I have been saying for years, Christians in America need help! I have had PASTORS tell me we need missionaries to come here and minister to us. LOOK WHAT IS HAPPENING!!! God has sent 240 Korean Christians to awaken America! PRAYERS ANSWERED! Over the years I have met many folks from South Korea, and they know JESUS! They know the love and accountability of JESUS! Many in America do not! We are a mess. We are at war with each other! Can America be saved? Only 6% of Americans hold a Biblical Worldview, George Barna research. What happened Church? God will hold us all accountable! I have asked too many pastors to join me in revival and they turn the other way. What are they afraid of? The world? TRUE REVIVAL IS NOT HAPPENING HERE IN AMERICA!!! America got to big for its own britches as much of the Church has…yes that is an old saying…The Church in America has become like the world. Not all, but way too many.
Humble yourself America…..you are failing….
America oh America! What has become of you?
This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday! Listen to the audio of Billy Graham from the 1957. Billy paints a clear picture as to why America is failing. Billy shares about Pentecost. I was just 1 years-old when Billy spoke these words. Give me some of that ‘old time religion.’ Most of the Church in America falls so very short of the days of Billy. Too much Hollywood, not enough JESUS! Not enough full gospel preachers! Too much performance driven preachers seeking stardom, too much ego! EGO stands for edging out God! Billy said this, “The prophets who spoke to their generations for God did not please and conform, they opposed anything that did not honor the Lord.” That is missing in the pulpit of many Churches in America. The Church, as a whole, has become like the world!
Dr. Ray Pritchard
On Pentecost Sunday, the Holy Spirit filled the Church with power and added 3,000 new believers. The account in Act 2 reports that, after Jesus ascended into heaven, Jesus’ followers were gathered together for the Feast of Harvest (aka Pentecost), and the Holy Spirit “filled the whole house where they were sitting” (Acts 2:2). “All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them” (Acts 2:4).
If you go back and read the Old Testament, you will discover that Pentecost was one of the Jewish feast days. Only they didn’t call it Pentecost. That’s the Greek name. The Jews called it the Feast of Harvest or the Feast of Weeks. It is mentioned five places in the first five books — in Exodus 23, Exodus 24, Leviticus 16, Numbers 28, and Deuteronomy 16.
What Is Pentecost and Where Did It Come From?
Way too many Churches in America have been built on the foundations of man..and not JESUS!!!!
From my hero of faith Charles Stanley!
What Is the Church?
The church is not a building; it’s the body of believers headed by Jesus.
Most people think of the church as a building, but that’s not the biblical definition. It isn’t merely a meeting place for social interaction, scriptural instruction, and service projects. Rather, the church is composed of all those who have been redeemed by Christ. He is the head of church, and believers are called His body.
In Matthew 16:18, Jesus said, “I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.” He was referring to the entire body of Christ, which is composed of all believers worldwide from every generation. The church began on the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came and filled Jesus’ followers, and it will continue until the rapture of the church, when believers in Christ will be caught up to meet Him in the sky (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).
Until then, our job as Christ’s body is to follow our Head. We’re not the ones in charge; He is. The Lord builds His church, but He uses us to make disciples, baptizing and teaching them to obey all His commands (Matthew 28:19-20). We don’t come up with our own plans; we simply follow His.
Billy Graham said this, “The prophets who spoke to their generations for God did not please and conform, they opposed anything that did not honor the Lord.” That is missing in the pulpit of many Churches in America. The Church, as a whole, has become like the world!
