Ian & Jocelyn Barker

For the past few months, I have been growing uneasiness with the way that Christians, me especially, are far too friendly and cozy with our nation and our culture. I look at the book of Acts and see a group of believers who were confronting the world and unbelievers to expose sin and darkness.

I don’t think I am exaggerating when I say that, in general, there is little practical difference between the Church and the rest of America. We have been swept along with the wickedness of our culture so that we are participants in it, not prophets exposing it. Instead of being messengers calling the lost from our culture, we have become a part of it.

I feel that in the days ahead the Church in America will directly confront the wickedness of the American government, the American culture, and the American dream. We will be forced to take a stand against our nation or be swept away in the wickedness and delusion. I fear that persecution against Christians in this nation is not too far away because we will not be tolerated because we will not tolerate wickedness.

In light of this, the Lord is calling His people to awaken and stand for truth. Where delusion has swept in like a flood, He will pour out a Spirit of revelation. Where we are poor in wisdom, He will cause us to abound in love in true discernment. We will be a people who boldly proclaim His coming and His will to turn hearts to Jesus. We will do it in love and we will be hated for it.

He is calling us to be a nation set apart. Pilgrims waiting for our King to come.

P.S. My intent is not to be negative, but to call us to sobriety, and encourage us to lay hold of a vision for wholeheartedness and separation.