Post by StationAdministration on Apr 9, 2006 13:53:26 GMT
We have entered a time when the Saul ministries have lost their anointing. The David ministries have already been anointed for rulership, but the Saul ministries are still ruling. We are in a time when David's mighty men are hiding in the caves, seeking refuge from the enemy. During this time, God is forming an army of mighty men. These men are being tested through persecution. God is using hardships to foster a loyalty to their Lord and to each other even to their death. They will eventually be used of God to drive out the Philistine armies and claim to be the city of God - a city set on a hill for all the world to see. These men will fortify the city of Jerusalem. God will use these men to strengthen the Church to become the city of God - a beacon of hope for the world to see.
Elijah and the 7000 Young Men
Elijah was Israel's most powerful prophet during the time of kings. He single-handedly defeated the prophets of Baal by challenging them to a display of spiritual power. There was no prophet during this time who had done such miracles. When Elijah prayed the heavens were shut and there was no rain. When he prayed again, rain fell in torrents. When he challenged the prophets of Baal by calling on the power of God, fire literally fell from the sky. Elijah put these 4000 false prophets to death by the sword in obedience to God's law.
But when Elijah faced Queen Jezebel, he was frightened and fled for his life. What made Elijah grow faint after he had defeated the prophets of Baal? In his greatest moment of victory, he grew weary and frightened. He lacked the courage to confront Jezebel. After having defeated thousands of God's enemies, he was intimidated by a single woman. When Elijah fled to a cave at Mount Sinai, he encountered the living God who countered: "What are you doing here in this cave, Elijah?"
God's question was designed to provoke a response. God already knew Elijah's heart - that he felt all alone and discouraged. The Lord God asked this question twice; both times Elijah answered: "I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts, for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars and slain Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they are trying to kill me!"
The Lord wanted Elijah to inquire of His will. God already had a plan - there was a new generation of prophets coming on the scene. But Elijah could not see that God's plan did not begin and end with him. Instead of addressing Elijah's distress, the Lord commanded Elijah to get up and go back the way he had come. The Lord said: "I still have left to me 7000 in Israel who have not bowed their knees to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him."
When Elijah returned to Israel, he found Elisha plowing with twelve yoke of oxen. The younger man received the older prophet's mantle without hesitation and immediately followed the way of the Lord in his new commission. He only stopped to say good-bye to his parents and burn the plows and sacrifice the oxen. This sacrifice signified that he knew that this was a lifetime commission. From that moment, Elisha pursued God's calling on his life with full abandonment.
Elijah may have been known as Israel's most powerful prophet, but a double anointing rested on Elisha. When Elisha took Elijah's mantle he was commissioned to perform twice the number of miracles that Elijah did. God gave Elisha a double portion of miraculous power and prophetic vision. Elijah may have had a great victory in defeating the prophets of Baal, but it was the Elisha generation that completely defeated Ahab and Jezebel and destroyed the worshippers of Baal. In every situation that Elisha encountered, he completely trusted the word of the Lord that he had received. Any difficult situation that he was in was only "a light thing for the Lord."
In our day, we have seen some powerful moves of God in both the Church and the world. The evangelical, Pentecostal and charismatic movements have done more for world evangelization than the Church of any other century. It is estimated that in our century, more people come to know Christ worldwide on any single given day, than were saved in the entire New Testament period. Some missions experts claim that in the last ten years, more people were added to the Church worldwide than during all the prior history of Christianity.
As in Elijah's day, there have been spectacular demonstrations of power in the communist bloc; great miracles have been performed in third world countries; and the word of God is growing mightily and is prevailing worldwide. But the Church itself seems to be in a critical state. There is a serious lack of moral and doctrinal integrity in our ranks. The evangelical, Pentecostal and charismatic movements are at a crossroads.
As in Elijah's day, we have seen some great victories, but many in the Church are also facing great discouragement. If we would lift our eyes from our problems, we would see an army forming on the horizon. We need to look past our own problems and surrender to God. If there is one essential ingredient that the Christian Church is missing in our generation, it is complete abandonment to the will of God. The new generation of Christian leadership will be completely sold-out to the purposes of God. They will have quit claim to all of their personal rights, dreams and desires for happiness and success.
Right now God is preparing thousands of young ministers who will volunteer freely in the day when God's power is revealed. They will quit their jobs at a moment's notice and realize that God has opened a door for them which no man can shut. There will be a period when worthy fathers of the faith will minister side-by-side with the younger generation.
But then there will come a time, as when Elijah was taken up by a chariot of fire into heaven, when the older generation will be taken away by God himself. Then the Elisha generation will take the Church into a new millennium of power.
The Elisha generation will take up the mantle for world evangelism. They will walk in twice the power and twice the anointing of what we have experienced in the 20th century. They will defeat those tyrants who hold our nation in humanistic bondage. There will be a commission for them to do exploits in our own nation, but they will have a broader worldview. They will also do great exploits in the nations. They will break new ground and boldly go where no gospel has been preached before. They will fulfill the Great Commission.
They will face great testings and hardships, but unlike the older generation, they will not doubt God. The battles faced by the Elisha generation will be more perilous than of those that preceded them. Instead of being bound by humanism and looking to the inadequacy of their own selves, they will look to God. No task will seem too great, no crisis too severe. It will merely be an opportunity for God to display His power. Every battle will be but "a light thing for the Lord."
Daniel and the Hebrew Youth
Daniel's nation was taken captive by God's enemies because they refused to live by God's Law. They continually compromised their nation into a state of spiritual sleeperdom. The pagan Chaldeans were now using their holy instruments, stolen from the Temple at Jerusalem, in their blasphemous worship. King Nebuchadnezzar sought out the best and brightest of the Hebrew youth - Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego - to convert to humanistic paganism.
As in the days of ancient Israel, we are in the grip of God-haters who mock God and blaspheme the Lord Jesus Christ. They are seeking to gut God's righteous commands by their pagan indoctrination of young people.
In Daniel's day, there arose a generation of young people called out by God who resisted state-sanctioned evil. They were not seduced into the spiritual mediocrity and compromise which had led his nation captive. No matter the moral standard dictated by pagan society, Daniel intended to be true to God. The Daniel group refused to join the party. Instead of feasting at the king's table and joining the social elite, they learned to fast and pray so that deliverance could come to the nation of Israel.
Like Daniel and the Hebrew children, it is time for this generation to fast and pray and leave the spirit of feasting and easy living. We need a people who will stand and tell the nation that unless they embrace Jesus Christ, they shall come to ruin. We must be a people who will embrace God's kingdom first.
The Daniel group faced the fiery furnace and refused to compromise. They looked to God to be their deliverer. They would not bow down and worship the false gods of Nebuchadnezzar even if it cost them their lives. Jesus Christ himself appeared as the fourth man in the fire and supernaturally delivered them. In spite of the King's attempts to kill Daniel's friends, their testimony could not be destroyed. Instead the King's own men were destroyed by that same fire. In spite of the King's attempts to kill Daniel and his friends, they kept telling the truth no matter what the cost.
If compromise in the Church is going to stop, it will be due to men and women who will do what is right even when it will cost them favor and reputation. Reputation is what people think you are; character is what God knows you are. Man looks at the outward appearance; but God looks at the heart. God is looking for people of no reputation who will serve Him without compromise.
Historically, God's intervention in the affairs of men has been marked out by situations where believers have paid a great price. Until the Church is willing to lay down its rights, we will not see God's supernatural working in this nation. It's time to tell the truth no matter what the cost.
In the next generation, Daniel continued to prophesy and speak the truth to the King's son who later became king. He did not waver from his declaration or apologize for the judgment which had fallen on the king's father. The king's men, jealous of Daniel's longevity and favor, set a trap for him. They knew that wherever God's Law and man's law conflicted, Daniel would choose God's Law. So they issued an injunction that forced Daniel to either violate the king's law or God's primary Law. When Daniel obeyed God rather than man, he was cast into the lion's den. Daniel escaped the penalty only because of God's sovereign intervention.
We cannot expect to escape by any other route. Those who trust in chariots and gold will be sorely disappointed. The hope for national Revival is not a soft-sell gospel that expects and demands nothing, or one that cozies up to power-brokers in the world and the Church. Our only hope is a gospel that clearly and consistently trusts in God and will not turn its back on God's statutes.
Daniel took on the role of intercessor although he was not guilty of Israel's sins. He assumed the role of spiritual responsibility and birthed Revival for the nation of Israel. Daniel understood that Israel transgressed the Law and that God would not be mocked.
The Church must likewise assume its responsibility. Will we enter the fiery furnace rather than compromise. Will we trust God to deliver us from the lion's den? Are we willing to lead our generation back to spiritual integrity? Or will we see the Church cower in submission, more afraid of earthly kingdoms than in God's sovereign destiny for our lives? The choice is ours today.
The Remnant of the Seed of the Woman
In Revelation chapter 12, we see a picture of the great battle of the ages. The forces of darkness rebel against the Throne of God in heaven, but the Sons of God battle Satan and his cohorts prevailing against him. Portrayed as a dragon, the devil then persecutes the Church, portrayed as the woman. She is a symbol of God's people of both the Old and New Covenants - natural Israel and the Church of the New Testament.
Israel gave birth to the Messiah, pictured here as a child, is taken up to heaven where He now rules the nations with a rod of iron. There are still the rebellious among the heathen, however, which are represented by the seed of the serpent. The remnant of the seed of the women are God's saint's throughout the ages who "keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus." They are engaged in direct conflict with the forces of darkness - the seed of the serpent.
The direct interpretation of this chapter can be found in Matthew chapters 1 and 2. Mary gave birth to Jesus in Bethlehem in fulfillment of the prophecy of Micah. When Herod learned that the ruler of Israel had been born in Bethlehem, he sought to kill Jesus. Joseph then took the child Jesus and fled to Egypt until Herod was dead. Jesus spent the rest of his life raising up disciples. After He ascended into heaven, the disciples of Jesus carried on the work of advancing the rulership of Christ in the nations.
On another level, we can apply this passage to the coming prophetic generation. The young people born since abortion on demand became prevalent in the world - those who are 21 and younger - are part of the prophetic generation.
In 1973, the United States Supreme Court, in a national ruling, legalized abortion in the infamous Roe v. Wade decision. In 1966, communist China began its cultural revolution - a campaign of persecution and terror aimed at the younger generation. Part of Mao's revolution was forced sterilization and abortion for women who had more than two children. In Europe and the Soviet Union, abortion also became more common in the 1960s and 1970s. In Russia today, one in two pregnancies ends in abortion. In Romania, 9 out of 10 babies are killed in the womb. Satan, moving through evil men in seats of power, intends to squelch God's prophetic voice. This has always been the devil's strategy throughout history.
In Moses' day, Pharaoh tried to wipe out the nation of Israel by massacring the Hebrew children. Satan knew that Moses was going to be the rescuer of God's people and so he tried to wipe out that prophetic voice.
In the day of Elijah, Satan again, through King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, tried to destroy the younger generation through infant sacrifice on the altars of Baal. The devil knew that God was raising up 7000 prophets so he tried to kill as many as possible.
When Jesus was born, Satan used King Herod to try to wipe out the generation that would produce the Messiah.
And today, in our gross ignorance and willful disobedience, we have seen hundreds of millions of little ones destroyed throughout the whole world. The enemy is willing to do this because he knows that this is the generation that will do exploits for the kingdom of God.
It is a prophetic generation that is coming. It is the witness of Moses, Elijah and Jesus that Satan yearned to destroy, but could not. This is the hour and this is the generation. They shall be the first fruits of the greatest harvest in history; they shall herald a move of the Spirit never before experienced.
National Repentance
The preparation for this Revival is deep and heart wrenching repentance by the Church. We must first repent of our own sins and then on behalf of the sins of our nation. There are many sins which characterize our national character today. In the Old Testament, the most common lament of God in the writings of the Prophets is threefold: idolatry, sexual immorality, and the shedding of innocent blood. So we can expect that we will find God's champions in our generation centered around these same three issues.
In each example of champions, God used a company of sold-out saints to turn the tide of wickedness. Each time, the devil's death sentence against the younger generation was overturned. Repentance is a rending of the heart which produces a change attitude toward sin in our own lives and in society. As Jesus has commanded in the Great Commission, preaching the gospel means simply preaching the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ; repentance from sin, Christ's Lordship over all the earth; and salvation through faith in His atoning blood. Preaching the gospel means simply preaching repentance, faith and holiness and nothing else.
If even a remnant in the Church became zealous in preaching the gospel on a day-to-day basis, then we could see the fulfillment of the Great Commission. Some Christians have been willing to risk arrest, violent abuse, lengthy jail sentences and even death in order to preach the gospel. If we were all this committed to evangelizing, then we could see the fulfillment of the Great Commission in a few years time.
God is raising up a generation who will be obedient to His commandments. Throughout history, whenever a remnant in the Church has become this radically abandoned to preaching the gospel, Revival and Spiritual Awakening have followed in their path. God's people, abandoned to His purposes, will always turn the world upside down. God's purpose in this generation is to organize this army that will walk in unity, obey His commandments and fulfill the Great Commission.
Will you be a part God's purpose in this generation?
Elijah and the 7000 Young Men
Elijah was Israel's most powerful prophet during the time of kings. He single-handedly defeated the prophets of Baal by challenging them to a display of spiritual power. There was no prophet during this time who had done such miracles. When Elijah prayed the heavens were shut and there was no rain. When he prayed again, rain fell in torrents. When he challenged the prophets of Baal by calling on the power of God, fire literally fell from the sky. Elijah put these 4000 false prophets to death by the sword in obedience to God's law.
But when Elijah faced Queen Jezebel, he was frightened and fled for his life. What made Elijah grow faint after he had defeated the prophets of Baal? In his greatest moment of victory, he grew weary and frightened. He lacked the courage to confront Jezebel. After having defeated thousands of God's enemies, he was intimidated by a single woman. When Elijah fled to a cave at Mount Sinai, he encountered the living God who countered: "What are you doing here in this cave, Elijah?"
God's question was designed to provoke a response. God already knew Elijah's heart - that he felt all alone and discouraged. The Lord God asked this question twice; both times Elijah answered: "I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts, for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars and slain Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they are trying to kill me!"
The Lord wanted Elijah to inquire of His will. God already had a plan - there was a new generation of prophets coming on the scene. But Elijah could not see that God's plan did not begin and end with him. Instead of addressing Elijah's distress, the Lord commanded Elijah to get up and go back the way he had come. The Lord said: "I still have left to me 7000 in Israel who have not bowed their knees to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him."
When Elijah returned to Israel, he found Elisha plowing with twelve yoke of oxen. The younger man received the older prophet's mantle without hesitation and immediately followed the way of the Lord in his new commission. He only stopped to say good-bye to his parents and burn the plows and sacrifice the oxen. This sacrifice signified that he knew that this was a lifetime commission. From that moment, Elisha pursued God's calling on his life with full abandonment.
Elijah may have been known as Israel's most powerful prophet, but a double anointing rested on Elisha. When Elisha took Elijah's mantle he was commissioned to perform twice the number of miracles that Elijah did. God gave Elisha a double portion of miraculous power and prophetic vision. Elijah may have had a great victory in defeating the prophets of Baal, but it was the Elisha generation that completely defeated Ahab and Jezebel and destroyed the worshippers of Baal. In every situation that Elisha encountered, he completely trusted the word of the Lord that he had received. Any difficult situation that he was in was only "a light thing for the Lord."
In our day, we have seen some powerful moves of God in both the Church and the world. The evangelical, Pentecostal and charismatic movements have done more for world evangelization than the Church of any other century. It is estimated that in our century, more people come to know Christ worldwide on any single given day, than were saved in the entire New Testament period. Some missions experts claim that in the last ten years, more people were added to the Church worldwide than during all the prior history of Christianity.
As in Elijah's day, there have been spectacular demonstrations of power in the communist bloc; great miracles have been performed in third world countries; and the word of God is growing mightily and is prevailing worldwide. But the Church itself seems to be in a critical state. There is a serious lack of moral and doctrinal integrity in our ranks. The evangelical, Pentecostal and charismatic movements are at a crossroads.
As in Elijah's day, we have seen some great victories, but many in the Church are also facing great discouragement. If we would lift our eyes from our problems, we would see an army forming on the horizon. We need to look past our own problems and surrender to God. If there is one essential ingredient that the Christian Church is missing in our generation, it is complete abandonment to the will of God. The new generation of Christian leadership will be completely sold-out to the purposes of God. They will have quit claim to all of their personal rights, dreams and desires for happiness and success.
Right now God is preparing thousands of young ministers who will volunteer freely in the day when God's power is revealed. They will quit their jobs at a moment's notice and realize that God has opened a door for them which no man can shut. There will be a period when worthy fathers of the faith will minister side-by-side with the younger generation.
But then there will come a time, as when Elijah was taken up by a chariot of fire into heaven, when the older generation will be taken away by God himself. Then the Elisha generation will take the Church into a new millennium of power.
The Elisha generation will take up the mantle for world evangelism. They will walk in twice the power and twice the anointing of what we have experienced in the 20th century. They will defeat those tyrants who hold our nation in humanistic bondage. There will be a commission for them to do exploits in our own nation, but they will have a broader worldview. They will also do great exploits in the nations. They will break new ground and boldly go where no gospel has been preached before. They will fulfill the Great Commission.
They will face great testings and hardships, but unlike the older generation, they will not doubt God. The battles faced by the Elisha generation will be more perilous than of those that preceded them. Instead of being bound by humanism and looking to the inadequacy of their own selves, they will look to God. No task will seem too great, no crisis too severe. It will merely be an opportunity for God to display His power. Every battle will be but "a light thing for the Lord."
Daniel and the Hebrew Youth
Daniel's nation was taken captive by God's enemies because they refused to live by God's Law. They continually compromised their nation into a state of spiritual sleeperdom. The pagan Chaldeans were now using their holy instruments, stolen from the Temple at Jerusalem, in their blasphemous worship. King Nebuchadnezzar sought out the best and brightest of the Hebrew youth - Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego - to convert to humanistic paganism.
As in the days of ancient Israel, we are in the grip of God-haters who mock God and blaspheme the Lord Jesus Christ. They are seeking to gut God's righteous commands by their pagan indoctrination of young people.
In Daniel's day, there arose a generation of young people called out by God who resisted state-sanctioned evil. They were not seduced into the spiritual mediocrity and compromise which had led his nation captive. No matter the moral standard dictated by pagan society, Daniel intended to be true to God. The Daniel group refused to join the party. Instead of feasting at the king's table and joining the social elite, they learned to fast and pray so that deliverance could come to the nation of Israel.
Like Daniel and the Hebrew children, it is time for this generation to fast and pray and leave the spirit of feasting and easy living. We need a people who will stand and tell the nation that unless they embrace Jesus Christ, they shall come to ruin. We must be a people who will embrace God's kingdom first.
The Daniel group faced the fiery furnace and refused to compromise. They looked to God to be their deliverer. They would not bow down and worship the false gods of Nebuchadnezzar even if it cost them their lives. Jesus Christ himself appeared as the fourth man in the fire and supernaturally delivered them. In spite of the King's attempts to kill Daniel's friends, their testimony could not be destroyed. Instead the King's own men were destroyed by that same fire. In spite of the King's attempts to kill Daniel and his friends, they kept telling the truth no matter what the cost.
If compromise in the Church is going to stop, it will be due to men and women who will do what is right even when it will cost them favor and reputation. Reputation is what people think you are; character is what God knows you are. Man looks at the outward appearance; but God looks at the heart. God is looking for people of no reputation who will serve Him without compromise.
Historically, God's intervention in the affairs of men has been marked out by situations where believers have paid a great price. Until the Church is willing to lay down its rights, we will not see God's supernatural working in this nation. It's time to tell the truth no matter what the cost.
In the next generation, Daniel continued to prophesy and speak the truth to the King's son who later became king. He did not waver from his declaration or apologize for the judgment which had fallen on the king's father. The king's men, jealous of Daniel's longevity and favor, set a trap for him. They knew that wherever God's Law and man's law conflicted, Daniel would choose God's Law. So they issued an injunction that forced Daniel to either violate the king's law or God's primary Law. When Daniel obeyed God rather than man, he was cast into the lion's den. Daniel escaped the penalty only because of God's sovereign intervention.
We cannot expect to escape by any other route. Those who trust in chariots and gold will be sorely disappointed. The hope for national Revival is not a soft-sell gospel that expects and demands nothing, or one that cozies up to power-brokers in the world and the Church. Our only hope is a gospel that clearly and consistently trusts in God and will not turn its back on God's statutes.
Daniel took on the role of intercessor although he was not guilty of Israel's sins. He assumed the role of spiritual responsibility and birthed Revival for the nation of Israel. Daniel understood that Israel transgressed the Law and that God would not be mocked.
The Church must likewise assume its responsibility. Will we enter the fiery furnace rather than compromise. Will we trust God to deliver us from the lion's den? Are we willing to lead our generation back to spiritual integrity? Or will we see the Church cower in submission, more afraid of earthly kingdoms than in God's sovereign destiny for our lives? The choice is ours today.
The Remnant of the Seed of the Woman
In Revelation chapter 12, we see a picture of the great battle of the ages. The forces of darkness rebel against the Throne of God in heaven, but the Sons of God battle Satan and his cohorts prevailing against him. Portrayed as a dragon, the devil then persecutes the Church, portrayed as the woman. She is a symbol of God's people of both the Old and New Covenants - natural Israel and the Church of the New Testament.
Israel gave birth to the Messiah, pictured here as a child, is taken up to heaven where He now rules the nations with a rod of iron. There are still the rebellious among the heathen, however, which are represented by the seed of the serpent. The remnant of the seed of the women are God's saint's throughout the ages who "keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus." They are engaged in direct conflict with the forces of darkness - the seed of the serpent.
The direct interpretation of this chapter can be found in Matthew chapters 1 and 2. Mary gave birth to Jesus in Bethlehem in fulfillment of the prophecy of Micah. When Herod learned that the ruler of Israel had been born in Bethlehem, he sought to kill Jesus. Joseph then took the child Jesus and fled to Egypt until Herod was dead. Jesus spent the rest of his life raising up disciples. After He ascended into heaven, the disciples of Jesus carried on the work of advancing the rulership of Christ in the nations.
On another level, we can apply this passage to the coming prophetic generation. The young people born since abortion on demand became prevalent in the world - those who are 21 and younger - are part of the prophetic generation.
In 1973, the United States Supreme Court, in a national ruling, legalized abortion in the infamous Roe v. Wade decision. In 1966, communist China began its cultural revolution - a campaign of persecution and terror aimed at the younger generation. Part of Mao's revolution was forced sterilization and abortion for women who had more than two children. In Europe and the Soviet Union, abortion also became more common in the 1960s and 1970s. In Russia today, one in two pregnancies ends in abortion. In Romania, 9 out of 10 babies are killed in the womb. Satan, moving through evil men in seats of power, intends to squelch God's prophetic voice. This has always been the devil's strategy throughout history.
In Moses' day, Pharaoh tried to wipe out the nation of Israel by massacring the Hebrew children. Satan knew that Moses was going to be the rescuer of God's people and so he tried to wipe out that prophetic voice.
In the day of Elijah, Satan again, through King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, tried to destroy the younger generation through infant sacrifice on the altars of Baal. The devil knew that God was raising up 7000 prophets so he tried to kill as many as possible.
When Jesus was born, Satan used King Herod to try to wipe out the generation that would produce the Messiah.
And today, in our gross ignorance and willful disobedience, we have seen hundreds of millions of little ones destroyed throughout the whole world. The enemy is willing to do this because he knows that this is the generation that will do exploits for the kingdom of God.
It is a prophetic generation that is coming. It is the witness of Moses, Elijah and Jesus that Satan yearned to destroy, but could not. This is the hour and this is the generation. They shall be the first fruits of the greatest harvest in history; they shall herald a move of the Spirit never before experienced.
National Repentance
The preparation for this Revival is deep and heart wrenching repentance by the Church. We must first repent of our own sins and then on behalf of the sins of our nation. There are many sins which characterize our national character today. In the Old Testament, the most common lament of God in the writings of the Prophets is threefold: idolatry, sexual immorality, and the shedding of innocent blood. So we can expect that we will find God's champions in our generation centered around these same three issues.
In each example of champions, God used a company of sold-out saints to turn the tide of wickedness. Each time, the devil's death sentence against the younger generation was overturned. Repentance is a rending of the heart which produces a change attitude toward sin in our own lives and in society. As Jesus has commanded in the Great Commission, preaching the gospel means simply preaching the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ; repentance from sin, Christ's Lordship over all the earth; and salvation through faith in His atoning blood. Preaching the gospel means simply preaching repentance, faith and holiness and nothing else.
If even a remnant in the Church became zealous in preaching the gospel on a day-to-day basis, then we could see the fulfillment of the Great Commission. Some Christians have been willing to risk arrest, violent abuse, lengthy jail sentences and even death in order to preach the gospel. If we were all this committed to evangelizing, then we could see the fulfillment of the Great Commission in a few years time.
God is raising up a generation who will be obedient to His commandments. Throughout history, whenever a remnant in the Church has become this radically abandoned to preaching the gospel, Revival and Spiritual Awakening have followed in their path. God's people, abandoned to His purposes, will always turn the world upside down. God's purpose in this generation is to organize this army that will walk in unity, obey His commandments and fulfill the Great Commission.
Will you be a part God's purpose in this generation?