So many American Christians expect nothing more at this late and dangerous hour than the wrath of God to be poured out on their wicked country, even as a Just and Holy God poured out judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah. And this is surely what we deserve. And yet, dear friends, I am convinced that God wants His people to hear what His Spirit is saying to His Church, to meet His conditions for revival, in order to show the world His merciful and amazing end-time plans.
Self Examination
It is not our pagan society in its appalling moral darkness that prevents the mighty revival so desperately needed. It is the sleeping majority in the Church that is responsible for the spiritual famine in the land.
Revival tarries because of the self-righteousness, the hardness, coldness, blindness, carnality and arrogance in the Church. Five of the seven churches addressed by our Lord in the book of Revelation were commanded to repent. That same call is going out to the slumbering body of Christ at this hour. May we have an ear to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches! Revival is the marvelous work of the Sovereign Holy Spirit, but He begins it by preparing the hearts of His people for repentance and obedience. Revival is a new beginning of obedience to God's Word as revealed by the Holy Spirit.
