"As an prophetic apostle, my focus is over the horizon. It's on just a few narrow topics. I need everybody on their face praying, and I'll do everything I can to teach them how. I want everybody going after regional revival, and I'll teach week after week on how they can do that. I prophetically have a pulse on the church and I'll constantly relay that information to the church so they can respond. But, they will have to take it upon themselves to learn most everything else. Of course, I'm not the only teacher in my context either. Others can and do impart knowledge and revelation, but it is still limited and it's still required that we devour the Word ourselves." -- John Burton
With all due respect, John Burton is not a prophetic apostle, if such a thing even exists. He fails the most basic test in that he clearly cannot properly handle the word of God. What he is however, is a pastor in churchianity for the past 22 years. He is a leader in the apostate church. He is purpose driven, seeker friendly, and NAR. He is part of the complex and as such, he thinks sheep should feed themselves. That is not however what God has said and as such he is disqualified from even being the thing he seems to loathe, a pastor.
"Today, pastor led churches nurture and feed as the goal so much of the time without casting the vision that they are about to call everybody to pick up their weaponry and move out to battle! The coming shift will result in less feeding and a higher bar of committed and focused response. The problem? Pastors are not the ones best gifted or called to lead this transition. The pastor led church is functionally compromised. Simply stated, the church is out of biblical order." -- John Burton
I would laugh out loud if this was not so profoundly sad because this is the coming strategy of the NAR. God has cast the vision John and it is called the bible. We do not need the under-shepherds to override the vision provided by the Great Shepherd. Realize beloved that this coming shift he speaks of may very well be coming to your church too because this is the strategy of the enemy. This is where the apostate church is heading and has been heading for two decades now. Less feeding of the sheep and higher level of outward commitment from people who are simply not prepared to do so. Notice he is laying the groundwork for a shift to the NAR false leadership paradigm by saying pastors are not called to lead this transition, no. It will be the false apostles that rose up 20 years ago through the NAR. The only reason why the pastoral led church is functionally compromised is because they no longer preach the Gospel. Realize this is not all churches either but it is the growing majority. I know local pastors who refuse to compromise. They may have only 200 sheep but those folks are headed for heaven so the shepherd will hear well done my good and faithful servant. Their church is not out of biblical order John -- you are.
Stay tuned for Part Two
Reverend Anthony Wade -- October 10, 2019
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