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Jesus died for the sins of the world. He did not die for most, several or some. He died for all. When He suffered on the cross, He did not have only a few hundred or a few thousand on His mind. What held Him to that tree was every single man, woman, boy and girl who would ever live on this planet. Is our own directive the same?  

How many churches would be quite satisfied if they could just reach a few hundred from their community.  Think about it, if your church directly affected 300-500 souls on a weekly basis, would you be satisfied? I would. For a while any way.

We’ve got to stop thinking small. Jesus did not think small. The scripture does not speak small. This gospel was given that every single person ever conceived could have a relationship with Him. For too long the Church’s growth has been limited by our small thinking.

There are well over 6 billion people on this planet today. Some would say that God will add to the church in His time. That growth will happen when He wills it to happen. Jesus proved his commitment and desire to see every person in your city saved when he suffered that horrific beating and the cruel death of the cross.

Revival has nothing to do with God’s will for it to happen. He has proven His will. It has everything to do with our putting ourselves in a position to allow it to happen and to receive and maintain it when it comes.

In scripture, Jesus told a parable of a certain ruler who upon going on a journey, left resources with his servants to invest. Two of the three servants worked with those resources and did all they could to cause growth. The third man hid his resources and as a result had no growth which caused his master to punish him severely. The other two on the other hand caused their master’s resources to multiply.  For this, their master rewarded them with a greater amount of resource to work with and his blessings.

The kind of revival that our Lord wants to see happen in this world may not happen if we keep doing what we’ve been doing. Many of us are beginning to realize that our Lord is getting ready to do something incredible in this world. However, many of our churches are not positioned to maintain the kind of revival He wants to give. Think about it. What would happen should the lord give your church 1000 new people in the next year? We say that will never happen and that’s why it never happens. I’m believing God to give this kind of revival very soon.

Think about that. 1,000 new people. We can barely keep up with the needs of the 50- 500 we have now. Can I suggest to you what would happen should the Lord give us this kind of exponential growth?  Many churches would lose nearly every single new convert as we wouldn’t be able to minister to the needs of 1,000 new converts.

We must look honestly at our efforts to establish the new convert.  We have thought for too long that Bible study alone establishes people into the church.  I suggest that Fellowship with God’s people (body life) is quite possibly a larger facilitator of success in keeping new converts. (I am not negating the absolute necessity of Bible Study.)

Why is it that some churches are having the exponential growth that they are having?  With little emphasis on bible truths, some churches are seeing incredible growth and are able to maintain that growth to a large degree.  We would say that it is a watered down doctrine or a lack of standards that draws and keeps people in these churches.  

Is it possible however, that they have tapped into a hidden resource that the early Apostolics understood.  Doing what came naturally to them, these early Apostolics met in each others homes daily to pray, share the Word, eat and fellowship together.  Their genuine concern for each other’s welfare and their constant state of fellowship caused the church in their day to turn their world upside down.