Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: CSH
Program Code: CSH021327
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00:46 >>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 00:50 COMING TO YOU FROM RIGHT HERE IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. 00:53 WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE TUNING IN. WHETHER YOU'RE 00:56 LISTENING ON THE RADIO, WATCHING LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AT 00:59 'SACCENTRAL.ORG', OR ON THE VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS - 01:03 HOWEVER YOU ARE JOINING US - WELCOME AND HAPPY SABBATH. 01:07 TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED BY A SPECIAL MUSIC COMING TO YOU 01:12 FROM THE SACRAMENTO INDONESIAN SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 01:16 CHOIR. AND IT IS WONDERFUL WHEN WE GET MUSICAL GUESTS 01:20 COMING IN AND THEY'RE LOCAL. AND WE'VE HAD THEM ONCE BEFORE 01:23 AND IT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE LAST TIME. 01:25 WE ARE VERY BLESSED WHENEVER THEY SING FOR US. AND RIGHT NOW 01:29 THEY'LL BE SINGING 'HALLELUJAH' AND 'WE WILL GLORIFY'. 01:42 (MUSIC) 06:58 >>THANK YOU SO MUCH SACRAMENTO INDONESIAN 07:02 ADVENTIST CHURCH CHOIR. 07:03 WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE MUSIC LATER ON TODAY. 07:10 AT THIS TIME LET'S BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER. 07:13 FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING US HERE TODAY 07:19 TO GLORIFY YOU IN EVERYTHING THAT WE SAY AND THAT WE DO AND 07:25 AS WE WORSHIP YOU TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF MUSIC 07:30 AND THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US WITH THE SABBATH. 07:34 BE WITH PASTOR DOUG AS HE BRINGS US OUR LESSON STUDY AND I PRAY 07:37 THAT YOU WILL SPEAK TO OUR HEARTS TODAY. 07:39 IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. AT THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY IS 07:44 GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR. 07:47 HE IS OUR SENIOR PASTOR HERE AT SACRAMENTO CENTRAL SEVENTH DAY 07:50 ADVENTIST CHURCH. >>THANK YOU DEBBIE AND THANK YOU 07:56 FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. I SURE ENJOYED THAT. 08:00 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO INDONESIA - OH, I GUESS, A YEAR 08:03 AND A HALF - TWO YEARS AGO AND HEARD SOME JUST WONDERFUL CHOIRS 08:07 AND THIS WAS A SAMPLE OF THAT. WELCOME FRIENDS. 08:10 WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE AT CENTRAL CHURCH FOR OUR REGULAR 08:13 CLASS AND ALSO FOR OUR EXTENDED CLASS THAT IS WATCHING. 08:18 WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST TUNING IN FROM SATELLITE 08:21 AROUND THE WORLD. 08:22 IT'S ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO STUDY TOGETHER WITH YOU. 08:25 SOME OF YOU ARE MEMBERS OF CENTRAL CHURCH BECAUSE YOU HAVE 08:27 NO LOCAL CHURCH YOU CAN ATTEND AND SO PASTORAL STAFF HERE AND 08:31 CHURCH FAMILY SAYS 'WELCOME BROTHERS AND SISTERS'. 08:34 WE'RE GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD TOGETHER. 08:37 WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER FOR ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO CALL 08:42 AND ASK FOR IT. AND IT'S CALLED 'TWELVE STEPS TO 08:45 REVIVAL' - 'TWELVE STEPS TO REVIVAL'. 08:48 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET THIS IS YOU CALL THE NUMBER 08:51 866-STUDY-MORE - 866-STUDY-MORE - AND THAT'S 788-3966. 08:58 WHEN YOU CALL ASK FOR OFFER #780. 09:01 NOW THE REASON WE'RE OFFERING THIS IS BECAUSE WE'RE BEGINNING 09:04 A NEW QUARTERLY. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 09:07 THIS - THIS WHOLE QUARTER'S LESSON - WRITTEN BY PASTOR AND 09:10 EVANGELIST MARK FINLEY AND IT'S ON REVIVAL AND REFORMATION. 09:14 AND SO, FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE VISITING CENTRAL TODAY, 09:18 WE TYPICALLY LIVE IN THE FUTURE. 09:19 WE STUDY THE LESSON THREE WEEKS IN ADVANCE OF THE REST OF THE 09:23 COUNTRY SO THAT WE CAN EDIT THESE PROGRAMS. 09:25 WE PUT IN CLOSED CAPTIONING FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED. 09:28 WE SEND THEM OUT TO THE VARIOUS SATELLITE NETWORKS WHO ARE NICE 09:32 ENOUGH TO AIR IT FOR FREE. WE SURE APPRECIATE THAT. 09:35 AND SO WE'RE A LITTLE AHEAD OF OTHERS ON THAT, BUT THAT'S WHY 09:39 WE'RE OFFERING THIS BOOK ON TWELVE STEPS TO REVIVAL. 09:42 AND IT'S REALLY DEALING WITH BOTH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT - JOHN 09:46 - I'M SORRY, OLD TESTAMENT - ELIJAH, THE NEW TESTAMENT - JOHN 09:50 THE BAPTIST WHO CAME IN THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH WERE 09:53 TWO CHARACTERS GOD USED TO BRING REVIVAL. 09:56 SO THIS IS A STUDY ON WHAT WERE THOSE INGREDIENTS THAT BROUGHT 09:59 ABOUT OR DEMONSTRATED REVIVAL AND REFORMATION. 10:05 BY THE WAY, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO CALL FOR IT, YOU CAN GO ONLINE 10:08 AND READ IT FOR FREE AT THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE. 10:11 IT'S REALLY EASY. IT'S 'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG'. 10:15 SOMETHING ELSE I KEEP FORGETTING TO MENTION IS - NOT EVERY WEEK, 10:19 BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE FORGET - BUT ALMOST EVERY WEEK WE TAKE 10:22 THE LESSONS - MYSELF AND THE OTHER PASTORS OR TEACHERS - WE 10:26 HAVE OUR NOTES AND OUR PERSONAL COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS AND SOME 10:28 PEOPLE SAY, 'YOU TOLD A STORY. WHERE IS THAT ILLUSTRATION?' 10:31 AND SO WE POST THEM UP AT THE CHURCH WEBSITE WHICH IS 10:35 'SACCENTRAL.ORG'. AND I'VE GOT SOME GOOD PEOPLE 10:39 THAT REMIND ME WHEN I FORGET TO PUT THE NOTES UP. 10:42 SO THEY SHOULD BE UP NOW FOR THE LAST TWO OR THREE LESSONS AND 10:46 WE'LL TRY AND GET THESE UP THERE. 10:47 WELL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING INTO OUR LESSON TODAY 10:50 DEALING WITH REVIVAL. AND THE FIRST LESSON IS 10:53 'REVIVAL: OUR GREAT NEED' - 'REVIVAL: OUR GREAT NEED'. 10:58 WE'VE GOT A MEMORY VERSE. I ALWAYS APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD 11:01 ECHO THIS WITH ME. IT COMES FROM REVELATION CHAPTER 11:04 3 VERSE 20 - REVELATION 3:20 AND THIS IS FROM THE NEW KING JAMES 11:10 VERSION. I APPRECIATE THAT. ARE YOU READY TO SAY IT WITH ME? 11:16 "BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK. 11:20 IF ANYONE HEARS MY VOICE AND OPENS THE DOOR, I WILL COME IN 11:24 TO HIM AND SUP WITH HIM, AND HE WITH ME." 11:29 I SLIPPED UP. I DROPPED IN THE KING JAMES 11:31 VERSION 'SUP'. IT'S ACTUALLY 'DINE' HERE. 11:34 IT'S ONE OF MY PROBLEMS - I LISTENED TO ALEXANDER SCOURBY 11:37 READING THE BIBLE IN PERFECT KING JAMES FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS 11:41 AND IT'S JUST KIND OF INGRAINED AND SO I ALWAYS KIND OF 11:44 GRAVITATE BACK TO THE KING JAMES VERSION. 11:47 DO ANY OF YOU KNOW THE SONG THAT GOES WITH THIS VERSE? 11:51 THERE'S A SONG OF THIS VERSE - BEHOLD I STAND AT THE DOOR AND 11:56 KNOCK. ANY OF YOU HEARD IT? OKAY, YEAH - GOOD. 12:00 CHOIR, YOU OUGHT TO HAVE - YOU OUGHT TO COME UP AND SING IT. 12:04 DO YOU KNOW IT? ALRIGHT, COME ON UP. LET'S DO THAT. 12:09 IF YOU KNOW THAT - COME ON, COME ON, COME ON - DON'T BE - I'M 12:10 GOING TO DO IT. I'LL JOIN YOU. BEHOLD I STAND AT THE DOOR AND 12:15 KNOCK - IS THAT THE ONE? OH, THEY'RE BACKING OUT, OKAY. 12:19 WELL, I DIDN'T WANT TO DO A SOLO BUT THERE IS A - THERE'S A WHOLE 12:24 SONG THAT GOES WITH IT - BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SING. 12:28 SO YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND IT ON YOUTUBE. BUT WE'RE GOING TO 12:32 GET INTO OUR LESSON TODAY DEALING WITH THIS SUBJECT. 12:35 NOW, WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT REVIVAL? 12:40 REVIVAL IS AN ONGOING AND SORT OF A CHRONIC NEED OF THE CHURCH. 12:47 IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL, THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL IS 12:52 ONE OF WHAT THEY CALL CONTINUAL BACKSLIDING. 12:55 FOR INSTANCE, TAKE A LOOK IN JEREMIAH 8, VERSE 5, "WHY HAS 13:02 THIS PEOPLE SLIDDEN BACK, JERUSALEM, IN A PERPETUAL 13:06 BACKSLIDING?" IF SOMEONE COULD DISCOVER A 13:09 PERPETUAL MOTION THEY'D BE VERY, VERY WEALTHY. 13:12 PERPETUAL IS SOMETHING THAT JUST KEEPS ON HAPPENING. 13:16 AND THAT WAS JEREMIAH 8:5. IF YOU LOOK IN HOSEA 11:7, "MY 13:21 PEOPLE ARE BENT ON BACKSLIDING - BENT ON BACKSLIDING FROM ME. 13:27 THOUGH THEY CALL TO THE MOST HIGH, NONE AT ALL EXALT HIM." 13:32 AND THAT'S JUST A COUPLE OF MANY VERSES THAT TALK ABOUT THIS 13:35 CHRONIC PROBLEM OF SLIPPING BACK - SLIPPING BACK. 13:39 WE ALL SORT OF HAVE - SIN IS LIKE GRAVITY IN OUR NATURES 13:43 THAT PULLS US DOWN AND UNLESS YOU ARE - LIFE IS LIKE A RIVER 13:48 AND IT'S ALWAYS PULLING US TOWARD THE FALLS - THE WATERFALL 13:54 - AND UNLESS WE MAKE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO SWIM AGAINST THE 13:57 CURRENT, THE CURRENT WILL PULL US TOWARD THE WORLD. WHENEVER 14:03 YOU HAVE A REVIVAL, UNLESS THE THINGS DONE TO BRING ABOUT THE 14:07 REVIVAL ARE CONTINUALLY DONE, YOU ARE GOING TO DRIFT. 14:13 YOU NOTICE IT'S NOT CALLED 'BACKJUMPING' OR 'BACKHOPPING' 14:17 OR 'BACKSKIPPING'? IT'S 'BACKSLIDING'. 14:22 YOU CAN STAND STILL AND SLIDE. YOU EVER BEEN IN YOUR CAR ON A 14:24 LITTLE BIT OF AN ICY HILL? THE BRAKES ARE ON AND IT STARTS 14:27 TO SLIDE? IT'S A SCARY FEELING, RIGHT? 14:31 MAYBE IT'S A MUDDY SPOT AND YOU JUST SAY, 'WAIT A SECOND. 14:34 I'M NOT ACCELERATING AND I'M GOING.' 14:37 IT'S LIKE IN OUR NATURES. IF WE'RE NOT MAKING AN EFFORT TO 14:42 GO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION - I ALWAYS LIKE TO THINK OF IT THIS 14:46 WAY: LIFE'S KIND OF LIKE AN ESCALATOR. 14:49 IF YOU'RE ON ONE OF THOSE MALL ESCALATORS - I WAS THERE AT 14:52 MACY'S YESTERDAY. THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD A SALE. 14:55 I THOUGHT I WAS VERY THRIFT - MAKING IT TO A SALE TO GET A 14:59 COUPLE OF THINGS - MEN'S SALE FOR FATHER'S DAY, YOU KNOW? 15:03 SO I WENT AND I GOT THERE AND SHOWED THEM MY TEN DOLLAR COUPON 15:06 AND THEY SAID, 'THAT EXPIRED AT 1:00. 15:08 THAT WAS ONLY FOR THE MORNING SHOPPERS.' I FELT CHEATED. 15:11 SO ANYWAY, I WAS ON THE ESCALATOR YESTERDAY. 15:13 IF YOU STAND ON THE ESCALATOR THAT IS A GOING DOWN ESCALATOR, 15:19 WHAT DIRECTION DO YOU GO? DOWN. I'M NOT GOING TOO QUICK AM I? 15:24 IF YOU ARE ON THE DOWN ESCALATOR AND YOU WALK UP, WHERE DO YOU 15:29 GO? NOWHERE. IT DEPENDS ON THE SPEED AT WHICH YOU WALK. 15:35 IF YOU WANT TO GO DOWN - I'M SORRY - IF YOU WANT TO GO UP THE 15:37 DOWN ESCALATOR, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO? YOU'VE GOT TO HUSTLE, 15:40 DON'T YOU? TO GET UP THERE. AND LIFE'S THAT WAY. 15:45 YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING IN YOUR NATURE THAT'S JUST LIKE DRIVING 15:48 YOU DOWN AND IF YOU WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN YOU CAN'T JUST STAND 15:51 THERE - YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE - YOU'VE GOT TO REALLY 15:54 MAKE A HERCULEAN EFFORT TO GROW. AND THAT MEANS YOU NEED TO 15:59 INVEST IN WHAT THOSE INGREDIENTS OF REVIVAL ARE AND WE'LL TALK 16:03 ABOUT THAT THROUGH THE WHOLE SERIES BUT IT'S REALLY - THERE'S 16:07 REALLY THREE THINGS. I MAY AS WELL TELL YOU NOW - 16:10 THREE PRINCIPAL THINGS THAT HELP YOU MAINTAIN A CHRISTIAN LIFE 16:14 AND, ESPECIALLY, GROW. YOU FIND THEM IN THE FIRST ROOM 16:17 OF THE HOLY PLACE IN THE SANCTUARY. 16:22 THERE WAS A CANDLESTICK, THERE WAS A TABLE WITH BREAD, AND 16:26 THERE WAS AN ALTAR OF INCENSE. THOSE ARE THE THREE DISCIPLINES 16:30 - THE THREE KEYS THAT YOU NEED TO GET INTO THE NEXT ROOM WHICH 16:33 IS THE HOLY OF HOLIES. IF YOU WANT TO GET FROM THE 16:36 WILDERNESS INTO THE PROMISED LAND, YOU'VE GOT TO DO THOSE 16:39 THREE THINGS. THE BREAD IS WHAT? 16:43 MAN DOESN'T LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY EVERY WORD. 16:46 YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE WORD, FEASTING ON THE WORD, MEMORIZING 16:49 THE WORD. SO IT'S THE BREAD OF LIFE. 16:53 THEN YOU NEED TO LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE. THAT'S THE CANDLESTICK. 16:57 IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST HAVE FAITH. IF YOU DON'T SHARE IT, 17:00 YOU DON'T GET TO KEEP IT. IF YOU DON'T USE IT YOU LOSE IT. 17:02 IF YOU'RE NOT GIVING AWAY THE BREAD IT WILL NOT MULTIPLY IN 17:05 YOUR HANDS SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE SHARING YOUR FAITH. 17:08 AND THE THIRD THING - AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT - IS THE 17:11 ALTAR OF INCENSE. THAT SMOKE - THAT INCENSE - THAT 17:14 FRAGRANCE THAT CAME OFF THAT ALTAR WHEN THEY PUT THE INCENSE 17:17 ON THERE AND IT DRIFTED INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY OF HOLIES - 17:21 REPRESENTS PRAYER AND WE NEED TO ALWAYS BE PRAYING. 17:28 AND IT'S, OF COURSE, WE PRAY IN CHRIST'S NAME AND THAT'S WHAT 17:30 MAKES OUR PRAYERS ACCEPTABLE. SHARING YOUR FAITH, BIBLE STUDY, 17:34 PRAYER - THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT BRING ABOUT REVIVAL. 17:37 YOU CAN'T POINT TO ANY REVIVAL IN THE CHURCH OR IN HISTORY 17:40 WHERE PEOPLE WERE NOT DOING ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS. 17:44 YOU LOOK AT PENTECOST - A GREAT REVIVAL - THOUSANDS WERE 17:49 BAPTIZED. WERE THEY PRAYING? WERE THEY TALKING ABOUT THE 17:54 WORD? YOU READ PETER'S PENTECOST SERMON IT'S JUST RIDDLED WITH 17:58 SCRIPTURE. WAS HE SHARING HIS FAITH WITH OTHERS? 18:02 YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND THOSE INGREDIENTS IN A REVIVAL AND YOU 18:05 NEED TO HAVE THAT IN A CHURCH TOO. 18:08 IT USUALLY STARTS WITH PRAYER AND THEN GOD SENDS THE SPIRIT 18:11 AND PEOPLE GET EXCITED AND THEY SHARE THEIR FAITH AND THEN YOU 18:13 START SEEING PEOPLE COME BACK TO THE LORD AND YOU HAVE REVIVAL. 18:18 YOU NEVER SAY, WHEN A BABY IS BORN, 'IT IS REVIVED'. 18:23 IF A BABY DIES AND IT IS RESUSCITATED, THAT IS A REVIVAL. 18:30 REVIVAL IMPLIES SOMETHING WAS ALIVE AND IT'S LOST ITS LIFE AND 18:35 IT MUST BE RESURRECTED - IT MUST BE RESUSCITATED. 18:40 IN DOING MY AMAZING FACTS FOR A RADIO PROGRAM, I REMEMBER 18:44 READING ABOUT MICHELLE FUNK, WHO IN 1986 - I THINK SHE WAS THREE 18:48 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME. 18:50 HER PARENTS TOOK THEIR EYES OFF HER JUST FOR A MOMENT OUTSIDE 18:53 THERE IN - NEAR SALT LAKE CITY - A PLACE CALLED BELL CANYON CREEK 18:58 AND SHE, WHILE THEY WEREN'T LOOKING, WANDERED OFF AND 19:01 DROPPED INTO A CREEK THAT WAS SWOLLEN WITH THE FROZEN WATERS 19:05 AND THEY LOST TRACK OF HER, THEY COULDN'T FIND HER, THEY LOOKED 19:10 DOWN AT THE BOTTOM - 66 MINUTES SHE WAS UNDERWATER. 19:15 FINALLY AT THAT POINT PARAMEDICS HAD COME. 19:17 THEY FOUND HER 150 FEET DOWN RIVER. 19:20 HER BODY WAS LIFELESS - IT HAD REACHED A CORE TEMPERATURE OF 70 19:24 DEGREES WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS FATAL - AND THE WATER WAS ONLY 19:28 40 DEGREES AND THEY BROUGHT HER TO THE HOSPITAL THERE IN SALT 19:33 LAKE - THE PRIMARY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. 19:36 THEY DID SOMETHING UNIQUE - NOW THIS IS IN 1986 - THEY USED THE 19:39 MACHINE THAT IS TYPICALLY USED WHEN THEY DO HEART SURGERY. 19:42 IT'S A LUNG/HEART BYPASS MACHINE THAT CYCLES THE BLOOD AND 19:46 OXYGENATES THE BLOOD AND WARMS THE BLOOD - WHEN THEY HAVE TO 19:50 OPERATE ON YOUR HEART THEY HAVE TO DO A BYPASS - THEY DETOUR 19:52 YOUR BLOOD - AND THEY USED IT ON THIS LITTLE GIRL AND WARMED UP 19:56 HER BLOOD AND PRETTY SOON SHE TOOK A BREATH AND HER HEART 20:00 STARTED BEATING - NOT IN THAT ORDER - HER HEART STARTED 20:03 BEATING, SHE TOOK A BREATH, AND HER EYES OPENED AND NOW SHE'S 20:07 ABOUT 27 YEARS OLD AND SHOWS NO SIGNS OF HER TRAUMATIC 20:10 EXPERIENCE AND HAS LIVED A NORMAL LIFE. 20:14 THAT 66 MINUTES MICHELLE WAS IN THE CREEK IS THE LONGEST 20:18 DOCUMENTED SUBMERSION WITH AN INTACT NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOME. 20:23 AND THAT - THEY STILL SAY BY EVEN MEDICAL STANDARDS - IT'S A 20:27 MIRACLE THAT HER HEART HAD BASICALLY STOPPED, THERE WAS NO 20:32 BLOOD FLOWING, HER BRAIN SHOWED NO ACTIVITY AND - BUT WHEN THEY 20:36 WERE ABLE TO GET THE BLOOD GOING AND THE HEART POUNDING AGAIN - 20:41 BECAUSE HER TEMPERATURE WAS SO LOW, THE CELLS DID NOT DIE AND 20:47 SO THAT'S UNIQUE. IF SOMEONE DROWNS IN WARM WATER, 20:49 THEY DON'T HAVE NEARLY AS LONG. COLD WATER MAKES A DIFFERENCE, 20:52 YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD. IN THE BOOK 'SELECTED MESSAGES' 20:56 - BOOK 1, PAGE 121 - AND THIS IS THE CAUSE FOR THE TITLE OF THE 20:59 LESSON, "A REVIVAL OF TRUE GODLINESS AMONG US IS THE 21:04 GREATEST AND MOST URGENT OF ALL OF OUR NEEDS." 21:08 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR URGENT NEEDS ARE AND YOU PRAY, 21:13 HOW OFTEN DO YOU PRAY FOR THE MOST URGENT THING? 21:16 WHAT IS THE MOST URGENT THING? A REVIVAL - BUT NOT ANY KIND OF 21:19 REVIVAL - A REVIVAL OF TRUE GODLINESS. 21:23 A REVIVAL WHERE WE LIVE HOLY LIVES. 21:27 A REVIVAL OF THE KIND OF CHRISTIANITY THAT WAS ONCE 21:30 DELIVERED TO THE SAINTS. THE KIND OF FAITH THAT THE 21:33 APOSTLES HAD. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. AND WHERE DO WE GET IT? 21:39 WHERE THEY GOT IT. THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT. IT'S THROUGH HAVING 21:44 THAT SIMPLE FAITH THAT WAS DELIVERED TO THE SAINTS. 21:46 NOW, THAT'S ALL INTRODUCTION AND I'VE GOT A LOT MORE TO SAY ABOUT 21:50 THE SUBJECT OF REVIVAL BUT WE'LL HAVE TO STOP THERE BECAUSE I 21:53 WANT TO GET INTO THE REAL SUBJECT FOR TODAY'S LESSON IS 21:58 REVELATION CHAPTER 3, THE MESSAGE TO THE CHURCH OF 22:03 LAODICEA. AND IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I'D 22:06 LIKE TO READ THIS AND THEN WE'LL BACK UP AND WE'LL STUDY IT A 22:10 LITTLE MORE. IF YOU GO TO REVELATION 3, 22:12 VERSE - START WITH VERSE 14 - REVELATION 3:14. 22:16 I'M GOING TO JUST READ ON THROUGH THE END OF THE CHAPTER. 22:20 "AND TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH OF THE LAODICEANS WRITE," - HOW 22:25 MANY OF YOU HAVE RED LETTER IN YOUR BIBLE - RED-LETTER EDITION? 22:28 WHAT COLOR IS THIS? THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM JESUS. 22:31 THESE ARE THE WORDS OF JESUS TO THE CHURCH, OKAY? 22:34 "AND TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH OF THE LAODICEANS WRITE, 'THESE 22:37 THINGS SAYS THE AMEN, THE FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITNESS, THE 22:42 BEGINNING OF THE CREATION OF GOD: 'I KNOW YOUR WORKS, THAT 22:46 YOU ARE NEITHER COLD NOR HOT. I COULD WISH YOU WERE COLD OR HOT. 22:51 SO THEN, BECAUSE YOU ARE LUKEWARM, AND NEITHER COLD NOR 22:54 HOT, I WILL SPEW THEE OUT OF MY MOUTH. 22:58 BECAUSE YOU SAY, 'I AM RICH, HAVE BECOME WEALTHY, AND HAVE 23:01 NEED OF NOTHING' - AND DO NOT KNOW THAT YOU ARE WRETCHED, 23:04 MISERABLE, POOR, BLIND, AND NAKED - I COUNSEL YOU TO BUY 23:08 FROM ME GOLD REFINED IN THE FIRE, THAT YOU MAY BE RICH; AND 23:13 WHITE GARMENTS, THAT YOU MAY BE CLOTHED, THAT THE SHAME OF YOUR 23:15 NAKEDNESS MAY NOT BE REVEALED; AND ANOINT YOUR EYES WITH EYE 23:20 SALVE, THAT YOU MAY SEE. AS MANY AS I LOVE, I REBUKE AND 23:24 CHASTEN. THEREFORE BE ZEALOUS AND REPENT. 23:27 BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK. 23:30 IF ANYONE HEARS MY VOICE AND OPENS THE DOOR, I WILL COME IN 23:34 TO HIM AND DINE WITH HIM, AND HE WITH ME. 23:37 TO HIM WHO OVERCOMES I WILL GRANT TO SIT WITH ME ON MY 23:40 THRONE, AS I ALSO OVERCAME AND SAT DOWN WITH MY FATHER ON HIS 23:45 THRONE.''" - OH, WHAT A PRIVILEGE THAT 23:48 WE COULD SIT DOWN WITH CHRIST AS CHRIST SITS DOWN WITH THE 23:51 FATHER. THINK ABOUT HOW BIG GOD IS. 23:54 "''HE WHO HAS AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE 23:57 CHURCH.''" NOW THAT REPRESENTS THE CONCLUSION 23:59 OF THE SEVEN MESSAGES TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES IN REVELATION. 24:04 THE LAST MESSAGE IS TO THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA AND THAT 24:07 MESSAGE IS BASICALLY SAYING, 'THIS CHURCH NEEDS REVIVAL.' 24:12 NOW WE'RE LIVING IN THE LAST AGE OF THE CHURCH RIGHT NOW. 24:16 THIS IS - WE ARE - IT'S EASY TO SAY, 'THEY ARE' BUT WE ARE THE 24:21 CHURCH OF LAODICEA. YOU KNOW THE PROBLEM WITH ARROGANCE? 24:26 BY ITS VERY NATURE IT'S HARD TO CONVINCE AN ARROGANT PERSON 24:30 THEY'RE ARROGANT, WHICH MAKES ME HAVE TO ASK MYSELF THAT 24:36 QUESTION. ARROGANCE IS A PERSON WHO THINKS THEY'RE 24:40 BETTER THAN OTHERS OR THINKS THEY'RE BETTER THAN THEY ARE. 24:43 I HEARD IT DESCRIBED THIS WAY ONCE, 'I WISH I COULD BUY THEM 24:46 FOR WHAT THEY'RE WORTH AND SELL THEM FOR WHAT THEY THINK THEY'RE 24:48 WORTH.' THEN YOU'D BE RICH. 24:52 BUT WHEN A PERSON THINKS EVERYTHING'S FINE AND THEY THINK 24:58 THEY'RE MUCH BETTER THAN THEY REALLY ARE, IT'S HARD TO REACH 25:01 PEOPLE LIKE THAT. THIS IS WHAT JESUS TALKED ABOUT 25:05 - YOU KNOW, SO MUCH OF CHRIST'S EARLY MESSAGE AND MINISTRY WAS 25:08 DEALING WITH THE HYPOCRISY HE SAW AMONG THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS 25:11 BECAUSE THEY HAD A SPIRITUAL ARROGANCE. 25:16 THEY PRAYED TO BE SEEN OF MEN AND THEY GAVE TO BE SEEN OF MEN 25:20 AND THEY FASTED TO BE SEEN OF MEN AND THEY WERE PREOCCUPIED 25:23 WITH WHAT OTHERS THOUGHT OF THEM. 25:25 AND IT MAKES YOU THINK OF 'TWO MEN WENT UP TO THE TEMPLE TO 25:27 PRAY', RIGHT? ONE WAS A PUBLICAN - GOD COULD 25:31 WORK WITH HIM BECAUSE HE SAW HIS NEED. 25:34 HE BOWED HIS HEAD, HE SMOTE ON HIS BREAST, HE SAID, 'LORD, HAVE 25:36 MERCY ON ME A SINNER.' GOD COULD HEAL HIM. 25:39 HE SAID, 'THAT MAN WENT DOWN TO HIS HOUSE JUSTIFIED.' 25:41 WHO WAS NOT JUSTIFIED? 25:45 THE GOOD MAN - AT LEAST HE WAS OUTWARDLY GOOD OR HE THOUGHT HE 25:48 WAS GOOD - THAT WENT TO THE TEMPLE AND HE PRAYED AND SAID, 25:50 'LORD, I THANK YOU I'M NOT LIKE OTHER MEN. 25:53 I'M BETTER THAN OTHER MEN.' - I'M PARAPHRASING - 'I PRAY ALL 25:56 THE TIME AND I FAST TWICE A WEEK AND I PAY TITHE OF ALL THAT I'VE 26:00 GOT AND I'M GLAD THAT, LORD, YOU CAN BE HONORED TO HAVE SOMEBODY 26:05 LIKE ME AS PART OF YOUR CHURCH AND I'M NOT LIKE THIS PUBLICAN 26:09 ON THE BACK ROW.' AND THE LORD SAID, 'I COULDN'T JUSTIFY HIM. 26:14 HE DIDN'T FEEL ANY NEED.' HE WAS LUKEWARM. 26:18 GO TO MARK CHAPTER 10 AND IT TELLS A STORY HERE - VERSE 17, 26:31 "NOW AS HE WAS GOING OUT ON THE ROAD, ONE CAME RUNNING," - MARK 26:34 10, VERSE 17 - "KNELT BEFORE HIM, AND ASKED HIM, 'GOOD 26:38 TEACHER, WHAT SHALL I DO THAT I MAY INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE?' 26:42 SO JESUS SAID TO HIM, 'WHY DO YOU CALL ME GOOD? 26:45 NO ONE IS GOOD BUT ONE, THAT IS, GOD. 26:48 YOU KNOW THE COMMANDMENTS: 'DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,' 'DO NOT 26:51 MURDER,' 'DO NOT STEAL,' 'DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS,' 'DO NOT 26:54 DEFRAUD,' 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER.'' 26:57 AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, 'TEACHER, ALL THESE THINGS 27:00 I HAVE KEPT FROM MY YOUTH.' THEN JESUS, LOOKING AT HIM, 27:03 LOVED HIM, AND HE SAID TO HIM, 'ONE THING YOU LACK: GO YOUR 27:06 WAY, SELL WHATEVER YOU HAVE AND GIVE TO THE POOR, AND YOU WILL 27:08 HAVE TREASURE IN HEAVEN; AND COME, TAKE UP THE CROSS, AND 27:11 FOLLOW ME.' BUT HE WAS SAD AT THIS WORD, AND 27:14 WENT AWAY SORROWFUL, FOR HE HAD GREAT POSSESSIONS." 27:17 NOW YOU KNOW SOMETHING - YOU NOTICE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MAN? 27:21 JESUS - HE SAYS, 'WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO FOLLOW YOU?' 27:24 HE SAYS, 'WELL HERE'S MY LAW.' HE SAYS, 'OH, I KEEP THE LAW. 27:28 I KNOW ALL ABOUT THE LAW. I'M A GOOD LAW KEEPER.' 27:31 AND HE REALLY WASN'T, WAS HE? YOU NOTICE JESUS QUOTED THE 27:35 COMMANDMENTS TO HIM - THAT WOULD BE ON THE SECOND TABLE - THAT 27:38 DEAL WITH MAN'S RELATIONSHIP TO HIS FELLOW MAN - AND HE DIDN'T 27:41 REALLY LOVE HIS FELLOW MAN THAT MUCH. 27:43 HE THOUGHT HE WAS RICH AND INCREASED WITH GOODS. 27:46 JESUS SAID, 'FOLLOW ME, YOU'LL HAVE TREASURE IN HEAVEN.' 27:49 DID HE FOLLOW JESUS? HOW MUCH REAL TREASURE DID THAT 27:52 MAN HAVE? IT SAYS HE WENT AWAY GRIEVED FOR 27:55 HE HAD GREAT POSSESSIONS. WHAT GOOD WAS HIS TREASURE? 27:58 HE WAS GRIEVED. 28:00 WHAT GOOD IS IT IF YOU GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSE YOUR SOUL? 28:02 HE WASN'T HAPPY BUT SOMEHOW HE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS KEEPING 28:07 GOD'S - THAT ONE THING THAT HE LACKED WAS REALLY EVERYTHING. 28:11 'ONE THING YOU LACK.' ANYWAY, SO BACK TO THE LESSON HERE. 28:17 WHAT DOES THE WORD - LET ME SEE - I'M GOING TO GIVE OUT SOME 28:20 SCRIPTURES HERE YOU CAN HELP ME WITH. SOMEONE - WHO HAS 28:23 REVELATION 3:15 AND 16? WE GAVE THAT - ALRIGHT GENE? 28:27 WE'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU AND WE'LL GET TO YOU IN A MINUTE SO 28:29 BE PATIENT. AND THE WORD LAODICEA, IT REALLY DATES ALL 28:37 THE WAY BACK TO WHEN ANTIACHUS THE SECOND COLONIZED THIS GREEK 28:41 CITY OR THIS LATIN CITY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 261 - 246 B.C. 28:46 HE NAMED IT AFTER HIS WIFE LAODICE AND AS NEAR AS WE CAN 28:51 TELL, LAODICEA - IT MEANS 'A JUST PEOPLE' OR 'THE JUDGING OF 28:56 THE PEOPLE'. IT CAN BE TRANSLATED EITHER WAY. 28:59 IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IF YOU CALL IT 'THE JUST PEOPLE' THAT 29:03 MAKES IT SOUND LIKE THE PEOPLE ALL FELT THAT THEY WERE JUST, 29:05 WHICH WOULD DESCRIBE THE CONDITION OF LAODICEA, BUT IF 29:08 YOU SAY IT'S A JUDGING OF THE PEOPLE, WELL THE LAST AGE OF THE 29:13 CHURCH, LAODICEA, IS THE AGE OF THE CHURCH THAT EXPERIENCES THE 29:18 INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT. DOESN'T THE JUDGMENT HAPPEN 29:21 BEFORE JESUS COMES? AND THE BIBLE SAYS, 'JUDGEMENT 29:25 MUST BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD. BY THE WAY, THAT'S 1 PETER 29:28 CHAPTER 4, VERSE 17, "FOR THE TIME HAS COME FOR JUDGMENT TO 29:32 BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD; AND IF IT BEGINS WITH US FIRST, WHAT 29:35 WILL BE THE END OF THOSE WHO DO NOT OBEY THE GOSPEL OF GOD?" 29:39 AND SO THIS IS THAT LAST AGE OF THE CHURCH THAT'S TALKING ABOUT 29:41 A JUDGING OF THE PEOPLE. WE'RE LIVING IN THAT TIME OF 29:44 JUDGMENT. HE SAYS, 'I STAND AT THE DOOR 29:46 AND KNOCK. I'M ABOUT TO OPEN THE DOOR AND 29:47 COME IN TO THE WORLD.' AS WELL AS WANTING TO COME INTO 29:50 OUR HEARTS AND THERE'S A JUDGMENT THAT HAPPENS BEFORE 29:54 JESUS COMES. IS THAT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY? 29:57 BECAUSE, WELL, JUST THINK OF IT THIS WAY - I KNOW, SOME FOLKS 30:01 JUST THINK - THEY GAG AND CHOKE ON THE IDEA OF THE INVESTIGATIVE 30:04 JUDGMENT BUT TO ME IT'S SO SIMPLE. 30:07 DO WE ALL AGREE THAT CHRIST SAYS, 'BEHOLD I COME AND MY 30:10 REWARD IS WITH ME TO GIVE TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS 30:12 WORK'? 'WHEN I COME I WILL REWARD.' 30:14 HE'S NOT GOING TO COME AND THEN SIT THERE AND SAY, 30:17 'ALRIGHT, LET ME SEE, WHO'S SAVED AND WHO'S LOST?' 30:19 HE KNOWS WHEN HE COMES WHO'S SAVED AND WHO'S LOST, RIGHT? 30:22 PEOPLE WILL GO IMMEDIATELY TO THEIR REWARDS - I MEAN, IF 30:27 YOU'RE NOT CAUGHT UP TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR, THEN IT'S NOT A 30:30 GOOD OMEN, SO HE KNOWS WHO'S SAVED. 30:33 SO SOME JUDGMENT TAKES PLACE BEFORE HE COMES, IS THAT CLEAR? 30:36 THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT. 30:38 WHERE DOES IT START? THE HOUSE OF GOD. 30:40 A JUDGING OF THE PEOPLE. AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. 30:42 ALRIGHT, WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HOT AND 30:46 COLD PART OF LAODICEA. GO AHEAD, PLEASE READ REVELATION 30:50 3:15 AND 16 FOR US GENE. >>"I KNOW YOUR WORKS, THAT YOU 30:54 ARE NEITHER COLD NOR HOT. I COULD WISH YOU WERE COLD OR 31:00 HOT. SO THEN, BECAUSE YOU ARE 31:02 LUKEWARM, AND NEITHER COLD NOR HOT, I WILL VOMIT YOU OUT OF MY 31:06 MOUTH." >>YEAH, THAT'S - YOU'RE READING 31:09 THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION? YEAH. 31:12 THAT'S PRETTY STRONG LANGUAGE. 31:13 THAT WORD - 'I WILL SPEW THEE OUT OF MY MOUTH' - IT CAN BE 31:17 TRANSLATED 'I WILL EXPEL, I WILL SPIT, I WILL' - YEAH, 31:24 THERE'S ANOTHER COUPLE WORDS THERE. 31:26 HAVE YOU EVER GONE TO A RESTAURANT AND YOU'RE TALKING TO 31:30 SOMEBODY AND THEY BRING OUT YOUR FOOD AND BECAUSE YOU'RE VISITING 31:33 YOU DON'T HEAR THAT LITTLE CAUTION THAT THE WAITER GIVES 31:37 WHEN HE SETS DOWN YOUR PLATE BEFORE YOU AND SAYS, 31:38 'BE CAREFUL. IT'S HOT'? IT'S KIND OF LIKE WATCHING THE 31:42 TAKE OFF WARNINGS ON A PLANE BEFORE YOU LEAVE. I MEAN, IF YOU 31:45 FLY AS MUCH AS I DO YOU DON'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION ANYMORE. 31:48 AND THEN, YOU'RE HUNGRY SO WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT IT YOU 31:52 STAB YOUR FORK INTO ONE OF THOSE SQUARE POTATOES AND YOU POP IT 31:56 INTO YOUR MOUTH AND RIGHT THEN YOU REALIZE IT IS SCALDING HOT 32:01 AND IT'S AMAZING HOW QUICK THE HUMAN BRAIN WORKS. 32:05 BECAUSE IT'S A NICE RESTAURANT AND IT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND, 32:09 'I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK VERY DIGNIFIED IF I SPIT THIS OUT.' 32:13 BUT THEN ANOTHER THOUGHT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND, 'I'M GOING TO 32:16 HAVE A BLISTER ON MY TONGUE IF I TRY TO KEEP THIS IN MY MOUTH.' 32:20 AND SO IF YOU'RE SMART YOU'LL CARE MORE ABOUT YOUR TONGUE THAN 32:23 HOW YOU LOOK AND YOU EXPEL IT. I REMEMBER A FRIEND OF MINE 32:33 TELLING ME A STORY THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, KIDS IN ELEMENTARY 32:40 SCHOOL PLAY CRUEL JOKES ON EACH OTHER. 32:43 I'VE PROBABLY SHARED THIS WITH YOU BEFORE. 32:45 THERE IS NOTHING NEW, IN MY CLASS, UNDER THE SUN. 32:48 AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE SO LONG I THINK I'VE SHARED ALL I 32:52 KNOW SO NOW EVERYTHING'S RERUNS. 32:55 BUT YOU'VE PROBABLY FORGOTTEN TOO SO I'M SAFE. 32:58 AND SO ONE OF THE KIDS - ANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WENT TO 33:02 SCHOOL THEY GIVE YOU THESE MILK CARTONS? 33:04 IT WAS ABOUT A QUARTER OF A QUART OR WHATEVER IT WAS AND 33:07 THAT WAS YOUR RATION FOR THE DAY. 33:09 ONE OF THE KIDS, HE TOOK ONE OF THOSE ONE DAY FOR LUNCH AND HE 33:11 DIDN'T DRINK HIS MILK SO HE STUCK IT IN HIS LOCKER AND HE 33:13 FORGOT ABOUT IT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. 33:16 AND THEN HE THOUGHT, 'WELL, I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS TO LUNCH AND 33:19 PLAY A LITTLE TRICK ON ONE OF MY FRIENDS.' 33:21 SO THEY ALL SAT DOWN THERE AT LUNCH, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE TENTH 33:24 - EIGHTH GRADERS OR WHATEVER THEY WERE - AND ONE OF THEM 33:27 SAID, I BET I CAN CHUG MY LITTLE PINT OF MILK QUICKER THAN 33:30 YOU CAN CHUG YOURS. I CAN DO IT IN ONE BREATH.' 33:33 AND HE SAID, 'OH NO, I CAN DO IT. 33:34 SO LET'S HAVE A RACE AND SEE WHO CAN GET THEIRS DOWN THE 33:36 FASTEST.' AND THEY SWAPPED MILK WITH THIS 33:38 GUY AND THEY GAVE HIM THIS TWO-WEEK OLD THING THAT HAD BEEN 33:41 STUCK THERE IN THE LOCKER NEXT TO HIS GYM SOCKS AND THEY SAID - 33:47 YOU KNOW HE OPENED IT UP - 'READY - ONE, TWO, THREE!' 33:49 AND THEY STARTED TO CHUG IT. HE SAID HE HAD HALF THE CURDLES 33:53 DOWN HIS THROAT BEFORE HE REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG. 33:58 AND THE REASON I SHARE THAT WITH YOU IS THAT'S REALLY THE PICTURE 34:03 THAT JESUS PAINTS. IT'S LIKE THE WATER IN LAODICEA 34:08 - I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE - I WANT TO GO ON ONE OF THESE TOURS OF 34:11 THE SEVEN CHURCHES SOMEDAY - BUT A LOT OF MY FRIENDS HAVE AND I 34:16 KNOW PASTOR FINLEY'S MADE SEVERAL TRIPS THERE AND THE 34:19 WATER TO THE CITY - THEY BUILT AN AQUEDUCT THAT BROUGHT THE 34:23 WATER FROM MILES AWAY AND AS IT RAN THROUGH THESE ROMAN PIPES 34:28 AND THROUGH THE AQUEDUCT IT HEATED UP SO IT WASN'T COLD LIKE 34:32 A MOUNTAIN SPRING OR IT WASN'T HOT. 34:35 YOU KNOW, SOME SOUP IS SUPPOSED TO BE SERVED HOT. 34:38 SOME SOUP IS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE SERVED COLD, LIKE 34:40 VICHYSSOISE. BUT NOT TOO MUCH IS APPRECIATED 34:43 LUKEWARM. AND IT CAME LUKEWARM AND IF YOU 34:50 BOIL WATER IT'S USUALLY SAFE TO DRINK. OR IF YOU ARE 34:53 ABLE TO CAPTURE RUNNING COLD WATER IT'S USUALLY SAFE 34:56 TO DRINK BUT STAGNANT OR TEPID WATER OFTEN BREEDS DISEASE. 35:02 AND SO, WHEN A PERSON DRINKS SOME OF THAT WATER, THEY'D SPIT 35:06 IT OUT BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT, THAT'LL MAKE YOU SICK. 35:09 I GO CAMPING IN NEVADA PERIODICALLY WITH SOME FRIENDS 35:12 AND THEY'VE GOT A PLACE CALLED 'RABBIT HOLE' AND SOME OF THE 35:17 PILGRIMS COMING ACROSS THE DESERT, THEY GOT SOME OF THESE 35:20 MINERAL SULPHUR SPRINGS AND IT WOULD KILL THE CATTLE AND IT 35:25 COULD MAKE THEM SICK AND IT'S DESCRIBING THIS THAT IF YOU 35:29 DON'T SPIT IT OUT IT CAN BE FATAL. I ENJOYED HEARING 35:35 OUR INDONESIAN CHOIR SING. IT MADE ME THINK OF A STORY. 35:38 ONE OF THE NICEST RESTAURANTS I ATE IN WAS IN INDONESIA AND A 35:42 FRIEND SAID, 'I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE YOU AND GET YOU SOME 35:45 AUTHENTIC INDONESIAN FOOD.' I SAID, 'WOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO 35:48 THAT.' SO THERE IN JAKARTA HE TOOK ME 35:51 TO A VERY NICE RESTAURANT AND IT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE THE ONLY TWO 35:53 PEOPLE THERE BUT IT WAS A VERY NICE RESTAURANT. 35:55 THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OTHER PERSON AND THEY - IT'S LIKE TWO 35:57 OR THREE WAITERS TAKING CARE OF OUR ONE TABLE. 36:00 THE FOOD WAS GREAT - VEGETARIAN FOOD - AND JUST ATE LIKE A KING 36:04 AND I WAS FAMISHED. 36:07 AND SO AFTER I ATE EVERYTHING AND THERE WAS - WE WERE EATING 36:11 WITH CHOPSTICKS AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE LITTLE BEAN LEFT ON MY 36:14 TRAY OF SOMETHING - AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GARNISH, BUT IT 36:18 LOOKED GOOD TO ME, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR PARSLEY AND SO I WAS 36:20 SO HUNGRY I WAS EATING THE GARNISH AND I TOOK THAT AND I 36:28 ATE IT AND I BIT INTO IT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEN I 36:31 REALIZED IT WASN'T A GREEN BEAN, IT WAS SOME BIZARRE INDONESIAN 36:37 PEPPER AND - DID I MENTION IT WAS A NICE RESTAURANT? 36:43 YOU KNOW YOU DON'T SPIT IN PLACES LIKE THAT. 36:44 AND I THOUGHT - I EAT - I LIKE SALSA. 36:46 I LIKE MEXICAN FOOD AND SO I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, TOTALLY FOREIGN 36:49 TO HOT PEPPERS BUT THIS WAS IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY. 36:54 THIS THING TASTED LIKE THE VENOM OF A BOX JELLYFISH. 36:58 I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS IN IT BUT IT JUST BEGAN TO STAB EVERY 37:02 NERVE IN MY TONGUE AND THEN IT JUST SPREAD FROM THERE THROUGH 37:06 ALL OF MY SINUSES AND I MADE THE MISTAKE OF SWALLOWING IT BECAUSE 37:11 I THOUGHT, 'IT'S JUST A LITTLE ONE.' 37:12 IT'S LIKE LOT SAID TO THE ANGEL, 'IS IT NOT A LITTLE ONE?' 37:15 SO I SWALLOWED IT - IT WAS A LITTLE THING - AND I SWALLOWED 37:18 IT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY EYES BEGAN TO WATER, MY NOSE BEGAN TO 37:24 RUN AND I GOT THE HICCUPS AND I SHOULD HAVE SPIT IT OUT. 37:34 AND JESUS SAID THAT LUKEWARMNESS MAKES HIM SICK. 37:40 THE LORD CAN WORK WITH US WHEN WE'RE HOT. 37:43 THAT MEANS WHEN WE'RE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT, WE'VE GOT THAT 37:46 ZEAL, WE'RE ON FIRE, WE WANT TO SERVE THE LORD. 37:49 HE CAN GIVE US THE SPIRIT, HE CAN WORK IN US, HE CAN WORK 37:50 THROUGH US. HE CAN WORK WITH US 37:53 WHEN WE'RE COLD. NOW WHAT DOES COLD MEAN? 37:55 AND I'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE 38:02 THINK GOD IS SAYING, 'I CAN WORK WITH YOU WHEN YOU'RE - YOU LOVE 38:09 ME AND I CAN WORK WITH YOU WHEN YOU HATE ME. 38:11 I CAN WORK WITH YOU WHEN YOU'RE HOLY AND I CAN WORK WITH YOU 38:14 WHEN YOU'RE SINNING.' COLD IS REALLY NOT SAYING, 'I 38:19 WISH THAT YOU WERE SAVED OR LOST.' 38:21 THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT HE MEANS - HOT OR COLD - SAVED OR LOST. 38:23 HOT MEANS FULL OF ZEAL, ON FIRE, SERVING THE LORD, TOTALLY 38:26 COMMITTED. COLD MEANS YOU'VE COME TO THE 38:29 LORD, YOU'RE REPENTANT, YOU'RE HUMBLE, YOU'RE SORRY, YOU'VE NOT 38:33 DONE ANY GOOD WORKS BUT YOUR HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND 38:37 YOU REALIZE, 'I'M SPIRITUALLY DEAD AND I NEED TO BE REVIVED.' 38:42 WHEN YOU KNOW THAT, HE CAN WORK WITH YOU. 38:45 IT'S LIKE WHEN PETER SAID - IT'S LIKE THE PUBLICAN SAID, 'LORD, 38:48 HAVE MERCY ON ME A SINNER.' HE WAS COLD. GOD COULD WORK 38:50 WITH HIM. HE WAS A SINNER BUT HE WAS READY. HE WAS REPENTANT. 38:54 IT'S WHEN YOU THINK EVERYTHING'S FINE HE CAN'T WORK WITH YOU. 38:58 ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IN THE LAST DAYS - MATTHEW 24:12 - IT 39:02 SAID, "BECAUSE INIQUITY WILL ABOUND, THE LOVE OF MANY 39:05 GROWS COLD." JESUS IS NOT TALKING ABOUT IN 39:09 THE WORLD, HE'S TALKING ABOUT IN THE CHURCH. 39:12 BECAUSE INIQUITY IS ABOUNDING IN THE CHURCH, THE LOVE OF MANY 39:17 WILL GROW COLD. PEOPLE CAN BE IN THE CHURCH AND 39:19 THINKING EVERYTHING'S FINE - 'I'M RICH AND INCREASED WITH 39:22 GOODS' - AND NOT REALLY KNOW WHAT THEIR CONDITION IS. 39:28 SO COLD IS BEING IN THAT HUMBLE STATE. 39:32 SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME 2 CHRONICLES 7:14 AND 15. 39:36 I THINK WE GAVE IT TO SOMEBODY. RIGHT HERE? HOLD YOUR HAND UP 39:40 SO HE CAN GET YOU THE MICROPHONE. AND IN THE MEANTIME, 39:43 I'M GOING TO READ AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT BEING COLD IS. 39:47 2 CORINTHIANS 7:11, "FOR BEHOLD THIS SELFSAME THING, THAT YE 39:52 SORROWED AFTER A GODLY SORT, WHAT CAREFULNESS IT WROUGHT IN 39:56 YOU, YEA, WHAT CLEARING OF YOURSELVES, YEA, WHAT 40:00 INDIGNATION, YEA, WHAT FEAR, YEA, WHAT VEHEMENT DESIRE, YEA, 40:04 WHAT ZEAL, YEA, WHAT REVENGE!" - PAUL WAS TALKING ABOUT A CASE 40:07 IN THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH WHERE THEY WERE LETTING SOMEBODY IN 40:10 THE CHURCH - THEY'D KIND OF GOTTEN LUKEWARM. 40:12 THEY DIDN'T WANT TO PRACTICE ANY KIND OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE AND 40:16 ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HIS 40:18 STEP-MOTHER AND NOBODY WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE 40:22 THEY THOUGHT THE LOVING GRACEFUL THING TO DO IS JUST IGNORE IT 40:25 AND LET THE LORD DEAL WITH IT. AND PAUL SAID, 'NO! 40:28 WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH YOU?' THEY'D BECOME LUKEWARM. 40:32 AND FINALLY THEY REPENTED OF THAT AND YOU NOTICE HE DESCRIBED 40:34 THAT - THEY HUMBLED THEMSELVES AND PAUL SAID THAT WAS GOOD. 40:37 GOD COULD WORK WITH THAT. 40:38 YOU KNOW, THE BEST VERSE ON REVIVAL IS THE ONE WE'RE ABOUT 40:42 TO READ AND I THINK WE'RE READY FOR THAT. 40:45 IT'S IN 2 CHRONICLES 7:14 AND 15. GO AHEAD. 40:50 >>"IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE 40:52 THEMSELVES, AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED 40:56 WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR 40:59 SIN AND HEAL THEIR LAND. NOW MY EYES WILL BE OPEN AND MY 41:03 EARS ATTENTIVE TO PRAYER MADE IN THIS PLACE." 41:06 >>THANK YOU. THAT'S A VERSE THAT WE SHOULD REMEMBER. 41:10 'IF MY PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES 41:13 AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, 41:17 THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN. 41:19 I WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND I WILL HEAL THEIR LAND.' 41:22 'IF MY PEOPLE WILL DO THIS I WILL DO THIS.' 41:26 AND THIS IS DURING THE DEDICATION PRAYER OF SOLOMON AND 41:30 HE TALKS ABOUT THAT IF THE PEOPLE WERE CARRIED OFF TO 41:32 ANOTHER PLACE BECAUSE OF THEIR SINS - A LOT OF US ARE IN THE 41:35 CHURCH BUT WE'VE BEEN CARRIED OFF TO ANOTHER PLACE. 41:39 YOU CAN BE IN THE CHURCH AND YOU CAN BE IN A FAR COUNTRY LIKE THE 41:41 PRODIGAL SON AND WE MAY NOT KNOW IT. 41:46 YOU KNOW PEOPLE GOT - THAT WERE CARRIED OFF TO BABYLON - GOT 41:48 COMFORTABLE IN BABYLON AND THEY WANTED TO STAY IN BABYLON. 41:52 AND THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD BE GOD'S PEOPLE IN BABYLON AND 41:55 THAT'S WHY GOD SAID, 'BABYLON IS FALLEN, COME OUT OF HER MY 41:57 PEOPLE.' THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE LUKEWARM 41:59 CONDITION - BEING WILLING TO GET UP AND TO MOVE OUT OF THAT 42:04 SITUATION. YOU KNOW, ANOTHER PERFECT EXAMPLE: WHAT'S THE MOST 42:08 MEMORIZED VERSE? JOHN 3:16? 42:12 NO, ACTUALLY THAT'S THE SECOND MOST MEMORIZED VERSE. 42:14 THE MOST MEMORIZED VERSE IS 'JUDGE NOT'. 42:17 A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST OUT IN THE WORLD KNOW THAT VERSE. 42:19 AS SOON AS YOU START TALKING TO THEM THEY SAY, 'JUDGE NOT THAT 42:21 YOU BE NOT JUDGED.' BUT THE OTHER ONE IS JOHN 3:16. 42:25 NOW WHO WAS JESUS TALKING TO WHEN HE MENTIONS JOHN 3:16? 42:31 HE'S TALKING TO NICODEMUS. NOTICE WHAT HE SAYS, JOHN 3:10, 42:35 "JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, 'ARE YOU THE TEACHER OF ISRAEL, 42:40 AND DO NO KNOW THESE THINGS?'" HOW CAN YOU BE A BIBLE TEACHER 42:47 AMONG GOD'S PEOPLE IN THE CHOSEN NATION IN THE CHOSEN CITY AND 42:52 NOT KNOW YOU HAVE TO BE BORN AGAIN? IS IT POSSIBLE? 42:56 DID IT HAPPEN? WAS NICODEMUS A GOOD MAN? HOW MANY WOULD LIKE 43:00 TO HAVE NICODEMUS BE PART OF THEIR CHURCH? 43:03 AN ELDER IN THEIR CHURCH? BUT HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE NEW BIRTH. 43:07 WHAT COULD BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN BEING BORN AGAIN? 43:12 ISN'T THIS WHAT JESUS IS SAYING? HOW CAN YOU BE A TEACHER? 43:15 HE'S ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE, 'BORN AGAIN?' HE'S TRYING TO 43:18 FIGURE IT OUT PHYSIOLOGICALLY AND HE SHOULD KNOW BETTER. 43:22 HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN RIGHT AWAY WHAT JESUS WAS TALKING ABOUT. 43:25 YOU NEED A NEW HEART. THAT'S THE NEW COVENANT. 43:27 'I'LL WRITE MY LAW IN YOUR HEART.' 43:29 AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE LOVE FOR GOD THEN ALL THE OTHER RULES AND 43:32 ALL THE OTHER REGIMENS OF RELIGION - IT DOESN'T DO YOU ANY 43:36 GOOD - THEN YOU END UP JUST A PHARISEE. 43:38 YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE HEART. 43:41 SO THAT'S THE LUKEWARM CONDITION. 43:45 IT'S POSSIBLE NOT TO KNOW. NICODEMUS PROBABLY PAID TITHE. 43:50 I'LL BET YOU HE DIDN'T EAT ANY UNCLEAN FOOD. 43:53 I'LL BET YOU HE DIDN'T WORK ON SABBATH AND HE WAS IN CHURCH - 43:56 SYNAGOGUE EVERY WEEK AND YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE FOUND 44:02 THAT HE WAS GOING TO FORBIDDEN PLACES IN HIS SPARE TIME. 44:06 I MEAN, I THINK HE WAS PROBABLY A GODLY MAN AND THE LORD - THE 44:10 LORD KNEW THAT - BUT HE WAS MISSING SOMETHING VERY 44:12 IMPORTANT. HE SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT TO BE BORN AGAIN.' 44:15 AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US STRUGGLE IN UNNECESSARY WAYS 44:19 WITH OBEDIENCE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT FROM A CARNAL 44:22 PERSPECTIVE INSTEAD OF FROM A NEW HEART. 44:27 IF YOUR HEART IS NEW, THE BIBLE SAYS, 'ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW.' 44:30 ISN'T THAT THE KEY OF REVIVAL? IF RIGHT NOW ALL OF US WERE 44:33 GIVEN NEW HEARTS, WOULD WE HAVE A REVIVAL IN OUR CHURCH? 44:36 ISN'T THAT WHAT WE REALLY NEED? THE NEW BIRTH? 44:40 THAT COMES THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF GOD. 44:42 AND IT CAN HAPPEN TO SOME OF YOU SITTING HERE AND NOT HAPPEN TO 44:46 ANYONE AROUND YOU BECAUSE IT'S A WORK OF THE SPIRIT. 44:50 IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE SPIRIT TO FALL ON ONE PERSON IN A ROOM? 44:54 AND CAN THE HOLY SPIRIT FALL ON 120 AT ONE TIME? 44:58 YEAH, THE LORD COULD DO IT THAT WAY TOO. 45:00 ALRIGHT, SOMEONE READ FOR ME - NOW I DIDN'T GIVE THIS TO ANYONE 45:04 SO I NEED A VOLUNTEER - REVELATION 3:14. 45:08 ALRIGHT, LET'S GET YOU A MICROPHONE. HOLD YOUR HAND UP. 45:10 YOU GOT - OKAY, FOSTER - THANK YOU. BRING - HOLD YOUR HAND UP - 45:13 BRING HER A MICROPHONE. RIGHT HERE UP FRONT. 45:16 AND THIS IS A VERSE THAT'S OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD. 45:20 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CREATOR. AND SOMEBODY ELSE HAS HEBREWS 1, 45:25 VERSES 1 AND 2. WHO HAS THAT ONE? DID WE GIVE THAT 45:29 TO SOMEBODY? I DON'T SEE A HAND SO SEEING NO HAND, 45:34 WHO IS WILLING TO READ THAT? OH, YOU'VE GOT - SOMEONE BACK 45:36 HERE WILLING TO READ IT? HEBREWS 1:1 AND 2? 45:39 I'VE GOT TO SEE VOLUNTEERS - YOU CAN'T DRAFT YOUR NEIGHBOR. 45:43 ALRIGHT JONATHAN WE'LL GET YOU A MICROPHONE NEXT. 45:46 YEAH, WE WANT YOU TO READ HEBREWS 1, VERSES 1 AND 2. 45:48 ALRIGHT, YOU GO AHEAD AND READ FOR US REVELATION 3:14. 45:51 >>"AND TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH OF THE LAODICEANS WRITE, 45:56 'THESE THINGS SAYS THE AMEN, THE FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITNESS, 46:02 THE BEGINNING OF THE CREATION OF GOD:" 46:05 >>ALRIGHT, WHY DOES JESUS REFER TO HIMSELF AS THE BEGINNING 46:09 OF THE CREATION OF GOD? THAT'S THROWING A LOT OF PEOPLE. 46:12 THEY SAY, 'YOU MEAN THERE WAS A TIME WHEN GOD FIRST CREATED AND 46:15 JESUS WAS THE FIRST THING HE CREATED?' 46:17 NO, THAT WORD 'BEGINNING' IS ACTUALLY 'ARCHE' - 46:21 YOU'VE HEARD OF THE ARCHANGEL? 46:24 ARCHE MEANS 'CHIEF' OR 'HEAD' LIKE IN A CORNERSTONE OR THE 46:28 ARCH STONE THAT HELD THE ARCH TOGETHER. 46:32 THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED AN ARCH - IT'S THE HIGH PART. 46:34 AND SO IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE CHIEF OR THE ORIGINATOR OF THE 46:40 CREATION OF GOD, MEANING ALL THINGS THAT WERE MADE WERE MADE 46:45 BY HIM AND WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT ANYTHING MADE THAT WAS MADE. 46:47 IS JESUS SOMETIMES CALLED 'MICHAEL THE ARCHE-ANGEL'? 46:52 THE GREATEST OR FIRST MESSENGER? HE'S THE CHIEF OR THE HIGHEST 46:57 AND SO - AND IT CALLS HIM THE AMEN. YOU KNOW THE AMEN IS - 47:01 IT JUST REALLY IS THE SUMMARY OF ALL THE PRAYERS. 47:05 IT'S THE FINAL ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRAYERS OF GOD. 47:08 AND SO, FOR INSTANCE, LOOK IN COLOSSIANS 1:13 - THIS IS IN 47:12 YOUR LESSON - COLOSSIANS 1:13 - TALKING ABOUT HOW DO YOU - HOW 47:17 DO YOU GET REVIVAL. THERE'S A POINT TO THIS. 47:20 "HE HAS DELIVERED US FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS AND CONVEYED 47:23 US INTO THE KINGDOM OF THE SON OF HIS LOVE, IN WHOM WE HAVE 47:27 REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS." 47:30 FOR HE - JESUS - "IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD, THE 47:33 FIRSTBORN OVER ALL CREATION." - FIRST MEANING THE GREATEST 47:37 BORN OVER ALL CREATION. FIRST TIME GOD WAS BORN WAS WHEN 47:39 HE CAME AS A MAN - "FOR BY HIM ALL THINGS WERE CREATED THAT ARE 47:43 IN HEAVEN." NOW HOW MANY THINGS WERE CREATED BY JESUS? 47:47 HOW MANY THINGS? ANYTHING THAT WAS MADE WAS MADE BY HIM. 47:52 IF ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY JESUS - IF JESUS WAS MADE BY THE 47:57 FATHER AT SOME REMOTE DISTANT TIME IN HISTORY THEN IT WOULDN'T 48:01 BE TRUE TO SAY THAT ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY JESUS. 48:03 ALL THINGS EXCEPT HIMSELF IT WOULD SAY, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY 48:06 THAT. ALL THINGS THAT WERE MADE. HE IS FROM EVERLASTING TO 48:10 EVERLASTING - THE SAME BOOK TELLS US. 48:12 IT SAYS, "FOR BY HIM ALL THINGS THAT WERE CREATED THAT ARE IN 48:15 HEAVEN OR ON THE EARTH, VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE, WHETHER THRONES 48:19 OR DOMINIONS OR PRINCIPALITIES OR POWERS. 48:21 ALL THINGS WERE CREATED THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM. 48:25 AND HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS AND IN HIM ALL THINGS CONSIST." 48:29 ALRIGHT, LET'S GET THE MICROPHONE BACK TO JONATHAN. 48:31 ARE YOU - ARE WE READY FOR YOU? GO AHEAD. 48:35 >>GOD, WHO AT VARIOUS TIMES AND IN VARIOUS WAYS SPOKE IN TIME 48:42 PAST TO THE FATHERS BY THE PROPHETS, HAS IN THESE LAST DAYS 48:48 SPOKEN TO US BY HIS SON, WHOM HE HAS APPOINTED HEIR OF ALL 48:53 THINGS, THROUGH WHOM ALSO HE MADE THE WORLDS;" 48:59 >>THROUGH THE SON HE MADE THE WORLDS - NOT JUST THIS WORLD - 49:04 ALL WORLDS. I BELIEVE GENESIS REALLY IS 49:07 TALKING ABOUT THE CREATION OF OUR WORLD AND IT SAYS GOD MADE 49:10 EVERYTHING IN THE BEGINNING AND THEN IT GOES MORE INTO THE 49:12 HISTORY OF OUR PLANET'S CREATION, BUT THERE ARE OTHER 49:15 UNFALLEN WORLDS OUT THERE. THERE WAS A DAY WHEN THE SONS OF 49:18 GOD CAME TO MEET BEFORE THE LORD AND SATAN CAME - REMEMBER? 49:23 AND THE LORD SAID TO THE DEVIL, 'WHERE'D YOU COME FROM?' 49:25 'I CAME FROM THE EARTH.' SO GOD'S GOT HIS OTHER 49:28 INTELLIGENT WORLDS OUT THERE. NOW THE REASON I'M SAYING ALL 49:33 THIS ABOUT JESUS IS: WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF CREATION? 49:38 SO IF REVIVAL IS A RECREATION AND A NEW HEART, WHO DO WE 49:44 DEPEND ON TO BE RECREATED? YOU CANNOT RECREATE YOURSELF, 49:49 IT'S A MIRACLE. WE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW GOD, 49:52 THROUGH HIS WORD, BROUGHT THINGS INTO EXISTENCE, BUT REVIVAL 49:56 HAPPENS THE SAME WAY - THROUGH THE POWER OF HIS WORD. 50:01 THE SAME WAY THE FIRST CREATION HAPPENS, A RECREATION, OR A 50:05 REVIVAL, OR A RESTORATION HAPPENS THROUGH THE PROCLAMATION 50:09 OF THE WORD. AND ALL THE HEALINGS THAT JESUS 50:12 DID - WHEN SOMEONE'S COVERED WITH LEPROSY AND THEY'RE DYING 50:15 AND SOMEONE COMES TO JESUS AND SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU WILL YOU CAN 50:19 MAKE ME CLEAN.' HE SAYS, 'I WILL. BE CLEAN.' AND WHEN 50:22 HE SAYS, 'BE CLEAN' A MIRACLE HAPPENED THROUGH THE WORD. 50:25 HE WAS HEALED. HE WAS REVIVED. WHEN YOU GO FROM THE DISEASE OF 50:29 LEPROSY TO WHOLENESS, IT'S A REVIVAL. 50:31 AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WITH US. LEPROSY'S LIKE SIN. 50:34 WE NEED THE WORDS - THE POWER OF THE WORD - TO EXPERIENCE THAT 50:38 TRANSFORMATION OF HEART. SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS IN - IT 50:41 COULD HAPPEN IN A MOMENT, LIKE WITH PAUL. 50:44 SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS IN HOURS. IT USUALLY HAPPENS WITH A 50:48 PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S A CHANGE OF THINKING AND THE HOLY SPIRIT 50:52 BEGINS TO WORK ON THE MIND AND WE BECOME CONVICTED OF THINGS 50:55 THAT NEED CHANGE. YOU NOTICE THE LESSON IS NOT 50:57 JUST REVIVAL? IT'S REVIVAL AND REFORMATION. 50:59 I HAD TO DOUBLE-CHECK HERE BUT I WAS ALMOST SURE. 51:02 REFORMATION MEANS 'REFORMING' - REVIVAL IS, YOU KNOW, YOU COME 51:06 TO LIFE AND THEN THERE'S THE SANCTIFICATION WHERE YOU START 51:09 HAVING TO CHANGE IN YOUR BEHAVIOR. 51:12 THEN WE'VE GOT A PLACE HERE WHERE THERE'S A LOVING REBUKE 51:17 AND YOU READ IN - SOMEBODY LOOK UP FOR ME JOB 5:17 - I WANT TO 51:23 GET US QUEUED UP FOR THAT. YOU'VE GOT THAT ONE TOO? 51:27 OKAY, WELL WE'LL - SINCE YOU STEPPED UP TO BAT LAST TIME 51:31 WE'LL LET YOU DO IT AGAIN. NOT JUST NOW BUT BE READY - 51:34 JOB 5:17. A LOVING REBUKE. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THE 51:38 CHURCH OF LAODICEA IS BEING REBUKED. 51:41 PROVERBS 3:11, "MY SON, DO NOT DESPISE THE CHASTENING OF THE 51:47 LORD, NOR DETEST HIS CORRECTION; FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE 51:53 CORRECTS." ANY OF YOU EVER GO TO YOUR 51:58 PARENTS AND SAY, 'YOU KNOW, I THINK I NEED A SPANKING.' 52:01 DID YOU EVER LOOK FORWARD TO THAT? 52:03 DID YOU EVER APPLY FOR ONE? NOT KNOWINGLY. 52:09 HEBREWS 12:7 - THAT WAS THE OLD TESTAMENT NOW WE'LL GO TO THE 52:11 NEW - HEBREWS 12:7, "IF YOU ENDURE CHASTENING, GOD DEALS 52:16 WITH YOU AS WITH SONS;" - SONS AND DAUGHTERS - "FOR WHAT SON IS 52:19 THERE WHOM A FATHER DOES NOT CHASTEN? 52:21 BUT IF YOU ARE WITHOUT CHASTENING, OF WHICH ALL HAVE 52:23 BECOME PARTAKERS, THEN YOU ARE ILLEGITIMATE AND NOT SONS." 52:26 -- USES A STRONG WORD IN SOME TRANSLATIONS - "FURTHERMORE, WE 52:30 HAVE HAD HUMAN FATHERS WHO CORRECTED US, AND WE PAID THEM 52:33 RESPECT. SHALL WE NOT MUCH MORE READILY 52:36 BE IN SUBJECTION TO THE FATHER OF SPIRITS AND LIVE? 52:39 FOR THEY INDEED FOR A FEW DAYS CHASTENED US AS SEEMED BEST TO 52:42 THEM," - EARTHLY FATHERS DO THEIR BEST AND THEY MESS UP WHEN 52:45 IT COMES TO DISCIPLINING THEIR CHILDREN BUT HE SAID, 'OUR 52:48 HEAVENLY FATHER, HE DOESN'T MAKE THOSE MISTAKES' - "BUT HE FOR 52:52 OUR PROFIT, THAT WE MAY BE PARTAKERS OF HIS HOLINESS." 52:55 WHY DOES HE CHASTEN US? 52:57 THAT WE MIGHT BE PARTAKERS OF HIS HOLINESS. 53:01 AND IT SAYS IF WE SURRENDER TO EARTHLY FATHERS 'SHALL WE NOT 53:08 MUCH MORE SUBMIT TO THE FATHER OF SPIRITS AND LIVE?' 53:11 "NOW NO CHASTENING SEEMS JOYFUL AT THE PRESENT, BUT PAINFUL; 53:16 NEVERTHELESS, AFTERWARD IT YIELDS THE PEACEABLE FRUIT OF 53:18 RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED BY IT." 53:22 CAN ANY OF YOU LOOK BACK AT A TIME WHEN YOUR FATHER OR MOTHER 53:25 HAD TO DISCIPLINE YOU AND SMILE? I CAN NOW - I DIDN'T THEN. 53:31 I CAN NOW BECAUSE I CAN THINK AS A FATHER I UNDERSTAND THEY DID 53:36 IT BECAUSE THEY LOVE ME OR I NEEDED IT. 53:39 SOMETIMES THEY WERE JUST PLAIN EXASPERATED. 53:42 IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE RIGHT TIME BUT YOU UNDERSTAND IT. 53:46 YOU DIDN'T ENJOY IT THEN. WELL THOSE ARE HUMAN PARENTS 53:51 DOING THEIR BEST TO CHASTEN YOU FOR YOUR GOOD, HOPEFULLY. 53:57 HOW MUCH MORE IF YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN IS GOING TO CHASTEN YOU, 54:00 TO JUST EMBRACE IT? SOMEONE SAID IF YOU DRAW NEAR THE ONE 54:04 WHO IS HOLDING THE ROD IT TAKES THE STING OUT OF THE BLOWS. 54:09 YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF CENTRIFUGAL FORCE, THE FURTHER YOU ARE OUT 54:12 ON A BAT, THE HARDER IT HITS. THE MORE YOU DRAW IN TO WHERE 54:17 THE HANDS ARE, THERE'S NOT SO MUCH VELOCITY. 54:20 SO THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN, IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE 54:22 CHASTENING OF GOD, DRAW CLOSE. I NOTICED WHEN MY MOM WAS 54:27 SWINGING AT ME, IF I HUGGED HER SHE COULDN'T HIT ME VERY HARD. 54:32 SO WHEN YOU GET OUT THERE YOU GET THE TERMINAL VELOCITY. 54:37 SO WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE'RE BEING CHASTENED BY THE LORD? 54:40 DRAW NEAR, RIGHT? ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, JOB 5:17. 54:44 >>"BEHOLD, HAPPY IS THE MAN WHOM GOD CORRECTS; THEREFORE DO NOT 54:50 DESPISE THE CHASTENING OF THE ALMIGHTY. 54:53 FOR HE BRUISES, BUT HE BINDS UP; HE WOUNDS, BUT HIS HANDS MAKE 55:01 WHOLE." >>IT SHOWS THE LOVE OF GOD. 55:04 WHEN HE CHASTENS US IT'S BECAUSE HE LOVES US. 55:06 AND THEN - I SEE I'VE GOT A LOT MORE LESSON HERE - I KNOW IN 55:09 FUTURE LESSONS I'LL PROBABLY GET TO TALK MORE ABOUT LAODICEA BUT 55:12 JESUS MAKES AN APPEAL. HE SAYS, 'BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE 55:16 DOOR AND I KNOCK.' YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT ME TO 55:18 SING THAT SONG? OH, NOT NOW. 55:23 AND HE SAYS, 'I KNOCK' - AND BACK IN BIBLE TIMES THEY HAD 55:25 VENDORS THAT ACTUALLY WENT FROM DOOR TO DOOR AND THEY'D WALK UP 55:30 THE STREET AND THEY'D BE SELLING THEIR BANANAS - NO THEY DIDN'T 55:34 HAVE BANANAS BACK THEN - WHAT DID THEY SELL? 55:36 THEY SOLD FIGS AND POMELOS AND POMEGRANATES AND THOSE OTHERS 55:40 BIBLICAL FRUITS AND THEY'D CALL OUT AT THE DOOR AND THEY'D - AND 55:43 HE SAYS, 'LOOK, I'VE GOT SOMETHING. 55:44 BUY WITHOUT MONEY - WITHOUT PRICE.' WHAT IS IT? 55:47 'I'VE GOT GOLD WHICH IS THAT FAITH THAT WORKS BY LOVE.' 55:51 FAITH AND LOVE, WHICH NEED TO BE THE VALUE. 55:56 AND HE SAID, 'I'VE GOT THE GARMENTS TO COVER YOUR NAKEDNESS 55:59 THAT YOUR SHAME DOES NOT APPEAR.' 56:01 THE ROBE OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. 56:03 AND HE SAID, 'I'VE GOT THAT BALM FROM GILEAD TO ANOINT YOUR EYES 56:07 - THE HOLY SPIRIT - THAT OIL THAT WILL HEAL YOUR EYES THAT 56:11 THEY MIGHT SEE.' YOU KNOW JESUS ONCE ANOINTED A 56:13 BLIND MAN'S EYES AND HE CAME SEEING AGAIN. 56:16 AND HE SAYS, 'AS MANY AS I LOVE I REBUKE AND CHASTEN. 56:19 BE ZEALOUS, THEREFORE, AND REPENT.' 56:21 IN OTHER WORDS, WE NEED TO RESPOND. 56:23 IS REPENTANCE SOMETHING WE CAN CHOOSE TO DO? 56:25 REPENTANCE IS A GIFT GOD GIVES US BUT YOU MUST CHOOSE TO DO IT. 56:29 YOU CAN RESIST REPENTANCE. WHEN JESUS WASHED JUDAS' FEET - 56:34 DON'T YOU THINK EVERY SPIRITUAL DESIRE LEFT IN JUDAS WANTED TO 56:36 REPENT OF WHAT HE WAS DOING? BUT HE SUBDUED IT. 56:40 HE STIFLED IT AND HE WAS LOST. SOME PEOPLE PUT OFF - POSTPONE - 56:45 STIFLE THE DESIRE TO REPENT AND CONFESS AND GOD WON'T FORCE YOU. 56:50 SO WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS BRINGING CONVICTION, RESPOND - 56:53 YIELD YOURSELF - HUMBLE YOURSELF, REPENT, PRAY. 56:58 AND THEN HE CAN HEAL AND THEN YOU CAN OPEN THE DOOR, YOU 57:02 INVITE HIM IN. THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. 57:05 HE'S AT THE DOOR KNOCKING AND HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU ALL THOSE 57:06 THINGS BUT YOU MUST OPEN THE DOOR. 57:09 IT'S LIKE HE SAID TO ZACCHEUS, 'I WANT TO ABIDE AT YOUR HOUSE 57:11 TODAY.' HE WANTS TO COME IN AND SUP WITH 57:14 US BUT YOU'VE GOT TO OPEN THE DOOR. 57:16 A HOUSE WAS A SORT OF SANCTUARY - YOU COULDN'T BARGE INTO 57:19 SOMEONE'S HOUSE, YOU HAD TO OPEN THE DOOR AND INVITE HIM IN. 57:23 NOW, IF JESUS IS NOT IN YOUR HOUSE, THE DEVIL HAS NO MANNERS. 57:28 HE WILL BREAK IN. AND IF YOU WANT TO GET THE 57:31 DARKNESS OUT, YOU TURN ON THE LIGHT. 57:33 IF YOU WANT THE DEVIL OUT OF YOUR LIFE, YOU INVITE THE LIGHT 57:35 OF THE WORLD INTO YOUR HEART, RIGHT? 57:37 WELL, WE'RE OUT OF TIME. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LESSON LEFT 57:39 BUT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT REVIVAL FOR A FEW WEEKS. 57:42 I WANT TO REMIND YOU - A FREE OFFER - YOU CAN EITHER CALL FOR 57:45 IT AND IT'S CALLED 'TWELVE STEPS TO REVIVAL' AND BASED ON THE 57:50 EXPERIENCES OF JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ELIJAH - AND ASK FOR OFFER 57:53 #780 OR YOU CAN GO TO THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE 57:57 'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG' AND DOWNLOAD IT THERE. 58:00 GOD WILLING WE'LL STUDY TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 58:05 (MUSIC) |
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