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Pyongyang Revival and crime reduction (view source)
Revision as of 07:23, January 28, 2019
, 07:23, January 28, 2019→Testimonies of Koreans repenting of their criminality during the Korean Revival of 1906-1907
Such extraordinary happenings could not but move the multitude, and the churches became crowded. Many came to mock, but in fear began to pray. The leader of a robber band, who came out of idle curiosity, was convicted and converted, and went straight to the magistrate and gave himself up. The astonished official said, "You have no accuser; you accuse yourself; we have no law in Korea to meet your case"; and so dismissed him.
Such extraordinary happenings could not but move the multitude, and the churches became crowded. Many came to mock, but in fear began to pray. The leader of a robber band, who came out of idle curiosity, was convicted and converted, and went straight to the magistrate and gave himself up. The astonished official said, "You have no accuser; you accuse yourself; we have no law in Korea to meet your case"; and so dismissed him.
<ref>[http://www.gospeltruth.net/koreafire.htm WHEN THE SPIRIT'S FIRE SWEPT KOREA by JONATHAN GOFORTH, D.D.]</ref>}}
<ref>[http://www.gospeltruth.net/koreafire.htm WHEN THE SPIRIT'S FIRE SWEPT KOREA by JONATHAN GOFORTH, D.D.]</ref>}}
== Pyongyang Revival and repentance ==
''CBN News'' reports:
{{Cquote|On January 14, 1907, a group of Korean Christians and Western missionaries met in Pyongyang for a Bible study in a church on the outskirts of the city.
Halfway through, God began to move.
"They knew that the only way to survive was to depend on God," Rev. Ji Il Bang of North Korean Church said.
One by one, the men confessed their sins to each other-- sins of racial prejudice, hate, anger, and jealousy.
Bang said ,"They knew that nothing was impossible with God, and so they called on Him for forgiveness."
God answered and revival broke out. In the ensuing months, thousands repented publicly, including elders of churches and foreign missionaries serving in Korea.
"And out of that, they say, they think came the work of the Spirit that finally broke out as at Pentecost," Prof. Samuel H. Moffett, son of a missionary to Korea, said.
Thus began the Great Pyongyang Revival of 1907.
"In 1907, Pyongyang became known as the 'Jerusalem of the East,'" Bang said.
Churches sprouted up everywhere, and they grew fast.
The prayers of repentance swept across the Korean Peninsula. People walked hundreds of miles to attend revival meetings.
"In other words, the spiritual change was a repentance movement. Believers confessed their sins and were born again," Pastor Han Hum Oak, from Korean National Association of Christian Pastors, said. "They even apologized to non-believers who they were at odds with."
The revival lasted some 40 years touching all levels of society including those in political power.<ref>[The Pyongyang Revival 100 Years Later], CBN News, 2013</ref>}}
== See also ==
== See also ==