After Charlie Kirk’s memorial, many Christian leaders began raising the possibility that we are witnessing the beginnings of a revival. While we do well to pray that the Lord would be pleased to pour out his Spirit in revival, it’s too early to say whether we are in the midst of one. It takes time to discern such things.
But still, it’s worth asking whether we would recognize a real revival if there was one? What would a revival look like? Would it simply be a whole lot of people showing up in a stadium to mourn a martyr? Or would a genuine move of the Spirit result in more than a single large gathering of Christians? What would be some signs that revival is not happening? If there are evidences of genuine revival, what evidences might there be of the absence of revival?
These are important questions because we are essentially asking what are the signs of a genuine move of the Spirit. Would it not involve people’s lives being changed from darkness to light? The only way for us to discern the presence of revival would be for us to discern authentic conversions to Christ. But do we know what that would look like?
The passage before us this morning will help us to answer those questions, and it does so by showing us what the fruit of true conversion really is.
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