Four Lessons from Biblical Revivals — Santosh Poonen

God's Deliverance in Every Affliction

There's two ways to look at that promise from this week. That the afflictions will be many. It's true. One of the marks of being righteous, being conformed into the image of Jesus, is that our afflictions will be many.

But that's not the promise. It's just a fact. The promise is that God delivers out of 100 of them. That's the promise. So, we don't look at the number of the afflictions. We don't look at whether the afflictions are increasing or decreasing.

We say as many as they are. And it doesn't matter if I have a certain number and somebody else has a different number of afflictions. The promise is true for every single one. That the Lord delivers Him out of all of them.

That word all is the promise in that. So, I hope you're encouraged by that family as I am. The promise of the Lord. You know, recently there's been a lot of conversation about different gatherings, church gatherings, revivals in different places out in the Midwest and east of the U .S.

Revival Must Begin With the Word, Not Supernatural Excitement

And I've been thinking about that some. But, you know, maybe in a different way than most of the conversation that I'm hearing about it. When you hear about revival somewhere, meetings going on somewhere, long meetings, days on end, what does that do for you?

Does that make you want to go there and visit and see what's going on there? And does it make you change your life in some way? I was thinking about this verse in Luke chapter 16 in that context. And I don't think I'm taking it out of context.

So, bear with me. If you turn there with me, please, Luke chapter 16. But I want to tell you that it hasn't, this one, you know, when I've heard about it, it didn't do that much for me. I'll tell you why.

Because I've been seeking the Lord wholeheartedly. And I'm not saying that like such a good person that I am. But for the one who is walking with Jesus every day, seeking him above everything else, and you really are doing that, not just talking about it or hearing about it.

You're actually doing that. It's great that somebody else has now decided to do that as well. But if you, you know, there's, what saddens me is that there's a little bit of this attention-seeking mindset, not by them.

And again, I'm not thinking of anyone in particular, but there's an us, our flesh, I'll say. I'm talking about us now. But there's an us's desire to want to see it or be a part of it or be around it and talk about it and read about it or, and that's concerning to me.

And you remember when in the story of Lazarus and the rich man and Abraham, when Abraham told the rich man, see the rich man said, if you read Luke 16 verse 29, he, the rich man all of a sudden has a burden for his unconverted brothers.

He has five brothers, he says in verse 28. And he says, I don't want them to end up in hell like I am. So can you send them a warning? And Abraham said, they have the Bible, they have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them.

And he said, no father, Abraham verse 30, if someone goes to them from the dead, or I would paraphrase that if something supernatural happens, they will repent. But he said to them, if they do not listen to the Bible, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.

And so this was the word the Lord gave me is with regard to supernatural events, any event that's supernatural. Let's say you heard that a genuine miracle happened somewhere, even somebody really being risen from the dead.

Would you all of a sudden say, wow, God is moving, I better take my Christian life seriously. If so, that's great. But there's something wrong. If you've been sitting in this church, and you're waiting for a supernatural move of some sort to stir you into action, then I want you to pay attention to what we just read.

What Abraham said, and Jesus quoted was this, and this is a true story, by the way, because Jesus actually used Abraham and a real man named Lazarus. He didn't name the rich man. So it's a true story.

There is such a person in hell today. And I'm looking forward to meeting Lazarus as I am Abraham. But what Jesus said was, if the Bible is not enough to make you repent, then any other supernatural event or some other thing that you're hoping for a stirring of some sort will only result in a temporary, it might stir you temporarily.

The only thing that can bring lasting change to your family is this book. That's what Jesus said very plainly. And we've had you've had a book in your home. We have a Bible reading plan where we read from this book, we use this book a lot, we encourage you all to bring your Bible to the church meeting.

Why? Because Jesus said, this is what will cause you to repent. And an emphasis on that. Now, I'm not against emotional stirrings, they can happen at times. But the important thing to remember is that those stirrings must take us back to the book of life, to Jesus, first of all, who is the way, the truth and the life.

Because there have been if you read church history, and I've been more than paying attention to what's going on in different parts of the country right now, I've gone back and read history of revivals, genuine revivals, and fake revivals.

How do you know that they're fake? Because you see what has been the outcome of the that movement now, what is happening in that same church or group of churches as a result of these movements. And so I withhold my, I actually don't have any judgment about anyone, I don't judge anyone except myself.

But my discernment about what's going on now, I wait to see, I don't know, I hope it is genuine. And for whoever it is there, it's up to them to make sure it's genuine. For me, and for you and I here in Loveland, Colorado at RLCF, the call is to take God's word seriously, to seek for the power of his Holy Spirit more than you've ever sought before.

And if what's happening in somebody else, whether it's genuine or not, causes that in you, that's a wonderful thing. If it stirs you to seek him now, and to seek for him like you've never sought for him before.

Jesus’ Example for Handling Large Crowds

But there have been revivals, Toronto, Brownsville, Lakeland, Asbury, even 50 years ago, 53 years ago, there was a, in the same college, there was a move, there was a religious movements, the spiritual movement.

And now, and I thought about what it was like, if you turn over, turn back a few pages to Luke chapter 9. When Jesus saw large crowds gathering, I, in my free time a little bit this week, I was just kind of looking at a concordance that, where was, how did Jesus handle crowds?

And I didn't want to make this a study on that. You can do that yourself. But sometime go back and do that. Take a concordance and look at where all in the New Testament it says Jesus was around a crowd.

It's multi, many times. And multitude, those are two words that are used, depending on the translation you use, you'll see that. But if you're interested, do that for your own benefit. And see how Jesus handled when large crowds came.

One of my favorite passages in John 6, where by the time the, while Jesus was still preaching, the longer he preached, the crowd just got less and less and less. It didn't increase. This is Jesus's style of preaching.

Now, that's not always the case. But if you look here in Luke 9, this is the one, one I wanted to point out to you. Luke chapter 9, it says in verse 10, when the apostles returned, see, he had just sent them out and they probably did miraculous things, supernatural things were happening.

They cast out demons. And in another passage, I think in Matthew 10, it talks about how they came back and gave a report of what all supernatural things were happening. And they gave a count, verse 10, of all that they had done.

And then taking them with him, he didn't say, okay, let's make this even bigger. He withdrew by himself to a city called Bethsaida. But the crowds were aware of this and followed him even there. And welcoming them, what did he do?

He began speaking to them about the kingdom of God. He began speaking to them about the kingdom of God. And that's the word the Lord's been speaking to me this week. As you think about large crowds gathering, let's say all of a sudden we pack this, this building and overflow and downstairs and all that.

What should we do? Speak to them about the kingdom of God. This is Jesus' example of what to do when you find the large crowds gathering, speak to them about the kingdom of God. And I'd like to look a little bit about what that means.

What does the kingdom of God actually mean in this context? We heard about it on Wednesday as well. So it was a timely reminder. Among the revivals that I've been inspired by, the Welsh revival has been good and bad even there.

A Quiet Revival Born From Spiritual Hunger

Other revivals through history. There's one revival that transformed my life the most. And that's, I don't even think the word revival was used in that context. But this was almost 50 years ago when two men independent of each other were seeking for help in their defeated Christian life and the dryness in their Christian life.

And they both were at a place of need and were desperate and were hungry and were thirsty. And they met together and they prayed. But then they went back separately and prayed, locked themselves in their bedrooms and cried out to God on their knees.

And God filled them both separately with the Holy Spirit. And out of that movement in 1975, out of that, that work of God that happened quietly in a way that even their neighbors probably didn't even know.

There was no news channels or anything like that. No cameras in there. No iPhones in those days to take videos of what's going on in the meeting. It was two men separately by themselves on their knees before God, bowing before Him, crying out to Him.

And God filled them with the Holy Spirit. It was Brother Zach and Brother Ian. The Lord brought them together in 1975. And the work that started there, I tell you, I didn't see it for many years growing up there.

I was alive at that time. I was a year and a half, two years old at the time. And of course it took me a long time to be aware of it. But that, the movement that started then, has really changed my life.

Allowing me to really know the true Jesus. Not another Jesus and the other Jesuses that are presented so often in Christendom. A move that took me back to God's Word. And there were a few things that they emphasized.

The Great Commission and the Mission of the Church

First of all, the foundation for that was Matthew chapter 28. We've heard about this often. I'd like us to see it again. Matthew 28, and this must be our emphasis as well. Matthew 28 verse 18, 19, and 20.

Matthew 28 verses 18, 19, and 20. If anybody asks you, what is the mission of RLCF? You can just go to this verse and say, this is it. Because this is the mission Jesus gave us. He says, all authority, verse 18, has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

So, because Jesus has all authority in heaven and on earth, go and make disciples of all the nations. Baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, first of all. That's what it means to be a disciple, is to be baptized in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

And to observe all that Jesus commanded us to do. This is very simply what it means to be a disciple. And this is what we have sought to proclaim here at RLCF, following the example that CFC has set us.

But what does that look like? What does it mean to obey all that Jesus taught us? I mean, you can read about it. We went through a study of the book of Matthew, through that series, all that Jesus taught.

All the words of Jesus in the book of Matthew. But very simply, these are some of the things that we've sought to emphasize. Repentance. True turning. It starts there. No matter how much you sing and have prayer meetings that last hours and hours and hours, if there is no repentance, no actual turning, it doesn't matter how long you sit there in a meeting.

If it takes that long to get there, then stay there. Stay there overnight. Stay there for a week if it takes you that long to repent. But you must repent. And the revival can end when you repent. Otherwise, yeah, keep singing, keep crying out to God.

But it starts with repentance. And a repentance that leads you to holiness in the inside and inner life. If you have a piece of paper, we have bulletins in which you can write it down. I encourage you to write it down or take a note of it.

These are the things that we seek to emphasize. Repentance, first of all. Secondly, inner holiness. Not holiness that looks holy on the outside where we change how we dress or change this or change that.

That might be a result of it, but it's an inner holiness. Inner holiness. Holiness in the inner life. Because that's where nobody else can see how holy you really are. Only you and the Lord and I think the devil know how holy you really are.

But that's where it matters. The outward impression of holiness that you gave to people will mean absolutely nothing when Jesus comes. He will peel back the covers and we'll all see what all of us were like on the inside.

And be ready for that, dear friends. That's what matters. Holiness in the inside. Mutual love. Love for brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, parents with children. Genuine love for each other. Manifest in building a body.

Not just a congregation of people that come together on a Sunday and they leave. They come back the next Sunday. Or if they don't like it, they find another restaurant church or theater church experience.

Mutual love where we are committed to each other. Where if you suffer, I suffer with you. If you rejoice, I'm rejoicing with you. I have a care for you. I'm interested in your spiritual welfare. As much as I'm interested in becoming more like Christ, I'm interested in you becoming like Christ, brother, sister.

That's why we are a local church. Purity. Number four. Purity. Moral purity. That means we're upright with our eyes, men. Whether you're actually sitting there and watching things on the phone or the internet or whatever, that should be the extreme of it.

But even a little bit of a glance. How you think about women. I mean this is going on in Christendom today where even pastors in their sermons are talk objectifying women. It's so dishonoring to God. Guard your thoughts, men.

Guard your thoughts. Only you know and the Lord and as I said the devil know if you're lusting in your thoughts. You don't need a phone or a computer to lust. You have eyes that can see. Moral purity and uprightness in your speech.

If you say something, mean it. Let your yes be yes. Let your no be no. No double talk. It's moral purity. Financial integrity. This is something that's, is that five? One, two, three, four, five. Five is financial.

Let me go again. Repentance. Holiness on the inside. Love for brothers and sisters. Mutual love. Moral purity is number four. And number five is financial integrity. Again you see in Christendom. One of the reasons we don't, we're not boasting.

We're not putting our collars up because we we don't have any paid staff. We don't beg for money. You can give money if you want. If you don't that's fine. Nobody's asking you whether you'd give or not.

None of us is paid for what we do. It's volunteer. The reason we want that is because we want to preserve financial integrity. And I see even some of the best churches a little bit of a smear. Some of the best mission organizations.

Even the world recognizes. Ah they've got some shady dealings. It should never be said about a true church of Jesus Christ. Ever any kind of inappropriateness with money. And lastly being a bold witness.

Being a bold witness. This is our mission. Let me say it again. Repentance first of all. Holiness on the inside. Inner holiness. Mutual love. Love for others. Love for brothers and sisters and our family first of all.

Fourthly moral purity. Purity. Number five financial integrity. That means that means being righteous in money matters. That might be a big word for some of your children. Financial integrity means you're absolutely righteous with money matters.

You don't cheat anyone. You don't steal from anyone. You don't take advantage of anyone financially. You don't have any debt. That's something we preach in this church as well. There should not be any debt that you owe somebody and you have the money to pay it.

Financial integrity. And lastly being a bold witness. And all of that is based on God's Word. And we're not coming up with some new idea. Some new model. All of that you'll find the principles in God's Word.

Persevering in Holiness Without Lowering Standards

And the revival of that movement. That revival is what I have found is lasted the test of time. Where that standard hasn't watered been watered down and all of a sudden now yeah we're creeping in a little bit of moral impurity.

Where you're finding there's a little bit of impurity that's allowed. Now it's not to say that we won't fall but if we fall we deal with it. Sin is dealt with radically. That's that the the standards that the church must uphold.

And again I want to stress it doesn't mean we don't fall but we hate it and we preach against it. We continue to do that and we never lower the standards even if 50 years have gone by. And that's how I know that it's a true move of God.

Because the standards haven't dropped. So that's a little bit of how you know that when I think about revival that's what I think about. That's the kind of revival I want the Lord to do through RLCF as well over time.

It may not happen in a day. May not even happen in a month. I want it to happen over time. I want it to last until Jesus comes. God willing if it is his will. But we're not in control of that. And that's why I believe that God is he doesn't believe in denominations.

He's not got an allegiance to anybody. He didn't have an allegiance to the Lutherans when Martin Luther started that movement. Or the Wesleyans when John the Methodists when John Wesley started that movement.

Or the the Pentecostals or any he's not he doesn't have an allegiance to any denomination or movement. He's looking for his bride. People who no matter what limited understanding they may have of God's word they're devoted to Jesus.

The bridegroom is everything for them. Jesus alone is everything for them. And that must be the case here. And that's up to us individually. So if our children when they're the ones that are sitting here when they're the adults at RLCF and one of them is up here preaching the word.

It's up to them to lead the church forward. It won't be up to what we did or what our what our forerunners did. Are they following Jesus individually? And so children it's going to be up to you. If the Lord takes you leaves you here or takes you somewhere else.

I pray that Jesus Christ will be everything for you children for until the end of your life. Then you will be useful for God and for his kingdom. And RLCF will remain as a church that's a pure lamp for God.

If the people sitting in it at that time a hundred years from now perhaps love him. Jesus is not affiliated to CFC or RLCF or Baptist or Pentecostal or this or that. He is building his church a pure bride.

And if in this building if it's still standing 50 years from now. I don't know if it will be. But wherever the name of RLCF is gathered. If there's a group of people there who are saying Lord we want to follow you.

We want to be devoted to you above all else. And it is our children I pray it is so. Then he is pleased with it. But I've also been thinking about biblical revivals. If you read the history you read the Bible you'll see that there were revivals in the Bible as well.

Biblical Revivals and the Necessity of Scripture

There was a revival in the time of Hezekiah. When he gathered the people together and they sought the Lord as one. There was a revival in the time of Josiah. You can read about it. Where they started to rebuild the temple and they found the book of the law.

Read about it. I think it's second chronicles 34 or something like that. The latter chapters of second chronicles where they found the law. And if you read it what happened to Josiah. It's like they didn't have a Bible.

They were trying to have a revival without the Bible. And just I don't know they were singing and doing whatever. And then they found the Bible and they opened it. It was like whoa God is going to judge us.

Sin is real. And then he was in a panic so he called for the prophet. I think it was Hilkiah. And they said tell us what it is. And and they repented. And they it says Josiah ripped his clothes when he opened the Bible.

This is why we must have more teaching of the Bible. Such prophetic teaching that even if you don't actually rip your clothes there's that wanting to. Oh Lord what if woe is me. Myself has been laid bare with the preaching of the word.

I've been found out. That's the mark of revival that the secrets of our hearts are revealed. And then even a visitor in our midst says wow God is here. Not because of the singing or how long the meeting is taking or crying or praying or anything like that.

No because the my my thoughts were revealed. How did the preacher know what is inside me? Because he didn't. The Holy Spirit did. And the Holy Spirit is in this church when the secrets of our hearts are revealed.

So there was Josiah. You read about the the revival in the time of Ezra, Haggai and Zechariah to rebuild the temple. So wonderful revivals there. I thought I would just mention four lessons that I learned from biblical revivals.

Four lessons. I could probably go on a list but you'd be here for two weeks or so. We don't want that. I'll just pick out four that the Lord's laid on my heart. That I've learned from studying biblical revivals that were genuine.

Lesson One: Love for God Is Tested by Attitude Toward Money

Now three of them come from the revival on Mount Carmel. So let's turn there. First Kings chapter 18. Children you'll probably remember this story of Elijah right? And the essence there was that there were Elijah who was the prophet of God and 450 prophets of who?

Baal. Yes prophets of God and prophets of Baal. First Kings chapter 18. So the first point lesson I want to share with you that the Lord's laid on my heart. I've learned through studying biblical revivals and from this story is this.

My love for God is tested in my attitude toward money. My love for God and you can write that down if you like. My love for God is tested in my attitude toward money. Now you you might think well is this gospel preaching really?

What does money have to do with it? What about sin and hell and all that fire and brimstone? No. My love for God is tested in my attitude toward money. And the devil would love for any kind of preaching that avoids dealing with this issue of money.

I'll tell you how the Lord spoke that to me through this story. So in first Kings 18 first of all you see the call from Elijah to the prophets of Baal. Elijah verse 21. First Kings 18 verse 21. Elijah came near to all the people and said how long will you hesitate or limp on the two undivided opinions?

That's the literal meaning. My margin says how long will you limp in an undivided opinion between Jehovah and Baal? It was what it was for them. How long will you limp sometimes on God and sometimes on Baal?

Sometimes on God sometimes on Baal. That's what he was there to address. How long will you go on limping in this undivided in this divided opinion between Jehovah and Baal? If the Lord is God follow him.

But if Baal follow him. You ever seen the invitation from Elijah to follow Baal? He says yeah. It's the same thing you read in Revelation 3. I would rather you be cold than lukewarm. So why do I say money?

Because Jesus said almost the exact words in Luke chapter 16. Let's turn there Luke chapter 16. And Baal in the Old Testament which is the it wasn't that Israel completely abandoned Jehovah. They held on to their high.

They had their temple and they had their worship places and all that. But they had Baal also. So maybe think of it like a Saturday. Let's do Jehovah and maybe in the evening before we go to bed let's do Jehovah.

But let's do Baal in the workplace when I'm with my friends and when those people so Samaritans visit and we can make a business deal with them. Let's talk about Baal. Because you know these friends of ours there they don't want we don't want to be so extreme that we're only talking about Jehovah.

Let's have a compromise. When our friends come over to visit us let's talk about Baal. Because they're into Baal. It's limping. And Jesus said Luke chapter 16. Let's begin verse 10. Yeah Luke 16 verse 10.

He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much. And he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of money, unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?

Do you see how you handle money will determine whether God will give you the riches of the kingdom? And if verse 12. If you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

What is he talking about here? Think about it. That which is another's is money. Money belongs to this world. It's another's. It's not yours. Even if it's sitting in your bank account. It's somebody else's.

Let it belong to this world. What's yours is the riches of heaven. And read it again. If you have not been faithful in somebody else's things which is the money in your bank account. How can God give you that which is your own?

Which is the eternal riches? And then he says no servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. And let me tell you.

You either despise money and love God or love money and despise God. That's it. Let me make it clear again. You either love God and despise money. It's not my words. Please know I read this verse so you see it in your Bible.

You either love God and despise money or you despise God and love money. You only fall into one of those two categories. Please understand I'm not here to hit you over the head or condemn you. I'm convicted brothers and sisters that Jesus gives me just two options.

There's no middle ground. There's no limping. I have a little bit of interest in money. Yeah you know I have to use money. How am I going to get food? And all these rationales and justifications for allowing the love of money to remain in my life.

The love of money is the root of all form of evil. If you find that you're defeated with lust, there's a good chance you love money. That's it. If you find that there's a coldness in your marriage, there's a good chance you love money.

If you find there's a lack of fire and zeal in your life for the things of God, there's a good chance you love money. Plain and simple. It's because you're limping. And Jesus says even though to you it might look like you're sometimes with me and sometimes with money, in my eyes you're 100 with money.

You despise me when I see that love of money in you. My love for God is tested in my attitude toward money. And that's why you know that this test doesn't happen here. I'm almost certain that none of you feels the love of money right now.

I don't. Right now money is the last thing on my mind. I'm comfortable that heat is at a good temperature. I've got enough clothes. You know I'm very comfortable here. I ate this morning. I had a little bit of coffee this morning too.

I'm good. The love of money is the last thing on my mind. That's why the longer we stay here, the more we avoid that test of the love of money. Which is why we're going to end this meeting at some point and say now let's see if we have just been fooling ourselves about our love for God.

Let's go to work tomorrow morning and when we're in the midst of the world where their God is money, let's see if we really are serious about loving God. That's the revival I want. Where my love for God is tested.

Because I tell you this it's going to be tested when Jesus comes. And I fear for the many Christians who were presented a gospel that was this limping. You know there were other prophets in the time of Elijah.

Prophets that said yeah yeah keep your bail. It's all right. Just make sure you do your Sabbath. Give your tithe and all that stuff. Fulfill your obligation. Keep your bail private. Just don't make it too obvious.

And this is the same thing that's going on today. And God is looking for Elijah's. God is looking for a church in the spirit of Elijah to prepare the way for the coming of Jesus Christ. That's my burden brothers and sisters.

That's our burden as a church. That's our burden as elders. I can assure you of that. If we're strict, if we're firm, if we're loving, if we're kind, if we're compassionate. It's because we want to be ready for Jesus.

That's it. We don't want anybody that sat at RLC up to get a shock when Jesus comes. And I believe by God's grace we won't. Because God will give us, will teach us from his words. So Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday is more important.

Yeah Sunday is also important. I tell you that. But the rest of the week is actually more important because that's where your love for God is tested. And we live in a Christendom that believes that my love for God is tested by how loud I sing or how long I sing.

I love you Lord and I worship you and I give everything to you and I praise you and all that stuff. That might be. But you can't test the love of God sitting here on a Sunday morning. It's absolutely God's word.

It's absolutely true. And I've seen that in my life because I tell you there were times in my life where I, this was it, I thought I loved God so much because of how I sang and how I felt in the meeting.

And I went home to the same defeated life. Day after day, week after week. And then God said you're barking up the wrong tree. You're chasing something else that other preachers have presented to you.

And they're making you feel guilty for not chasing after that. Read your Bible brothers and sisters. Read your Bible children. Look for what God is really interested in. And you'll see it's there. Let Jesus be your example.

Let God be true and every other man a liar. Let God's word be true. So my love for God is tested in my attitude towards money. The second thing, God hears the prayers of those who fear him and want his name to be honored.

Lesson Two: God Hears Prayers Offered in Reverence

God hears the prayers of those who fear him and want his name to be honored. Go back to 1 Kings chapter 18. Children, who had the longer prayer meeting, Elijah or the prophets of Baal? The children know it.

Unfortunately, many Christians in the world don't know it today. Yeah, the prophets of Baal prayed for 12 hours. 1 Kings chapter 18. Now again, please don't misunderstand. I, some people say, hey, your meetings are pretty long at RLCM.

You know, most people are used to the 59 minute meeting so that I can get back to my football game. You know, so we're not saying that the big issue is the timing. Yes, our meetings are long. We spend almost all day together.

That includes fellowship and all that, but we're not assessing God's presence by the length of the meeting. That's the point. 1 Kings chapter 18 verse 21. No, 1 Kings 8 verse 25. Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, choose one.

He let them go first. Choose one ox for yourselves and prepare it first for you. First, for you are many and call on the name of your God, but put no fire under it. Then they took the ox which was given them and they prepared it and call on the name of Baal from morning until noon.

So what is that? 6am maybe? 9am? I don't know. It started about 6am. That's usually when they started the clock in those times. So it's about six hours of praying. That's a long meeting. Praying, praying, praying, singing.

Okay, nothing happened. So they figured we must not have, a meeting must not be long enough. So let's keep it going. Saying, oh Baal, answer us. See, what is this? It's saying, no, none of us is actually praying, oh money or Satan.

No, we're not praying that. We're praying, oh Jesus, but it's another Jesus. A Jesus that allows you to still love money. A Jesus that still allows you to love yourself. You're saying, oh Jesus, answer us, but it's Baal because God sees you.

If you're limping, even though you're taking the name of Jesus, God hears it. Oh, they're praying to Baal because I see the limping. I see they really love money deep down there. Oh Baal, answer us, but there was no voice and no one answered.