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PHILIPPINES REVIVAL Trip, we're back!

 

  From the time we landed in the Philippines, one could sense the presence of God.  What a precious site to see 35 native pastors, in one accord, praying, fellowshipping, and working toward the same end.... reaching the lost.

 

  Immediately we were humbled, realizing the Spirit of God, and knowing how difficult it is for Pastors in the States to get along.  Independent Baptists have become too independent in areas, preventing fellowship, and joint evangelism efforts.

 

  What a precious site, and we commend the Pastors for praying and working in one accord.  It truly is Biblical!  And for Pastors in the states, they agree that if there is any trial or trouble, that might cause a conflict amongst any of them, they will pray in one accord about the situation, and then leave it up to God.

  Since landing in the Philippines on Friday March 15, we met with 35 local pastors who would be working together on the crusade.

 

  To put things into perspective, these pastors, while local to the Philippines, are very spread out.

  Imagine that we are staying in an area of Florida, in the center of the State, one native pastor is there from Jacksonville, another from Miami, another from Tampa, another from Pennsicola, and so on. Actually, these examples are in accurate, as you now envision grand towns, metropolitan. I use these examples to describe how spread out Pampanga is, and the traffic made up of Jeepneys, on narrow rough roads with pastors from various villages.

 

  Most villages are about 30 miles apart, however it takes about an hour to drive it.

 

  We originally anticipated this difficulty, but was assured that the local pastors would work hard that their churches would over come this obstacle in order to attend the nightly crusades as they moved throughout the province of Pampanga.

 

  **The numbers in attendance, and the number saved are those which I can attest to as Very Conservative numbers. We saw Philippino time, that is people arriving when they arrive, so the numbers often grew during the singing and before the preaching. And, due to my filming, and being busy behind the scenes, I simply tried to stay true and conservative. The other preachers often counted much higher numbers, but I will only print here the conservative numbers. -Brother Scott

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  Sunday, 6pm, we were in several churches, greeted warmly, and seeing about 100 people saved on Sunday amongst the various locations Bob, Tom, and myself were divided.

 

  Monday, 6pm, we were in an open air area in a small village which boasted an attendance of over 500 people, hosted by a local church that numbers less than 75. We spent the day in the streets and were quite happy with over 500 in attendance. Estimates are that about 50 were saved.

 

  Tuesday, 6pm, we moved to an open air, covered area in the center of a town that was extremely Catholic, and somewhat dangerous. About 500 in attendance, local Church size about 70. The Word of God was preached and we saw 30-40 saved.

 

  Wednesday, 10am, public school, about 800 in attendance and over 100 accepted Jesus using the John and Romans Bibles!!! 6pm, same location, over 500 attend, and we saw about 40 saved.

 

  Thursday, 8am, attended the Philippines AirBase and preached in their school. Actually, God preached!!! AMEN! We simply passed out John and Romans to every student, each class room had about 50-100 students. We very simply walked through the John and Romans Bibles having them repeat every verse, loudly, in unison, 3 times. Afterwards, we gave an invitation... over 500 of 1200 students called to God for salvation! The Word will NOT return void! Glory! 6pm, same location as previous night, over 500 and again, we saw about 30 saved.

 

  Friday, 6pm, in a town called Mexico!!! About 1000 in attendance, we saw about 100 saved! Local Church size about 100.

 

  Saturday, 6pm, near Angeles City, in an open air, covered building, part of a school, had about 700 in attendance, local church size about 120. Saw about 100 people saved!!!!!

 

  Sunday, the three of us were divided up between many Churches for morning, and others for evening. Collectively, we saw about 80 saved!!!

 

  Monday, we were at Challenger field, a part of Clark AirForce Base... U.S. property. The U.S. has been training Philippines in terrorism there. We had about 600 in attendance, local church size of about 120, saw about 30 people saved, 15 come forward needing water baptism, and 6 come forward called to preach! AMEN! Of the 30 saved, about half were the short native mountain people... the original Philippinos!

 

  Tuesday, we were in a small resettlement village in Capas, part of a neighboring province of Tarlac. The people were resettled there by the government as refugees from Mount Penetubo destroying villages and killing many. This is a poor and needy area. We saw about 400 in attendance, local Church size about 100. There were over 30 saved.

 

  Wednesday, 6pm, in Gwagua, in an open air, covered building in the middle of town. Catholic traditions of dragging crosses, whipping themselves, and old ladies crawling to the Catholic Church was occurring on the streets surrounding our the building. I followed some of these people into the Catholic Church and witnessed them being beaten on the floor of the temple. At the service, the Word of God was preached in what felt like the Devils Seat. Over 75 people saved.

 

  Thursday, 6pm, in San Fernando at the Coliseum. Capacity of 6000. We rented 130 Jeepnees, dispersed them amongst the Churches to transport the visitors. The Television Station was there, paid to film and air live! The Jeepnees began to pour in, Burangay Captains and military were walking around with automatic weapons to provide security. Government officials were in attendance. We had a tremendous song service, I had the distinct honors to pray for the Nation, the Gospel was preached, and what followed was amazing.... By my counting, there were well over 4000 in attendance, an invitation was given and over one hundred twenty came forward and met with preachers and pastors for counseling, and called upon the Lord to save them. Then, another invitation..., another one hundred thirty came forward. Then, another invitation, and another... all in all, I believe there were Five invitations! At this point, I was lost in the crowd with the video camera and stopped counting at five hundred people.  The local Pastors record several thousand saved.

 

  Then... according to the Word, the converted are commanded to be Baptized... immediately. The local pastors, representing the Church respective to the convert Baptized. The television crew was astonished... and remember.. it was being aired on TV in a Catholic dominated nation!  The security forces stood in astonishment with their automatic weapons in hand!  Revival has begun to break out in the hearts and communities of Church members throughout this region!

 

  At midnight, the Pastors caravanned to Manila with us, arriving at the airport about 3am. Our flight was at about 8am. What could we say?.. nothing but Glory, and Honor, and Majesty be to our Father in heaven. We were privileged to be instruments, but God began bringing an atmosphere of revival to the Philippines before we set foot on the soil, and will surely continue to blessing the people with revival, as the Gospel is Preached, and men, women, boys, and girls, turn to God through Jesus Christ.

We returned home Friday night.

... Thank you dear God for the opportunity to be an instrument.

... Thank you dear God for saving souls.

... Thank you dear God for your protective hand.

... Thank you dear God for providing the funds needed.

... Thank you dear God for everything.

-BroScott

 

===Addition to Article.....

 

Let this be a lesson to Pastors, Missionaries, Churches, and Christians around the world.

  • Step 1, Realize your Charge... To Disciple All Nations. Going, Baptizing, and Teaching is the How-To... Matthew 28:18-20

  • Step 2, You must get right in your own hearts... refer to Acts chapters 1-3

  • Step 3, You must get in one accord to reach an area. If you're too Independent to get along, and to be in one accord with other Churches, you must go back to step 1..... refer to Acts chapters 1-3

  • Step 4, You must Go

  • Step 5, You must Preach the Gospel to Every Creature... Mark 16:15

  • Step 6, You must Baptize under water... Mark 16:16 and Matthew 28:19

  • Step 7, You must Teach them whatsoever Christ has commanded... Matthew 28:20 (The local Church may pick up this task, but if you study Acts, they often came into a city and Preached, many were saved, then they tarried 2 years and taught, or 2 weeks and taught.)

  • Step 8, Never take any credit yourself. Only be an instrument. To God be all Glory and Honor!

** Most common mistakes.

  • 1. Not realizing the true Commission is to Disciple all nations. The commission is not Go, Going is assumed. Study the Greek, or better yet, contact me and I'll send you a grammatical sentence outline for these verses. The Main Verb is Disciple, the Subject is All Nations. There are 3 accompanying participles, Go, Baptize, and Teach.

  • 2. Being too Independent. Do some study, and you'll find this to be sin.

  • 3. Assuming that Going is the Commission, or that Going is Half the Commission.

  • 4. Assuming that Preaching is the second Half of the Commission.

  • 5. Assuming that Preaching includes "..that... Catholic... that...Pentecostal... that... Mormon". Preach the Gospel, not rhetoric! Preach the Gospel of Salvation though Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit will handle the rest. Quit muddying the waters with rhetoric that causes many people to ignore you and leave before they hear the truth of the Gospel.

  • Their Blood will be on YOUR Hands!

  • 6. Not Baptizing... Salvation is through Faith in Jesus, BUT... We are Commanded to be Baptized!!! You're not following the instructions of Jesus, and Mark 16:16 says "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." Non-believers are damned, but Believers AND Baptized are saved!

  • 7. Not teaching Christ's commands and teachings, but Independent Baptist rhetoric... Preach the Gospel, Teach Christ's precepts, then if anything was not covered by Christ, it was probably not important, but if you must... Teach it after you have fulfilled you prior instructions.

  • 8. Wanting to take the Glory. Wanting the activities to be managed by you. Wanting to gather preachers in your Church to sit on pews rather than kick them out so they can get about the Great Commission. Churches like to play mother hen. 

-BroScott

 

 

 

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