For years denominations have warred with each other over end-times subjects. Some teach that the world will grow darker and darker. This is true! They teach that the church will become weaker and weaker. This is not true, for the 'real' church. Some teach that the greatest revival the world has ever known will be in the last days, which goes directly against the beliefs of others who believe God is done and is winding it up. He's about to push the eject button on the last believing remnant.
The truth is that there is a little truth in all of this. Maybe very little... Yes, the world is getting darker and darker. That MUST happen in order for the light to shine brighter and brighter. Neutrality is NOT God's desire. However, there is a part of the church that is luke-warm. Jesus did not have good things to say about this. God is shaking the world right now. Have you noticed?
Heb 12:27-28 MKJV
(27) And this word, "Yet once more," signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, so that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
(28) Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear,
Yes... He is doing a lot of this on purpose! Malachi said this:
Mal 3:18 MKJV
(18) Then you shall again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God, and him who does not serve Him.
God is destroying neutrality - to the best of His ability (without destroying our free will). What does this have to do with revival? When the latter rain comes and God's Spirit is being poured out in these end times (yes, it's happening NOW), we will see the church grow in power like the world has never known. People who like comfortable church are going to grow more and more uncomfortable during these days. Again. This is NOT by accident. Get off the fence. Choose ye this day whom ye will serve - and figure out exactly what that means!
Revival does not necessarily mean 'numbers'. Yes, the church will grow tremendously during these days. The body of Christ will become proportional to her precious Head. That revival is here and is building in scope. It's now. The greater things are beginning to happen - NOW. Will the world be won? Not according to scripture - not on this side of Armageddon. But that does not negate the unbelievable power of the Church or the power she will wield before the trumpet blows. Hell will take a tremendous battering and its gates will not prevail against what is taking place. Yes, time is winding down, but it's not out.
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Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Monday, March 22, 2010
Are You In Revival?
Revival is such a great thing. Growing up, it really wasn't, so much. It meant going to church 6 times a week instead of 3. For a 10 year old, that's not necessarily great news. But revival has come to mean something different. It means people I see have a twinkle in their eye. It means life is spoken, not death. It means there is always hope.
Find a church that is having a 'revival', and ask a member how it's going. You might hear some different answers. "Well, we had 2 people healed!" Or, "we had 12 people confess their sin and repent." Hallelujah! That's all great stuff. But is that how we are defining revival?
Does revival depend on sin? Is sickness a prerequisite for revival? What if nobody at the meeting had needed to confess? What if everyone had been healthy? No revival?
Revival, by definition, means to bring into a state of living from a state of unresponsiveness. Ideally, a spirit-filled life should experience revival one time, and then continue perpetually in a state of Spirit-filled life. Ideally. It's no easy task when the enemy has your number.
That's why Jude told us to pursue the faith. Contend. Battle for it with the knowledge that the enemy wants to rip down what you have built.
Jud 1:3 LITV
(3) Having made all haste to write to you about the common salvation, beloved, I had need to write to you to exhort you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
Living in revival means we have to be purposeful about placing ourselves in a position to receive spiritual nourishment. What does that mean for you?
Find a church that is having a 'revival', and ask a member how it's going. You might hear some different answers. "Well, we had 2 people healed!" Or, "we had 12 people confess their sin and repent." Hallelujah! That's all great stuff. But is that how we are defining revival?
Does revival depend on sin? Is sickness a prerequisite for revival? What if nobody at the meeting had needed to confess? What if everyone had been healthy? No revival?
Revival, by definition, means to bring into a state of living from a state of unresponsiveness. Ideally, a spirit-filled life should experience revival one time, and then continue perpetually in a state of Spirit-filled life. Ideally. It's no easy task when the enemy has your number.
That's why Jude told us to pursue the faith. Contend. Battle for it with the knowledge that the enemy wants to rip down what you have built.
Jud 1:3 LITV
(3) Having made all haste to write to you about the common salvation, beloved, I had need to write to you to exhort you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
Living in revival means we have to be purposeful about placing ourselves in a position to receive spiritual nourishment. What does that mean for you?
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