Smelling the Sulphur!
2 Words in 1
A Word of Encouragement
There couldn’t be a better time to hear this— as once again, The LORD’s timing is perfect!
The world is in a dark place right now, and it seems to be getting darker still.
Yet, as Thomas Fuller wrote in 1650, “the night is always darkest before dawn!” — The LORD is now saying, “Do not fear, for although everything is looking dark and grim, I have not taken my hand from My people.
I have not, and never will, forget My promises to you. My promises are always “Yes and Amen!” and you have no need to worry. I always fulfill My Word!
Right now, my Remnant Church is like the children of Israel. Having wandered around in the desert for a long time, you find yourselves at a high place overlooking the Promised Land of Revival.
Yet there appears to be a yawning chasm between you and your promise.
This chasm is full of the filth of the world. Full of corruption, full of persecution, full of threats of dark and vile things.
Have I not promised you this land called Revival?
AM I a man that I should lie, or a son of man that I should change My mind?
No!” says The LORD, “For watch, and in a few more days you shall see the light of dawn, and the flooding of your land by My Spirit.
There will be a short period of darkness followed by the bright searing light of My Presence as I loose the wells of living water, as I loose the oil of healing, as I loose the fires of cleansing and Revival, and begin to heal your land!” – HALLELUJAH
“The world will reject revival, as will much of the non-remnant church, but many will flock to the church as they see the signs, wonders, healing, and remarkable salvations that will be daily occurrences for The Remnant Church.
It will be a time,” says The LORD, “to keep yourselves pure, clean, and holy before Me. For holiness shall be one of the hallmarks of this coming season.
So fear not, be of great courage, for the redemption of My Church and My People draws nigh!” declares The LORD!
Smelling the Sulphur!
Reading or listening to some evangelistic reports today, one might be forgiven for wondering how anybody gets convicted to salvation.
William Booth was right when he said,
“The chief danger that confronts the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, heaven without hell.”
I reflected on this and The LORD brought me back to an old Testimony I heard recounted one day — a few years ago now!
I heard this story, almost certainly true, from an elderly saint who had the privilege of traveling occasionally with a well respected evangelist. He told of a night, after a particularly successful mission service.
The old evangelist, an old-fashioned pentecostal blood-and-fire preacher, had been on good form that evening, preaching up a storm.
They were having a well earned relax after a busy service during which there were more than a few first time salvation decisions.
Everything flowed from there.
He had asked for the secret of the old man’s success. The man paused thoughtfully for a moment then made this amazing statement.
“You have to let them smell the sulphur, then lead them to safety!
Show them the lake of fire, then give them hope of eternity.
Present hell as well as heaven!
Let The Holy Spirit lead them to the only sensible choice. . . gently, or kicking and screaming, or somewhere in the middle – He knows how best to do it!
Everything else in the meeting follows that — healing, deliverance, prophecy etc… it all follows after they take that first step forward to receive Christ as Saviour!”
One wonders if it would still work as well today?
Maybe we need more blood-and-fire preaching with repentance in these days, with The Holy Spirit allowed to move, instead of the cheap, user friendly Gospel without much mention of sin, let alone Repentance!
~ Chris G. Bennett
Chris Bennett came to salvation in 1962 but didn’t begin ministry until 2007 — a late-comer! Now mandated by The LORD to prophesy and open old wells of revival in the U.K., but especially in Wales. He has also operated Healing Rooms, and worked with deliverance teams, all with his wife, Linda. Happily now doing whatever The LORD asks of them! Founder, with wife Linda, of their ministry The Upper Room Encounter.
it worked before and it will work again
“You have to let them smell the sulphur, then lead them to safety!
Show them the lake of fire, then give them hope of eternity.
Present hell as well as heaven!”
Perfect and pivotal. We really need this again. Thank you, Chris.
The preacher is right. People are suffering eternally because no one is telling them there’s a very real hell.
This made me smile! Thanks for posting it. GOD bless you!