Speaking during the Liberty University commencement ceremony, Senator Tim Scott encouraged graduates to stay focused on God and thanking Him for all His blessing, all while receiving his own honorary doctor of Humanities degree.
Beginning with a short comment before his main remarks, Scott encouraged graduates to stay focused on thanking God for everything, telling them, “If you don’t know how in the world you are here today, I wanna hear you say, ‘Thank you, Jesus.’”
He continued, “I believe there are a lot of graduates sitting here today with tears rolling in their eyes and a heart of gratitude because if we all knew what God had to do to get you to your seats, we would all stand up and give you a standing ovation. I thank God Almighty we live in a country where we are free to praise the living God, the One and the True God.”
Sen. Scott then spoke about speaking up for others and showing Christian kindness, saying, “If you want to stand out in life, stand up for those who cannot stand for themselves. I can’t think of a better time for the Body of Christ to stand for our Jewish brothers and sisters in the United States of America on college campuses. I’m sick and tired of seeing antisemitism on college campuses spread like a cancer.”
He added, “I think it’s high time we tell the colleges and universities that allow for Jewish genocide to be spoken and the call for mass murder, to those colleges and universities, your federal funding is a privilege; it is not a right. What is a right is for every single Jewish student to walk to their class safely. What is a right is for every Jewish student to study in the library at peace. We should take the money from those universities and colleges that continue to spew hate and give it to a God-fearing place called Liberty University.”
He then noted that guide Gods all, saying, “Someone somewhere might need your big dream and your test of faith to deliver them from their circumstances. Every graduate here has been touched by the divine hand of God, which guided each of you to this moment.”
Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson spoke as well, praying for the ceremony and saying, “Father, we’re so grateful … it feels like a slice of Heaven being with believers, singing, worshiping, praising You and lifting up Your name above our accomplishments. I pray for all the graduates. I pray that they will go out and have the Gospel on their lips above everything else — their jobs, their careers, even our families.”
Featured image credit: By North Charleston from North Charleston, SC, United States – Veterans Day Ceremony – Congressman Tim Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23252845