 Good afternoon Pastor David. How you doing John? Welcome everybody to Unfiltered Pastor. Today I wanted to, it's a follow-up question. We've talked about this in the past. And it's regarding the Jesus Revolution movie. And some of the revivals also that were kind of going on when this movie came out, it was, before we went to Israel, it was really gaining traction. It was being talked about in circles. Matter of fact when we were in Israel and they found out we're from Calvary Chapel, the first thing that came out of the mouth is, so have you seen the Jesus Revolution movie? That's true. Now we're back and we've been back for about a month. And I haven't heard too much regarding the movie, nor regarding any of the revivals that were starting. What's your thoughts on that, or on these? I think that the Lord can use things at any time for whatever He wants to. We'll begin by saying that. I think that sometimes we'll see that the press becomes excited about something because it's newsworthy for the moment. And so Asbury Revival and all of that is going to be reported on because it's different. It's actually in some ways a more positive message and all. So normally that's kind of something you would expect. But we haven't heard a word of it since it was moved off its campus. Remember how the teachers there were concerned that the students finished their degree program and it had become for them a distraction apparently, at least to some degree. And so they ended up removing it from the campus and moving it to an off-site location. And as fast as it began, it stopped. So I don't know if that's quenching the Holy Spirit. I don't know how to speak of that. All I know is it fell under the news cycle. And then the Jesus Revolution movie, it had a good impact. There are people who saw it and reignited them. There are others who saw it and made them interested in Christ. And from my perspective, that's a good thing. One of my sons was speaking to me just I believe last night and told me about somebody he knew who at one time as a younger teen had come to our fellowship and for whatever reason had become disillusioned and decided to walk away and then became, in his own words, not an agnostic but actually turned away from God. He became someone who claimed to be an atheist. And my son was telling me rather that he spoke to him the other day and somehow he had come across this young man. He had said, this kid had said, a young man actually had said that he went to see that movie and it made him feel a sense of loss, that there was something in his life that he left behind. So I think those are very positive. That's a very positive report. Now, again when we first visited the subject together, I did mention to you that a genuine revival is a lasting change. And so I have taken, I took the wait and see attitude. And so I think it, the Asbury incident, I think that if it has indeed fizzled out that it was just a momentary kind of an awakening for a campus somewhere. I don't know that the fire of revival spread to the other churches. I've got people coming from what I read from even other countries, you know, to go and visit the campus and they wanted to gather stuff, you know, and take it back. Well, I've always had a negative about that. I don't know that you are supposed to go and rush to where the fire is so you can somehow catch fire. I don't know that that's necessarily how the spirit of God actually does work. You can from a distance say whatever you're doing there, Lord, please do it with us. But I don't have to climb on a plane, stand in a line so I can feel God. I don't have to do that. So I have a problem with that. That's a personal thing I know. As far as the Jesus Revolution movie, I think that it was a good thing and I'm sure that there are still people watching it. And I think it's going to be on Netflix and it's going to be out on DVD and there'll still be potential for people to have it at home to watch it and all. And to get an idea of what God had done in the past and maybe that'll provoke some to want him to duplicate that, to do it again. And from that perspective, I'm very positive about it. It's interesting as it was a circle of conversations for a good amount of time. Well, not a good amount of time, but it was just, you heard it more. And it was circulating in, even again, we're in Israel. Words of it came up and Asbury, words came up of it. And it was just an ongoing thing. And as I remember from our last conversation, it was the wait and see. And are these, not talking about the Jesus Revolution movie, I'm asking more about revivals. Is this something that is proof or that it's God's word wasn't founded on? And that I don't want to, I want to be careful of saying it wasn't emotionalism, but it seemed to be caught up in that direction. And it seemed like it was a flash in the pan type of deal that people are probably still moved by it. We don't hear it. It dropped off news circulation. It dropped off the map. And so I'm wondering, is that the result of emotionalism versus God's word? I would think so. I believe that a true revival is always based on the word of God. I mean, Josiah's revival began because he rediscovered the law of the Lord. And from there, they began to apply it and from there God moved. And so I suspect that this is one of those things that was driven in large part by emotion. I'm not saying that it was initiated by emotion. I think that what happened is emotion took over. And maybe I'm wrong on this again. I don't know for sure. I do know this. I do know that when genuine revival breaks out in a person's heart, that the direction of their life has changed and they pursue the Lord with more fervor, with more fire. And so it doesn't go out. You know, I got saved in a genuine movement, a revival that was a movement, you know, with Greg's movie, The Jesus Revolution, you know, and there were many Greg lorries. You know, maybe they haven't reached the notoriety of Greg, who does his crusades and has faithfully pastored his church for so long. But there were many pastors who came out of that movement who are still even at our advanced age now in ministry, continuing in our ministries, continuing seeing people save, continuing training them up, continuing planting churches. We're still doing it. But the Asbury revival, I don't know. I don't know what's going to happen. I think that when we begin to put our attention on maybe one person or one segment, we probably are going to eventually see it fizzle out because the Jesus movement has been and always was based on wanting to know and discover the things of God through his word. We were not caught up with just feeling God. We wanted to know God. And so knowing God comes through reading his word and applying it and then the depth of understanding, the emotion, if you will, begins to flood our soul. So you're in his word, you're putting it into practice, and he begins to reveal himself to you, you know. And so Jesus said to us that if we obey him, that he and his father would manifest themselves to us himself. He said, my father and I will manifest ourselves to you in John 14. So I really think that we need to just carefully consider what the Lord began to do. And over time, you'll see whether or not it was genuine or if it was emotion driven. I do hope and pray that any who came to the Lord through the movie and all that they continue to walk straight with God. I pray for those young people at Asbury and all who went to visit that they took back a portion of what God would have them to do and that they would continue to distribute it. And that's as far as I can go with that. Amen, amen. Well, thank you, Pastor, and I want to thank you for shining some light on that. Because again, you know, it's keeping our eyes on God and keeping our eyes on the Word of God. Studying the Word of God helps us navigate through these. Just a couple of things I want to bring up with our church family. Tomorrow night's Wednesday evening service. 7 p.m. you're taking a true book of Romans. Chapter 4. Chapter 4. And so I want to invite you guys to come out and join us. And then we have our Sunday morning services, 8.30 and 10.45. Invite you guys to come out and come to our midweek. Invite your friends to come out and join us. Come join us on Sunday. Mid, we have our men's conference tickets on sale. You can actually go online or come to the gazebo after services. Any of the services, purchase your tickets. It's going to be June 3rd. It's going to be a great time. Pastor, thank you so much for spending time with our church family. Thank you guys for tuning in. And we'll see you soon. God bless you, Pastor. God bless you. Thank you guys.