7888	Forums / Theology Forum / Catholic Apologists	on: February 06, 2007, 04:18:20 PM
Our present circumstances have very much to do with our views of the spirit of revival and our views of ourselves. We live in a day of confusion, were we are confronted with a spirit of treachery. How much of our present personal suffering is a result of strong delusions that come with this confusion. The diluted gospel has created a society of men who love the sentimental aspects of worship rather than the deep joy and excitement of new converts, and a deep focus on the power of God, in the face of Christ , and the glory of God falling on a people through the power of the Holy Spirit. In the  real presence of the Holy Spirit , He creates a thirst for the pure meat of the word of God, preached in power by an unfiltered message of justification by faith by grace alone. These truths preached with conviction and in a spirit of desperation bring a response of joy and praising that are only in God alone and not in man. The constant feeding in this kind of atmosphere of deep rejoicing makes the sentiment disappear. Then mens hearts are so moved to pray in the Spirit that they are lost in wonder and grace. These desires stir the sparks that undiluted mens minds. Rite now we are living on the foot hills of historical experience. There is so much delusion. Thank God for the books that come out of these times of revivals! In these books is the spirit of revival.The spirit of revival is anti sentimental. When the Holy Spirit comes in power He illuminates a persons mind in reading an Edwards etc, and the Holy Spirit witnesses with our spirits as if the writings were in the present day. We actually learn by experience the difference between sentimentalism and spiritual awakening. The Holy Spirit moved in the excitement of these men and in reading these men we are again revived from our state of lethargy. When we are revived we begin to love the truth. We begin to fellowship so much with the Trinity through the Spirit that we must get some physical rest from the experience so that we can again be over come by that Spirit. Once we begin to experience the Holy Spirits presence we begin to loose our sense of the religion of this age. We begin to morn over the state of people in this age. We begin to long for the revived unity that once spread across this country. Oh , in the illumination of that experience we live in a peace that passes all understanding. It really is not the present state of things that are going to delude us, it is what we experience as a result of seeing the glory of God in the face of Christ that will keep us from being deluded. In these books the Holy Spirit once again comes upon us so that we are brought back to the spirit of revival and our present day delusion is removed from our eyes.