However, I am becoming more and more convinced that we are never going to see revival across America until Christians meet certain scriptural conditions for revival. The great crowds that gather, the wonderful cooperation of churches, the unprecedented open doors for ministry—all are evidences that God is moving. But the sweeping revival that many Christians have prayed and longed for has not yet come, though there are evidences that it may be on the way.
As God looks down from heaven and sees present-day Christianity in America, He must be grieved. Thousands of Christians have left their first love; others are neither hot nor cold. As God said to the church at Laodicea, He would say to the church of America today, “You say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked” (Revelation 3:17).
The church in America is well organized. There seems to be no limit to funds. Church buildings are going up on every hand. We seem to have need of nothing, and yet I hear those same words burning and piercing our souls, “You ... do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.” The time has come to call for repentance among Christians.
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As God looks down from heaven and sees present-day Christianity in America, He must be grieved. Thousands of Christians have left their first love; others are neither hot nor cold. As God said to the church at Laodicea, He would say to the church of America today, “You say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked” (Revelation 3:17).
The church in America is well organized. There seems to be no limit to funds. Church buildings are going up on every hand. We seem to have need of nothing, and yet I hear those same words burning and piercing our souls, “You ... do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.” The time has come to call for repentance among Christians.
Read the rest at BGEA: Our Ministries: "Decision" Magazine
