The Lamb of God (Clip) — Leonard Ravenhill

The Lamb of God Takes Away Sin

And John uttered the words that echoed down the very last corridor of hell itself, and has made hell tremble ever since. He says, Behold, the Lamb of God hath taken away the sin of the world. Not all the blood of beasts on Jewish altars slain could give one guilty conscience peace, or wash away one's stain, but Christ, the heavenly Lamb, took all our sins away.

He lifted God, and Samson could never lift. He solved a problem that Solomon, with all his wisdom, could never solve. He led captivity captive. He died and rose again, and he pledged my resurrection and his resurrection, because he said, If I die and rise, you die and you rise again.

If I go to my Father, you'll have a place in heaven with me. And the Holy Ghost came, and the whole area was stirred. I remind you again, friends, that Christianity is not a comparative religion. It's a superlative religion.

Christianity’s Contrast with Every Other Religion

It doesn't compare with any religion in the world. It contrasts with every other religion in the world. Sure, the Bible is infallible. Otherwise, how do you think it survived so much bad preaching? Oh, brother, let's get back and preach the book.

Preaching the Bible’s Message of Sin and Redemption

Preach what God says about it, about sin, about redemption, about the Holy Ghost, about His coming, about war and tribulation. Why, this is the most exciting book in the whole world. And John preached, and all he was preaching, shooting the arrows of God into the hearts of men and women.

The Arrow of Repentance

George Whitefield did that one night. He said, I've got my quiver full of arrows, and they're tipped with the fire of God, and I'm going to shoot them. And he drew, he said, here is the first arrow, and the arrow of repentance.

Here it comes, and the whole audience stepped down. But he got them anyhow. And John was preaching something whereby... Nicholson said, what did you think of my sermon on hell? He said, it's the most terrifying sermon.

The Reality and Terror of Hell

Do you feel that God has made a hell for wicked men as well as the devil? Do you feel that a million roads into hell, a million roads in, no road out? That while heaven is eternal life, hell is eternal death?

That while heaven is eternal life, hell is eternal darkness? While in heaven there is no mourning or sorrow in hell, while in heaven they sing the song of mourning, in hell they groan and groan, the harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we're not safe.

Did you feel that it was real? He said, I could almost smell the sulfur. We're afraid to tell people they've got to repent, and turn their back on sin, and hate their sin, and love their sin, but John didn't.

The Greatest Miracle: Regeneration and Holiness

And not only did he disturb the whole non-miracle, just the miracle of regeneration, which is... Listen, I believe in miracle. I've been in meetings that we have had, and afterwards said, instead of sick, we'd be happy to pray.

And I've seen God open blind eyes. I've seen people get up out of chairs when they were crippled. I've gone to hospital and prayed for people who were dying of cancer. And one woman I prayed for is healthier than me now, and that was 30 odd years ago, and I've seen God do that.

But I want to tell you the greatest miracle that Deity can do, is to take an unholy man out of an unholy world, and make that unholy man holy, and put him back in an unholy world, and keep him holy. Amen.

The Redemptive Work of God in Christ

That's the redemptive work of God in Christ.