Revival has returning.
Salvation has 2 parts.
Return and Rest
Return is the first aspect of salvation.
Genesis 15:12 - 16
12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. 14 And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 15 Now as for you, you shall [d]go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
When God spoke to Abraham about his descendants, He said verse 16, in fourth generation they shall return here.
Israelites had no salvation when in egypt.
Before crossing Red sea, Israel was complaining about returning.
Exodus 14:11
11 Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt?
When you face hardships , do not complain about returning to the promise of God.
Imagine, could Israel had seen salvation without returning to promise land?
No they will be slaves.
A Person who does not return to God, who does not return to the house of God, to the promise of God, is always a slave in the place where they are.
Restoration begins by returning.
Luke 15:18
18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
This Prodigal Son - asked father for inheritance.
If my father gives inheritance, i will invest this much in mutual funds, this much in real estate. and this much in some other things.
But prodigal sons are different.
They don't love money, the love the pleasures , enjoyment.
Whenever you go out of the Fathers house, the place of promise, there looks like there is some enjoyment, there seems to be some temporary pleasure but soon it will go away.
The backsliding person - enjoys a moment of sin.
and he becomes slave.
and he starts eating the pigs food.
God has His ways of bringing His people back.
Amos 4:6 ,He says
“Also I gave you [d]cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
And lack of bread in all your places;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
Whenever a famine comes, a storm comes,
God allows these situation to bring us back to Him.
In Famine, In Storm, Always think about the Fathers house.
This is what coming to senses.
1) Coming to senses : what is going on in my fathers house.
This man first thing is he thought about is Food.
In the place outside of promise - servants has no food.
But the Fathers house - has food even for servants. Because He is good good father.
You should come to the Fathers house for food.
There is continuous supply of food in fathers house.
Leviticus 11: 2
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth: 3 Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud—that you may eat.
Coming to senses always involves coming to God.
Matthew 27:
Judas went and hanged.
But Prodigal son said
18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him
2) Going back - involves Godly sorrow.
2 Corinthians 7:10
10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
Repentance:
For godly sorrow brings repentance.
We keep saying sorry , sorry to the Lord many times. but we don't really repent.
Help people who return. The Prodigal son has come to the place of humbling , make me one of your servants.
The dead becomes alive, the lost is found in the Fathers house.
24 for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.
Many people inside the Church act like this elder brother who get jealous of what the prodigal son got.
about the attention that prodigal son got. about the time the father spends with prodigal son.
In returning there is salvation.
15 For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
“In returning and rest you shall be saved;
In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.”
In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.”
Salvation has 2 parts.
Return and Rest
Return is the first aspect of salvation.
Genesis 15:12 - 16
12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. 14 And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 15 Now as for you, you shall [d]go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
When God spoke to Abraham about his descendants, He said verse 16, in fourth generation they shall return here.
Israelites had no salvation when in egypt.
Before crossing Red sea, Israel was complaining about returning.
Exodus 14:11
11 Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt?
When you face hardships , do not complain about returning to the promise of God.
Imagine, could Israel had seen salvation without returning to promise land?
No they will be slaves.
A Person who does not return to God, who does not return to the house of God, to the promise of God, is always a slave in the place where they are.
Restoration begins by returning.
Luke 15:18
18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
This Prodigal Son - asked father for inheritance.
If my father gives inheritance, i will invest this much in mutual funds, this much in real estate. and this much in some other things.
But prodigal sons are different.
They don't love money, the love the pleasures , enjoyment.
Whenever you go out of the Fathers house, the place of promise, there looks like there is some enjoyment, there seems to be some temporary pleasure but soon it will go away.
The backsliding person - enjoys a moment of sin.
and he becomes slave.
and he starts eating the pigs food.
God has His ways of bringing His people back.
Amos 4:6 ,He says
“Also I gave you [d]cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
And lack of bread in all your places;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
Whenever a famine comes, a storm comes,
God allows these situation to bring us back to Him.
In Famine, In Storm, Always think about the Fathers house.
This is what coming to senses.
1) Coming to senses : what is going on in my fathers house.
This man first thing is he thought about is Food.
In the place outside of promise - servants has no food.
But the Fathers house - has food even for servants. Because He is good good father.
You should come to the Fathers house for food.
There is continuous supply of food in fathers house.
Leviticus 11: 2
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth: 3 Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud—that you may eat.
Coming to senses always involves coming to God.
Matthew 27:
4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.”
And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”
5 Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Judas went and hanged.
But Prodigal son said
18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him
2) Going back - involves Godly sorrow.
2 Corinthians 7:10
10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
Repentance:
For godly sorrow brings repentance.
We keep saying sorry , sorry to the Lord many times. but we don't really repent.
Help people who return. The Prodigal son has come to the place of humbling , make me one of your servants.
The dead becomes alive, the lost is found in the Fathers house.
24 for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.
Many people inside the Church act like this elder brother who get jealous of what the prodigal son got.
about the attention that prodigal son got. about the time the father spends with prodigal son.
In returning there is salvation.
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