![]() He was a threat to their lifestyle, a threat to their religious system. They rejected Jesus because He interfered with the way they had chosen to live. Their rejection of Jesus-ultimately, their blasphemy of the Holy Spirit-was but a reflection of every person who intentionally rejects Jesus Christ. It’s entirely up to the person who is listening to that truth and their response to it.Īnd Judas Iscariot, His betrayer, said, “I have betrayed an innocent man” ( Matthew 27:4 NLT). The same truth that can liberate one person can harden another. ![]() Doubt takes place when we may not understand what God is doing or why He’s doing it. Doubt is a matter of the mind, but unbelief is a matter of the will. There’s a difference between doubt and unbelief. There’s a difference between ignorance and a deliberate choice. Rather, it was their very familiarity with spiritual things and rejection of those things that brought them to this state. Their unbelief wasn’t based in honest doubt. This process had been building for some time. How is it that people who studied the Scriptures, who had dedicated themselves to spiritual things and were considered godly individuals, could actually take something that was done by the hand of God and attribute it to the devil? ![]() He gets his power from Satan, the prince of demons” ( Matthew 12:24 NLT). While others were amazed, these religious leaders said, “No wonder he can cast out demons. Jesus had just healed a demon-possessed man who had been blind and unable to speak. Instead of praising God for an incredible miracle, the Pharisees attributed it to the devil. He healed the man so that he could both speak and see. On Jhis son Christopher, age 33 was killed in a traffic incident.Then a demon-possessed man, who was blind and couldn’t speak, was brought to Jesus. They have two sons, Christopher (1975–2008) and Jonathan (1986). Laurie resides in Newport Beach with his wife of 40 years, Cathe (Catherine). About 37,000 people attended the live event in Anaheim, California and more than 270,000 people watched live, making it one of the largest Christian outreach events in U.S. In 2012, Harvest Crusades launched Harvest America a nationwide simulcast from one location to about 2,400 venues. It has been estimated that more than 4.7 million people have attended Harvest Crusades in California, Chicago, Seattle, Oregon, Philadelphia, New York, Hawaii, Florida, North Carolina, New Zealand and Australia. They are large-scale evangelistic outreach projects which local churches organize nationally and internationally. Laurie is a speaker for public evangelistic events called Harvest Crusades, founded in 1990. He is also a guest commentator at and appears regularly in a weekly television program called on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). Host of the syndicated radio program A New Beginning, Laurie has appeared on ABC World News Tonight, Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN. In 2013, Laurie completed another film, Hope for Hurting Hearts, which features his story of coming through tragedy. His autobiographical documentary film Lost Boy: The Next Chapter has won eight awards at international film festivals in the best documentary category. Another more recent book is a commentary on the book of Revelation. He also wrote the notes for the Start! Bible in the New King James Version, published by Thomas Nelson. Laurie has written study notes for The New Believer's Bible and The Seeker's Bible. Laurie has written more than 70 books, including The Upside-Down Church (1999, co-authored with David Kopp): this book won a Gold Medallion Book Award in the "Christian ministry' category in 2000. He serves on the board of directors for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association In 2013, Laurie served as the Honorary Chairman of the National Day of Prayer Task Force. Laurie holds two honorary doctorates from Biola University and Azusa Pacific University. The church has four satellite campuses (Irvine, Woodcrest, Eastvale, and South Corona-all in California) with a congregation of some 15,000 people, and also houses more than 80 ministries. In 2013, Harvest Christian Fellowship celebrated its 40th anniversary. The church that formed from this group, Harvest Christian Fellowship, has grown to become one of the largest churches in the United States. At the age of 19, under the ministry of Calvary Chapel Pastor Chuck Smith, he was given the opportunity to lead a Bible study of 30 people. Laurie, who was born in Long Beach, California, became a Christian in 1970 at Harbor High school under the ministry of evangelist Lonnie Frisbee. Greg Laurie (born December 10, 1952) is an American clergyman who serves as the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California and Harvest Orange County in Irvine, California.
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