The ship is going into the murky waters of life.
Posted by appolus on October 5, 2023
Let me go out on a limb a little bit and prophesy. I see the time coming when all the holy men whose eyes have been opened by the Holy Spirit will desert worldly evangelicalism, one by one. The house will be left desolate and there will not be a man of God, a man to whom the Holy Spirit dwells, left among them (A.W.Tozer, The dangers of a shallow faith.)
This prophecy was made over 60 years ago. He goes on to say…. “as the church stands now, the man who sees this condition of worldly evangelicalism is written off as being somewhat fanatical. But the day is coming when the house will be left desolate and there will not be a man of God left among them. I would like to live long enough to watch this develop and see how things turn out. I would like to live to see the time when the men and women of God-holy, separated and spiritually enlightened-walk out of the evangelical church and form a group of their own, when they get off the sinking ship and let her go down in the brackish waters of worldliness and form a new ark to ride out the storm.”
Can I say, for the most part, what passes for the church now, has sunk beneath the brackish waves or worldliness to which Tozer prophesied. What passes for church now would be entirely unrecognizable to the men and women of God who are now the arms of the Lord. Has the prophecy come to pass as of now? No. Evangelicalism has certainly sunk beneath the waves, but those who have come out of her have not found their place yet. The time will come. Persecution on a scale never seen before will draw us together as we have never been before. It took persecution to scatter the saints in Jerusalem so that they would go out and fulfill the commands of the Lord. It will take the great tribulation to bring us back together.
We will stand before an angry world, most likely led by the sunken Evangelical and religious movements, and not be moved. They will see how a saint stands in the midst of the fire with Jesus by their side. They will see a purified bride, having been stripped of everything this world has to offer, yet covered by the glory of the risen Lord. They will see a people like Job who will fall to their knees and cry out to God in worship “the Lord gives and the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord.” In short, they will see the glory of God cover the earth as the brackish waters cover the sea. The worldly church, the world and everything religious in it sinks into these foul waters. The Body of Christ rises up in the pure and undefiled waters that flow from heavens throne and it is crystal clear and will stand in complete contrast to the defiled waters of this world.
A Call To The Remnant 
100% JESUS said
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Habakkuk 2:18-20
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Kathleen Barrett said
So much
Mary said
Brother Frank,
You have no idea how timely this is.
The Spirit is stirring in many hearts.
The words “the old guard” has come into my mind a couple times this week with the sense/understanding of “the older saints” needing to rise up, awakened, and standing for the truth that we KNOW ✝️
I looked up “old guard” and the dictionary said, “the original or long-standing members of a group or party, especially ones who are unwilling to accept change or new ideas.”
Praying for the gathering together into the Lord.
💜
Mary
appolus said
God bless you Mary. Seems to me there are tow “old guards.” There are the keepers of the status quo who would never accept “change.” And there is a small remnant of old guards who will never change from the narrow path of the Lord’s Word…………………bro Frank
Mary said
Oooohh thanks for that further insight into “the old guards”; so true…sadly.
ladysheepdog said
status quo……nope I say……..not gonna do it……keepers indeed……not accepting change….very much indeed…..they don’t like my boat rocking….causes them motion sickness….well, get out of the boat……but, no, they have buckled themselves in…..its not a combo lock that you don’t know the combo to…..just push the button….exasperating
ladysheepdog said
I would tell Tozer. “I am of the coming out. I am one of those.” He didn’t even get to see the sunrise on the day I was born as he had already been with The Son by that time. Bittersweet that he hasn’t seen the first part of his prophecy come true. Whether the forming a group of their own has come to pass is a matter for debate, I suppose.
anita414 said
Amen, indeed. And what a GLORIOUS BRIDE SHE SHALL BE. 😁