Rain is essential for growth of seed and fruit, and its withdrawal for a length of time a terrible temporal judgement,especially in hot climates.The spiritual rain of the Holy Spirit's influence essential to a spiritual life,in its beginning,growth, ripening, and perfecting.What does it mean when the spirit doesn't rain down; ministers preach with no power;assemblies gathered, but the Lord is not in the mist; the word read ,but there is no application to the heart.Formality of prayer kept up ,bit there is no pleading with God.The Holy Ghost restrained and grieved.This is the case of any church or person if sin is tolerated after warning.The clouds which are ordained to rain are commanded by God not to.
This hinders spiritual growth as their is no conviction or conversion as these are brought about by the spirit.There is no restoration of the backslider,withered plants are not revived when there is no rain.No refreshing of the weary,as strength and comfort comes by the dew of heaven.No spiritual activities,as the congregation moves about like people sleep walking.Everything suffers when there is a spiritual drought.This happens when the soul experiences no benifit under the word.When the person feels glutted with a false gospel and grows weary of the truth, causing one to neglect the hearing of the truth.It can be prevented let us confess our sins to God as he might have with held his grace from us;let us come humbly, and look alone to Jesus, for he shall come down like rain,and let us use that blessing more diligently when it comes that we may bring forth fruit unto God.
God's grace can save souls without any preaching: but all the preaching in the world cannot save souls without God's grace.The hearer sometimes complains that there is no food for his soul; when the truth is that there is no soul for the food.Without the raining of the spirit, their can be no produced fruit in the church.Let us pray for rain.
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