Revival Fire

“pastor, lay leader, or church member should fail to read this book. I heartily commend it. Throughout Scripture “fire” is a symbol of God’s presence (Gen. 15:17; Ex. 3:2; 13:21-22, et al.), God’s power (Ex. 19:18; 24:17; 1 Kings 18:24, 38), and God’s purity (Isa. 6:1-6). It is not without significance that the words purify and purge come from the Greek word for fire. What a call this is to Christian people to purify themselves by the fire of the Word of God (Jer. 5:14) and the fire of the Spirit of God (Acts 2:3) to be the instruments of a mighty conflagration that burns the barriers to revival and brings the blessing of revival! It was Dr. W. Graham Scroggie who once said that “there never has been a spiritual revival which did not begin with an acute sense of sin. We are never prepared for a spiritual advance until we see the necessity of getting rid of that which has been hindering it, and that, in the sight of God, is sin.” God’s promise is clear: “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land” (2 Chron. 7:14 NKJV). Revival fire—that’s it! God stir us to pray, “Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence—as fire burns brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—to make Your name known to Your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at Your presence!” (Isa. 64:1-2 NKJV).”

Stephen F. Olford