Do We Fear the Future?

Remember that there is nothing to fear for the future except that you shall forget how God has led you in the past.

--John Bunyan

Revival

Will there be an end time revival? This is asked so often, but the typical response is, "Well, we have the info, the formula in the Bible." Then this passage is quoted, "(2Chr 7:14 If My people who have been called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from the heavens, and will forgive their sin and heal their land."

This is OK except when the passage is taught, humbling themselves, praying, and seeking is emphasized.

One thing is missing: "...turn from their wicked ways."

For example, a brother in our Lord Jesus writes:
How interested are we in praying to the Lord and truly worshipping His Holy Name?
How interested are we in growing in God's truth and knowing Him deeply?
How interested are we in gaining a greater knowlege and understanding of His Word?
And just how interested are we in sharing those precious things with the dying world around us?

No mention of turning from out wicked ways. He simply forgot to add this. If it was to be pointed out, I'm sure he would agree.

So to be added to the above list must be: "How interested are we in turning from out wicked ways?"

What is wicked is something defined by God himself, not us.

About Todd Bentley--the Possessed

From Slaughter of The Sheep blog:

Here’s another update from Bentley:
2-05-09 7:00 PM – Maintaining Your Healing – Todd Bentley
Throughout this session Todd Bentley talked about how to maintain your healing. Todd shared many testimonies of people he knew who lost their healings, and explains why they did providing over thirty biblical truths of why people lose their healings. The service ended with a Holy Spirit breakout and many of the students were given opportunities to minister to people needing healing.
Aside from just how Scripturally unsound this is, it’s completely ludicrous. Oh, I know I’ll hear from people who say they know of many who have lost their healing, just as they know of many who have been healed. Not only do charismatics testify of their granny’s cousin’s best friend’s mother’s daughter-in-law who was healed, but they also know of their father’s nephew’s son’s girlfriend’s best friend who had a grandmother of the cousin of their niece’s mother-in-law who lost a healing.

Well said. If you watch videos on and about Todd, you will often see him in a trance. He is a liar. He is a false prophet. Easy to tell if you compare the plain, normal reading of the Bible to what Bentley says.

True Education

The great principle of true education is given by Paul in 2 Timothy 2:2: "The things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also." The great account of Christ's crucifixion, especially, is to be taught forever.
---Henry Morris

True education--do we understand this?