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  A BAPTISM OF SEEING CLEARLY (CLIP)
  by Don Currin
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Summary: This sermon addresses the moral decline in the country,
attributing part of the responsibility to churches. It emphasizes the
need for a spiritual awakening, echoing the words of Tozer and Ravenhill
about recognizing the need for revival and not being content without it.
The speaker notes a shift away from dependence on religious activities
towards a deeper focus on Christ and genuine revival. There is a call
for a return to theology and fervent prayer, acknowledging the universal
need for spiritual renewal beyond just the United States.

Duration: 1:25

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This sermon addresses the moral decline in the country, attributing part
of the responsibility to churches. It emphasizes the need for a
spiritual awakening, echoing the words of Tozer and Ravenhill about
recognizing the need for revival and not being content without it. The
speaker notes a shift away from dependence on religious activities
towards a deeper focus on Christ and genuine revival. There is a call
for a return to theology and fervent prayer, acknowledging the universal
need for spiritual renewal beyond just the United States.

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I believe that our country is in a very morally decadent state today,
and I believe that once again the churches are to blame. A judgment must
begin at the house of God. As goes the church, so goes our country.

But I really feel like that we need a baptism of seeing clearly, much
like Tozer said, recognizing our great need for God. I was thinking a
moment ago of the words of Leonard Ravenhill, who said that the reason
that we're in the state we're in is because we don't want revival, and
the reason we don't want revival is because we're content to live
without it. And I see these days that there are just so much dependence
upon religious activity and just the way churches are, but something
that is encouraging to me is in recent days there is a drop in
attendance in mega churches.

People are not being satisfied, they're not being fulfilled, and they
recognize there's just a lot of chaff there that they need to learn to
look to Christ and the substance of his person for real revival. So I am
encouraged by what I hear and see, a return to theology and a return
also to urgent prayer, but the United States of America doesn't have a
monopoly on spirituality. We're in great, great need.

Our churches are, and I believe that's the reason you're here, is an
acknowledgment of that.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/VD4DK5MkHLM.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/don-currin/a-baptism-of-seeing-clearly/
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