चर्च RESTORATION

RESTORING THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH
THE DISCIPLINE OF CHARISMATIC REVIVAL
P O Box 312 La Mirada CA 90637
Dear Partners and Friends
I would have loved to be a servant of the Ethiopian Eunuch and to have sat beside him and heard him reading the book of prophet Isaiah till Philip came up and said to him, Do you understand what you are reading? "How can I except someone guides me?" And he desired that Philip would sit with him. And Philip opened his mouth and began at the 53rd of Isaiah, and preached unto him Jesus Christ.
Suppose you sat beside a foreiner who was struggling with one of our Swahili guide-books and was evidently missing the sense, till he was starting off in a wrong direction; it would be no intrusion or impertinence if you came to him and said to him something like this: I fear our Swahili tongue is not easily mastered by foreiners, but it is my native language, and I may be able to be of some help to you in it" How can I ,? said the humble-minded eunuch, except some man shuold guide me?
Now, we all think, because we know the letters of it and are familiar with the sounds of it , that we understand the Bible. But we never made a more fatal mistake. There is no book in the world that is so difficult to read, and to understand, and to love as the Bible. And not having to understand it some of you may turn upon me and tell me that even little child can understand it. And you are perfectly right. However the letter kills but the Spirit gives life. But over and above the apostles, all the deacons of intellect and experience were drawn on to expound the scriptures, first to the learned Council in Jerusalem, then to the skeptical men of Samaria and then to the Ethiopian neophyte in his royah chariot. We grow spiritually because of the revelations that we get from the Holy Spirit through the word.
Charismatic Revival is God's open door to all who desire to enter into deeper life in the spirit and into spiritual discovery. Yet it is the most fearful discipline not within the reach of many pastors.To many and especially ministers, revival is a moment of shame and intimidation because revival comes to raise a high and unachievable standard. They feel inadequate to accept or to believe in revival, leave alone holding a revival. This is the good news; I am going to shake this nation. I promised to shake America. The Lord's promised shaking must begin with his body the Church and it is unlike anything we have experienced before.
Many in moods which they allow too often look upon circumstances in life as barriers to attainments. But in our moments of truer perception, we discern that the imagined prison bars are in reality true direction to open doors of opportunity. Our circumstances only look like barriers because the inward eye by which we recognize spiritual values is diseased.
. " A greater door and effectual is opened unto me, and there many adversaries" I Corithians 16:9. There are open doors in every life; doors to higher achievement, doors to greater and wider usefulness, and doors to deeper love and personal relationship with the master.
There are no open doors without opposition. There is an opportunity in every difficulty and a diffuculty in every opportunity.That is why so many blessings are missed, so many heights left unscaled, so many fine chapters of service left unwritten. Some of the finest missionaries are those who never went. They heard the call, they felt the urge, they were keen to go, they saw the open door and would have gone through; but there were adversaries, obstacles, discouragements; there was hesitation; the vision faded; and the grand vacation was never fulfilled. " A greater door and effectual is opened unto me, and there many adversaries" I Corithians 16:9.
THE MAN AND WOMAN THAT GOD USES IN REVIVAL,
The man that God uses or has ever used in shaking and reviving movement has been of outstanding importance. His importance been seen both in the religious reformation which he must bring to pass. He must be outstanding in three major areas; his character,his ministry and his significance. In his character three qualities are especially conspicusus, courage,faith, and zeal.
The courage will keep him focused on the work of the Lord without fearing the powers that be. He knows that his master is in control. The fire of Jehovah wil fall to show who is behind him and working through him. His faith is the power base of his courage. Such a faith full of courage will give courage like a lion. Faith in God and the courage to declare victory over the work of the devil.
The fulfillment of these decrees of prayer is sure proof that this is supernatural intervention. Such intervention the servanct of God prayed for, and he believed, that God would certainly answer, is sure proof that the supernatural shaking is for the sake of vindicating the truth in Israel. He must be of outstanding zeal. A visible expression of the over mastering passion of his being very jealous for the Lord God of hosts. He may be untutored child of the most despiced backgrounds but he will display a jealous for the divine honor, burning indignation at religious comprise, and of passionate loyalty to the Apostolic doctrine and the word of God.
See him away yonder, among the intercessors with troubled look and appealing prayer to God to reveal the hidden dark works of the Clergy, the state rulers and the believers. Peoples desctruction of the Holy altars and royal priests, the installation of peoples strange gods with their hideous forms of worship, and the shameful apostacy of the people at large. He can forbear no more these strange gods and their altar must be destroyed. There must be a transformation of these shameful apostasy in the land. The honor of Jehovah is at stake! He must publicly begin his ministry as the prophet of fire, and of deeds with a burning intensity about his godliness. The liquid fire running in his veins might course through, our oven, as we see the unholy religious tolerations of the day and generation.
His ministry is out standing with exploits. And think briefly of his ministry. There are two sorts of prophets; the prophets of deeds, and the prophetsof words. Prophet Isaiah is doubtless the greatest prophet of words. Of Elijah, there has not been among men a greater than Elijah. He wrote nothing and this does not surprise us. Most of the most passionate and energetic reformers have been all together ungifted as writters. They were men of action rather that dction. They were dynamic rather that academic.They handed on not books, but history of abiding results of the exploits which they brought for the betterment of their fellow men.They are men of prompt action, of strong measures and explosure deeds and there is always a need for such men; expecially needed in our day.
His ministry is outstanding with miracles. At every meeting, at every turn of the story, miracles meet us. He has the spirit of Elijah. Some will say indeed Elijah has come to restore all things. He must be of outstanding understanding in visions, dreams, and spiritual insights. His witness in connection with the Lord's transfiguration, the ressureaction, the ascersion, the second coming and the wrath about to come. His faith speaks to this end, God always has his man for the hour, ready to meet the extraordinary situation by some corresponding measure. God never leaves himself without a witness and that God has prepared, in sovereign wisdom, against all contigencies of the future. Remember that for those who dishonor God and practise injustice, the writing is on the wall.
Please let us not forget to support this wonderful ministry so that many more people who are sick in their beds with cancers and strokes can be reached with the inspiring healing word. Millions are crossing into the dark beyond without Christ and without hope. Please continue to pray for this teaching ministry because we can stop this trend by reaching them when it is yet early.
Bishop Peter Mukangu