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Jesu S Freak S 001-108_JesusFrks-Vol2_Revolutionaries 10/15/10 10:55 AM Page 1 Jesus Freak s StORies of REvolutionaries WHO Changed their World: FEARing GOD, Not Man. dc Talk and the Voice of the Martyrs B ETHANY H OUSE P UBLISHERS M INNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 001-108_JesusFrks-Vol2_Revolutionaries 10/15/10 10:55 AM Page 2 Jesus Freaks: Revolutionaries Stories of Revolutionaries Who Changed Their World: Fearing God, Not Man by dc Talk Previously published as Jesus Freaks Vol II Copyright © 2002 by Bethany House Publishers Design by Thurber Creative Services, Tulsa, Oklahoma Manuscript prepared by Rick Killian, Boulder, Colorado. Scripture credits and permissions are on page 383. Published by Bethany House Publishers 11400 Hampshire Avenue South Bloomington, MN 55438 Bethany House Publishers is a Division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan Printed in the United States of America is a registered trademark of The Voice of the Martyrs, Inc., and may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any form without written consent of The Voice of the Martyrs, Inc. Used by permission. Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved under International Copyright Law. Contents and/or cover may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any form without the express written consent of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews. ISBN 978-0-7642-0084-7 The Library of Congress has catalogued the original edition as follows: Jesus freaks. Vol. II : stories of revolutionaries who changed their world : fearing God, not man / by DC Talk. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7642-2746-7 (pbk. with flaps) 1. Persecution. 2. Christian martyrs. I. DC Talk (Musical group) BR1601.3 .J54 2002 272'.9—dc21 2002010012 001-108_JesusFrks-Vol2_Revolutionaries 10/15/10 10:55 AM Page 11 Fearing God, Not Man rev.o.lu.tion.ar.y (rev-★-lü-sh★n-er-e)– n. [ from Latin revolvere: to revolve, or turn around] 1) A person who brings about (a) a sudden, radical, or complete change; (b) a fundamental change in political, social, or cultural organization; (c) a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something: a change of paradigm <the Copernican revolution> 2) One engaged in a revolution. 3) An advocate or adherent of revolutionary doctrines, doctrines that are a complete turnaround from the cultural, economic, and political 11 norms of the day. 4) A disciple of Christ; a Jesus Freak. These who have turned the world upside down have come here too ... and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king— Jesus. S POKEN OF P AUL AND S ILAS BY THOSE WHO OPPOSED THEM IN T HESSALONICA (ACTS 17:6–7 NKJV) What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun! P AUL, SPEAKING ABOUT THE PERSONAL REVOLUTION OF BECOMING A C HRISTIAN (2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 NLT) 001-108_JesusFrks-Vol2_Revolutionaries 10/15/10 10:55 AM Page 12 Jesus Freaks II ”LORD, Show Me theTruth” By 1967 it was as if a whole generation had detached itself from the conventional values of their society and converged on the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco looking for answers. Yet what was touted as a haven for free thinking and countercultural renewal had instead become a viper’s pit of hard drugs, rape, abuse of innocence, organized crime, and the recruiting ground for every religious persuasion imaginable. Into this walked a young man named Kent Philpott, who felt compelled of God to go there with the Gospel. In April of 1967, he met another young man, David Hoyt, who had devoted himself to 12 Hinduism and preached the world of Krishna Consciousness. They began months of debating back and forth the nature of truth and spirituality that brought in many friends and supporters on both sides. Kent’s open-minded dialogue and David’s sincere search for truth soon had David reeling in doubt about what he had previ- ously held as true. Then one night in desperation, he called out to God: “Lord, show me the Truth. Jesus Christ, if you are the Son of God, come into my life! Forgive and heal me!” In what was to David a blinding burst of light like what Paul experienced on the road to Damascus came the realization that Jesus was God’s Son, sent to the world to free him. Jesus was alive and the true Savior of humanity! Jesus was the only one who could truly set people free! David became a Christian on the spot. Soon after this, Kent and David teamed up to become among the first to establish a mission in the Haight-Ashbury district and reach out to those coming there for new answers. From their efforts and others that sprang up around the same time began the revival that became known as the Jesus Movement. They were among the first revolutionaries to be called “Jesus Freaks.” 001-108_JesusFrks-Vol2_Revolutionaries 10/15/10 10:55 AM Page 13 Fearing God, Not Man Why Search for Truth? The personal revolution of becoming a Christian has always been the only basis of true freedom and real change. Though the truths of God’s Word and His kingdom are eternal and unchang- ing, they are continually made new to every person who encoun- ters them. Throughout history great change has only been made by those hungriest for Truth and those not content to simply follow the beliefs of others, but who instead demand the genuine revela- tion of coming to know God personally.Those who will accept no less than that are the ones who become world changers. “And how about you? Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter said, “You’re the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” 13 Jesus came back, “God bless you, Simon, son of Jonah! You didn’t get that answer out of books or from teachers. My Father in heaven, God himself, let you in on this secret of who I really am. And now I’m going to tell you who you are, really are. You are Peter, a rock. This is the rock on which I will put together my church, a church so expansive with energy that not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out.” Jesus and Peter (Matthew 16:15–18 THE MESSAGE) The rock Jesus spoke of here was the revelation of Jesus as the Christ that Peter expressed: Jesus as God’s anointed Son, and Jesus as one’s personal Lord and Savior. It is upon that rock that Jesus has always built His church. And it is without this revelation that peo- ple are led astray, even people of the established church, who seek power and position because they don’t know the wealth that exists in the Truth of the Gospel. 001-108_JesusFrks-Vol2_Revolutionaries 10/15/10 10:55 AM Page 14 Jesus Freaks II What Is TRU t h ? Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. I was born and came into the world for this one purpose, to speak about the truth. Whoever belongs to the truth listens to me.” “And what is truth?” Pilate asked. Then Pilate went back outside to the people and said to them, “I cannot find any reason to condemn him.” Jesus and Pilate (John 18:37–38 TEV) In this exchange is the summary of preaching the Gospel to 14 the blind world. “Here is the Truth, right in front of you!” “What truth?” Those who would be blind don’t see it. Yet those who hunger for truth will. Many don’t know they are hungry for it. Others have searched their whole lives for it and never find it until someone exposes them to it. But that is always the exchange: Those who know the truth must share it with others; those who don’t know it have to decide whether or not they will receive it. If they will receive it, then God will reveal it to their hearts if they will hunger and thirst for it. Why is Truth so elusive? Because Truth is not a list of beliefs or statements or mathematical formulas that can simply be memo- rized. It is not a philosophical system or the end of a journey where you can arrive and then be done. Truth is a Person—Jesus Christ— and knowing the Truth is a relationship. Just as getting to know a person takes time, getting to know Jesus can happen no faster. It happens day by day, meeting with Him, walking with Him, talking with Him, listening to Him, being with Him, and obeying Him. Even if it takes all of eternity to get to know Him, there can 001-108_JesusFrks-Vol2_Revolutionaries 10/15/10 10:56 AM Page 15 Fearing God, Not Man never be a better use of our time. Where is the time for bitterness, hatred, depression, power mongering, judging others, and drawing lines between people if we are consumed with getting to know Jesus? If we are all busy searching for Truth and loving others as Jesus told us to, there are worlds of problems we will never get into, and there are worlds of problems we will help solve. For by whom has truth ever been discovered without God? By whom has God ever been found without Christ? By whom has Christ ever been explored without the Holy Spirit? By whom has the Holy Spirit ever been attained without the mysterious gift of faith? Tertullian Christian father and apologist 15 c.
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