THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:  For the time is come that judgement must begin in the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

Daily we are bombarded by news stories concerning clergyman gone bad.  Sadly, many appear to be of African descent. Apparently, they are following in the foot steps of many Catholic Church priests which have suppressed pedophilia within its ranks for decades.

Black people, habitually, follow their leaders.
 So is it any wonder why sexual sadism and perversion is running rampant within the black church? 

It appears that we have become a religious community where the blind are truly leading the blind.

Mega Church leaders and have gotten completely away from preaching "fire and brimstone" and have instead resorted to selling the masses "prosperity ministries".  Most, if not all, of these chameleons preach that God wants you to be rich instead of preaching that there are consequences for disobedience and unrighteousness. 

Many of the so-called, or self proclaimed leaders are leading the masses into darkness and many think it's the light because they have a vast following. 

If there ever was a time when Gods people were in need of an awakening, the time is now.

God works through people and he directed one man to teach this: 

October 5, 1703, God created Jonathan Edwards, and gave him the wisdom and knowledge to become a preacher, theologian, and missionary. Edwards is widely acknowledged to be America's most important and original philosophical theologian, and one of America's greatest intellectuals. 

Edwards played a very critical role in shaping the First Great Awakening.  

The First Great Awakening (or The Great Awakening) was a religious revitalization movement that swept the Atlantic world and especially the American colonies in the 1730's and 1740's, leaving a permanent impact on American religion. Pulling away from ritual and ceremony, the Great Awakening made religion intensely personal to the average person by fostering a deep sense of spiritual guilt and redemption, and by encouraging introspection and commitment to a new standard or personal morality.

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", is a typical sermon of the Great Awakening, emphasizing the widely held belief that Hell is a real and functional place.
Edwards was intent on making the underlying point that God has given humanity a chance to rectify their sins.  Edwards believed that it is the "will of God" that keeps wicked men and women from the depths of Hell.  This act of restraint has given humanity a chance to mend their ways and return to Christ.  

Unlike the Second Great Awakening, (a future article) which reached out to the unchurched, the First Great Awakening focused on people who were already church members. 

Listen up, already church members, the time has come that judgement must begin in the house of God.

Righteousness is not what we profess; it's what we practice.

Ye must be born again!!!!!!

                                                   TG4RG

                                       Cried My Last Cry....Yesterday........Mary...Mary
                                    

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