The most important speech was by someone we’ve never heard of.
First, Charlie Kirk’s pastor, Rob McCoy, spoke
“Thank you for coming out to honour Charlie Kirk. God bless all of you and all of you tuning in online around the world. I know you’re all wondering who is he and why is he here? And I’m asking myself the same question. Charlie Kirk called me his pastor. I called him my friend…
“Now, my responsibility and trusted to be by my friend and his wife, you’re going to hear of what Charlie did, but I’m here today to tell you the why in what he did. The why brought him the courage. The why brought him the wisdom and the strength. The why is the one that Charlie wanted to welcome as the guest of honour, the guest of honour. His resume is long. He’s the king of glory. He’s the prince of peace. He’s the Saviour of the world. He’s the living God. He’s the God of all mercy and grace, the total embodiment of love, the total embodiment of truth, and he’s here today to call his children back to him. From the thin veil of heaven, Charlie declares to all earthly powers and principalities who will gather here, they have come into the presence of the God of all creation.
“Charlie wanted his saviour to be the guest of honour. He wanted all of you to receive this gift from him. The why and what he did. Charlie was never afraid because he knew his life was secure. In the hand of God, Jesus left the glory of heaven’s throne for the humiliation of an earthly cross. He was fully tempted, yet was without sin.
“For those of you who struggle with the word ‘sin,’ it’s real simple. It’s an archer’s term where the bullseye is and where the arrow lands. That’s called the sin distance, how far you’ve fallen from perfection and there are none righteous, no, not one. We’ve all missed the mark, the bullseye, and we try to get to God by our efforts, but there is no effort that will bring us back into the presence of a righteous God. You see, the wages of sin is death. Charlie knew this and at an early age, he entrusted his life to the saviour of the world.
“Jesus came to this earth, was tempted in all ways, yet was without sin, was crucified upon a cross. His blood was poured out because blood must be shed for the remission of sins, and his death upon that cross was sufficient for all the world’s sins, but only efficient for those who like Charlie would receive him as their saviour. Jesus has come to seek and save that which is lost.
“And I would say this to all of you. The Lord loves you. He wants to save you. He wants to give you a new life. He wants to cover the multitude of your sins by the blood he shed upon the cross. The Bible says, ‘If you believe in your heart and you confess with your tongue, Jesus is Lord, you will be saved’ to the glory of the Father.
“You see, Charlie looked at politics as an on-ramp to Jesus. He knew if he could get all of you rowing in the streams of liberty, you’d come to its source, and that’s the Lord.
“In the time I have remaining, I’m going to ask all who profess Christ as their saviour to remain seated. The Bible says, ‘If you profess me before man, I’ll profess you before my Father in heaven.’ It requires an act of faith. You stand, that’s what Charlie did every day on campus with death threats. He stood because he knew in whom he had trusted, and he wants to give you the gift of the why and what he did, and that is his saviour. Jesus.
“While believers are seated, if there’s any in this room and across the globe that would desire to receive Jesus as their saviour, as Charlie did as a young man, and now is in the presence of his saviour, I’m going to ask you to put action to your faith, and I’d ask you to stand right now to receive the Lord. Don’t be ashamed, stand. Amen. Amen. Amen.
“The Bible says that when one sinner gives their heart to the Lord, the angels in heaven rejoice. And I got to tell you, there’s one up there right now. Charlie Kirke is stoked and he’s excited about your commitment to his saviour.
“For this remaining moment, if you’ve given your heart to the Lord and someone is seated next to you, I want that person who’s a believer to stand and pray with you and please up on the screen, I want you to take a picture of this QR code. We are going to give you everything you need to walk this walk with Christ. Faith comes from hearing and hearing from the word of God, and it’s time to get into a Bible believing church and pastors, if you didn’t want to give Charlie Kirk the time of day, these folks are going to be showing up at your church and they’re there because of his life. God bless you, and may the Lord keep you. Amen.”
Grace and forgiveness in Erika Kirk’s speech:
“God bless all of you for coming here from all over the world, to honor and celebrate my Charlie. Just a few miles from here, two years ago at America Fest 2023, Charlie delivered a speech on stage for our TP USA Faith event. Charlie loves speaking off the cuff. He’s very good at that, without a script. So I personally didn’t know what he was going to say. And what he chose to speak about that day was his submission to the will of God. He quoted one of his favorite Bible verses, Isaiah 6:8. “Here I am, Lord. Send me.”
“After Charlie finished, I met him backstage and I spoke to him. And I’ll never forget this. I said, ‘Charlie, baby, please talk to me next time before you say that statement. Because when you say something like that, there is so much power in that verse when you say. “Here I am, Lord, use me,” – God will take you up on that.’ And he did with Charlie.
“Eleven days ago. God accepted that total surrender from my husband and then called him to his side…
“Charlie liked to journal, and I say this because he did it to remember important moments and sayings that affected him. And one of the things he wrote in his journal was this: ‘Every time you make a decision, it puts a mark on your soul.’ To those of you out there who just made that decision and took the first step toward a spiritual life, I say thank you and welcome. One day, I hope you look back and realize it was the most important decision of your life. Because it is. All of you. It is. All of you who are already believers. It is your job to shepherd these people. Do not take that lightly. Water the seed of their faith. Protect it and help it grow.
“Every day, as Charlie rode into the office, he would go through his contact list – and I know there’s many of you who were impacted by this – he would go through his contact list and send Bible verses for the day. He knew that faith was a habit. The more you live it, the more it grows. But know this too. The seed has only just been planted. The enemy will tempt you the most in a time like this one. God will always be there for you. But you must choose to mark your soul again and again in the direction of Christ. Pray again. Read the Bible again. Go to church next Sunday and the Sunday after that. And break free from the temptations and shackles of this world. Being a follower of Christ is not easy. It’s not supposed to be.
“Jesus said, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow me.’ He said he would be persecuted. He said we would be persecuted. And Charlie knew that happily carried his cross all the way to the end. And I want all of you to know. Well, Charlie died far too early. He was also ready to die. There was nothing, nothing he was putting off. There was nothing that was too hard or too painful or nothing that he just felt like he didn’t want to do it. He left this world without regrets. He did 100% of what he could every day. But I want you to know something. Charlie died with incomplete work, but not with unfinished business. And I will miss him. I will miss him so much. Because our marriage and our family were beautiful. They still are. …
“My husband, Charlie. He wanted to save young men, just like the one who took his life. That young man. That young man on the cross. Our Saviour said, “Father, forgive them, for they not know what they do.” That man. That young man. I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did in his. What Charlie would do. The answer to hate is not hate. The answer we know from the gospel is love and always love.
“Love for our enemies and love for those who persecute us…
“Charlie’s life was a turning point for this country. It was a miracle. Let that miracle of his life be your turning point as well. Choose prayer. Choose courage. Choose beauty. Choose adventure. Choose family. Choose a life of faith. Most importantly, choose Christ. I love you, Charlie, baby. And I will make you proud.
“God bless you all. And God bless America.”
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“I always felt a little uncomfortable talking about my faith in public, as much as I love the Lord and as much as it was an important part of my life.”
“I have talked more about Jesus Christ in the past two weeks than I have my entire time in public life.”
“And that is an undeniable legacy of Charlie Kirk…”
“I can’t call my friend because he was murdered for speaking the truth. I can only guess at what he might say and what he would encourage me to do.
“And here’s what I think. I think he would encourage me to be honest that evil still walks among us. Not to ignore it for the sake of a fake kumbaya moment, but to address it head on and honestly as the sickness that it is.
“But I also think he would encourage me, he would encourage all of us to focus on the good. He would encourage us to remember that for every hateful voice celebrating his murder, there are a thousand people mourning it and fighting for his legacy every single day.
“He would tell me to pray. I’m certain of it. He would tell me to pray for my friends, but also for my enemies.
“He would tell me to put on the full armor of God and get back to work. He would tell us to commit ourselves to telling the truth and to fight for that truth each and every single day.
“He would tell us to talk about God’s love and the fact that that love applies to everybody across the whole human family.
“Charlie suffered a terrible fate, my friends. We all know it. We all saw it.
“But think, it is not the worst fate. It is better to face a gunman than to live your life afraid to speak the truth. It is better to be persecuted for your faith than to deny the kingship of Christ. It is better to die a young man in this world than to sell your soul for an easy life with no purpose, no risk, no love, and no truth.
“Christ told us in the Gospel of John, I have said these things to you that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but take heart. I have overcome the world.
“Charlie took heart. And now we must do the same.”
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“Shortly before Charlie arrived on campus the day he was assassinated, a staff member texted him that there were many critics and students who were opposed to his views and rather strenuously in the crowd, and that actually made him feel good because he he wanted to convince them. He understood. He really did. He understood what was right, and he was right about that. A lot of it was based on common sense, by the way, Charlie wrote back to the staff member saying, ‘I’m not here to fight them. I want to know them and love them, and I want to reach them and try and lead them into a great way of life in our country.’
“In that private moment, on his dying day, we find everything we need to know about who Charlie Kirk truly was. He was a missionary with a noble spirit and a great, great purpose. He did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them. That’s where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponent and I don’t want the best for them. I’m sorry. I am sorry, Erika. But now Erika can talk to me and the whole group and maybe they can convince me that that’s not right. But I can’t stand my opponent. Charlie’s angry. Look at that. He’s angry at me that he wasn’t interested in demonizing anyone. He was interested in persuading everyone to the ideas and principles he believed were good, right and true. Before each appearance, he prayed these words. God, use me for your will always said the same thing. Use me for your will. And that is exactly what God did when you think that’s exactly what he did. The more success Charlie had and he was getting more and more successful, the more dangerous his mission became on campuses all over the country, his quest for open dialog was met with menacing hate.”