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John the Baptist, was one whose garment was a leather girdle and whose only food was locus and wild honey and whose only pulpit was a field on the east side of the Jordan River; yet his name was a household word throughout the land, even unto the kings court. He needed no media to announce his coming, nor did he need a limousine service to get him to an auditorium for a meeting, nor did he need a posh hotel to accommodate him. No rock and roll music was necessary in his meetings. He had no fat salary to protect, if they were not happy with his message: what had he to loose? He had no popularity to protect. He had no Church board to threaten him, if he preached on subjects that were not popular. He had no ego to protect, this was evidenced when he said, Behold the One whose shoe latchets I am not Worthy to unloose. He was a man sent from God with a message and he would deliver it, without fear or favoritism. When will preachers, preach again with such courage and authority? He scarcely would be welcomed into the most humble and unpretentious pulpits today! What church today would give him a ‘call? He was a preacher of ‘Repentance, a message that is largely conspicuous by its absence today. What we have today, he would not want - what he had then, we do not have today or want - How sad! May God restore and raise up men like John today. Men who, without fear, favor or compromise, will thunder the Word of God on the ears, of a generation of rebels, that have closed their ears to the Truth. He cried, Make your paths straight. Yet all Jerusalem went out to hear him. To the Pharisees and the Sadducees he thundered, You are a generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee the wrath to come. Once we have seen and heard Him and have had our hearts set aflame with His love, Our message will be His message! Our words will be His words. Our words will go forth as aflame of fire, proclaiming His righteous judgments. It is then that sinners will see the awfulness of their rebellion, against God and His laws. It is then that they realize the justice of God in punishing them. For they have broken His holy laws and trampled the blood of His dear Son beneath their feet.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 05:17:46 +0000

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