Lights Out
June 28, 2023

2For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
Isaiah 60:2 (KJV)

14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
Matthew 5:14-16 (NKJV)

“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.”

You cannot steer a ship by two stars or a nation by two moral compasses.



“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal (fleshly) but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ …”
2 Corinthians 10:4–5

The people at the center of the modern cultural attack are the followers of Jesus Christ!



Will we sit by as idle, unconcerned spectators in the stands of our culture and watch our nation plunge itself into the midnight of post-Christian paganism?



TURN THE LIGHTS OUT!



In the twenty-first century, a generation will fight for the preservation and propagation of a culture based on truth!

TURN THE LIGHT ON!



When worldviews collide, nations hang in the balance!



14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Our worldview must be accurate!



But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6

Creation



The Fall of Man



The fall of man explains the spiritual hunger that resides in every person!



The Plan of Redemption



The Next Great Awakening!



IS TIME TO TURN THE LIGHT ON!



A RECIPE FOR AWAKENING!



INDIVIDUAL MORAL REFORM.



OUTWARDLY FOCUSED RATHER THAN INWARDLY OBSESSED.



“more and more associated with self-absorbed individuals preoccupied with finding health and happiness for their own lives and maintaining the status quo in an unstable world. As this concern for the individual increased, concern for society at large correspondingly decreased. A whole generation of believers has largely become “I” focused—consuming massive amounts of preaching and teaching on how to be happier, healthier, wealthier, skinnier, prettier, and more fulfilled.”

Influence comes through service, but self-absorbed people are incapable of serving!



THE CULTURE-TRANSFORMING REVIVALS OF THE PAST WERE FUELED BY THE WHOLE GOSPEL PREACHED UNAPOLOGETICALLY BY MEN!



THE FINAL AND MOST WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED PRECURSOR TO CULTURE-SHAKING REVIVAL IS PRAYER!



“This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Thy face.”
Psalm 24:6

“I can give a prescription that will bring revival … to any church, or community, or any city on earth. First: Let a few Christians get thoroughly right with God. If this is not done, the rest will come to nothing. Second: Let them bind themselves together to pray for revival until God opens the windows of heaven and comes down. Third: Let them put themselves at the disposal of God for His use as He sees fit in winning others to Christ … That is all. It cannot fail!”
- R. A. Torrey