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Originally Posted by rkentsmith
The following is what I call a seminar post from forum land. I have shared this many times with many men. This writing was done for ministers I interact with on forums. Conroe UPC was built around this principle. John 12:24 has impacted my life more than any single verse beyond the New Birth message. I share with you here a principle that Tracie and I have lived. The principle is before you. The details of the dying still burn within us. We recognize that every harvest requires yet another death. So Lord I am ready to die again if it means yet another revival. I pray you feel the spirit of this piece. rks
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Hi,I have found in preaching if we stay dead we will have continuing revival.This dying is not something we are to do over and over but we are to die and stay dead.Dead to what ? Dead to all sin, but not only must I stay dead, but I must preach death.Most pastors and preachers and people they pastor don't die to all sin,they usually hang on to a sin or two.The key is in verse 25.
[24] Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die,
it abideth alone:
but if it die, it bringeth forth
much fruit.
[25] He that
loveth his life shall lose it;
and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal
Matt.13
[22] He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word;
and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
1John.2
[15]
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
[16]
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
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