Savonarola --LIFTING UP THE STANDARD --PART II.wmv

The RELIGIOUS RULERS FEARED HIM SO MUCH THAT THEY BURNED THIS SAINT AT THE STAKE IN THE TOWN SQUARE IN FLORENCE, ITALY (NOW IT IS CALLED SAVONAROLA SQUARE). HE RAISED HIS HAND TO BLESS THEM AS THE FIRE SWEPT OVER HIS BODY. THE CHURCH LEADERS WERE STILL SCARED OF HIM AFTER DEATH; AND THEY TOOK WHAT WAS LEFT OF HIS BODY AND CUT IT UP AND THREW IT IN THE NEARBY RIVER. I SAVONAROLA HELPED BRING SWEEPING REVIVAL AND RENEWAL TO A DECADENT WORLD IN 1493 IN FLORENCE, ITALY. DURING THIS MARVELOUS REVIVAL, iTHE CITY OF FLORENCE WAS RULED BY THE STANDARDS OF CHRISTIANITY UNDER SAVONAROLA'S DIRECTION; AND THEY BURNED THEIR SORDID BOOKS AND PICTURES IN THE SQUARE OF THE CITY OF FLORENCE. IT IS CALLED THE "BURNING OF THE VANITIES" . THE HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION WERE CLOSED AND THE BARS--IT WAS TRUE REVIVAL WHICH CHANGED THE CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY BEYOND THE DOORS OF ANY CHURCH BUILDING. THE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ESPECIALLY CAUGHT UP IN THIS MIGHTY MOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE POPE OF THE TIME WAS EXTREMELY SINFUL WITH PEDOPHILE ACTIVITIES AND HE HATED SAVONAROLA. FINALLY AFTER 4 YEARS, THE POPE HAD HIM EXECUTED--BURNED AT THE STAKE IN THE TOWN SQUARE OF FLORENCE. SAVONAROLA WAS A FORERUNNER OF MARTIN LUTHER'S PROTESTANT REVOLUTION AND SAVONAROLA BROUGHT FORTH THE PRINCIPLE OF THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH-- AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE POWER OF THE BIBLE IN EVERY BELIEVER'S LIFE. WE NEED NOTHING LESS THAN SUCH A REVIVAL IN OUR DAY AND TIME, AND SAVONAROLA PROVED THAT IT CAN BE DONE--IF THERE WILL BE THOSE WHO SEEK AFTER THE LORD IN PRAYER AND ABIDING IN THE WORD AND WHO WILL LIFT UP THE UNCHANGEABLE STANDARD OF GOD TO A DYING WORLD. WE ARE CHANGED AND ENCOURAGED (AND CUT TO THE VERY HEART) BY THE LIFE AND MARTYRDOM OF SAVONAROLA.

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