By Garry Knighton Church of Christ/North - Shreveport, La.
	REVIVE US AGAIN

• INTRODUCTION:
• • REVIVAL is a needed theme.
  • Revival is a misunderstood word.
  • Psalm 85:6. (KJV).
  • Revelation 2 and 3.
    • 5 out of 7 churches need a revival.
    • Revival for survival.
    • There must be a revival.
    • Repent or die was Jesus' words.
  • We need a revival in this church today.

• REVIVAL IN EVANGELISM.
  • Local level.
    • Unbelieving sinners who do not know Jesus.
    • Fallen brethren who have forgotten Jesus.
  • World wide level.
    • We need to see men as they really are - LOST!
    • One man in every country will not do.
  • First century church had a "VIVAL" for evangelism.
    • Acts 6:7 - multiplied.
    • Acts 9:31 - was multiplied.
    • When the "Word" was preached, people were saved.
      • This identifies our problem - we are not preaching the Word enough.
• REVIVAL IN A SENSITIVITY TOWARD SIN.
  • As sensitive to sin as a finger on a razor blade.
  • Jesus was sensitive to sin.
    • Rev. 1:5.
    • Matt. 9:35-36.
    • Luke 19:10.
    • Rev. 2:20.
  • Paul was sensitive to sin.
    • Acts 17:16-31 - His natural reaction was to preach the truth.
  • We have become dull to sin. It no longer hurts us.
• REVIVAL IN OUR SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY.
  • To the lost of this world.
    • Individually and congregationally.
    • Matt. 5:13 - salt of the earth.
      • Has a preserving power.
      • Has a penetrating power.
        • Like leaven.
        • Matt. 28:18-20.
  • To the local church.
    • "Be willing and ready."
• REVIVAL IN SEEING THE ENORMITY OF OUR TASK.
  (NOTE: Update figures before using.... things change quickly)
  • All the world - every creature - Matt. 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-16.
  • Population of the earth grows -- our task grows.
    • 250 million in Jesus' day.
    • 850 million in 1776.
    • 1.7 billion in 1914.
    • 4 billion in 1972.
    • By the year 2000 - 7 billion. (Our task is not getting any smaller)
  • Illustration of a billion:
    • Preach to 1000 people every hour, 24 hrs. per day, (24,000 people per day),
      (8,670,000 per year). It would take 400 years to reach 4 billion (if no
      one died and no one was born.)
  • What can we do?
    • Hide our head in the sand and let people go to Hell.
    • Begin working them off one at a time.
      • "Harvest is plenteous - labors are few."
    • Our task grows.
      • 75 million per year.
      • 205,479 per day.
• REVIVAL IN OUR PRAYER OF GREAT CONCERN.
  • The early church was a praying church.
  • When is the last time you prayed for a lost person, by name?
  • Pray that the Lord of Harvest will send reapers.
• REVIVAL IN OUR MOTIVES.
  • Some serve out of ritual.
  • Some serve out of duty.
  • We should serve out of love.
    • Example: Rev. 2 - Ephesus.
      • Left their first love.
      • Started with good motives - Acts 19.
      • Burned magic books worth 50,000 pieces of silver.
  • We need to re-examine our motives.
• REVIVAL IN OUR COMMITMENT TO CHRIST.
  • Christ as Lord - Acts 2:36.
  • Peter walking on water - faith in the Lordship of Christ.
  • We need to finish what we started - Rev. 3:2.
• REVIVAL IN OUR FAITH.
  • Phil. 4:19.
  • Eph. 3:20.
  • Faith in the God that controls the world.

• CONCLUSION:
  • Does there need to be a revival in your life?
  • You must be totally honest with yourself.
  • Is there a place in your life for renewal.

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