The sermon emphasizes the importance of witnessing and the role of God in confirming our witnessing through special miracles and blessings.
The video is a compilation of three sermons preached by Brother Ralph Barnard at the Galvest Baptist Church near Gonzales, Louisiana. The sermons were delivered on January 19th and 20th. Unfortunately, Brother Barnard suffered a fatal heart attack on Tuesday morning. The last sermon, titled 'Witnessing a Good Confession,' emphasizes the importance of confessing one's faith in God and the power of God to overcome evil spirits.
Full Transcript
At the request of many of his wonderful friends, we're preparing this tape of the last three messages by Brother Ralph Barnard. These messages were preached at the Galvest Baptist Church near Gonzales, Louisiana, on Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Monday morning. And then, of course, Monday night, just before the service, Brother Barnard had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital, and then on Tuesday morning had another, which was a fatal heart attack.
These messages were preached on January the 19th and January the 20th, and we're going to have them just like they were preached. No changes made at all. These tapes were made while he was preaching.
We're just transferring them to this tape. We hope that you'll enjoy these messages. We'll have one of them in just a moment.
And now, here is the last message of Brother Ralph Barnard, and the title was Witnessing a Good Confession. I want to give this a singing for these morning service hymns that only people can sing. He departed, Jews and Greeks turned out, faces of worshipers came on, and here it is, while they were getting out to work, God brought special miracles by the hand of Paul.
Who did that? God did. God did. They did the preaching.
They did the witnessing. God did the confirming. We talk about, oh, I wish we'd have revival.
What would revival be? Come on the sea, God Almighty will take that truth in Peter's heart. That would be revival. Isn't that right? Is that what we want? I don't know whether we could taste it, and you do not.
He did it by the hand. Noah did this. God brought special miracles, but he brought them by the hand of Paul.
God helped us with joy. Here's me to say, I'm happy for something happened that got us back. And if you think that the name of Zion, maybe some of us have seen the Lord, and we begin to cry.
We're brought under the sick, handkerchiefs and aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them. Now, it's a pretty good, I don't know, picture of the situation. You and I in, turn on the radio, and the devils will go.
People send in their dogs. We make fun of that, don't we? It's for us to get everything already. I want you to show, and who I am, is yours.
You're a servant. Zion delivered you. You're the creator.
You're not getting anywhere. Lord, you're a preacher. That's my child.
He's mine. It's worth. We've been trying to do it, Lord.
And he said to the Lord, something's in for you. You can get that. The only way you can get him to listen to you, is to put something.
You know what it does?
Sermon Outline
- I. Introduction to Witnessing a Good Confession
- A. The importance of witnessing and the role of God in confirming
- B. The example of Paul and the miracles he performed
- II. The Power of God in Witnessing
- A. God's ability to bring special miracles through human hands
- B. The example of Noah and the miracles he experienced
- III. The Role of Faith in Witnessing
- A. The importance of faith in receiving God's blessings
- B. The example of the people who were healed through handkerchiefs and aprons
- IV. The Responsibility of Servants in Witnessing
- A. The role of servants in delivering people to God
- B. The importance of recognizing God's sovereignty in our lives
Key Quotes
“God did. God did. They did the preaching. They did the witnessing. God did the confirming.” — Rolfe Barnard
“That would be revival. Isn't that right? Is that what we want?” — Rolfe Barnard
“You're a servant. Zion delivered you. You're the creator.” — Rolfe Barnard
Application Points
- We must recognize God's sovereignty and authority in our lives in order to experience revival.
- Faith is essential in witnessing because it allows us to receive God's blessings and experience His miracles.
- As servants of God, we have a crucial role in delivering people to Him by recognizing His sovereignty and authority in their lives.
