Revival

Pastor Martin demonstrates from Scripture that the fear of God is the holy soil which produces a godly life. He examines seven Old Testament and two New Testament passages showing how practical godliness in every circumstance — from Abraham's dealings with Abimelech to Nehemiah's refusal of personal gain, from treatment of the deaf and blind to workplace conduct — is rooted in the fear of God. He applies this to the folly of seeking moral reform apart from true religion, the need for revival, and the responsibility of parents, schools, and churches to instill the fear of God.

Pastor Martin completes the study on the relationship between the fear of God and conduct by demonstrating the negative corollary: the absence of the fear of God is the unholy soil out of which an ungodly life grows. He expounds Romans 3:18 as the capstone of Paul's indictment of universal sinfulness, then examines Psalm 10, Psalm 36, and Malachi 3 to show how the wicked must push God out of their thoughts in order to sin freely. He applies this to religious hypocrisy (Matthew 6, Matthew 23) and closes with a cultural analysis of how the devil destroys a society by undermining its theological foundations rather than attacking individual virtues.