THE ASBURY REVIVAL at Asbury University going on right now
Posted on 02/18/2023 8:01:16 AM PST by Jim W N
Asbury University is named after Methodist leader Francis Asbury (1745-1816), who was only 26 when he came to evangelize the American colonies. He became a leader of the 2nd Great Awakening. It’s estimated that he traveled 270,000 miles on horseback preaching and planting Methodist churches. But circuit-riding wasn’t glamorous; prior to 1847 more than half of Methodist circuit riders died before the age of 30 because of animal attacks, exposure to bad weather and the hardships of travel. Their sacrifice was a seed that died in the ground and produced a massive spiritual harvest.
Francis Asbury’s life was marked by white hot spiritual fervor. After being sent to our shores by John Wesley, Asbury wrote: “We must reach every section of America, especially the raw frontiers. We must not be afraid of men, devils, wild animals, or disease. Our motto must always be FORWARD!" Like a modern Joshua, Asbury possessed the land, in spite of his frequent ailments. He never married, perhaps because he knew his sacrificial lifestyle would be difficult for a wife. He was so loved by his Christian brethren that more than 20,000 people followed his coffin when he was buried in Virginia after his death at age 70.
Asbury University is named after this giant of faith. I think it’s fitting that the revival that erupted last week on the campus also reminds us of Francis Asbury. I’m not listening to religious critics who are skeptical of the music being sung at the revival, or worried about “emotionalism,” or which translation of the Bible is being used, or which denominations are represented in the audience. God please forgive us for the cold, heartless Phariseeism that quenches the Holy Spirit. Francis Asbury would have been thrillled to see young people repenting and worshipping Jesus. May this holy fire spread to the world, and may an army of young Francis Asburys be sent out to claim the nations for Jesus.
THE ASBURY REVIVAL at Asbury University going on right now
Methodist leader Francis Asbury (1745-1816)
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Pray for Scriptural UM churches that are leaving the denomination. The headquarters are making it difficult to meet the deadline.
The legalists and doctrinal critics are out doing their thing. It’s best just to ignore them.
I watched some clips (I went to seminary at Asbury), and I didn’t see or hear anything out of line at all. It all seemed orderly and modest.
It struck me as if it were a praise service at a Christian festival with people seen in some places praying for each other and their needs.
This bears earmarks of at least these 4 biblical principles:
1. Where sin abounded, there did grace much more abound;
2. When the enemy came in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord lifted up a standard against him;
3. “For the sake of my servant... I will not destroy it”;
4. God will always preserve a remnant.
As in Jesus’ and Paul the Apostle’s day, so today, the greatest enemy to the furtherance of the Gospel of the Grace of Christ is the established religious organizations.
In Jesus’ and Paul’s day, it was the Jews. Today the opposition is spearheaded by the established church organizations and helped along by ungodly secular organizations.
But God is greater than all and he will have a final end-time reawakening mainly among the Gentiles to save as many as possible from the wrath which is coming soon.
As in Jesus’ and Paul the Apostle’s day, so today, the greatest enemy to the furtherance of the Gospel of the Grace of Christ is the established religious organizations.
In Jesus’ and Paul’s day, it was the Jews. Today the opposition is spearheaded by the established church organizations and helped along by ungodly secular organizations.
But God is greater than all and he will have a final end-time reawakening mainly among the Gentiles to save as many as possible from the wrath which is coming soon.
Agree
An awesome event, as well as, an awesome sight to be seen.
Praying now for this request....
God indeed wants to revive HIS Church...
As my pastor often says, the CHURCH is not our building!
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That is exactly what I thought too... Open hearts, honest hearts, contrite hearts = the moving of GOD HIMSELF
AMEN!!!!!
Agreed.
Sounds more like Paul than Joshua.
What a shame that so many of this church bred in the great Wesleyan revivals have compromised with the spirit of this age. Prayers for all the God-fearing Methodists that want to follow the Bible!
The Jesus Movement was pretty much a doctrinal smorgasbord. But the key elements were love for Jesus and a zeal to spread the Gospel.
This looks like that. Let’s pray that this thing spreads.
Yes, even though the church can be as dead as a doornail...
Although we are living in the Laodicean church age, watch out for the tsunami of the Worldwide Grace Revolution which will trigger a worldwide incoming of souls (fulfilling Luke 14:23). This may be an inkling of what's to come.
God's merciful last sweep of souls to save from the wrath soon to come.
The town of Asbury Park, NJ was named in honor of Francis Asbury, first bishop of the Methodist Church in America. The town itself is a dump.
“... the greatest enemy to the furtherance of the Gospel of the Grace of Christ is the established religious organizations....”
One of the biggest tools in the enemy’s arsenal.....always has been, is and will be.
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