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REVIVAL OR HELL FOR THE UNBELIEVERS?
 PART ONE

March 26,2000
According to 1997 statistics, the birth rate for the United States per day stood at 10,636 babies, and the death rate stood at 6,323 persons. The statistics for the whole world was 380,821 babies born per day and 145,205 deaths per day.  Fifty three million people die every year. How many of these are born again Christians? Isaiah 4:11-14

SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS
The Devil and his fallen angels are working 24 hours per day to make sure that the knowledge of hell and the Lake of Fire shall be taken away from all people.    Revelation 12:7-17; 20:7-15

Some born again Christians have knowledge of this. But what few know is that GOD HIMSELF AS PUNISHMENT FOR SINS HAS CLOSED THE UNDERSTANDING OF SOME PEOPLE, AND EVEN IF THEY WANT TO REPENT, THEY CANNOT!

1. God refused to forgive Esau! ( Hebrews 12:14-17) God hated Esau! (Romans 9:10-16)
     The root of bitterness is the cause for rejection by God.

2. God raised up Pharaoh as judgment over the people of Egypt; Exodus 7:1-14; Romans 9:17-21

God spoke very plainly to the prophet to be concerning spiritual blindness: Isaiah 6:1-11

Jesus brought out this truth clearly and plainly! Matthew 13:1-12
The generation living at the time of Christ had rejected the truth and God rejected them! Matthew 13:13-15

The crowd of some 30,000 disciples dwindled down to 120 persons - John 6:59-71

According to archeological statistics from the time of the first century, only about 25,000 Jews were saved and left Judaism. Tens of thousands were killed when the Romans stormed Jerusalem in 70 A.D. Most Jewish people over the last 1900 years rejected Christ and died and went to hell.

This is what Jesus proclaimed - Matthew 13:16-17
Then Jesus explained in detail what it means to understand - verses 18-22

THREE CLASSES OF CHRISTIANS
Some will yield 30%, some 60% and some 100%. Verse 23

If you are genuinely born again, the LOVE OF GOD will dwell in you! 1 John 4:8-21; 5:1-3

This love will compel us to cry out for the salvation of the lost souls! Luke 10:1-2

This is the beginning of revival in the heart of the Christian!

          Do you have an ear with which to hear ?                                             
 

To be continued....