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EVEN A FEW

And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. (1 Samuel 14:6)

As noble as these interspiritualists and the rest of the Devil's Ecumenical Church of Deceit might be in wishing to usher in a utopian Fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of man and the neighborhood where you live, the Christian Church is to follow the mandate given by our Lord.

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. (Matthew 28:18-20)

We cannot do that by pandering to their flesh, nor can we possibly do this supernatural job by human ingenuity. The horrific condition of the Christian Church in America ought to be your first clue as to the gross failure we have been in this generation. This devotion by Charles Spurgeon, a real man of God, talks about the only way this will ever change.
Usually when God intends greatly to bless a church. It will begin in this way: Two or three persons are distressed at the low state of affairs and become troubled even to anguish. Perhaps they do not speak to one another or know of the common grief, but they begin with flaming desire and untiring importunity.
The passion to see the church revived rules them. They think of it when they go to rest, they dream of it on their bed, they muse on it in the streets. This one thing eats them up. They suffer great heaviness and continual sorrow in their heart for perishing sinners; they travail in birth for souls.
When the sun rises, the mountaintops first catch the light, and those who constantly live near to God will be the first to feel the influence of the coming refreshing. The Lord give me a dozen importunate pleaders and lovers of souls, and by His grace we will shake London from end to end yet.
The work would go on without the mass of you Christians - many of you only hinder the march of the army. But give us a dozen lion-like, lamblike men, burning with intense love to Christ and souls, and nothing will be impossible to their faith. (At the Master's Feet, October 11).

Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the Word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. (Zechariah 4:6)

Posted by Ken Silva, pastor-teacher at October 11, 2006 09:38 AM
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