Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: CSH
Program Code: CSH021329
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00:46 >>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 00:50 WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE TUNING IN. SOME OF YOU, THIS MAY BE 00:54 YOUR VERY FIRST TIME SO STAY TUNED AND STAY WITH US 00:59 AS WE SING SOME SONGS AND WE STUDY GOD'S WORD TOGETHER. 01:02 AND IF THIS IS NOT YOUR FIRST TIME AND YOU JOIN US EVERY WEEK, 01:06 A SPECIAL WELCOME TO YOU AS WELL. 01:08 AND WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE PART OF OUR EXTENDED FAMILY 01:11 AROUND THE WORLD AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY OF YOU AND 01:15 IT'S VERY EXCITING AND I KNOW THAT ONE DAY WE WILL ALL GET TO 01:18 MEET TOGETHER ON THE STREETS OF GOLD AND HAVE A SPECIAL CENTRAL 01:23 STUDY HOUR REUNION. AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL ALL BE 01:27 THERE AND WE'LL SING SONGS AND HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME IN HEAVEN. 01:33 WE'RE GOING TO START, LIKE WE USUALLY DO, SINGING YOUR 01:37 FAVORITES AND TODAY IS NO EXCEPTION. 01:40 #183 IS OUR FIRST SONG. 'I WILL SING OF JESUS' LOVE'. 01:45 THIS IS FROM KENYON AND FELICIA IN AUSTRALIA, THE JERVIS FAMILY 01:49 IN THE BAHAMAS, MAX AND PEDRO IN BARBADOS, AMEIDI AND ALCIRO IN 01:53 BELIZE, RUSSELL IN BOTSWANA, DAWN IN THE BRITISH VIRGIN 01:56 ISLANDS, JUBETH IN CANADA, JUDITH IN ENGLAND, MAISIE AND 02:00 KARL IN FRANCE, KATHRINA IN GUAM, DAVE IN INDIANA, CAMILLE, 02:05 MERLYN AND JUDY IN JAMAICA, NATASHA IN MARYLAND, ARELU IN 02:09 NIGERIA, SANDY, VERN, JAMIE AND JENNY IN NORTH CAROLINA, MARVIN 02:12 IN PANAMA, VINCE, JEZER AND RICARDO IN THE PHILIPPINES, 02:16 MARSHA IN ST. LUCIA, BRITTNEY, CHELSEA AND ALWYN IN ST. VINCENT 02:21 AND THE GRENADINES, AND STEPHEN AND LYSTRA IN TRINIDAD AND 02:24 TOBAGO. ALL THREE STANZAS - 'I WILL SING OF JESUS' LOVE'. 02:29 THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, SING LOUD - WE WANT TO HEAR YOU AS WELL. 02:32 (MUSIC) 05:01 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SENDING IN THAT REQUEST. 05:03 WE LOVE HEARING FROM EACH ONE OF YOU. WHETHER YOU'RE LISTENING 05:07 ON THE RADIO, WATCHING LIVE AT OUR WEBSITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG' 05:11 OR ON THE VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS, YOU SEND IN YOUR SONG 05:14 REQUESTS AND IF YOU HAVE ONE IT'S SO SIMPLE. 05:17 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG', 05:21 CLICK ON THE 'CONTACT US' LINK AND YOU CAN PICK ANY SONG IN THE 05:24 ADVENTIST HYMNAL AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO SING THAT FOR YOU 05:28 SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. OUR NEW SONG, AS WE CONTINUE OUR 05:32 WAY THROUGH THE HYMNAL IS #61 - 'GOD IS HERE'. THIS IS A VERY 05:39 PRETTY SONG AND IT'S AN EASY TUNE SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING 05:42 TO ENJOY THIS ONE. YOU NOTICE THAT WE ARE ALMOST DONE WITH THE 05:47 SECTION 'OPENING OF WORSHIP'. WE HAVE TWO MORE SONGS AND THEN 05:50 IT'S 'THE CLOSE OF WORSHIP'. SO WE'RE TRUCKING RIGHT ALONG. 05:53 #61 - 'GOD IS HERE' - WE'LL DO ALL FOUR STANZAS. 05:57 (MUSIC) 10:14 >>WASN'T THAT PRETTY? DID YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE WORDS 10:17 ON THAT LAST STANZA? 'KEEP US FAITHFUL TO THE GOSPEL, 10:21 HELP US WORK YOUR PURPOSE OUT, HERE IN THIS DAY'S DEDICATION, 10:25 AS WE ALL HAVE TO GIVE - RECEIVE - WE WHO CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT 10:30 YOU, WE ADORE YOU, WE BELIEVE' - BEAUTIFUL SONG AND JOYCE IN 10:37 NAIROBI, KENYA REQUESTED THAT ONE AS WELL. AT THIS TIME LET'S 10:41 BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER. FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE KNOW THAT 10:46 YOU ARE HERE AND WE KNOW ALSO THAT WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU. 10:52 I KNOW WE TRY, MANY TIMES, AND WE THINK THAT WE CAN DO IT ON 10:56 OUR OWN BUT THAT'S NOT THE REALITY AND WE DO NEED YOU. 11:02 WE NEED YOU DESPERATELY AND I PRAY THAT TODAY YOU WOULD FILL 11:05 US WITH YOUR SPIRIT, THAT YOU WOULD SOFTEN OUR HEARTS AND HELP 11:10 US TO BE VESSELS THAT CAN BE USED BY YOU TO REACH THIS DYING 11:15 WORLD. THANK YOU FOR LOVING US - FOR NOT GIVING UP ON US. 11:21 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PASTOR DOUG AND HIS MINISTRY HERE AT 11:24 CENTRAL AND AROUND THE WORLD. I PRAY THAT YOU'LL BE WITH HIM 11:28 AS HE BRINGS US OUR LESSON STUDY. AND BE WITH OUR 11:30 EXTENDED FAMILY AROUND THE WORLD. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 11:35 AT THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY OUR 11:39 SENIOR PASTOR HERE AT SACRAMENTO CENTRAL SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 11:42 CHURCH, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR. 11:50 >>THANK YOU DEBBIE AND MUSICIANS. I REALLY SHOULD BE 11:55 ABLE TO CLAIM ONE OF THOSE SONGS THAT WAS REQUESTED. 11:58 I DON'T EVER SEND THEM IN, BUT 'I WILL SING OF JESUS' LOVE' IS 12:01 ONE OF MY FAVORITES SO PUT MY NAME DOWN. HAPPY SABBATH 12:06 EVERYBODY. GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE AT CENTRAL CHURCH. 12:09 A NICE COOL DAY IN SACRAMENTO AND IT'S BEEN FUN LISTENING TO 12:17 PEOPLE ON THE NEWS ALL KIND OF BEMOAN AND COMMISERATE ABOUT THE 12:23 HEAT WAVE AND I THINK TO MYSELF, 'WELL, IT'S SUMMER. 12:26 THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR, DOESN'T IT?' IT SEEMS TO GET HOT HERE. 12:29 THERE'S A LITTLE WHILE - WE'VE GOT A FEW WEEKS EVERY YEAR 12:32 IN SACRAMENTO WHERE OUR ASPHALT SORT OF LIQUEFIES AND A SEATBELT 12:36 WILL DOUBLE AS A BRANDING IRON AND YOU JUST KNOW IT'S GOING TO 12:39 HAPPEN ONCE A YEAR. BUT WE'RE GLAD THE CHURCH IS 12:42 AIR-CONDITIONED, AMEN? WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR NEW 12:46 QUARTERLY HERE DEALING WITH REVIVAL AND REFORMATION. 12:50 IF YOU'RE VISITING CENTRAL TODAY, YOU'LL WONDER WHY WE'RE 12:54 SO FAR AHEAD. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE TV BROADCAST. 12:57 WE STUDY OUR LESSON THREE WEEKS IN ADVANCE OF THE REST OF THE 13:00 COUNTRY. WE LIKE TO STAY ON THE CUTTING EDGE. 13:02 BUT THAT ACTUALLY GIVES US TIME TO EDIT THE PROGRAM, WE PUT IN 13:06 SUBTITLES AND THEN SEND IT ON TO THE VARIOUS SATELLITES. 13:09 TODAY WE'RE DEALING WITH LESSON 3, 'THE WORD: THE FOUNDATION OF 13:13 REVIVAL' AND BEFORE WE GET INTO TODAY'S LESSON, WE'VE GOT A 13:17 STUDY GUIDE THAT WE WILL OFFER FOR FREE. 13:21 AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE POWER OF THE WORD TO TRANSFORM AND IT'S 13:24 CALLED, 'A LOVE THAT TRANSFORMS'. 13:26 IF YOU CALL THE FREE - CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN - IT'S A 13:29 TOLL FREE NUMBER - 866-STUDY-MORE - THAT'S 13:32 866-788-3966. MAKE SURE AND ASK FOR OFFER #710 13:37 WHEN YOU CALL. WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU FREE. 13:40 AND I LIKE THESE LESSONS - IT'S NOT JUST A BOOK. 13:43 IF IT WASN'T FOR COMIC BOOKS, I NEVER WOULD HAVE LEARNED TO 13:45 READ, BUT THESE HAVE PICTURES - AND I'M NOT RECOMMENDING COMIC 13:49 BOOKS, BUT I LIKE - BECAUSE THEY'RE ILLUSTRATED. 13:51 I'M A VERY VISUAL PERSON SO YOU'LL ENJOY THAT. 13:54 AFTER YOU READ IT, PLEASE SEND IT OR GIVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE 13:58 AND IT WILL BE A BLESSING TO THEM AS WELL. 13:59 AND I WANT TO JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF NOTES HERE AT THE BEGINNING 14:02 OF OUR CLASS. ONE IS THAT THE VARIOUS TEACHERS 14:08 - MYSELF AND THE OTHER PASTORS - SOMETIMES GUEST TEACHERS THAT 14:10 TEACH HERE AT CENTRAL CHURCH, WE OFTEN HAVE NOTES AND WE PUT 14:16 THESE UP. NOT ONLY CAN YOU FIND THEM AT 14:17 'SACCENTRAL.ORG' BUT 'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG' SO IF YOU'RE 14:19 INTERESTED IN THE SABBATH SCHOOL NOTES THAT WENT ALONG WITH OUR 14:23 PRESENTATION - SOMETIMES THERE'S A LOT MORE MATERIAL HERE. 14:26 THAT'S THE CASE WITH MY LESSON TODAY. I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT 14:28 MORE MATERIAL IN MY NOTES THAN I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHARE. 14:31 BUT SOME OF THE OTHERS WATCHING ALSO ARE TEACHERS AND IF YOU'D 14:35 LIKE THOSE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO THEM AND JUST GO TO THE SABBATH 14:39 SCHOOL LINK - BOTH AT CENTRAL CHURCH AND AMAZING FACTS AND 14:43 YOU'LL FIND THE VARIOUS NOTES. I ALSO WANT TO WELCOME THOSE WHO 14:46 ARE PART OF THE CENTRAL CHURCH AROUND THE WORLD. 14:49 WE HAVE MEMBERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND ALL OVER THE PLANET 14:53 THAT DO NOT HAVE A LOCAL CHURCH THEY'RE ABLE TO ATTEND AND WE 14:56 JUST LIKE TO PROVIDE A WAY FOR THEM TO CONNECT WITH A CHURCH 14:58 FAMILY. 15:00 MAYBE YOU'RE IN THAT CATEGORY AND YOU'RE WATCHING ON THE 15:02 INTERNET OR SATELLITE AND YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT 'HOW DO 15:04 I BECOME PART OF THE CENTRAL CHURCH' OR 'THE ADVENTIST 15:08 CHURCH?' WE'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT 15:10 THAT AND JUST E-MAIL US AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. 15:13 ALRIGHT, INTO OUR LESSON, 'THE WORD: THE FOUNDATION FOR 15:17 REVIVAL'. DO YOU THINK WE NEED REVIVAL? WE DO, AS A CHURCH. 15:22 AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE CHURCH IS JUST FULL OF THE 15:25 SPIRIT, THEY'RE ON FIRE, FULL OF ZEAL, AND THEY'RE OUT DOING THE 15:29 WORK OF THE LORD. AND THEN THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE CHURCH SEEMS 15:33 TO KIND OF GO THROUGH A TROUGH OF SPIRITUALITY. 15:37 IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF GOD'S PEOPLE, THERE WERE TIMES 15:40 WHEN THEY WERE ON FIRE, CLOSE TO THE LORD, FIGHTING GOD'S BATTLES 15:43 AND THEN THERE WERE TIMES WHEN EVERY MAN DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN 15:45 THEIR OWN EYES AND THEY WENT DOWN SPIRITUALLY. 15:50 IN THE VARYING EBBS AND FLOWS OF SPIRITUAL CONDITION, YOU READ IN 15:56 THE SEVEN CHURCHES, REVELATION CHAPTER 2 AND 3 THERE WAS THE 16:01 CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA - THE CHURCH OF BROTHERLY LOVE. 16:04 THERE WAS THE CHURCH OF SARDIS - GREAT PERSECUTION BUT GREAT 16:07 DEDICATION. THEN THERE'S THE CHURCH OF THYATIRA - LOW POINT - 16:11 AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA - LOW POINT. 16:15 HISTORICALLY, WE ARE LIVING IN A SPIRITUALLY LOW POINT BEFORE A 16:19 TIME OF GREAT REVIVAL JUST BEFORE JESUS COMES BACK. 16:23 SO IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO? 16:24 IS GOD JUST WATCHING HIS CLOCK AND SAYS, 'WHEN WE GET TO A 16:26 CERTAIN POINT IN HISTORY ON THE CALENDAR, I'M GOING TO SEND THE 16:30 HOLY SPIRIT AND REVIVE EVERYBODY. 16:32 ARE WE WAITING ON GOD OR IS GOD WAITING ON US? 16:36 GOD, THROUGH JESUS, SENT THE HOLY SPIRIT 2,000 YEARS AGO. 16:40 HE NEVER RETRACTED OR WITHDREW THAT PROMISE. 16:43 BUT WE, THROUGH NEGLECT, AS THE CHURCH HAVE GONE THROUGH 16:46 EPISODES OF DRIFTING FROM GOD - BACKSLIDING - AND WHEN YOU'RE IN 16:53 ONE OF THOSE TIMES OF - IS THERE SUCH A WORD AS BACKSLIDDENNESS? 17:00 SOMEONE WRITE IT DOWN, IT'LL BE ON GOOGLE. 17:02 IF YOU'RE IN ONE OF THOSE TIMES OF BACKSLIDDENNESS, WHICH WE ARE 17:07 NOW, THEN THE CHURCH SOMETIMES NEEDS A WAKE UP AND WE CAN DO 17:10 THINGS THAT WILL ENCOURAGE INVITING THE SPIRIT AND 17:17 INSTIGATING REVIVAL. ONE OF THOSE VERY IMPORTANT 17:21 THINGS IS THE WORD OF GOD. NOW LET'S GO TO OUR MEMORY VERSE. 17:24 THE MEMORY VERSE IS FOUND IN PSALMS 119, VERSE 154 - PSALM 17:30 119, VERSE 154 - YOU WANT TO SAY THAT WITH ME? "PLEAD MY CAUSE 17:37 AND REDEEM ME; REVIVE ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD." 17:43 REVIVAL CAN COME THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD. 17:47 WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE BIBLE, IF YOU WERE TO SAY, 'WHERE IN THE 17:53 BIBLE DO WE SEE THE GREATEST SINGLE REVIVAL?' 17:58 WHAT WOULD BE YOUR GUESS? I ALREADY KNOW WHAT I THINK. 18:04 I WONDER IF ANY OF YOU THINK SOMETHING. 18:07 ANY OF YOU THINKING ANYTHING? DON'T BE THOUGHTLESS, 18:13 THINK SOMETHING. WHERE IN THE BIBLE DO YOU SEE 18:16 THERE - DID I HEAR - NINEVEH - I AGREE. 18:19 THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY - JONAH. YOU KNOW HOW THAT BOOK BEGINS? 18:23 'NOW THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JONAH'. FIRST JONAH RUNS FROM 18:27 GOD, LATER HE SURRENDERS AFTER THE DETOUR THROUGH THE FISH. 18:30 AND AGAIN IT SAYS, 'AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JONAH'. 18:34 AND JONAH FINALLY GETS TO NINEVEH, HE ENTERS THE CITY, AND 18:37 HE BEGINS TO DECLARE THE WORD THAT GOD HAD GIVEN HIM - THE 18:40 WORD OF THE LORD - AND YOU HAVE THE GREATEST REVIVAL. 18:43 THE KING, THE COMMONER, THE RICH, THE POOR, THE ANIMALS - 18:47 EVERYBODY REPENTS AND THERE IS A GREAT REVIVAL AND THEY ARE 18:50 SAVED. WHAT BROUGHT IT ABOUT? PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD. 18:55 NOW THERE, THE WORD OF GOD FOR THEM WAS 'REPENT - FORTY DAYS 18:58 GOD'S GOING TO DESTROY THE CITY.' 19:00 HE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THEIR SINS NO DOUBT - THAT WAS THE 19:03 SUMMARY OF HIS PROCLAMATION BUT HE WENT THROUGH THE CITY AND HE 19:07 PREACHED A MESSAGE OF COMING JUDGMENT. BUT THROUGH THE 19:11 PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD, THERE WAS A GREAT REVIVAL. 19:15 IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR BIBLES - NOW THIS IS NOT IN MY NOTES SO I'VE 19:18 GOT TO LOOK REAL QUICK HERE - GO TO MATTHEW CHAPTER NINE AND IN 19:23 MATTHEW 9 YOU SORT OF HAVE A SUMMARY OF THE MINISTRY OF 19:28 JESUS. VERSE 35 - MATTHEW 9, VERSE 35, "AND JESUS WENT ABOUT 19:39 ALL THE CITIES AND THE VILLAGES, TEACHING IN THE SYNAGOGUES, 19:44 PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM, AND HEALING EVERY 19:48 SICKNESS AND EVERY DISEASE AMONG THE PEOPLE." 19:51 HERE THIS IS A GREAT VERSE BECAUSE IT SUMMARIZES THE 19:54 PRIORITIES OF CHRIST'S MINISTRY. YOU NOTICE THERE'S A HEALING 19:56 MINISTRY SO HEALTH SHOULD BE PART OF IT. 19:59 THERE'S A TEACHING MINISTRY AND THERE'S A PREACHING OR 20:04 PROCLAMATION MINISTRY AND YOU NOTICE HE HAS A COUNTRY MINISTRY 20:09 - THROUGH THE VILLAGES - AND IT SAYS HE WENT INTO THE CITIES - 20:15 HE'S GOT A CITY MINISTRY AND YOU NOTICE THAT HE DOES IT IN THE 20:18 CHURCHES AND HE ALSO DOES IT IN THE FIELDS. 20:22 SO THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN THE 20:24 CONTEXT OF WORSHIP AND HE ALSO DOES IT OUT ON THE HILLSIDE IN 20:27 THE MEADOWS. THIS ENCOMPASSES JESUS' MINISTRY. 20:30 BUT, YOU NOTICE, TEACHING AND PREACHING - WOULD ANYONE DOUBT 20:34 THAT A GREAT REVIVAL CAME BECAUSE OF CHRIST'S MINISTRY? 20:37 WAS IT - WELL, LET ME SAY IT THIS WAY, WHAT WAS IT - DID THE 20:43 WORD PLAY A LARGE ROLE IN THE REVIVAL THAT CAME THROUGH THE 20:47 MINISTRY OF CHRIST? WAS THE CHURCH AT A SPIRITUAL 20:50 HIGH POINT OR LOW POINT WHEN JESUS CAME? LOW POINT. 20:55 'WOE TO YOU SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES!' 20:58 IT WAS ALL EXTERNAL RELIGION. IT WAS A FIG TREE WITH LEAVES AND 21:03 NO FRUIT. IT WAS LIKE A KIND OF A LAODICEAN CONDITION - THEY 21:07 THOUGHT THEY WERE RICH AND INCREASED WITH GOODS. 21:09 WELL, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT SAME THING NOW. 21:11 'YOU THINK YOU HAVE A NAME AND YOU LIVE, BUT YOU'RE SPIRITUALLY 21:13 DEAD' WAS ANOTHER MESSAGE TO THE CHURCH DURING A LOW POINT. 21:17 ALRIGHT, SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME - WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SEVERAL 21:19 VERSES FROM PSALM 119 - I THINK I GAVE SOMEBODY VERSE 153 21:24 AND 154. WHOSE HAND IS THAT? RIGHT OVER HERE? 21:28 WE'LL GET TO YOU IN JUST A MOMENT BUT BEFORE WE DO, IN THE 21:32 TEACHINGS OF JESUS NOTICE - MATTHEW CHAPTER 7, VERSES 24 AND 21:37 25 - WHEN CHRIST SUMMARIZES HIS TEACHING - THE SERMON ON THE 21:42 MOUNT - HE SAID, 'THEREFORE, WHOEVER HEARS THESE SAYINGS OF 21:46 MINE AND DOES THEM' - THESE SAYINGS OF MINE - THE WORDS OF 21:50 CHRIST - 'I'LL LIKEN HIM TO A WISE MAN WHO BUILDS HIS HOUSE ON 21:54 A ROCK AND THE RAIN DESCENDED AND THE FLOODS CAME AND THE 21:56 WINDS BLEW AND BEAT ON THAT HOUSE AND IT DID NOT FALL FOR IT 22:00 IS FOUNDED ON THE ROCK.' AND WHAT IS THE ROCK? 22:03 'HE THAT HEARS THESE SAYINGS OF MINE' - IT IS CHRIST, BUT MORE 22:07 SPECIFICALLY HIS WORD. WHAT IS IT THAT BRINGS DOWN 22:12 GOLIATH? IT'S A STONE. WHAT IS IT THAT BRINGS DOWN THE 22:18 IMAGE - THE IDOL IN DANIEL CHAPTER 2? 22:22 STONE CUT OUT OF A MOUNTAIN WITHOUT HANDS. 22:25 HOW DOES JESUS FIGHT THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE DEVIL IN THE 22:27 WILDERNESS? 'IT IS WRITTEN.' 22:30 THE ROCK OF GOD'S WORD IS WHAT BRINGS DOWN - WHAT ARE THE 22:35 TEN COMMANDMENTS WRITTEN ON? STONE. WE ARE A SPIRITUAL HOUSE. 22:40 WE ARE LIVING STONES AND JESUS IS THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE. 22:45 THE WHOLE CHURCH IS BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORD. 22:48 SO WHERE DO WE START AS A PEOPLE? IF YOU TAKE THE BIBLE 22:50 AWAY FROM A CHURCH WHAT DO THEY HAVE? THEY'VE GOT A CLUB. 22:54 YOU'VE GOT TO, YOU KNOW, CALL IT ROTARY, MOOSE LODGE - CALL IT 22:59 ANYTHING YOU WANT, BUT IT'S NOT A CHURCH ANYMORE, RIGHT? 23:03 THE WORD HAS TO BE THE CONSTITUTION OF OUR CHURCH. 23:11 YOU KNOW - ALLOW A DETOUR PLEASE. THIS WEEK - AND I KNOW 23:17 BY THE TIME IT BROADCASTS IT WILL BE THREE WEEKS - BUT THIS 23:20 WEEK WE'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF VERY IMPORTANT RULINGS FROM THE 23:22 SUPREME COURT AND, FOR THE MOST PART, THEY ARE RATHER 23:27 DISAPPOINTING. FRANKLY, I THINK THAT THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE 23:34 COUNTRY ISSUED SOME DECLARATIONS THAT REFLECT COWARDICE. 23:40 THEY DID NOT DEAL WITH THINGS THE WAY THEY SHOULD HAVE. 23:43 THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND IT IS 23:48 ABSOLUTELY, PATENTLY CLEAR THAT THE FRAMERS OF OUR CONSTITUTION 23:54 UNDERSTOOD THAT MARRIAGE WAS ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN - MAN, WOMAN - 24:00 AND THAT'S THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THE WORD MARRIAGE IS DEFINED. 24:04 BUT BECAUSE OF CULTURAL AND MEDIA PRESSURE THEY DIDN'T WANT 24:11 TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISION OF SUPPORTING THE STATES THAT HAVE 24:14 SAID MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN - YOU KNOW, IT'S A SHAME YOU EVEN NEED 24:17 TO SAY - NOT JUST MAN AND WOMAN - THAT'S CLEAR ENOUGH - BUT WE 24:20 HAVE TO SAY ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN BECAUSE WE SEE WHAT'S 24:24 HAPPENING OTHER PLACES TOO. IF THE FOUNDATIONS FAIL, WHAT 24:33 WILL THE PEOPLE DO? AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ACTUALLY 24:36 IN THE BIBLE. WHEN THE FOUNDATIONS CRUMBLE - 24:39 WELL, THE FOUNDATION FOR THE CHURCH IS THE BIBLE. 24:42 THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR COUNTRY IS THE CONSTITUTION AND BOTH ARE 24:45 AT RISK RIGHT NOW. ANYWAY, I MIGHT SAY MORE ABOUT THE 24:48 POLITICAL THING LATER BUT RIGHT NOW, LET'S GET BACK TO THE 24:52 BIBLE. PSALM 119 - I'LL GET TO YOU IN JUST A MOMENT - 24:55 BUT PSALM 119, VERSE 25 - WHAT'S THE LONGEST CHAPTER 24:59 IN THE BIBLE? PSALM 119. WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, 'I'VE 25:04 MEMORIZED A VERSE IN THE BIBLE, THEY MEMORIZE 'JESUS WEPT' OR 25:10 'REJOICE FOREVERMORE' OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WHEN 25:14 THEY MEMORIZE A CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE THEY'LL MEMORIZE PSALM 25:17 117, WHICH IS THE SHORTEST CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE. 25:21 NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE PSALM - I THINK I TOLD YOU, I WAS AT 25:24 CAMP MEETING AT OZARK - NO, IT WAS IN MICHIGAN - I WAS AT 25:28 MICHIGAN CAMP MEETING LAST WEEK, WOW! YEAH. 25:31 IT WAS GREAT, SOME KIDS GOT UP AND THEY READ ALL OF MATTHEW 27 25:34 - THAT'S A LONG CHAPTER - FROM MEMORY. 25:37 THEY MEMORIZED - ALL OF THEIR CLASS HAD TO MEMORIZE ALL OF 25:39 MATTHEW CHAPTER 27 AND THERE WERE ONLY FIVE OR SIX KIDS THAT 25:41 DID IT AND THEY HAD BIG SECTIONS. 25:43 AND THEY DID WONDERFUL. IT WAS INSPIRING. 25:46 MEMORIZE PSALM 119 AND YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING. 25:49 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THE CORE OF PSALM 119 IS? 25:53 IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WORD. IT CALLS IT 'THE WORD'. 25:57 IT CALLS IT 'THE STATUTES'. IT CALLS IT 'THE ORDINANCES'. 26:00 IT CALLS IT 'THE TESTIMONIES'. IT CALLS IT 'THE WORD'. 26:02 IT CALLS IT 'THE LAW'. IT USES ALL THESE DIFFERENT 26:05 WORDS TO TALK ABOUT 'THE WORD'. AND SO, PSALM 119 IS ALL ABOUT 26:10 THE WORD OF GOD. AND IT SAYS IN VERSE 25, "MY 26:14 SOUL CLINGS TO THE DUST; REVIVE ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD." 26:19 THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM OUR MEMORY VERSE, WHICH IS 26:21 VERSE 154. PSALM 119, VERSE 107, "I AM 26:26 AFFLICTED VERY MUCH; REVIVE ME, O LORD, ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD." 26:31 AND THEN GO AHEAD READ FOR US - I THINK WE'RE READY - PSALM 119 26:34 AND IT'S VERSES 153 AND 154. >>"CONSIDER MY AFFLICTION AND 26:39 DELIVER ME, FOR I DO NOT FORGET YOUR LAW. PLEAD MY CAUSE 26:43 AND REDEEM ME; REVIVE ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD." 26:47 >>CAN YOU SEE IN THE BIBLE THAT REVIVAL IS CONNECTED WITH AND 26:52 IT'S INTEGRAL TO THE WORD OF GOD. 26:56 AND THE WORD OF GOD IS INTEGRAL TO REVIVAL. SO IF YOU WANT 27:02 TO EXPERIENCE A REVIVAL, WHERE DOES THAT OFTEN NEED TO BEGIN? 27:08 GOING TO A PLACE WHERE THE WORD IS PROCLAIMED, PERSONAL BIBLE 27:12 STUDY, SURROUNDING YOURSELF WITH - LISTENING TO THE WORD IN YOUR 27:17 DEVOTIONS AND THE APPLICATION OF THE WORD. 27:21 AS YOU TAKE A STEP - WHEN YOU HEAR SOMETHING FROM THE WORD OF 27:24 GOD AND YOU APPLY IT TO YOUR LIVES, GOD WILL THEN REVEAL MORE 27:27 LIGHT AND MORE POWER TO DO MORE. THAT'S WHAT REFORM MEANS. 27:32 YOU HEAR SOMETHING AND - THE PROBLEM IS MANY OF US ARE 27:34 HEARERS OF THE WORD BUT NOT DOERS. 27:37 SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HAVE THE WORD COME ALIVE FOR YOU, 27:40 WALK IN THE LIGHT YOU HAVE AND GOD'LL GIVE YOU MORE. 27:43 A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'VE COME TO A DEAD END IN 27:45 THEIR SPIRITUAL LIFE. CAN I SUGGEST SOMETHING BOLDLY? 27:49 A LOT OF YOU WHO THINK, 'YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T GET ANYTHING 27:52 OUT OF THE BIBLE. I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M AT A 27:54 CUL-DE-SAC. I'M NOT GROWING.' IT OFTEN IS TRUE THAT GOD 27:59 REVEALED SOMETHING TO YOU THAT YOU DIDN'T REALLY CARE TO DEAL 28:02 WITH AND THEN THINGS GOT QUIET. BECAUSE IF GOD CONTINUES TO 28:08 REVEAL MORE TRUTH TO YOU AND YOU'RE NOT WALKING IN THE TRUTH 28:11 HE HAS REVEALED TO YOU, ALL YOU'RE DOING IS MAKING YOURSELF 28:15 MORE CULPABLE IN THE JUDGMENT DAY, YOU SEE, BECAUSE YOU'RE 28:18 JUDGED ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU KNOW. 28:20 AND IF GOD'S REVEALED TRUTH TO YOU AND YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE 28:22 TRUTH HE'S REVEALED, THE MORE HE REVEALS TO YOU THAT YOU DON'T 28:25 DO, THE TOUGHER IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE JUDGMENT. 28:28 BUT BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU HE THINKS, 'LOOK, I DON'T WANT IT 28:29 TO BE ANY HARDER FOR THEM IN THE JUDGMENT THAN IT IS. 28:32 THEY'RE NOT WALKING IN THE LIGHT I'VE GIVEN THEM, WHY WOULD I 28:34 GIVE THEM MORE LIGHT?' AND SO YOU END UP GETTING INTO A 28:37 DEAD CALM IN YOUR EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN BY THAT? 28:42 SAILBOAT GOING THROUGH THE OCEAN, NO WIND, JUST GETS STUCK 28:44 IN THE DOLDRUMS - YOU DON'T GO ANYWHERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, 28:48 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, I WISH GOD WOULD DO 28:50 SOMETHING. I NEED REVIVAL.' YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS? 28:53 HE SHARED SOMETHING FROM HIS WORD AND YOU SAID, 'NAH, SHARE 28:57 SOMETHING ELSE. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THAT. 28:59 GIVE ME SOMETHING NEW TO THINK ABOUT.' 29:02 I'LL OFTEN DO AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING AND PEOPLE ARE SO 29:04 EXCITED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GO FOR FIVE OR SIX WEEKS AND YOU 29:08 MEET THE PEOPLE AND YOU SEE THEM AT THE DOOR AND THEY'RE JUST 29:10 LIKE, 'WOW! WHERE HAVE I BEEN? 29:11 I'VE BEEN GOING TO CHURCH ALL MY LIFE AND I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING 29:13 LIKE - THIS IS WONDERFUL!' AND THEY'RE MAKING CHANGES AND 29:17 THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND THEN YOU PREACH A TESTING TRUTH - A 29:19 DIFFICULT SUBJECT - AND THEY GET TO THE DOOR AND YOU SHAKE HANDS 29:23 AND THEY'RE SUDDENLY KIND OF QUIET. 29:25 'SO WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION?' 29:28 'IT WAS INTERESTING.' THAT ALWAYS SCARES ME WHEN THEY 29:31 SAY 'INTERESTING'. IT JUST MEANS 'I'M GOING TO 29:34 THINK ABOUT IT. IT'S A CEREBRAL EXERCISE.' 29:38 BUT WHEN IT COMES TO FOLLOWING IT, NO. THEY KEEP COMING BACK 29:42 BECAUSE THEY WANT SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S EASY. 29:45 IT MIGHT MEAN A CHANGE OF THINKING. 29:48 FOR EXAMPLE, A PERSON COMES TO A MEETING AND THEY LEARN THE TRUTH 29:51 ABOUT THE STATE OF THE DEAD AND THEY GO, 'WOW, PRAISE THE LORD. 29:54 I WISH I HAD KNOWN THAT - THAT REALLY HELPS - THAT MAKES SO 29:56 MUCH SENSE.' OR THEY HEAR THE TRUTH ABOUT THE 29:59 PUNISHMENT OF THE WICKED. 'I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT 30:01 NOBODY'S BURNING IN HELL YET. IT'S NOT THE JUDGMENT DAY. 30:04 WHAT A WONDERFUL TRUTH. WHERE HAVE I BEEN AND HOW DID I 30:07 MISS THAT?' JUST A CHANGE IN THE THINKING SO FAR. VERY 30:12 INTERESTING. THEN THEY HEAR THE SABBATH TRUTH AND THEY GET REAL 30:15 QUIET BECAUSE NOW IT MEANS A CHANGE IN THE DOING. 30:22 THEY SAY, 'I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. I'LL LOSE MY FRIENDS. 30:24 I MIGHT HAVE TO GO TO A DIFFERENT CHURCH.' AND ALL OF 30:28 A SUDDEN THINGS GET QUIET AND THEY WONDER WHAT HAPPENED. 30:31 THEY WERE SO ON FIRE DURING THE MEETING. 30:33 THEY STOPPED WALKING IN THE LIGHT. 30:35 OR THEY HEAR THE MESSAGE ON TITHE AND THAT'S ONE OF THOSE 30:41 MESSAGES THAT YOU JUST CAN'T SAY, 'PRAISE THE LORD! 30:42 THAT'S INTERESTING.' IT'S ONE OF THOSE TESTING TRUTHS. 30:50 IT'S LIKE - I'LL NEVER FORGET - I SAW A BUMPER STICKER ONE TIME, 30:52 YOU KNOW THEY USED TO HAVE ALL THESE BUMPER STICKERS OUT THERE 30:54 AND THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS VERY POPULAR IT SAID, 'IF YOU LOVE 30:57 JESUS, HONK' AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'D PULL UP BEHIND YOU AND 31:02 YOU'D FORGET YOU HAD THAT BUMPER STICKER AND THEY'D GO 'BEEP 31:04 BEEP' AND YOU'D GET MAD AND YOU'D TURN AROUND AND GO, 'WHY 31:06 ARE THEY HONKING?' YOU'D FORGET YOU HAD YOUR 'IF YOU LOVE JESUS, 31:08 HONK' BUMPER STICKER. AND THEN A WHILE AGO I SAW ONE 31:13 THAT SAID, 'IF YOU LOVE JESUS, TITHE - ANYBODY CAN HONK'. 31:21 ONE OF THOSE TESTING TRUTHS. SO IF YOU WANT REVIVAL, IT'S NOT 31:25 JUST HEARING THE WORD, IT'S BEING WILLING TO - NOT JUST BE 31:28 HEARERS OF THE WORD BUT DOERS OF THE WORD. 31:30 MAYBE YOU FOUND THERE WAS A SPEED BUMP IN YOUR LIFE - 31:34 SOMETHING THAT THE LORD REVEALED TO YOU AND YOU THOUGHT, 'UGH'. 31:36 PRAY THAT GOD'LL HELP YOU TO BACK UP AND CORRECT THAT AND 31:40 WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. THE WORD WILL COME ALIVE FOR YOU 31:43 AGAIN AND YOU'LL FEEL REVIVAL IN YOUR EXPERIENCE. 31:48 BUT MANY CASES I FIND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. 31:50 LET'S LOOK AT WHAT DOES THE WORD 'REVIVE' MEAN HERE IN HEBREW AND 31:54 WE'RE READING IT IN PSALM 119. THAT WORD THAT APPEARS IN HEBREW 31:57 IS 'KAYA' AND IT'S A PRIMITIVE ROOT - IT MEANS 'CAUSEDLY TO 32:03 REVIVE; TO KEEP OR MAKE ALIVE; TO GIVE LIFE; TO ALLOW TO LIVE; 32:09 TO NOURISH UP; TO PRESERVE ALIVE; TO QUICKEN; TO RECOVER; 32:13 TO REPAIR; TO RESTORE; TO SAVE ALIVE; TO MAKE WHOLE.' SO WHEN 32:20 WE SAY 'REVIVE' WE'RE ASKING GOD TO GIVE US NEW LIFE. AGAIN, MORE 32:25 FROM PSALM 119, VERSE 50, "THIS IS MY COMFORT IN MY AFFLICTION, 32:29 FOR YOUR WORD HAS GIVEN ME LIFE." REVIVAL - NEW LIFE - 32:33 HIS WORD. PSALM 119, VERSE 74, "THOSE WHO FEAR YOU WILL BE 32:38 GLAD WHEN THEY SEE ME, BECAUSE I HAVE HOPED IN YOUR WORD." 32:42 NEW LIFE FROM THE WORD, PSALM 119, VERSE 116, "UPHOLD ME 32:47 ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD, THAT I MAY LIVE; AND DO NOT LET ME BE 32:51 ASHAMED OF MY HOPE." ALRIGHT, THE NEXT SECTION: THERE 32:55 IS CREATIVE POWER IN THE WORD - AND THAT'S WHAT REVIVAL IS. 32:59 IF YOU ARE SPIRITUALLY DEAD YOU NEED A RESURRECTION. 33:04 WHERE DID THE ORIGINAL LIFE COME FROM? DOESN'T IT COME FROM 33:06 JESUS? DIDN'T HE CREATE THE ORIGINAL LIFE? 33:09 SO IF REVIVAL IS A FORM OF RESURRECTION - IF GOD IS THE 33:13 CREATOR OF ALL LIFE - WHAT BRINGS LIFE? 33:16 ALRIGHT, WHO HAS HEBREWS 11:3 - WE GAVE THAT TO SOMEBODY. 33:20 HOLD YOUR HAND UP IF WE GAVE YOU THAT SLIP. 33:22 HEBREWS 11:3 - AM I MISSING SOMEONE? 33:25 ALRIGHT, RIGHT THERE. ALRIGHT, YOU'LL BE NEXT. 33:28 PSALM 33, VERSE 6, HOW DID THE WORLD COME INTO EXISTENCE? 33:33 "BY THE WORD OF THE LORD THE HEAVENS WERE MADE AND ALL THE 33:37 HOST OF THEM BY THE BREATH OF HIS MOUTH." 33:39 THE BIBLE BEGINS BY SAYING, 'AND GOD SAID' - AND WHAT HAPPENED 33:45 AFTER GOD SAID? POOF - LIFE. 33:49 SO IF IT'S TRUE, IN THE WORLD AROUND US, THAT THINGS CAME INTO 33:53 EXISTENCE BY THE WORD OF GOD - LIFE WAS CREATED BY THE WORD - 33:58 THEN DOESN'T IT MAKE SENSE THAT NEW LIFE OR REVIVAL WILL ALSO 34:01 COME BY THE WORD? IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY, READ THE NEXT VERSE 34:05 FOR US. HEBREWS 11:3 PLEASE. >>"BY FAITH WE UNDERSTAND THAT 34:10 THE WORDS WERE FRAMED BY THE WORD OF GOD SO THAT THE THINGS 34:15 WHICH ARE SEEN ARE NOT MADE OF THINGS WHICH ARE VISIBLE." 34:21 >>THE WORD OF GOD BROUGHT THESE THINGS INTO EXISTENCE. 34:25 IS THERE STILL CREATIVE POWER IN GOD'S WORD? 34:28 A SIMPLE EXAMPLE OF THIS - AND I'VE USED THIS BEFORE - IS WHEN 34:31 A LEPER COMES TO JESUS AND HE'S COVERED WITH LEPROSY. 34:35 LUKE, A DOCTOR, GIVES THE DIAGNOSIS THAT HE DOESN'T JUST 34:38 HAVE LEPROSY, HE'S FULL OF LEPROSY - IT'S ADVANCED. 34:42 AND WHEN HE COMES TO JESUS, BECAUSE HE'S UNCLEAN, THE CROWD 34:44 PROBABLY MELTS BACK IN FEAR. 'GO AWAY! 34:47 YOU'RE UNCLEAN!' BUT HE COMES TO JESUS AND HE 34:50 FALLS DOWN BEFORE HIM AND HE SAYS, 'LORD, IF YOU WILL, YOU 34:53 CAN MAKE ME CLEAN.' AND THE BIBLE SAYS JESUS REACHED 34:57 OUT AND TOUCHED HIM AND SAID, 'I WILL. BE THOU CLEAN.' AND AS 35:04 SOON AS HE SAID, 'BE CLEAN' WAS HE REVIVED? BECAUSE THERE'S 35:09 CREATIVE POWER - THERE'S HEALING POWER IN THE WORD OF GOD. 35:13 AND SO, JUST IMMERSING OURSELF IN THE WORD IS ONE WAY TO BRING 35:20 ABOUT REVIVAL. LET ME TELL YOU WHY. 35:23 THE BIBLE WILL KEEP YOU FROM SIN OR SIN WILL KEEP YOU FROM THE 35:26 BIBLE. NOW THAT'S NOT ORIGINAL WITH ME. 35:28 I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AUTHORS OF THAT QUOTE BUT I 35:31 HEARD DWIGHT MOODY, I THINK, IS THE MOST COMMON NAME I'VE HEARD 35:34 WITH THAT - BUT IT'S TRUE. THE BIBLE WILL KEEP YOU FROM 35:38 SIN OR SIN WILL KEEP YOU FROM THE BIBLE. 35:40 YOU SHOW ME A PERSON WHO IS NEGLECTING THEIR PERSONAL 35:43 DEVOTIONS AND BIBLE READING AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOMEONE WHO HAS 35:46 EITHER BACKSLIDDEN OR IS ON THEIR WAY - THEY'RE BACKSLIDING 35:49 AND THEY'VE LOST THAT SPIRITUAL VITALITY. 35:53 YOU'RE IN THE WORD AND YOU FEEL CONVICTED ABOUT YOUR SIN AND YOU 35:59 HAVE TO DEAL WITH YOUR SIN AND YOU'RE TURNING FROM YOUR SIN - 36:01 YOU'RE TRYING TO LIVE A GODLY LIFE. SIN'LL KEEP YOU FROM 36:04 THE BIBLE OR THE BIBLE WILL KEEP YOU FROM SIN. 36:07 PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN SIN FEEL GUILTY AND WHEN THEY READ 36:09 THE BIBLE - SO THEY STOP READING THE BIBLE BECAUSE IT MAKES THEM 36:11 FEEL BAD OR YOU READ THE BIBLE, YOU'RE CONVICTED AND YOU TURN 36:15 FROM YOUR SIN. THE TWO DON'T GO WELL TOGETHER 36:17 VERY LONG. ONE STARTS TO GET NEGLECTED. 36:20 YOU START NEGLECTING SIN WHEN YOU'RE READING THE BIBLE OR YOU 36:23 START NEGLECTING THE BIBLE AND CHURCH WHEN THERE'S SIN IN THE 36:26 LIFE. TYPICALLY TRUE. SOMEONE ONCE SAID, 'A BIBLE THAT 36:31 IS WORN OUT USUALLY BELONGS TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT.' 36:35 SPIRITUALLY, THAT MEANS. I WORDED THAT WRONG. 36:41 'A BIBLE THAT IS FALLING APART USUALLY BELONGS TO A PERSON WHO 36:44 IS NOT.' WHEN WE'RE FALLING APART SPIRITUALLY IT'S BECAUSE 36:49 OUR BIBLES ARE IN GOOD CONDITION BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING USED. 36:55 SO YOU NEED TO BE IN THE WORD - THAT'S THE KEY. 36:59 2 TIMOTHY 3:16 AND 17, "ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY 37:03 INSPIRATION OF GOD AND IT IS PROFITABLE FOR" - FOR WHAT? 37:07 - "FOR DOCTRINE, FOR REPROOF, FOR CORRECTION AND INSTRUCTION 37:10 IN RIGHTEOUSNESS" - WHY? - "THAT THE MAN OF GOD" - AND 37:14 THE WOMAN OF GOD - "MIGHT BE COMPLETE, THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED TO 37:17 EVERY GOOD WORK." IT'S THE WORD OF GOD THAT HELPS 37:20 US TO HAVE THAT COMPLETENESS. IN THE BOOK 'EDUCATION' PAGE 37:24 126, E.G. WHITE WROTE, "THE CREATIVE ENERGY THAT CALLED THE 37:28 WORLDS INTO EXISTENCE IS IN THE WORD OF GOD. 37:33 THIS WORD IMPARTS POWER. IT BEGETS LIFE. 37:36 EVERY COMMAND IS A PROMISE ACCEPTED BY THE WILL. 37:39 RECEIVED INTO THE SOUL IT BRINGS WITH IT THE LIFE OF THE INFINITE 37:43 ONE." YOU HEAR THAT? 37:45 EVERY PROMISE OF GOD RECEIVED INTO THE SOUL BRINGS WITH IT 37:50 LIFE - THE LIFE OF THE INFINITE ONE - "IT TRANSFORMS THE NATURE. 37:54 IT RECREATES THE SOUL IN THE IMAGE OF GOD." 37:58 THERE IS CREATIVE POWER IN THE WORD OF GOD. 38:03 GOD'LL RECREATE THE WORLD THROUGH HIS WORD AND HE 38:05 RECREATES US THROUGH HIS WORD. SO, IF YOU'RE WONDERING - IF 38:11 YOU'VE EVER BEEN SICK AND YOU FELT LIKE YOU HAD TO RUN TO THE 38:14 DRUG STORE TO GET THE REMEDY - WELL, IF YOU'RE SPIRITUALLY 38:18 SICK, THE MEDICINE CABINET IS THE BIBLE. 38:22 THERE YOU FIND THE PROMISES BY WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO BECOME 38:26 PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE. EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS 38:30 PROMISES IN THE WORD OF GOD WHEN YOU CLAIM THEM. 38:32 SAY, 'LORD, THIS IS WHAT YOU SAID' - AND YOU PRAY - 'I PRAY 38:35 THAT YOU'LL HONOR YOUR WORD AND ANSWER THIS PROMISE IN MY LIFE.' 38:40 AND YOU CLAIM THESE PROMISES AND YOU BELIEVE. 38:43 JESUS SAID, 'ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO THOSE THAT BELIEVE.' 38:45 BUT IT BEGINS WITH THE WORD OF GOD. 38:48 ALRIGHT, NEXT SECTION, 'JESUS AND THE WORD'. 38:52 SOMEONE PLEASE LOOK UP FOR ME JOHN 5, VERSES 39 THROUGH 40. 38:58 WHO'S GOT THAT? OVER HERE. 39:01 FRANK, WE'LL GET YOU IN JUST A SECOND. 39:02 JOHN 5:39, 40, BUT FIRST I'M GOING TO READ LUKE 24:27. 39:06 NOW, CHRIST RISES FROM THE DEAD AND THERE IS A WINDOW BETWEEN 39:12 THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS AND THE GREAT REVIVAL IN THE NEW 39:15 TESTAMENT. THE GREAT REVIVAL IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IS PENTECOST. 39:19 HOW MANY AGREE? THOUSANDS CONVERTED IN A DAY - OKAY? 39:24 WHAT HAPPENS PRIOR TO THAT GREAT REVIVAL? 39:28 WHEN CHRIST ROSE FROM THE DEAD HE HAD BIBLE STUDIES WITH THEM 39:33 EVERY TIME HE MET WITH THEM. AND IT SAYS, 'BEGINNING WITH 39:37 MOSES AND ALL THE PROPHETS HE EXPOUNDED UNTO THEM IN ALL THE 39:40 SCRIPTURES THE THINGS CONCERNING HIMSELF.' 39:42 HE'S STUDYING WITH THEM THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES REVEALING 39:46 HIMSELF. THEN LATER IN THAT SAME CHAPTER - VERSE 45 - 39:50 WHEN HE APPEARS IN THE UPPER ROOM TO THE DISCIPLES HE 39:53 OPENED THEIR UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY MIGHT COMPREHEND THE? - 39:57 THE SCRIPTURES. BIBLE STUDY. AND WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND 40:01 READ FOR US THEN JOHN 5:39. >>"YOU SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES FOR 40:08 IN THEM YOU THINK YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. 40:11 AND THESE ARE THEY WHICH TESTIFY OF ME BUT YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO 40:15 COME TO ME THAT YOU MAY HAVE LIFE." 40:19 >>SO, IS CHRIST SAYING YOU THINK THAT THE SCRIPTURES GIVE YOU 40:23 ETERNAL LIFE? HE'S AGREEING WITH THEM. 40:27 HE'S SAYING, 'YOU SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES FOR IN THEM YOU 40:29 BELIEVE YOU FIND ETERNAL LIFE - AND YOU DO - BUT YOU DON'T 40:32 REALIZE THAT I AM ETERNAL LIFE.' SO CHRIST IS MARRYING THAT LIFE 40:38 COMES THROUGH THE WORD AND HE IS THE WORD. HE IS LIFE. YOU 40:44 UNDERSTAND? THE THREE GO TOGETHER - THEY'RE 40:46 INTERCHANGEABLE. SO REVIVAL - LIFE - COMES THROUGH CHRIST - 40:50 STUDYING THE WORD. HE SAID, 'YOU SAY YOU BELIEVE 40:52 THE WORD, BUT YOU'RE REJECTING ME. 40:53 YOU CAN'T DO BOTH BECAUSE I AM THE WORD INCARNATE.' 40:57 JOHN 16:14, SPEAKING OF THE SPIRIT, "HE WILL GLORIFY ME FOR 41:02 HE WILL TAKE WHAT IS MINE AND DECLARE IT TO YOU. 41:08 ALL THINGS THAT THE FATHER HAS ARE MINE. 41:10 THEREFORE I SAID THAT HE, THE SPIRIT, WILL TAKE OF MINE AND 41:13 DECLARE IT TO YOU." DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT SHARE 41:17 SOMETHING SEPARATE FROM JESUS WITH US? 41:20 I ALWAYS - I BECOME CONCERNED - DEEPLY CONCERNED WHEN I HEAR 41:29 PASTORS PUT SOME SEPARATE EMPHASIS ON THE HOLY SPIRIT LIKE 41:33 THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS GOT SOME FRESH OR DIFFERENT INFORMATION 41:36 OTHER THAN THE WORD. WILL THE HOLY SPIRIT EVER SAY 41:40 SOMETHING THAT CONFLICTS WITH THE WORD OF GOD? OR DID JESUS 41:44 SAY, 'HE WILL TAKE WHAT I SAY AND HE WILL DECLARE IT TO YOU'? 41:47 'THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BRING TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE WHATSOEVER 41:49 I HAVE SAID.' THAT'S WHAT CHRIST SAID. 41:51 SO THERE'S PERFECT HARMONY BETWEEN WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT - 41:54 THE REAL HOLY SPIRIT - THERE'S A COUNTERFEIT OUT THERE. 41:58 THE DEVIL'S SPIRIT CAN SOMETIMES MASQUERADE AS THE HOLY SPIRIT. 42:02 IT'S HARD TO TELL THEM APART. ONE WAY TO KNOW THE HOLY SPIRIT 42:05 IS HE WILL NEVER IMPRESS YOU WITH SOMETHING THAT CONFLICTS 42:09 WITH THE WORD OF GOD - NEVER - BECAUSE HE WILL TAKE WHAT JESUS 42:12 SAID AND HE WILL DECLARE IT TO YOU. THERE'S NO CONFLICT 42:15 BETWEEN THE TWO. AND SO IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT BRINGING 42:21 THE WORD TO LIFE THAT GIVES US REVIVAL. 42:24 WHEN YOU SAY, 'OH, I'VE GOT THE HOLY SPIRIT. 42:26 THAT'S WHAT'S GIVING ME REVIVAL.' WELL, EXPLAIN THAT. 42:29 'THE HOLY SPIRIT'S IMPRESSING ME WITH THE TRUTH OF THE WORD. 42:36 THE HOLY SPIRIT IS HELPING ME ACT OUT THE WORD. THE HOLY 42:39 SPIRIT IS HELPING ME OBEY THE WORD.' THE BIBLE SAYS GOD DOES 42:42 NOT GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE THAT DO NOT OBEY HIM. 42:45 AND SO, WHEN PEOPLE ARE OBEYING THE WORD AND SURRENDERING TO THE 42:49 WORD, IT'S THE SPIRIT THAT WILL ALWAYS BE IN HARMONY 42:51 WITH THE WORD. ALRIGHT, 'REVIVAL AND THE WORD'. 42:56 WE'RE GOING TO - THERE'S SO MANY GOOD THINGS IN THIS LESSON ON 42:59 THE BIBLE, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET IN AS MUCH AS I CAN. 43:03 LUKE - ONE MORE THING - ON THAT LAST SECTION, FROM THE TIME THAT 43:08 JESUS BEGAN HIS MINISTRY IN 27 AD - AT HIS BAPTISM - HE WAS 43:15 ANOINTED, WHAT HAPPENED IMMEDIATELY WHEN HE WAS 43:18 ANOINTED? HE BEGAN TO PREACH WHAT? THE WORD. 43:23 NOT THAT JESUS SAID EVERYTHING ORIGINAL - TEN PERCENT OF 43:26 EVERYTHING JESUS SAID HE WAS QUOTING THE OLD TESTAMENT. 43:30 JESUS WAS A BIBLE PREACHER. AND EVEN ON THE SERMON ON THE 43:34 MOUNT HE OFTEN REFERS TO THE OLD TESTAMENT. 43:37 SO IT BEGAN WITH JESUS PREACHING THREE AND A HALF YEARS. 43:42 SO REVIVAL, THROUGH THE WORD, MAY NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, 43:45 SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. REVIVALS IN COUNTRIES - THE 43:49 GREAT REVIVAL IN ENGLAND AND ONE THAT CAME TO AMERICA - YOU KNOW 43:51 WHAT IT CAME THROUGH? SEVERAL YEARS OF PRAYER AND 43:54 PREACHING OF THE WORD AND THEN THERE WAS A REVIVAL. 43:57 SO IT'S NOT SOMEONE READING ONE VERSE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, 43:59 YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING SHAKES. THERE WAS A DIGGING INTO THE 44:03 WORD THAT PLAYED ITSELF OUT. THREE AND HALF YEARS JESUS 44:06 PREACHED. THEN HE DIED ON THE CROSS. WHEN HE ROSE HE SPENT 44:10 FORTY MORE DAYS DOING BIBLE STUDY WITH THE APOSTLES. 44:14 AND THEN THROUGH COMPLETELY SURRENDERING THEMSELVES TO OBEY 44:17 THE WORD AND HUMBLING THEMSELVES AND CONFESSING THEIR FAULTS, 44:20 THEIR HEARTS WERE PREPARED TO RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY 44:23 SPIRIT AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN LISTENING - THE GROUND HAD 44:29 BEEN PLOWED UP THOROUGHLY BY THE WORD - SO THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS 44:32 POURED OUT - THOUSANDS WERE BAPTIZED IN A DAY. 44:37 ALRIGHT, 'REVIVAL: FAITH AND THE WORD'. 44:40 SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME, PLEASE, HEBREWS 4, VERSE 12. 44:45 WHO HAS THAT? MIKE, RIGHT UP HERE. 44:47 THANK YOU, FOSTER, IF YOU'D BRING HIM THE MICROPHONE. 44:50 I'M GOING TO READ LUKE 18:8, "AND I TELL YOU THAT HE WILL 44:56 AVENGE HIMSELF SPEEDILY. NEVERTHELESS, WHEN THE SON OF 44:59 MAN COMES, WILL HE REALLY FIND FAITH IN THE EARTH?" 45:04 SO IT'S NOT JUST A PREACHING OF THE WORD, IT'S HAVING FAITH IN 45:08 THE WORD - WHEN GOD ASKS US TO DO SOMETHING BELIEVING THAT HE 45:12 CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. ROMANS 10:17, "FAITH COMES BY 45:17 HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD." 45:21 WOULD YOU LIKE MORE FAITH? MORE WORD BRINGS MORE FAITH. 45:26 FOR EXAMPLE - LET ME SHOW YOU - YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, 'PASTOR 45:29 DOUG, I THOUGHT THAT REVIVAL IS GOING TO COME THROUGH PRAYER.' 45:31 YES, AND PROBABLY A WHOLE CHAPTER ON THAT IN OUR LESSON, 45:36 BUT CAN YOU READ IN THE BIBLE THAT YOU NEED TO PRAY? SURE. 45:41 YOU READ IN THE BIBLE YOU NEED TO PRAY - FAST AND PRAY - 'IF MY 45:44 PEOPLE WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE.' 45:46 SO, YES PRAYER IS GOING TO BRING REVIVAL, BUT WHERE DID I JUST 45:50 READ IT? IN THE BIBLE. SO EVEN THE NEED FOR PRAYER 45:55 YOU'LL OFTEN READ ABOUT IN THE BIBLE. AND SO THE BIBLE'S 45:58 FOUNDATIONAL - YOU SEE THAT? WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN 46:01 BRINGS REVIVAL, YOU GET FROM THE BIBLE. 46:04 SO IT'S REALLY THE FOUNDATION, THE STARTING POINT. 46:07 HEBREWS 4:1 AND 2, "THEREFORE SINCE A PROMISE REMAINS OF 46:12 ENTERING HIS REST, LET US FEAR LEST ANY OF YOU SEEM TO HAVE 46:15 COME SHORT OF IT. FOR, INDEED, THE GOSPEL WAS 46:18 PREACHED TO US AS WELL AS TO THEM, BUT THE WORD WHICH THEY 46:20 HEARD DID NOT PROFIT THEM NOT BEING MIXED WITH FAITH IN THOSE 46:24 THAT HEARD IT." ALRIGHT, THAT'S THE PART YOU 46:26 CAN'T MISS: IF PEOPLE HEAR THE WORD BUT THEY DON'T MIX IT WITH 46:30 FAITH, IT DOESN'T PROFIT. DOES THE DEVIL KNOW THE WORD? 46:36 IS IT GOING TO SAVE HIM? NO. SO IT'S ONE THING TO GO TO 46:40 CHURCH AND LISTEN TO THE WORD, IT'S ANOTHER THING TO HAVE FAITH 46:42 AND SAY, 'I AM GOING TO ACT ON WHAT I'VE HEARD BECAUSE I 46:46 BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOD'S WILL AND HE WILL HELP ME BE A DOER 46:51 AND NOT JUST A HEARER. IT NEEDS TO BE MIXED WITH FAITH. 46:54 SO IF YOU GO TO A BIBLE STUDY OR IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO THE BIBLE 46:58 - THIS WEEK I WAS UP IN THE MOUNTAINS MILES FROM ANYBODY. 47:07 YOU KNOW, WE HAD RAIN LAST WEEK - IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE RIGHT NOW 47:09 WE HAD SOME RAIN LAST WEEK - AND I NEEDED TO DO SOME ROAD WORK 47:12 AND I'VE GOT AN OLD BULLDOZER AND I THOUGHT, 'OH, THIS IS THE 47:14 LAST CHANCE THIS YEAR TO DO THAT WORK.' 47:17 AND SO I WENT UP THERE, I WAS ALL BY MYSELF, I MEAN WAY OUT IN 47:20 THE WOODS DOING MILES OF ROAD - JUST FIXING THESE DIRT ROADS 47:23 BECAUSE THEY WERE IN BAD SHAPE AND I TOOK MY PHONE THAT HAS THE 47:27 BIBLE ON IT AND I PUT MY LITTLE EARPHONES IN AND - BECAUSE ON A 47:31 BULLDOZER - THEY'RE LOUD. I THEN PUT EAR PROTECTORS OVER 47:34 MY EARPHONES AND I WAS JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. 47:38 IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT DAY AND I'M LISTENING TO THE BIBLE 47:41 AND I'M LEARNING SO MANY THINGS AND I'M RUNNING A BULLDOZER AND 47:44 IT MADE THE TIME GO SO FAST BECAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT ALL 47:48 KINDS OF THINGS. I WENT THROUGH THREE GOSPELS IN GOING DOWN 47:54 THE ROAD WITH A BULLDOZER. THAT WAS A SWEET EXPERIENCE. 47:56 I DON'T KNOW WHY I TOLD YOU THAT. 47:59 I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING BUT I JUST THOUGHT, 48:03 YOU KNOW, 'I'M GOING TO BE OUT HERE JUST KILLING TIME.' 48:05 LISTEN TO THE BIBLE - WE OUGHT TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT AND 48:08 YOU MIGHT HAVE A REVIVING EXPERIENCE. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, 48:13 YOU WERE GOING TO READ FOR US. I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN, I JUST READ 48:15 HEBREWS 4:1 AND 2 - YOU'RE GOING TO READ HEBREWS 4:12. 48:20 >>HEBREWS 4:12, "FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND POWERFUL AND 48:23 SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD; PIERCING EVEN TO THE 48:27 DIVISION OF SOUL AND SPIRIT AND OF JOINTS AND MARROW AND IS A 48:32 DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTS OF THE HEART." 48:36 >>WHEW, DO YOU SEE THE CONVICTING POWER OF THE WORD 48:38 THERE? IT'S A SWORD. JESUS SAID, 'THINK NOT I CAME TO 48:41 SEND PEACE BUT A SWORD.' IT DIDN'T MEAN THAT JESUS CAME 48:44 TO BRING WAR, BUT THE WORD CREATES DIVISION - IT CREATES 48:48 A DIVISION IN US. IT KIND OF CARVES US UP INSIDE 48:52 SOMETIMES. IN JAMES 2, VERSES 17 AND 18, 48:58 "THUS ALSO FAITH, BY ITSELF, IF IT DOESN'T HAVE WORKS IS DEAD. 49:03 IF SOMEONE SAYS, 'YOU HAVE FAITH AND I HAVE WORKS' SHOW ME YOUR 49:06 FAITH WITHOUT YOUR WORKS, I'LL SHOW YOU MY FAITH BY MY WORKS." 49:09 SO IF YOU'RE READING THE WORD AND YOU HAVE FAITH, BE A DOER OF 49:12 THE WORD AND NOT A HEARER ONLY. WOW, I'VE GOT SO MUCH TO COVER, 49:16 I DON'T HAVE TIME. ALRIGHT, LET ME TELL YOU - 49:17 ANOTHER GREAT REVIVAL - I TALKED ABOUT THE GREAT REVIVAL OF JONAH 49:21 - THERE'S ANOTHER GREAT OLD TESTAMENT REVIVAL - WHO KNOWS 49:23 WHERE IT IS? THEY WERE CLEANING UP THE TEMPLE 49:27 AND THEY FOUND SOMETHING. WHAT'D THEY FIND? 49:34 DURING THE TIME OF KING JOSIAH - THERE WERE TWO CHILD KINGS - 49:38 WELL, THERE'S THREE INCLUDING MANESSEH - BUT TWO PROMINENT 49:41 CHILD KINGS THAT HAD REVIVAL. ONE WAS JOASH, THE OTHER JOSIAH. 49:44 JOSIAH, ONE OF THE GREATEST OLD TESTAMENT KINGS - NEXT TO DAVID 49:47 HE'S ONE OF THE GODLIEST, ACTUALLY. 49:50 AND THEY'RE RENOVATING THE TEMPLE AND LO AND BEHOLD THEY'RE 49:53 CLEANING UP THE TEMPLE AND THEY FIND THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY 49:55 WRITTEN BY MOSES - I THINK THEY FOUND THE ORIGINAL, WHICH IS 49:59 REALLY SOMETHING. AND HERE THEY'RE TRYING TO DO 50:02 THE RIGHT THING BUT THEY'RE DOING IT BY TRADITION. 50:04 THEY HADN'T REALLY BEEN READING THE BIBLE AND SO THEY COME AND 50:06 THEY READ IT TO THE KING AND THEY READ THE ENTIRE BOOK OF 50:09 DEUTERONOMY TO THE KING, WHICH REVIEWS THE WHOLE HISTORY OF 50:12 GOD'S DELIVERANCE AND HIS LEADING. 50:14 AND THE KING, WHEN HE HEARD THESE THINGS, HE WEPT. 50:17 HE'S CONVICTED. HE TEARS HIS CLOTHES. HE PRAYS. HE FASTS. 50:22 HE SENDS TO THE PROPHET AND SAYS, 'WHAT'S TO BECOME OF US?' 50:26 AND THEY SAID, 'WELL, THERE'S JUDGMENT COMING BUT BECAUSE YOUR 50:29 HEART WAS TENDER AND BECAUSE YOU'RE HUMBLING YOURSELF, I'M 50:31 GOING TO GIVE YOU PEACE IN YOUR DAYS. 50:33 AND HE AFFECTS A GREAT REVIVAL - THEY RESTORE THE PASSOVER, THEY 50:37 CLEAN OUT THE TEMPLE AND, YOU NOTICE, IT'S IN THE CLEANSING OF 50:41 THE TEMPLE THEY FIND THE BOOK. NOW SOMETIMES THE WORD COMES 50:46 ALIVE - WE REDISCOVER THE WORD WHEN WE CLEANSE THE TEMPLE. 50:51 DID JESUS HAVE A COUPLE OF TEMPLE CLEANSINGS DURING HIS 50:54 MINISTRY? AND YOU KNOW WHAT? HE CHASED EVERYBODY OUT. 50:57 HE CHASED ALL THE MONEY CHANGERS OUT THEN HE SAT DOWN AND HE 51:00 TAUGHT THE WORD. SOMETIMES THE WORD WON'T COME 51:03 ALIVE TO YOU UNTIL THERE'S A CLEANSING - YOU'VE GOT A 51:06 ROADBLOCK IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS. 51:09 YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH IT. THAT HAPPENS AND THEN THE WORD 51:13 BEGINS TO FLOW AGAIN. IT'S AFTER THIS REVIVAL, IN THE 51:17 DAYS OF JOSIAH, YOU NOTICE HE BEGINS TO SEEK GOD. 51:23 HE MAKES ROOM FOR GOD BY REMOVING THE IDOLS. 51:26 THEY HAD IDOLS - REMEMBER WHAT I SAID? 51:28 YOU'VE GOT TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THE WAY? 51:30 HE KNEW THAT IDOLATRY WAS WRONG - EVEN THOUGH THEY HADN'T BEEN 51:32 READING THE BIBLE THEY STILL KNEW THAT, SO HE CLEANSES THE 51:34 LAND OF IDOLS. SO HE DOES THAT - HE BEGINS TO 51:37 RESTORE THE TEMPLE. IT HAD BEEN NEGLECTED - 51:39 AND ITS SERVICES. THEY RESTORE THE TEMPLE AND 51:42 LO AND BEHOLD THEY FIND THE BOOK. SOMETIMES THERE'S THINGS 51:45 THAT WE KNOW JUST NEED BEING DEALT WITH. AND AFTER THAT 51:50 HE READS IT, HE REPENTS, HE THEN READS IT TO THE PEOPLE - 51:54 IT'S NOT ENOUGH WHEN YOU FIND THE WORD, YOU THEN SHARE IT. 51:56 BEST WAY FOR YOU TO KEEP THE WORD IS SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. 51:58 HE READS IT TO THE PEOPLE AND THE KING AND THE PEOPLE DECIDE 52:02 TO TAKE A STAND FOR THE WORD OF GOD. 52:04 BY THE WAY, THIS IS ALL IN 2 CHRONICLES 34:1 THROUGH THE 52:08 WHOLE CHAPTER. 2 CHRONICLES 34 IS WHERE YOU'LL 52:10 FIND THIS. THEY TOOK A STAND. 52:13 THEY MADE A COVENANT TO FOLLOW THE THINGS THEY READ. 52:16 IT'S ONE THING TO READ THEM - TO FOLLOW THE THINGS THEY READ. 52:19 AND A MIRACULOUS REVIVAL TAKES PLACE. YOU KNOW WHAT? 52:21 GOD GIVES THEM PEACE FROM ALL THEIR ENEMIES. 52:23 WOULD YOU LIKE PEACE? THEY END UP HAVING GREAT VICTORIES. 52:26 YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE WAYS THE BIBLE IS MIRACULOUS, LET ME JUST 52:30 SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT. THE BIBLE IS MIRACULOUS IN ITS 52:34 ORIGIN - IT COMES TO US BY DIVINE INSPIRATION. 52:38 THE BIBLE IS MIRACULOUS IN ITS DURABILITY - IT'S OUTLASTED THE 52:42 OPPOSITION OF THE CRITICS AND SURVIVED THE ATTEMPTS OVER THE 52:45 AGES OF PEOPLE TO EXTERMINATE IT BUT IT STILL ABIDES. 52:49 THE BIBLE IS MIRACULOUS IN ITS RESULTS. 52:52 YOU TAKE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST TOTALLY HOPELESS - DRUG ADDICTS, 52:56 ALCOHOLICS AND THE WORD OF GOD GETS AHOLD OF THEM AND THEN THEY 52:59 SUDDENLY BECOME SOUL WINNERS AND THEIR LIVES ARE TURNED AROUND, 53:02 THEIR FAMILIES ARE REDEEMED - IT'S MIRACULOUS IN ITS RESULTS. 53:06 IT'S MIRACULOUS IN ITS HARMONY. IT AGREES IN ALL OF ITS PARTS 53:10 EVEN THOUGHT IT WAS WRITTEN OVER A PERIOD OF 1600 YEARS BY 53:13 APPROXIMATELY 40 DIFFERENT AUTHORS FROM EVERY STRIPE AND 53:16 TYPE OF SOCIETY AND YET THERE'S ONE UNITED MESSAGE. 53:21 IT'S MIRACULOUS IN ITS MESSAGE. IT TELLS OF MANY OCCASIONS WHEN 53:25 GOD SUPERNATURALLY INTERVENES IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN TO ACCOMPLISH 53:29 HIS REDEMPTIVE PURPOSES. ALL THESE PROPHECIES THAT ARE 53:31 GIVEN ARE FULFILLED - A MIRACULOUS MESSAGE. 53:34 AND IT'S MIRACULOUS IN ITS PRESERVATION. 53:37 IT'S MAINTAINED ITS ACCURACY AND ITS RELIABILITY DOWN THROUGH THE 53:40 AGES EVEN THOUGH ANY OTHER BOOK, OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME, WOULD 53:45 NOT BE RECOGNIZABLE TO ITS ORIGINAL, BUT THE BIBLE HAS 53:49 MAINTAINED ITS CONSISTENCY. WE KNOW FROM THE DEAD SEA 53:51 SCROLLS AND OTHER MANUSCRIPTS IT'S CONSISTENT. AND SO GOD 53:55 HAS THIS MIRACULOUS BOOK HE'S PROVIDED FOR YOU AND I. 53:59 PSALM 119, VERSE 9, "HOW CAN A YOUNG MAN CLEANSE HIS WAY?" 54:05 ANSWER: "BY TAKING HEED ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD." 54:09 YOU WANT REVIVAL? YOU WANT CLEANSING? DON'T JUST BE A 54:12 LISTENER, BE A DOER. TAKE HEED ACCORDING TO HIS WORD. 54:17 SOMEONE SAID - I READ THAT HENRY STANLEY, WHEN HE CROSSED AFRICA 54:20 WITH HIS BIG CARAVAN TO FIND DAVID LIVINGSTONE - THEY KNEW IT 54:24 WAS AN EPIC JOURNEY. HE STARTED OUT WITH 180 POUNDS 54:28 OF BOOKS. HE CROSSED 780 MILES OF AFRICA. 54:31 WHEN HE FINALLY GOT TO DR. LIVINGSTONE HE ONLY HAD ONE 54:35 BOOK LEFT BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO HEAVY AND HE JUST DIDN'T THINK 54:37 IT WAS WORTH THE LIFE OF THE PORTERS TO BE CARRYING HIS 54:40 LIBRARY AROUND. HE THREW AWAY EVERYTHING BUT THE BIBLE. 54:43 HE STARTED OUT AS AN AGNOSTIC. DURING THE TRIP HE READ THE 54:45 BIBLE THROUGH SEVERAL TIMES AND HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN. 54:49 EVERY OTHER BOOK WAS GONE. THE WORD IS FOOD FOR THE SOUL. 54:54 SOMEONE HAS JOB 23:12. WHO'S GOT THAT? OVER HERE. OKAY. 55:02 JOB 23:12. I'LL GET TO YOU IN JUST A SECOND. JEREMIAH 15, 55:06 VERSE 16. "YOUR WORDS WERE FOUND AND I ATE THEM. 55:11 YOUR WORD WAS, TO ME, THE JOY AND REJOICING OF MY HEART FOR I 55:15 AM CALLED BY YOUR NAME." IT'S FOOD THAT NOURISHES US. 55:19 WE CAN ALSO READ WHERE JESUS SAID, "IT IS WRITTEN" - MATTHEW 55:22 4:4 - "MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY" - WHAT? - 55:26 "BREAD ALONE BUT BY EVERY WORD." 55:29 ALRIGHT, READ FOR US, PLEASE, JOB 23:12. 55:33 >>"I HAVE NOT DEPARTED FROM THE COMMANDMENTS OF HIS LIPS. 55:36 I HAVE TREASURED THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH MORE THAN MY NECESSARY 55:41 FOOD." >>HUNGERING AFTER THE WORD. 55:44 YOU'VE GOT TO - MORE THAN YOUR FOOD. 55:47 YOU KNOW, WE DON'T MISS TOO MANY MEALS BUT HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT 55:50 YOUR SPIRIT - WHAT HAPPENS? YOU EVER HAVE LOW BLOOD SUGAR? 55:53 ANY OF YOU STRUGGLE WITH LOW BLOOD SUGAR? I'M NOT SO BAD. 55:56 I'LL JUST - I CAN MISS A MEAL - IF I'M BUSY HAVING FUN WORKING 55:59 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I'LL LOOK AT THE CLOCK AND SUDDENLY 56:01 FIND OUT IT'S 3:00 AND I HAVEN'T HAD LUNCH YET OR IT'S 1:00 AND 56:04 I HAVEN'T HAD BREAKFAST. I MEAN, KAREN, SHE HAS A LITTLE 56:08 CLOCK INSIDE. SHE STARTS KNOWING THAT THERE'S 56:10 GOING TO BE A CRISIS AND - BUT, YOU KNOW, CHURCHES CAN GET 56:15 SPIRITUAL LOW BLOOD SUGAR BECAUSE THEY NEGLECT THE WORD 56:19 AND THEY START TO GET WEAK SPIRITUALLY. 56:25 IT IS FOOD. IT IS GLUCOSE FOR YOUR SOULS. 56:29 YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME BUT THERE'S ANOTHER 56:33 REALLY IMPORTANT CHAPTER I RECOMMEND YOU READ. 56:35 IN EZEKIEL 37 YOU'VE GOT A VALLEY OF DEAD BONES. 56:39 WHAT BRINGS THAT VALLEY TO LIFE? THERE'S AN ARMY OF SKELETONS IN 56:44 THIS VALLEY. WHAT BRINGS THAT ARMY TO LIFE? 56:48 GOD SAYS, 'SON OF MAN, I WANT YOU TO PREACH TO THEM. 56:52 PREACH THE WORD THAT I GIVE YOU.' 56:54 AND AS HE PREACHES THE WORD, THIS ARMY IS REVIVED. 56:58 WHAT BRINGS REVIVAL TO THAT ARMY? PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD. 57:02 WHAT WILL BRING REVIVAL INTO OUR LIVES? 57:04 GIVING THE WORD THE PRIORITY IT DESERVES. 57:08 IT IS OUR NECESSARY MEAT, AS THE BIBLE SAYS, IT IS OUR NECESSARY 57:12 FOOD. WELL, OUR TIME IS UP AND WE'VE 57:15 GOT A LOT MORE WE CAN TALK ABOUT. 57:17 YOU MIGHT WANT TO DOWNLOAD THE NOTES. 57:18 IF YOU GO TO 'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG' OR EVEN GO TO 'SACCENTRAL.ORG' 57:23 YOU'LL FIND - OH, POKE AROUND THERE - YOU'LL FIND THE NOTES 57:26 EVENTUALLY. IF YOU DON'T, WE WANT YOU TO LOOK AT 57:29 EVERYTHING ELSE ANYWAY. SO NO, THEY'RE THERE. 57:31 AND DON'T FORGET OUR FREE OFFER 'A LOVE THAT TRANSFORMS'. 57:36 WHERE'D I PUT IT? AND WE'LL SEND THAT TO YOU JUST 57:39 FOR ASKING. 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