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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