WEBVTT 00:00:00.020 --> 00:00:05.600 There's coming a day when God is going to reformat and reinstall His creation's operating system. 00:00:07.800 --> 00:00:12.400 This is the LifeSpring One Year Bible Rewind, and coming to you from Riverside, California, 00:00:12.620 --> 00:00:19.220 and podcasting since 2004, I'm Steve Webb, your OG Godcaster. This is the podcast that comes to you 00:00:19.330 --> 00:00:24.100 every day, and we're reading the entire Bible together in a year. How's it going? I hope your 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:30.040 years off to a great start. Welcome to the show today. The website is LifespringMedia.com. 00:00:30.660 --> 00:00:37.920 Today is National Static Electricity Day. I know, shocking, right? I can't help it, I'm a dad. 00:00:38.420 --> 00:00:44.220 This is also, and much more importantly, Prophecy Friday. We'll read Isaiah 62 through 66, 00:00:44.770 --> 00:00:50.600 which will complete this book. Let's begin. Our Heavenly Father, Lord, we thank you for your love 00:00:50.620 --> 00:00:54.260 and we thank you for your word. We thank you, Lord, that you've given it to us so that we can 00:00:54.420 --> 00:01:00.160 learn about you. Teach us as we read today. I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:01:02.860 --> 00:01:11.120 Isaiah chapter 62. I will speak out to encourage Jerusalem. I will not be silent until she is 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:16.880 saved and her victory shines like a torch in the night. Jerusalem, the nations will see you 00:01:16.900 --> 00:01:23.320 victorious. All their kings will see your glory. You will be called by a new name, a name given by 00:01:23.320 --> 00:01:29.060 the Lord Himself. You will be like a beautiful crown for the Lord. No longer will you be called 00:01:29.340 --> 00:01:36.060 forsaken, or your land be called the deserted wife. Your new name will be God is pleased with her. 00:01:36.620 --> 00:01:42.000 Your land will be called happily married, because the Lord is pleased with you and will be like a 00:01:42.020 --> 00:01:48.080 husband to your land. Like a young man taking a virgin as his bride, he who formed you will marry 00:01:48.240 --> 00:01:54.700 you. As a groom is delighted with his bride, so your God will delight in you. On your walls, 00:01:54.840 --> 00:02:00.720 Jerusalem, I have placed sentries. They must never be silent day or night. They must remind the Lord 00:02:00.800 --> 00:02:06.360 of His promises and never let Him forget them. They must give Him no rest until He restores 00:02:06.360 --> 00:02:12.440 Jerusalem and makes it a city the whole world praises. The Lord has made a solemn promise, 00:02:12.950 --> 00:02:17.960 and by His power He will carry it out. Your grain will no longer be food for your enemies, 00:02:18.520 --> 00:02:23.420 and foreigners will no longer drink your wine. But you that planted and harvested the grain 00:02:23.920 --> 00:02:29.540 will eat the bread and praise the Lord. You that tended and gathered the grapes will drink the wine 00:02:29.540 --> 00:02:35.040 in the courts of my temple. People of Jerusalem, go out of the city and build a road for your 00:02:35.060 --> 00:02:41.480 returning people. Prepare a highway. Clear it of stones. Put up a signal so that the nations can 00:02:41.600 --> 00:02:46.700 know that the Lord is announcing to all the earth, tell the people of Jerusalem that the Lord is 00:02:46.880 --> 00:02:52.780 coming to save you, bringing with Him the people He has rescued. You will be called God's holy 00:02:53.020 --> 00:02:59.439 people, the people the Lord has saved. Jerusalem will be called the city that God loves, the city 00:02:59.460 --> 00:03:06.880 that God did not forsake. Isaiah chapter 63. Who is this coming from the city of Basra in Edom? 00:03:07.320 --> 00:03:13.200 Who is this so splendidly dressed in red, marching along in power and strength? It is the Lord, 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:19.400 powerful to save, coming to announce His victory. Why is His clothing so red, like that of someone 00:03:19.450 --> 00:03:25.020 who tramples grapes to make wine? The Lord answers, I have trampled the nations like grapes. 00:03:25.300 --> 00:03:30.460 No one came along to help me. I trampled them in my anger, and their blood has stained all my 00:03:30.720 --> 00:03:36.220 clothing. I decided that the time to save my people had come. It was time to punish their enemies. 00:03:36.760 --> 00:03:41.940 I was amazed when I looked and saw there was no one to help me. But my anger made me strong, 00:03:42.140 --> 00:03:47.580 and I won the victory myself. In my anger I trampled whole nations and shattered them. 00:03:48.040 --> 00:03:53.100 I poured out their lifeblood on the ground. I will tell of the Lord's unfailing love. 00:03:53.380 --> 00:03:58.880 I will praise him for all he has done for us. He has richly blessed the people of Israel because 00:03:59.020 --> 00:04:04.920 of his mercy and constant love. The Lord said, They are my people, they will not deceive me. 00:04:05.440 --> 00:04:10.260 And so he saved them from all their suffering. It was not an angel, but the Lord himself who 00:04:10.420 --> 00:04:15.960 saved them. In his love and compassion he rescued them. He had always taken care of them in the 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:21.759 past, but they rebelled against him and made his Holy Spirit sad. So the Lord became their enemy 00:04:21.760 --> 00:04:27.400 and fought against them. But then they remembered the past, the days of Moses, the servant of the 00:04:27.540 --> 00:04:32.820 Lord. And they asked, Where now is the Lord, who saved the leaders of his people from the sea? 00:04:33.340 --> 00:04:38.680 Where is the Lord, who gave his spirit to Moses? Where is the Lord, who by his power did great 00:04:38.940 --> 00:04:44.220 things through Moses, dividing the waters of the sea, and leading his people through the deep water, 00:04:44.590 --> 00:04:50.600 to win everlasting fame for himself? Led by the Lord, they were as sure-footed as wild horses, 00:04:51.060 --> 00:04:57.160 and never stumbled. As cattle are led into a fertile valley, so the Lord gave His people rest. 00:04:57.780 --> 00:05:03.880 He led His people and brought honor to His name. Lord, look upon us from heaven where You live in 00:05:03.880 --> 00:05:09.800 Your holiness and glory. Where is Your great concern for us? Where is Your power? Where are 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:16.479 Your love and compassion? Do not ignore us. You are our Father. Our ancestors Abraham and Jacob 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:21.880 do not acknowledge us, but you, Lord, are our Father, the one who has always rescued us. 00:05:22.540 --> 00:05:27.620 Why do you let us stray from your ways? Why do you make us so stubborn that we turn away from you? 00:05:28.200 --> 00:05:33.000 Come back for the sake of those who serve you, for the sake of the people who have always been 00:05:33.140 --> 00:05:39.700 yours. We, your holy people, were driven out by our enemies for a little while. They trampled down 00:05:39.760 --> 00:05:45.499 your sanctuary. You treat us as though you had never been our ruler, as though we had never been 00:05:45.520 --> 00:05:53.120 your people. Isaiah chapter 64. Why don't you tear the sky open and come down? The mountains 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:57.940 would see you and shake with fear. They would tremble like boiling water over a hot fire. 00:05:58.820 --> 00:06:02.760 Come and reveal your power to your enemies and make the nations tremble at your presence. 00:06:03.620 --> 00:06:07.420 There was a time when you came and did terrifying things that we did not expect. 00:06:07.980 --> 00:06:13.820 The mountains saw you and shook with fear. No one has ever seen or heard of a God like you, 00:06:13.960 --> 00:06:19.620 who does such deeds for those who put their hope in Him. You welcome those who find joy in doing 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:25.320 what is right, those who remember how you want them to live. You were angry with us, but we went 00:06:25.400 --> 00:06:30.620 on sinning. In spite of your great anger, we have continued to do wrong since ancient times. 00:06:31.420 --> 00:06:35.980 All of us have been sinful. Even our best actions are filthy through and through. 00:06:37.020 --> 00:06:41.220 Because of our sins, we are like leaves that wither and are blown away by the wind. 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:47.740 No one turns to you in prayer. No one goes to you for help. You have hidden yourself from us and 00:06:47.740 --> 00:06:54.240 have abandoned us because of our sins. But you are our Father, Lord. We are like clay, and you 00:06:54.330 --> 00:07:00.060 are like the potter. You created us, so do not be too angry with us or hold our sins against us 00:07:00.220 --> 00:07:11.480 forever. We are your people. Be merciful to us. Your sacred cities are like a desert. Jerusalem 00:07:11.500 --> 00:07:17.400 ancestors praised you has been destroyed by fire. All the places we loved are in ruins. 00:07:18.340 --> 00:07:24.360 Lord, are you unmoved by all this? Are you going to do nothing and make us suffer more than we can 00:07:24.530 --> 00:07:33.060 endure? Isaiah 65. The Lord said, I was ready to answer my people's prayers, but they did not pray. 00:07:33.580 --> 00:07:38.820 I was ready for them to find me, but they did not even try. The nation did not pray to me, 00:07:39.100 --> 00:07:42.980 even though I was always ready to answer, Here I am, I will help you. 00:07:43.880 --> 00:07:48.600 I have always been ready to welcome my people who stubbornly do what is wrong and go their own way. 00:07:49.300 --> 00:07:51.560 They shamelessly keep on making me angry. 00:07:52.200 --> 00:07:57.220 They offer pagan sacrifices at sacred gardens and burn incense on pagan altars. 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:01.300 At night they go to caves and tombs to consult the spirits of the dead. 00:08:02.080 --> 00:08:06.140 They eat pork and drink broth made from meat offered in pagan sacrifices. 00:08:06.520 --> 00:08:11.420 and then they say to others, Keep away from us, we are too holy for you to touch. 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:17.520 I cannot stand people like that. My anger against them is like a fire that never goes out. 00:08:18.440 --> 00:08:23.440 I have already decided on their punishment, and their sentence is written down. I will not 00:08:23.640 --> 00:08:27.740 overlook what they have done, but will repay them for their sins and the sins of their ancestors. 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:32.200 They have burned incense at pagan hill shrines and spoken evil of me, 00:08:32.719 --> 00:08:35.599 so I will punish them as their past deeds deserve. 00:08:35.719 --> 00:08:37.539 The Lord says, 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:11.840 for you that forsake me, who ignore Zion, my sacred hill, and worship Gad and Mani, the gods 00:09:11.900 --> 00:09:17.840 of luck and fate. It will be your fate to die a violent death, because you did not answer when I 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:24.320 called you, or listen when I spoke. You chose to disobey me and do evil, and so I tell you that 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:29.640 those who worship and obey me will have plenty to eat and drink, but you will be hungry and thirsty. 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:33.040 They will be happy, but you will be disgraced. 00:09:33.560 --> 00:09:36.900 They will sing for joy, but you will cry with a broken heart. 00:09:37.740 --> 00:09:40.280 My chosen people will use your name as a curse. 00:09:41.040 --> 00:09:43.320 I, the Sovereign Lord, will put you to death. 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:46.120 But I will give a new name to those who obey me. 00:09:46.780 --> 00:09:51.160 Anyone in the land who asks for a blessing will ask to be blessed by the faithful God. 00:09:51.760 --> 00:09:54.840 Whoever takes an oath will swear by the name of the faithful God. 00:09:55.340 --> 00:09:57.800 The troubles of the past will be gone and forgotten. 00:09:58.900 --> 00:09:59.700 The Lord says, 00:10:00.140 --> 00:10:05.560 I am making a new earth and new heavens. The events of the past will be completely forgotten. 00:10:06.340 --> 00:10:11.880 Be glad and rejoice forever in what I create. The new Jerusalem I will make will be full of joy, 00:10:12.280 --> 00:10:17.520 and her people will be happy. I myself will be filled with joy because of Jerusalem and her 00:10:17.670 --> 00:10:24.300 people. There will be no weeping there, no calling for help. Babies will no longer die in infancy, 00:10:24.820 --> 00:10:30.020 and all people will live out their lifespan. Those who live to be a hundred will be considered 00:10:30.620 --> 00:10:35.720 To die before that would be a sign that I had punished them. People will build houses and get 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:41.760 to live in them. They will not be used by someone else. They will plant vineyards and enjoy the wine. 00:10:42.140 --> 00:10:48.500 It will not be drunk by others. Like trees, my people will live long lives. They will fully 00:10:48.800 --> 00:10:53.720 enjoy the things they have worked for. The work they do will be successful, and their children 00:10:53.980 --> 00:10:58.900 will not meet with disaster. I will bless them and their descendants for all time to come. 00:10:59.760 --> 00:11:02.980 Even before they finish praying to me, I will answer their prayers. 00:11:03.820 --> 00:11:07.580 Wolves and lambs will eat together, lions will eat straw as cattle do, 00:11:08.160 --> 00:11:10.160 and snakes will no longer be dangerous. 00:11:10.860 --> 00:11:14.980 On Zion, my sacred hill, there will be nothing harmful or evil. 00:11:15.580 --> 00:11:17.040 Isaiah chapter 66 00:11:18.420 --> 00:11:22.540 The Lord says, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:25.500 What kind of house, then, could you build for me? 00:11:25.900 --> 00:11:27.640 What kind of place for me to live in? 00:11:27.880 --> 00:11:30.260 I myself created the whole universe. 00:11:31.260 --> 00:11:35.600 I am pleased with those who are humble and repentant, who fear me and obey me. 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:37.980 The people do as they please. 00:11:38.740 --> 00:11:43.620 It's all the same to them whether they kill a bull as a sacrifice or sacrifice a human being, 00:11:44.420 --> 00:11:47.200 whether they sacrifice a lamb or break a dog's neck, 00:11:47.970 --> 00:11:50.920 whether they present a grain offering or offer pig's blood, 00:11:51.690 --> 00:11:54.060 whether they offer incense or pray to an idol. 00:11:54.740 --> 00:11:57.260 They take pleasure in disgusting ways of worship. 00:11:57.880 --> 00:12:01.760 so I will bring disaster upon them, the very things they are afraid of, 00:12:02.220 --> 00:12:05.240 because no one answered when I called or listened when I spoke. 00:12:05.800 --> 00:12:07.840 They chose to disobey me and do evil. 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:11.940 Listen to what the Lord says, you that fear him and obey him. 00:12:12.700 --> 00:12:18.020 Because you are faithful to me, some of your own people hate you and will have nothing to do with you. 00:12:18.520 --> 00:12:19.840 They mock you and say, 00:12:20.230 --> 00:12:24.100 Let the Lord show his greatness and save you, so that we may see you rejoice. 00:12:24.820 --> 00:12:26.800 But they themselves will be disgraced. 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:32.240 Listen, that loud noise in the city, that sound in the temple, is the sound of the Lord punishing 00:12:32.340 --> 00:12:38.060 His enemies. My holy city is like a woman who suddenly gives birth to a child without ever 00:12:38.280 --> 00:12:43.960 going into labor. Has anyone ever seen or heard of such a thing? Has a nation ever been born in a 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:50.220 day? Zion will not have to suffer long before the nation is born. Do not think that I will bring my 00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:56.580 people to the point of birth and not let them be born. The Lord has spoken. Rejoice with Jerusalem, 00:12:56.980 --> 00:13:02.380 Be glad for her, all you that love this city. Rejoice with her now, all you that have mourned 00:13:02.520 --> 00:13:07.500 for her. For you will enjoy her prosperity, like a child at its mother's breast. 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:14.380 The Lord says, I will bring you lasting prosperity. The wealth of the nations will flow to you like 00:13:14.380 --> 00:13:20.080 a river that never goes dry. You will be like a child that is nursed by its mother, carried in her 00:13:20.220 --> 00:13:25.720 arms, and treated with love. I will comfort you in Jerusalem, as a mother comforts her child. 00:13:26.460 --> 00:13:28.680 When you see this happen, you will be glad. 00:13:29.130 --> 00:13:30.820 It will make you strong and healthy. 00:13:31.500 --> 00:13:34.660 Then you will know that I, the Lord, help those who obey me, 00:13:35.260 --> 00:13:37.320 and I show my anger against my enemies. 00:13:38.100 --> 00:13:39.600 The Lord will come with fire. 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:43.700 He will ride on the wings of a storm to punish those he is angry with. 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:48.400 By fire and sword he will punish all the people of the world whom he finds guilty, 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:50.360 and many will be put to death. 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:52.320 The Lord says, 00:13:52.760 --> 00:13:56.200 The end is near for those who purify themselves for pagan worship. 00:13:56.580 --> 00:14:02.280 who go in procession to sacred gardens, and who eat pork and mice with other disgusting foods. 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:07.880 I know their thoughts and their deeds. I am coming to gather the people of all the nations. 00:14:08.680 --> 00:14:13.140 When they come together they will see what my power can do, and will know that I am the one 00:14:13.190 --> 00:14:18.900 who punishes them. But I will spare some of them, and send them to the nations and the distant lands 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:25.240 that have not heard of my fame, or seen my greatness and power, to Spain, Libya, and Lydia, 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:30.960 with its skilled archers, and to Tubal and Greece. Among these nations they will proclaim 00:14:31.010 --> 00:14:36.940 my greatness. They will bring back all your people from the nations as a gift to me. They will bring 00:14:36.940 --> 00:14:42.640 them to my sacred hill in Jerusalem, on horses, mules, and camels, and in chariots and wagons, 00:14:43.180 --> 00:14:47.640 just as Israelites bring grain offerings to the temple in ritually clean containers. 00:14:48.470 --> 00:14:53.859 I will make some of them priests and Levites. Just as the new earth and the new heavens will 00:14:53.880 --> 00:15:00.580 endure my power, so your descendants in your name will endure. On every new moon festival and every 00:15:00.800 --> 00:15:05.620 Sabbath, people of every nation will come to worship me here in Jerusalem, says the Lord. 00:15:06.340 --> 00:15:10.080 As they leave, they will see the dead bodies of those who have rebelled against me. 00:15:10.800 --> 00:15:15.580 The worms that eat them will never die, and the fire that burns them will never be put out. 00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:18.680 The sight of them will be disgusting to all people. 00:15:20.540 --> 00:15:25.540 You know how sometimes your computer or your phone or your tablet just starts acting funny? 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:29.960 The operating system slows down or apps just don't act like they're supposed to. 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:31.180 It's frustrating, right? 00:15:31.760 --> 00:15:32.440 So what do you do? 00:15:32.940 --> 00:15:34.100 Yeah, you reboot the device. 00:15:34.820 --> 00:15:36.620 A lot of times that's enough to make things right. 00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:41.100 Sometimes, though, the problems don't go away because somewhere along the line, 00:15:41.400 --> 00:15:44.800 some of the bits of the operating system have gotten corrupted in some way. 00:15:45.400 --> 00:15:48.020 Yeah, corrupted is the term commonly used by tech folks. 00:15:48.680 --> 00:15:53.100 Well, when the operating system is broken like this, the best course of action is to save your data 00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:58.740 and then wipe the hard drive, reformat, and reinstall the operating system to get a fresh start. 00:15:59.500 --> 00:16:04.120 A lot of times when you do this, you get back to a pristine, just like new, out-of-the-box experience. 00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:08.120 Everything runs quick and smooth, and it's a joy to use that device again. 00:16:08.880 --> 00:16:09.480 Well, guess what? 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:15.500 There's coming a day when God is going to reformat and reinstall His creation's operating system. 00:16:16.400 --> 00:16:21.300 In chapter 21 of the book of Revelation, the Apostle John tells us that he saw a new heaven 00:16:21.540 --> 00:16:28.360 and a new earth. Today, in Isaiah 65, verse 17, God said, Look, I'm creating a new heaven and a new 00:16:28.560 --> 00:16:34.660 earth. But before he does that, just like we do with our computers, he's going to save his important 00:16:34.920 --> 00:16:40.400 data. What data is that? Well, it's those who have responded to his offer of salvation through Jesus 00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:45.160 Christ. And when the new heaven and the new earth have been created, and the saved data, 00:16:45.540 --> 00:16:50.360 or the saved people, are brought into the new creation. All the corrupted stuff from the old 00:16:50.520 --> 00:16:56.560 creation will be made to operate like God originally intended. Listen again to verses 17-25. 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:03.320 Past events won't be remembered. They won't come to mind. Be glad and rejoice forever in what I'm 00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:08.740 creating, because I'm creating Jerusalem as a joy, and her people as a source of gladness. 00:17:09.360 --> 00:17:15.500 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad about my people. No one will ever hear the sound of weeping 00:17:15.520 --> 00:17:21.980 crying in it again. No more will babies live only a few days, or the old fail to live out their days. 00:17:22.620 --> 00:17:27.180 The one who dies at a hundred will be like a young person, and the one falling short of a hundred 00:17:27.260 --> 00:17:32.520 will seem cursed. They will build houses and live in them. They will plant vineyards and eat their 00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:38.700 fruit. They won't build for others to live in, nor plant for others to eat. Like the days of a tree 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:44.780 will be the days of my people. My chosen will make full use of their handiwork. They won't labor in 00:17:44.800 --> 00:17:50.600 vain, nor bear children to a world of horrors, because they will be people blessed by the Lord, 00:17:51.080 --> 00:17:56.880 they along with their descendants. Before they call, I will answer. While they are still speaking, 00:17:57.280 --> 00:18:02.900 I will hear. Wolf and lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, 00:18:03.540 --> 00:18:09.320 but the snake, its food, will be dust. They won't hurt or destroy at any place on my holy mountain, 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:15.960 says the Lord. Beloved, what a joy it will be to live in this new place. Think of it. No more tears, 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:24.020 no more sorrow, no more wars, no more disease, no more pandemics, no more strife. There will be 00:18:24.230 --> 00:18:30.740 harmony between God and man, harmony among people, serenity in the animal kingdom, just as God 00:18:31.040 --> 00:18:35.700 intended from the beginning before the virus of sin corrupted creation's operating system. 00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:41.120 I tell you what, beloved, I for one cannot wait until God hits the reset button. 00:18:41.820 --> 00:18:44.100 Here's the verse of the day. 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:50.420 Verse of the day is Isaiah 65, 17. 00:18:51.080 --> 00:18:54.020 The Lord says, I am making a new earth and new heavens. 00:18:54.560 --> 00:18:57.260 The events of the past will be completely forgotten. 00:18:58.280 --> 00:19:00.060 Isaiah 65, 17. 00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:10.280 The LifeSpring One-Year Bible Rewind is supported through a simple idea called value for value. 00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:14.300 That means there's no advertisers and no charge for the show. 00:19:15.110 --> 00:19:19.100 Instead, I'm trusting you to respond in whatever way you're able to. 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:24.760 If you're blessed in any way by what you hear, whatever value you think the blessing has meant in your life, 00:19:25.290 --> 00:19:28.200 return that value in time, talent, or treasure. 00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:30.600 Some give value through prayer. 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:32.660 Some through notes of encouragement. 00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:37.760 others through financial support that keeps this microphone on and the episodes coming to you. 00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:40.620 However you choose to support the show, thank you. 00:19:41.020 --> 00:19:43.600 You can learn more about supporting the show right here. 00:19:53.260 --> 00:19:56.100 On this date in church history, January 9th. 00:19:56.320 --> 00:20:01.440 In 1522, Martin Luther was formally excommunicated by Pope Leo X. 00:20:02.080 --> 00:20:06.640 By that point, Luther had already refused to recant his teachings, insisting that Scripture, 00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:11.280 not church authority alone, must guide Christian faith and practice. 00:20:11.910 --> 00:20:17.540 The excommunication didn't start the Reformation, but it made clear that the break was now final. 00:20:18.320 --> 00:20:21.020 That moment forced the issue into the open. 00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:26.800 What began as a call for reform within the church became a movement that reshaped Christianity 00:20:26.990 --> 00:20:28.440 across Europe and beyond. 00:20:29.140 --> 00:20:37.300 Luther's stand helped recover key biblical convictions, including salvation by grace through faith and the authority of Scripture for every believer. 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:45.140 And then, more than three centuries later, on this same date in 1770, George Whitefield died in Newburyport, Massachusetts. 00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:54.620 He was one of the most influential preachers of the First Great Awakening, known for proclaiming the gospel with urgency and clarity across denominational lines. 00:20:55.200 --> 00:21:00.160 He preached thousands of sermons on both sides of the Atlantic, often to massive crowds, 00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:04.420 and he continued preaching almost daily until his final weeks. 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:12.400 Our next time of praise and prayer on the show will be this Sunday. 00:21:12.820 --> 00:21:18.660 If you have a praise report or a prayer request, go to prayer.lifespringmedia.com or email me 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:21.040 at steve at lifespringmedia.com. 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:25.260 Or to make it really easy, you can send me a text or voicemail right here. 00:21:29.620 --> 00:21:36.540 LifeSpring Family Hotline 951-732-8511 00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:48.399 LifeSpring Family Family Hotline 951-732-8511 00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:54.960 If you enjoy the show, tell someone. 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:09.520 Beloved, as we close, remember the hope of Isaiah 65, 17. 00:22:10.080 --> 00:22:13.660 The God who authored creation also knows how to rebuild it, 00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:16.300 saving what matters, removing what's broken, 00:22:16.800 --> 00:22:19.300 and restoring everything to the way it was meant to be. 00:22:20.100 --> 00:22:22.260 Until tomorrow, may God bless you richly. 00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:24.320 Thanks for sharing a part of your day with me. 00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:26.200 I'm Steve Webb. Bye. 00:22:32.780 --> 00:22:36.240 I only prayed because I always do. 00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:41.180 Doesn't hurt just to ask when you've given up on everything. 00:22:41.580 --> 00:22:44.840 And I spoke the words I'd never prayed before. 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:49.680 But I knew they were hid somewhere deep inside your word. 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:54.860 And then I felt like maybe I should read it. 00:22:54.860 --> 00:23:02.380 So I opened up those words I spoke in desperation. 00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:06.200 You're staring back at me with hope. 00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:16.340 Thank you, Jesus, for answering me in your word. 00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:20.440 All was lost and now it's found. 00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:25.780 Like before when I called you and so. 00:23:26.300 --> 00:23:30.480 Every prayer now has been filled with hope. 00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:37.880 The words I prayed sounded a little strange 00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:41.400 Asking you to restore all the years 00:23:41.540 --> 00:23:43.340 The locusts I devoured 00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:46.160 And almost like I saw a miracle 00:23:46.820 --> 00:23:48.940 I flipped open a page 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:51.720 To see you saying how you were restored 00:23:51.860 --> 00:23:56.380 And word for word out of a thousand pages 00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:59.099 This is what I read 00:23:59.300 --> 00:24:04.800 I feel a gentle peace as a tear rolls 00:24:04.800 --> 00:24:07.580 And you wanted me to see 00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:13.120 Thank you, Jesus 00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:17.860 For answering me in your word 00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:22.160 All I was lost now is found 00:24:23.300 --> 00:24:27.399 Like before when I called you answered 00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:31.820 Every prayer now has been filled with hope 00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:41.160 With hope, with hope, with hope 00:24:42.080 --> 00:24:49.720 With hope, without, with hope 00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:56.839 With hope, with hope 00:24:56.840 --> 00:24:58.200 With hope 00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.880 With hope 00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:03.040 With hope 00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:05.260 With hope 00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.839 With hope 00:25:07.890 --> 00:25:08.240 With hope 00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:13.000 All is lost 00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.900 Now is found 00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:17.240 Like before 00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:20.080 When I called you answer 00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:22.839 Every prayer that I ask 00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:24.500 With hope 00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:30.980 All is lost 00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:32.480 Now is found 00:25:33.520 --> 00:25:34.580 Like before 00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:37.300 When I called you 00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:37.900 And said 00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:39.420 Every prayer 00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.560 Now is 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:42.120 With hope 00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:47.060 That little bonus 00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:48.160 was Adrena Thorpe 00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:49.620 from her Elusive album. 00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.540 The track is 00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.380 With Hope. 00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:58.260 All the programs in the Lifespring Media family are made possible by your value-for-value support. 00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.320 Thank you. 00:26:01.540 --> 00:26:09.000 The Lifespring One Year Bible Rewind is a Lifespring Media production hosted by Steve Webb, the OG Godcaster, since 2004.