1 00:00:00,690 --> 00:00:03,010 Welcome to from the pulpit and classic sermons 2 00:00:03,010 --> 00:00:05,190 each week We bring you a different message 3 00:00:05,190 --> 00:00:07,250 from some of history's greatest speakers in the 4 00:00:07,250 --> 00:00:10,090 Christian faith and powerful sermons from modern preachers, 5 00:00:10,230 --> 00:00:12,930 too This week we have bill mclaughlin with 6 00:00:12,930 --> 00:00:17,530 his message the return of God's glory Chapter 7 00:00:17,530 --> 00:00:19,510 3 if you have a Bible with you, 8 00:00:19,610 --> 00:00:22,730 we're going to begin at verse 6 The 9 00:00:22,730 --> 00:00:24,950 last word of verse 5 and then reading 10 00:00:24,950 --> 00:00:28,730 on from there God who also has made 11 00:00:28,730 --> 00:00:31,710 us able ministers of the New Testament not 12 00:00:31,710 --> 00:00:34,090 of the letter, but of the spirit For 13 00:00:34,090 --> 00:00:37,370 the letter kills, but the spirit gives life 14 00:00:38,030 --> 00:00:40,990 But if the ministration of death written and 15 00:00:40,990 --> 00:00:44,410 engraven in stones was glorious So that the 16 00:00:44,410 --> 00:00:46,950 children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the 17 00:00:46,950 --> 00:00:48,890 face of Moses for the glory of his 18 00:00:48,890 --> 00:00:51,430 countenance Which was to be done away? 19 00:00:51,530 --> 00:00:54,010 How shall not the ministration of the spirit 20 00:00:54,010 --> 00:00:55,790 be rather glory? 21 00:00:56,490 --> 00:00:59,950 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory 22 00:00:59,950 --> 00:01:04,129 much more does the ministration of righteousness exceed 23 00:01:04,129 --> 00:01:07,490 in glory For even that which was made 24 00:01:07,490 --> 00:01:11,170 glorious had no glory in this respect by 25 00:01:11,170 --> 00:01:15,390 reason of the glory that excels For if 26 00:01:15,390 --> 00:01:17,770 that which is done away was glorious much 27 00:01:17,770 --> 00:01:22,810 more that which remains is glorious Seeing them 28 00:01:22,810 --> 00:01:24,370 that we have such hope we use great 29 00:01:24,370 --> 00:01:27,710 plainness of speech And not as Moses who 30 00:01:27,710 --> 00:01:29,790 put a veil over his face that the 31 00:01:29,790 --> 00:01:32,490 children of Israel could not steadfastly Look to 32 00:01:32,490 --> 00:01:35,310 the end of that which is abolished But 33 00:01:35,310 --> 00:01:38,650 their minds were blinded For until this day 34 00:01:38,650 --> 00:01:42,230 the same veil remains untaken away in the 35 00:01:42,230 --> 00:01:45,210 reading of the Old Testament Which veil is 36 00:01:45,210 --> 00:01:46,490 done away in Christ? 37 00:01:47,590 --> 00:01:49,750 But even unto this day when Moses is 38 00:01:49,750 --> 00:01:54,010 read the veil is upon their heart nevertheless 39 00:01:54,730 --> 00:01:57,330 When it shall turn to the Lord the 40 00:01:57,330 --> 00:02:00,910 veil shall be taken away Now the Lord 41 00:02:00,910 --> 00:02:03,450 is that spirit and where the Spirit of 42 00:02:03,450 --> 00:02:07,250 the Lord is there is Liberty But we 43 00:02:07,250 --> 00:02:11,210 all with open face Beholding as in a 44 00:02:11,210 --> 00:02:14,410 glass the glory of the Lord are changed 45 00:02:14,410 --> 00:02:18,170 into the same image from glory to glory 46 00:02:18,770 --> 00:02:22,410 even as by the spirit of the Lord 47 00:02:24,030 --> 00:02:30,210 13 times glory or glorious verse 8 How 48 00:02:30,210 --> 00:02:32,590 shall not the ministration of the Spirit? 49 00:02:33,550 --> 00:02:38,490 be rather glorious And I don't know if 50 00:02:38,490 --> 00:02:41,110 you've ever considered this portion of the Word 51 00:02:41,110 --> 00:02:42,590 of God or not But what Paul is 52 00:02:42,590 --> 00:02:45,430 saying to put it simply is this that 53 00:02:45,430 --> 00:02:49,810 the Old Testament system There was glory there 54 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,300 the Bible talks about the sight of the 55 00:02:54,300 --> 00:02:57,120 glory of God On the top of Mount 56 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:01,680 Sinai being like devouring fire But the Old 57 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,720 Testament system has been done away and Paul's 58 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,900 argument is that the ministration of the Spirit 59 00:03:09,900 --> 00:03:15,100 the New Testament Will be much more glorious 60 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:24,480 Than anything the Old Testament you Boxing well 61 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:27,460 known in India a Great man of God 62 00:03:27,460 --> 00:03:31,400 wrote a book Called the return of God's 63 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:31,800 glory. 64 00:03:32,420 --> 00:03:34,120 I don't think you can get it in 65 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,860 North America He's not a great writer. 66 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,180 That's not his gift but I read the 67 00:03:40,180 --> 00:03:42,640 book some years ago and was greatly challenged 68 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,820 and helped by it as he discussed the 69 00:03:45,820 --> 00:03:49,100 problem of the losing of the glory of 70 00:03:49,100 --> 00:03:51,820 God in the work of God and Then 71 00:03:51,820 --> 00:03:57,680 how we may see The glory of God 72 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,780 Returned and that's what I want to talk 73 00:04:01,780 --> 00:04:06,720 about this morning I'm borrowing his title Not 74 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,700 his book One of the great problems of 75 00:04:09,700 --> 00:04:12,060 course here is that we may not even 76 00:04:12,060 --> 00:04:14,140 be conscious of the fact that the glory 77 00:04:14,140 --> 00:04:18,540 is gone Indeed we may never have known 78 00:04:18,540 --> 00:04:23,600 it But perhaps there was a time When 79 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,540 God was working powerfully in my life in 80 00:04:26,540 --> 00:04:30,000 my church and He is not now, but 81 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:30,500 it happened. 82 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,000 So gradually the erosion was so gentle and 83 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,700 took so long That I'm not even aware 84 00:04:37,700 --> 00:04:41,860 of it Phinehas wife she died in childbirth 85 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,000 She had just gotten the news Her husband 86 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,920 was killed Her father-in-law had fallen 87 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:50,460 off a seat and his neck broke, and 88 00:04:50,460 --> 00:04:54,220 he was dead and her pains came on 89 00:04:54,220 --> 00:04:58,820 her and A baby boy was born and 90 00:04:58,820 --> 00:05:04,680 she named him Ichabod Saying the glory is 91 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:09,140 departed from Israel because the ark of God 92 00:05:09,860 --> 00:05:13,780 Had been captured and taken by the Philistines 93 00:05:15,350 --> 00:05:20,250 and the ark of God contained The testimony 94 00:05:20,250 --> 00:05:23,550 was called the ark of the testimony it 95 00:05:23,550 --> 00:05:26,390 contained the Word of God and the Word 96 00:05:26,390 --> 00:05:30,270 of God was gone And she died the 97 00:05:30,270 --> 00:05:35,890 glory is Departed she knew that others maybe 98 00:05:35,890 --> 00:05:39,670 did not know that And here we might 99 00:05:39,670 --> 00:05:43,230 think of King Saul The glory of God 100 00:05:43,230 --> 00:05:46,850 left him Sometimes people think well, he never 101 00:05:46,850 --> 00:05:50,530 really Got a good start and somehow perhaps 102 00:05:50,530 --> 00:05:52,450 God shortchanged him. 103 00:05:52,630 --> 00:05:57,190 No God did not Get a glorious start 104 00:05:57,850 --> 00:06:01,250 He was filled with the Holy Spirit Samuel 105 00:06:01,250 --> 00:06:04,050 told him the Spirit will come on you 106 00:06:04,050 --> 00:06:07,250 and you will be changed into another man 107 00:06:07,250 --> 00:06:11,410 and it happened and he saw the glory 108 00:06:11,410 --> 00:06:14,250 of God and At the beginning it says 109 00:06:14,250 --> 00:06:17,330 everywhere he turned himself he vexed and troubled 110 00:06:17,330 --> 00:06:21,010 the enemies of God But it didn't stay 111 00:06:21,010 --> 00:06:25,130 that way And the glory of God left 112 00:06:25,130 --> 00:06:30,130 him and he knew it But he would 113 00:06:30,130 --> 00:06:34,070 not repent and he never did and he 114 00:06:34,070 --> 00:06:37,970 struggled for years with the problems the problems 115 00:06:37,970 --> 00:06:43,810 consequent upon a failure to repent He prayed 116 00:06:44,850 --> 00:06:48,770 He sought the Lord He inquired of God 117 00:06:48,770 --> 00:06:51,550 But the Bible says he did not inquire 118 00:06:51,550 --> 00:06:54,530 of the Lord And the Bible is not 119 00:06:54,530 --> 00:06:55,970 contradicting itself. 120 00:06:56,010 --> 00:06:59,750 It's just telling us this If we saw 121 00:06:59,750 --> 00:07:03,890 him we would say Saul is praying earnestly 122 00:07:03,890 --> 00:07:07,350 seeking the Lord but God saw his heart 123 00:07:07,350 --> 00:07:10,530 and God said he was not praying at 124 00:07:10,530 --> 00:07:10,930 all. 125 00:07:11,690 --> 00:07:13,350 The Lord did not answer him in any 126 00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:13,570 way. 127 00:07:13,750 --> 00:07:17,430 It says And later on it says God 128 00:07:17,430 --> 00:07:21,430 flew him Because he did not inquire of 129 00:07:21,430 --> 00:07:25,640 the Lord, but he had But the problem 130 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:29,020 is this He that turns away his ear 131 00:07:29,020 --> 00:07:31,040 from hearing the law that is the Word 132 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:34,200 of God even his prayer shall be abomination 133 00:07:35,660 --> 00:07:39,000 So I may be praying But at the 134 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,280 same time I may have turned my heart 135 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,160 my ears away from the Word and will 136 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:48,240 of God So my prayer becomes to God 137 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,320 an abomination So as far as God is 138 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:56,000 concerned, I am not praying at all They 139 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:01,900 that forsake the law Praise the wicked They 140 00:08:01,900 --> 00:08:04,680 that keep the law contend with the wicked 141 00:08:06,380 --> 00:08:08,880 He that turns away his ear from hearing 142 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:13,740 the law even his prayer Shall be abomination 143 00:08:14,780 --> 00:08:16,780 and Saul is one of the most tragic 144 00:08:16,780 --> 00:08:21,340 figures in the whole Bible as God left 145 00:08:21,340 --> 00:08:25,400 him God's Spirit left him And an evil 146 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:30,660 spirit Terrified him the Hebrew language says and 147 00:08:30,660 --> 00:08:34,159 he died a poor suicide He started it 148 00:08:34,159 --> 00:08:37,720 an Amalekite had to finish it That it 149 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,059 in itself was probably a judgment of God 150 00:08:40,059 --> 00:08:43,360 because he had failed to destroy the Amalekites 151 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,160 as God had asked him to do much 152 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:51,990 earlier Then think of Samson He spent this 153 00:08:51,990 --> 00:08:56,350 night with his head on the knees of 154 00:08:56,990 --> 00:09:00,690 an unconverted evil woman and God only knows 155 00:09:00,690 --> 00:09:04,950 what went on in that chamber And when 156 00:09:04,950 --> 00:09:06,990 he when she cried and said the Philistines 157 00:09:06,990 --> 00:09:08,770 are on you She done this many times 158 00:09:08,770 --> 00:09:11,290 before he said well I'll go and shake 159 00:09:11,290 --> 00:09:14,590 myself as I've done many times before and 160 00:09:14,590 --> 00:09:16,930 it says he never knew that the Lord 161 00:09:16,930 --> 00:09:19,770 had left him He didn't know the glory 162 00:09:19,770 --> 00:09:20,570 was gone. 163 00:09:21,350 --> 00:09:25,790 Oh People the glory had been there He 164 00:09:25,790 --> 00:09:29,790 once carried a gate which archaeologists say probably 165 00:09:29,790 --> 00:09:33,250 weighed a couple of tons He carried it 166 00:09:33,250 --> 00:09:36,350 on his shoulders a distance of 11 miles 167 00:09:36,350 --> 00:09:41,650 uphill all the way 3,000 soldiers of 168 00:09:41,650 --> 00:09:45,230 Judah had to ask his permission Before he 169 00:09:45,230 --> 00:09:48,030 would allow them to bind him with ropes. 170 00:09:51,250 --> 00:09:53,210 They knew what would happen when the Spirit 171 00:09:53,210 --> 00:09:56,130 of God came on him The glory of 172 00:09:56,130 --> 00:09:58,770 God he was probably for 20 years the 173 00:09:58,770 --> 00:10:00,790 most talked-about person in the whole country 174 00:10:02,450 --> 00:10:04,630 For the job one of an ass he 175 00:10:04,630 --> 00:10:11,530 flew a thousand men but then he sinned 176 00:10:11,530 --> 00:10:15,330 and The glory left him and he never 177 00:10:15,330 --> 00:10:19,620 even knew it Somebody told me not long 178 00:10:19,620 --> 00:10:22,460 ago The Spirit of God has left me. 179 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:24,640 I said, how do you know? 180 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:26,880 Oh, she said I could just feel him 181 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:31,610 going I don't really think that's how it 182 00:10:31,610 --> 00:10:31,790 is. 183 00:10:31,870 --> 00:10:35,090 And I said so to her The spirit 184 00:10:35,090 --> 00:10:37,370 may leave you may feel exactly the same 185 00:10:37,370 --> 00:10:41,910 as you felt before The glory may depart 186 00:10:43,670 --> 00:10:45,810 You may not even know it. 187 00:10:48,660 --> 00:10:50,960 Thank God in Samson's case. 188 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,760 It was sort of deathbed repentance I suppose 189 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:59,460 you might call it He was blinded Grinding 190 00:10:59,460 --> 00:11:03,020 in the prison house Fetters of brass brass 191 00:11:03,020 --> 00:11:05,700 is often in Scripture a picture of the 192 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:09,920 judgment of God The Philistines were having a 193 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:13,500 great day a victory celebration because their enemy 194 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,940 Samson Had been defeated and was in jail 195 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,820 Everybody was there 3,000 people on the 196 00:11:21,820 --> 00:11:25,540 roof of this big open temple and probably 197 00:11:25,540 --> 00:11:29,860 many thousands more down below And they were 198 00:11:29,860 --> 00:11:32,500 worshiping their God and praising their God Dagan 199 00:11:32,500 --> 00:11:35,640 the fish God and Somebody had the happy 200 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:35,980 idea. 201 00:11:36,100 --> 00:11:38,860 Let's bring Samson up and let him make 202 00:11:38,860 --> 00:11:44,290 sport for us and to humiliate him They 203 00:11:44,290 --> 00:11:46,970 had a boy Lead him by the hand 204 00:11:47,730 --> 00:11:49,570 And he asked the boy where the pillars 205 00:11:49,570 --> 00:11:49,810 were. 206 00:11:49,930 --> 00:11:50,750 He knew the temple. 207 00:11:50,830 --> 00:11:54,130 He'd seen it before He knew its structure. 208 00:11:54,510 --> 00:11:56,470 He asked the boy where the pillars were 209 00:11:56,470 --> 00:11:59,370 and the boy told him And he laid 210 00:11:59,370 --> 00:12:01,610 hold of the pillars and called on God 211 00:12:02,870 --> 00:12:05,290 With all his soul and the glory came 212 00:12:05,290 --> 00:12:08,610 back and He slew more by dying that 213 00:12:08,610 --> 00:12:11,050 he did by living Which is the Old 214 00:12:11,050 --> 00:12:13,370 Testament way of saying Galatians 2 20? 215 00:12:14,450 --> 00:12:21,140 Delilah died too She was there the Lord 216 00:12:21,140 --> 00:12:24,860 got them all The man of God perished 217 00:12:24,860 --> 00:12:27,180 the man of God perished in the doing 218 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:33,280 But he was restored and God's glory returned 219 00:12:34,740 --> 00:12:38,220 The glory left King David And for perhaps 220 00:12:38,220 --> 00:12:40,000 a year we don't know the exact time 221 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,220 we know the child was born the exact 222 00:12:42,220 --> 00:12:45,920 time after his sin with Bathsheba But the 223 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,980 glory left him Day and night God's hand 224 00:12:48,980 --> 00:12:49,940 was heavy upon him. 225 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:52,080 His moisture was turned into the drought of 226 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:56,940 summer And somehow he didn't seem to connect 227 00:12:57,460 --> 00:13:00,500 This awful spiritual experience he was having with 228 00:13:00,500 --> 00:13:05,350 his sin So God sent Nathan the prophet 229 00:13:05,350 --> 00:13:07,530 and you remember that dramatic story in the 230 00:13:07,530 --> 00:13:12,250 Bible Thou art the man and Then thank 231 00:13:12,250 --> 00:13:14,150 God his instant repentance. 232 00:13:15,430 --> 00:13:22,050 I Have sinned It was very costly the 233 00:13:22,050 --> 00:13:26,390 whole thing Which store unto me he cried 234 00:13:26,390 --> 00:13:30,350 the joy of My salvation it was gone 235 00:13:31,450 --> 00:13:37,050 No fellowship with God nothing, but the frown 236 00:13:37,050 --> 00:13:41,410 of God And he'd known such sweetness before 237 00:13:42,390 --> 00:13:45,090 And no doubt he tried many times to 238 00:13:45,090 --> 00:13:47,370 get back to that again and he couldn't 239 00:13:47,370 --> 00:13:53,210 somehow Not until he repented Not until he 240 00:13:53,210 --> 00:13:57,450 saw his sin Restore unto me the joy 241 00:13:57,450 --> 00:14:01,470 of thy salvation Then will I teach Transgressors 242 00:14:01,470 --> 00:14:06,970 thy ways and sinners Sinners shall be converted 243 00:14:06,970 --> 00:14:08,450 unto me. 244 00:14:08,570 --> 00:14:10,270 Oh God deliver me. 245 00:14:10,490 --> 00:14:15,390 He said from blood guilt in us Many 246 00:14:15,390 --> 00:14:16,910 of us need to pray that too because 247 00:14:16,910 --> 00:14:20,370 we're not witnessing Christians And the blood of 248 00:14:20,370 --> 00:14:23,970 the lost is on our hands We're praying 249 00:14:23,970 --> 00:14:26,350 for the power of the Holy Spirit and 250 00:14:26,350 --> 00:14:29,750 it does not and cannot come Because we 251 00:14:29,750 --> 00:14:31,270 want the power of the Spirit for wrong 252 00:14:31,270 --> 00:14:34,990 reasons Not in order to share Christ with 253 00:14:34,990 --> 00:14:38,270 others Not in order to live a godly 254 00:14:38,270 --> 00:14:42,850 Self-sacrificing life But in order to be 255 00:14:42,850 --> 00:14:45,630 looked at and admired And maybe to get 256 00:14:45,630 --> 00:14:48,490 out of my present bad feelings and so 257 00:14:48,490 --> 00:14:54,920 my motives are wrong Has the glory departed 258 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:56,580 from your heart? 259 00:14:57,260 --> 00:15:00,720 from your church Are you aware of it 260 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,400 or has the erosion as I said before 261 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:07,800 being so gentle Over such a long period 262 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,400 of time that you don't even know it. 263 00:15:13,210 --> 00:15:18,430 What is the glory of God To put 264 00:15:18,430 --> 00:15:20,390 it as simply as I can the glory 265 00:15:20,390 --> 00:15:25,530 of God is Jesus and His work in 266 00:15:25,530 --> 00:15:26,190 the Old Testament. 267 00:15:26,330 --> 00:15:29,170 God said I will set glory In the 268 00:15:29,170 --> 00:15:32,050 land of the living it was a prophecy. 269 00:15:32,350 --> 00:15:35,530 I am sure of the Lord Jesus Christ 270 00:15:35,530 --> 00:15:40,710 Isaiah Look upon Zion And we need to 271 00:15:40,710 --> 00:15:42,510 remember that in Hebrews chapter 12. 272 00:15:42,650 --> 00:15:46,010 It is a spiritual sign You are come 273 00:15:46,010 --> 00:15:48,330 the writer says to Christians to Mount Zion 274 00:15:49,030 --> 00:15:51,590 To the city of the Living God the 275 00:15:51,590 --> 00:15:55,150 heavenly Jerusalem Look upon Zion the city of 276 00:15:55,150 --> 00:15:59,370 our solemnities Thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a 277 00:15:59,370 --> 00:16:02,650 quiet habitation Not one of the stakes are 278 00:16:02,650 --> 00:16:05,750 off shall ever be removed Neither shall any 279 00:16:05,750 --> 00:16:08,210 of the cords are off be broken, but 280 00:16:08,210 --> 00:16:12,730 there the glorious Lord Shall be unto us 281 00:16:12,730 --> 00:16:16,190 a place of broad rivers and streams Wherein 282 00:16:16,190 --> 00:16:18,470 shall go no galley with oars neither shall 283 00:16:18,470 --> 00:16:25,650 gallant ship pass thereby our glorious Lord Jesus 284 00:16:25,650 --> 00:16:30,170 Christ listen to sinning on Lord now let 285 00:16:30,170 --> 00:16:32,550 your servant depart in peace for my eyes 286 00:16:32,550 --> 00:16:35,590 have seen your salvation Which thou hast prepared 287 00:16:35,590 --> 00:16:37,870 before the face of all people a light 288 00:16:37,870 --> 00:16:41,570 to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of 289 00:16:41,570 --> 00:16:44,330 your people Israel he said all of that 290 00:16:44,330 --> 00:16:48,350 about the Lord Jesus Christ It is written 291 00:16:48,350 --> 00:16:53,630 of Jesus That he manifested forth his glory 292 00:16:54,330 --> 00:16:57,790 We beheld his glory John said the glory 293 00:16:57,790 --> 00:17:00,530 as of the only begotten of the Father 294 00:17:00,530 --> 00:17:06,589 full of grace and truth and Of John 295 00:17:06,589 --> 00:17:09,410 17 Jesus Christ said something and we need 296 00:17:09,410 --> 00:17:11,210 to lay hold of this He said to 297 00:17:11,210 --> 00:17:13,530 his heavenly Father and the glory that you 298 00:17:13,530 --> 00:17:18,109 gave me I have given them We too 299 00:17:18,109 --> 00:17:21,770 should have the glory Greater works and they 300 00:17:21,770 --> 00:17:23,569 shall he do because I go on to 301 00:17:23,569 --> 00:17:28,630 my father The glory of God It's the 302 00:17:28,630 --> 00:17:31,890 person of Jesus remember Moses prayer in Exodus 303 00:17:31,890 --> 00:17:34,590 33 Show me thy glory. 304 00:17:35,610 --> 00:17:38,790 I Think what he expected to see was 305 00:17:38,790 --> 00:17:43,770 thunder and lightning Some great fantastic glorious majestic 306 00:17:43,770 --> 00:17:45,910 display of the power of God that would 307 00:17:45,910 --> 00:17:49,290 shake the universe That's not what he saw 308 00:17:50,150 --> 00:17:54,030 it says the Lord passed by and declared 309 00:17:54,030 --> 00:17:58,430 the name of the Lord Which speaks for 310 00:17:58,430 --> 00:18:01,310 the faithfulness of God and the entire person 311 00:18:01,310 --> 00:18:01,990 of God? 312 00:18:02,710 --> 00:18:03,370 It's goodness. 313 00:18:03,810 --> 00:18:10,370 It says his mercy his forgiveness the glory 314 00:18:10,370 --> 00:18:14,210 of God Passed by and that's what it 315 00:18:14,210 --> 00:18:17,250 was So we have the Lord Jesus Christ 316 00:18:17,250 --> 00:18:20,730 saying the wicked sinners go in peace go 317 00:18:20,730 --> 00:18:28,100 and sin no more He manifested forth his 318 00:18:28,100 --> 00:18:31,480 glory Dear people he wants to do that 319 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:37,880 again He's doing it in some places He 320 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:39,220 wants to do it in your life and 321 00:18:39,220 --> 00:18:42,580 in mine and in our churches, too. 322 00:18:45,270 --> 00:18:47,270 How do we get the glory back? 323 00:18:48,370 --> 00:18:51,090 We get it back by asking for it 324 00:18:51,090 --> 00:18:54,830 we've indicated already Repentance is absolutely essential. 325 00:18:55,190 --> 00:18:58,470 I must repent remember therefore from whence you 326 00:18:58,470 --> 00:19:03,190 are fallen and repent and Do the first 327 00:19:03,190 --> 00:19:03,830 works? 328 00:19:04,470 --> 00:19:09,760 That's what God says the way back ask 329 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:17,300 God restore unto me the joy Of my 330 00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:23,140 salvation And uphold me with thy free spirit 331 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,880 That's where it all begins When I get 332 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:32,100 to the place where I can't live without 333 00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:36,540 the glory of God Without seeing something of 334 00:19:36,540 --> 00:19:39,900 the manifesting of the glory of the Lord 335 00:19:39,900 --> 00:19:44,240 Jesus Christ It's a glorious gospel Paul said 336 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:48,340 because it speaks of a glorious person The 337 00:19:48,340 --> 00:19:51,820 people rejoiced because of all the glorious things 338 00:19:51,820 --> 00:19:56,360 that were done by him Some of us 339 00:19:56,360 --> 00:19:58,460 saw some of those things back in 71 340 00:19:59,100 --> 00:20:02,440 72 and to some extent even after those 341 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:07,090 days And to some of you some of 342 00:20:07,090 --> 00:20:09,150 these things will not be new to others 343 00:20:09,150 --> 00:20:14,570 perhaps They will We were asked to go 344 00:20:14,570 --> 00:20:17,990 to Toronto and seven of us went Toronto 345 00:20:17,990 --> 00:20:22,110 Baptist Seminary wanted a team to come Because 346 00:20:22,110 --> 00:20:24,350 the chaplain of the seminar had come to 347 00:20:24,350 --> 00:20:26,430 Saskatoon I well remember him sitting in my 348 00:20:26,430 --> 00:20:28,850 office and saying don't expect me to get 349 00:20:28,850 --> 00:20:29,410 involved. 350 00:20:29,510 --> 00:20:31,430 I've come here to pick up some information 351 00:20:31,430 --> 00:20:33,070 I've been asked to write some articles in 352 00:20:33,070 --> 00:20:34,070 the Canadian Revival. 353 00:20:34,230 --> 00:20:36,350 I just smiled because I knew it would 354 00:20:36,350 --> 00:20:36,810 happen. 355 00:20:36,950 --> 00:20:40,310 It was happening to everybody and And one 356 00:20:40,310 --> 00:20:41,930 night he and I were standing against the 357 00:20:41,930 --> 00:20:45,250 wall of the Third Avenue United Church where 358 00:20:45,250 --> 00:20:48,570 the meetings were being held 1,400 people 359 00:20:48,570 --> 00:20:51,030 probably there that night at the invitation the 360 00:20:51,030 --> 00:20:52,670 whole front of the church was crowded with 361 00:20:52,670 --> 00:20:55,150 people kneeling Crying to God and he and 362 00:20:55,150 --> 00:20:56,790 I were standing against the wall and he 363 00:20:56,790 --> 00:20:59,390 said Don't ask me to go down there 364 00:20:59,390 --> 00:21:01,590 and counsel I wouldn't have any idea what 365 00:21:01,590 --> 00:21:03,330 to say to those people, but I know 366 00:21:03,330 --> 00:21:05,610 how to lead a sinner to Christ He 367 00:21:05,610 --> 00:21:07,270 no sooner said that than out of nowhere 368 00:21:07,270 --> 00:21:08,930 a man came laid hold of his arm 369 00:21:08,930 --> 00:21:11,110 and said sir Could you play it pray 370 00:21:11,110 --> 00:21:12,090 with me, please? 371 00:21:12,350 --> 00:21:13,990 And I just walked away and left him. 372 00:21:14,170 --> 00:21:17,810 I thought he might as well learn Well, 373 00:21:17,850 --> 00:21:20,230 he went back to the seminary and the 374 00:21:20,230 --> 00:21:22,390 next morning He was walking across the campus 375 00:21:22,390 --> 00:21:23,930 and a student told us later on what 376 00:21:23,930 --> 00:21:27,430 happened They passed on the campus and they 377 00:21:27,430 --> 00:21:30,130 said good morning and the student said I 378 00:21:30,130 --> 00:21:34,490 saw Jesus in a chaplains face and he 379 00:21:34,490 --> 00:21:36,410 turned and ran back into his room and 380 00:21:36,410 --> 00:21:38,130 fell on his knees and prayed for two 381 00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:42,850 hours and met God and The glory of 382 00:21:42,850 --> 00:21:44,350 God returned to his life. 383 00:21:44,530 --> 00:21:46,110 So they asked us to come with a 384 00:21:46,110 --> 00:21:48,790 team and there was Art Birch another Baptist 385 00:21:48,790 --> 00:21:51,730 preacher myself and five Alliance people including Walter 386 00:21:51,730 --> 00:21:54,910 Bolt's son Wayne was now pastoring Successfully in 387 00:21:54,910 --> 00:21:55,950 Meadowlake Saskatchewan. 388 00:21:56,050 --> 00:21:58,090 He was then about 18 or so cowboy 389 00:21:58,090 --> 00:22:00,950 cowboy boots and all we flew to Toronto 390 00:22:00,950 --> 00:22:04,450 As long as I live I can't forget 391 00:22:04,450 --> 00:22:05,990 the glory of God in that meeting in 392 00:22:05,990 --> 00:22:09,550 the seminary It went on for 14 hours. 393 00:22:09,670 --> 00:22:11,390 It was the longest meeting I was ever 394 00:22:11,390 --> 00:22:14,550 in The team all shared they asked one 395 00:22:14,550 --> 00:22:16,970 of the ladies to share her Testimony the 396 00:22:16,970 --> 00:22:19,170 second time and she did the same testimony 397 00:22:19,170 --> 00:22:20,010 the second time. 398 00:22:21,190 --> 00:22:24,590 I spoke about 10 minutes And then sat 399 00:22:24,590 --> 00:22:29,170 down no invitation was given and You know 400 00:22:29,170 --> 00:22:31,110 if God isn't in town, it's quite embarrassing 401 00:22:31,110 --> 00:22:34,870 a student jumped to his feet and said 402 00:22:34,870 --> 00:22:38,430 what's going on here Is this of God? 403 00:22:39,070 --> 00:22:41,970 If it is I want it Can somebody 404 00:22:41,970 --> 00:22:42,590 tell me? 405 00:22:43,430 --> 00:22:44,190 What is this? 406 00:22:46,350 --> 00:22:48,050 And he came forward and we had a 407 00:22:48,050 --> 00:22:49,650 chair here and our team came and knelt 408 00:22:49,650 --> 00:22:51,050 and prayed with him and the rest were 409 00:22:51,050 --> 00:22:53,790 all listening And he got to his feet. 410 00:22:53,910 --> 00:22:55,810 His face was shining like a June morning 411 00:22:56,310 --> 00:22:58,090 He went back to his seat and then 412 00:22:58,090 --> 00:22:59,790 it started and they started coming one after 413 00:22:59,790 --> 00:23:02,150 the other And people left the meeting get 414 00:23:02,150 --> 00:23:04,010 on the telephone and phone friends and crowd 415 00:23:04,010 --> 00:23:06,050 began to grow and grow and it went 416 00:23:06,050 --> 00:23:09,210 on and on The professor after some hours 417 00:23:09,210 --> 00:23:11,870 got to sleep with a loud cry like 418 00:23:11,870 --> 00:23:14,430 Esau And he started down the aisle. 419 00:23:14,550 --> 00:23:15,530 He was tripping over his feet. 420 00:23:15,790 --> 00:23:17,530 The tears were spreading out of his eyes 421 00:23:17,530 --> 00:23:19,350 He fell over the chair and he said 422 00:23:19,350 --> 00:23:24,390 oh my god all these years I've sought 423 00:23:24,390 --> 00:23:27,630 and taught the academic and today. 424 00:23:27,790 --> 00:23:29,950 I want the spiritual my god has mercy 425 00:23:29,950 --> 00:23:35,780 on me Though he met God And then 426 00:23:35,780 --> 00:23:38,880 from that school Teams went all over Ontario 427 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,900 into churches sharing the message of revival and 428 00:23:41,900 --> 00:23:44,300 I was preaching himself in here to a 429 00:23:44,300 --> 00:23:46,980 gathering of the Mark Plummer Church Which has 430 00:23:46,980 --> 00:23:49,200 a tradition that Thomas the Apostle started them 431 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:50,640 and I think the tradition is well supported 432 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,400 by the facts It was their annual conference 433 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,280 with several thousand people there and I spoke 434 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:58,340 and I mentioned this happening in the Toronto 435 00:23:58,340 --> 00:24:00,320 Seminary It just flashed into my mind. 436 00:24:00,380 --> 00:24:02,820 So I shared it and the next speaker 437 00:24:02,820 --> 00:24:04,240 when he got up He was from Canada 438 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,640 a team missionary And he said I want 439 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,820 to say something about the Toronto Baptist Seminary 440 00:24:09,820 --> 00:24:12,260 because he said I was a backslidden missionary 441 00:24:12,260 --> 00:24:13,720 I've made up my mind. 442 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,460 I was not going back to India again 443 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,600 And a team came from the Toronto Seminary 444 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:21,840 to our church and they shared in the 445 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:25,740 glory of God returned to my soul And 446 00:24:25,740 --> 00:24:27,660 I'm back here now because of that I 447 00:24:29,060 --> 00:24:30,580 Prayed with a pastor one time. 448 00:24:31,100 --> 00:24:34,640 He'd been guilty of Doing things for the 449 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:35,420 funds in the church. 450 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,160 He should not have and he'd been indiscreet 451 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,540 with some women in the church I don't 452 00:24:38,540 --> 00:24:40,060 think it had gone to him to adultery 453 00:24:40,060 --> 00:24:42,220 But he but he was in trouble and 454 00:24:42,220 --> 00:24:44,280 he wouldn't admit anything and he and I 455 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:45,960 were kneeling praying and was a big pillar 456 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:49,100 Right beside his chair and we were praying 457 00:24:49,100 --> 00:24:50,880 and he was hard and cold and suddenly 458 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:53,200 he gave a shout And he threw his 459 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,820 arms around the pillar And he began to 460 00:24:55,820 --> 00:24:57,520 cry at the top of his lungs to 461 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:58,740 God not to kill him. 462 00:24:58,940 --> 00:25:00,700 Oh God He said don't kill me. 463 00:25:00,780 --> 00:25:01,260 Don't kill me. 464 00:25:01,340 --> 00:25:03,360 Please don't kill me He told me after 465 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:04,780 as the hand of God came around his 466 00:25:04,780 --> 00:25:05,960 body and squeezed him. 467 00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:07,940 He thought he was dying in the spot 468 00:25:11,290 --> 00:25:13,310 The glory of God touched his life. 469 00:25:14,410 --> 00:25:16,230 I Was in another meeting before the meeting 470 00:25:16,230 --> 00:25:19,070 began in the Maritimes There were only about 471 00:25:19,070 --> 00:25:21,890 25 or so at the most Christian workers 472 00:25:21,890 --> 00:25:23,510 there before the meeting. 473 00:25:23,710 --> 00:25:26,230 I was introduced to a pastor I found 474 00:25:26,230 --> 00:25:28,010 out he was the most successful pastor in 475 00:25:28,010 --> 00:25:30,150 the whole area in terms of evangelism and 476 00:25:30,150 --> 00:25:32,690 missions He was talking and telling me all 477 00:25:32,690 --> 00:25:34,810 about all that God was doing and in 478 00:25:34,810 --> 00:25:36,230 my heart I had a dead feeling as 479 00:25:36,230 --> 00:25:38,070 if there was something wrong with this dear 480 00:25:38,070 --> 00:25:38,330 brother. 481 00:25:38,450 --> 00:25:40,070 So I was praying for him He was 482 00:25:40,070 --> 00:25:43,050 sitting in the meeting And Howard Gardner my 483 00:25:43,050 --> 00:25:45,670 song leader he didn't share it and let 484 00:25:45,670 --> 00:25:47,450 in a song or two and I was 485 00:25:47,450 --> 00:25:50,290 talking very low-key For five minutes when 486 00:25:50,290 --> 00:25:51,830 some of this man began to weep. 487 00:25:51,910 --> 00:25:53,490 He put his head between his knees He 488 00:25:53,490 --> 00:25:55,390 began to weep and he wept so loud 489 00:25:55,390 --> 00:25:57,190 finally We just we couldn't we couldn't preach 490 00:25:57,190 --> 00:25:59,250 anymore and Howard went over and took him 491 00:25:59,250 --> 00:26:01,210 off into another room in the church and 492 00:26:01,210 --> 00:26:02,750 to all these Walls where you'd hear him 493 00:26:02,750 --> 00:26:04,410 crying at the top of his lungs to 494 00:26:04,410 --> 00:26:07,510 God to have mercy on his soul The 495 00:26:07,510 --> 00:26:09,710 glory of God had touched his life He 496 00:26:09,710 --> 00:26:11,150 came back in and a half an hour 497 00:26:11,150 --> 00:26:13,570 or 40 minutes and we asked him to 498 00:26:13,570 --> 00:26:16,430 give his testimony And he wept he said 499 00:26:16,430 --> 00:26:16,750 brethren. 500 00:26:16,850 --> 00:26:18,290 It's never happened to me before in my 501 00:26:18,290 --> 00:26:22,130 life When I was sitting there he said 502 00:26:22,130 --> 00:26:27,850 Jesus came and He demanded That I give 503 00:26:27,850 --> 00:26:32,450 him my all Oh Brethren, I've never been 504 00:26:32,450 --> 00:26:36,410 confronted this way before The glory of God 505 00:26:36,410 --> 00:26:38,530 used to steal God do it a thousand 506 00:26:38,530 --> 00:26:42,650 times Accelerate this whole thing the people may 507 00:26:42,650 --> 00:26:45,010 know your power and who you are the 508 00:26:45,010 --> 00:26:49,930 glory of God Howard and I once spoke 509 00:26:49,930 --> 00:26:54,060 to a gathering of 40 pastors Was the 510 00:26:54,060 --> 00:26:54,940 strangest thing? 511 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:57,880 every now and then it was just as 512 00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,560 if the hand of God touched the crowd 513 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,020 from this side and moved to that side 514 00:27:02,020 --> 00:27:05,120 and Then went back and the heads would 515 00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:07,080 all go down like this and come back 516 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,420 up again and go down like this Just 517 00:27:09,420 --> 00:27:11,780 in a row across like that and back 518 00:27:11,780 --> 00:27:14,640 again and back again and back again And 519 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,280 Howard said after did you ever see anything 520 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:16,600 like that? 521 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:22,570 I said no God was there It was 522 00:27:22,570 --> 00:27:27,110 different than anything we'd ever seen before We're 523 00:27:27,110 --> 00:27:29,390 not just thinking in terms of the spectacular 524 00:27:30,890 --> 00:27:34,090 But more in terms of the dynamic of 525 00:27:34,090 --> 00:27:36,590 what the spirit was doing in the hearts 526 00:27:36,590 --> 00:27:40,390 of people a pastor came we were holding 527 00:27:40,390 --> 00:27:43,510 meetings in Winnipeg and Brother Ralph here could 528 00:27:43,510 --> 00:27:45,310 tell hundreds of stories like this. 529 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:47,870 I'm sure to In this pastor. 530 00:27:47,930 --> 00:27:49,050 I was glad to see him because we 531 00:27:49,050 --> 00:27:50,510 had things between us that needed to be 532 00:27:50,510 --> 00:27:51,770 straightened out I hadn't seen it for many 533 00:27:51,770 --> 00:27:51,990 years. 534 00:27:52,130 --> 00:27:55,170 He was pastoring in the States then And 535 00:27:55,170 --> 00:27:56,550 he come all the way to Winnipeg because 536 00:27:56,550 --> 00:27:57,870 he said I heard about the revival. 537 00:27:58,370 --> 00:27:59,370 I need it now and I want it 538 00:28:00,250 --> 00:28:03,090 We never even chaplain Winnipeg and we prayed 539 00:28:03,090 --> 00:28:05,230 we got to see that I never felt 540 00:28:05,230 --> 00:28:08,790 a thing I never felt a thing But 541 00:28:08,790 --> 00:28:10,950 when I knelt at that chair, I know 542 00:28:10,950 --> 00:28:11,550 what I did. 543 00:28:11,790 --> 00:28:13,110 I gave God everything. 544 00:28:13,630 --> 00:28:16,570 I'm not going to take it back Then 545 00:28:16,570 --> 00:28:19,230 he went back to his church Began preaching 546 00:28:19,230 --> 00:28:22,670 this message and a revival came They had 547 00:28:22,670 --> 00:28:24,950 to continue with special meetings every night for 548 00:28:24,950 --> 00:28:28,810 11 weeks He did all the preaching they 549 00:28:28,810 --> 00:28:31,530 prayed with about 3,000 people they have 550 00:28:31,530 --> 00:28:33,850 to establish a revival center They sent teams 551 00:28:33,850 --> 00:28:37,290 to the whole state of Oregon The glory 552 00:28:37,290 --> 00:28:42,390 of God just touched the life The glory 553 00:28:42,390 --> 00:28:44,610 of God can so easily depart. 554 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,060 How do we get it back by praying? 555 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:57,990 by repenting of our sins God said how 556 00:28:57,990 --> 00:29:00,030 weak is your heart seeing you do these 557 00:29:00,030 --> 00:29:00,390 things? 558 00:29:01,470 --> 00:29:05,390 the work of an imperious whorish woman He 559 00:29:05,390 --> 00:29:09,330 was talking about Israel married to God but 560 00:29:09,330 --> 00:29:12,850 committing adultery With those that were no gods 561 00:29:12,850 --> 00:29:13,810 committing adultery. 562 00:29:13,990 --> 00:29:16,930 It says with stocks and stones with their 563 00:29:16,930 --> 00:29:24,080 idols And with other nations and we sometimes 564 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:27,380 understand because the new idolatry remember is covetousness 565 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:29,300 Covetousness is idolatry. 566 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:33,340 The covetous man is an idolater a Man's 567 00:29:33,340 --> 00:29:35,300 life does not consist in the abundance of 568 00:29:35,300 --> 00:29:37,900 the things which he possesses Contrary to what 569 00:29:37,900 --> 00:29:40,920 most New Testament Christians in North America seem 570 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:45,580 to believe How can my beloved brethren has 571 00:29:45,580 --> 00:29:47,360 not God chosen the poor of this world 572 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,800 rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom 573 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,420 Which is promised to them that love him, 574 00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:54,800 but you have despised the poor it says 575 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:58,040 Yes, and in many cases we have We 576 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,300 wouldn't give them the time of day because 577 00:30:00,300 --> 00:30:02,480 they might make some financial or other demands 578 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,820 on us We just don't have the time 579 00:30:04,820 --> 00:30:05,700 to do that. 580 00:30:09,060 --> 00:30:12,600 The glory is departed, but thank God it 581 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,700 can return It returns to faith. 582 00:30:18,700 --> 00:30:23,460 I had fainted Unless I had believed to 583 00:30:23,460 --> 00:30:26,720 see the goodness of the Lord in the 584 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:31,540 land of the living Psalm 27 What did 585 00:30:31,540 --> 00:30:35,680 Christ say in John 11 to Martha and 586 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:39,540 Mary he said Didn't I say unto you 587 00:30:39,540 --> 00:30:41,960 that if you would believe you would see 588 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,000 the glory of God? 589 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:46,860 Did you ever stop to think of this 590 00:30:46,860 --> 00:30:49,340 that the raising of Lazarus from the dead 591 00:30:49,340 --> 00:30:51,200 had something to do with the faith of 592 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:55,020 Martha and Mary He said if you believe 593 00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:56,960 you'll see the glory of God, which means 594 00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:58,340 that they didn't believe they would not see 595 00:30:58,340 --> 00:31:01,460 the glory of God It was not just 596 00:31:01,460 --> 00:31:03,520 the power of Christ It was only the 597 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:05,400 power of Christ in one sense, but in 598 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:06,920 another sense it had to do with the 599 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:10,870 faith of the people Back in the early 600 00:31:10,870 --> 00:31:11,690 1800s. 601 00:31:11,790 --> 00:31:13,730 There were many revivals in the United States 602 00:31:13,730 --> 00:31:16,590 of America And a man called Reverend Calvin 603 00:31:16,590 --> 00:31:18,830 Colton wrote a wrote a book which was 604 00:31:18,830 --> 00:31:20,850 republished a year or two ago I discovered 605 00:31:20,850 --> 00:31:22,810 in the eastern states, but the price is 606 00:31:22,810 --> 00:31:24,050 a little too high for such a small 607 00:31:24,050 --> 00:31:24,290 book. 608 00:31:24,350 --> 00:31:28,010 I think $17 anyway It's a very interesting 609 00:31:28,010 --> 00:31:28,270 book. 610 00:31:28,330 --> 00:31:30,370 I have an old copy printed in 1832 611 00:31:30,370 --> 00:31:34,450 in my library and There's one element or 612 00:31:34,450 --> 00:31:35,230 teaching in the book. 613 00:31:35,310 --> 00:31:36,550 That was a great interest to me. 614 00:31:36,630 --> 00:31:39,970 It was this He talked about the glory 615 00:31:39,970 --> 00:31:41,910 of those movements of God He said we 616 00:31:41,910 --> 00:31:44,550 were never satisfied with what they call insulated 617 00:31:44,550 --> 00:31:47,590 conversions We would use the phrase isolated conversions 618 00:31:47,590 --> 00:31:49,390 one here one there a family and so 619 00:31:49,390 --> 00:31:51,690 on He said we were never satisfied with 620 00:31:51,690 --> 00:31:55,190 that that was not revival We kept praying 621 00:31:55,190 --> 00:31:57,990 and fasting and believing God until the Holy 622 00:31:57,990 --> 00:32:00,390 Spirit came He said and took the work 623 00:32:00,390 --> 00:32:03,110 out of our hands and made whole communities 624 00:32:03,110 --> 00:32:05,230 aware of the glory and power of God 625 00:32:05,230 --> 00:32:09,230 And thousands would be converted And he said 626 00:32:09,230 --> 00:32:13,070 this This kind of revival never came to 627 00:32:13,070 --> 00:32:15,170 a church that did not believe it would 628 00:32:15,170 --> 00:32:18,490 come This kind of revival never failed to 629 00:32:18,490 --> 00:32:20,270 come to a church that believed it would 630 00:32:20,270 --> 00:32:24,210 come Do you suppose God works in different 631 00:32:24,210 --> 00:32:28,390 ways today That God doesn't honor faith today 632 00:32:28,390 --> 00:32:30,730 or that God doesn't turn away from unbelief 633 00:32:30,730 --> 00:32:31,190 today. 634 00:32:31,390 --> 00:32:33,330 No, I don't think things are any different 635 00:32:33,330 --> 00:32:43,010 today There has to be faith repentance prayer 636 00:32:43,010 --> 00:32:52,470 say Identification with Christ Peter said if you 637 00:32:52,470 --> 00:32:55,430 be reproached for the name of Christ Happy 638 00:32:55,430 --> 00:32:58,670 are you for the spirit of glory and 639 00:32:58,670 --> 00:33:03,070 of God is resting on you You want 640 00:33:03,070 --> 00:33:05,270 the spirit of glory to rest on you 641 00:33:05,270 --> 00:33:09,510 We have to be willing to be reproached 642 00:33:09,510 --> 00:33:12,770 for the name of Christ The doctrine of 643 00:33:12,770 --> 00:33:16,010 identification with Christ is a sweet doctrine to 644 00:33:16,010 --> 00:33:20,480 those that understand it But it's not sweet 645 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:22,260 perhaps to be reproached for the name of 646 00:33:22,260 --> 00:33:25,240 Christ, but that's the outworking of complete identification 647 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:28,480 with the Savior Think of Hebrews chapter 13 648 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,140 where the Word of God puts it this 649 00:33:30,140 --> 00:33:34,260 way It says wherefore Jesus also that he 650 00:33:34,260 --> 00:33:36,200 might sanctify the people of his own blood 651 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,830 suffered without the camp outside the gate and 652 00:33:39,580 --> 00:33:42,000 Then comes the appeal let us go forth 653 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,900 therefore unto him outside the camp bearing his 654 00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:49,620 reproach For here we have no continuing city. 655 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:53,820 We seek one to come bearing his reproach 656 00:33:54,460 --> 00:33:58,180 Outside the camp Why that's where they took 657 00:33:58,180 --> 00:33:59,880 the blasphemers and killed them. 658 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,680 That's where they took the murderers and killed 659 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,640 them That's where they took all the refuse 660 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:06,600 and buried it. 661 00:34:07,100 --> 00:34:09,780 That's where the human dung was buried outside 662 00:34:09,780 --> 00:34:14,000 the camp That's where the rebels were taken 663 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:18,239 and stoned to death outside the camp and 664 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,739 Christ died for the ungodly so he was 665 00:34:20,739 --> 00:34:23,739 identified with the ungodly outside the camp There 666 00:34:23,739 --> 00:34:27,040 was one clean place outside the camp and 667 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,840 that's where the cross stood But it was 668 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:33,639 surrounded with a stench of burning garbage the 669 00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:37,199 sins of the world Jesus died there if 670 00:34:37,199 --> 00:34:39,440 you be reproached for the name of Christ 671 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,040 Happy are you for the spirit of glory 672 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,520 and of God is resting on? 673 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:54,440 You what a boxing say He tells how 674 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:56,340 you know in the early days he worked 675 00:34:56,340 --> 00:34:58,660 with American missionaries for years They call him 676 00:34:58,660 --> 00:35:00,620 the Billy Graham of India, and he was 677 00:35:00,620 --> 00:35:03,180 greatly used many people found the Lord over 678 00:35:03,180 --> 00:35:06,060 the years But after a while he became 679 00:35:06,060 --> 00:35:08,060 disillusioned with a kind of work. 680 00:35:08,220 --> 00:35:10,960 They were doing Because it was not really 681 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:13,120 meeting the need as he saw it in 682 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:16,540 India So he broke with the missionaries amicably 683 00:35:16,540 --> 00:35:19,500 some of them haven't forgiven him yet And 684 00:35:24,390 --> 00:35:26,050 it began working in what he thought was 685 00:35:26,050 --> 00:35:29,510 a more biblical way Today I think he 686 00:35:29,510 --> 00:35:32,330 has about 600 assemblies that have been started 687 00:35:32,330 --> 00:35:33,030 through their work. 688 00:35:33,090 --> 00:35:35,650 They have annual conferences with 20,000 people 689 00:35:36,450 --> 00:35:38,390 Some of their assemblies have a thousand or 690 00:35:38,390 --> 00:35:39,830 two thousand people in fellowship. 691 00:35:40,150 --> 00:35:43,610 The center is Hyderabad in India George Verwer 692 00:35:43,610 --> 00:35:45,410 who spoke at this conference several years ago 693 00:35:45,410 --> 00:35:47,450 as a personal friend of boxing's they often 694 00:35:47,450 --> 00:35:48,870 get together They pray together. 695 00:35:49,050 --> 00:35:51,890 They're concerned about the lost in India They 696 00:35:51,890 --> 00:35:55,030 have about 400 workers or operation mobilization have 697 00:35:55,030 --> 00:35:57,470 in India trying to meet the enormous need 698 00:35:57,470 --> 00:36:00,290 of that great country 700 million people or 699 00:36:00,290 --> 00:36:03,170 more Jammed into an area the size of 700 00:36:03,170 --> 00:36:08,150 Western, Canada but he said We lost the 701 00:36:08,150 --> 00:36:11,310 glory of God When we started doing God's 702 00:36:11,310 --> 00:36:15,250 work in human ways He said we used 703 00:36:15,250 --> 00:36:17,290 to send teams out to the marketplace and 704 00:36:17,290 --> 00:36:19,530 they would give out a hundred thousand tracks 705 00:36:19,530 --> 00:36:23,770 in a day And nothing happened almost nothing 706 00:36:23,770 --> 00:36:27,090 seemed to happen So we send them to 707 00:36:27,090 --> 00:36:30,830 another marketplace to another village and nothing seemed 708 00:36:30,830 --> 00:36:35,730 to happen so then They began to pray 709 00:36:35,730 --> 00:36:37,450 for answers from God Lord. 710 00:36:37,530 --> 00:36:38,430 What's wrong? 711 00:36:38,670 --> 00:36:40,050 What are we doing wrong? 712 00:36:41,310 --> 00:36:45,050 No answer so they fasted and prayed they 713 00:36:45,050 --> 00:36:47,690 were getting a little more biblical now and 714 00:36:47,690 --> 00:36:50,630 then God showed them You never asked me 715 00:36:50,630 --> 00:36:52,850 what marketplace or what village to go to? 716 00:36:54,570 --> 00:36:57,990 All So then they began praying and they 717 00:36:57,990 --> 00:37:01,150 would not go out anywhere until God indicated 718 00:37:01,150 --> 00:37:03,370 where they should go And when that was 719 00:37:03,370 --> 00:37:05,690 clear, it was also usually made clear how 720 00:37:05,690 --> 00:37:07,690 large the team should be and how many 721 00:37:07,690 --> 00:37:11,570 who should be on the team And they 722 00:37:11,570 --> 00:37:12,970 started doing it this way and still there 723 00:37:12,970 --> 00:37:15,530 was no real blessing So they fast and 724 00:37:15,530 --> 00:37:18,070 prayed some more and God said when you 725 00:37:18,070 --> 00:37:20,310 got to the marketplaces, you didn't wait for 726 00:37:20,310 --> 00:37:23,590 my guidance You just rushed ahead and did 727 00:37:23,590 --> 00:37:28,540 your thing And so he said through fasting 728 00:37:28,540 --> 00:37:32,280 and prayer the early apostles it says in 729 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:36,640 Acts They said we will give ourselves continually 730 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:40,720 to prayer And to the ministry of the 731 00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:43,160 word the ministry of the word rises out 732 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:46,440 of the prayer you see God indicates what 733 00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:47,940 where and when? 734 00:37:48,860 --> 00:37:50,480 when we fast and pray and wait on 735 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,920 his name and They made this discovery and 736 00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:56,380 he said when we started doing God's work 737 00:37:56,380 --> 00:38:00,380 in God's way the glory of God returned 738 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:07,060 And he described some of those meetings Where 739 00:38:07,060 --> 00:38:08,900 people couldn't even walk to the front there 740 00:38:08,900 --> 00:38:13,340 under such tremendous conviction of sin They sometimes 741 00:38:13,340 --> 00:38:16,020 just lay on the floor prostrate where they've 742 00:38:16,020 --> 00:38:19,740 been sitting they couldn't walk We saw that 743 00:38:19,740 --> 00:38:22,560 happen to I remember a preacher He signaled 744 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:24,180 us and preachers in the Winnipeg meetings. 745 00:38:24,380 --> 00:38:25,540 He wanted to get the altar. 746 00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:27,480 He couldn't walk There was no strength left 747 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:30,340 in him because he'd seen the holiness of 748 00:38:30,340 --> 00:38:32,680 God Preachers came and carried him to the 749 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,560 altar put him on his knees And he 750 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,980 met God the glory of God touched his 751 00:38:38,980 --> 00:38:43,580 life Was a thrilling little story the return 752 00:38:43,580 --> 00:38:48,900 of God's glory Supposing Peter on the day 753 00:38:48,900 --> 00:38:51,180 of Pentecost had gotten up in front of 754 00:38:51,180 --> 00:38:55,180 that great crowd in Jerusalem and simply Exuded 755 00:38:55,180 --> 00:38:58,720 a quiet confidence in God and said nothing 756 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:00,700 What would have happened? 757 00:39:01,980 --> 00:39:04,620 Well, supposing he got up and invited those 758 00:39:04,620 --> 00:39:07,100 people in the crowds To come down to 759 00:39:07,100 --> 00:39:08,760 this certain camp where they were having a 760 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,180 conference where the meals would all be free 761 00:39:15,210 --> 00:39:17,390 Well, supposing he did something else such as 762 00:39:17,390 --> 00:39:22,720 we do today Didn't preach the gospel All 763 00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:24,160 people say you have to build a bridge 764 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:25,980 before you can preach the gospel to a 765 00:39:25,980 --> 00:39:27,920 person You must build a bridge to them. 766 00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:30,120 I'm not saying that that's always wrong, but 767 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:34,000 it certainly isn't always right Peter didn't build 768 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:34,800 a bridge to those people. 769 00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:36,140 He didn't know most of them. 770 00:39:36,580 --> 00:39:38,800 They did not know him They did not 771 00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:41,040 know whether he was genuine or hypocritical. 772 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,920 They knew nothing at all about him But 773 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,960 that day 3,000 people were converted just 774 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:51,280 the same Supposing the Apostles had said well 775 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:53,520 now this fasting business You know, it's pretty 776 00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,560 demanding and spending hours a day in prayer 777 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,460 that takes up a lot of time that 778 00:39:58,460 --> 00:40:02,300 we could use in better ways What would 779 00:40:02,300 --> 00:40:02,860 have happened? 780 00:40:03,540 --> 00:40:06,940 To the work of God The glory would 781 00:40:06,940 --> 00:40:12,460 slowly be withdrawn and then We'd be like 782 00:40:12,460 --> 00:40:16,380 a windmill beating the air Getting nothing done 783 00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:20,760 Seeing very few converted seeing little very little 784 00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:25,020 of the power of God Because God has 785 00:40:25,020 --> 00:40:29,780 withdrawn because his spirit has been green So 786 00:40:29,780 --> 00:40:33,860 We're told Ephesians 430 do not grieve the 787 00:40:33,860 --> 00:40:36,620 Holy Spirit of God Whereby you was sealed 788 00:40:36,620 --> 00:40:39,280 unto the day of redemption don't grieve God's 789 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:41,600 Spirit he's the source of the power and 790 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:45,500 glory the dynamic of Christianity is the spirit 791 00:40:45,500 --> 00:40:50,120 of the Lord and when he's gone and 792 00:40:51,460 --> 00:40:52,540 There's nothing can happen. 793 00:40:56,010 --> 00:41:03,150 We heard something about Korea Brazil 25% 794 00:41:03,150 --> 00:41:04,590 in the nation of Brazil I read or 795 00:41:04,590 --> 00:41:07,150 was it 20% are probably born again 796 00:41:07,150 --> 00:41:09,990 now fantastic some of the things happening there 797 00:41:10,790 --> 00:41:14,930 Chile Tomoko and southern Chile a city about 798 00:41:14,930 --> 00:41:16,210 the size of Saskatoon. 799 00:41:16,370 --> 00:41:18,950 They told me that 40% were evangelical 800 00:41:20,130 --> 00:41:24,550 40% I've seen churches in Chile seating 801 00:41:24,550 --> 00:41:30,330 3,000 5,000 15,000 The glory 802 00:41:30,330 --> 00:41:33,030 of God Is it work? 803 00:41:34,270 --> 00:41:36,590 Wherever he can find people whose heart is 804 00:41:36,590 --> 00:41:40,310 right who do things in God's way biblical 805 00:41:40,310 --> 00:41:44,130 ways And not turn their ear away from 806 00:41:44,130 --> 00:41:49,310 the law of God How is it in 807 00:41:49,310 --> 00:41:49,890 your heart? 808 00:41:50,710 --> 00:41:52,690 Have you ever known anything of the glory 809 00:41:52,690 --> 00:41:53,230 of God? 810 00:41:54,070 --> 00:41:58,230 the working of the Spirit Through you a 811 00:41:58,230 --> 00:42:00,510 pastor in one of our Crusades was making 812 00:42:00,510 --> 00:42:04,570 the announcements And a man sitting down in 813 00:42:04,570 --> 00:42:07,190 a congregation Saw the glory of God in 814 00:42:07,190 --> 00:42:09,310 the face of that pastor and went to 815 00:42:09,310 --> 00:42:10,750 the prayer room and met God. 816 00:42:11,150 --> 00:42:14,950 I don't know what he saw He said 817 00:42:14,950 --> 00:42:17,630 he saw the glory of God in the 818 00:42:17,630 --> 00:42:24,900 face of the pastor Gordon Bailey, and I 819 00:42:24,900 --> 00:42:26,680 were in a meeting in Clarny Manitoba one 820 00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:31,680 time Not many years ago a woman sang 821 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:34,460 and the glory of God Came over the 822 00:42:34,460 --> 00:42:39,460 place while she sang the ministry of the 823 00:42:39,460 --> 00:42:43,180 Spirit, which is now It's supposed to be 824 00:42:43,180 --> 00:42:45,600 much more glorious than anything. 825 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:50,980 They knew in Old Testament days And I'm 826 00:42:50,980 --> 00:42:52,980 not really arguing for a lot of you 827 00:42:52,980 --> 00:42:56,820 know outstanding miracles per se You know that's 828 00:42:56,820 --> 00:42:57,580 not what I'm thinking. 829 00:42:57,860 --> 00:43:00,160 Oh, I'm really thinking of the Spirit of 830 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:03,880 God working in the hearts of men and 831 00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:08,400 women and young people Christians first of all 832 00:43:09,020 --> 00:43:13,410 And then the unconverted Just a couple of 833 00:43:13,410 --> 00:43:15,210 weeks ago Gordon Bailey saw the power of 834 00:43:15,210 --> 00:43:18,910 God in some meetings in Calgary and a 835 00:43:18,910 --> 00:43:20,410 few months ago he and I were down 836 00:43:20,410 --> 00:43:25,570 Mount Vernon, Washington an afterglow meeting and God 837 00:43:25,570 --> 00:43:28,770 came and The meeting went for over four 838 00:43:28,770 --> 00:43:33,710 hours 80 people there right at the start 839 00:43:33,710 --> 00:43:37,570 a man got up and Confessed his sin 840 00:43:37,570 --> 00:43:40,410 to the whole crowd And said please pray 841 00:43:40,410 --> 00:43:42,030 for me So he knelt at the chair 842 00:43:42,030 --> 00:43:43,730 and some of us prayed to them ten 843 00:43:43,730 --> 00:43:45,550 men in a row all of them leaders 844 00:43:45,550 --> 00:43:48,410 in the church a good-sized church Came 845 00:43:48,410 --> 00:43:50,350 and knelt at the chair, and then it 846 00:43:50,350 --> 00:43:53,370 went on for four hours Petra and I 847 00:43:53,370 --> 00:43:55,590 saw this just a few weeks ago in 848 00:43:55,590 --> 00:44:00,130 British Columbia an Afterglow meeting maybe 70 80 849 00:44:00,130 --> 00:44:01,650 people there it went on for four and 850 00:44:01,650 --> 00:44:05,070 a half hours As people were meeting God 851 00:44:05,750 --> 00:44:08,830 Dear people are you concerned that the glory 852 00:44:08,830 --> 00:44:10,810 of God should return to our churches? 853 00:44:11,610 --> 00:44:14,910 Return to our lives our hearts personally. 854 00:44:15,310 --> 00:44:17,470 I wonder are we willing to pay the 855 00:44:17,470 --> 00:44:18,430 simple price? 856 00:44:19,150 --> 00:44:28,170 costly but simple Repentance prayer faith Identification with 857 00:44:28,170 --> 00:44:34,470 Christ Willing to suffer for his sake Hereby 858 00:44:34,470 --> 00:44:36,370 we perceive the love of God because he 859 00:44:36,370 --> 00:44:39,130 laid down his life for us, and we 860 00:44:39,130 --> 00:44:42,950 ought to lay down our lives For the 861 00:44:42,950 --> 00:44:48,510 brethren We are called to that To lay 862 00:44:48,510 --> 00:44:50,730 our lives down for the people of God 863 00:44:51,430 --> 00:44:55,490 Therefore my beloved brethren be you steadfast unmovable 864 00:44:56,330 --> 00:44:58,370 Always abounding in the work of the Lord 865 00:44:58,370 --> 00:45:00,630 for as much as you know that your 866 00:45:00,630 --> 00:45:04,730 labor is not in vain in the Lord 867 00:45:04,730 --> 00:45:06,950 a man singing in one of our meetings 868 00:45:06,950 --> 00:45:10,130 one time do the Alliance in Edmonton a 869 00:45:10,750 --> 00:45:12,910 Pastor not the pastor of the church, but 870 00:45:12,910 --> 00:45:15,930 a visiting pastor He'd met God the night 871 00:45:15,930 --> 00:45:18,510 before Now he was singing. 872 00:45:19,750 --> 00:45:22,350 Oh Happy day that fixed my choice on 873 00:45:22,350 --> 00:45:24,210 thee my Savior and my God it was 874 00:45:24,210 --> 00:45:27,030 another one of those times When the glory 875 00:45:27,030 --> 00:45:29,450 of God returned God said I will set 876 00:45:29,450 --> 00:45:32,850 glory in the land He said I will 877 00:45:32,850 --> 00:45:36,930 be the glory And people it's just Christ 878 00:45:37,570 --> 00:45:40,390 In hearts that are surrendered and open to 879 00:45:40,390 --> 00:45:45,270 him It's Jesus manifesting his presence and his 880 00:45:45,270 --> 00:45:50,610 power Coming to people's hearts and speaking directly 881 00:45:50,610 --> 00:45:55,150 to us and then through us to other 882 00:45:55,150 --> 00:46:03,450 people Restore unto me Habakkuk chapter 3 Oh 883 00:46:03,450 --> 00:46:03,930 Lord. 884 00:46:04,130 --> 00:46:07,790 I've heard your speech, and I was afraid 885 00:46:08,830 --> 00:46:13,050 Oh Lord Revive thy work in the midst 886 00:46:13,050 --> 00:46:15,490 of the years In the midst of the 887 00:46:15,490 --> 00:46:19,930 years make known in wrath remember mercy and 888 00:46:19,930 --> 00:46:26,270 what's the next statement God came And his 889 00:46:26,270 --> 00:46:28,350 glory covered the heavens and the earth was 890 00:46:28,350 --> 00:46:34,010 filled with his praise God came Revival is 891 00:46:34,010 --> 00:46:41,170 God coming and his glory is seen Psalm 892 00:46:41,170 --> 00:46:44,870 85 will thou not revive us again that 893 00:46:44,870 --> 00:46:48,110 thy people may rejoice in thee I Will 894 00:46:48,110 --> 00:46:50,430 hear what God the Lord will speak for 895 00:46:50,430 --> 00:46:52,210 he will speak peace to his people and 896 00:46:52,210 --> 00:46:54,230 to his saints But let them not turn 897 00:46:54,230 --> 00:46:56,770 again to folly and then a verse or 898 00:46:56,770 --> 00:47:02,830 two further he talks about glory dwelling in 899 00:47:02,830 --> 00:47:08,490 our land Glory in our churches in our 900 00:47:08,490 --> 00:47:13,170 homes in our hearts Would you deal with 901 00:47:13,170 --> 00:47:13,610 sin? 902 00:47:14,890 --> 00:47:16,130 What's holding it back? 903 00:47:16,970 --> 00:47:18,850 What are we doing a screaming God? 904 00:47:19,750 --> 00:47:23,170 Fleshly methods of doing God's work every kind 905 00:47:23,170 --> 00:47:24,850 of a program and plan you can think 906 00:47:24,850 --> 00:47:27,170 of and I know we have to plan 907 00:47:28,270 --> 00:47:30,710 But when our dependence is on our plans 908 00:47:30,710 --> 00:47:33,710 and not on God Sometimes we do like 909 00:47:33,710 --> 00:47:35,090 God said about Israel. 910 00:47:35,090 --> 00:47:37,290 She was like a silly dove without heart 911 00:47:38,050 --> 00:47:40,630 Looking to Egypt looking to Syria looking here 912 00:47:40,630 --> 00:47:43,130 looking there looking for another plan that'll work 913 00:47:43,130 --> 00:47:46,230 for a while But not looking for God 914 00:47:47,050 --> 00:47:50,210 Not looking for the glory of God In 915 00:47:50,210 --> 00:47:52,650 closing I would say and the words of 916 00:47:52,650 --> 00:47:55,330 Jesus said I not unto you that if 917 00:47:55,330 --> 00:47:59,190 you would believe You would see the glory 918 00:47:59,190 --> 00:48:03,310 of God My dear friend would you deal 919 00:48:03,310 --> 00:48:03,910 with sin? 920 00:48:04,810 --> 00:48:07,050 Would you get down before God and say 921 00:48:07,050 --> 00:48:10,490 Lord search my heart I Want the glory 922 00:48:10,490 --> 00:48:13,490 to return to me restore unto me the 923 00:48:13,490 --> 00:48:17,450 joy of my salvation I'm sure there are 924 00:48:17,450 --> 00:48:20,550 many here today who feel empty and cold 925 00:48:20,550 --> 00:48:24,130 and maybe somewhat critical Even what's being said 926 00:48:24,130 --> 00:48:24,890 right now? 927 00:48:25,950 --> 00:48:30,330 Your life is fruitless But you want to 928 00:48:30,330 --> 00:48:38,910 change you can God thank you for this 929 00:48:38,910 --> 00:48:43,470 time of blessing Thank you for the presence 930 00:48:43,470 --> 00:48:47,870 of your spirit father forgive us that sometimes 931 00:48:48,610 --> 00:48:50,810 You're gone, and we don't even know it 932 00:48:50,810 --> 00:48:53,790 the glory is not there so we We 933 00:48:53,790 --> 00:48:54,750 try to whip it up. 934 00:48:54,870 --> 00:48:58,070 We're trying to sail father with yesterday's wind 935 00:48:58,070 --> 00:49:02,790 and we can't We can't glorify you because 936 00:49:02,790 --> 00:49:06,230 of this Father even Jesus said glorify thou 937 00:49:06,230 --> 00:49:09,850 me that I may glorify you And how 938 00:49:09,850 --> 00:49:11,310 can we glorify you father? 939 00:49:11,570 --> 00:49:15,250 We're much less than Jesus Unless you glorify 940 00:49:15,250 --> 00:49:18,810 us and that glory father must return Will 941 00:49:18,810 --> 00:49:20,550 God give us repentance hearts? 942 00:49:21,890 --> 00:49:26,330 Broken hearts humble hearts that we might see 943 00:49:26,330 --> 00:49:31,830 your face Christ You've been listening to from 944 00:49:31,830 --> 00:49:34,410 the pulpit and classic sermon series this week 945 00:49:34,410 --> 00:49:37,050 You heard Bill McCloud with his message the 946 00:49:37,050 --> 00:49:39,810 return of God's glory Tune in next week 947 00:49:39,810 --> 00:49:42,670 to hear George Burwer talk about this one 948 00:49:42,670 --> 00:49:44,930 part one on from the pulpit and classic 949 00:49:44,930 --> 00:49:45,390 sermons