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that causes others to lust, she is in sin. The Bible says it would be better for
her to have a millstone tied around her neck and cast into the sea than to
cause God’s little ones to stumble! If she is causing young Christians to
stumble, she will be judged very severely one day. One of Leonard Raven­
hill’s famous sayings was, “If you take all the ingredients of Christianity and
pour them into a funnel, what would come out the bottom is obedience.” We
must be faithful, obedient ministers. Let’s break off any intimidation and
preach with boldness and fire! Are there people in your church on their way
to hell?
Setting standards
Where we set the standard of holiness, people will rise to meet that stan­
dard. If our preaching sets a low standard that is where people will live! What
a responsibility we have. I preach a very high standard of holiness. I also set
a very high standard among those that I allow in leadership. If they don’t
want to live up to that standard, they just simply won’t be in leadership under
my authority. We have so lowered the standard in America that it is sicken­
ing. It is time to get back to the standards of God’s holy Word.
Will you be standing in a pile of ashes?
1 Corinthians 3:10­15 “By the grace of God given to me, I laid a foundation
as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one
should be careful how he builds. For no one can lay any foundation other
than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If any man builds on this
foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw, his work will
be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be re­
vealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man’s work. If what
he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will
suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the
flames.”
What a sobering scripture! We could labor for fifty years in the ministry and
have a great reputation with great accomplishments to only stand in ashes
on judgment day! I believe that three things will determine whether we are
standing in ashes or a mountain of jewels. They will be obedience, complete
surrender, and motives of the heart. Obedience and surrender have to do
with death to self. We have got to die in Christ to be resurrected in new life.
Are there things God has asked you to do you are not doing? Are you truly
fully committed to him?
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