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A Revival Unto Maturity

A Revival Unto Maturity

by Robert B. Thompson
There soon will be a revival in America. It will continue throughout a period of severe trouble.
However, it will not be the kind of revival to which we have been accustomed. We think of revival in terms of people entering the program of redemption. The revival that is approaching is not to introduce people to the program of redemption but to bring those to maturity who already have received Christ.
If we are acquainted with the New Testament we realize that the Christian people of today are nowhere near the standard of maturity set forth in the Scripture.
For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. (Romans 8:29)
And to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:19)
Until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. (Ephesians 4:13)
That all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. (John 17:21)
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. (Philippians 3:10,11)
Why is it that after two thousand years of Christianity, we still are emphasizing verses that introduce us to salvation, such as Romans 10:9,10, and the passages that point out the fullness of redemption are almost never discussed?
Kindle Edition, 8 pages

Published September 14th 2012 by Robert B. Thompson

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