Be Ready for this Whole New World
Jerry Watts
Acts 1:1-3
As we approached our Revival Services, I had no idea what God would do during our meeting (it was great). Because I was unsure about the meeting, I was not sure as to the direction of where to go in Sunday morning messages that would follow because for me, these messages are our spiritual journey. It's how we connect the dots of our lives of following Jesus. Then two weeks ago, God spoke into my spirit with the thought, ''There's a New World Coming'' and ''Acts'' came to mind. As a musician, I immediately thought of a song from 1970. Here is 40 seconds of it, pay close attention to the lyrics. Did you catch those words?
''There's a new world coming and it's just around the bend,
There's a new world coming, this one's coming to an end.
There's a new voice calling, you can hear it if you try.
And it's growing stronger each day that passes by.''
(the last refrain says)
''Yes a new world's coming, one that we've had visions of,
Coming in peace, coming in joy, and coming in love.''
I seriously doubt that when Barry Mann, Cynthia Wells, or Cass Elliot when they wrote and recorded the song, that any of them understood the prophetic nature and the spiritual truth found in these lyrics. When I sensed the leadership toward a New World, Acts was obvious. He wants us to be ''Ready for this New World.''
Let me be clear. They had in mind a social change, they were thinking of the kind of world THEY THOUGHT mankind could produce. Truth is: In 1970, those in charge of our thinking, THOUGHT they could make this world a 'better place for you and me.' It's a ''We are the World'' thinking and that thinking is flawed. You only have to observe the world today to know we need something better, something Jesus offers. This world is passing away, it's eating itself, defeating itself, and destroying itself and will ultimately wind up like Sodom and Gomorrah. When I think of the parallels of those tw ...
Jerry Watts
Acts 1:1-3
As we approached our Revival Services, I had no idea what God would do during our meeting (it was great). Because I was unsure about the meeting, I was not sure as to the direction of where to go in Sunday morning messages that would follow because for me, these messages are our spiritual journey. It's how we connect the dots of our lives of following Jesus. Then two weeks ago, God spoke into my spirit with the thought, ''There's a New World Coming'' and ''Acts'' came to mind. As a musician, I immediately thought of a song from 1970. Here is 40 seconds of it, pay close attention to the lyrics. Did you catch those words?
''There's a new world coming and it's just around the bend,
There's a new world coming, this one's coming to an end.
There's a new voice calling, you can hear it if you try.
And it's growing stronger each day that passes by.''
(the last refrain says)
''Yes a new world's coming, one that we've had visions of,
Coming in peace, coming in joy, and coming in love.''
I seriously doubt that when Barry Mann, Cynthia Wells, or Cass Elliot when they wrote and recorded the song, that any of them understood the prophetic nature and the spiritual truth found in these lyrics. When I sensed the leadership toward a New World, Acts was obvious. He wants us to be ''Ready for this New World.''
Let me be clear. They had in mind a social change, they were thinking of the kind of world THEY THOUGHT mankind could produce. Truth is: In 1970, those in charge of our thinking, THOUGHT they could make this world a 'better place for you and me.' It's a ''We are the World'' thinking and that thinking is flawed. You only have to observe the world today to know we need something better, something Jesus offers. This world is passing away, it's eating itself, defeating itself, and destroying itself and will ultimately wind up like Sodom and Gomorrah. When I think of the parallels of those tw ...
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