End time Revival
 

"We are the brink of the greatest revival the world has ever seen! God is going to pour out His Spirit like never before in the last days! God is bringing restoration and revival. Our churches are about to explode with growth, we need to start the buildings to house them now! Miracles, signs and wonders are about to explode and the five fold ministry is going to be restored."

And such is the rhetoric in certain circles of Pentecost. What are your thoughts on the prophesied "end time revival"?

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Well, they read dispensationalism in every news headline. Churches always see more growth when it looks like the world is going to end.

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Regardless of how one feels about "end time revival" the truth is that we do need to do a better job of fulfilling the great commission.

My pastor mentioned a sobering statistic this morning. In our town of a little over 100,000 people statistics show that on any given Sunday almost 70% of people are not in a church of any kind including non christian services such as Muslim, Hindu, etc.

So even running 1100-1200 people each Sunday is just a drop in the bucket when you look at the 70,000 people we need to reach who are not going to church.

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Agreed

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I get what your saying

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Anyone else? Is God going to pour out His Spirit in the days approaching His second advent in a greater way that he has previously? Is the five fold ministry and "Apostolic Authority" going to be restored?

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I wasn't aware that the five fold ministry was in need of being restored! I have never heard that opinion expressed before. Is that widely held or just the opinion of one preacher you heard?

Of course the rest of what you posted about, end time revival, I heard all of my life in the UPC.

God has never needed buildings to do his work. We don't need to worry about housing anything.

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God has been pouring out His Spirit since Acts 2

Revival is the product of a hungry people who are willing to sacrifice, pray, fast, get into the word and read the lost

Revival will never happen just because we believe it to be so. God may promise revival but the promise is contingent on our faith

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End time revival will take place along side end time apostasy. I'm Post-Trib. I believe the greatest revival will come in the midst of great tribulation.

And the notion that we "need" to begin building bigger buildings is carnal logic. An inflow of devoted believers will put in motion efforts to meet the body's needs.