0354 Revival In The City

REVIVAL IN THE CITY

2 Kings 7:1-4

Naturally you get hungry and then you eat Spiritually you eat to get hungry

The question we should be asking is how can I have overflow of God in my life, not how can I stay hungry for God? Prophets of old never isolated themselves from the people around them (Daniel, Moses, Jesus) The promise of famine (Amos 8:11-12; 4:6-8), the provision of God through Joseph (Gen.41) The poverty & hunger are not blessings but curses (Deut.28:48; Gal.3:13) Famine for three years in the days of David as a result of Saul’s’ sin (2 Sam.21:1) Those who drink out of the fountain of life will not thirst again (John 4:14; 6:35) Heaven is the place of no hunger and thirst (Rev.7:16-17) Hunger is dangerous – devil tempted Jesus when He was hungry (Mt.4) Temporary pleasure kills hunger but will never satisfy soul of the eternal man Abraham during famine left the promise land and went down to Egypt (Gen.12:10) Devil is on the mission to kill people, by killing their hunger with things that destroy them This generation eats things and uses God, instead of living of God and using things This is the Lazarus generation – dead generation because of poison or lack of food The cry for bread, not for things (Luke 11:5-8) Asking God for bread not to receive the rock (Luke 11:11)

You will see but not eat of it The situation verses the revelation God doesn’t need your faith to be faithful to His promise You need faith to be beneficiary of God’s promise God would give Israel promise land but people’s unbelief didn’t allow them to eat of it Religious people saw Jesus but didn’t receive anything from Him because of unbelief

Why are we sitting here until we die? Opt.1 go back and die, Opt.2 stay here and die, Opt.3 go to the camp and maybe live Joshua and Caleb: go back…stay here…go forward and maybe die… Many know that they can’t go back…few know that they can’t stay like this…but only few will better die trying than die sitting… - City is dying, but you are dying…your life needs revival - Change begins with a question…reavaluate their life… - Don’t ask God but yourself a question… Came out of the world but live like the world…famine…

We are praying for revival, but are we will willing to have one They didn’t just sit around and wait for some miracle, they went and saw a miracle! We got nothing to lose, but if we sit here we will die for sure!

Let’s not read history, let’s make history!

GO and SEE King sent chariots to GO and SEE… Gospel is full of demonstration not just explanation