Revival
Psalm 138:7 Matt. 18:19 Pro. 13:12
David was a man who walked with God for many, many ,many years. David was a man who had been in trouble many different times. And David when he was in trouble, When he was at a spiritual low, Looked up and prayed and ask God to revive him.
And every time David ask God to revive him. "God did it!"
Now I know full well that the Bible Says "that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God." And if I need Faith in any issue of my life, and if I am praying for something and I can’t seem to get the faith to pray through in the matter, I am to go and get my bible and study it and I will get the faith from that!
Because faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.
But wait a minute,
If we’re very honest, and we would Just face the truth.
“We can get faith out of Just seeing God work!”
Practical Christian experience tells me, when I pray and God answers that prayer, that should encourage me to pray on.
When I ask God for something great and God gives me something great. Then the next time I need something great I am encouraged to pray on.
When I ask God on Monday and God gives on Tues. When I ask on Thur. and God don’t give on Friday Because I’ve seen God give before I pray on.
YES, Faith comes by hearing, but it also comes out of daily living and seeing God answer and move and work.
David in a bad situation said, "Lord revive me, Lord help me And God came on the scene!
God gave David strength to Kill the bear, Kill the giant
David relied on God time after time after time.
Now folks let’s be honest most of you that I am preaching to have never seen a real revival. You’ve seen some good meetings and people were saved, but you have not seen real revival.
When I think of the various works of some men in the past. Wesley, Moody, Tarry, Spurgen And the great meetings in days gone by Billy Sunday emptied the Jails in six weeks of meetings. Bootleggers would have to close shop. Why old Mordicah Hamm Had a bounty put on him by the bootleggers.
When they went into town and preach things would happen.
And folk’s today we Just talk about revival. We hold meetings, but the honest truth of the matter is, we know Biblically that revival can come,
But what we need is to experience it!
Now let us look at another one of those verses: Matt. 18:19
Jesus himself said this. Now he either told the truth or he lied and I think everyone hear would agree he told the truth.
Jesus said to us that are saved.
If any two of you, shall agree down here on this earth, on anything
If you will Just agree on it, and pray and ask me for it my father which is in heaven will give it to you.
Now folks that’s a heavy verse. That’s saying a lot.
That’s saying that if me and Bro ________ can kneel and come to perfect agreement on what we want in this meeting.
That God is obligated himself to give us what we have ask for I mean is this verse true or not?
Now we have to pray in the will of God, but we know that God’s will for his people is revival.
Now this is one old fashion preacher that believes God in heaven literally wants to send revival to the churches in America.
I don’t believe revival was just for one age.
I believe revival is for the church of the Lord Jesus Christ and I believe it is to be until he comes again.
We’ve been hoping for it and hoping for it until we have become sick of the matter.
And here are some reasons why I believe we don’t have the foggiest Idea what we are praying for.
When we say revival we come up with a variety of answers as to what it is. Such as Singing, or we confuse entertainment with edification a sweaty preacher (we confuse Perspiration with inspiration). And everybody has his or her own definition
But our problem is we have never gotten in perfect agreement with God on this matter.
What is Revival
I have five or Six thing I wont to give you today.
Now let’s be honest, and let’s not beet around the bush
There is no reason to hide behind religion, let’s Just come out into the light and face the thing Peter said this thing about Christ was not done in a corner, so let’s get out of the corner and face it in the light.
And if you don’t won’t it, then you can go home and say I don’t wont it.
Don’t be a Hypocrite about it.
But those of you that do want it I will show you how to meat the conditions.
1. Revival Is God Evidentially Moving In The Midst Of His People In Mighty Power.
If we have a revival it will be this. It will be God coming on the scene. God the Holy Ghost by his power and moving across this building. And he will touch every person in this room. And God will work in mighty power as we have never seen before.
Let’s face it most folks don’t wont that.
In the bible when the power of God was present lives changed.
Some of you will pray God send a Revival, But God is not listening, He’s looking on the heart.
Most people don’t wont to change.
But if we get the power of God, and clean up we won’t be able to put the people in this room.
We will not have to tell anyone. It will be so evident that word will spread like wildfire that God’s moving at Calvary Baptist Church.
2. Revival is God Infilling His People With The Person Of The Holy Spirit.
I believe tonight that if this one thing would happen we would have a barn burner of a revival.
If you would just come to this altar and give everything to God that’s between you and him. And you would get holy right with him Then God will fill you like never before. And if everyone did that revival would start tonight not next Sunday.
If you would go home and read Eph: ch 5 & 6 you would see what being filled with the spirit
or the spirit filled life is all about.
That means sir you will have to go back to loving your wife like you did years ago.
That means Madam that you will have to come to a place were you are in total subjection to your husband.
That means young people you will have to come back to a place were you totally respect and honor mom and dad.
It means Dad that you have to come to a place were you raise them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord,
You will have to spend time with them and quit all that yelling and screaming at them
That means you have to give a honest days work for and honest days pay
And be honest most people in the church don’t wont to live that way.
Most wives don’t wont to be in subjection to their husbands unless it suits them
Most men don’t wont to love there wives unless it suits them.
Most kids don’t wont to honor father and mother unless it suits them
But when we get down and pray God knows we don’t wont it.
3. Revival is God Empowering His People To Live Holy Lives Marked By Total Obedience To The Word Of God.
Ruth Paxton. A great missionary to China She was trying to get a Chinese Dr. to understand what it was to live a victorious life. He could not Get his Prayers answered. He seem to have no power He was all the time moaning and griping He said Christianity is not what I thought it would be. All the talk was getting nowhere.
Then an Idea, terminal Illness 25 things would be healed 15.20.24 I wont take your case
Now do you understand and he hung his head.
You pray for revival and God knows , your not going to tithe, not going to be faithful, your not going to visit
God is dealing with you but you are saying no God does not wont to take your case, I am not saying that you are not saved
But I want the heavenly physician to come down and take every case and fix what is wrong.
4. Revival Is God Enabling Us To Pray Perseveringly For A Larger And Greater Blessing
I wonder tonight or Saturday how many would I get to stay if I said we were going call an all night prayer meeting.
Mark it down the revivals of years ago started with a prayer meeting somewhere.
Most of you would be prayed out in 30 Minutes.
Revival will not come to this place or any other place without prayer.
Prayer moves the hand that moves the world and brings deliverance.
A. Hezekiah changed the mind of God Isa.38
B. Eligha stopped the rain for three years, Called fire down from heaven, and started the rain back up again
C. Peter was released from jail because of prayer.
5- Revival Is Every Child Of God Desperately In Love With The Savior.
6- Revival Is God Pointing His finger Directly At Your Face.
II Samuel 12:7 “Thou art the man.”
Revival is when you quit blaming the preacher, husband, wife, children, deacons. Revival is when God puts his finger right on your nose and says its you buddy.
Gypsy Smith once said draw a circle and step in it and say let revival begin here
A. We are responsible for this generation of lost people!
B. We are responsible for the spiritual condition of this nation! II Chro. 7:14
C. We are responsible for the progress and condition of this church!
7. Revival Is When Our Theology Catches Up With Our Theology.
In simple terms practice what you preach. We need less talk and more walk.
Its when you read the bible and it says be angry and sin no more.
And when the TV curses get mad and turn it off.
If we have revival there will have to be a return to the bible and prayer.
