tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239368619989119878.post5544445712025565172..comments2023-09-17T00:35:39.119-07:00Comments on dying to live: Are We Guilty of Trying to Get Something for Nothing?drgregbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16018643621015748573noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239368619989119878.post-17099912726992490402011-03-04T07:15:55.855-08:002011-03-04T07:15:55.855-08:00GREAT Word, Stan. I love it--a great alternative t...GREAT Word, Stan. I love it--a great alternative title "That which costs me nothing."drgregbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018643621015748573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239368619989119878.post-79578348594846949242011-03-04T06:57:00.247-08:002011-03-04T06:57:00.247-08:00Greg,
I have in my possession a book that documen...Greg,<br /><br />I have in my possession a book that documents many of the most overwhelming revivals that have ever taken place. What strikes me the deepest is not so much the mass salvations or healings or miracles--though they all are testimonies to the power of our loving God to save, heal, and deliver. But it was the following through of individuals in daily, disciplined, impassioned prayer and seeking of the face of God preceding the outbreak that brought the "times of refreshing" for so many.<br /><br />I am reminded of King David's response to God's judgment upon Jerusalem for David's sin of pride. When he had come to his spiritual senses he recognized that he was required to offer a sacrifice to atone for his sin that his people might be spared. As king he could have demanded anyone's property upon which to build the sacrificial altar. Someone, a man named Araunah, volunteered his land for free. But David refused the offer as Scripture records,<br />2 Sam 24:24-25<br /><br />24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.<br /><br />25 And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.<br />KJV<br /><br />There is no "bargain revival." Neither is there "bargain reighteousness" or "bargain good works." And assuredly there is no "bargain repentance! "What we offer to the Lord needs to cost us something. If we sow sparingly we shall reap sparingly; if we sow bountifully we shall reap bountifully.<br /><br />StanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com