Toward a Biblical Theology of Revival: An Examination of Spirit Baptism as the Possible Catalyst for Revival
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (849 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00G97Z9RW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 445 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Seeking Disciple said Gives A Good Presentation of the Person and Work of the Holy Spirit In Revival. I grew up hearing about revival. Our church would pray for revival. Our Bible teachers would exhort us to pray for revival and they would talk about past moves of God where God brought a mighty move of His Spirit. Our church longed for revival. After I was saved in 199"Gives A Good Presentation of the Person and Work of the Holy Spirit In Revival" according to Seeking Disciple. I grew up hearing about revival. Our church would pray for revival. Our Bible teachers would exhort us to pray for revival and they would talk about past moves of God where God brought a mighty move of His Spirit. Our church longed for revival. After I was saved in 1992, I too began to pray for revival. I would visit churches that were in "revival" and would hunger for God to pour out His Spirit like He did in days gone by such as at Pentecost or during the great American awakening under J. , I too began to pray for revival. I would visit churches that were in "revival" and would hunger for God to pour out His Spirit like He did in days gone by such as at Pentecost or during the great American awakening under J
Chapter three examines the pneumatology of John’s gospel as it relates to determining the beginning of the Spirit’s new covenant ministry. To be sure, differing terminology has been used at varying times (i.e., effusion of the Spirit, baptism with the Spirit, outpouring of the Spirit, etc.), but a singular activity is signified. Chapter four examines Spirit baptism on the day of Pentecost and how what is found there relates to Paul’s reference to Spirit baptism in his first epistle to the Corinthians (1 Cor 12:13). There is also a critical school of thought which has sought to explain revivals from psychological and sociological perspectives. The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether it is a viable option to view Spirit baptism as the catalyst for the historical phenomenon that commonly goes by the name of revival.The introduction presents the salient issues involved in this study, and proposes a method of examining the various views of Spirit baptism by first constructing a biblical theology of Spirit baptism and then determining whether any of the views meet the relevant biblical criteria. These treatments take for granted that God is involved in revivals and can be generally divided into two camps.