Three Things About Revival

THREE THINGS ABOUT REVIVAL

2 CHR. 29: 1-7,15-19, 27-30

LET ME PREACH ABOUT REVIVAL AGAIN.

I HEAR OF REVIVALS IN CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, CANADA, MISSOURI

AND I WONDER WHY NOT HERE AND WHY NOT NOW.

I WANT TO SHARE THREE THINGS ABOUT REVIVAL THAT I FOUND IN GOD’S WORD

1. THE EVIL THAT PREVENTS REVIVAL

IF GOD WANTS TO SENT REVIVAL THEN WHAT IS STOPPING REVIVAL

A. THE PERSON OF REVIVAL IS FORSAKEN

2 Chr 29:6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that

which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God,

and have forsaken him, and have turned away

their faces from the habitation of the LORD,

and turned their backs. (KJV)

GOD HAS BEEN FORSAKEN

WHEN GOD’S SPIRIT HAS NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO MOVE FOR WHAT EVER

REASON THEN WE HAVE FORSAKENGOD

FOR THE H.G. IS GOD WITH US NOW.

B. THE PLACE OF REVIVAL HAS BEEN FORSAKEN

1. TURNED AWAY FROM GOD’S HOUSE

THE ALTAR HAS BEEN FORSAKEN

I REMEMBER WHEN THE PEOPLE LED THE WAY TO THE ALTAR

WE DID NOT DEPEND ON THE PREACHER

OR A MOVE OF THE SPIRIT

WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO PRAY AND WE PRAYED

Heb 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves

together, as the manner of some is; but

exhorting one another: and so much the

more, as ye see the day approaching. (KJV)

Strong’s # 1459 egkataleipo (eng-kat-al-i’-po); from

1722 and 2641; to leave behind in

some place, i.e. (in a good sense)

let remain over, or (in a bad sense)

to desert:

KJV-- forsake, leave. (DIC)

Strong’s # 3870 parakaleo (par-ak-al-eh’-o); from

3844 and 2564; to call near, i.e.

invite, invoke (by imploration,

hortation or consolation):

KJV-- beseech, call for, (be of good)

comfort, desire, (give) exhort

(-ation), intreat, pray. (DIC)

2. PEOPLE HAVE TURNED THEIR BACKS ON GOD

IF WE HAD ALL THOSE LOST IN THIS TOWN WE WOULD

BE FULL TONIGHT

2. THE WORK THAT PROCEEDS REVIVAL

A. SPIRITUAL WORK

2 Chr 29:10 Now I intend to make a covenant with the LORD,

the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger

will turn away from us. (NIV)

AN AGREEMENT, A CONTRACT

A PLEDGE

2 Chr 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name,

shall humble themselves, and pray, and

seek my face, and turn from their wicked

ways; then will I hear from heaven, and

will forgive their sin, and will heal

their land. (KJV)

B. A SANCTIFING WORK

2 Chr 29:15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified

themselves, and came, according to the commandment

of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse

the house of the LORD. (KJV)

2 Chr 29:18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said,

We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the

altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels

thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the

vessels thereof. (KJV)

2 Chr 29:19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his

reign did cast away in his transgression, have we

prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are

before the altar of the LORD. (KJV)

SETTING ASIDE THE VESSELS UNTO THE LORD

CLEANING UP THE VESSELS

LORD CLEANSE ME THEN USE ME

3. THE WORSHIP THAT PROVES REVIVAL

A. INSACRIFICE THEY PLEASED THE LORD

2 Chr 29:27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt

offering upon the altar. And when the burnt

offering began, the song of the LORD began

also with the trumpets, and with the

instruments ordained by David king of Israel.

(KJV)

2 Chr 29:28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the

singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and

all this continued until the burnt offering

was finished. (KJV)

B. IN SINGING THEY PRAISED GOD

2 Chr 29:29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king

and all that were present with him bowed

themselves, and worshipped. (KJV)

2 Chr 29:30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes

commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD

with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And

they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed

their heads and worshipped. (KJV)

REVIVAL CAME TO THE CHILDREN OF GOD WHEN

THEY REPENTED OF SIN

THE HOUSE OF GOD BECAME IMPORTANT AGAIN TO THEM

THE VESSELS OF GOD WERE PUT BACK INTO USE

SACRIFICE AND WORSHIP NOT FORM WAS PUT BACK INTO THE SERVICES