Aug 17, 2022
Growing In God Podcast
GIG #105 The Acts 2 Revival
I have a deep burden for the Body of Christ because we need to see the world touched right now. The world is in need. But the Church today is so divided and so devoid of the power that was released by the resurrection of Christ that we seem to have no ability to change anything. We must cry out to God for an Acts 2 revival that sees the Church truly manifested as the fullness of Him who fills all in all and change this earth by the power of His resurrection in us.
Show Notes: Read the second chapter of Acts and study the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that created the Church on the Day of Pentecost. Then ask yourself, is the Church today the same Church? Does the Church today have the same signs and wonders? Is the Church today speaking the Word of God with boldness and seeing thousands at a time being saved? If we believe that the Bible is the Word of God, then we must acknowledge that what we have of God, of Yeshua (Jesus), and of the Holy Spirit in our personal lives and in the Church falls very short of what the Scriptures promise us.
We have to look at revivals of the past such as the Azusa Street revival to see the Church operating with any power like the Church of Acts 2. Yet Ephesians tells us that the power of Christ’s resurrection is focused on us as believers and that the Body of Christ is the fullness of Him who fills all in all. The same power we see in Acts 2 and in the great revivals of the past is available to us today. So why are we satisfied with the limited measure we are walking in?
The disciples had been satisfied walking with Yeshua, but after His resurrection and ascension they were thrown into a crisis. They were thrown into seeking God together, overcoming the things that divided them, waiting on the Lord to be endued with power. And Acts 2 records the great revival that occurred. Are we not aware that the Church is in crisis today? The Body of Christ should be praying like never before, overcoming our divisions about the Scriptures by letting the Holy Spirit give us understanding and waiting on the Lord to be endued with power so that the world has the revival it needs. People need the signs and wonders. They need the voice of the Spirit of Truth. They need the power of Christ’s resurrection. Let us seek the Lord with all our hearts.
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