In recent months I have been saddened and distressed by how many people I
know personally who have lost their fire, compromised the word of God,
or who have turned on me, who claim to follow Christ. I've been accused
of sins I know I have not committed, of "turning Jew", and "taking this
end time stuff to seriously". I have been surprised at the amount of
venom some Christian friends have spewed at me, when I have tried to
find out why they have "cast me out", and others have refused to even
acknowledge my attempts to reach out to reconcile.
This began
happening not long after I left Bible College but it seems that I have
been deemed either too radical or too sinful by people who have not
shared a table with me in years. I have never walked out on a
friendship nor severed ties with anyone unless they were abusive to me
and refused to respect me.
However this is a sign of these end times
I "take far too seriously". Betrayal and the love of many growing cold
as each man or woman does what is right in their own eyes.
What
would cause family members to turn on each other or brothers and sisters
in the Faith to abandon or lash out at each other? IT seems
unthinkable that such an event would arise where one family member might
betray another, but it will happen – the Bible tells us so. But even in
the Church there is going to be great treachery against one another.
This is exactly the opposite of what the Lord prayed for us before He
left this earth. Jesus prayed in John 17:21 “I pray that they will all
be one, just as you and I are one…”
I have often told people that
this final prayer of Jesus before He went to the Cross was His "Last
Will and Testament" to His church and we have had gross negligence in
not fulfilling His wishes. Denominations divide us, we have many who
have a form of Godliness but deny the power of the Holy Spirit within
their lives, and the truth has become offensive in this "seeker
friendly" age.
It is because we are not in unity and because we deny
the power and anointing of the Holy Spirit that evil and darkness is
running amok, we have lost the desire and fire for holiness and deep
relationship with Christ. However there is hope.
I know I speak to
people here who know what it is like to travail in prayer, who know the
same rejection and betrayal I have experienced, and I know there are
those here who hear the Shofar blast waking the Body from slumber--this
is a group with their lamps fully stocked with Oil and we are making
ready for the Bridegroom. We raise the standard while the world lowers
theirs and the truth has set us free. We are the intercessors, the
prophets and the warriors with a mandate to serve our King and to
embrace Him as our friend. We are the remnant who will stand even if
our legs shake and speak truth even if our voices break.
May I
encourage anyone here who has felt betrayed or hurt by family or church
family to stay the course and know you are not alone. This is a
dividing season where the set apart will be set up for breakthrough and
an outpouring of the Spirit. Pray for those who are blind that they may
see and those who refuse to hear the truth may God open their ears.
The darkness may be great but our God is greater and He will not be denied.
Covered with His blood and baptized with water and sealed with His
love, every son and every daughter. We march on bended knee and pride
lays prostrate as we intercede and attack hell's very gate. We are the
redeemed and ransomed of the Lamb and in His Spirit united we will
stand.
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