|City on a Hill - Writings for Refuge

The test of a prophet is the repentance his or her word produces. Repentance simply means "agree with God." Vision gives incentive to actually make the hard choices to agree with God. The Bible calls this "putting on restraint." Proverbs 29:18Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; But happy is he who keeps the law. Repentance is the fruit of the Word of the Lord, since all of God's words are designed to call us back from the fall...from rebellion against His role as Father in our lives. Jesus paid the price, but we must apply the payment...choice by choice. Prophecy gives us vision to stay in those choices...when we get glimpses of where obedience is taking us, we get excited about obedience....we put on restraint. False prophecy is a counterfeit...it is vision for why we don't need to make any changes, or to make LAWLESS changes...usually impatiently running ahead of God into the promises without the necessary repentance. False prophec

Praying this morning about much of what I have read and heard regarding the 2016 election lately. Praying about the rebellion I see in so many places in the leadership of the Church, as leaders castigate people for having an opinion other than theirs. Praying as I see so many national Christian leaders compromising basic principles of theology to craft arguments to lead people in ways that directly oppose Jesus and His clear plans to return to a repentant planet led by a repentant Church...and all those that follow these leaders....all those that are unwilling to consider that maybe, just maybe, the leadership of the Church has brought the Church to this sad state... and hence the country. Praying for the leaders that, unlike Daniel in his day who repented, assert the wisdom of their own logic rather than repent for their own leadership and the system they have risen from... they double down in arrogance. Maybe the cult of celebrity that has invaded the Church is actually the problem.

A true culture of honor intentionally moves honor to the least...it doesn't preserve and circulate honor among those already honored. Many simply trade honor amongst each other...this is not a culture of honor, it is an honor preservation system.∆ Jesus' body is an upside down pyramid (V), where everyone gets life from the one who died first, greatness is at the bottom, among the very few really willing to die to themselves. The pinnacle is sacrifice and death to self in Jesus' holy mountain. John 15:13“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. In the kingdom coming, the meek are brought up...The base is honored, not the pinnacle. 1 Corinthians 12:21And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” 22No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary. 23And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow gr

The Harlot Babylon has a religious component of unity. This corruption of religion will honor "God" and even Jesus...but they won't obey Him. They won't know Him, or in patience, listen for His instruction. The Harlot Babylon is the seed of the antichrist religion. It puts man's logic, impatience, and control over the humility required to wait on God. The Harlot Babylon will claim to be Christian, just as the Antichrist spirit comes out from Christianity: 1 John 2:18Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. 19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. The Harlot Babylon religion will claim to be the true Christians....the tolerant and inclusive ones... Yet the truth is, they will b

True unity happens by getting more loyal to the Word, not less. There are so many false moves for unity where men try to find the common denominator in their faith...as if Jesus...who He really is, can be marginalized. This is Harlot Unity...Babylon. Jesus' name will be all over it, but that is what makes it so offensive to God. They will quote John 17, and talk about Jesus, and lay out vision for breaking down the barriers...and still be anti-christ. The Bible is clear about this. True unity happens in growing MORE fierce in loyalty to Jesus. THAT company will be marginalized and accused of division, not celebrated as some amazing move of unity in our day. The people of God are supposed to know better. True unity with Jesus will get you treated like the world treated Jesus, not put on a platform with amazing musicians, and world famous pastors... True unity looks like this: 1.the world hates it, and those who do it 2. It grows more loyal to the specific things the Bible says 3. It

Ephesians 1:18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power I want to see the people around me as Jesus' inheritance...not as enemies, not as unimportant, not as people who could help me get what I want. I want to see people rightly, as the inheritance of the One who made them, and do my best to connect them to the One who will make them great forever, if they could just see the glory and hope of why they were made. This starts ...always... In truth. The truth of judgment which is : That not connecting to this reality of inheritance has massively negative consequences. There is no neutral position in creation. We live in the time of calling in, casting down, and sifting out. The stakes are so high in this hour. The intensity of the end times ha

Zephaniah 1:2“I will utterly consume everything From the face of the land,” Says the LORD; 3“I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, The fish of the sea, And the stumbling blocks along with the wicked. I will cut off man from the face of the land,” Says the LORD. 4“I will stretch out My hand against Judah, And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place, The names of the idolatrous priests with the pagan priests— 5Those who worship the host of heaven on the housetops; Those who worship and swear oaths by the LORD, But who also swear by Milcom; 6Those who have turned back from following the LORD, And have not sought the LORD, nor inquired of Him.” 7Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD; For the day of the LORD is at hand, For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has invited His guests. 8“And it shall be, In the day of the LORD’s sacrifice, That I will punish the princes and the king’s children, And all

Matthew 24:30“Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31“And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. The return of Jesus produces mourning....it is supposed to. Mourning is the gateway to repentance and change. Because God chose love, He chose VOLUNTARY submission to truth that begins with mourning our lack of agreement with truth. All of the judgments, as they are released, are an invitation to mourn, not to despair. Despair is hopeless...mourning has a promise attached to it. Many will wait until the last minute to mourn, and thus minimize the reward. Don't wait to mourn....to repent...to change your mind about what is true and what is happening. Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is

There is only one protest theatre described in the Bible. The people of God are never encouraged to protest before men, but continually, God invites us to protest to heaven. If you want to see change that lasts, if you want to see real change, spend your time protesting to heaven. That is what David did...and it worked... David led Israel to cry out day and night to God, because every other god is an idol, and any leader who doesn't know strength comes from crying out to God is leading from a false reality. People that encourage you to protest, even peacefully, elected officials, don't believe Jesus is really coming. The trouble is happening because Jesus is coming. Luke 18:6Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge said. 7“And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? 8“I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?” Psalm 90:13Return