12 Signs of Revival from the Earliest Church
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“Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.” 37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt
generation.” 41 Those who accepted his message were
baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles.44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. —Acts 2:36-47
Levels of Spiritual Renewal
• Personal Renewal
• Revival of Churches and church networks
• Societal Awakenings
12 signs of revival
1. Emphasis on Jesus
Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah —(Acts 2:32)
2. Repentance
When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. —(Acts 2:37-38)
3. A passion for prayer
42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. —Acts 2:42
When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them. You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David.“ ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed one.
’Indeed, Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed. They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen. Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus. After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. —Acts 4:24ff
Second Century Church
“We meet together as an assembly and congregation, that, offering up prayer to God as with united force, we may wrestle with Him in our supplications. This strong exertion God delights in. We pray, too, for the emperors, for their ministers and for all in authority, for the welfare of the world, for the prevalence of peace, for the delay of the final consummation.”
4. Hunger for the Word
42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching … —Acts 2:42
a young man named Eutychus sought out a perch in a window. As Paul “talked on and on” (20:9) Eutychus sank into a deep sleep, fell out of the window from the third story and “was picked up dead.” —Acts 20:7-8
5. A Burden for the Lost
With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” —Acts 2:40
6. An Increase in Salvations
41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.
47b … And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
4:4 But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew to about five thousand. —Acts 2:41, 47
7. An Increase in the number of people called to the ministry of prayer and the Word
”As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.” —Acts 4:19-20
8. The Manifest Presence of God
Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. —Acts 2:43
9. Greater Generosity to God’s Work
44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. —Acts 2:42, 45\
10. Greater frequency of corporate worship
Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. —Acts 2:46
11. More fellowship among Christians
They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, —Acts 2:46b
12. Favor with the Community
47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. —Acts 2:47
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