Sins of Laodicea - Part 8 — Leonard Ravenhill

Spiritual Sight and the Eye Salve

By eye salve. There was one of the greatest hospitals in early history in that very church, pardon me, in that very city. And yet he's saying to the church, you can make that eye salve, but I have an eye salve.

Wonderful to have wonderful eyes. Wonderful when we can see the things that God is doing. We can see into the creation of God. Well, my time's gone. I'm going to ask you to pray for these precious brothers as they go back.

Prayer for Missionaries in Venezuela and Paraguay

Dear wife to Venezuela. Pray for Paul, our Paul down in one of the most difficult... All these other countries in South America, I think, every one of them, one time or another, have had revival. All except Paraguay has never in its history had revival.

Anthropologists say the people in that country are the most savage people of all the people in South America. I'm not asking you to pray because it's my son. I'm asking you to pray that the devil will be overthrown.

That souls will be liberated. They're not trying to build a church. You remember when dear Irene was here? And she said, we are not in South America to get converts. We're in South America to get worshippers.

Revival Among Detroit's Youth

That's wonderful. David Wilkerson's boy, Gary, is working in one of the darkest spots in America, right downtown Detroit. Vicious. Do you know there are more young people killed in Detroit in a month than are killed in New York City in a year?

The murder rate in the schools, the devastation amongst young people is utterly wild. And yet there's people all over town. They've been lifting their arms up for months and years. And God Almighty, they've never done a thing.

Romans 12 and Resistance to Worldliness

I'm tired of writing and reading about revival. I want to see God do it. The last thing here. Somebody quoted it tonight, I think. Romans 12, 1 and 2. I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your body a living sacrifice, wholly acceptable to God, which is only a reasonable service.

And be not conformed to this world. What Philip says, don't let this world shape you in its mold. I read a statement by Dr. Krishnamurti. A while ago he said, I'm amazed at the worldliness of the people of God in these days.

How worldly we are. How caught up in materialism. How fascinated with the things we can say. The perishing things of clay, born but for one brief day. I've told you before, I've said, now sit down. I do not want God to say to me in that day, my son, I had many things to tell you, but you couldn't bear them.

Giving an Account Before God

I'm going to stand by myself. My darling wife won't be with me. My boys won't be with me. My friends won't. I'll be standing there with billions of eyes looking on me. The Apostle Paul and Jeremiah and Isaiah.

And all the saints of all the ages, watching poor Leonard Ravenhill give an account of his life. And God said, you didn't go far enough into the checkbook. That's what Mr. Spurgeon called it. This is God's checkbook.

God's Word as the Source of Spiritual Strength

It's signed in the blood of Jesus. And everything you need for life, for time and eternity is in that book. I'm tired of working with dwarfs. I want to see God raise some Samson's. Spiritual Samson's.

Who can pull down strongholds. So next, Friday night, God willing, I want to bring a message on Easter. Part of the Easter message. As I say, David, we'll be preaching on a Sunday morning. We want to pray.

Prayer for Churches, Pastors, and Families

Pray for something that's on your heart tonight. Really pray. Doesn't matter if you cry. Forget it. Pray for your own church. Maybe it's bankrupt. Pray for your own pastor. Maybe he's no power. Pray for your family.

Maybe they have no vision. Behold he prayeth. I want God to look down and say there in eternity, look there they're praying there. It's the most important thing we'll ever do after worship. Okay. Do you want to kneel a little while?

Pray.