The Shape of Things to Come
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
What is it like to hurdle the boundaries of one age and find yourself in a day without horizon and find yourself a person without limitation? What would it be like to rise out of the morass of futility and stand on the pinnacle of hope and survey the glories of the Kingdom? We live in a new day which holds both judgment for the world and promises for the remnant of God. The hour of travail is upon the earth; the Lord is speaking of a new way of life. We must be diligent and alert as we prepare to possess our inheritance. In these chapters we see many of the ways and means by which we are to prepare ourselves to face the most difficult period of history. We see that as a prophetic community we will be preserved by the power of God even while the earth shakes. Yes, the earth will shake, for the remnant is coming into the authority of Christ to bring down Babylon and every power that exalts itself against the Lord. These are days of great change and distress, but the need of the remnant is not to have a sense of survival. We are sons of destiny; and as we face this day, we must have an awareness of our relationship to the King and to His Kingdom.
Top Highlights
“Certain circumstances and situations are blocking the people of God. These impasses will not disappear by pastoral counseling or by a little prayer now and then. God has allowed Satan to create them, and this move of God’s Spirit in the earth never will prevail until from within the Body comes forth an instrument of God’s authority. It will be done by schools of prophets coming forth in the name of the Lord. They will bring down witchcraft and loose the people from oppression. They will be a body of people whom the wicked one cannot touch (I John 5:18). They will walk with immunity against satanic assault and against many things that harass the people of the Lord at this time. This must be our goal; this we shall contend for in the name of the Lord!” (Page 127)
“We will miss the victories of the Lord unless we listen to this warning: there is no need to pray for more power and more words from the Lord. We have already had great words and authority and commission committed to us. We are displeasing the Lord when we do not move out more boldly to bind the enemy when he comes against us and to proclaim the victories of the Lord.” (Page 6)
“Once you begin to speak the word of God that is within you, activating it and putting it in action, you will be able to control the atmosphere, the environment, and the circumstances around you.” (Page 191)
“In this walk in the Spirit, God raises people up; and they are given the freedom to use their own initiative in doing that which God has anointed them to do.” (Page 129)
“Millions of people will be brought to Christ in the days of judgment and tribulation” (Page 53)
- Title: The Shape of Things to Come
- Author: John Robert Stevens
- Publisher: Living Word
- Print Publication Date: 1976
- Logos Release Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Writings and sermons; Bible › Study and teaching
- Resource ID: LLS:SHPTHNGSCOM
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T08:46:05Z