Today’s Bible Study, Authored by Arthur
Cincotti. 05/01/2022
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“But we have this
treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will
be of God and not from ourselves.”
II
Co. 4:7 NASB95
Last week we talked
about “revival” and the various complexions of what we have come to call
revival. I may have inadvertently depicted revival as something akin to heaven
on earth. It is not. It is, at best, a glimpse, a foretaste, a touching of His
garment. One indication of this is that revival dissipates, whereas heaven does
not. Also, revival is subject to corruption, whereas heaven is not.
Revival is a gift of
sovereign God for His honor and glory, and not for our entertainment.
Unfortunately, revival is subject to corruption in two manners; first, our
tendency to try to exploit it, second, our tendency to try to recreate it.
Our eye should never be
on revival, but on Christ Himself; not on the gift, but on the Giver.
“Every good gift, and
every perfect gift is from above,and comes down from the Father of lights, with
whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” Jas. 1:17
Our sufficiency is in
Christ alone. He alone is our all in all.
This is what compelled
the Apostle Paul to say such seemingly contradictory statements as:
“Not that I speak on
regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content” Phil.
4:11. And, “that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the
fellowship of His suffering…” Phil. 3:10
John Piper wrote: “God
is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him”.
What husband is
interested in a half hearted, or lukewarm, or distracted bride? Suppose the
bride was only interested in what she
could get out of the marriage, or in the wedding gifts.
Pr. Finn use to say,
“Pentecostals get distracted in the Holy place, where the gifts are, but there
is a more intimate place; the Holy of Hollies.
In Rev. 2:2,3 Jesus has
many good things to say about the church of Ephesus, but in vs. 4 He reveals
the main thing, “you have left your first love.”
Jesus compels us, “seek
first the kingdom of God and His righteousness…”
In our relationship with
Him, He may seem aloof at times, but this is with purpose to stir us to a
deeper hunger, as depicted in Ps. 42
The love affair dynamics
of the Christian faith are the very aspects that defy law, and form, and stale
lifeless religion.
God is wooing us unto
Himself, to be a people madly in love with our God, because He is madly in love
with us.
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