Read:
1 Timothy 4:6
In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following.
Many are seeking from Him today another Great Awakening, and they read these old accounts of the Falling and Laughing that took place in the old revivals, and believe that if we just get enough people praying, falling, and giggling, we will have a revival that will sweep the world. But those who believe this overlook a major component of these previous revivals. Namely, the preachers preached Jesus Christ to the people. They warned that the Judgment of God was about to fall on sinners. They preached sound theology and doctrine. They preached the Cross, the sufferings of Christ, the mercy and grace of God, and the preciousness and effectiveness of the Blood to cleanse from all sin. They did not merely preach, “Have you Fallen in the Spirit yet? Have you Laughed in the Spirit? Come up now and let me lay my hands on you!” As the Laughing and the Falling occurred in the days of old—as the Lord chose to manifest these experiences—the revivalists kept everyone’s attention focused firmly on Calvary. There is no dispute that God blessed this approach. He gave them revivals that lasted decades, as compared to the
revivals we see today which we consider to be major “outpourings” if we can
somehow keep them going for a few weeks. Those old revivals also
transformed this country, and the revivals we have today barely go outside our
church walls, as we watch our country and world descend into degredation,
darkness, and madness. My brethren, I believe we will NEVER have the revival from God that we seek, until we handle these special manifestations of the Holy Spirit in a more mature way, and refuse to allow ourselves to be distracted from the clear
preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We must follow Elijah’s example of
pressing past the wind, earthquake, and fire of his day, which is the Laughing
and Falling of our day, and join him going on in God until we hear His “still
small voice” again giving us specific wisdom, breakthrough, and earth-shaking
revival.
Comment by Keith Edwards
I feel like the Lord wants us to focus on Christ Jesus so powerfully for the next wave of revival that has started. We can't lose that focus upon Jesus in the middle of the glory that may fall. Lets keep our eyes upon Jesus.
Prayer:
Lord, we ask that you will help us to keep you the center focus of our life. Purify ur hearts to keep sound doctrine flowing in the middle of great things you do, and help us to magnify Christ in a pure way, Amen.
by Mel Montgomery & Keith Edwards
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