Several local churches gather for a three day revival to celebrate Pentecost early at Perry's Temple Free Will Baptist Church in Wilson. Thursday night's service was preached by Apostle Norwood Simmons of Deeper Life Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Several denominations worshiped under the same roof with multiple cultures represented in the congregation. They all had one thing in their minds and hearts; for the fire of Pentecost to fall.
Bishop J. N. Perry Jr., Pastor of Perry's Temple sat back subdued in the spirit while enjoying the worship and mighty anointed singing by Perry's Temple Choir. Present in the service and a speaker was Pastor Douglas Bell of New Bethel Church in Freemont, North Carolina. Rev. Jerry Nelson of Westmoreland Pentecostal Holiness Church of Wilson was present with some of his congregation. Evangelist Samatha Hooker of Wilson was present and so many more.
It was a packed house with at least 250 people. The attendants were passing out the fans with loving hospitality. Parents brought their whole families. There was no day care, the children were in the midst of the worship and preaching just like the way it used to be. It was like an old time gospel revival with a worship spirit united like so many churches have lost in the last 30 years. The voices praising and singing together sounded like one voice with all the 7 music keys mingled together. Now that's how you make the devil mad!
It didn't take long for the spirit to show up when the Choir stood to sing, 'How Great Thou Art'. Right about the time they started to sing 'Revive Me O'Lord' Pastor Nelson jumped up and danced across the altar with his leg hiked up in the air. King David could not have done any better.
The sermon was entitled, 'The Whole Truth'. The Bishop preached from the book of John, chapter 10 with emphasis on verse 10. He said, the Lord came to give us abundance and wholeness and doesn't want us to be in lack and half filled, and that its time for the church to be whole again. He said you can't help the lost if you're only half filled yourself. He described the bible in a nut shell saying, "The old testament is the root and the new testament is the fruit."
He said when people ask him what denomination he is he tells them, "I'm a Church of Christ because I was redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ. I'm a Presbaterian because I'm pressing my way on to heaven. I'm a Methodist because I'm needful of my Lord. I'm a Disciple of Christ because I'm a follower of Christ. I'm a Baptist because I've been baptized in the Holy Spirit. I'm a Pentecostal because I'm empowered by the Holy Spirit."
He continued, "Thank God we have a new High Priest. We don't have to go to the temple and let some priest go behind the curtain for us, and not knowing if he is going to drop dead while asking for atonement for us. You don't have a curtain, you can be out in the country all by yourself or in the car and grab hold of the steering wheel and approach the throne with boldness."
He added, "Jesus said, hold on cause I'm gonna send the Holy Spirit so you'll be able to do the works that I did and more. We have the power of the Holy Ghost today! We are in the last part of our journey and we need to strengthen the body. We want folks to get saved that stay saved. We don't want church people that are professing to be saved and going out committing sin and not even knowing if you're being led by some molester or worse."
The Bishop holds up the Holy Bible and says, "Eat this book of words. It might be sour in your mouth but it will be sweet in your belly. If you're not ready to give praise and glory to the one who saved you then you don't have the whole truth yet. If you ain't got it yet, keep on praying until it manifests."
The revival will continue tomorrow night for its last service beginning at 7:30 P.M. The church is located at 5000 Tartts Mill Road, Wilson, North Carolina, off Hwy 264 East at the Saratoga exit. Turn right and then a mile and a half turn right onto Tartts Mill. The church phone is 252- 291-4124.
Links: Calledtobeanintercessor.blogspot.com 'The Refreshing' a sermon by Rev. Jerry Nelson
www.believerschristianbookstore.org (teaching CD's on the early church and Pentecost)
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