When God Moves Things Happen:https://youtu.be/MHVag0pjQQ0
_________________Mike
Having watched this, it’s interesting that the speaker says that revival and the outpouring in this last time will only come to the church that has pursued Christlikeness first and attained a level of maturity unto it. This is definitely not what I’m hearing from others who are looking forward to the growing revival they see going on.
_________________Robert
To have the gifts of the Spirit and the power of God operating in one’s life without the development of character in that vessels life can end up in shipwreck.God can only pour His new wine into new wine skins.
The key to seeing God add to the numbers of those in the Bride is to find those assemblies that are focused intently on the Groom with devotion and love and focused on bringing to and building up the Bride in their midst to the fullness of Christ in their own maturity and Christlikeness. Jesus is searching for and preparing a Bride and the Bride is preparing herself. The Groom deserves a Bride, the wife of the Lamb, arrayed in righteous nature and displayed in spotless righteous acts in the glory of God.What is the glory of God? It is the radiance and exact imprint of His Nature in beauty and strength, ie., Christ likeness. The church needs to be far more concerned and frankly worried and in some sense terrified that she is not preparing herself by the means HE has ordained. In the last days, He is evaluating His Bride to help her and warning her to be "prepared" ( complete in brotherly love, strong and sincere faith, and full of good works until the end) for it will be too late once the judgements come. IF anyone doubts this line of thinking, then reread the letters to the Churches and reread Revelation 17-22. This isn't an unbalanced view of the last days or the plan of God. HE has predestined a Bride for His Son to be conformed to His Son's image so that heaven will be filled with the reflection of the Father's glory in His Son's face and in His Bride's likewise. That is true worship. Reflection of His own glory to Himself.
My parents attended Saint Andrews back when RC Sproul had everyone meeting in a movie theater. All my life I thought that RC dedicated me, because that was what my Baptist-leaning parents told me. Of course I was confused, given RC's stance. Last year I saw a home video of that day, and sure enough there was RC sprinkling the water over my little infant head. He said I was a good baby!
