Do you see? Do you see? All the people sinking down? Don’t you care? Don’t you care? Are you gonna let them drown? How can you be so numb? Not to care if they come You close your eyes and pretend the job’s done
“Oh, bless me, Lord! Bless me, Lord!” You know, it’s all I ever hear No one aches, no one hurts No one even sheds one tear But, He cries, He weeps, He bleeds And He cares for your needs And you just lay back and keep soaking it in
Oh, can’t you see it’s such sin? ‘Cause He brings people to your door And you turn them away As you smile and say: “God bless you, be at peace!” And all Heaven just weeps ‘Cause Jesus came to your door You’ve left Him out on the streets
Open up, open up And give yourself away You see the need, you hear the cries So how can you delay? God’s calling And you’re the one But like Jonah, you run He’s told you to speak but you keep holding it in
Oh, can’t you see it’s such sin? The world is sleeping in the dark That the church just can’t fight ’cause it’s asleep in the light How can you be so dead when you’ve been so well fed? Jesus rose from the grave And you, you can’t even get out of bed Oh, Jesus rose from the dead Come on, get out of your bed
How can you be so numb, not to care if they come? You close your eyes and pretend the job’s done You close your eyes and pretend the job’s done Don’t close your eyes, don’t pretend the job’s done
Come away, come away Come away with Me, My love Come away from this mess Come away with Me, My lo-o-ove Come away from this mess Come away with Me, My love Come away Come away with Me, My love
–Keith Green, “Asleep In the Light”–
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; in My Name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. 19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. 20 And they went forth, and PREACHED every where, the Lord working with them, and CONFIRMING THE WORD with signs following. Amen. –Mark 16:15-20 (KJV)–
Jeff Doles, Miracles and Manifestations of the Holy Spirit In the History of the Church (Walking Barefoot Ministries, 2007), ch. 7. John Knox and the Scottish Reformation preachers were all into dream interpretation and the gift of foretelling prophecy. Knox regularly received a list for divine healing prayer during the Sunday service.
13 At that time Jesus arrived from Galilee and came to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. 14 But John tried to make him change his mind. “I ought to be baptized by you,” John said, “and yet you have come to me!” 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so for now. For in this way we shall do all that God requires.” So John agreed. 16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he came up out of the water. Then HEAVEN WAS OPENED TO HIM, and HE SAW THE SPIRIT OF GOD COMING DOWN LIKE A DOVE and lighting on him. 17 Then A VOICE SAID FROM HEAVEN, “This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased.” –Matthew 3:13-17 (GNT)–
2 When JOHN THE BAPTIST heard in prison about the things that Christ was doing, he sent some of his disciples to him. 3 “Tell us,” they asked Jesus, “are you the one John said was going to come, or SHOULD WE EXPECT SOMEONE ELSE?” 4 Jesus answered, “Go back and tell John what you are hearing and seeing: 5 the blind can see, the lame can walk, those who suffer from dreaded skin diseases are made clean, the deaf hear, the dead are brought back to life, and the Good News is preached to the poor. 6 HOW HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO HAVE NO DOUBTS ABOUT ME!” 7 While John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus spoke about him to the crowds: “When you went out to John in the desert, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT TO SEE? A BLADE OF GRASS BENDING IN THE WIND? 8 What did you go out to see? A man dressed up in fancy clothes? People who dress like that live in palaces! 9 Tell me, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes indeed, but you saw much MORE THAN A PROPHET. 10 For John is the one of whom the Scripture says: ‘God said, I will send my messenger ahead of you to open the way for you.’ 11 I assure you that JOHN THE BAPTIST IS GREATER THAN ANYONE WHO HAS EVER LIVED.” –Jesus in Matthew 11:2-11 (GNT)–