Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Jim 0216
That's good for consecration that Jesus may have his way in us, but a spiritual awakening, a revival where the unsaved suddenly know they're not saved, drop to their knees and repent - this comes form the sovereign will of the Lord and the church in intercession.

Been there, done that, got the tishöt. (Turkish spelling for our word tee-shirt, pronounced same way!) My born-again walk with God began in the maelstrom of a genuine supernatural move of God, so I know such things can and do happen.

HOWEVER (and this is a MAJOR caveat!) as a man I usually hold in low esteem pointed out, churches that experience supernatural revival are usually WORSE OFF a few years later. Kinda like folks who win big in the lottery: five years later, they're normally bankrupt. Probably divorced. Frequently dead by their own hand.

The first American great awakening was a major leap forward for Unitarianism. The second engendered Mormonism and the War Between the States.

Yes, because God hears prayer and honors faith, we can "pray down" revival. The results are comparable to watermelons hanging from grape vines: large, juicy fruit, without the infrastructure to support it. Reformations are scholarly, thoughtful, movements. Reformations engage the mind and the life, not just the emotional/experiential dimension of life. A reformation is going on now. Even as Luther disengaged Christianity from its bondage to Italian power politics, today's reformers are disavowing and disdaining the American state church. They are, in their quiet way, building a new social order under the nose of the status quo.

Come on in, the water's fine, and the future is as bright as the promises of God!

70 posted on 06/05/2010 9:12:33 AM PDT by RJR_fan (Christians need to reclaim and excel in the genre of science fiction.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 69 | View Replies ]


To: RJR_fan
Come on in, the water's fine

You don't know me from Adam but presumptuously assume I'm not in this water you speak of.

The only (spiritual) water I'm interested is the River of Life and I'm already in there. Not sure what water you're talking about, but your lack of candor about what you're talking about is suspect.

71 posted on 06/05/2010 1:32:41 PM PDT by Jim W N
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 70 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson