"My testimony is being taken down and replaced
with the gospel of an earthly kingdom!
My commands are being set aside and twisted
into a licence for cold love!
"Who will weep for My wayward, rebellious children?
Who will be broken with My heart of love for them?
Who will go speak My word and My witness to them?
"Go! Go tell My lawless children
that they are following the great apostasy!
Tell them to come out of Babylon!"
*****
Art: "The Great Apostasy"
"Many of My people are resting
in their own hand instead of in Mine.
They have put their trust
in what they believe instead of in Me.
"The weight of their burdens still crushes them,
the heaviness of their fears still oppress them,
and the reality of their sins is still hidden from them.
"Their rest is in their understanding
and in their system of theology
instead of in My reality—
I am a system of verses to them!
"Because their rest is in their own hands,
they cannot see and come out from under
the mountain of their burdens, fears and sins.
"I long to set them free, but they are too proud
of their understanding to let Me open their eyes.
They are too confident that they are already free,
that they have no sins, fears or burdens.
"Look, My beloved people! I want to set you free!
I want to give you a greater and deeper rest
than what you struggle to believe you already have.
"I know you are afraid that you will be crushed
if you open your eyes and let go of your 'system,'
but I want you to trust Me, because I am not afraid!
I will never be content with you fearing your darkness.
"I want you to open your eyes.
Trust Me—I will be your light!
But if you do not open your eyes,
you will not be able to see My light."
*****
Art: "Afraid of the Dark"
"What has My beloved become?
I called her to live in My love,
but she prefers warfare!
"I hold out My love to her,
but she comes to me demanding that
I give her earthly power and prosperity!
"When I do not answer her,
she speaks in My name
and seizes what she wants!
"When My messengers call her to return to My love,
she mocks and stabs them to keep My love
from interfering with her having all she wants.
"Why won't you let Me save you
from your prostitution, My beloved?
But didn't I know beforehand that you
would abuse My love and My name?
Haven't I seen all things from beginning to end?
Yes, I spoke about you long ago:
in you My words about Babylon are being fulfilled."
*****
Art: "That It Might Be Fulfilled"
"My children! My children!
Put down your flags!
I am not calling you to carry
the righteousness of any nation,
but to carry the Cross!
I am not calling you to defeat your enemies,
but to love them as I loved you.
"Do not listen to those who prophesy
in accordance with your flags,
for I have not sent them;
they are prophesying lies in My name
and are following a 'Christ' they have made
in their own image—an 'anti-christ.'
"They do not listen to Me when I speak,
nor do they turn from their pride,
but instead continue to follow their passions.
They have become like brute beasts,
unreasoning creatures of instinct
who revile what they do not understand.
"Do not follow the beast,
but repent and return to the Lamb!"
*****
Art: "Follow the Lamb"
"I am He who has given you everything
in My death on the Cross!
I am He who has lavishly blessed you
with all the riches of My Father
and every heavenly blessing in Myself!
"My fullness has been given to you
by faith instead of by sight.
Whether or not you see miracles,
signs and wonders or revelations,
you have all fullness in Me.
"You can never go any 'higher'
or become any 'fuller'
than you are when you rest
in what I have done for you
on the Cross of Calvary.
"I am calling you to return
to the one and only foundation,
to 'Christ and Him crucified',
for You have been searching high and low
for fullness and for manifestation.
"I am your fullness in Myself,
and the Cross is your manifestation.
The power I want you to have
and to be clothed with
is My agape love.
"When you put down the Cross
in order to 'go to a higher level',
you choose another foundation.
When you 'go forward' past the Cross,
you wander off the straight and narrow path.
"Come back to the foundation!
Come rest at the foot of the Cross!
I want you to know My fullness
—not in 'Charismatic' gifts—
but in the Cross!"
*****
Art: "Follow the Lamb"
"My beloved in Charismatic churches,
"You have sought me with great eagerness
to see the power of My Spirit,
and I have touched many lives through your prayers
and through your faith in My power.
You have prophesied in My name,
driven out demons and performed many miracles.
But many of you do not know Me,
and I do not know many of you.
"Many of you have sought power without discernment.
As a result you are at the forefront of the great apostasy:
more than any other kind of 'Christian'
you are immersed in prophesying politics,
seeking the riches of the world,
and encouraging war against flesh and blood.
"You have sought the manifestation of My Spirit,
but you have often missed the spirit of My Spirit!
Because you have sought the 'signs' of My Spirit
more than the heart of My Spirit,
you do not know when you are being led astray
into lawlessness and rebellion.
"Turn around! Turn around!
Return to your first love!
Return to My spirit!"
"This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart
and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face
and then goes to a prophet,
I the Lord will answer him Myself
in keeping with his great idolatry.
I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel,
who have all deserted Me for their idols."
(Ezekiel 14:4-5)
*****
Art: "Prophetic Movement"
"My people, you are citizens
of the kingdom that is from above,
but instead of setting your hearts on what is above,
you have set your hearts on things below!
You want to create the old covenant kingdom
in your nations and in the world!
"I conferred My kingdom on you by being your servant,
but you want Me to lord over nations with you instead!
The hope you have is the same hope Judea had
when I came to bring them the new covenant.
They did not recognize Me or receive Me,
and neither have many of you.
"For I am not the 'Messiah' that you are hoping
will come vindicate your righteousness
and transform your country into My kingdom.
My kingdom is not of this world;
I did not want to be made 'King' by force in Judea,
and I do not want you to make Me 'King' by force today.
"Beloved! Hear My call!"
*****
Art: "Gently Broken"
