The Judgment Seat of Christ - Leonard Ravenhill (FULL)

Leonard Ravenhill was a great man of prayer and even more importantly, a man who knew God. He devoted his whole life to being intimate with God and trying to bring others to the same. He prayed for Revival, looked for Revival and longed for Revival. He was a prophet to the Church of his time.

Leonard Ravenhill

By David Bercot

Leonard Ravenhill was one of Britains foremost outdoor evangelists of the 20th century. God used him to help bring thousands of people to Christ throughout Britain. Unlike the case with many of todays evangelists, the conversions that Leonard helped to bring about were generally lasting conversions. Thats because he did not water down the Gospel when he preached it. Later in life, Leonard and his family moved to the United States, where he worked with Bethany House Publishers. In the 1980s, Leonard and his family moved to a home near Lindale, Texas, a short distance from Last Days Ministries. Leonard regularly taught classes at Last Days Ministries, and he was a mentor to the late Keith Green.

A. W. Tozer, who was a friend of Leonard, said this about Leonard: To such men as this the church owes a debt too heavy to pay. The curious thing is that she seldom tries to pay him while he lives. Rather, the next generation builds his sepulcher and writes his biography—as if instinctively and awkwardly to discharge an obligation the previous generation to a large extent ignored.

Those who know Leonard Ravenhill will recognize in him the religious specialist, the man sent from God not to carry on the conventional work of the church, but to beard the priests of Baal on their own mountain-top, to shame the careless priest at the altar, to face the false prophet and to warn the people who are being led astray by him.

Such a man as this is not an easy companion. He is not the professional evangelist who leaves the wrought-up meeting as soon as it is over to hurry to the most expensive restaurant to feast and crack jokes with his retainers. Such evangelists will find this man something of an embarrassment, for he cannot turn off the burden of the Holy Ghost as one would turn off a faucet. He insists upon being a Christian all the time, everywhere. And again, that marks him out as different.

I first met Leonard in 1989, when he was eighty-two years old and in frail health. At first glance, I would not have thought that God could still use this fragile, white-haired man. He walked slowly and unsteadily, and he sometimes needed help to get up and down from his chair. Yet, as soon as he opened his mouth, I immediately realized that my initial impression was wrong. At eighty-two, Leonard still spoke with fire and conviction, and it felt like his eyes were piercing right through to my soul.

During the last few years of his life, Leonard moderated a prayer meeting held once a week (later once a month), which was attended primarily by pastors and evangelists. Some of these men made a four-hour round trip to attend those prayer meetings. I attended those prayer meetings from 1989 until they ended in the summer of 1994, a few months before Leonards death. During the years that I attended those prayer meetings, I never once left without being deeply challenged by what Leonard had said.

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[chriswatkinsdotcom]

i really want this on mp3. where can i get it?

[skellys3]

@chriswatkinsdotcom sermonindex . net

[luistb7]

traduzcan al español o por lo menos que este subtitulado.

Danny Totocayo

Gracias

[skellys3]

@luistb7 Lamentable, pero no tengo ninguna capacidad de hacer tal cosa. Lamentable... Dios Bendice...

[chriswatkinsdotcom]

@luistb7 traducirlo o hacer subtitulos seria un gran proyecto, imaginatelo 80 minutos traducidos. a lo mejor algun dia lo hare =)

[skellys3]

@chriswatkinsdotcom Yes, subtitles would be great. You should do it!

[russiaisdoomed]

Top-notch preaching!

[jeanh32]

Lord, Jesus, please help me to prioritize rightly. Help me to be kingdom minded so my life will testify of you.

[jthomson1]

I look forward to the time in Heaven where I will meet and shake the hands of men God has used in a mighty way during their time on earth. Leonard will be one of those men for sure. I just pray that my work for God will, as he puts it, abide the fire.

[sonsbrightlight]

O Lord, help me through your Spirit to die to myself every moment of everyday and serve only you! preaching like this makes me want to cry. it's so true! and people don't like it because it's convicting. that's what America needs. where are the preachers now who preach repentance?

[24Revelation]

Thank you for posting. God Bless.

[Soul7Patrol]

Does anyone know when this sermon was preached,

[somemoarplease]

What a generation we live in to be able to hear the Word of God spoken over us through men who truly walked in the Lord's presence like Leonard Ravenhill did.

[rparedes12345678]

I think once a week ,we quickly forget about GOD'S justice.Lets pray for forgiveness,and always remember this sermon .one of my favorite preachers,God has used to change my life.Yes I have hope, but also GOD'S fear in my heart. GOD SAID, BE HOLY FOR I AM HOLY .AMEN