Leonard Ravenhill – Will You Stay on the Cross? (Sermon Jam)
Points of consideration in the following Ravenhill sermon excerpt [I summarized his ideas in my words]:
- The entire excerpt is about the true Christian life wherein one bears his cross, separates from the world, denies himself and follows Christ
- A picture of the true Christian life is contrasted with the counterfeit Christian life which most are living
- Ravenhill illustrated the process of the true Christian life by talking about wheat being planted, bearing fruit, and harvested
- He talked about separation in a very memorable way; his illustrations enable one to see the pain of living that kind of live, that pain would likely only be during the transition from leading a worldly life to leading a godly life and dying to self
- How one man lost his way by focusing on a worldly hobby
- How a Christian can assess his faith by his response to specific typical ways others will treat him when he is truly walking with Christ
- What God does with the true Christian’s fruit, about pruning
- Why we fear pruning
- One only grows upward when he grows roots downward (Bible reading, Prayer, Christian fellowship….)
The following link is to the above excerpt at Except Ye Repent Ministry YouTube, for those who would like to explore that site:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09nkIFdv3wE&list=LL&index=6
The following link is to Ravenhill’s original sermon from which the excerpt came:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CymGF52WqU&list=LL&index=1
The following narrative accompanied the above video excerpt at YouTube:
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