Quote from the series, Reigning Now With Christ. Let’s turn in closing to 2 Chronicles 7:14. How many of you can quote that by heart? If my people, which are called by my name, shall [what?] humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Notice, the healing of our land is not hindered by the sin of the unbelievers. It’s hindered by the sin of the believers. That’s what stands in the way of God doing what needs to be done for our land and for our nation. The church is the barrier. See, God works by divine order. The church is the body of Christ, Christ is His Son whom He honors. He will not bypass the church because it would be dishonoring His Son. So if God does anything in the earth of grace, it must be done through the church. If the church will submit and yield to God, then God can visit the world through the church, but if the church resists God, God cannot reach the world. In the great revival in 1904 in Wales, the slogan of Evan Roberts, the God-given leader was this: Bend the Church and Bow the World. And when you can bend the church there’s no problem bowing the world. The problem with God is always with His stiff-necked, self-righteous, stubborn people. And God says, “If my people…” What’s the first requirement? Not to pray, but to humble ourselves. “God resisteth the proud.” If you pray out of pride, your prayer gets nowhere. “But He gives grace to the humble.”
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 18:00:01 +0000
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