THE STUDY OF REVIVAL, LESSON 1 - First Pentecostal Church
THE STUDY OF REVIVAL
BIBLE COLLEGE
PASTORS CLASS
THE STUDY OF REVIVAL
FIRST QUARTER
LESSON 1
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THE STUDY OF REVIVAL
THE TONGUES REVIVAL
THE CHARISMATIC REVIVAL
INTRODUCTION: THE STUDY OF REVIVAL IS ONE OF THE MOST INTRIGUING
SUBJECTS ANY BIBLE SCHOLAR CAN STUDY. IN THE NEXT TWELVE WEEKS WE
WILL BE STUDYING REVIVAL FROM EVERY ASPECT, BOTH OLD AND NEW
TESTAMENT, AS WELL AS FROM MODERN EXPERIENCES LIKE AZUSA STREET AND
WALES, ENGLAND.
FOR OUR FIRST LESSON WE WILL TURN TO THE BOOK OF ACTS IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT AND STUDY REVIVAL FROM THE ASPECT OF THE ORIGINAL
CHURCH.
THE BOOK OF ACTS IS ACTUALLY TWO SEPARATE BOOKS. THE FIRST NINETEEN
CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK IS THE STUDY OF THE SEVEN DIFFERENT REVIVALS IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE LAST NINE CHAPTERS IS THE LIFE AND MINISTRY
OF THE APOSTLE PAUL.
WE WILL TAKE EACH OF THE SEVEN REVIVALS AND STUDY THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
THE ACTS 2 REVIVAL
Acts 2:1\21
1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one
accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty
wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat
upon each of them.
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4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every
nation under heaven.
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and
were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own
language.
7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another,
Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were
born?
9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia,
and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about
Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the
wonderful works of God.
12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another,
What meaneth this?
13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said
unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this
known unto you, and hearken to my words:
15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour
of the day.
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
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17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of
my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream
dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those
days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth
beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before
that great and notable day of the Lord come:
21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the
Lord shall be saved.
THERE ARE SOME FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED.
1. WHERE DID THIS REVIVAL TAKE PLACE
2. WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING UP TO THE REVIVAL
3. HOW LONG DID THE REVIVAL LAST
4. WHAT CAUSED THE REVIVAL
5. WHO DID THE REVIVAL AFFECT
LET US FIRST ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ONE AT ATIME.
A. THE FIRST REVIVAL IN THE NEW TESTAMENT TOOK PLACE IN JERUSALEM.
JERUSALEM WAS THE SCENE OF MANY OLD TESTAMENT REVIVALS UNDER
DAVID, JOSIAH, HEZEKIAH, AND OTHERS. JERUSALEM WAS THE HOME OF
WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE JEWS OR GODS CHOSEN PEOPLE. THIS IS
WHERE WE WOULD EXPECT REVIVAL TO START. REVIVAL MUST ALWAYS
START WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD.
B. JUST LOOK AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED UP TO THE ENORMOUS
OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY GHOST.
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1. THE ROMANS WERE IN POWER
2. THE PHARISEES WERE THE RELIGIOUS MAJORITY
3. THE PEOPLE WERE SCEPTICAL
4. THERE WAS POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS SUPPRESSION
5. CARNALITY RULED
6. THERE HAD BEEN NO WORD FROM GOD FOR 400 YEARS
7. RITUALISM PREVAILED
8. NO PROPHET OF GOD
9. REBELLION WAS EVERYWHERE
10.GREED PREVAILED
GOD ALWAYS USES A MAN
AND WHAT HAPPEDED? JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS THRUST UPON THE SCENE.
LOOK AT THE WORDS OF SCRIPTURE:
Matt 3:1\12
1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of
Judaea,
2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice
of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his
paths straight.
4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle
about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
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