PAUL: And here’s the proof why. The Apostle Paul said the Last Days began when the Apostle Paul was teaching. So, we had “The Reformation,” a massive global revival during the Last Days. We had the “First Great Awakening” which rocked the American colonies. We wouldn’t have the freedoms of America today in our Bill of Rights and Constitution, and by the way, if you believe in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution according to the Department of Homeland Security you are a terrorist. That’s a fact! Read the document on the report of right wing extremism. O.K. So, there was a “[Second] Great Awakening” and it changed our nation and it gave us these radical freedoms that no other country has. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness and stuff like that-freedom of speech, freedom of religion, that came from the Christian input, it came from the revival of the “First Great Awakening.” That was in the Last Days. The “Second Great Awakening” which partially freed the slaves with Charles Finney. That was in the Last Days. The healing revivals in 1940’s,1948. That was in the Last Days. The “Jesus Movement,” how I got saved, or the “Charismatic Movement.” That was in the Last Days. So I’ve given you numerous illustrations of powerful revivals that have all occurred in the Last Days. So why can not there be another revival in the last days before the Lord returns? There can be – and there will be. You know why? Because you can’t fulfill the Great Harvest before the return of the Lord if you don’t have the power of the Lord. Jesus Christ said–
PAUL: [READS JOHN 15: 4]
PAUL: And then you ask anything in His name. There’ll be miracles, you’ll have supernatural power if you abide in the Vine, which is Jesus Christ, you will move miraculously. We cannot fulfill the great end time soul harvest on our own strength. That soul harvest is produced by Christians who are filled with the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit and revival. So that’s the end of the argument of the critics. Okay? [The]Argument is over. Now, here’s the deal for you and I: Because I love you, I tell you the truth, okay? And so-there’s a lot of preachers that they mock fire and brimstone preaching-Jesus was a fire and brimstone preacher. Founder and father of the “First Great Awakening,” Jonathan Edwards, you read his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”– 2 hours of the most graphic description of hell, and the torments of hell, and fire and brimstone you’ll ever read in your life! And he changed the nation. He was a fire and brimstone preacher! Now, one other thing: And that is you have an assignment. The assignment is called “America.” Do not participate in the lie of the devil. The flaming missiles of the evil one. God is not finished with America yet. America has not become so evil that God has taken His hand completely off of America. I’m not saying that we are not experiencing the judgment of God to some degree. And I’m not saying that God is not allowing us to be chastised nor am I saying that we’re not in the greatest danger we’ve ever been in. But I’m saying the hand of God is still on our nation at this moment and in the spiritual realm God is giving us a brief opportunity to release His power in this nation. But that release can’t happen if you’re going to embrace the lie that God is finished with America. Listen! God is not finished with America and God is not finished with you! And that idea that God is finished with America is just like somebody who is possessed by a demon. As long as you hold onto it you’re paralyzed. So God wants to break that spirit off of your life and the life of other people so that He can send a Third Great Awakening and power contingent upon repentance and your asking. God says: “Call unto me and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not.” [Jeremiah 33: 3]
