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[00:01:20] Well, good day, good day, hello and how are you? I'm Ron Edwards and welcome to the Ron Edwards American Experience. And today we are, of course, recognizing Good Friday and the recognition of a Good Friday. We remember the death of our Savior, Jesus Christ, who sacrificed his life so that we could live and we have the opportunity for eternal life with him.

[00:01:50] And we're going to be talking about that and other aspects of Good Friday and Easter and what that means with our guest today, Apostle Ellis Smith. And he travels nationally, in fact, releasing apostolic order and an acute awareness of biblical worldwide worldview to the listeners. Now, his passion is to help believers think and act like God in their personal walk with Christ and impact the church corporately.

[00:02:19] Apostle Smith has a deep passion for educational reform, moral and biblical values in our country being restored. And we're going to be talking with him in just a few minutes, but there are a few other interesting stories around the world. One of them, here's a very unusual display of the appreciation for Good Friday.

[00:02:45] Well, in the Philippines, there's a gentleman who has been crucified for 36 years in a row in the Philippines as part of his tradition of celebrating Good Friday. In the small town of San Pedro, Kudud in the Philippines continued its annual tradition of staging real crucifixions to mark Good Friday,

[00:03:08] honoring its most prolific participant, Carpenter Ruben Injay, with the bloody ritual for the 36th time. Now, when they first began this back in, I believe it was in 1962 in this town, at that time, the men celebrating or recognizing the crucifixion of Christ would have themselves simply tied to a cross. But then they said, well, wait a minute. We want to really feel what Jesus Christ went through.

[00:03:37] And they've since then have had themselves nailed to the cross every single Good Friday. I'm looking at the picture of a gentleman who does this every single year. He says this is going to be his last time because he's getting older. He's 64 years of age and he doesn't think he can do it anymore. I don't think he could do it anymore.

[00:04:01] Could you imagine having yourself literally nailed to a cross every single year? I mean, that's crazy. And the older you get, it's more difficult to heal. Can you imagine the condition of his hands and his bones there? But anyway, this is his way of recognizing the sacrifice that Jesus Christ did for us. Now, we do thank him. But man, I think even Christ himself would say, you know what?

[00:04:32] You're just people. I mean, you're going a bit too far. But that's just my opinion. We'll see what our guest today thinks about that. But we're also going to be talking about some other issues. For example, in Great Britain, you guys in Great Britain. Boy.

[00:04:50] Anyway, Jennifer Maley is a Christian nurse in Great Britain who referred to a male trans identifying convicted of pedophile activities. Now, Jennifer Maley is in big trouble. You know why? Because she identified the convicted pedophile prisoner as a mister. Now, she was working a shift. She's a senior nurse.

[00:05:19] And she was called to assist with a volatile patient, Mr. X, a prisoner who wanted to self-discharge. Well, after Jennifer referred to him as mister, he screamed out, do not call me mister. I am a woman. Well, Jennifer replied. And she said she couldn't refer to him as her or she, as it was against her Christian faith and her eyes because she could only see a man, but instead offered to call him by his name.

[00:05:49] Then she, then it rather, hollered back. Well, should I call you the N-word? The man yet also, yes, a black N-word. Rather than giving her support and protecting her, the National Health Association of Great Britain Trust, where she worked, punished her.

[00:06:13] The prisoner, who's a convicted pedophile, is in a high-security male prison for multiple convictions for luring boys into sex acts while pretending to be a teenage girl on social media. Now, the prisoner's medical records listed him as male, not female or tranny. The name, the name board simply gave a feminine name. Now, he appeared masculine, standing over six feet tall and very large.

[00:06:41] Jennifer was pulled aside and told she had to respect equality and diversity. Then she was pressured to supply management with a statement and warned that if she did not attend a mandatory meeting with HR, she would be sent home while the investigation was happening. She also now faces disciplinary action for supposedly breaking the code of conduct by not calling Mr. X she.

[00:07:08] Now, she or it, she rather, is also facing an inquisition by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Great Britain. With the support of the Christian Legal Center, Jennifer is fighting for justice and standing for the freedom to speak truth.

[00:07:28] It's pretty sad that in many Western nations, including Spain, there's another example, there is another example, which I'll bring up later, where someone is in big heap of trouble for simply telling the truth. You see a man, you call him a man. You see a woman, you call her a woman. I mean, it's real simple. It's real elementary. But these leftists have gotten things so mixed up and so confusing, and it's on purpose.

[00:07:58] It's not about someone getting it confused and they don't understand. This is all by design to simply destroy God's norms in society. Because they want to get rid of the concept of God. They don't want us to remember the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. They don't want us to recognize and remember his birth.

[00:08:22] And they definitely don't want us to recognize his conquering of death and our chance for eternal life with him. So, our prayers go out for Ms. Jennifer in Great Britain, that she is victorious in this situation. And see, they're trying to bring this madness and make it norm in our country.

[00:08:47] And why is it that these people seem to have such a stronghold in Western Europe and gaining a stronghold in this country? It's very simple. Because those of us who know better in the church and elsewhere have been too cowardly, too quiet, too unwilling to make a stand. And say, you know what? Right is right. Wrong is wrong. A man is a man. A woman is a woman.

[00:09:17] And stand on that and refuse. We have to refuse to be intimidated. Just like many of us were refused to be intimidated during the Corona China virus situation. Many of us did not take the jab. Many people did not wear those masks. Those face diapers. We didn't do it.

[00:09:38] And, you know, we are not required to obey and go along with unjust laws or declarations or whatever. We're not required by God's law to do that. And we see guys pretending to be girls. They're giving psychologists headaches, trying to figure out what kind of mental illness to categorize them.

[00:10:04] We've got homosexuals parading around like crazy people, wearing absurd outfits and performing sickening acts of decadence in front of little children. You know, the drag queens. Morality, children, ethics, and rational behavior? Be damned. This is a spectacular way of how to destroy the United States of America. It's a long, drawn-out decline by design. But we can overcome that.

[00:10:32] We can destroy their effort. How about that? We'll be discussing this and other issues with our great guest today, Pastor Ellis Smith, when I return on this, the Ron Edwards American Experience. We're coming back. Don't go away now. We're coming back. We're coming back.

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[00:14:05] It's a good faith day, and it's also, as we recognize Good Friday, and thanking Yeshua for his great sacrifice. And we also thank Apostle Ellis Smith for joining us today. And as we welcome him, hello, sir, and welcome back.

[00:14:37] Twice, going three times. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. I will try to bring him back up. He was online, but, okay, we'll try to get him back. Anyway, this is The Ron Edwards American Experience. Finished recording. This is Good Friday. Okay.

[00:15:04] As we celebrate and recognize and give thanks to God for his ultimate sacrifice. Boy, there's ringing. Okay. Unprofessional stuff is going on now. Your call has been forwarded to voicemail. The person you're trying to reach is not available. At the tone, please record your message.

[00:15:34] When you have finished recording, you may hang up. Okay. So there you have it. I guess he's not available. So anyway, as we continue, it seems that as we recognize our Good Friday, there is some good news. Believe it or not.

[00:16:04] That, at least here in the United States, there has been a recent growth in church attendance. There has been a growth in the recognition of God Almighty, especially among the younger Americans.

[00:16:22] Because many younger people are fed up with the bull capitalists, with the older folks, the misleading, the mis teachings of the generations, which have led to America's current rate of decline.

[00:16:44] Anyone can understand that, you know, the scientific principle of for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction. And I believe that the long drawn out decline of our country. Is the reason why you are seeing an uptick in younger Americans saying, you know what, this is a bunch of madness. And maybe there is a better way.

[00:17:15] And that better way is Jesus Christ. Because who wants to live with the work of anyone with a good brain? Who wants to live in utter decline and utter madness? Who wants to live in a nation where your rights are not properly recognized, where your rights are not even protected? And it takes years to tear a great country down.

[00:17:43] But once you move over the fail-safe point, the decline accelerates. And our decline has accelerated in recent years. But we are at a point where we can possibly stop this accelerated decline.

[00:18:04] And one of the reasons why is because something that is the total opposite of what happened just one year ago in the previous administration, as I called it, the Uncle Joe Biden administration. In the Bible recognizes, it points out that when a nation has a more righteous leader, God blesses that nation.

[00:18:30] But when you have the type of so-called leader that we had just a year ago in the Biden administration, your nation will be in utter decline. An accelerated decline, as it was.

[00:18:47] But as it's been reported, the New York Times came out with the column today, just totally making fun of the Trump administration because of their recognition and respect for God, for Resurrection Sunday, for Good Friday.

[00:19:12] And realizing, pointing out how great it is that we should be one nation under God. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that is. The one whose son shed his blood for us.

[00:19:29] And I believe that you are going to be one nation under God.

[00:20:01] The one who has been told by the Trump administration, which is good. And you talk about a trickle-down theory. I believe you're going to see some very good things coming out. Now, is the leadership, the Christian leadership, that is now prominently a part of the White House? Are they perfect? No. There are some very good leaders, Christian leaders, that are regularly in the West Wing.

[00:20:29] The Trump administration did not want the Christian leaders in the White House, in some obscure office. But they wanted it right next to the Oval Office in the West Wing. Because the Trump administration recognizes the importance of our creator and the importance of recognizing our creator.

[00:20:59] And you have various ministers and other Christian leaders coming in and out of the White House on a regular basis. Now, the New York Times article today is making fun of that. Saying, oh, they're trying to force Christianity down our throats. You know the drill.

[00:21:22] But yet, isn't it funny how when last year, when Uncle Joe made a big deal out of Ramadan, made a big deal during the Easter break of trannyism and everything that is not good, on the day they call Easter, on Resurrection Sunday.

[00:21:50] Now, my problem with the New York Times article, more so, it's basically the hypocrisy of it. I don't have a problem with their right to express themselves, etc., etc., etc. But this selective irritation of, wow, they're trying to recognize Christianity.

[00:22:18] They're trying to recognize the God of the Bible. Oh, my God. They're trying to create a biblical state. What about the separation of church and state? Now, they don't talk about the separation of mosque and state. When Ramadan is recognized. And even the Trump administration recognized Ramadan,

[00:22:45] not to the level that he's recognizing Resurrection Sunday, Good Friday, and Christmas, and all of that the way they do. But it's recognized there. And yet, when Ramadan is recognized, the leftists at the New York Times and elsewhere, they don't complain about. And they don't call for a separation of mosque and state.

[00:23:12] Only when it comes to Christianity do their knickers get in a wad. And there's a reason for that. Because out of the word of God, out of the Bible, came the concept of true liberty for the individual. And one thing that has been displayed over the past few years under the Uncle Joe administration

[00:23:38] is their disdain and hatred of our rights, of our individual unalienable rights which come from God, and the right to seek to be good, the right to seek to raise their children in the way that they should go, so that when they are older, they do not depart. Happy Resurrection Day. Go tell it on the mountain about Christ's victory over death.

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[00:28:22] Good Friday, and this is the fifth edition of the Ron Edwards American Experience. And, you know, as I look around the world, Spain, for example, Spain has cracked down on free speech. This has been happening in Great Britain and some places here. Your guest is here, Ron. Okay. Thank you very much. And we will get to our guest, Dr. Ella Smith, in just a moment. In Spain, they've sentenced

[00:28:51] 21-year-old nationalist activist Isabel Heralta to one year in prison for daring to voice concerns about mass immigration into her nation, as is happening in France, Great Britain, and to a lesser degree in Greece and Italy. Her crime speaking out at a 2021 protest in Madrid where she declared, quote, we suffer an unprecedented racial replacement and shouted,

[00:29:20] Mereti al invader, death to the invader. For those words, Heralta was convicted of hate speech. In April of 2025, she was slapped with a 1,080 pound fine and stripped of voting rights. A chilling message to conservatives and nationalists that dissent comes at a steep cost. Well, one who paid the ultimate steep cost, Jesus Christ, and that's why

[00:29:50] we recognize that on this Good Friday and today to celebrate with us. And why do we celebrate such a tragic event on Good Friday? Our guest, he's here to talk about that. His name is Ellis Smith. He's a great pastor. I've known him for many years and he is here. Pastor, welcome back to the Ron Edwards American Experience. The invite, I certainly appreciate it. Thank you. Pastor, you know, I was,

[00:30:20] earlier in the broadcast, in fact, I want to get your take on this. An extreme recognition of Good Friday, a gentleman in the Philippines has himself nailed to a cross and he's been doing this for 34 years where he has himself nailed to a cross in recognition of Good Friday. Now, we're supposed to worship Christ and give recognition, but wouldn't you say that's a bit extreme?

[00:30:52] Say the very least is extreme and it's also misguided and almost, let's be careful here, doing something like that can carry the spirit of the Antichrist on it because the spirit of the Antichrist isn't just that which opposes Christ, but the Greek word for Antichrist also means that which is other than Christ and this falls in that category. So, the reality is that is not something that has a biblical

[00:31:22] mindset attached to it. Yeah, I kind of agree there. Now, when you think about Good Friday, now, as a little child I used to ask my parents, well, Christ died and he was tortured and he went through such hell for us, why do we call it Good Friday? I know why but I just want you to share with our audience why is such a tragic event called Good Friday?

[00:31:52] Very good question, Ron. I'm not even sure if Good even explains it properly. This is a great, amazing, incredible Friday but the reality is had that not, what happened on that day, had that not happened, we'd all be doomed and condemned to death, the ultimate death which is spiritual death. This is the reason why he came, that we might have life and have it more abundantly. So the reality is when we talk about what happened

[00:32:20] on Calvary, the narrative goes very, very deep. Not just Jesus died for our sins, it's something that has some very, very deep implications as it relates to why he died. He had to be sinless in order to take our place. And so because of a biblical concept called the hypostatic union, all that God is and all that man is was the fabric of one individual, that would be Jesus. Meaning,

[00:32:50] he is deity and he's man. He is not half God and half man, he's 100% God and 100% man and because of that, his blood was the only thing that could be the propitiation for our sins. You really think about it, all of us get our sin nature from our father, not from our mother. And we get our blood type from our father, not from our mother. Whenever there's any question about who's the father of a child, they do a, what do we call it, a blood test,

[00:33:20] a perfect blood to sacrifice for us because he had no earthly father. So the implication of this goes very deep. That's why it's a bloody gospel. I hate using that term, but when you talk about the cross, what redeemed us, it was his blood. His blood washes us. His blood redeems us. It has some very deep connotations. So when he said it is finished on Calvary, he didn't say he was finished, he said it is finished. And in the Greek language, the word it is finished is the word to tell us die.

[00:33:50] And that word has some deep implications because what it really, really means is when someone committed a crime in that culture in that day and time, a Roman rule, when someone committed a crime, once they served their sentence when they were released, the warden would stamp on a piece of paper to tell us die, which meant the penalty for this man's crime has been paid in full. So when Jesus said that it is finished to tell us die, he's really saying the penalty

[00:34:19] for my sin, your sin, and all the sins of the world has been paid in full. What an amazing Friday. Absolutely. Now, in our modern times, there have been many interpretations of that. And one of them that I have noticed from certain, I'll just say, so-called Christian leaders, some of them are very, very well known, and they will say

[00:34:49] things like, well, once I'm born again, I'm born again, and my spirit is saved, but I can do what I want to in my flesh. And so, it's like, once saved, always saved. But, there's a little bit more to that, wouldn't you say? Without a doubt, there's that. But, all of that comes from various...

[00:35:18] Oh, man, you're breaking up. You're... Is that better? Say something else. Yeah, you're breaking up. It's terrible. It's... I don't know if Doug has to call you back or whatever, but it's breaking up terribly. Yeah. We're just going to have to move on, Doug.

[00:35:48] I really hate that because he was saying some very great things there. but to see if you can get him back if you can't, but... Can you do that off air because... So I can talk while you're trying to get a hold of him? Anyway. Hello? Yes. Okay. Is that better? Go ahead with...

[00:36:17] Yeah, go ahead with what you were saying. What I was saying had to do with the idea that there's different streams that have become extra streams in the body of Christ and... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... which is Calvinism on steroids and so is the whole universal idea that has... that was linked to...

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[00:38:41] led astray, in my humble opinion, believing that, okay, I'm saved and I'm in. And then they can turn around and do whatever they want to do, whether it's wrong or right, participate in cults, Mason-oriented organizations or whatever, and have a good time. As long as they say, oh, wait a minute, I follow Jesus. And other things. Political leftists

[00:39:09] support abortion but yet claim Christ. You know, support socialism, tearing away rights but yet claim Christ. And so I just believe that these kinds of fractionalizing activities weakens the overall message to society. And it allows others to creep in and point out, well, see how ineffective

[00:39:39] Christianity is and faith and all of that, and it needs to be replaced by big government, secularism, etc., etc., etc. And we allow ourselves as so-called Christians or followers of Christ to be swept to the side and knocked out of the mainstream of society. but the good news is that we are being re-mainstreamed

[00:40:09] back into society because more and more of us are realizing, wait a minute, we're called to be a light in this world and we cannot afford to put our lights under a bushel and to hide it away. I'm Ron Edwards and you're listening to the Ron Edwards American Experience Faith Day Good Friday edition. Celebrating Christ's victory over death, it's the Ron Edwards American Experience.

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[00:43:53] You're listening to The Ron Edwards American Experience Thanks so much for tuning in from throughout America and around the world and this is Good Friday and Faith Day as well. While President Trump met with angel mom Patty Morin whose 37-year-old daughter Rachel Morin was murdered by an illegal border crosser EMS-13 gang member in Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen a Democrat of course met in El Salvador with a deported

[00:44:23] illegal border crosser accused of being an EMS-13 gang member domestic abuser and human trafficker. Wow, talk about a difference here. A lot of times even I say that there's no difference between Republicans and Democrats but sometimes there is. And Trump met with Patty Morin at the Oval Office that she also took to the White House press secretary podium to tell the establishment media of the brutal rape and murder

[00:44:52] her daughter a mother of five suffered at the hands of an illegal border crosser EMS-13 gang member in her home of Hartford County Maryland in 2023. Now she said that she heard no response from any Democrat whatsoever. She received some threatening phone calls for speaking out about this but she received no response from anyone from the leftist side. Patty Morin told Fox News that they're ignoring it.

[00:45:22] It's kind of like a little toddler. If I don't look at you you can't see me. Or if I don't look at that I didn't do that kind of thing. They are just completely ignoring this atrocity. And see this is this is what they do. In my humble opinion the Democrats and RINOs are part of a problem. They are the ones who support evil. And there's no other way for me to look at it. I don't want

[00:45:52] any emails or whatever saying oh Ron you're exaggerating you're this that no I'm not. Anytime a tragedy like this happens and a representative of the United States of America and something like this happens in their jurisdiction and they ignore it but yet they want to go skipping to another country running after and want to kiss the backside of an MS-13 gang member wife beater

[00:46:22] and wants to drag him bring him back to the United States to be released that guy in my humble opinion should be impeached. He should be thrown out of office because he's not representing the interest of the people or of this country whatsoever. As I've said many times in the past look if you work for a private company and you have designated job a designated duty etc and you do the opposite

[00:46:53] and you basically say the heck with your principles or what you want to do I'm going to do what I want to do at your expense guess what's going to happen you're going to get you're going to be fired you're going to be given a free cardboard box and you can gather your belongings and go home and so I think there needs to we need to have provisions I don't know if we need a constitutional amendment or something or a law passed

[00:47:22] whereas if you as a representative do not represent the best interest of those constituents that elected you then you need to go if you're representing or supporting individuals who have brought harm to this country or are a part of a gang or organization that is bringing harm to this country and that's your preference then you should go

[00:47:52] you should be free to go and support that but not at our expense and so that goes for Governor Newsom of California he's suing doge over cuts to AmeriCorps volunteer programs well our tax dollars have been going to AmeriCorps

[00:48:21] and guess what a lot of that money most of that money has been going to waste not for any good AmeriCorps used to be good but it's not any good anymore so it needs to be cut off and then the decision should be made whether to restart it again in a proper manner or not I say no a lot of these so-called government programs that are meant to or designed to help the poor

[00:48:50] I say eliminate them and the reason why I say that because that wealth should be returned to the taxpayers and to the church see it used to be a greater responsibility of the church to take care of the poor and I think we need to get back to that where the church has more of an interest in society

[00:49:20] where they can practice what they are supposed to be preaching because one of the things that I've noticed throughout history at least since I've been alive it used to be famously known that communist nations around the world would go into these impoverished areas and feed the people feed them while at the same time they are indoctrinating them into the communist way or Islamic way and conning them

[00:49:49] into joining up with them and the people who say well I've got something to eat now oh these people care about me but I think the church needs to be just as vigilant and showing physically that they care about the people that they may want to just preach to it's just my opinion I really do think that the taking care of the poor would be done

[00:50:18] on a better level via the church so you see here Trump is threatening to walk away from the Ukraine negotiations in days if Moscow and Kiev are not serious about peace and by the way I have thought from day one that the United States of America should not be

[00:50:48] involved in that conflict it is a regional conflict at best if we were to leave it alone Russia was provoked for years at least going back to the Bill Clinton administration Russia was provoked by NATO with permission of the United States and I say that because the United States being the biggest contributor to NATO never said hey

[00:51:17] stop doing that whatever and we are where we are and if Zelensky doesn't want real peace then okay then we should walk away and allow nature to take its course because just the other day Russia has told Germany that they need to back off or they will consider them to be an active participant in the war

[00:51:47] and will govern themselves accordingly and so my friends as we once again observe Good Friday we need to pray for these nations all over the world we need to pray that there will be peace but if you want peace

[00:52:16] you have to be prepared for war you cannot advocate for peace and not be strong it's not going to happen and that goes spiritual as well as natural and I'll get deeper in that vein on the next edition of the Ron Edwards American Experience Faith Day edition but right now now that I see that

[00:52:46] my time is up thank you so much for your time that's all folks tags that stage right and on this good Friday don't forget to celebrate the resurrection on resurrection day and pray for your nation pray for your family your friends and even your enemies so they get it right before it's too late and do not forget to treat others the same way you would want to be treated

[00:53:16] until next time I'm Ron Edwards bye now