This story was originally published by the WND News Center.

A pastor has used his Sunday sermon to threaten Elon Musk, who heads President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency and is cracking down on all sorts of fraud and inappropriate spending by the government.

For instance, in conjunction with the president he's closed down most of the U.S. Agency for International Development for having spent millions and millions of dollars on things like LGBT comic books and DEI plays overseas.

A report in the Gateway Pundit identified the preacher as Steve Caudle of the Greater Second Missionary Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

He said, "In this nation I am worried we are on the verge of bloodshed. This is an attempt to take us back to a day we do not want to go and we will not go. Therefore there will be conflict. I pray that the peace of God will win out and overcome the madness that is attempting to take over this nation. And I will say to you beloved no one likes violence. But sometimes violence is necessary."

He presumptively assigned God to have the opinion, apparently, that wasteful government spending is good.

He continued, "When Elon Musk forces his way into the United States Treasury and threatens to steal your personal information and your Social Security check, there is a possibility of violence.

"Sometimes the devil will act so ugly, that you have no other choice but to get violent. And fight," he said.

He claimed Jesus already endorsed violence by a New Testament verse stating, "The kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force."

One online analysis suggests the verse means, "The kingdom is invaded, in such sort that sinners, publicans, harlots, Gentiles, 'by the fervour of their repentance, seize it by force, away from the Pharisees and Jews, who thought that it belonged to them alone.'"

The preacher said, "This is the Christian thing to do."

Musk was brief in his response:

This tells me that he is trying to hide MASSIVE fraud," he said.

The Gateway Pundit suggested: "Alert the FBI."