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  IF A REVIVAL IS TO COME... THE GREAT DEEP WILL HAVE TO BE BROKEN UP.
  by Andrew Murray
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Summary: A true revival requires a deeper conviction of sin and a
greater reliance on the power of the Spirit for self-sacrifice and
devotion.

Topics: "Conviction of Sin", "Revival"
Scripture References: 2 Chronicles 7:14, Psalm 51:10, Isaiah 57:15, Ezekiel 36:26, Matthew 5:14-16, Romans 12:1-2, Galatians 6:7-8, 2 Timothy 3:5, James 4:8, 1 Peter 4:17

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Andrew Murray emphasizes that for a true revival to occur, it must be
accompanied by a profound conviction of sin and the recognition of our
complacency in the face of a dying world. He calls for a breaking up of
the 'great deep' within us, exposing the formalities and self-
indulgences that hinder our spiritual growth and commitment to God's
mission. Murray stresses that judgment must begin within the church,
urging believers to reflect on their lives and worship in light of God's
call to deeper devotion and self-sacrifice.

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If a revival is to come, greater, deeper, broader than any that has yet
been, one great part of its power will be in the conviction it will
bring of the sin and shame of all the carnal ease, and comfort, and
self-indulgence in which we have been living, while the dying, perishing
world which has been given into our charge was waiting for us, and the
infinite love that had entrusted itself to us, was mourning that we were
so slow to go and tell of it.

The conviction of sin must be greater, deeper, broader, than we have
known it. Judgment will have to begin at the house of God. The great
deep will have to be broken up. The formality and worldliness, the
selfishness and self-confidence and self-complacency of much of our
religion will have to be revealed in the light of the actual life, and
worship, and devotion, and self-sacrifice in the power of the Spirit to
which God has called us.

(Excerpted from The Coming Revival, by Andrew Murray , pg. 59)

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