October 2006
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THE ROAD TO REVIVAL
STATING THE SCRIPTURES (Genesis 35:1-15)
Then God said to Jacob, "Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau."
So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes. Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone." So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem. Then they set out, and the terror of God fell upon the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.
Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan. There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel, because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So it was named Allon Bacuth.
After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him. God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel. " So he named him Israel. And God said to him, "I am God Almighty ; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will come from your body. The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you." Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him.
Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it. Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.
SETTING THE STAGE
William Hinson, Sr. retired pastor of First United Methodist Church in Houston, the largest church in American Methodism, tells the story about a time when he was going to Columbia, South Carolina to preach in a revival. He had not slept well the night before and had gotten up that morning and preached in two Sunday morning services. He went immediately to the airport to leave for Columbia. He had looked forward to sleeping on the plane but it just so happened that the person next to was a talker and so much for sleep. His plane arrived late so he was immediately picked up by a church member and whisked off to the church. He arrived at the church just a couple of minutes before the service was to begin and did not have the opportunity to freshen up at all. He felt yucky. As he preached he could feel his body swaying from fatigue. When the service was over he was lead to the fellowship hall were a receiving line was set up to greet the visiting preacher. The line seemed to extend forever. Near the end of the line, a large man stepped aside and suddenly he saw his youngest daughter.
His daughter was attending school in Augusta, Georgia and when she heard her dad was going to be in Columbia had borrowed her boyfriends noisy car and had driven for hours just to be with her dad and to talk with him about some things.
They left the church and went and got some coffee and pie and then went to the hotel and talked for several hours. When she finally left he said he realized the most unusual thing. He was no longer tired. He had spent time with someone very special to him and found himself renewed. That’s what our Upper Room is all about. It is time we can spend with Jesus and find renewal. We may enter the Room feeling beaten up and discouraged but we can come away revived.
INTRODUCTION
The church needs revival. The hearts of believers all over the world are cold and complacent and in many cases unconcerned and indifferent. Few are living godly lives; most are living carnal and fleshly lives. Believers have been caught up in the worldly environment and technology of society, seeking the bright lights and pleasures and comforts of the world. Few believers have a testimony for the Lord any longer; there is no obvious difference between a professing Christian and an unbeliever. People can see little if any difference in the lives of professing believers. Believers go to the same places unbelievers go, whether good or bad, moral or immoral. Believers too often use the same off-colored language and tell the same off-colored jokes as unbelievers. Believers talk about the same subjects as unbelievers, seldom discussing Jesus Christ and His gospel. Believers read the same magazines and books as unbelievers, whether moral or immoral, and believers look at the same television programs or movies as unbelievers, whether moral or immoral, whether clean or foul-mouthed.
Believers need revival. They need to clean up their lives, repent, and turn to God with a new commitment to follow Him as never before. Revival—true revival—is the only answer to the overwhelming problems of our society and world.
OPENING THE TEXT
The first feature of revival is God’s call. God called Jacob to revival. Jacob was facing unbearable trouble, a desperation that created a deep sense of need in his heart and life. Jacob was afraid, frightened to the core of his being. His daughter, Dinah, had just been abused and raped by the local prince of the area. In retaliation, his sons had just struck out and killed all the males of the city. They had also looted the city, taking all the women and children as servants.
Now Jacob was facing retaliation from the surrounding rulers. In fact, he was actually expecting them to join forces to attack and destroy him. He was very fearful of what was about to happen. But other things were bothering Jacob as well.
Jacob had not set a spiritual example before his children. He had not given them the needed spiritual and moral guidance. He had often demonstrated a weak character before his children, seldom standing up to others for what he knew to be right. He had lived a carnal, worldly life, and the impact upon his children was now being reaped. Jacob was heartsick, needing God to step into the life of his dear family and bring revival to them all.
Jacob had a deep sense of disobedience and backsliding. He had been back in the promised land for some nine or ten years, yet he had never taken time to travel up to Bethel to fulfill his vow to God. What was his vow? That he would worship God at Bethel when he was in the area. There was no excuse for his continued disobedience, for Bethel was only a day’s journey away, only some twenty to thirty miles distance. Moreover, right before entering the promised land, God had given Jacob a deep spiritual experience at Penuel. Thus when he entered the promised land, he had an unusual sense of God’s presence, and his responsibility to journey up to Bethel was bound to be fresh upon his mind. Yet he had settled down right beside Shechem and soon forgotten Bethel. He had forgotten his vow to God. The growing and convicting power of God’s Spirit was no doubt working on Jacob, convicting him of his disobedience and backsliding.
Jacob was also bothered about something else, deeply bothered about it. He had allowed idolatry, the worship of other gods, within his own household. Jacob had not made God the Lord of his household, and he was now being forced to face up to his failure. With all the trouble that had fallen upon him and his family, Jacob had to search and find out what was wrong, what had caused God to remove His protective hand from him. Jacob’s conclusion was bound to be that the fault lay within his own heart and life, that he had been disobedient and backsliding. And now God was dealing with him in discipline.
But the truth of the matter was this: God had always been dealing with Jacob. God had never left him alone. It had just taken a long time for Jacob to face up to his failures. In fact, it had taken the crisis of the threatening attack of the surrounding nations.
What had happened was probably this: Jacob had gone to the Lord in prayer. He was broken and crying out to God for help and understanding. In response, God spoke to Jacob telling him two things: to move up to Bethel and to build an altar there an altar where he and his people could seek and worship the Lord.
SCRIPTURES TO PONDER
"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" (2 Chron. 7:14).
"The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit" (Psalm 34:18).
"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise" (Psalm 51:17).
"For all those things hath mine hand made, and those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word" (Isaiah 66:2).
"And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness" (Joel 2:13).
The second feature of revival is God’s message. After God had spoken to Jacob, Jacob gathered his people together and proclaimed God’s message to them. The message included five points. First, the people were to get rid of all their false gods. What a shock to us! To think that this man of God had allowed idols, the worship of false gods, within his own household! Jacob had no doubt taught his family about God and His promises, but he had failed to demand obedience in the worship of God. He had not made the Lord the God of his entire household. He was still allowing the worship of other gods right there in his own presence.
How many people today still hang on to the gods and idols of this earth? Remember, anything can become a god to us. Whatever consumes us—whatever we give ourselves to, whatever dominates us, whatever we look to for help, whatever we put before God Himself—that thing becomes a god or idol in our lives. It may be things such as wealth, property, business, power, vehicles, fame, family, sex, alcohol, drugs, sports and even appearance. God’s call is unmistakeably clear and forceful: we are to put away all the gods and idols in our lives.
SCRIPTURE TO PONDER
"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth" (Exodus 20:4).
"Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God" (Leviticus 26:1).
"Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them" (Deut. 11:16).
"I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images" (Isaiah 42:8).
"For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man" (Romans 1:20-23).
"Little children, keep yourselves from idols" (1 John 5:21).
The people were to cleanse and purify themselves. They were to purge their hearts of all sin, put all sin out of their lives. This demand may have included some form of ceremonial washing, a washing that symbolized the fact that they were cleansing themselves from all sin.
SCRIPTURES TO PONDER
"Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil" (Isaiah 1:16).
"Wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?" (Jeremiah 4:14).
"Wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord" (Acts 22:16).
"Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God" (2 Cor. 7:1).
"If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work" (2 Tim. 2:21).
"Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded" (James 4:8).
The people were to change their clothing (Genesis 35:2). This symbolized that they were putting off the old life of sin and putting on the new life of godliness.
SCRIPTURES TO PONDER
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" (2 Cor. 5:17).
"That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness" (Ephes. 4:22-24).
"Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him" (Col. 3:9-10).
The people were to go up to Bethel, the house of God, and seek God in worship (Genesis 35:3). They were to seek God, seek His face for forgiveness and deliverance. Keep in mind that the entire household of Jacob, including all his workers and servants, were very much aware of the threat from the surrounding nations. They were far fewer in number than their neighbors, so they knew that it was going to take supernatural help if they were going to be saved and delivered.
Jacob’s message was driving across this point: sin had brought the trouble upon the household. Consequently, the only hope for deliverance was to put all sin out of their lives and seek God for revival, seek Him with all their hearts and lives.
SCRIPTURE TO PONDER
"But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul" (Deut. 4:29).
"This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles" (Psalm 34:6).
"From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I" (Psalm 61:2).
"Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore" (Psalm 105:4).
"Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near" (Isaiah 55:6).
"And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart" (Jeremiah 29:13).
"For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened" (Luke 11:10).
The people needed to remember God’s great deliverance in the past. No doubt Jacob had often shared with his people how God had delivered him at Bethel, delivered him when he was fleeing for his life from Esau. Now, he reminded the people once again of God’s great deliverance. The thought is that God would do it again. If the people would just go up to Bethel and seek God, God would deliver them from their present distress and trouble. God would give them a glorious revival, save and deliver them.
The third feature of revival is repentance. The people were obviously convicted of their sins and aroused to seek God. Note, they gave all their idols and all the rings in their ears to Jacob. The earrings were jewelry that was considered to be either symbols of worldliness or idolatry. Jacob then took and buried the symbols of worldliness and idolatry under an oak tree near Shechem.
The picture is that of repentance. The people were turning away from their old life, giving up everything that took their thoughts and hearts off God. They were ready to go to Bethel, the house of God, and seek God for their salvation and deliverance.
SCRIPTURES TO PONDER
"Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?" (Ezekiel 18:31).
"Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning" (Joel 2:12).
"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" (2 Chron. 7:14).
"Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon" (Isaiah 55:7).
"But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die" (Ezekiel 18:21).
"Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matthew 3:2).
"I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish" (Luke 13:3).
"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost" (Acts 2:38).
"Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord" (Acts 3:19).
"Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee" (Acts 8:22).
The fourth feature of revival is obedience to God and God’s very special presence and deliverance. Jacob and his people had made the decision to obey God, to repent of their sins and go to Bethel, the house of God. Now, they followed through with their decision.
Jacob and the people set out and began travelling toward Bethel. As they did, God had to miraculously deliver them. What Jacob had feared was actually taking place: the rulers of the surrounding nations were mobilizing to attack Jacob and his people. But God intervened and struck terror into their hearts to stop them. How? Scripture does not say. But God used something to frighten the rulers, and the Israelites were delivered, delivered by the power of God.
Jacob and the people arrived at Bethel and Jacob built an altar there. Jacob and the people obeyed God. They followed through with their decision to repent, to turn from their sins and to turn to God. They sought God at Bethel, at the house of God. They sought God for His forgiveness and deliverance and worshipped Him and Him alone. Note that Jacob had now fulfilled his vow. It had been about ten years since he had returned to the promised land, and so far as we know, he had never fulfilled his vow to go up to Bethel and worshipped there. But now he had. Jacob had now worshipped at Bethel, and he had built a permanent altar and house for God at Bethel. Jacob and the people had followed through, and God had saved and delivered them by His mighty power.
Revival cannot come unless we obey God. If we wish revival, we must obey God and follow through with our decision to obey Him. Follow through is the key. If we are sincere in our decision to obey God, we will follow through and God will save and deliver us.
SCRIPTURES TO PONDER
"He that endureth [follows through] to the end shall be saved" (Matthew 10:22).
"Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us" (Hebrews 12:1)
"The righteous also shall hold on his way [endure, persevere], and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger" (Job 17:9).
"Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth" (Hosea 6:3).
"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life" (John 8:12).
"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me" (John 10:27).
"If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will [my] Father honour" (John 12:26).
The fifth feature of revival is a new power to confront day-to-day trials. This is symbolized in the greatest of trials, death itself. Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died; and Jacob buried her under an oak tree.
Now, how did Deborah come to live with Jacob? Scripture never mentions that Jacob visited his father, Isaac, after returning to the promised land. But Deborah’s presence with Jacob is strong indication that he did. How else could she have been with Jacob? Her presence with Jacob also shows that Rebekah, Jacob’s mother, was dead. On one of Jacob’s trips to his father’s, he must have asked if Deborah could come to live with his family. Deborah had meant much to Jacob as a young man. She had nursed him as a baby and taken care of him through his childhood and teenage years. Since Scripture regards her death worth recording, she was probably a godly and wise woman who managed Jacob’s household. She was perhaps a grandmother to Jacob’s children as well as an advisor to him, perhaps counselling him during difficult and trying times.
Note the name Jacob gave to the oak tree where she was buried: Allon Bacuth, which means "the oak of weeping." This fact, plus the fact that Jacob brought Deborah home to live with his family, strongly indicates a deep love and attachment between Jacob and her. The point is this: the revival Jacob had just experienced had given new power to bear the trials of life—in this case, the loss of a loved one. Revival will always give us a new strength to face whatever confronts us, even the worst trial and enemy of all, death.
SCRIPTURE TO PONDER
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me" (Psalm 23:4).
"Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints" (Psalm 116:15).
"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage" (Hebrews 2:14-15).
"These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth" (Hebrews 11:13).
"And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them" (Rev. 14:13).
The sixth feature of revival is the renewal of God’s promises to one’s heart. God once again appeared to Jacob at Bethel and renewed His great promises to him. God reconfirmed the new name He had given Jacob years before, the name Israel. Remember that Israel means either "the man who prevails with God" or "God prevails and rules over the man." Jacob had once again prevailed with God. He had sought revival for himself and his people, and God had heard, giving them true revival.
God assured Jacob of His very special presence, the presence of God Almighty (El Shaddai). The name stresses God’s power and sufficiency to meet every need that man can have. God was giving Jacob the absolute assurance of His presence and power throughout the remainder of his life.
SCRIPTURES TO PONDER
"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth" (Matthew 28:18).
"For with God nothing shall be impossible" (Luke 1:37).
"Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us" (Ephes. 3:20).
"Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy" (Jude 24).
"I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee" (Job 42:2).
God reconfirmed the promised seed to Jacob, meaning a great nation of people. God also added the words of a company or community of nations. This probably referred to the twelve tribes of Israel and the distinctive nature that each was to have and maintain down through the coming centuries.
God also reconfirmed the promised land (Genesis 35:12). Jacob’s seed was to inherit the land, the land of Canaan. God did not specifically mention the very special seed, the Savior, in this meeting with Jacob. Why? Scripture does not say why. A challenging thought is this: it was just unnecessary at this time in Jacob’s life. His faith was so strong in the promised Savior and he held so firmly to the promise that it just possessed his mind. The very thought of the coming Savior so filled his thoughts that God did not have to reconfirm this part of His promise. May God grant that our minds be so filled with the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who has now come--and will come again.
The seventh feature of revival is private worship. When God finished renewing His promise to Jacob, He went up from the place where He had been speaking. Jacob memorialized the place by setting up a stone pillar and anointing it with oil. This was an act of dedication and consecration. Jacob set the place apart as a very special place of worship, and he
publicly called the place Bethel: this bore testimony to God’s meeting him there. Revival, true revival, will always lead us to do two things: worship God privately and bear testimony to God’s work in our lives.
SCRIPTURE TO PONDER
"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly" (Matthew 6:6).
"And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone" (Matthew 14:23).
"And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed" (Luke 5:16).
"And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God" (Luke 6:12).
"And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed" (Luke 22:41).
"On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour" (Acts 10:9).
"And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing" (Acts 10:30).
"Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me" (Isaiah 43:10).
"Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul" (Psalm 66:16).
"My mouth shall show forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof" (Psalm 71:15).
"With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth" (Psalm 119:13).
"And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning" (John 15:27).
"For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard" (Acts 4:20).
"Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life" (Acts 5:20).
"We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak" (2 Cor. 4:13).
"These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee" (Titus 2:15).
CONCLUSION:
Who among us can claim that there isn’t a need for revival, both in our individual lives and collectively within the Body of Christ? Have you ever been so on fire for the Lord, to where your joy and spiritual confidence in Christ is just bubbling and splashing forth from your heart? You are in His Word; you are on your prayer knees with great consistency, your passion for worship is like a flame that refuses to be extinguished; you continually seek to serve and encourage others in the love of Christ; you begin to realize, with overwhelming gratitude, just how deep into the Father heart of God the labor of His grace has brought you. Yet, sometimes this "on fire" temperature of faith begins to cool.
To our Pen Pals in prison, I am sure the following will sound familiar: Suddenly, you hear your name on the prison loud speaker announcing the fact that you have a visitor, and with great expectation you ready yourself in your best prison blues. The visit goes well, but you then return to your cell feeling depressed and in despair. Prison visits are great; yet, they are a reminder of that which has been seriously compromised--freedom, family and friends.
WHAT IS NEEDED HERE? REVIVAL! We all need it from time to time, and that is what this message is all about. When we are down, only Christ can lift us up. When we are broken, only Christ can do the mending. When we are depressed, only He can bring the joy. When we feel lost and uncertain, only Jesus can bring the confidence and the light to illuminate our way once again. From the detour of despair His grace is sufficient to re-route us back on to the road to revival, which in turn leads us back to the highway of His holiness as we continue to "run the race that is set before us."
Oh! Did I mention that this works on both sides of the prison wall?
MARANATHA
JD
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