Agonia - Leonard Ravenhill

you [Music] we have never seen the agonizing death of a man on a cross immediately a man was nailed to the cross he lost all his rights and if you ever get nailed to the cross you lose all yours too Paul says don't trouble me I'm branded I bear the marks of a slain I'm a von slave of Jesus Christ I've no will of my own of no rights of my own but an old hymn established on that very scene let my hands perform his bidding let my feet run in his ways let my eyes

see Jesus only let my lips speak forth his praise all for Jesus all my beings ransom powers all my thoughts and words and doings all my days and all my hours this man is no professional preacher preaching is not a profession it's a passion and a breach with passion he shouldn't preach at all there's no breath of professionalism anywhere in the ministry of calm and thank god there's no breath of commercialism either paul has no fear she not he did I would to God some of you sellers were doing you know what he once did

he said I found a knee to the Father and because he banned the knee to the Father he never bowed the knee to anybody else now the demons are politician are kings he stood there regal I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus in America alone right now we have I'm dare to say this forever before God I believe we have hundreds of millions of gospel cassettes and we've millions of gospel books and we've hundreds of Bible schools and we've hundreds over the years we have hundreds of seminars and we have people

memorizing the scriptures I'm here about 5,000 radio stations who every day give some part of the scripture and yet with all this stuff to feed on dear God where are we with all these stuff to feed on 95% of us of spiritual cripples spiritual infants spiritual babes children full of self-pity self-interest self seeking self concern me first and some people love God because he gives we've got this wretched prosperity Stern Paul's very clear he's mean doesn't suddenly say how I write in 2timothy death that you'll come a day when people think that gain is godliness

some of God's choices Saints don't have a most sure to change Peter said in his day that uh some will make merchandise of you that couldn't be more true than the day in which we are living somebody said to a friend of mine recently who might be doing some building for Guardi said listen get me give you a word of advice don't build anything that will embarrass you in a few years that's a very good point I see God's money going in stately buildings and swimming pools and tennis courts and I want to vomit with

a world starving with a mission field leading money Paul never glamorized the gospel is a pretty gory gospel it's a bloody gospel it's a sacrificial gospel I believe the Cardinal ethic of Christianity is sacrifice not success sacrifice the most precious thing we ever handle is the human soul there is only one way to have a million mister hell what do you do to go to health nothing just do nothing that's all do not affirm you knows that God you don't have to blaspheme the name of Jesus you don't have to be adulterer just coast on

to the greatest thing in the world is not a dosa the greatest sin of all did I can manage my life without God that's the greatest thing you say sometimes I wonder God doesn't blurb me you know why because he can't trust you that's why you're not strong enough to carry the burden a lot of you here this money you don't need more life for this this lonely make it worse for you at the judgment what you needed a lot of Indians some of you known for years what you should do and you have whole

bag do you remember some of those awesome verbs jesus said to the disciples I've many things to tell you but you cannot bear them I say levelled the Almighty God don't say that on the other judgment see let me stand before John Wesley and pinion all the great Saints from the ages and say ravening I had many things to tell you you're so preoccupied with this or preoccupy couldn't get through to you and if I could you won't return enough to handle it I mean is inside eternity I believe every one of us will have

wish that we'd sacrifice more pray more love more sweating more green more went more ninety-five percent of Christians in the nation are weak don't confess the religion he can't press them with burden you can't trust chili with jewels you can't trust them with something that needs bread waiter - Tim in you can't trust her with a burden you'll break down five minutes inside eternity I believe every one of us will have wish that we'd sacrifice more pray more love more spreading more green more wet for [Music]