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Greg Laurie - It's Time For Another Jesus Revolution

January 12, 2026 | 27:29

Greg Laurie - It's Time For Another Jesus Revolution
Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - It's Time For Another Jesus Revolution | January 12, 2026
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  • Greg laurie: we're so divided in america, we're even divided in
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  • The church.
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  • And we're divided over second- and third-tier issues, and it's
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  • Time for us to come together and pray together and work together
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  • And do something to change what's happening.
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪♪
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  • Greg: it's time for another jesus revolution.
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  • How many of you agree with that?
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  • It's time.
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  • So if you watch the news like i do or you read a news feed, you
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  • Know that america is at the crossroads right now.
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  • Literally, our nation is unraveling before our very eyes.
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  • Why?
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  • Because we have rejected what god says in his word.
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  • We're seeking to redefine what god has already defined.
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  • As the bible says, we're sowing the wind, and now we're reaping
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  • The whirlwind.
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  • You know, the closest parallel time that i can think of to
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  • Today would be the late '60s, early '70s.
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  • Yes, i've been around that long.
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  • I was born in 1952.
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  • Elvis was still singing, marilyn monroe was on the screen, you
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  • Know, ike was president.
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  • You probably never even heard of ike.
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  • And all these decades that have come and gone since then, i look
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  • At today, and i especially look at this young generation today,
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  • And it reminds me a lot of what was happening in the late '60s,
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  • Early '70s.
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  • We have a drug epidemic that is sweeping our nation.
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  • A big issue that is a problem today is fentanyl, and there are
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  • 300 fentanyl deaths every single day.
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  • But this whole drug revolution, this whole stupid mentality
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  • Propagated in the '60s of turn on, tune in, drop out, that's
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  • Where it all started, and we basically smoked a lot of
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  • Marijuana and took lsd.
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  • Here's what i find ironic: those are the two most popular drugs
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  • Again right now.
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  • Pot use is up so much, now more people smoke pot
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  • Than cigarettes.
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  • It's become really mainstream with edibles and all of the
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  • Things legalized in many states, and now experts warn of a
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  • Cannabis use disorder that causes psychosis and addiction.
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  • So our young people have all of this happening to them, and then
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  • You add social media.
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  • That's like pouring gasoline on a fire.
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  • So everything is amplified.
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  • In many ways, it's not as bad as it seems, but it's right there
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  • In your face.
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  • Self-harm among young people is up 334%, overdoses up 119%,
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  • Anxiety up 94%, depression up 84%.
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  • The us suicide rate has increased 30% since 2000 and
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  • Tripled for young girls.
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  • This generation needs help.
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  • So here's what i want to say: we're not gonna take this
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  • Lying down.
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  • We are going to stand up and do everything we can here at
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  • Harvest to reach this generation.
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  • Now, we don't decide when a revival happens.
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  • God does.
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  • We can't make it happen, we can't organize it, but we can
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  • Agonize for it in prayer.
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  • We can prepare the ground.
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  • Maybe i should restate it.
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  • We can prepare the ground, get our hearts ready.
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  • Revival starts with you, it starts with me, it starts with
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  • Us as a church, but it begins right where we are.
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  • I was having a conversation with pastor chuck smith some years
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  • Ago, and for those of you that don't know chuck, he is called
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  • The father of the jesus movement.
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  • And he was just that man that god used, and i'm gonna show you
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  • A scene from the "jesus revolution" film that will
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  • Explain it in many ways to you.
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  • But he was a man who was willing to take a risk.
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  • But he was right there at the epicenter of this great
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  • Awakening, and i once asked chuck, "chuck, do you think
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  • We'll ever see another jesus movement?"
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  • He paused for a moment, and he said, "would you stop asking me
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  • Stupid questions?"
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  • No, he didn't say that.
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  • No, he should have said that 'cause i always was asking
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  • Him questions.
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  • He said, "greg, i'm not sure if we're desperate enough."
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  • Now, that was some years ago.
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  • I think we may be desperate enough right now where we're
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  • Really gonna start seriously praying about this.
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  • Psalm 85:6 says, "will you not revive us again, that your
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  • People may rejoice in you?"
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  • It's a prayer of the psalmist.
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  • "lord, revive us again."
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  • I love these words from habakkuk chapter 3, verse 2, where he
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  • Says, "i've heard all about you, lord.
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  • I'm filled with awe by the amazing work you have done.
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  • In this time of deep need, revive your work as you did in
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  • Days gone by."
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  • So i know you that are younger, you think, "oh, that's cool, but
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  • That was then, and this is now."
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  • Your prayer should be, "lord, do it again."
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  • It's our responsibility as those who are now older to pass this
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  • On to the next generation.
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  • In joel 1:3, it says, "tell your children about it.
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  • Let your children tell their children, and their children,
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  • The next generation."
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  • My generation, one of our theme songs was "forever young."
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  • Just isn't work anymore.
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  • You know, we've gone from acid rock to acid reflux.
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  • You know, the who, the great band the who?
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  • You know, that song talking about my generation, they've
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  • Updated it to talking about my medication.
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  • See, that's--and you know the beatles?
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  • How many of you have heard of the beatles?
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  • Well, the--ringo starr is out touring right now.
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  • He's in his '80s.
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  • And instead of singing "i get by with a little help from my
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  • Friends," he's singing "i get by with a little help from
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  • Depends," so.
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  • These are the jokes, hans.
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  • No, but seriously, you know, we've
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  • Had our day, and now it's time for the next generation to have
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  • Their own spiritual awakening.
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  • Here's what's amazing: the jesus movement was not a political
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  • Revolution, though some called for that.
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  • Some are calling for it today.
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  • It was not a moral revolution, it was a jesus revolution.
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  • In fact, it's--of all things, it was "time" magazine that
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  • Dubbed it jesus revolution.
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  • This is an original copy of the magazine.
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  • We didn't call it that, we called it the jesus movement,
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  • But "time" saw it was more than a movement, they saw it was
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  • A revolution.
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  • And the word "revolution" means upheaval, change.
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  • It means turning around and rotating, a revolution.
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  • I'm gonna demonstrate a revolution.
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  • Get ready, this is gonna be exciting.
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  • Pray i don't fall.
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  • Here we go, revolution.
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  • That's a revolution.
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  • Thank you.
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  • Returning to something, that's what it is.
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  • And so what are we returning to?
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  • We're returning to new testament christianity.
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  • We're returning to the faith that was given to us from the
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  • Lord practiced by the early church.
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  • So this great movement happened, we--no one can pinpoint it
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  • Exactly, probably 1969, 1970, and all these people started
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  • Coming to christ.
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  • It was happening all around the country, but the epicenter
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  • Was california.
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  • I wanna see it happen again in california.
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  • All right, so a full-length feature film coming out, and i'm
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  • Gonna show you a scene from the film.
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  • Who wants to see a scene from the film?
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  • You sure?
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  • Okay.
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  • So this is kind of where it started.
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  • There's this pastor, i've referenced him already, named
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  • Chuck smith.
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  • Chuck pastors a very small church.
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  • It's not doing very well.
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  • And meanwhile, the whole '60s counterculture is happening.
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  • Kids are freaking out, they're on drugs, and chuck doesn't know
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  • What to do.
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  • His wife, kay, has a heart for these kids.
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  • She wants to reach them.
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  • Chuck thinks they all need to get a haircut, take a bath, and
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  • Get a job.
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  • He's not really open at all, and so he has his daughter jen, and
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  • They're talking about this, and he's trying to understand it,
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  • And he says that "if i could meet a hippie, i'll ask him what
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  • This is all about."
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  • So jen meets this evangelist from san francisco who's named
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  • Lonnie frisbee, and she brings him home, but dad doesn't know
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  • He's gonna meet this hippie evangelist.
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  • Here's a scene now from "jesus revolution."
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  • Chuck smith: my stars!
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  • Lonnie frisbee: hi, chuck smith.
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  • Chuck: who are you?
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  • How do you know my name?
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  • Lonnie: oh, your daughter told me when she picked me up.
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  • Chuck: you tell me right now where my daughter is.
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  • Jeanette!
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  • Jeanette smith: what? here.
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  • Chuck: who is this? jeanette: it's lonnie.
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  • Lonnie: hi. chuck: hi.
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  • Chuck: would you mind just stepping outside
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  • For a minute, mr--.
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  • Lonnie: not at all. frisbee, lonnie frisbee.
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  • Do you have any sugar by any chance?
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  • Chuck: what is going on?
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  • Jeanette: you said you wanted god to send you a hippie.
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  • Chuck: i said that, but i did not mean it.
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  • Jeanette: dad, i am telling you, there's something about
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  • This guy.
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  • We talked all night. he pretty much blew my mind.
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  • Chuck: you spent the night with him?
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  • He could be an ax murderer.
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  • Jeanette: anyone could be an ax murderer.
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  • Look, just listen for ten minutes, and if you think he's
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  • Crazy, i'll throw him out myself.
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  • Lonnie: this house has a very good vibe.
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  • So great to meet you.
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  • Chuck: so, tell me about yourself, lonnie, and
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  • Your people.
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  • Lonnie: my people, i like the sound of that.
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  • You know, it reminds me of the words of jesus.
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  • "to what, then, can i compare the people of this generation?
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  • What are they like?"
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  • I was up in san francisco for a long time, living in
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  • Haight-ashbury on the streets all over, and we did everything
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  • And everyone, but that was the point.
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  • You see, the drugs, it's a quest.
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  • Chuck: for what?
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  • Lonnie: for god.
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  • How can you not see that?
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  • There is an entire generation right now searching for god.
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  • Man, we thought acid was gonna save the world.
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  • Thank you.
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  • But that was a lie, as much of a lie as what we were
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  • Rebelling against.
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  • Chuck: and what brought you to that realization?
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  • Lonnie: i kept searching and searching, and i just finally
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  • Got to the end of it.
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  • And there was still a void.
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  • And my people, they're a desperate bunch.
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  • And desperation, man, there's power in that word.
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  • And what would it take for you, chuck smith, to be desperate?
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  • Jeanette tells me you're a pastor.
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  • Chuck: yes, currently.
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  • Lonnie: i know we must seem pretty strange, but if you look
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  • A little deeper, if you look with love, you'll see a bunch of
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  • Kids that are searching for all the right things, just in all
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  • The wrong places.
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  • So to answer your question, how do i describe my people?
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  • They're sheep without a shepherd, chasing hard
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  • After lies.
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  • And the trouble is, your people reject them.
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  • So i ask you, pastor, how can they believe in the one of whom
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  • They have not heard?
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  • We can only walk through doors open to us.
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  • And your church, well, that's a door that's shut.
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  • Greg: to his eternal credit, pastor chuck smith stepped out
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  • Of his comfort zone.
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  • He let that crazy guy come preach in his church.
  • 00:13:47.726 --> 00:13:51.630
  • And before you knew it, christian music was beginning.
  • 00:13:51.630 --> 00:13:55.801
  • Chuck smith and lonnie frisbee were like nitro
  • 00:13:55.801 --> 00:13:59.271
  • Meeting glycerin.
  • 00:13:59.271 --> 00:14:00.973
  • It was an explosive result.
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  • God used both of them.
  • 00:14:03.409 --> 00:14:05.811
  • And, you know, we're so divided in america, we're even divided
  • 00:14:05.811 --> 00:14:09.315
  • In the church, and we're divided over second-and third-tier
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  • Issues, and it's time for us to come together and pray together
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  • And work together and do something to change
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  • What's happening.
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  • There's an old-country preacher named vance havner that once
  • 00:14:26.532 --> 00:14:29.668
  • Said, "if we're too busy using our sickles on each other, we'll
  • 00:14:29.668 --> 00:14:33.772
  • Miss the harvest."
  • 00:14:33.772 --> 00:14:35.641
  • And i think sometimes we're debating all these things when
  • 00:14:35.641 --> 00:14:38.477
  • There's a lost world out there.
  • 00:14:38.477 --> 00:14:40.512
  • And, of course, the late '60s, early '70s was a time of
  • 00:14:40.512 --> 00:14:44.016
  • Division as well.
  • 00:14:44.016 --> 00:14:45.351
  • It's so bad right now that i read that 43% of americans think
  • 00:14:45.351 --> 00:14:49.722
  • We're headed toward a civil war.
  • 00:14:49.722 --> 00:14:52.258
  • This is crazy.
  • 00:14:52.258 --> 00:14:53.626
  • We need god, and we need another spiritual awakening.
  • 00:14:53.626 --> 00:14:57.229
  • One writer put it this way, and i quote, "if all the sleeping
  • 00:14:57.229 --> 00:15:00.432
  • People will wake up, if all the lukewarm people will fire up, if
  • 00:15:00.432 --> 00:15:04.770
  • All the dishonest people will confess up, if all the
  • 00:15:04.770 --> 00:15:08.040
  • Disgruntled people will cheer up, if all the estranged people
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  • Will make up, if all the gossipers will shut up, if all
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  • True soldiers will stand up, if all the dry bones will shake up,
  • 00:15:16.782 --> 00:15:20.819
  • If all the church people will pray up, then we can have
  • 00:15:20.819 --> 00:15:24.423
  • A revival."
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  • Well said, right?
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  • When we look at the breakdown in culture, we're quick to point
  • 00:15:31.263 --> 00:15:33.799
  • The finger at hollywood.
  • 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:35.200
  • It's hollywood's fault, or it's because of these politicians in
  • 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:39.505
  • Washington, d.c., and they may all play a role in it to
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  • Some degree.
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  • But when god sees the breakdown of a nation, he doesn't point
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  • His finger at the white house, he points it at his house.
  • 00:15:46.946 --> 00:15:51.884
  • 2 chronicles 7:14, god says, "if my people, which are called by
  • 00:15:51.884 --> 00:15:56.422
  • My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and
  • 00:15:56.422 --> 00:16:01.060
  • Turn from their wicked ways, then," god says, "i will hear
  • 00:16:01.060 --> 00:16:06.231
  • Them, and i will answer this prayer, and i will forgive their
  • 00:16:06.231 --> 00:16:11.070
  • Sins and heal their land."
  • 00:16:11.070 --> 00:16:13.706
  • You know, we all gravitate toward the "heal the land" part.
  • 00:16:13.706 --> 00:16:16.375
  • Yes, lord, heal our land.
  • 00:16:16.375 --> 00:16:18.110
  • God says, "my people," that means you.
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  • That means me.
  • 00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:22.514
  • That means us.
  • 00:16:22.514 --> 00:16:23.882
  • "oh, they're all so evil.
  • 00:16:23.882 --> 00:16:25.217
  • Look at the horrible things they're all doing."
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  • Yeah, maybe it's true.
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  • What about you?
  • 00:16:27.920 --> 00:16:29.288
  • Do you need to humble yourself and seek his face and turn from
  • 00:16:29.288 --> 00:16:33.258
  • Your wicked ways?
  • 00:16:33.258 --> 00:16:34.593
  • Do i need to do that?
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  • That's the prescription for revival, according to scripture.
  • 00:16:35.961 --> 00:16:39.765
  • Now, if you're taking notes, here's point number one of my
  • 00:16:39.765 --> 00:16:42.301
  • Message: the holy spirit was at work.
  • 00:16:42.301 --> 00:16:46.538
  • The holy spirit was at work.
  • 00:16:46.538 --> 00:16:48.340
  • There was a sense of expectancy in those services back in
  • 00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:52.378
  • Those days.
  • 00:16:52.378 --> 00:16:53.712
  • No one was ever late for church, right?
  • 00:16:53.712 --> 00:16:56.348
  • Sometimes we're late for church, we arrive late, we leave
  • 00:16:56.348 --> 00:16:59.118
  • Early, no.
  • 00:16:59.118 --> 00:17:00.486
  • There's a sense of "what is god going to do?"
  • 00:17:00.486 --> 00:17:02.855
  • And this is what set the early church in motion.
  • 00:17:02.855 --> 00:17:05.824
  • It was the holy spirit.
  • 00:17:05.824 --> 00:17:08.227
  • God's holy spirit wants to work in your life.
  • 00:17:08.227 --> 00:17:11.130
  • The question is, do you want him to work?
  • 00:17:11.130 --> 00:17:13.899
  • You know, the bible says that we should quench not the spirit.
  • 00:17:13.899 --> 00:17:17.936
  • Sometimes god's holy spirit will nudge you.
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  • "why don't you do this?
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  • Why don't you say that?
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  • Why don't you go here?"
  • 00:17:23.542 --> 00:17:25.010
  • And we say no, that's quenching the spirit.
  • 00:17:25.010 --> 00:17:28.881
  • See, god wants to fill you with the holy spirit.
  • 00:17:28.881 --> 00:17:33.185
  • The bible says, "don't be drunk with wine, but be filled with
  • 00:17:33.185 --> 00:17:37.656
  • The holy spirit, speaking to yourself in psalms and hymns and
  • 00:17:37.656 --> 00:17:41.193
  • Spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your hearts to
  • 00:17:41.193 --> 00:17:44.897
  • The lord."
  • 00:17:44.897 --> 00:17:46.231
  • So i love how the lord says, "don't do this, instead do that.
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  • Hey, don't get drunk, no-brainer, don't do that.
  • 00:17:49.334 --> 00:17:52.004
  • Don't waste your time doing that, but be filled with
  • 00:17:52.004 --> 00:17:55.040
  • The spirit."
  • 00:17:55.040 --> 00:17:56.408
  • So we don't need the spirit, we need the holy spirit empowering
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  • Us, filling us.
  • 00:17:59.745 --> 00:18:01.513
  • Another earmark of the early days of the jesus movement and,
  • 00:18:01.513 --> 00:18:05.150
  • I might add, of the early church is there was a belief in the
  • 00:18:05.150 --> 00:18:08.520
  • Imminent return of jesus christ.
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  • I believe that jesus christ is coming again.
  • 00:18:12.624 --> 00:18:16.929
  • I believe that we are seeing signs accelerating right now
  • 00:18:16.929 --> 00:18:23.402
  • Reminding us that bible prophecy is literally being fulfilled
  • 00:18:23.402 --> 00:18:28.273
  • Before our very eyes, and i believe that the next event on
  • 00:18:28.273 --> 00:18:31.443
  • The prophetic calendar will be the rapture of the church.
  • 00:18:31.443 --> 00:18:35.481
  • That's when we're caught up to meet the lord in the air in a
  • 00:18:35.481 --> 00:18:38.650
  • Moment in the twinkling of an eye.
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  • Now, if you believe this-- how many of you believe this?
  • 00:18:45.224 --> 00:18:47.359
  • Raise your hand.
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  • Okay, so if you believe this, it will affect you in the way that
  • 00:18:48.694 --> 00:18:51.763
  • You live.
  • 00:18:51.763 --> 00:18:53.132
  • The bible says, "he that has this hope," that is, the hope of
  • 00:18:53.132 --> 00:18:55.767
  • The lord's return, "purifies himself even as he is pure."
  • 00:18:55.767 --> 00:19:01.540
  • It's sort of like when you were a little kid, maybe you got in
  • 00:19:01.540 --> 00:19:04.143
  • Trouble, and your mother gave you this ominous warning: "just
  • 00:19:04.143 --> 00:19:07.713
  • Wait until your father gets home."
  • 00:19:07.713 --> 00:19:10.883
  • So now you're dreading dad's arrival.
  • 00:19:10.883 --> 00:19:13.051
  • Poor dad, he just wants to come home, he's working--no, "wait
  • 00:19:13.051 --> 00:19:16.688
  • Until dad gets home."
  • 00:19:16.688 --> 00:19:18.090
  • But let's say you were a good little boy or girl and you heard
  • 00:19:18.090 --> 00:19:21.126
  • Daddy's car pull up in the driveway, you run to greet him.
  • 00:19:21.126 --> 00:19:24.196
  • See, the idea is, if i'm right with god, i get excited about
  • 00:19:24.196 --> 00:19:27.966
  • And i look forward to the return of jesus.
  • 00:19:27.966 --> 00:19:31.737
  • If i'm not right with god, it might fill me with a certain
  • 00:19:31.737 --> 00:19:34.640
  • Sense of dread.
  • 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:36.375
  • And i wanna shift gears now over to revelation 3, because these
  • 00:19:36.375 --> 00:19:40.179
  • Are the words of jesus to the church of the last days, the
  • 00:19:40.179 --> 00:19:45.350
  • Church living in that time before the return of the lord.
  • 00:19:45.350 --> 00:19:48.921
  • Revelation 3, verse 7, "and to the angel of the church in
  • 00:19:48.921 --> 00:19:52.958
  • Philadelphia write; these things saith he that is holy, he that
  • 00:19:52.958 --> 00:19:57.029
  • Is true, he that has the key of david, he who opens, and no one
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  • Shuts; he who shuts, and no one opens; i know your works.
  • 00:20:01.266 --> 00:20:05.971
  • I've set before you an open door, and no man can shut it;
  • 00:20:05.971 --> 00:20:09.741
  • You have a little strength, you've kept my word, and you've
  • 00:20:09.741 --> 00:20:12.611
  • Not denied my name."
  • 00:20:12.611 --> 00:20:14.680
  • Here's my third point: jesus has given to us an unprecedented
  • 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:19.284
  • Open door.
  • 00:20:19.284 --> 00:20:20.986
  • Verse 7, "he opens, and no man shuts."
  • 00:20:20.986 --> 00:20:23.789
  • The door in the bible is a symbol of opportunity, and the
  • 00:20:23.789 --> 00:20:28.327
  • Key is a symbol of authority.
  • 00:20:28.327 --> 00:20:31.763
  • Paul talked about this in 2 corinthians 2 when he says, "i
  • 00:20:31.763 --> 00:20:35.234
  • Came to troas to preach the gospel of jesus because the door
  • 00:20:35.234 --> 00:20:39.671
  • Was open to me of the lord."
  • 00:20:39.671 --> 00:20:42.274
  • See, god opens doors.
  • 00:20:42.274 --> 00:20:44.243
  • And what does that mean?
  • 00:20:44.243 --> 00:20:45.611
  • It just means a conversation you're having with someone, all
  • 00:20:45.611 --> 00:20:48.080
  • Of a sudden, there's a moment, there's an open door.
  • 00:20:48.080 --> 00:20:50.749
  • They bring up something, and you would go--you wanna go through
  • 00:20:50.749 --> 00:20:53.986
  • That door with the gospel, and jesus has the key.
  • 00:20:53.986 --> 00:20:56.989
  • He opens the doors.
  • 00:20:56.989 --> 00:20:58.490
  • In the church, we want our doors open.
  • 00:20:58.490 --> 00:21:02.261
  • We don't want to put up a wall where god has put in a bridge.
  • 00:21:02.261 --> 00:21:07.432
  • We want to be a stepping stone, not a stumbling block to people
  • 00:21:07.432 --> 00:21:12.804
  • Coming to christ.
  • 00:21:12.804 --> 00:21:14.172
  • It should never be difficult for people to come to christ.
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  • A couple may show up at church that are living together outside
  • 00:21:18.543 --> 00:21:21.513
  • Of marriage, they should come and hear the gospel.
  • 00:21:21.513 --> 00:21:25.417
  • Someone might come, they're strung out on drugs or booze,
  • 00:21:25.417 --> 00:21:28.654
  • They need to hear the gospel.
  • 00:21:28.654 --> 00:21:30.389
  • They might be gay, they need to hear the gospel.
  • 00:21:30.389 --> 00:21:33.792
  • They may dress in a way that makes some people uncomfortable,
  • 00:21:33.792 --> 00:21:37.362
  • Our job is to call them to christ.
  • 00:21:37.362 --> 00:21:40.032
  • I don't say clean your life up and come to christ, i say come
  • 00:21:40.032 --> 00:21:43.402
  • To christ, and he'll clean your life up.
  • 00:21:43.402 --> 00:21:45.937
  • That's what we're here for.
  • 00:21:45.937 --> 00:21:47.339
  • Because i've said so many times the church should be a hospital
  • 00:21:51.410 --> 00:21:54.646
  • For sinners, not a museum for saints.
  • 00:21:54.646 --> 00:21:58.250
  • So if you go to the er at the hospital and say, "ew, who are
  • 00:21:58.250 --> 00:22:05.223
  • All these sick people?"
  • 00:22:05.223 --> 00:22:07.059
  • They're sick people at a hospital, they are people that
  • 00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:10.228
  • Need a doctor.
  • 00:22:10.228 --> 00:22:11.563
  • That's what the church is.
  • 00:22:11.563 --> 00:22:12.931
  • We're here as a hospital for sinners.
  • 00:22:12.931 --> 00:22:15.434
  • ♪♪♪
  • 00:22:15.434 --> 00:22:20.505
  • Greg: hey, everybody, pastor greg laurie here with some
  • 00:22:20.505 --> 00:22:22.474
  • Thoughts about sharing your faith.
  • 00:22:22.474 --> 00:22:25.544
  • You know, i think we're reluctant to tell others about
  • 00:22:25.544 --> 00:22:28.447
  • Jesus because we feel as though we're gonna somehow fall flat on
  • 00:22:28.447 --> 00:22:31.883
  • Our face or mess it up, but think of it this way: when
  • 00:22:31.883 --> 00:22:35.387
  • Someone asks you for a good place to eat, are you reluctant
  • 00:22:35.387 --> 00:22:38.423
  • To tell them what your favorite restaurant is?
  • 00:22:38.423 --> 00:22:40.826
  • Or if someone says, "hey, have you seen any good
  • 00:22:40.826 --> 00:22:43.228
  • Movies lately?" are you apprehensive about telling them
  • 00:22:43.228 --> 00:22:46.164
  • About a film you just saw?
  • 00:22:46.164 --> 00:22:47.499
  • Probably the opposite.
  • 00:22:47.499 --> 00:22:48.834
  • "oh, i just saw this great film," or "oh, i had this great
  • 00:22:48.834 --> 00:22:51.403
  • Meal at this place."
  • 00:22:51.403 --> 00:22:52.738
  • It's called a recommendation.
  • 00:22:52.738 --> 00:22:54.106
  • I mean, what is yelp?
  • 00:22:54.106 --> 00:22:55.474
  • Yelp is a place where we go and basically read the opinions of
  • 00:22:55.474 --> 00:22:59.077
  • Total strangers and maybe eat in that place upon
  • 00:22:59.077 --> 00:23:02.047
  • That recommendation.
  • 00:23:02.047 --> 00:23:03.582
  • So think of evangelism this way: it's offering a recommendation,
  • 00:23:03.582 --> 00:23:07.886
  • Saying, "here's what christ has done for me, and i recommend
  • 00:23:07.886 --> 00:23:12.524
  • That to you."
  • 00:23:12.524 --> 00:23:13.959
  • Don't be so afraid to do it.
  • 00:23:13.959 --> 00:23:15.727
  • People are searching for truth, people are searching for hope,
  • 00:23:15.727 --> 00:23:20.065
  • People are searching for meaning in life, and you have the
  • 00:23:20.065 --> 00:23:22.901
  • Greatest recommendation of all.
  • 00:23:22.901 --> 00:23:25.237
  • So i encourage you to look for new ways to start evangelistic
  • 00:23:25.237 --> 00:23:30.942
  • Conversations and make that recommendation that people
  • 00:23:30.942 --> 00:23:34.479
  • Believe in jesus christ.
  • 00:23:34.479 --> 00:23:35.847
  • Greg: okay, here's my last point in my message: god has given us
  • 00:23:39.284 --> 00:23:43.155
  • The power and the resources we need.
  • 00:23:43.155 --> 00:23:46.525
  • So we're looking at this church of philadelphia, the church of
  • 00:23:46.525 --> 00:23:49.728
  • The last days.
  • 00:23:49.728 --> 00:23:51.096
  • Jesus says, "i've opened a door before you that no man
  • 00:23:51.096 --> 00:23:54.366
  • Can shut."
  • 00:23:54.366 --> 00:23:55.734
  • And then he says in verse 8 of revelation 3, "you have a
  • 00:23:55.734 --> 00:23:58.537
  • Little strength."
  • 00:23:58.537 --> 00:24:00.205
  • By the way, that's not a negative comment about its
  • 00:24:00.205 --> 00:24:03.041
  • Weakness but a commendation of its strength.
  • 00:24:03.041 --> 00:24:05.877
  • In other words, this is a church coming back to life.
  • 00:24:05.877 --> 00:24:09.047
  • I remember when i got covid.
  • 00:24:09.047 --> 00:24:10.549
  • How many of you have had covid?
  • 00:24:10.549 --> 00:24:12.150
  • Oh, isn't it fun?
  • 00:24:12.150 --> 00:24:13.518
  • Anyway, i got it way back when.
  • 00:24:13.518 --> 00:24:15.720
  • I--way back when.
  • 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:17.355
  • I got it so far back it, became a news story.
  • 00:24:17.355 --> 00:24:20.158
  • I have no idea why.
  • 00:24:20.158 --> 00:24:21.726
  • But i got covid, and i remember that, you know, i didn't know
  • 00:24:21.726 --> 00:24:25.330
  • What it was gonna be like, and i was feverish, and i was
  • 00:24:25.330 --> 00:24:28.400
  • Lethargic, and i was tired.
  • 00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:30.202
  • Usually i have a lot of energy.
  • 00:24:30.202 --> 00:24:32.070
  • And i remember i thought, "i'm better now," and i got up, and i
  • 00:24:32.070 --> 00:24:36.141
  • Wasn't better.
  • 00:24:36.141 --> 00:24:37.476
  • I just wanted to sit there.
  • 00:24:37.476 --> 00:24:38.844
  • And, finally, my strength started to return, and i got
  • 00:24:38.844 --> 00:24:41.847
  • Stronger and stronger, and next thing you know, i'm
  • 00:24:41.847 --> 00:24:44.216
  • Eating donuts.
  • 00:24:44.216 --> 00:24:45.550
  • Okay, so this is the picture here.
  • 00:24:45.550 --> 00:24:48.220
  • It's a sick person coming back to life.
  • 00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:50.956
  • It's a church coming back to life again, an awakened church
  • 00:24:50.956 --> 00:24:56.094
  • Getting back to its roots, and this is what we all want to do,
  • 00:24:56.094 --> 00:25:00.799
  • But it starts individually.
  • 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:03.101
  • Just think about you.
  • 00:25:03.101 --> 00:25:04.836
  • Was there a time in your life where you were stronger
  • 00:25:04.836 --> 00:25:07.806
  • Spiritually than you are right now?
  • 00:25:07.806 --> 00:25:11.409
  • If there was, you can return to that.
  • 00:25:11.409 --> 00:25:14.813
  • We can talk about revival all day long, we can talk about an
  • 00:25:14.813 --> 00:25:18.550
  • Awakening in america all day long, but it starts with you.
  • 00:25:18.550 --> 00:25:26.658
  • Greg: have you watched the news lately?
  • 00:25:30.529 --> 00:25:32.030
  • It seems like the world is coming apart.
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  • War in the middle east, instability all around us, and
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  • I'm telling you right now, the bible predicted these things
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  • Would happen in the last days.
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  • But here's what you need to remember: jesus said, "when you
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  • See these things begin to happen, look up, for your
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  • Redemption is drawing near."
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  • He didn't say, "freak out."
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  • He said, "look up."
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  • I want you to know that i've read the last page of the bible,
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  • And we win in the end.
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  • We need hope in this crazy, hopeless world, in this world of
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  • Chaos and confusion.
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  • Jesus christ has everything you're looking for in a
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  • Relationship with him.
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  • I encourage you to call out to the lord and ask him to come
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  • Into your life.
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  • Let me send you, at no charge, a bible to help you get started in
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  • Your new relationship with christ.
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  • Greg: you know, we say to a new believer, "start reading the
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  • Bible," but they don't know where to start, do they?
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  • So we have a special edition of the bible called the new
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  • Believer's bible.
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  • I wrote thousands of notes for it, and i sort of see it as what
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  • I would do if i was sitting down with a person over a cup of
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  • Coffee and explaining the basics of the christian life to them.
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  • There's over 10 million copies of this bible in print, but
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  • Here's the exciting news: we have personally given out
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  • 700,000 of these at no charge to people to help them in their
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  • Spiritual journey.
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  • So we need your help to keep doing this, so let's invest in
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  • The spiritual future of people that are going to come to christ
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  • Who will get a copy of the new believer's bible for themselves.
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  • Thank you for your financial support.
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  • Together, we can change lives.
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