W HAT REV IVAL REALLY M EAN S (conti nued from page 27) Old. Testament revivals began with the leaders. Our Lord addressed His messages to the Seven Churches first of all to the angels, the pastor of the church. Sometimes when a work of God begins in a congregation church officers and workers complain that it disturbs the regular program of the church. The church has a schedule so full that often the Holy Spirit has no opportunity to start a revival. If one broke out, it would have to be postponed because there is no place for it on the printed program. Prob ably the best thing for the church to do is to declare a moratorium on all activities long enough to seek a visi tation from God. Here is our dilemma. Shall we go on substituting the good for the best or shall we resolve to have the best or nothing? There is a price to pay for a Divine visitation. It means repent ance, confessing and forsaking of sin, getting right with God and man, giv ing up the world, submitting to the Lordship of Christ, and being filled with the Spirit. Most of the members of any Sunday morning congregation are not remotely interested in paying the price of revival. We must begin with a few who mean it when they sing, “ Revive Us Again.” I do not know whether we shall ever see a mass revival in our churches with the majority of our members walking the aisles or falling on their faces before God. We like to think that before the Bridegroom returns there will be a season of wick-trim ming among Christians, a latter-day rain of blessing on the church. One thing we do know: the Lord stands before a lukewarm church and says, “ If any man . . .” The majority of church-members may stubbornly re fuse the message of revival, but here and there some will have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. Our personal responsibility as individuals is plain enough, to hear His voice and open the door. GLENDALE READERS w ill find all of their supply needs at THE B IO LA BOOK RO O M 121 West Wilson, Glendale, California Subscriptions to King's Business make excellent gifts.
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