If it is not Revival then what is it??

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Originally Posted by JTULLOCK

We often use and hear others us the term "Revival" meaning that there is a preacher coming in and preaching their guts out and reaching the lost. Revival is not reaching the unchurched, but it is reaching the backslidders if you will. Agree? What term or phrase should be used when we are trying to reach the lost or the unchurched? It is it easy to call it out reach, but does that cover it? Should it be A Gathering or something?

What say ye? Does it bother you for people to call it revival and all that is going on is hoping to reach new people? Maybe I am wrong if so someone set me straight.

Just call it Evangelism.

As far as revival is concerned, there is none in America right now. Though we have our catechims carved in stone, the life of it is almost completely gone. Your prayer rooms are mostly empty, there is not enough joy in revivals (so called) to go much more than three days a week for one or two weeks in a stretch. Most of the preaching are theories, canned sermons, a strut of the ego, some advancement of an agenda and at best an exercise of the intellect. But, there is no revival anywhere in America. I challenge anyone to refute it. If there were a revival anywhere, I would be willing to crawl on my hands and knees to get there, if it were possible.

What many call revival is little more than spasms of enthusiasm and ejacualtions of emotionalism entwined with excitement and hype. Whom we call converts to Christ are nothing more than converts to our own favorite brand of doctrines made followers of it than who are made sold out, forsaking all, taking up the cross, followers of Jesus.

The evening shadow has almost disappeard by the advancment of the night settling in upon us. Though generic Christianity will continue to grow even outpacing the Muslims yet the true followers of Christ are fewer each day. Many who once followed closely are now following further behind until they will also lose their way while thinking themselves to be so very right, not knowing they have fallen into apostasy from which they will never recover.

The long night is upon us but I have good news. The evening and the morning is the first day. The new day always begins at dusk. We are now, right NOW in a new day, but the long night must tarry until the horns of the lightening shining out of the east begins to break over the horizon of the (church) earth. You may not live long enough to see the breaking of the new morning light but you must tell your children and for them to tell their children to wait for it for it shall surely spring forth.