The second principle that is behind every revival will be the pastor and other church leaders who are supportive of it. The pastor and other church leaders will not just say a revival would be nice, but they will throw all their resources behind the effort to see God’s showers of blessing come. They want to see it happen. They mention it frequently in sermons. They will ensure prayer is engaged for it to materialize, and they anticipate its arrival.
On the other hand, if a pastor isn’t in favor of revival, and they are content with the way things are, you can be sure they will block every revival principle.
Every revivalist during the last few hundred years has had their largest battles, not with antagonistic atheists or Satanists, but with pastors who were so arrogant and self-righteous that they opposed every revival principle that would be initiated.
Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, John Wesley, Charles G. Finney, Evan Roberts, Duncan Campbell, and many others, were habitually hampered in their work because of pastors who would oppose and criticize their efforts. Those opposing pastors would use their influence to generate opposition among other pastors as well.
John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church, being attacked by “Christian” mobs, who were stirred up by pastors of other churches.
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