'THE ANATOMY OF A REVIVAL!"

As Jesus was ascending into heaven He told His disciples to wait in Jerusalem... for power.  With excitment they returned to Jerusalem with great joy and were in the temple praising, worshipping and blessing the Name of the Lord.  They were not lukewarm; no, on the contrary,  they were earnestly seeking the Lord.  Then ten days later, during their early morning  prayers, suddenly a mighty clap of thunder sounded and the Ruach HaKodesh was sent from heaven into that upper room!  The sound of the wind continued as divided tongues of fire appeared over each head.  Out of the mouths of each believer gushed forth like the mighty Niagara living water and power from on high.  The praising got louder as the 120 disciples began speaking the wonderful works of God in languages they had never learned.   The multitude, alarmed at the sound of the noise, came running to the upper room peering through the windows saying, "Whatever could this mean?"  "Others mocking said, "They are full of new wine!"  Apparently to the onlookers they looked drunk by the way they were acting and speaking and being full of joy!

When Peter heard them mock, he stood up immediately and shouted over the noise of the crowd, "...these are not drunken as you suppose, since it is only 9 o'clock in the morning, but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel, 'And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) on all flesh..."  (See Acts 2).  When the multitude heard Peter's sermon in its entirety they cried out, "What shall we do?"  "Then Peter said to them, 'Repent...and be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit (Ruach Hakodesh), for the promise is to you and to your children and to all who are afar off...and with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse [crooked] generation." 

Three thousand gave their hearts and lives to Jesus that day and were baptised.  They went from house-to-house "...and continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers."  So the Church was born in power!

In 2000 years of church history, the church has continued in revival after revival; in nation after nation, until today.  But where is the dunamis power that the church once had?  Well get ready  child of God, it is about to happen again!

7 "Great's" from the Book of Acts Revival

Acts 4:33, "And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all."

(Watch out when there is great grace on the church--the modern-day church preaches grace, grace, grace until it has become a disgrace! Ananias and his wife were about to find out it was not a good idea to lie to the Holy Spirit...for the Holy Spirit is God!)

Acts 5:5, 11, "And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things." 

(What is missing in our church services today is the fear of the Lord.  But it's coming back in this coming revival! Those who embrace this move of God will cry out, "Holy, holy, holy." and their lives... and their character... will reflect that holiness.)

Acts 6:8, "And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people."

(Stephen was a deacon who had great faith in Jesus.  This confirms the truth in many places in the New Testament that the believers would also flow with the Great Holy Spirit, not just the apostles.  See Mt. 17:20; Mk. 9:23; Mk. 16:15-20; Jn. 14:12-15; Acts 2:38-39 to name a few.)

Acts 8:1, "And Saul was consenting unto his death [Stephen's death]. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria..."

(The world will not always be happy you or your church is having a revival.  When the church is revived and begins to move out in signs, wonders and miracles, the enemy will rise up to persecute the church.  Are you ready for this?  Or will you snivel when it happens?  When Simeon prophecied over the baby Jesus, he said to "...Mary his mother, 'Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against."  (Lk. 2:34)  If Jesus was spoken aganist,  you will be also.)

Acts 8:2, "And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him."

(It isn't always joy, joy, joy in the church!  During times of great persecution--and  it is coming to the church of America--we  will learn to uphold one another, pray for one another, not break rank with one another, not treat each other with distain and disrespect, loving one another--because we will find out just how much we need one another! )

(The Bible continues in Acts 8:3-4, "As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. Therefore... they that were scattered abroad... went everywhere... preaching the Word."  The devil always overplays his hand!  Because of this renewed interest in the church's future, missionaries and evangelists like Philip are  sent out with signs, wonders and miracles and whole regions are shaken with the power of the Gospel.  It was said of Philip...)

Acts 8:5-8, "Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them; and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.  And there was great joy in that city."

True joy, Holy Ghost joy, the Bible kind of joy,  will come when we go out and do what Jesus has commanded us to do--preach the Gospel with signs following that mankind might be saved.  When we see a soul set free from great bondage, great afflictions, great addictions, great sin--then we will experience a joy, wonderful joy, heavenly joy, the joy that comes from knowing Jesus and that cannot be duplicated.... by an amusement of the mind.  Let's not settle for jokes from the platform... or stories designed to make us laugh...let's press into what is at the threshold of the church--a Holy Ghost Book of Acts revival!  Ha-le-lu-jah! 

Flo Ellers

42912 W. Morning Dove Lane

Maricopa, Arizona 85138

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