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Teaching Notes On Revival! of 3921!4th – Work, School, Market Place eknessTemperanceWhat is it in your life that has kept you from unlocking the door to personalrevival? [ask people to bow heads]“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat of the good of the land.”How many of you would say this morning – “I want to eat of the good of theland and experience personal revival in my life, my home, my community,and my church and I will obey God in every area that He has pointed outthis morning and everything He points out in the future.” [offer opportunityfor time of prayer and counsel]“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continuein my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know thetruth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:31-32

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Teaching Notes On Revival! of 3923!Attack On The HomeAn all-out attack has been leveled on the Home. Never since Noah's dayhas there been such a total breakdown of family relationships. I believewith all my heart that the salvation of America as a free nation is the Churchand the salvation of the Church is the Christian family.Jesus predicted that the last generation would be "eating and drinking;marrying and giving in marriage" (Matthew 24:38). One million couples willdivorce this next year [mid-1970's]. By 1980 the national divorce rate will be50% or higher. In some American cities the divorce rate is already 100%and climbing. that means that for every marriage there is one divorce. Tensof millions of children are products of broken homes which has led to an allout rebellion among the young people of America.The Apostle Paul wrote, "In the last days perilous times shall come; for menshall be.disobedient to parents" (2 Timothy 3:1-2). One secular writer hasprecidted that the family will not survive the twentieth century. Therefore,today I want to share with you a "Family Survival Kit." I want us to look toGod's Word and see His formula for survival of the home.It would take hundreds of seminars to even begin to unfold God's principlesfor successful living, but I would like to lay down some of the basics thatmust be alive in our lives for prosperity to visit our homes.

Teaching Notes On Revival! of 3924!Psalm 1 tells us that the righteous man will prosper "whatsoever he doeth."If you and I are to be prosperous in raising our families, we must dowhatever God asks of us. There can be no success outside of obedience to"every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."Revelation 2Turn to Revelation 2:1-5"Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith hethat holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in themidst of the seven golden candlesticks; I know thy works, and thylabour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which areevil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and arenot, and hast found them liars: And hast borne, and hast patience,and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast notfainted. Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thouhast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou artfallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto theequickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thourepent.”The Ephesian Church was an extremely active church, not unlike many ofour churches today.[indepth about active points]

Teaching Notes On Revival! of 3925!But this church and its families had a great problem . they had left theirfirst love.[indepth about losing love]Notice that Christ promised blessing upon that church and its members ifthey did two things: "repent, and do the first works."While preparing this message, I sensed the Lord speaking to me about thetwo principles in verse 5. The principles there are the answer to all of theproblems of the Church, all of the problems of the family, all of theproblems of the individual Christian. The principles are:Repentance --- "attitude of the heart”Doing the first works --- "behavior of the life"For our nation to survive, for our Church to survive, for our families tosurvive, we must have the right heart attitude and the right behavior of life."Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen.”[indepth about their falling out of love with God and losing the right heartattitude]

Teaching Notes On Revival! of 3926!The second thing that Christ commanded us to do was to "do the firstworks." I asked God for insight into what He meant by "the first works" andfelt impressed with three basic works or priorities that were lying dormant inthe lives of the Ephesians.1. The priority of the family2. The priority of the church3. The priority of the purpose"Do the first works" --- have the right behavior of lifeEphesians 5"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church,and gave himself for it." Ephesians 5:25[indepth about love . indepth about husband being provider, protector andpriest]"Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives,submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord."Ephesians 5:21-22[indepth about submission]

Teaching Notes On Revival! of 3927!Parents . "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, hewill not depart from it." (Provers 22:6)[indepth about raising children --- we teach by saying what is right and bydoing what is right]Attack On The ChurchJesus said – “I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevailagainst it.” (Matthew 16:18)The Apostle Paul wrote that we are “of the household of God; And are builtupon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himselfbeing the chief corner stone” (Ephesians 2:19-20).Paul wrote Timothy – “that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behavethyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillarand ground of the truth” (1 Timothy 3:15).[indepth about honor for the Church]

Teaching Notes On Revival! of 3928!As for the responsibility to ministers of the Gospel, here is what Paul had tosay –“That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpethwith us, and laboureth.” 1 Corinthians 16:16“And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour amongyou, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; And to esteemthem very highly in love for their work’s sake.” 1 Thessalonians5:12-13“Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour,especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.” 1 Timothy 5:17“Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spokenunto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end oftheir conversation.” Hebrews 13:7The PurposeEphesians 1:4 reads – “According as he hath chosen us in him before thefoundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame beforehim in love.”[indepth about God’s purpose for His children]

Teaching Notes On Revival! of 3929!“ let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit,perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” 2 Corinthians 7:1“Be ye holy; for I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:16“ what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversationand godliness.” 2 Peter 3:11“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8“Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, andof a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.” 1 Timothy 1:5“Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through theSpirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love oneanother with a pure heart fervently.” 1 Peter 1:22What do we have before us today? An important decision to make:Repent, and do the first works “or else”“I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of hisplace.” Revelation 2:5Repent — Attitude of the heartDoing the first works — Behavior of the life

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Teaching Notes On Revival! of 3931!"And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was agreat woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was,that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. And shesaid unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holyman of God, which passeth by us continually." II Kings 4:8-9The most needed person in the Church today is a man or woman of God.This "great' woman was probably a very influential woman in hercommunity. She watched Elisha day after day as he went about working inthe service of the Lord; much like scores of unsaved people in thiscommunity watch us day after day as we go about our lives at home, workand play.This woman said of Elisha - "I perceive that this is an holy man of God."What do people say about us day after day? Would our co-workers, friends,and neighbors say of us, "I perceive that this is an holy man or woman ofGod?"The Church is in desperate condition today and in great need of revival.The Church needs to be brought back to life and the ones to bring revivalare those who are "men and women of God!"

Teaching Notes On Revival! of 3932!Reasons WhyI believe there are three basic reasons why there are so few men andwomen of God in the Church today:GuileThe first step to practical holiness is freedom from all guide and hypocrisy(John 1:47). How many would say, "There has been a time or times in mylife when I tried to give a better impression of myself to others than wasreally the cause"?This is guile. Guile will hinder our prayers, genuinerevival from God, and fellowship with other Christians.Hypocrisy is one of the major reasons that millions of people are kept awayfrom the Church. Beneath an outward facade of spirituality by churchmembers are slimy pits of evil.Turn to Luke 12: 1 - "In the mean time, when there were gathered togetheran innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one uponanother, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of theleaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."Turn to Titus 1:15-16 - "Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them thatare defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind andconscience is defiled. They profess that they know God; but in works theydeny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good workreprobate."

Teaching Notes On Revival! of 3933!Turn to 1 John 3:18 - " My little children, let us not love in word, neither intongue; but in deed and in truth."Let me give you one example of God's response to guile among Hischildren "But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold apossession, And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privyto it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. ButPeter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the HolyGhost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles itremained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not inthine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart?thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. And Ananias hearing thesewords fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on allthem that heard these things. And the young men arose, wound himup, and carried him out, and buried him. And it was about the spaceof three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, camein. And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land forso much? And she said, Yea, for so much. Then Peter said unto her,How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at thedoor, and shall carry thee out. Then fell she down straightway at hisfeet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, andfound her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by herhusband. And great fear came upon all the church, and upon asmany as heard these things." Acts 5:1-11

Teaching Notes On Revival! of 3934!Can the Lord say of us, "Behold a man or woman indeed in whom is noguile"?Lack of DisciplineThe second reason for the lack of holiness in our churches is a lack ofdiscipline.Matthew 5:29 - Amplified VersionRomans 6:6 - Amplified VersionRomans 8:13 - Amplified VersionRomans 13:14 - Amplified VersionGalatians 5:26 - Amplified VersionColossians 3:5-14 - Amplified Version1 Peter 4:1-2 - Amplified Version

Teaching Notes On Revival! of 3935!We must discipline our eyes to what they look at and read. The psalmistprayed, "Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity."We must discipline our ears to listen to the right kind of conversations andmusic. We must be attuned to God's voice and away from gossip andslander.We must control our tongues to be under the control of the Holy Spirit. TheApostle James wrote, "The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is thetongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth onfire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.and if any offend not inword, the same is a mature man, and able to bridle the whole body."Time SpentA third reason for the general lack of godly men and women in the Churchis the fact that we do not spend time alone with the Holy One. No man orwoman can be holy and godly unless they determine that the mostimportant thing in life is to spend time with God.Sometimes we are so busy for God that we do not have enough time tospend with God. Our carnal minds and desires stem invariably from the factthat we spend too little time in the presence of God and too much time inthe presence of the television set.

Teaching Notes On Revival! of 3936!A great man of God once said, "We must know what it is to wait long hoursin God's presence seeing His glory, hearing His voice, and beingtransformed into His likeness."

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Teaching Notes On Revival! of 3938!What the Bible teaches about PraiseWe now look at six reasons for your church to praise the Lord.(Reason 1) For being seated at our Father's table.Of salvationOf abundant livingOf blessed fellowshipWith God: The Father, The Son, The Holy SpiritWith our brothers and sisters in Christ(Reason 2) For our familiesFor husbands and fathersFor wives and mothersFor childrenFor grandparents(Reason 3) For our churchTeaching the fundamental truths and life-changing principles of the Word ofGodWorshipping God in spirit and truth

Teaching Notes On Revival! of 3939!(Reason 4) For our pastorHis loveHis dedicationHis standardsHis decisions(Reason 5) For our nationReligious freedomGreat heritageExciting future(Reason 6) For the coming revivalIn heartsIn familiesIn churchesIn communitiesIn nations[Thank you for reading these teaching notes from 40 years ago. My prayeris they will be a blessing to you and your ministry.]GraceLife Ministries 1990-2018

Revival is the resurrection life of Christ coursing through the Church 19. Revival is the Church crowding the upper room in mighty conquering power 20. Revival is our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with singing 21. Revival is the falling of God’s fire upon the Church 22. Revival