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Revival: The Fire Falls
by A.W.Tozer on August 21, 2012
Revival: The Fire Falls
By
A.W.Tozer
"And to the angel of the church in
Sardis write, "These things says He
who has the seven Spirits of God and the
seven stars: 'I know your
works, that you have a name that you are alive,
but you are dead.'"
Revelation 3:1-2
For a long time I have
believed that truth, to be understood, must be
lived; that Bible doctrine is
wholly ineffective until it has been
digested and assimilated by the total
life....
We must be willing to obey if we would know the true inner
meaning
of the teachings of Christ and the apostles. I believe this view
prevailed in every revival that ever came to the church during her
long
history. Indeed a revived church may be distinguished from a
dead one by the
attitude of its members toward the truth. The dead
church holds to the shell
of truth without surrendering the will to
it, while the church that wills to
do God's will is immediately
blessed with a visitation of spiritual
powers.
Theological facts are like the altar of Elijah on Carmel before
the
fire came, correct, properly laid out, but altogether cold. When the
heart makes the ultimate surrender, the fire falls and true facts
are
transmuted into spiritual truth that transforms, enlightens,
sanctifies. The
church or the individual that is Bible taught
without being Spirit taught
(and there are many of them) has simply
failed to see that truth lies deeper
than the theological statement
of it. That Incredible Christian,
92-94.
"Lord, send the fire today. Amen."