A Restoration Revival
Pastor Erickson preaches from 1 Samuel 30, where David returns to a burned Ziklag, encourages himself in the Lord, and pursues the enemy to recover all that was taken. He calls the church to know who they are in Christ, use the authority the Holy Ghost gives, and come to the altar for the new birth or for a revival of restoration.
The message in 6 points
When something is stolen from you
Pastor Erickson tells of theft on mission trips and says losing something is different from having it taken on purpose. The devil hates the church because God's people remind him of God and give the worship he refused to give.
1:05:41Resist the devil, pursue what was taken
We are told to resist the devil, not run from him, and in 1 Samuel 30 God tells David to pursue. David's men come home to Ziklag burned and their families taken, and he says the devourer wants to destroy everything, our past and our future.
1:14:07Know who you are in Christ
Satan tries to make believers forget who they are. From Romans 6, 2 Corinthians 5:17 and Colossians 1:27 he teaches that water baptism puts us into Jesus and the Holy Ghost puts Jesus into us, and that becomes our identity.
1:21:58Do not become a weeping generation
Bad news and negativity can make the church a weeping generation, and the church is not meant to be a self-help program. David encouraged himself in the Lord, and believers should put on praise in the worst of times and not turn on one another.
1:26:43Authority to pursue the enemy
David asked God for the authority to pursue, and Luke 10:19 and Acts 1:8 show that the Holy Ghost gives believers power over the enemy, like an officer's badge directing a bus in Manila. He adds that you cannot revive what has never been alive.
1:35:40Crash the party and recover all
David finds the enemy partying with the spoil, goes in, and recovers all, with more besides. Pastor Erickson invites people to the altar to receive the Holy Ghost, be baptized in Jesus' name, or ask God to restore what they have lost.
1:48:12
In his words
“Water baptism puts us into Jesus and spirit baptism puts Jesus into us and that becomes our identity.”
“It's time for the people of God to get up, wipe away tears, brush ashes off our clothing and put on our Holy Ghost ephod of praise.”
“You can't revive something that has never lived. Revival is all about something that was once alive coming back to life again.”
Taken word for word from the video, with punctuation added.
Scripture
He reads
Psalms 51:12
12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
King James Version.
1 Samuel 30:6-8
6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. 7And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. 8And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
King James Version.
1 Samuel 30:1-4
1And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 2And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. 3So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. 4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
King James Version.
Romans 6:3-4
3Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
King James Version.
2 Corinthians 5:17
17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
King James Version.
1 Corinthians 6:19
19What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
King James Version.
Colossians 1:27
27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
King James Version.
Luke 10:19
19Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
King James Version.
1 Samuel 30:16
16And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
King James Version.
1 Samuel 30:18-20
18And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. 19And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. 20And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.
King James Version.
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