Monday, September 24, 2012

The Church has lost her testimony

 “The church has lost her testimony. She has no longer anything to say to the world. Her once robust shout of assurance has faded away to an apologetic whisper. She who one time went out to declare now goes out to inquire. Her dogmatic declaration has become a respectful suggestion, a word of religious advice, given with the understanding that it is after all only an opinion and not meant to sound bigoted.” - A.W. Tozer
In response to and agreement with Bro Scott Head's post "the church has lost her testimony".
She has become introverted putting on the attire of big business and run by the elite businessmen. She walks in reproach and without power. Yet the Lord says "...the gates of hell shall not prevail against it". Who then is this strange woman?
Proverbs 2:16-19 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the COVENANT OF HER GOD. For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
Proverbs 5:1-8 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Proverbs 6:20-24 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Proverbs 7:1-5 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Proverbs 7:24-27 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

So could I offer for your consideration that God's Word speaks of a counterfeit, emerging, adulterous and idolatrous woman?
My family and I are a small part of the catholic church, the Bride of Christ who is pure, holy and preparing herself for the marriage supper of the Lamb; not the rapture. Wanting and needing to restore the chastity, integrity and moral standards of our Lord and King Jesus Christ in accordance with His Word.
I appeal to you to come out from her who has subdued you with her flattering words and humble yourselves, pray, seek His face, and turn from your wicked ways!
May God have mercy on our endeavors as we give Him glory in EVERYTHING that we think and do.
 

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