The following "Question" was asked by a member of the congregation at Grace Community Church in Panorama City, California, and "Answered" by their pastor, John MacArthur Jr. It was transcribed from the tape, GC 70-16, titled "Bible Questions and Answers."  A copy of the tape can be obtained by writing, Word of Grace, P.O. Box 4000, Panorama City, CA 91412 or by dialing toll free 1-800-55-GRACE.  Copyright John MacArthur Jr., All Rights Reserved.

Question

What about all the revivals that we are reading about in the newspapers?

Answer

Someone handed me an article in the newspaper; there has been a couple of articles; I think there was one in the L A Times this morning about a supposed revival, "God is Up to Something" was the headline, written by Larry Stammer (sp.) the Times religion reporter, and it went on to talk about all these people who were saying that "There is this great revival, this movement of God that's coming through the Vineyard and the "Toronto Blessing" and all of that.  And that, "Millions," one comment was "Tens of millions of people are being saved," and it goes on and on with all of these really wild claims.  You need to read those things with a great amount of discernment, because as we were saying this morning, it doesn't seem to be anything more than something that is on the surface.  But you need to be careful as you read those things not to get drawn in.

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