August 23, 2017, Wednesday Night

REVIVAL FROM ABOVE

Ezekiel 47:1-12

Ezekiel 47 is a highly symbolic chapter.  Ezekiel is having a vision. It speaks of rivers of revival.

A…We are the Temple

The house that he's speaking of is the temple. And, flowing out of the temple comes a river. 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20.

In the Old Testament, God had a temple for His people; 

In the New Testament, God has a people for His temple. 

B…The River is the Holy Spirit

That river represents the Holy Spirit of God that is to be flowing out of your life. John 7:37-39

The river fills the temple—then, that river, that Holy Spirit river, begins to flow out of us.

Two ways to get water in the old days

          The Pitcher pump
          Artesian well

The River of Revival...

1…It is a Holy Flow

Ezekiel 47:1 - it runs past the altar. 

Spiritual power always begins at the altar. 

2…It is a Humble Flow

It comes from under the threshold. That's about as low as you can get.  Real revival starts with God's people on their face, crying, "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God of Hosts." 

3…It is a Heated Flow

It comes from the south side of the altar.

If you don't have a radiant, warm love for Jesus, you're probably doing more to hold back revival than anybody else in the world. 

"Some Christians are like arctic rivers: frozen at the mouth."

Dr. Stephen Olford

4…It is a Hard, Sweeping Flow

Verse 2   

You can't stop a river. You just can't stop a river. The only way that you can stop a river is to stop it at its source.  If the source is a God-given source, then you cannot stop that river. 

5…It is a High-Rising Flow

Verses 3-5

As this river flows, it gets deeper and deeper, and wider and wider. 

May the river get deeper and our influence to get wider.  

6…It is a Health-Giving Flow

Verse 6-9

·       Where the waters go, the trees will grow—that's, verse 7 

·       Where the trees grow, the fruit will show—that's verse 12

·       Where the fruit will show, the health will glow—that's verse 12

7…It is a Harvest-Calling Flow

Verses 9-10

Jesus called us to be fishers of men. 

Galatians 5:22

John 7:37-38

First, you drink of Him

Then, He flows out of you.

The question is...Are you thirsty?