What Happens to Bring Revival?

Book, "Fire in your heart" Sammy Tippit

Talks about an awakening within the church comes when God's people become a praying people. The ones who pray for the multitudes will never be known by men. He will be known well by the Father.

We hear of the Moodys and Billy Grahams but seldom hear of the common people who have prayed for the Evangelists.

7 Characteristics of the messengers during the Great Awakening of the 18th century:

1. They taught the supremacy of Holy Scripture.
2. They preached the total corruption of the human nature.
3. They taught that Christ's death upon the cross was the only satisfaction for man's sin.
4. The preached the doctrine of justification of faith.
5. They taught the universal necessity of heart conversion and new creation by the Holy Spirit.
6. They spoke of God's eternal hatred against sin and of God's love for sinners.
7. They preached that there was an inseparable connection between true faith and personal holiness. They never allowed for a moment that any church membership or religious profession was the least proof of a man being a Christian if He lived an ungodly life.
Jonathan Edwards believed that, "every experience of God could be counterfeited except those with an insight into His holiness." All who see God's holiness - repent!

Great Welsh revival from 1902 to 1905 was "Bend the church and save the people" On Thursday morning, Sept. 29, 1904, a young Welshman, Evan Roberts and 19 friends went to hear an evangelist named Seth Joshua preach. Joshua prayed, "Bend us, Oh Lord, bend us."
The Holy Spirit did a deep work in Evan Roberts. He fell on his knees, weeping and cried out to God, "Bend me! Bend me! Bend us!"

He began to live and understand, "Christ in you, the hope of glory."

Evan Roberts soon brought a message that would ultimately be used to shake the nation. The message became known as "The Four Points":

1. Is there any sin in your past that you have not confessed to God? On your knees to God!
2. Is there anything in your life that is doubtful? Away with it!
3. Do what the Spirit prompts you to do.
4. Publicly confess Christ as your Savior.

The results - within a year there were more than 100,00 conversions to Christ.

Jonathan Edwards recorded the five evidences of a genuine spiritual awakening:

1. It exalts Jesus Christ.
2. It attacks the kingdom of darkness.
3. It honours the Scriptures.
4. It promotes sound doctrine.
5. It produces an outpouring of love toward God and men.

The day is coming! The day is coming when the Spirit of Our Lord will again come across this land!