Personal Revival In Norway

There is a pastor here in Oslo who was seeking God in his youth. At the age of 27, he was tranported to a service held by the apostle Paul, in a full vision. He was literally present there.

In this service, he saw Paul holding something like an altar call, and he saw people literally run forwards screaming to get hold of the things of God. The presence of God was, in his words, out of this world, and like nothing he has ever experienced before or after.

Now, in our Charismatic day, you can wave your hand and people will scream and run forwards to the pulpit because they have been trained to. But these people were the kind who knew that their decision could literally cost them their lives, and they weren't about to do anything unless they meant it.

So how do you get hold of the deepest core of the human being, where his longing becomes so strong that it overrides every single thought he has about his entire life and everything in it ?

I believe it takes two things : Depth and reality

Depth has to do with how deeply stirred the human being is by the things of God. Reality has to do with how convicted the human being is of the things of God and their actuality.

Most of what we see today, is a question of shallowness in both departments. People can watch miracles take place all day long, but unless they are convicted of God in their hearts, that is all it is going to be.

In this context, I would like to share with you an experience I had as a Christian, about a year ago. Now I'm used to walking in the Spirit, and being continually engulfed by the glory of God. To a certain extent. It is always a question of "to a certain extent".

I was watching a movie on television, actually. A woman was playing a guitar and singing a lullaby to her lover. Just a plain ordinary movie. But at that point the reality of the presence of the Spirit filled the room until I was dead certain that it had liquified and was going to threaten my ability to breathe.

I am a terribly unemotional man, especially if I try to be. That is how I approach such things, I don'

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