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them, has them, will have them, until we cut them loose by
the power of the Spirit from his hold. I believe, I know,
with all my soul I am certain, that the unsaved will come to
the place of meeting, will come to Christ if and when you
and I in compassion, consecration, anxiety, intercession,
with yearning, longing, anxious hearts, even weeping
eyes, go after them and press the claims of the Lord upon
them.
Price of a Revival
We have considered the purpose and the personnel
of a revival. Now let us think about the price of a revival.
What is the price of a revival? What did Moses have to
pay? What did Samuel have to pay? What did Elijah have
to pay? Isaiah? Hezekiah? What price did Joshua have to
pay? What price did Peter and Paul and Luther and Wesley
and Whitefield and Spurgeon and Moody and Billy
Sunday have to pay? Each of us has to pay the same
priceexactly the same price. There is no difference. There
never will be any difference. God has never changed His
terms. Power is costly. The most expensive power in all
the world is the power of Pentecost. The price is highbut
we can pay it. Here is how.
We must have a personal devotion to the Lord Jesus
Christ. If you will study the biographies of these men I
mentioned, you will find that they were characterized by
one outstanding attitude. They were in love with the Lord
Jesus Christ. You and I must fall in love with Jesus.
Passion and devotion to Christ will take care of the sin
problem in our lives. If we love Jesus we will hate the
Devil, hate the world, and hate sin. If we really love Jesus,
all that might put a shadow between Him and us will be a
horrible detestation to us. I wish I could go to each of you,
one by one, and ask you, “Do you love Jesus?” I wish I
could press the question upon you until your hearts
responded with the answer, “Yes, I love Jesus more than I
love life itself.”
- We must visit for Jesus' sake.
- We must invite for Jesus' sake.
- We must sacrifice for Jesus' sake.
- We must attend services for Jesus' sake.
- We must give our money for Jesus' sake.
- We must preach for Jesus' sake.
- We must win souls for Jesus' sake.
We must have a personal devotion to Jesusnot in
word only, but with all our hearts, with all our souls. There
must be a passionate devotion that will wake us in the
night, that will be with us in the day, that will beset us on
every hand, at home and abroad. “Jesus, Jesus, blessed
Jesus!” that must be the cry of our hearts.
The second price of a revival is a purposeful
compassion for the souls of men. I say “purposeful”
because I mean it. There is compassion and compassion.
By compassion I do not mean the compassion
which causes one to weep when a moving story is told. I
mean the compassion that burns high and clear when there
is no revival that flames on Monday even more than on
Sunday, and is higher on Tuesday than on Monday. I mean
the kind of compassion that gives us no rest nor peace
until we give the best of our thought, the best of our
talents, the best of our time, the best of our efforts to
seeking out the lost for the Saviour.
- We need a purposeful compassion that will wake
us in the morning crying, “O Lord, for Jesus' sake, save
our city.”
- We need a compassion that will drive us to our
knees and make us say when we go to bed at night, “O
Lord, for Christ's sake, save our people.”
- We need a compassion that will seek out and make
opportunities to witness for Christ day and night. That is
purposeful compassion.
The third price that we must pay for this revival that