We Think That God's Prophetic Warnings In His Word......Are Fake News!

                One of the powerful cinematic moments in the new film....A Great Awakening....is when George Whitefield is perched up on portico of the courthouse in Philadelphia....with citizens lined up all the way to the dock.....as he bellows out...."Awake, O Sleeper!" He took those words from Scripture....as Isaiah wrote at the Holy Spirit's direction...."Awake, Awake!'.....and Paul wrote in Ephesians...."Awake, O sleeper....and arise from the dead....and Christ will shine on you."
                Those 1740s were God's time for that Great Awakening. Everything is in God's perfect timing. John MacArthur bellowed out similar commands....as did R. C. Sproul....and many others actually....but it was only Billy Graham who had that prominent perch for the American citizen to see him....and we did respond to his words....for a while....but no single man was needed by God.....and no single man could claim the victory in any of the revivals in America.
                 O we are indeed sleeping in America right now. None of these show events like national days of prayer or Bible reading marathons or college baptism rallies are related to what happened in the colonies at the time of Whitefield and Edwards and others. 
                  Pittsburgh is going to be overrun by.....I don't know....what are they....fans....in the next few days for the NFL draft. The Penguins are in the playoofs.....and the Pirates are doing well....we have all kinds of excitement scheduled for the summer. That is what we want. We are happy somnambulists.....performing complicated tasks while in a deep sleep.
                  There is no one in the American church right now with enough gravitas to even gather us together to hear the words....Awake....O Sleeper!
                  We will have to hit rock bottom.....with a thud....to wake up....and for God to wake us up....and that is surely coming. The evidence of our coming demise is literally everywhere.....as AI alone is a resounding death knell.....but to all of us.....it is all....fake news!