I have come to send fire on the earth! « A Call To The Remnant

It’s true that we have now seen man’s greatest endeavor within the subject of evangelism leaving communities untouched. We now have seen crowded church buildings. We now have seen many professions. We now have seen lots of, sure and hundreds responding to what you converse of right here because the altar name. However I need to say this expensive individuals, and I say it with out worry of contradiction, you can have all that with out God! Now which will startle you, however I say once more, you possibly can have all that on mere human ranges. Howard Spring was proper when he wrote ” The Kingdom of God shouldn’t be going to advance by our church buildings changing into crammed by males, however by males in church buildings changing into crammed by God.” And there’s a distinction! Crowded church buildings, deep curiosity in church exercise is feasible on mere human ranges, leaving the neighborhood untouched. (Duncan Campbell)

In case your salvation was a “get out of hell,” transaction then it’s extremely possible you aren’t saved. It’s when the wretchedness of our situation, as uncovered by the Holy Spirit of conviction, collides with the love and the mercy and the grace as revealed by Calvary, {that a} man or a girl repents and turns 180 levels from the sinful lives they led and are saved. A lot of the spiritual industrial advanced, having averted this themselves, trigger others to be misplaced of their ignorance. They’re fooled into believing {that a} “sinners prayer,” has saved their souls from everlasting dying and that church attendance and sacraments will see them “residence,” secure.

Deep conviction of sin was the mark of the nice awakenings and revivals of word. It didn’t come by persuasive phrases or the intelligent expertise and oratory presents of males. It advances when the Holy Spirit comes down and lights up the darkness that lies inside males. And within the realization of that darkness and the utter wretchedness of our sinful methods, we come nose to nose with the mercy of God. The marvel of all of it will overwhelm a mans depraved coronary heart. He’ll tear his shirt and fall on his face and cry out to the dwelling God. And in that second, versus “palms up who doesn’t need to go to hell,” (an altar name that I’ve really heard) the everlasting penalties of his methods will tear by way of a mans soul. In his give up and in his repentance, his very soul will probably be flooded by grace and the transformation will probably be astounding.

In most of our church buildings, the Holy Spirit of conviction, having been pushed out a very long time in the past, has been changed with persuasive phrases, emotionalism and manipulation, sometimes by way of music. The music group will probably be informed to return up. The individuals will probably be informed to place their palms up, to face up, to cry out, to return ahead. The assist group will probably be informed to return ahead, the prayer group will probably be informed to return ahead. The reality is brothers and sisters, when the Holy Spirit of conviction comes down, He alone is affecting the hearts and spirits of males. Within the soulish realm, males want directions. When the may and energy of males have failed, then its the Spirit that causes males to “hire their shirts,” and cry out “what should we do to be saved.” Echoing by way of the individuals will probably be cries of “is their mercy for me.”

I consider the Holy Spirit of conviction shouldn’t be carried out with us. But we should travail in prayer. We have to be diligent and cry out to the Lord. And we should carry on doing that till we see the breakthrough. Most of all, we should consider that He’s, and that that He’s a rewarder of those that diligently search Him, for with out this sort of religion it’s inconceivable to please Him (Heb 3:6) The keys to this sort of encounter comes by way of earnest and steadfast prayer. The place is the prayer assembly? The place are the devoted individuals of God who know that to be able to see Him transfer, He alone should come down. An outdated poet wrote ” The promise can’t save although the promise is bound. It’s the Blood we get below that cleanses us by way of. It cleanses me now, hallelujah to God! I relaxation on the promise however I’m below the Blood.”

Are you able to see what’s being mentioned? Males have deserted the Holy Spirit and now relaxation upon a textual content of Scripture versus the one who’s the Scripture. Phrases can’t save us, solely Jesus can. He’s the Phrase made flesh. It rests upon Him alone and the facility of the Holy Spirit to convict males and to open up their hearts and to hire asunder the veil that clouds their minds from their true state. Mercy and reality should collide. The reality of our state and the mercy that shall cleanse it. And solely then shall righteousness and peace kiss. Jesus says in Luke 12 “I’ve come to ship hearth on the earth!.” Jesus got here to carry hearth, a burning all consuming hearth that may fritter away the wretchedness of males. When the monstrous iniquity of males’s state, collides with the hearth of God that rains down upon their hearts by way of the Holy Spirit, we will have our revival. Lord ship down your hearth and burn the hearts of males as soon as once more.