Revival Writings

Vance Hanver - "It Is Time", Chapter V, "Time To Be Serious"

05/17/2014 08:30

PREFACE:

Jeremiah 6:16, "Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said,  We will not walk therein" 

I had a thought that directed me toward passing on great writings of great men! Here it is.."There's an extinction of the writings of great men of distinction!" In every generation there are those who consider OLD of no worth and only worthy of discard! Old car, dress, suit, house, etcs, etcs, - "Get rid of them! They're not up-to-date! Of no value!" What a sad attitude to think that only NEW is good and OLD is no good! My inspired, preserved Word of God shows that "aged men and aged women" are of great importance! Titus 2:1-4!

Folks, the writer of this website is "OLD school" and I believe, teach, and preach the "Old paths", old truths within the old Book of the old faith found in that old King James Bible that most would like to repair, replace, and resort to extinction! Well...the "old-timers" of the old faith have had a great influence on my spiritual condition with their writings of exhortation and inspiration toward my revival! Some of my books would not be of interest to modern-day "Christian" publishers, nor find their way into "Christian" bookstores! Thus, you the reader of this section will be "treated" to some writings by great men of distinction whose books MUST NOT go into extinction! My first great old-timer is:

VANCE HAVNER and his Book, "It Is Time", chaper V, "Time To Be Serious". 

1 Cor. 7:29a, "But this I say, brethren, the time is short:.."  "This solemn statement of Paul sets forth our pattern of conduct in the last days. It begins and ends with a reminder of how short and changing are these fleeting times: 'The time is short...'  'The fashion of this world passeth away' (7:31b)  Of course, there is a sense in which the time has always been short. It was short in Paul's day for, compared with endless eternity, the whole stretch of history is less than a drop of water beside all the oceans. But now, with all the signs of the times fast converging and God's signals going off all around us, who can doubt that the sands of the age are running low? It is true that at every crisis of history there have always been some to prophesy that judgment was just around the corner. Never have all the trends and tendencies and indications that mark the end of the age come together in such a pattern as we now behold. To go into that is  not the purpose of this message, but humble students of the Word and the times are growing pretty unanimous that 'the time is short"