understand, right? It is God. Who's the one that gives— that, that, that goes with you to fight, you know, fight for you against the enemies for your victory? Uh, and then, and then last but not least, in the law of attraction, right? Law of attraction teaches us that our convictions and the energy we put into defending them attracts outcomes aligned with our deepest values and beliefs, right? By focusing our energy on fighting wisely and justly, We draw the strength and resources needed to prevail in our righteous causes, right? So what does that mean? That means whatever we focus on, if we're focused on freedom, right, it's okay to fight for freedom, right? Because why? If we're, if we're focused on freedom, if we're focused on the things, right, if we're focused on our convictions and we have our energy right? Put in that, in that space that if anybody tries to, you know, you know, stop us from our freedom, that you have the right to defend that, right? And as you're defending the thing that you desire, right, with that focus, right, and it, it aligns with your deepest values and your desires, that's, that's what you, that's what you actually get. Um, and so I'm gonna leave you with a, with a, uh, with a parable. Um, you know, it's called the parable of 2 villages, um, and the river, right? And so once, um, you know, 2 villages existed side by side, divided by a mighty river. Um, for generations, both villages lived in harmony, sharing the river's water, uh, which was plentiful and nourishing. However, a time came When a severe drought reduced the river to a trickle and the heart of both communities was threatened. At first, there was peace as each village took only what they needed. But as the, as the drought persisted, fear took hold, and the leaders of each village began to consider damming the river to ensure their own survival, even at the cost of their neighbor's demise. In the midst of rising tensions, a wise elder from one village proposed a meeting at the riverbank. Leaders from both villages came with their arguments, prepared, ready to defend their people's survival through conflict if necessary. The elder listened and then pointed to the river, now barely flowing, and said, This river does not belong to either village. It is a gift of the earth. Meant to sustain all who live by its banks. We can dam this river, ensuring the death of one village to save the other, or we can work together to seek deeper wells to conserve what water we have and to find long-term solutions that ensure both our survivals. Moved by the elder's wisdom, the villagers, uh, chose to work together. They pooled their resources and knowledge to overcome the drought collectively. In doing so, they, they not only preserved both villages but strengthened the bonds between them, understanding that sometimes the fight for survival is also a fight for unity and mutual respect. Right, and so like the villages, our parable, uh, you know, in our parable, we too face choices in our battles. We choose, we, you know, there's these choices we have to make. Whether they are conflicts between nations, within communities, or amongst influential voices, uh, in our culture, let us choose, right? Let us choose to fight not out of hatred or fear, but from a place of courage and conviction for justice. Let us be inspired by the belief that with the right intentions and collective actions, even the most challenging conflicts can lead to greater understanding and lasting peace. All right, uh, let us remember as we walk the path of conflict for just causes, that most powerful weapon we wield, uh, is our commitment to righteousness and our unwavering resolve to act in the light of truth. Right. And so, um, you know, I just, I, I just wanted to you know, leave that message out for everybody, right? Because, uh, there, there is a, there is a time for peace, a time for war, right? There's a time for conflict. There's a time to, um, to defend, right? There's a time to defend what is rightly yours. Like when, like, like when, when, when I say abundance is your birthright, right? When I say that abundance is your birthright, that does not mean that your abundance won't be attacked. Right? That doesn't mean that your abundance might not be attacked. That doesn't mean that other people might not, not understand. Like, other people might not know that they have the same access to abundance that you have. They might not know this. And because, because they don't know this, right, they're in fear, they're, they're hating, right? And then in that fear, in that hatred, they start trying to attack Right? They start trying to attack what you got, right? They're attacking, attacking your abundance, not even realizing that they have access to that same abundance. And so what do you do, right? What do you do? What do you do? Do you, do you, do you let them attack you? Do you say, wait, hold on, you have access to this abundance too, right? No, you defend, right? You, you defend. Right? You defend your, your, your, your abundance. You, you defend your freedom. You defend, right? And again, this is not just the physical attacks either, right? Some, some, sometimes the attacks are gonna, you know, sometimes the attacks are not, not only physical. Sometimes the, the, the attacks are gonna be, uh, psychological. Sometimes the, the, you know, the attacks are gonna be on your business. Sometimes the attack is gonna be on your family. Sometimes the attack is gonna be on Your livelihood, right? There's a lot of different ways that attacks can come, right? And when they do, right, when they do, um, you know, you have the right to defend what is yours. So, um, you know, I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna open it up, um, for my, for my Abundance community, um, to, to, to chime in, uh, but that is our, uh, sermon. Uh, for today. All right, I'm opening it up for any, uh, any questions or comments from the crew.

Hey, I have a, um, a comment statement, just a train of thought that came up as I heard you talking. And before I say this, I want to get clear on what I feel like the message was, and it was that in religious doctrine it tells us that we have the right to protect what we believe is ours by principle. And this may sound odd, but what immediately came up for me was the construct of white supremacy. Because it's like, as I listened to what you were saying, I'm like, well, damn, that means that it's really subjective.

Mm-hmm.

Because when you think about construct of white supremacy, and I would love to get your thoughts, anybody else's thoughts on this. They believe they are protecting what's rightfully theirs. So does that really make them wrong?

Right? Mm-hmm.

They believe that they deserve everything. Like, they— we know that they were groomed to believe that they deserve everything that this world has to offer. It's theirs whether somebody was there or not. That's just their belief system. So does this justify That, in a way.

Yeah. Yeah. I, I love, I love that question. Um, and, and what I would say is, um, you know, when, when, when, when I say abundance is your birthright, um, or when you think about, uh, the principle of things, um, what that means is that if, if there was no greed, right? If there was no greed, if there was no Um, if there wasn't fear, if there wasn't people who just believed that they had to take in order to have, right, then everybody would understand that there's more than enough for everybody, right? And so when you talk about white supremacy, white supremacy exists because of fear. White supremacy doesn't, doesn't exist because of truth. Right? Because white supremacy says, well, I don't have, and in order for me to have, I need to take it from you, right? And because I don't have and I'm gonna have to take it from you, then, then, then I'm gonna do anything in my, in my power to take this. And then now I believe that because I took this from you, you're going to attack me. And so because I think you're going to attack me, I'm going to defend myself, right? I'm going to wipe you out. I'ma kill your kids. I'ma kill everybody because I don't want them to get older and retaliate. None of that is based on truth though, right? Because the original people who had the abundance— that's even how white supremacy started, because the, the original people who had the abundance said Here, come with— I come with open arms. I got more than enough. You, you come, come, come, come have some of this. And then, and then that, that, that lack mentality, that fear said, oh no, let, let, you know, there's not enough for me because I, because I come from lack. And so I'm, I'm going to, um, try to, um, to take, to take it. So I can never do it out again. And so I think that Um, you know, you know, it's not about belief systems. So I'm glad you mentioned that, right? It's not really about belief system, right? It's about principle, right? It's a— it, it's, it's about— it's about what's just. It's about justice, right? It's about what's right. It's about what's fair. And so when we look at, you know, any of the doctrines though, right, even if you look at any of the doctrines The doctrines are not saying that it's okay to take what's not yours, right? And even, we think about, you know, if we go to white supremacy again, if we think about that, even a lot of the original Bible, right, was doctored, was changed, right? It was changed to remove, right, to justify slavery. Like, like, there, there is a slave Bible. There's a Bible that says that we're all equal, right? There's a, there's a Bible that says that, you know, we, like, we shouldn't covet each other's properties and things of that nature. Like, that's, that's part, you know, that's part of the doctrine. That's part of the—

right?

But what happened? The people who, who were, who were in lack mentality, right, decided to do what? They decided to doctor the the original um uh uh uh you know what was originally passed down, and so even that even even when saying it's subjective, it's still uh uh uh a ruler of darkness. They're lying, right? They doctored a a a a document. They uh uh re tried to write. what was said was right in order to, um, dupe the people, right? So, so it's like, it's like the example of, you know, the person who believes that the world is, is overpopulated. They have that belief system, like, there's, there's a— the world is overpopulated, we need to kill 3 billion people. Well, yeah, they could defend that, but that's the— that's darkness though. That's not Truth, right? That isn't based on justice. And so I think that when we are deciding, you know, you know what is just and right and fair, we have to go to the original source. We have to go to the Quran. We have to go to the Bible. We have to go, you know, to to the Torah. We have to go to ancient history and just kind of not look at what the people did, but. But what, but, but what, what did God command, right? What did God give us, right? Did God give us everything in abundance? Did God tell us that, you know, you know, that, that I will give you everything in abundance? Not people, but God, you know what I'm saying? And so I think that, that yes, it could be subjective to what people believe, but if you peel back the layers, a lot of what people are believing is based on lack, and that bait, you you know, that lack, um, you know, is, is, is based on lack, um, and then that lack is what, um, is causing people to go into the darkness, if that makes sense. That makes sense?

Yeah, no, I'm just waiting to see if anybody had any Other comments. But yes, it makes sense. I mean, I can definitely think of some things to not necessarily refute it, but other examples. But I, I see where you're— not even I see where you're going with it. I understand completely from the original doctrine, and when you bring it back out to people's, um, systemic beliefs— I'm gonna use that term, that's why I got it. Yeah.

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