Richard Owen Roberts, President and Founding Director, International Awakening Ministries, may be the greatest historian, theological and practical leader of revival in our contemporary day. Though now in the sunset years of his life, he has given himself to the study and witness of revival, reformation, and/or spiritual awakening.
I am doing a four-part series that begin yesterday using his material. Click here to see yesterday's. Here is today's entry.
God’s Essential Presence
When we speak of the essential presence of God, we are referring to his omnipresence. We understand that God fills heaven and earth (Jeremiah 23:24). We know that it is impossible to flee from God’s presence (Psalm 139:7-12). If 5we want to illustrate this truth to youth, we may ask them to imagine themselves on a rocket ship travelling out into space for thirty-five years and assure them that in all their travels outward they will never pass a place where God is not. In the church we remind people that in His essential presence, God is no more present in the church than in a dive or den of iniquity. Tragically, many who recognize this kind of teaching have never faced the question, “What is the impact of God’s essential presence on society?” Are people afraid of God because of His essential presence? Does His essential presence keep
them from sinning? The obvious answer is NO!
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