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RREVIVALEVIVAL&&RREFORMATION EFORMATION

1 Revival: Our Great Need 2 Prayer: The Heartbeat of Revival 3 The Word: The Foundation of Revival 4 Witness and Service: The Fruit of Revival 5 Obedience: The Fruit of Revival 6 Confession and Repentance: The Conditions of Revival 7 Unity: The Bond of Revival 8 Discernment: The Safeguard of Revival 9 Reformation: The Outgrowth of Revival10 Reformation: The Willingness to Grow and Change11 Reformation: Thinking New Thoughts12 Reformation: Healing Broken Relationships13 The Promised Revival: God’s Mission Completed

Revival and ReformationContents

Revival and ReformationOur Goal {5}

“A revival of true godliness among us is the greatest and most urgent of all

our needs.”—Selected Messages 1:121.

Heaven places priority on revival.What could be more important?

Revival and ReformationLesson 4, July 27Revival and ReformationLesson 4, July 27

Witness Witness andand Service: The Service: The Fruit Fruit ofof RevivalRevival

Witness and Service: The Fruit of RevivalKey Text

Acts 1:8 NKJV

“ ‘You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon

you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of

the earth.’ ”

Witness and Service: The Fruit of RevivalInitial Words {43}

The purpose of revival is to fill our hearts with such a love for Jesus that we long to share this love with every person possible. It always leads to a selfless concern for others. Hearts that are renewed by God’s grace, long to serve those who are in need. All genuine revival leads to a renewed emphasis on mission and service.

Witness and Service: The Fruit of RevivalQuick Look

1. Commission and Promise (Matthew 28:19, 20)2. Power of Personal Testimony(1 John 1:1-3)3. Intervention and Proclamation (Acts 5:42)

Witness and Service: The Fruit of Revival1. Commission and Promise

Matthew 28:19, 20 NKJV“ ‘Go therefore and make disciple of

all nation, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son

and of the Holy Spirit,teaching them to observe all things

that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the

end of the age.’ ”

1. Commission and PromiseReceiving the Promise {44}

“The church is God’s appointed agency for the salvation of men. It was organized for service, and its mission is to carry the gospel to the

world. From the beginning it has been God’s plan that through His church shall be reflected to the

world His fullness and His sufficiency.

1. Commission and PromiseReceiving the Promise {44}

The members of the church, those whom He has called out of darkness into His marvelous light, are to show

forth His glory. The church is the repository of the riches of the grace

of Christ; and through the church will eventually be made manifest…,’ the final and full display of the love

of God.” The Acts of the Apostles 9.

1. Commission and PromiseReceiving the Promise {45}

The mission of sharing His love and truth with the entire world must

have seemed overwhelming to this small group of disciples. A ratio of 1 Christian to

approximately every 500,000 to 580,000 people in the empire.

1. Commission and PromiseReceiving the Promise {45}

Pliny the Younger, governor of the Roman province of Bithynia on the northern coast of modern Turkey, wrote to Emperor Trajan around

A.D. 110:

The Christian church exploded in growth. Tens of thousands were converted. The message of Jesus’ love was carried to the remotest

parts of the empire.“Not cities alone but villages in even rural areas have been invaded by the

infection of this superstition.”

Witness and Service: The Fruit of Revival2. Power of Personal Testimony

1 John 1:1-3 NKJV

“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard,…have seen…,

looked upon,…have handled, concerning the Word of life…and declare to you that eternal life….

and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus

Christ.”

2. Power of Personal TestimonyHeaven’s Chosen Agency {46}

The power of New Testament witnessing was rooted in the genuineness of lives changed by the gospel. And they could not be silent any longer.

✗ Religious ritual✗Religious formalism✗Doctrine alone

Religious ritual has little power to change lives. Religious formalism leaves people spiritually barren. Doctrine alone will not transform hearts.

2. Power of Personal TestimonyHeaven’s Chosen Agency {46}

“Our confession of His faithfulness is Heaven’s chosen agency for

revealing Christ to the world. …[T]hat which will be most effectual is

the testimony of our own experience.” The Desire of Ages 347.

The most powerful witness is one of a Christian who

knows Jesus personally.

2. Power of Personal TestimonyHeaven’s Chosen Agency {46}

When we share God’s Word with others, we grow spiritually.

The more we love Jesus, the more we will desire to witness of His love. The more we witness of His love, the

more we will love Him.Sharing our faith strengthens

our faith.

2. Power of Personal TestimonyHeaven’s Chosen Agency {46}

Witnessing is the gentle breeze that fans the sparks of revival into

Pentecostal flames.When witness and service do not

accompany a revival of prayer and Bible study, the flames of revival are extinguished, and the embers soon

grow cold.

Witness and Service: The Fruit of Revival3. Intervention and Proclamation

Acts 5:42 NKJV“And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as

the Christ.”

3. Intervention and ProclamationWitnessing, an Essential Element {48}

“An angel guided Philip to the one who was seeking for light and who

was ready to receive the gospel,and today angels will guide the

footsteps of those workers who will allow the Holy Spirit to sanctify their

tongues and refine and ennoble their hearts.” The Acts of the

Apostles 109

3. Intervention and ProclamationWitnessing, an Essential Element {48}

When God’s people seek Him in earnest, heartfelt intercession, and

when they saturate their minds with the truths of His Word, and when

they witness of His love and truth to others—

God divinely intervenes and opens unusual doors for the proclamation

of truth.

Witness and Service: The Fruit of RevivalFinal Words {49}

In order to enter into His joy,—the joy of seeing souls redeemed by His sacrifice,—we must participate in His labors for their redemption.” —The Desire of Ages 142

Develop a Character Like Christ’s

“God could have reached His object in saving sinners without our aid; but in order for us to develop a character like Christ’s, we must share in His work.