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                   Coming Soon -- A Revival of Holiness!

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By David Wilkerson
ca. 1982
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          A revival of holiness is coming to this nation. The
          sparks have already been ingnitied by the Holy Spirit,
          and everywhere I travel now there are signs of a
          glorious awakening, with multitudes of God's children
          hungering and thirsting for righteousness. The Bible
          predicts that when the enemy comes in like a flood, the
          Spirit of the Lord will raise up a standard against
          him. Holiness, the true righteousness of Christ, is the
          standard. That blood-stained banner of holiness is
          being raised over the battlefields of sin and
          corruption and soon, very soon. There will arise a
          crescendo of voices crying out to the Lord: "Cleanse
          us. Consume us. Lift us out of the mire and filth of
          this age. Bring us back to holy living and heavenly
          mindedness. Purify us and keep us unspotted from the
          world."

          The young Christians, and especially young ministers,
          are sick and tired of all the religious game playing.
          They are weary of all the interdenominational bickering
          and doctrinal hassles. They are hungry for a faith that
          will keep them clean and pure in the midst of a wicked
          and perverse generation. They are beginning to call on
          the Lord for an awakening in our country, and for a
          vision of God's holiness.

          I hear their cries from coast to coast - they tell me,
          in essence, "We do not want some kind of theological
          system. We are tired of materialistic teaching and
          preaching that leaves us so empty and dry. We don't
          want to be told how to be successful or prosperous. We
          are young, so we don't relate to health messages. We
          need to be convicted of sin - to know how to grieve
          over our backslidings and pleasure-loving ways. We want
          to know how to yield our bodies to Christ in total
          surrender - and know what it means to be holy. We need
          a gospel that shows us how to stay clean in this filthy
          age.

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                             A Prophetic Word

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          I believe that even now my pen is anointed by the
          Spirit of God when I tell you that He is going to
          sovereignly move upon His church and awaken it anew to
          Bible holiness. The chosen of God are going be stirred
          in their inner man; the Spirit is going to convict and
          tug and pull - until believers are once again yearning
          for spiritual cleansing and deliverance from the power
          of sin.

          Backslidden, cold-hearted church goers are going to be
          shaken and convicted by the powerful probings of the
          Holy Spirit. Judgment will begin in the house of God,
          and the Lord's holiness will be revealed in the inner
          man. Secret sin is going to be exposed, everywhere, and
          many, many Christians are going to be convicted and
          warned by God to lay their sin down, forsake it, or be
          judged openly, severely."

          Lukewarm, backslidden ministers are going to see the
          standard of holiness raised in the land, and they will
          either turn to the Lord with fasting and praying, with
          tears and godly sorrow, and repentance - or, they will
          resist and be confirmed in their deadness and
          unconcern. But I believe every true minister of Christ
          who longs for restoration of Purity in the church, will
          experience a new call to diligent prayer and a renewed
          hatred for private and national sins.

          We are going to see old-fashioned Holy Ghost conviction
          falling upon both sinners and Christians in churches
          all over this nation. I take that to be a Holy Ghost
          fact. It's already beginning to happen. In few months
          we received letters and phone calls from various
          ministers throughout the country telling of the
          sovereign moving of God's Spirit in their churches,
          with entire congregations completely shaken by powerful
          conviction of the Holy Spirit. Ministers report a
          renewed emphasis in their preaching against sin and
          compromise in their churches. They tell of people
          running to altars and repenting, crying out to God for
          a new baptism of love and cleansing in their souls.
          Covetousness, bitterness, and worldlimindedness are
          being confessed and forsaken. Their people are
          beginning to turn from wicked ways, and there is now a
          returning to the old paths of righteousness, by faith.
          Without being forced, they are beginning to fast and
          pray for a new vision of mercy and grace.

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                             God Has Shaken Me

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          In my own ministry I can tell you that God has turned
          me inside out! I've been reading books written by holy
          Puritan writers. Godly men like John Owen, Sibbes,
          Goodwin, Baxter, and others. I have been shocked by how
          far we have strayed from the ways of the Lord. The
          primitive church walked in the fear of God and lived
          holy, dedicated lives. Our Puritan fathers were pious
          and godly men who hated sin. Luther, before he died,
          said, "I fear that when I'm gone this message will be
          forgotten. It has happened just as Luther feared. We
          have strayed, far off, from Reformatlon theology. The
          godly reformers of past centuries would not even
          recognize the self-centered, cheap gospel being
          preached in so many pulpits nowadays.

          Like the young people of today, I too am tired of
          playing spiritual games. I'm tired of the lazy,
          self-pampering, materialistic preaching and teaching
          that has carried us so far away from the gospel of
          repentance, holiness, and total surrender.

          This is what I am now hearing on my knees in the secret
          closet of prayer: Davld - examine yourself; look in the
          mirror of God's holiness. Get rid of all the sin and
          corruption - pride, self, and ambition. Begin seeking
          the face of the Lord with fervency and sincerity. Wean
          yourself from things; from materialism - hunger,
          thirst, for the true righteousness - the gift of God
          through faith in Christ. Call on God from a sorrowful
          heart and pray for a fresh anointing. Run often to the
          secret closet and seek Him with all your heart and
          soul. Dig deeper into God's Word - seek a new
          revelation of God's awesome holiness. Love not the
          world, and forsake all its pleasures. Surrender
          everything - humble yourself and preach against sin and
          compromise with a holy zeal. Awaken God's people!
          Preach against sin in the Lord's house. Call for
          Christians to repent! Preach fearlessly until there is
          a godly sorrow for sin! Call for the people to humble
          themselves and pray!

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                             An Axe and a Fan!

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          When John the Baptist prophesied concerning the
          appearance of Christ, he saw Him coming with an axe in
          one hand and a fan in the other.

          "And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the
          tree: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth
          good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire...

          Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge
          his floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but he
          will burn up the chaff with unquencible fire..."
          (Matthew 3:10-12).

          John did not see Christ coming with a bag of favors on
          His back, like some kind of divine Santa Claus. He was
          not coming to make mankind prosperous and successful.
          He was coming with an axe and a fan! Christ was going
          to appear in His house to purge it out! To purge means
          "to cleanse, to get rid of, to carry away, that which
          is impure." The fan is the Holy Spirit, whose mighty
          wind is about to blow away all the chaff of
          lukewarmness and sin out of God's holy temple.

          The axe is the convicting power of God's Word going
          forth under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Listen to
          the language of John's prophecy - "Christ will purge,
          cut down, gather, burn, separate! All the compromise
          will now be judged. All the self-seeking and pleasure
          madness will be held in contempt of His court. All the
          mixing with ungodly Christ rejecters will not be
          overlooked. He will not spare in using both the axe and
          the fan. He has waited long enough for His vineyard to
          produce fruit. The phoniness, the chaff, all must be
          purged. Our Lord is going to cut off the spiritual
          roots of all false professors and hypocrites. Only
          those with clean hands and pure hearts will come to His
          holy mountain. He will reject His own altars and turn
          away from many churches - if there is not a revival of
          repentance.

          If you are not hearing that kind of preaching from your
          pulpits, I fear either the mlnister or teacher has lost
          the anointing, or else they are teachers who love to
          scratch itching ears. The preaching and teaching that
          is most pleasing to God in these last days is that
          which puts the axe to the root of sin in our lives. We
          need preaching that shakes us to the depth of our
          hearts, exposing the chaf of secret sin and world
          mlndedness. We need, and we will soon get, more
          preachers and teachers with a sword in their hands to
          cut to the very marrow of the bone and bring forth true
          repentance and the forsaking of sin.

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                       You Too Will Feel The Purging

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          If I, as a minister of the Gospel, in full time service
          to the Lord - with a library lined with religious books
          - and a call of God - fell under the red hot conviction
          of the Holy Spirit - so may you! I didn't realize how
          cold my heart had become. I was not hating sin with a
          godly hated as I should. I didn't know the world was
          slowly creeping into my soul, making me spiritually
          weak and dry. I was no longer fasting or prostrating
          myself in His holy presence until His divine holiness
          melted and broke me. I thought the only fast needed
          today was Isaiah's "setting of captives free and
          lifting the heavy burdens of the poor." But I used that
          as an excuse so I wouldn't have to abstain from even
          one meal to make time for prayer.

          I was one of those ministers who so glibly boasted, "I
          refuse to look into my heart - I know it's wicked - so
          I'll just let Jesus forgive it all and I'll forget it."
          That sounds like New Testament theology, - but it's
          only half the truth. We never do give up our
          attractions to sin; we never get to the roots - until
          we see how exceedingly sinful we are, and how
          desperately we need the grace and mercy of Christ. We
          cut down the tree, and leave the roots to spring up
          again.

          Oh, yes - I prayed and read my Bible; and I preached
          and I gave to the needy; and I loved my wife and
          children; and I thought I was a pretty honest, humble
          and sincere minister. But that was before the Holy
          Spirit made me take an honest look in the mirror of His
          righteousness. I saw things in me that shocked me. I
          was not totally yielded. I was still in the clutches of
          subtle kinds of pride. I was slowly being poisoned by
          the love of comfort, ease, and recognition. It was
          mostly in the subconscious, but still very real. But
          God in His mercy woke me up! He took me in His
          compassionate arms and put me back on holy ground. It's
          just a beginning and I've got a long way to go, but I
          will not turn back.

          There have been other times God called me to go "all
          the way" to a deep and life-changing surrender, but I'd
          get too busy to follow through. But not this time - I
          am going to go all the way, until He humbles me, purges
          me, and gives me His robe of true righteousness.

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                          My Ministry is Changing!
                        The Holy spirit is Purging

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          Changes have taken place in me, and now also in my
          pulpit ministry. Part of that purge is that the music
          in all of my crusades is changing. Along with me, our
          musical group has been directed by the Spirit to sing
          and play only Christ-exalting praise and worship music.
          There will be no music in our meetings that knowingly
          mimics the sounds of the ungodly rock or disco groups.
          No entertainment! We are going to present music that
          calms wild spirits, that lifts up the name of Jesus,
          that makes young people want to take a sober look at
          themselves and to begin hungering for the things of
          God.

          I know a lot of musicians will believe me, when I
          prophesy here and now that God is going to blow out of
          His church all music that offends heaven. The fan is in
          His hand right now - much of modern music is chaff, and
          it will be purged. The day is soon coming when singers
          and groups who continue putting out unsanctified
          "religious" music, will no longer have an audience.
          Revived young people, led by the Spirit of God, are
          going to be weaned away from all music that sounds like
          an echo from the rebellious past, including any kind of
          music that exalts wickedness. Young people who return
          to holiness and purity will develop an ear for music
          that is healing and worshipful.

          God is going to do a new thing in music! I've seen it
          coming for a long time. A total purging! It's already
          beginning to happen. Just this week, two other groups
          told me their next albums will feature more worship and
          praise. One well-known musician told me, "God has been
          stirring my heart lately. I'm going to write all my
          songs on my knees now. No more silly junk. I don't care
          about album sales anymore - I just want to minister to
          people"

          God has promised me that the young people will enjoy,
          and one day soon prefer, the sanctified sounds of the
          Spirit. The revival of holiness that is coming is going
          to bring back the beautiful, uplifting music that
          Christ desires. All revivals of holiness, in all past
          ages, have been accompanied by a purifying of music in
          the church. This prophecy will bear honest witness to
          all praying readers of this letter. Don't you, too,
          feel the witness in your heart that changes are coming
          - purifying, cleansing changes?

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                          No More Easy Believism!

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          In this revival of holiness that is coming, God is
          going to call for separation and commitment. No more
          putting patches over sin. Sin must be not only
          confessed, but forsaken. People who claim to be saved,
          but who play around with adultery and fornication, will
          be put on the spot! Those who walk down the aisles to
          "be saved" will no longer get away with just "praying a
          simple prayer." No! They must be so convicted of their
          sins they will hate them. They will not be leaving my
          crusades with a false security, just because they shed
          a few tears and said a little prayer. I want to see the
          Holy Spirit smite people with such conviction they will
          see the "exceeding sinfulness of sin." Then, I want the
          Spirit to do more than an emotional, surface work in
          them. I want them to see how sinful, how totally
          helpless they are! Then, I want them to get a
          revelation of the loving grace of Jesus Christ - and I
          want them to receive, by faith, the gift of His
          holiness and righteousness! I want them to count the
          cost - give up the world, its pleasures, and all
          ungodly friends - and turn completely around to walk
          with God.

          This revival of holiness will be rejected by many. They
          will call it a return to legalism; they will say it is
          "preaching the Law"; they will say It leads to bondage!
          But they are wrong. I, too, despise legalistic
          holiness. But the revival I see coming is one of true,
          biblical holiness. It will focus on inner truth and
          purity. Christ is coming back for a church without spot
          or wrinkle, not for a church lounging on ivory beds of
          ease, covetousness, and selfishness. Worldlimindedness
          is overtaking God's people - a work of God must
          challenge it soon.

          Christ wept not for Egypt, Rome, or Greece - He wept
          for Jerusalem, His own city wherein lived His own
          people. The Word says:

          "If my people, which are called by my name, shall
          humble themselves, and pray, then will I hear from
          heaven, and will forgive their sins, and will heal
          their land" (Chronicles 7:14).

          Are you one of His people? Have you been sensing really
          the deep inner awakening I've been talking about? Have
          you been feeling a renewed hunger for righteousness?
          Have you grown tired and weary of the emptiness and
          foolishness of the world? Have you been feeling the
          nearness of His return? Has our blessed Lord been
          calling you back to the closet of prayer, and back to a
          life of yieldedness and purity?

          Get ready, saints! While the liberal church gets colder
          and more godless - while the lukewarm preachers
          continue to offer false hope - while this old world
          begins to disintegrate while all around is crime,
          violence, unemployment, and evil - the Holy Spirit
          calls - "My people! Confess your sins! Humble yourself,
          now! Repent, now! Call on the Lord, now!"

          Saints of God - if you feel this same inner stirring -
          ask God to make you nauseated with sin, worldliness,
          and materialism. Pray for a new hunger and thirst for
          God's fullness. Get back to the secret closet of
          prayer! Don't miss out on this next great move of God's
          Spirit in the land!

          Everything that can be shaken, will be shaken. Music,
          morals, families, churches, seminaries, colleges, and
          even the government!

          "...Once more I will shake not only the earth, but also
          heaven.. that those. things which cannot be shaken may
          remain..." (Hebrews 12:27).

          Take this message with you into your quiet place of
          prayer - read it prayerfuily, and allow the Spirit of
          God to melt and break you, and anoint you with fresh
          oil! Holy! Holy! is our God!

          "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which
          no man shall see the Lord... "(Hebrews 12:14).

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