What one scripture is the key to revival?

[Gideons300]

A precious brother here asked me today what one scripture best stands out to me as a representation of the message I feel God has for us as His children in this late hour. This was my response. I pray it blesses.

"Your question is an intriguing one and one God gave me an answer to give you before I finished reading the sentence.

"Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."

John 6:28-29

How we have misunderstood what God desires to do in us, to set us free from our lower nature, to undo the results of the fall of Adam, to empower us to become sons of God and live like sons. My fear is that we have evolved to having a form of godliness but our lives, our hearts are denying the power of godliness, God in us overcoming all satan throws against us.

What is one of our biggest obstacles to believing Jesus can do this in us? Numbers, sheer numbers of Christians who not only do not live in this liberty, but actually will fight to defend sin continuing on us, when Jesus made it clear in John 8 that He came to set us free from committing sins. We take comfort in the fact that millions cannot be wrong when there are just a few voices raised up saying that what we cannot do, God indeed can do and in fact has done!

How we need to re-read the story of the children of Israel brought to the banks of the Jordan and the promised land of rest, 617,000 souls perished in the wilderness, 40 years of wanderings, always moving, always "making progress" and yet never coming to the point of believing. Two souls, Joshua and Caleb believed. Two souls of that multitude entered into rest, having ceased from their own labors, even as God did from His. God is not a God of the majority.

He is simply a God looking for those on whose behalf he can show Himself strong. But I am convinced that God is bringing this truth back to His body and a move of God on the entire body is afoot. I just happen to be one of the weird ones who are going against the grain but there will be many more coming, sharing the good news to the weak and the broken, those hungering for liberty, that our God is able.

How we have made walking in God a war of human effort, of our strength, our resolve, our determination, our self control. We have failed to see what the law of commandments must teach us, that unless we clothe ourselves with Christ and believe that He can do in us what we can never do, we will fail at holiness in our efforts, and woe to us if we stay in that unbelief.

It has no bearing on what church we belong to, Catholic or Portestant. God is looking for believing children, people who will honor him with their faith in His abilities to keep us from falling, and to present us faultless before Him on that day. We all have error at some point in our beliefs, but the one area we cannot be confused about is that God desires to free us from our sins, not just forgive us for them.

Without holiness, no man shall see the Lord.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Can we do this? Heck, no! But ahhh, our God can do exceedlingly above and beyond all that we ask or think. Ands with what power will he accomplish this miracle? The same power with which He raised Jesus from the grave!

"Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places."

Ephesians 1:15-20

Jesus asked a question once, and I feel the angst with which He asked it...

"When the son of man returns, will He find faith on the earth?"

Luke 18:8

What did Jude mean when he exhorted:

"Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not."

Jude 1:3-5

What is this faith that the early saints had that even Jude saw was slipping from the experience of the early Christians? Faith in Jesus dying and resurrecting is wonderful and a doorway into grace, but we have failed to see we are to live by faith, overcome satan by faith, walk in the glorious liberty of the children of God by faith. Our entire salvation is to be a testament to our inabilities to do anything without Him, and our abilities to do everything with Him living in us and our looking to Him to overcome in us, causing us to will and to do of His good pleasure.

Be blessed, my forum friends....

Bruce

Edited May 9, 2010 by Gideons300

[Guest yod]

Revival is life from the dead, right?

Here is the prescription for life from the dead

Romans 11:11-15

Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious. But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring! I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. For if their rejection (the jews) is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

This is the key to a worldwide revival. I'm not so sure the gentiles listened very well when Paul said this....or now...but there it is for anyone who really wants to see a revival

[Guest]

Amen!

[wyguy]

What one scripture is the key to revival?

John 3:16

Hands down!

[JCISGD]

I dont think revival is from the dead, thats ressurection. A person who has fainted or become lethargic can be said to be revivived after getting help.

2 Chronicles 14:7 lists everything required for revival, but we seemed to be stalled on the humility and turning from our wicked ways part. ("who are you calling wicked"? "Ive been saved 30 yrs, how dare you call me wicked"

Too many dont think their sins are wicked or that God requires corporate repentance before widespread revival.

[EricH]

Sometimes we try to systematize God. The spritual diciplines are simply environments God has created in His grace where He promises to show up in some way. We should meet Him there trusting He will do His work in our lives and trust the revivals to Him

[logos7]

Psalms 85:4-8

4) Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

5) Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

6) Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

7) Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.

8) I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for He will speak peace unto His people, and to His saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

[Guest]

Amen!

[guppy]

gup's gonna think up a questions too and get FresnoJoe on another roll, that was fun

[Littlelambseativy]

Romans 1:17

17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written,