Our Greatest Need Ron Spear - The Eternal Gospel Church

OUR GREATEST NEED 155sin, and iniquity must be met promptly and decidedly, andput away from us as a people. Testimonies, vol. 3, 260.According to the light that God has given me in vision,wickedness and deception are increasing among God’speople who profess to keep His commandments. Spiritualdiscernment to see sin as it exists, and then to put it out of thecamp, is decreasing among God’s people; and spiritual blindnessis fast coming upon them. The straight testimony mustbe revived, and it will separate those from Israel who haveever been at war with the means that God has ordained tokeep corruptions out of the church. Wrongs must be calledwrongs. Grievous sins must be called by their right name. Allof God’s people should come nearer to Him and wash theirrobes of character in the blood of the Lamb. Then will theysee sin in the true light and will realize how offensive it is inthe sight of God. Ibid., 324.Let us arise while there is still a moment of time and enter intoserious soul searching and purification under the transforming powerof Christ our Mediator. Let us turn from looking to man and look onlyto Him as to how we are to live and work for Him. We must all cometo acknowledge that our self-sufficiency is of nothing and that our onlysufficiency is in our all sufficient Saviour:Every heart in every household needs to take up the workof self-examination, else some will find, as did Saul, that theyare appointed to destruction. Especially is this applicable tomen in positions of responsibility. Saith the Lord: “I will notserve with any selfish devising.” Everyone needs now to seekthe Lord. God’s people will not endure the test unless thereis a revival and a reformation. The Lord will not admit intothe mansions He is preparing for the righteous, one soul whois self-sufficient. Ibid., vol. 7, 285.Let us refer once more to the following message from Christ, whichis so appropriate for our present situation:Perilous times are before us. Every one who has a knowledgeof the truth should awake, and place himself, body,