Martin Sedra & Joseph Z—The Rising Islamic Agenda in America!

Summary

Joseph Z Podcast: "Martin Sedra & Joseph Z—The Rising Islamic Agenda in America!"
Date: March 12, 2026
Featuring: Joseph Z (Host), Martin Sedra (Guest)

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Episode Overview

In this charged and passionate episode, Joseph Z sits down with author and prophetic voice Martin Sedra to unpack what they describe as a rapidly rising Islamic agenda in America and the West. Drawing from personal experience in Egypt, Sedra recounts harrowing stories of religious persecution, sounding an urgent call for the Western church to wake up, return to bold biblical preaching, and actively defend Christian values against what he frames as both an ideological and demographic threat from Islam. The conversation intertwines Christian revival, the dangers they associate with Islamic influence, pastoral responsibility, and testimonies of transformation.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Martin Sedra’s Background and Testimony

• Growing up in Egypt under Islamic rule:
  • Egypt was once predominantly Christian, now a minority due to Islamic conquest 1,400 years ago.
  • Sedra’s father preached to Muslims in Egypt, often under threat of death ([03:38]).
• Family story of supernatural protection:
  • Sedra narrates a gripping incident where Muslim terrorists plotted to kidnap and behead his brothers as revenge, but were supernaturally prevented ([03:38]–[06:14]).
  • The would-be perpetrator, a terrorist leader, later converted to Christianity after acknowledging divine intervention.
  • Quote: "My dad preached the truth of the Bible despite nearly losing his life. So we inherited that courage from him." – Martin Sedra ([06:14])

2. The Western Church "Asleep" — Call to Boldness

• Pushback in the U.S.:
  • Martin describes being labeled legalistic and pharisaical even by Christians for preaching repentance and holiness ([06:37]).
  • Critiques churches for avoiding “political issues” like gender and sexuality, insisting these are biblical, not political.
  • Quote: "The problem is not that the church is getting too political. It's that politics is getting involved in the church." – Martin Sedra ([06:56])

3. The "Islamic Invasion" and 100-Year Plan

• Muslim Brotherhood:
  • Reference to a purported “100-year plan to conquer America,” alleging U.S. is at the 50-year mark ([08:19]).
  • Cite Muslim mayors in several U.S. cities as signs of Islamic political inroads.
  • Warning: Comparing the fall of Christian-majority countries to Islamic conquest in the past, Sedra warns, "If America thinks that Islam can't conquer you, I think it's arrogance... Pride comes before destruction." ([09:43])

4. Mechanisms of Influence: Immigration and Procreation

• Immigration:

  • Assert Muslims use Western freedoms to “abuse” religious liberty, entering not to assimilate but to “invade” ([10:12]).
  • Contrasts biblical immigration (requiring assimilation) versus alleged refusal of Muslims to assimilate.
  • Describes celebratory anti-West sentiment among Muslims abroad ([10:12]–[11:14]).

• Procreation:

  • Highlights demographic strategy, citing high Muslim birth rates and “the jihad of the womb” ([11:22]).
  • Contrasts with declining birthrates and influence of LGBTQ/feminist movements among Westerners.
  • Quote: "The Muslims end up with 10 babies, 16 babies. We're having one baby, so they're outbreeding us just by having babies." – Martin Sedra ([12:10])

5. “Islam is a Religion of Peace” — A Direct Rebuttal

• Sedra dismisses this as “the greatest lie”; points to global incidents of Christian persecution and terrorism ([12:19]).
• Quote: "Not all Muslims are violent, but all Islam is violent." – Martin Sedra ([13:18])
• Stresses that violence is inherent in Quranic teaching and Muhammad’s example, as he interprets them.

6. Debates and Evangelism Encounters

• Sedra recounts debating a Muslim student who claimed to “love Jesus,” confronting differences in the understanding of Jesus between the Bible and Quran ([13:45]–[15:14]).
• Memorable exchange:
  • Sedra: "I love you and I'm praying for you and I want you to come to Christ."
  • Muslim opponent eventually confesses: "I don’t love you because the Quran commands me to not love you."
  • Sedra: "Jesus says, love your enemies. Muhammad says, kill your enemies." ([15:55])

7. Revival, Holiness, and the Failings of the Modern Pulpit

• Sedra laments seeker-sensitive preaching and avoidance of confrontation on sin ([16:29]–[17:30]).
• Critique: Many American pastors are “cowards” more concerned with offending donors and losing followers than speaking biblical truth.
• Testimonies of Transformation:
  • Baptizing ex-Muslims and a trans-identifying congregant who repented, as evidence that bold preaching is effective, even if many are offended ([17:31]–[19:08]).
  • Quote: "Paul says, I am not ashamed of the gospel. Why? It is the power of God unto salvation. If America wants revival, stop being a coward and preach the truth." – Martin Sedra ([19:08])

8. Martin Sedra’s Ministry Focus

• Church in Australia (Echo Church, Sydney):
  • Sydney is increasingly secular; Christianity dropped from 96% to 40% in a century ([19:16]).
  • Hosting global "World Pride" events in Sydney.
• Planting a Church in Orlando, Florida:
  • Emphasizes spiritual battle lines: if America falls, the West falls.
  • Quote: "If America stands strong, Australia will be okay. Canada will be all right. But this is kind of the last pinnacle that Islam wants, man." – Martin Sedra ([19:47])

9. Exhortation and Call to Action

• Sedra’s closing exhortation:
  • Warns against "lukewarm Christianity," calling for total commitment ([20:40]–[21:33]).
  • Urges listeners to leave sin, join a biblical church, and “fight for this country and keep it Christian.”
  • Quote: “Make a decision to go all in for God. Leave your sin, leave everything behind. Get in the word of God, find a biblical church, get planted, and let's fight for this country and keep it Christian, man.” – Martin Sedra ([21:12])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On bold Christianity:
  • "There's Christians in the Middle east that are preaching Jesus and they're not scared to lose their head. And here you are in America, scared to lose some donors." – Martin Sedra ([16:29])
• On the difference between Christianity and Islam:
  • “Jesus says, love your enemies. Muhammad says, kill your enemies.” – Martin Sedra ([15:55])
• On Islam’s strategy:
  • "They're using our freedom of religion to slit our throat." – Martin Sedra ([10:12])
• On revival and the pulpit:
  • "The pulpit is the steering wheel of my church. And you better steer it in the right direction." – Martin Sedra ([16:29])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Sedra's testimony and family story: [03:38]–[06:14]
• Pushback in U.S. churches & avoiding “political” preaching: [06:37]–[07:55]
• Islamic invasion & 100-year plan: [08:19]–[10:04]
• Immigration and procreation as strategies: [10:12]–[12:19]
• Rebutting ‘Islam is a religion of peace’: [12:19]–[13:45]
• Evangelism encounters & theological differences: [13:45]–[15:55]
• Call for revival & testimonies of transformation: [16:29]–[19:08]
• Ministry focus in Australia/USA and significance of America: [19:13]–[20:25]
• Final exhortation and prayer: [20:40]–[21:33]

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Conclusion & Tone

The episode is intense, unapologetic, and confrontational, with a tone of urgency and spiritual warfare. Sedra and Joseph Z blend personal testimony, political analysis, and biblical exhortation, ultimately urging the Christian church to bold faithfulness, cultural engagement, and uncompromising preaching. The message is clear: resist what they perceive as both secular and Islamic encroachment with courage, truth, and active spiritual war.

Transcript

[Joseph Z]

Well, welcome today. Today is a special day, something I want to share with you in just a moment. And that is a very special interview with Martin Sedra. Now, many of you have maybe heard him, seen him all over social media. He has a ministry among many issues. One of the main things he does is begin to identify, educate and call out what's going on with the Islamic agenda in the United States. This is going to really help you. He's going to break it down in a way that I think will be very revelatory for you. I'm going to show that to you in just a moment. I had the privilege of sitting down with him and it was a powerful conversation. But I want to say something today. Jesus is Lord, and whatever you're walking through, God is with you. You know, there's events happening all over the world right now. We've been praying against foreign domestic issues, things that are just unfolding right in the news in real time right now. But I want to say God is with you. You don't have to fear the mess. You can rise up and do everything God has marked you for. And one of the things that I'm committed to is equipp to stand firm on the foundation of the word of God to continue rising in the middle of a present and evil age. And so I'd like to simply ask you to repost this everywhere you can. Please subscribe today to the Joseph Z YouTube channel. And I also want to mention I have a brand new book out called Punishing the Darkness. This book is going to equip you, help you, educate you on the very issues we're dealing with in the culture, what's going on around society, what the spirit of Antichrist wants to bring, how you can not simply push back darkness, but how you can punish the darkness through your spiritual warfare, through your prayer life, through the renewing of your mind. And I deal with so many things in this book, cultural issues. A lot of stuff is in here. And I give a whole chapter that's dedicated to how to pray from the word of God to punish wicked powers. This is strong. You can get [e-mail] and also I wanna say a huge thank you to those of you who are partners here. If you're a partner here, thank you so much for being a part of, of what we're doing. You know, we're with you every day of the week. And I just gotta say, God is blessing our partners and he's blessing this ministry because of our partners. And I understand some people can or maybe cannot stand or do partnership. But I'd simply say to you, if you're able to, please consider joining the partner family. If you join the partner family by going to JosephZ.com, one of the things we're going to do is we're going to call you back regularly to pray with you. So I encourage you to do it today. We'd just love to welcome you to the family. You go to josephz.com to make that happen, and we are so thrilled that you'd consider that. We've got a lot to do. You know, the days are getting more and more serious, and that is why I've sat down with Martin Sedra and we had a conversation about the Islamic threat that's rising. What does that mean? Where is it going? I think this is going to really help you. You're not going to want to miss this. I encourage you to share this with someone right now. This is very informative and it's going to be powerful. So let's go ahead and watch this recent interview I just did with Martin Cedra together. Let's watch right now.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Martin, welcome, my friend.

[Martin Sedra]

Thank you. It is an honor to be with you. We flew 15 hours to be here, man.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

I'll tell you, your voice, your ministry, what God's doing with you guys. I saw you probably a year or two years ago starting to really take off, and suddenly you guys are global with the message God has given you. What is the catalyst for the message you have regarding the Western church and Islam and all of it? What is the catalyst?

[Martin Sedra]

Yeah. So we grew up in Egypt. Egypt, 1400 years ago was a Christian country. We were 90% Christian. Islam conquered it, and now we were the Christian minority in Egypt. My dad's main ministry was to preach to the Muslims in Egypt. And as he was preaching, obviously his life was in threat, in danger all the time, death threats. He was really committing suicide by preaching to Muslims because under apostasy laws, if you convert a Muslim, they die, and you might die as well. But the pinnacle really of our testimony and what launched us into our ministry was when my dad converted a specific Muslim woman just before we migrated to Australia. My dad was preaching to a bunch of Muslims. And a specific Muslim lady was in a crowd at the end of the sermon. She came to Jesus Christ, became a Christian. But my dad didn't know that her husband was the leader of a Muslim terrorist group. And when her husband found out that my dad preached to his wife, he was furious and wanted to take revenge. Wow. And the way he was going to take revenge was by kidnapping my brothers from a school bus. My brothers were five and nine years old. He was going to kidnap my brothers, behead them, put their bodies in a bag, send it to my dad's house to teach him a lesson. Don't preach Jesus again. And that's how Muslims do it. They just want to terrorize you, put fear in you, threaten you. My dad kept on preaching even though he got all these death threats. The Muslim terrorist leader sent two Muslim men to the school bus. Seven in the morning, when my brothers catch a bus, and they come in a van, and the two Muslim men see my brothers. And as they try to get out of the van, to kidnap them, to behead them. And the two Muslim men felt frozen in the van. They couldn't get out. Wow. My brothers get on a school bus. A school bus leaves. They unfreeze again. The next week. The boss is like, I need to finish his job. He sends two bigger men to the bus stop, tells them, kidnap the brothers, behead them, put them in a bag. This time, he sends two bigger men. These men go to the bus stop. This time they were able to get out of the van. And as they stood behind my brothers 5 and 9, as they go to kidnap them, they feel a supernatural hand, an angel. Tie their hands behind their head. Come on. Two Muslim terrorists who are used to killing preachers, politicians. Their hands are behind their head. They don't know what's going on. My brothers get on a school bus. The school bus leaves, and the two Muslim men unfreeze again. Now they tell the story to their boss. Now the boss doesn't know what's going on. He goes to my dad's house, knocks on the door. He sits with my dad. He tells him the story of what happened, and that's how we know the ins and out. And a Muslim Brotherhood leader lends a story about telling my dad this. He says, I tried to kill your children, but your God protected them. And it says, your God is the one true God. And that Muslim leader became a Christian. And this is the kind of story we grew up in, where my dad preached the truth of the Bible despite nearly losing his life. So we inherited that courage from him. And now we're in the west preaching the truth, no matter the cost.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Well, that was a great summary. I mean, that was powerful, brother.

[Joseph Z]

I didn't know that.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

I didn't know some of that background. You know, you have an anointing to speak to Western culture about the dangers that we're facing, and the church is sleepwalking into it. And I just right onto the front side of this. I want to thank you for sounding the alarm. And there's an anointing and a roar in your family and your voice. So have you received a lot of

[Martin Sedra]

pushback here in the U.S. yeah, we've been preaching, you know, the truth right from the beginning. We've been preaching, you know, against every sin, repentance, holiness. And we get a bit of pushback from the church as well. You know, they call you legalistic. You're a pharisee. You know, you're too radical. All we're preaching is holiness and repentance.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Yeah, The Bible.

[Martin Sedra]

The Bible, literally. It's like preaching now. It's like preaching now is like the cool art of communication. You know, the five steps, how to communicate. Preaching is no longer an anointing where you're like Elijah, where you go up to Kings and Jezebel until her repent. Yeah, they tell us. A lot of pastors tell us, stay out of politics. The church shouldn't stay out of politics, shouldn't get involved in politics, which is a lie from hell. Because really, when they say, stay out of politics, they're really telling you, stop preaching about ab sexuality. But since when did these topics become political? These topics are very biblical. Like, gender is not a political issue. It's a biblical issue. And the problem is not that the church is getting too political. It's that politics is getting involved in the church.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Yes.

[Martin Sedra]

And we need to tell politics, hey, stay in your zone. Come on, Marty. You know, stay in your zone. You decide the rules of the. You know, of the law of the floor and the traffic lights and all that stuff. But the moment government starts to tell the church how we can worship, what gender is like, what marriage is like, the sanctity of human life, that's when the pastors ought to be like, hey, hey, hey, that's not your anointing. God gave us that anointing. You need to listen to us. So.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Oh, man. I like to say it this way. You know, darkness tells you to move for them, and you say, no, you move. Get off 100%, brother. I got to tell you, I get so stirred and moved just listening to you right now. But, you know, you're stepping into this. The church has been asleep. The political scene is allowing this. How close do you think America is to. To an Islamic basically high influence, where right now we're in process. But do you think we're closer than we think?

[Martin Sedra]

Yeah. There is an Islamic invasion happening in America right now. And the Muslim Brotherhood, the Muslim Brotherhood is like the head of Islamic invasion across the world. They came out with a document and it was a hundred year plan, how Islam will conquer America. And when you look at that plan and the phases, the phase they're in right now, you would think Islam started five years ago, 10 years ago. When you look at their 100 year plan to conquering America, they're up to year 50 of conquering America. So American pastors and America, the West, we seem to always be too late to the game. Year 50, they're year 50. So they're 50% in. They're already. I mean, the mayor of New York City is a Muslim. The mayor of Dbourn, Michigan is a Muslim. The mayor of St. Louis park is a Muslim. And if the American pulpit does not wake up and Christians don't wake up, America will be Islamized. And this is a thing that the west needs to understand. Islam is not a religion, it's a political movement. It masquerades as a religion. But in fact, under all of that, Muhammad is not a prophet. He was a warlord. I mean, Muhammad literally went around conquering cities, nations and towns with a sword. And within, after Muhammad died, within 100 years of his death, Islam conquered 50 to 70% of the Christian world. So these guys are not mucking around. These guys, the Bible says go into all the world, you know, preach the gospel, make disciples that baptize them. Islam has Sharia law, which is kind of their commission, which is going to all the world and establish Sharia law. And this is my warning to America is Egypt was Christian and it was conquered. Yemen was Christian and it was conquered. Somalia was Christian, it was conquered. Turkey was Christian, it was conquered. Morocco was Christian and it was conquered. And if America thinks that Islam can't conquer you, I think it's arrogance. And the Bible says that pride comes before destruction. And if America gets this pride where we don't need to wake up and speak against Islam, they're going to be taken over just like what's happening across Europe.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Oh my gosh. I'm thinking about this fact that they can't use bullets right now. They're not using military power. So they're going this other route.

[Martin Sedra]

Yes, yes. So Islam, Islam is going to conquer the west through two ways. There's immigration and procreation. Immigration is. They're going to abuse our freedom and say, hey, you guys claim to be freedom of religion. Allow us in, let us worship our God. So they're using our freedom of religion to slit our throat. So they're coming through immigration. And, you know, there's this weird idea in the west where the Christians say, love thy neighbor. Love the foreigner, which is in the Bible, of course, but the Bible is very strict on immigration. Biblical immigration is about assimilating to the laws. Like the Bible in the Old Testament says, there shall be one law for the native and for the foreigner. So there's one law for the native for you and for me. If I come to America, I am now an American, and I must assimilate to the laws of the land. The problem is with Islam, when they go to a country, they don't assimilate to the laws of the land. In fact, they're not allowed to assimilate. They have to bring their agenda. What do they do? They hate America. In Egypt, all the Muslims shout, death to America. In 9 11, when the twin towers fell, I was in Egypt. And you know what happened during that time? Egyptian Muslims were celebrating and shouting, death to America.

[Joseph Z]

Really?

[Martin Sedra]

Then they come to America, and they claim they need our help, but they don't need our help. They're here to invade. So immigration. Another one is procreation.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Procreation.

[Martin Sedra]

They are having so many babies, you would not believe it in America. And this is, by the way, they call it the jihad of the womb, okay? Muslims call it the war of the womb. The womb of the wom of the west versus the womb of the Middle east, the womb of the church versus the womb of the mosque. And in America, while we're aborting our babies, we're killing 1 million babies every single year. While we have the feminist movement. The feminist movement selling the young woman. You're an entrepreneur. You don't have time to have babies. Have one baby. You're too busy. We have the training LGBTQ ideology that's selling men. You can marry men, and we know that two men can't get pregnant. So our replacement rate is dropping. Our procreation rate is dropping. Meanwhile, the Muslims are having five to six kids. They're marrying. Muhammad, commands the men to have up to four wives. So you do the religious mathematics. The Muslims end up with 10 babies, 16 babies. We're having one baby, so they're outbreeding us just by having babies. So one of the best ways to conquer Islam is have babies. Honestly have babies.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Martin, you know, you hear the term, Islam is a religion of peace.

[Martin Sedra]

Peace.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Peace.

[Joseph Z]

What in the world?

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

What does that mean?

[Martin Sedra]

Yeah, what in the world is that? Islam is a Religion of peace. This is the greatest lie that they have ever said. If Islam is a religion of peace, why are Christians getting persecuted all around the world? Right. If Islam is a religion of peace, why are Christians in Nigeria getting slaughtered by the Muslims? Why are the Christians in Sudan getting slaughtered? If Islam is a religion of peace, why are the Iranians fighting to remove the Islamic regime? If Islam is a religion of peace, why is 99% of terrorist attacks done by Muslims? In fact, when you research the terrorist organizations worldwide, 99.9% of terrorist organizations worldwide, their religion is Muslim. And not only that, some people are like, that's radical Islam. Stop judging all Muslims. And I like to say it this way. Not all Muslims are violent, but all Islam is violent. And the thing is, it's same as Christianity. Not all Christians are holy, but Christianity is holy. So when we see a Christian in the street, get drunk, you know, sleep outside of marriage, you're like, yeah, that guy's not a Christian because his life is not aligning with the word of God.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

That's so good, brother.

[Martin Sedra]

Same with Islam. When you see a nice, kind Muslim in the street, yeah, they're kind of. But they're just not following the Quran because Muhammad commands them in the Quran to kill the infidel. Like, these guys are not. They're not misinterpreting the Quran. They're just simply applying what their prophet commands them to do. And the Quran, their holy book, says, kill the infidel, terrorize them, behead the unbeliever. And who's the unbeliever? It's the Christians, the Jews, the atheists. That's kind of what they're like, man.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Do you ever have debates with Muslims? You ever get into it? Yeah, I've had a couple, but I want to hear about it.

[Martin Sedra]

So I was in California on a campus, and there was a Muslim there. He had a whole tent set up, and he wrote on his tent, I love Jesus because I'm a Muslim man.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Martin.

[Martin Sedra]

And he was trying to deceive the Christians. And that's what they do. The Muslims come up in America because they can lie. They can lie. They're allowed to lie. So this is the thing. They come up to Christians and say, we believe in Jesus, too. And the thing every Christian needs to understand is Muslims do believe in Jesus. They believe in a man by the name of Jesus. In fact, the name of Jesus, his name is Isa. In the QURAN, it's repeated 25 times in the Quran, they believe in a virgin birth. They believe that Jesus Healed the sick. They believe that Jesus raised the dead. They believe this stuff, but this is a twist. Romans 10, 9 says, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you'll be saved. So in Christianity, we believe, number one, we believe that Jesus is Lord. We believe that he was crucified, and we believe that he rose from the dead. That's what makes us Christians. Muhammad comes 600 years after Jesus Christ and says, all right, I'm going to flip these three things. Jesus is not God, He's a prophet. That's lie number one, we believe he's God. He's not a prophet. Lie number two, Muhammad says, Jesus was not crucified, but Allah put someone else on the cross that resembled him, so he didn't die. Number three, he wasn't resurrected. So they're lying to us. And I debated with that Muslim. I told him, you're a liar and you know you're lying. And at the end of the convert, everyone was surrounding us. I looked at the Muslim and I told him, I love you.

[Joseph Z]

Wow.

[Martin Sedra]

I looked at the Muslim guy because he was getting angry. I looked at him and I said, I love you and I'm praying for you and I want you to come to Christ.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Come on.

[Martin Sedra]

And people need to know that. I love Muslims, but I hate Islam. Yeah, that's the difference.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

That's so good.

[Martin Sedra]

I love Muslims, but I hate Islam. I love the people, but I hate the ideology. I hate the Quran. I hate Sharia law. But this is what happened. I told him, I love you. And then I asked him, do you love me? Wow. Asked him, do you love me? And he tried to ignore the question. He was going to the next topic.

[Joseph Z]

No.

[Martin Sedra]

I'm like, wait, wait. I asked you, do you love me?

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

I asked him.

[Martin Sedra]

Clearly, everyone's silent. And again, it tried to ignore it for five times. I asked him, I told him, I love you. Do you love me? And he couldn't get away from me. By the end, he told me, I don't love you because the Quran commands me to not love you. And this is the difference between Christianity and Islam. Jesus says, love your enemies. Muhammad says, kill your enemies.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Yes.

[Martin Sedra]

Muhammad, before he died, said, may Allah curse the Jews and the Christians. Jesus, before he died on the cross, said, father, forgive them, for they don't know what they do. Islam is incompatible with the West. They are completely different people, different ideologies. So that this is why we're fighting for America.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

I got to tell everybody this is the best gospel preaching I've heard all day or actually all year. I just. Martin, I got to say to you, so you're not only confronting this Islamic ideology, the invasion through it, you're also bringing people back to holiness. You're saying, let's get back to the Bible. Is that part of your passion?

[Martin Sedra]

100%. Let's get back to the Scripture. For so long, the pulpit has been cowering back from preaching the truth. And I say that with all respect. A lot of American pastors are cowards. They claim to be preachers of the gospel and they claim to serve the Lord. They don't serve the Lord. They serve men. They claim to be called by God, but they weren't called by God. They were called by man. And that's why they get up on a pulpit on a Sunday. And instead of trying to please God, they please the people. They're scared to say the wrong thing. What if my church leaves? What if my church gets offended? What if I lose some tithers? What if I lose some unfollowers? I not tell the man, there's Christians in the Middle east that are preaching Jesus and they're not scared to lose their head. And here you are in America, scared to lose some donors. Here you are in America, scared to lose some followers. So we're here to preach righteousness. Let's get holiness back in the pulpit. And I tell people the pulpit drives the church. There's a ship, the pulpit. When I grab that pulpit on Sunday morning, I'm not grabbing this plastic, metal thing. No, this is the steering wheel of my church. And you better steer it in the right direction and you better steer it to holiness. But many pastors are not sharing it to holiness. They're steering it towards a seeker sensitive movement.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Oh, it doesn't work.

[Martin Sedra]

It doesn't work. They're not seeing revival. And people tell us, you know, people always tell us, you guys are hateful. You guys are turning people away from the gospel. You guys are turning people away from Jesus. And we're seeing the quite opposite. We're seeing about 80% of people that hear our message get offended, you know, and they leave our church or they unblock us. I had someone message me this morning, a Muslim message me, next time I see you, I'm gonna kill you with my own hands, man. This morning, just walking down here to the podcast just now. And this is the thing. We get all these people hate us and stuff, but then you get the one prodigal son that comes home. Yeah, that's right back at home. We just a month ago baptized a whole Muslim family in our church. Yeah, his name was Ali. He turned from Islam and came to Christ. We just baptized another young adult who was sexual and, you know, believed that he was a woman. He came to our church in a dress and makeup and nail polish. He heard us preach that marriage is between one man and one woman. You know, God does not make mistakes with your gender and your identity. And he was angry, and his mom kept bringing him back to church. Man, his mom told him, no, you got to come to church. And we told him, you can't wear a dress when you come here. You got to dress like a man, because I don't want to lead people astray. But you're allowed to come here. We love you. He came for six months without liking us. After the sermon, we tried to shake hands. He doesn't want to shake hands with us. He doesn't want to make eye contact. And we kept preaching the gospel. We did not back down, although he was offended. And six months later, we find him at the altar repenting of his sin. Now he's a man of God. That man that thought he was, you know, he was in the wrong body. Now he's a man of God serving in church. He wants to get married. And this is the power of the gospel. Paul says, I am not ashamed of the gospel. Why? It is the power of God unto salvation. If America wants revival, stop being a coward and preach the truth.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Just preach the truth.

[Martin Sedra]

That's it.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

So I got to ask you this. You have a church in Australia, correct?

[Martin Sedra]

Yep. Yep.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

And you're starting one here?

[Martin Sedra]

Yes.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Tell us all about it.

[Martin Sedra]

Yeah, so we have a church church in Sydney, Australia. Echo Church in Australia. You know, Sydney is like. Is one of, like, the most cities, you know, it's like we have something what we call world pride. So you have pride month here? We have World Pride, where drag queens from all around the world come to our city to celebrate Christianity was 96% in Australia 100 years ago. Now we're up to 40% Christianity. So we've lost 50% of the Christian population. We're fighting in Australia. We really need. We need a revival in Australia. We really do need it. But we're planting a church in 12 months in Orlando, Florida. And the reason we're in America, a lot people ask us all the time, why you guys are Australian pastors. Why are you guys in America? The reason we're here in America, half the year, you know, my whole family preaching Here is. Because if America falls, the whole west will fall. Yeah, that's what America doesn't understand. This is the big brother that everybody's looking up to. And if we don't, if Americans don't wake up, the whole world will be conquered. America's the last hope for the West. And if America stays strong, we're going to be all right. So that's why we're here, to fight. If America stands strong, Australia will be okay. Canada will be all right. But this is kind of the last pinnacle that Islam wants, man.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Martin, I'm so moved listening to you. I'm stirred in the spirit. Anybody that has discernment reads the Bible, you're going to be stirred, too. Martin, would you do this for me? Sir, would you please look right into that camera and just talk to the people, encourage them, pray for them. Anything you feel you need to do.

[Martin Sedra]

Amen. Amen. I want to talk to every person listening to me. You might be living in a lukewarm Christianity. What's lukewarm Christianity? It's a Christianity that Jesus talks about in Revelation where he says, I wish you were cold or hot, but because you are lukewarm, God says, I will spit you out of my mouth. The truth is, you think God prefers you living in the middle. You think it's better to go to church on Sunday and I get drunk on Saturday? It's better to go to church on Sunday and live in the world on Monday. It's better. God actually would prefer you to make a clear decision today. Whom will you serve?

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Come on.

[Martin Sedra]

That's what Elijah said to Israel. He said, if BAAL is God, then worship him. But if Yahweh is God, worship him. And I want to tell every person listening to me today, make a decision to go all in for God. Leave your sin, Leave everything behind. Go fully in for God. Leave your sin, get in the word of God, find a biblical church, get planted, and let's fight for this country and keep it Christian, man.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Well, I just so appreciate this message, man of God. Thank you for being with me. And how do people find you? Website, everything.

[Martin Sedra]

Yeah. Martin Cedra, all platforms and my website, martinsedra.com my wife, Millicent Cedro. And we're here to fight for America.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

So grateful for you guys.

[Martin Sedra]

So good.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Privilege to have you, Martin. Thank you. Everybody. Follow this man of God. I'll tell you, there's a now word in his mouth and a prophetic strength. I just so grateful.

[Martin Sedra]

Thank you so much, man. It's an honor to be with you.

[Joseph Z]

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[Prayer Leader / Intercessor]

The minute I said yes to Jesus was the minute I attained all of life and godliness and righteousness and wholeness. It all belongs to me. I attain it the moment I say yes. Jesus to you. Just as you are saved, so are you healed. He paid for it all. When you place a draw and a demand on your covenant and you place a draw and a demand on the word of God, that's when faith begins to arise on the inside and nothing will stop you. Nothing.

[Joseph Z]

For I am raising up an equipment warrior class group of intercessors. I see mantles for intercession coming on people that they will stand up and begin to go to war in their home, in their living room, and begin to stand against principalities and powers. I see them doing this. The Lord's gonna begin to assign you to pray, to intercede, to break yokes off leaders, to break them off. Those around you to be gossip busters.

[Prayer Leader / Intercessor]

I declare breakthrough. I declare breakthrough. I declare breakthrough in your hearts. I declare breakthrough in your minds. I declare breakthrough in your household. I declare breakthrough in your bodies. I declare breakthrough in your relationships right now. By the blood of Jesus. Because it's your covenant. It's your covenant right. And anything else is illegal.

[Joseph Z (interviewer)]

Thank you, Lord.

[Prayer Leader / Intercessor]

Right now, in the mighty name of

[Joseph Z]

Jesus, right now, even on a bad day, you're anointed to be the very best that there is. God has called you. A man or woman with a revelation from God Almighty is not at the mercy of a culture going mad. We're going red in the blood of Jesus. Jesus is Lord.