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3. R EVIVAL & R EFORMATION

4. 1 Revival: Our Great Need 2 Prayer: The Heartbeat of Revival 3 The Word: The Foundation of Revival 4 Witness and Service: The Fruit of Revival 5 Obedience: The Fruit of Revival 6 Confession and Repentance: The Conditions of Revival 7 Unity: The Bond of Revival 8 Discernment: The Safeguard of Revival 9 Reformation: The Outgrowth of Revival 10 Reformation: The Willingness to Grow and Change 11 Reformation: Thinking New Thoughts 12 Reformation: Healing Broken Relationships 13 The Promised Revival: God’s Mission Completed Revival and Reformation Contents

5. Revival and Reformation Our Goal {5} “A revival of true godliness among us is the greatest and most urgent of all our needs.” —Selected Messages 1:121. Heaven places priority on revival. What could be more important?

6. Revival and Reformation Lesson 9, August 31 Revival and Reformation Lesson 9, August 31 Reformation: The Outgrowth of Revival

7. Key Text Hebrews 2:11 NKJV “For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren.”

8. Reformation: The Outgrowth of Revival Initial Words {103} Reformation simply refers to “growing in grace”; it is allowing the Holy Spirit to align every aspect of our lives with God’s will. Reformation leads us to make the challenging choices to surrender anything that stands between us and Him.

9. Reformation: The Outgrowth of Revival Quick Look 1. Old Testament’s Appeal (2 Chronicles 20:14, 15, 20) 2. New Testament’s Appeal (2 Corinthians 7:9-11) 3. Post-Biblical Appeal (Romans 1:16, 17)

10. Reformation: The Outgrowth of Revival 1. Old Testament Appeal 2 Chronicles 20:14, 15, 20 NKJV “The Spirit of the Lord came upon Jehaziel…and he said, ‘… Do not be afraid nor dismayed…for the battle is not yours, but God’s.’ Jehoshaphat stood and said, ‘… Believe in the Lord your God and you shall be established; believe His prophets and you shall prosper.’”

11. 1.Old Testament Appeal King Jehoshaphat’s Experience {104} Revival and reformation occurred in the Old Testament when there was a renewed heart commitment to obey God’s will. Jehoshaphat’s experience illustrates the essence of revival and reformation. He led Israel into a united time of fasting, praying, trusting, and obeying God.

12. 1.Old Testament Appeal King Jehoshaphat’s Experience {104} “God was the strength of Judah in this crisis, and He is the strength of His people today. We are not to trust in princes, or to set men in the place of God. … In every emergency we are to feel that the battle is His. His resources are limitless, and apparent impossibilities will make the victory all the greater.” —Conflict and Courage 217.

13. Reformation: The Outgrowth of Revival 2. New Testament Appeal 2 Corinthians 7:9-11 NKJV “Now I rejoice,…that your sorrow led to repentance…. For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation…. What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication!”

14. 2. New Testament Appeal Paul to Corinth {105} In his letter to the Corinthians, Paul expresses great concern regarding their spiritual condition. Many members had drifted from God’s ideal. The situation was serious, including sexual immorality that, Paul says, was not seen even among the pagans (1 Cor 5:1).

15. 2. New Testament Appeal Paul to Corinth {105} In his second letter he expressed complete confidence in their new experience with God. The Holy Spirit brought the Corinthians spiritual renewal. This revival brought a corresponding reformation. Reformation led to changed habits, changed lives, and changed relationships.

16. 2. New Testament Appeal Paul to Corinth {105} The Corinthians still faced spiritual challenges. They had their share of trials, but they made significant advances in their Christian faith. Revival and reformation are not some panacea to solve all of our spiritual problems. They are part of an ongoing faith journey.

17. 2. New Testament Appeal Revelation’s to Ephesus {106} Ephesus is equated with the New Testament church from a.d. 31 to a.d. 100. These early Christians were zealous for their faith; labored unceasingly for the advancement of the gospel; diligently preserved the doctrinal purity of the church; had no tolerance for heresy and were fierce defenders of truth.

18. 2. New Testament Appeal Revelation’s to Ephesus {106} “I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do your first work….” (Rev 2:4, 5) As time went on, however, the members began to lose their “first love.” Gradually and almost imperceptibly, their experience with Jesus began slipping away. Something vital was missing in their own spiritual experience. Love for Jesus and for one another was desperately lacking.

19. Reformation: The Outgrowth of Revival 3. Post-Biblical Appeal Romans 1:16, 17 NKJV “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ‘The just shall live by faith.’ ”

20. 3. Post-Biblical Appeal Luther’s Reformation {107} Western Christianity was, for the most part, locked in tradition. The tenets of the church overshadowed the teachings of Jesus. Tradition became more quoted than Scripture. Multitudes had little or no assurance of salvation. Confused and bewildered, they struggled to believe that God really longed to save them.

21. 3. Post-Biblical Appeal Luther’s Reformation {107} “Sinners can be justified by God only when He pardons their sins…and treating them as if they were righteous. They are justified alone through the imputed righteousness of Christ. The Father accepts the Son, and through the atoning sacrifice of His Son accepts the sinner.” —Selected Messages 3:194.

22. 3. Post-Biblical Appeal Adventist Reformation {108} The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a reform movement. It was raised up by God to restore biblical truths lost sight of many centuries ago. Although the Holy Spirit worked powerfully through the Reformers, there were vital truths that they did not fully understand. God still had more truth to reveal to His people.

23. 3. Post-Biblical Appeal Adventist Reformation {108} God’s end-time message of the “everlasting gospel” includes a call to obedience to God’s will in the light of the judgment hour. In an age of evolution, Jesus’ message of reformation also calls His people back to worship the Creator on the true Bible Sabbath.

24. Ellen G White The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald February 25, 1902 Final Words {109} “Revival signifies a renewal of spiritual life, a quickening of the powers of mind and heart, a resurrection from spiritual death. Reformation signifies a reorganization, a change in ideas and theories, habits and practices. … Revival and reformation are to do their appointed work, and in doing this work they must blend.”