不知你有沒有每天都使用《與耶穌同行》來靈修，我們正在研討的問題是：復興是不是群眾的一種歇斯底里的行為？我們知道雖然表面上看來，在復興降臨時，那些聚會所描述的情景和今天流行的搖滾音樂會的狂熱和興奮沒有多大的區別，但是它們的背後卻隱藏著相當巨大的差異。

讓我們只來思想一個差別──最後的成果。一群聚集參加流行音樂會的人，在經歷了極度刺激和興奮的感官後會有甚麼結果？我有一位不是基督徒的家人在參加過流行音樂會後對我說：「沒錯那地方令人感到極度興奮，但當曲終人散後，那種興奮也就蕩然無存。」若把這種感受與五旬節所帶來的興奮和狂熱相比較的話，我們看到五旬節的興奮和狂熱是能夠流傳到其他地方去。

一位美國舊約聖經學者肯特（Charles Foster Kent）說：「在五旬節那天，那種抑制的感覺被釋放出來，形成不可抗拒的屬靈熱潮，標誌著全球基督教宣教運動的開始。」我對他這句話有一點補充：「那種抑制的感覺被釋放出來，形成不可抗拒的屬靈熱潮」，這股熱情的產生，不是來自環境，而是來自聖靈的澆灌。不過他說：「標誌著全球基督教宣教運動的開始」倒是正確的。當神激發起復興的力量時，那狂熱和興奮湧向四面八方，不僅僅是感染和影響現在，也要影響未來的世代。

I remind you that the question we are looking at is this: Is revival a manifestation of crowd hysteria? We have seen that though on the surface there may appear to be little difference between the scenes reported at meetings where revival has broken out and the frenzy and excitement observed in many of today's pop and rock concerts, underneath there are great differences.

Let me deal with just one difference - the matter of final outcome. A crowd coming together for a pop concert experiences a high degree of emotion and excitement, but what does it result in? A family member of mine who is not a Christian and who attended a pop concert said to me afterwards: "It was tremendously exciting being there but the trouble is, the excitement doesn't go anywhere." Compare this with the excitement and fervour that was evident on the Day of Pentecost. It was excitement and fervour that went somewhere.

Charles Foster Kent says: "On the Day of Pentecost this pent up feeling broke out into an irresistible wave of spiritual enthusiasm that marked the beginning of the world-wide Christian missionary movement." I have a little problem with his phrase, "a pent up feeling broke out into an irresistible wave of spiritual enthusiasm", for it was not an enthusiasm worked up by circumstances but an infusion of the Holy Spirit. However, he is right when he says it "marked the beginning of the world-wide Christian missionary movement". When God moves in revival power the fervour and excitement goes somewhere - it influences and affects not just the present but also the coming generations.