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Showing posts with label revivalist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label revivalist. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Jonathan Goforth

Hello everyone.  Praise the Lord!

Here is an article that I wanted to share.


“Brethren, the Spirit of God is with us still. Pentecost is yet within our grasp. If revival is being withheld from us, it is because some idol remains still enthroned; because we still insist on placing our reliance in human schemes; because we still refuse to face the unchangeable truth that it is not by our might, but by His Spirit!”

—Jonathan Goforth
Jonathan Goforth was a pioneer revivalist with a burning passion to win souls for Christ. The quote above is from the closing passage of his book By My Spirit. Throughout his ministry, Goforth boldly proclaimed that men’s hearts would be drawn to the Savior by the Spirit of God alone. Very early in his ministry, his life verse became Zechariah 4:6: “Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.” Because of his unshakable faith in the Holy Spirit to change lives for eternity, Goforth was used by God to usher in sweeping revivals in China, reaching tens of thousands of people at the dawn of the twentieth century.
“Jonathan Goforth was a pioneer, through and through,” his wife Rosalind wrote. “He always had a forward vision and strong convictions about discerning divine guidance for himself....Jonathan believed in the freedom for each missionary to carry on his or her work as each one felt led by the Holy Spirit.”

- God’s Generals ( The Missionaries ) 
- JESUS SAVES TV


William James Roop