This chapter is from the book, "Why not get the revival" of Leonard Ravenhill and
my brothers, I think nobody can be excluded after reading these líneas.A has greatly blessed me this book and this chapter especialmente.Vivimos times of extreme cold, a spiritual desert where if we do not seek the springs of living water flowing from Christ, we perish, victims sequedad.La situation of Christianity today is like the nation ravaged by drought, all the soil is eroded, cracked and dry, without further hope that the rains come and soak all tierra.Pero thank God for his word we promise: he that believeth in Me in his heart will flow rivers of living water.
And our craving for these pure waters of God should be like a cry to our Lord as the Psalmist said: "As the deer pants for streams of water, so pants for Thee my soul or God, a despair deep in our being to find the sources of God in the highest places in the holy mountain, there flows the river and we will saciados.Mientras here in this desert cry like King David in Psalm 63 "My soul thirsts for Thee, my flesh longs in a dry and thirsty land where no water."
Although these times in which we live, despite this, despite what we see, in spite of ourselves, praise God that He will satisfy the thirsty and is close to them that our lives buscan.Llenemos source which is Christ, to leave us these waters flow into fresh anointed of God for others to drink and also to seek Him and be saciados.Os encourage you to read this chapter of the book of Brother Ravenhill, so much good has vida.Oro done to my God to bless you and may also be able to find the empty lives of ourselves and fill of fire in order to send to serve as John the Baptist, Paul and many other instruments of our Lord.
A PROPHET Chapter 13.SE NEED TO PREACH TO PREACHERS
Trying to measure the sun with a meter would be less difficult than attempting to measure John the Baptist
our modern measures of spirituality. The anxious father who received the prophecy of his birth
heard from the lips of an angel: "Many shall rejoice at his birth, he will be great
before God."
Today the word lavish much larger, because mistake prominence by Eminence. In
that day God did not need a priest or a preacher, but a man.
had many men in those days, as there are at present, but all were too small.
God needed a great man for a large company.
probably John the Baptist had no aptitude for the priesthood, but had all the qualities to be a prophet
. Before his coming had been four hundred years of darkness without a ray of light
prophetic four years of silence, without a "thus saith the Lord."
four years of progressive deterioration in spiritual things, spilling rivers of blood of animals for atonement of sins
with a priesthood well paid as a mediator, Israel, the favored nation of God, was well stocked
ceremonies, sacrifices, and circumcision.
But what an army of priests could not do in four years made him a "man sent from God
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John the Baptist, a man prepared by God, full of God and passionate for God, and he did
six months.
I agree with EM Bounds of God requires twenty years to prepare a good
preacher. The Education of John the Baptist took place in the university's divine silence
God leads to all great men and college. Even when Paul, the proud Pharisee
doer of the law, had an enormous intellect and good titles of the Rabbinical School in Jerusalem, when Christ
changed course on the road to Damascus needed to take three years to Arabia, to empty their prejudices and educate
before I could say, "God revealed his Son in me" God can fill in a
moment what takes years to empty. Hallelujah!
Jesus said "go" but also said "hope." That any man be shut for a week, no other food
bread and water, no other books but the Bible, or other visitor except the Holy Spirit, and I guarantee
, brethren preachers that this man, or break his purpose or will break the hearts
. After that, like Paul, will make its influence felt in hell.
John the Baptist was a school of silence, the desert, until the day he was in Israel.
Who could be better equipped for the task of raising a nation of a slow sensual dream that Prophet
sunburned, baptized by fire, fed with delicacies of the desert, sent by God with a face like
morning trial? In her eyes shone the light of God, his voice
authority and soul divine God's passion. I ask, Who podía ser mayor que Juan? Es cierto que no
hizo milagros, no levantó ningún muerto, pero hizo un milagro mayor: trastornó una nación entera.
Este profeta vestido de pieles, con un ministerio de tiempo muy limitado, ardía de tal manera que los
que escucharon la voz de su cálida lengua y sus mensajes ardientes se fueron a casa a pasar noches sin
dormir, hasta que sus heridas almas fueron quebrantadas por el arrepentimiento. Sin embargo, Juan el
Bautista era un extraño en doctrina —sin sacrificio, ceremonias ni circuncisión—: extraño en comida —
no bebedor ni banqueteador—; extraño en indumentaria —sin filacterias ni clothes-righteous.
But Juan was great! Large eagles fly alone, the great lions hunt alone, with large single-
souls go to God alone. This loneliness is hard to bear and impossible to enjoy, unless there is divine
company. John was really the degree of greatness.
was great in three ways: Great in his fidelity to the Father, with education years and preaching only short
months. Great in its submission to the Spirit, began and ended as he was ordained. Great in their statements about the Son
, saying that Jesus, whom he had never seen, was "the Lamb
of God who takes away the sin of the world. "
Juan was a "voice." Most preachers are just "echo" because if you listen with attention
discover what the last book they read and how little quote from the Bible.
To reach the masses need a "voice", a prophet sent from heaven to preach to the preachers.
broken men are needed to break the men. Brothers, we have
computer but not supplied, but not creating excitement, action but no anointing, no noise but
awakening. We are not dogmatic but dynamic. Each time
has been initiated by fire, every life, whether a preacher or a prostitute,
end in the fire: the fire of that court of Christ, for some: the fire of hell to
others. Wesley sang
"Salva poor souls off their fire and coals in the blood of Jesus."
Brothers, but we have a mission to save souls, but they die! Oh, Think about it!
millions, hundreds of millions, maybe more than two billion of eternal souls, they need Christ, and
or eternal life without Christ, they perish. Oh, shame! What horror! What a tragedy! Christ did not want
no soul to perish. Preachers million people go through the fires of hell because we have lost
Holy Ghost fire! This generation of preachers is responsible for this generation of sinners
. At the very doors of our churches are the masses without a win because
are sought, they are not wanted because they are loved. Thank God for everything that is done in
foreign nations, but it seems odd that there is more apparent concern for people on the other side of the world
for perishing neighbors across the street. With all our great
mass evangelism, souls are won by only a few hundred;
come a bomb and fall into hell for hundreds of thousands.
say that sin has no parallel today is not true. Jesus said: "As in the days of Noah,
so shall the coming of the Son of Man." And in the chapter of Genesis, verse. 5,
found a graphic description of Noah: "God saw that the wickedness of man was great on the
earth and that every imagination of them (his heart) and was only evil continually." So
was bad without exception, every imagination unmixed evil, only evil, evil without interruption,
"continuously the evil. " That was then and this is today. Sin is glorified and popularized,
thrown by the radio ears, eyes and reflected on television on the covers of major magazines
. Those attending church, tired of sermons, left the meetings and have come: no vision and no passion
. Oh God, give this generation dies ten thousand John Baptist to start the
bandages placed over our sins, national and international politicians and moralists.
as Moses could not see the burning bush, and a nation can not stop
see a man on fire for God. Fighting fire with God fire. The more fire in the pulpit, both
least have to be in hell. John the Baptist was a new man with a new message.
Since the accused who hears the dreaded sentence of 'guilty' of judge's mouth, and pale, and the crowds
heard the cry of John: "Repent," until this voice flowed through the corridors of their minds
, stirred his memories of past sins, shifted the consciences and brought them, wounded
terror, the baptism of repentance. After Pentecost, Peter's speech was filled with the Spirit
recently graduated, moved the crowd until they cried as one man: "Brethren, what shall we do
?" Imagine if he had been told these men moved: "Sign a card,
attend a church regularly, pay unto your tithes." No! thousand times no!
anointed by the Spirit of God, both John and Peter cried out: "Repent," and people did. The
repentance are not a few tears, an emotion, remorse or repentance
reform is a change of mind about God, sin and hell.
The two major forces of nature are: the fire and wind. And these two came together on the day of Pentecost
. So, like fire and wind, that blessed company of the Upper Room was irresistible,
uncontrollable, unexpected. The fire blew out the violence of another fire (hellfire), encendiófuego missionary, spiritual fires in Europe, Asia and Africa and started fires everywhere
awakening!
almost two hundred years ago Charles Wesley sang
Oh, in me the sacred flame can start to shine, burning the dross of base desires and making mountains
float.
Dr. Hatch said: Blow me
divine breath until I am completely yours,
Until the earth Brille
my being with the divine fire.
The fire destroyed the Holy Spirit purifies, warms, it attracts and trains.
Some Christians can not say when they were saved, but I've never met a man
who has been baptized with the Holy Spirit and fire and can not say when it happened.
such men, full of the Spirit, moved nations to God. As Wesley when
Spirit and born of the Spirit-filled won many souls with the Spirit and lived and walked in the Spirit.
A car will never move until it is lit the spark of ignition, and some men
never move because they have everything except the fire. Dear brothers, must have
a special trial for preachers, who will receive the greater condemnation! (James 3:1).
is possible that, when they come to receive his sentence in the court of God, other men
back to them and say, "Preacher, if you had taken fire from the Holy Spirit I would not now
hellfire. "Like Wesley, I think, now, the need for repentance of the believer. The
promise of the Father is for you. So, right now, get on your knees. In this mission station at
side of your chair in your comfortable home or the office of pastor discouraged and almost ready to leave work
, please, brother, knees and pray this prayer:
To make my heart strong and courageous:
Send the fire!
to live and save the dying world:
send the game!
Oh, go on your altar I am!
My life, my everything, from this day I give you. Come start your gift I ask:
Send the fire!
L. Booth-Tucker
We have a church on a cold cold world because preachers are cold. Therefore, "Lord, send fire
!"
I will not have another hat that of a martyr, reddened with my own blood. Savonarola
(When I was offered a cardinal's hat to shut up their attacks against Rome.)
The apostolic preaching is not known for his beautiful diction, literary elegance or acuteness of
expression, but acted "in demonstration of the Spirit and power. Arthur Wallis
There are three things I wish I could see:
1. Jesus in the flesh.
2. In imperial Rome in the days of its splendor.
3. A Paul preaching. Augustine
With great joy I confirm with my blood is true that I have written and preached.
John Huss (at the stake)
The first quality of a missionary is not love for souls, which is so much talk, but
love for Christ. Vance Havner
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