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THE DESPERATE NEED FOR CHANGE
Damascus road. Old garments always speak of religion in scripture. Jesus
states that you cannot take an old garment with holes in it, and fix it with a
new patch, that has not shrunk through washing yet. When the garment is
washed the patch will shrink, and make a bigger hole. The problem with
many churches is their resistance to change. Their old garment of religion is
not working. Where is revival? Where are the souls getting saved? Where
are the healings and miracles? So there is a hole in their garment! They
want to keep their religion and have Jesus fix their hole by sending revival
into their religious tradition. In other words send revival the way that will be
comfortable to them. So it will fit into their mold, or maybe even so they can
control the move of God. Jesus will not send revival into their dead religion.
Jesus’ solution to the problem is for them to THROW AWAY THE OLD
GARMENT AND GET A NEW ONE! This will require radical change, but it is
worth it. We have to get to a place like Elisha who was so desperate for a
move of God in his life he would do anything. In 2 Kings 2 we read Elisha
was willing to leave Gilgal (a place of dead religion). He went to Bethel which
is the house of God. Then he went to Jericho which is a place of intense
warfare. Last, he went to the Jordan which is a place of death to self. At Jor­
dan he was given Elijah’s mantle. Notice what he did in 2 Kings 2:12 “Then
he (Elisha) took hold of his own clothes and tore them apart. He picked up
the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and went back and stood on the bank of
the Jordan. Them he took the cloak that had fallen from him and struck the
water with it. ‘Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah?’” Elisha was willing
to tear off the old to put on the new that God had for him. This launched him
into an anointing that far exceeded Elijah!
Jesus also stated that old rigid wineskins cannot handle a new wine. I am
reminded of how desperate John Kilpatrick was for a move of God. He was
the pastor of the great Pensacola revival­ which is still going on I might add.
It never was about man, so when God brought new leadership in, the revival
continued. Pastor John Kilpatrick was willing to go with change. He knew the
old methods weren’t bringing the results he wanted to see. Dick Rueben
came to the church and taught on the patterns of the Tabernacle and Priest­
hood. John Kilpatrick stated that this laid the foundation for the revival to
come. Pastor Kilpatrick began to change Sunday evening services to power­
ful prayer meetings. The church would come in and partake of the Lord’s
Supper. They would have worship and prayer. Most Charismatics and Pen­
tecostals know that revival comes because of prayer but are too lazy to ac­
tually pray. But pastor Kilpatrick was willing to totally change the Sunday
night services to welcome a move of God. Sure enough revival came. There
were other changes made like the teaching on the Lord’s Supper weekly and
speaking blessings. I will talk about these things later. My point is that as a
pastor, he was willing to see change take place so revival could come.
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