His prophetic voices...

In every generation Christians are pressured to be relevant. In other words, a spirit comes upon the church and seduces it to change the message and make it less confrontational. The lie, of course, is that changing the message will win more souls to Jesus Christ. In practice, however, the very opposite is true. Sadly, many Christians fall for this lie. God is relevant in every generation and so is his gospel. He never changes, his word never changes, and his principles never change. Nothing in the universe is more relevant than God. This was made clear to me in the following scripture:

For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, and from his mouth men should seek instruction—because he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty. Malachi 2:7

Many years ago this little section of scripture made a profound impact on me. I spent many days meditating on it and the fear of the Lord came upon me.

This passage is the essence of what being a Christian is all about. In every generation, Christians are priests of the most high God and serve in his presence. As we serve him we learn his word and we begin to know his heart. As we increase in wisdom it becomes our duty to speak as those who have heard from the creator of the universe and understand his intent and purpose. It is our duty to preserve his words exactly as he meant them and to speak them clearly. We are not to add to or take away from them.

God has given us his mind and we are to speak as if he himself we're speaking. This is the essence of being his prophetic ambassadors in the earth. As we faithfully proclaim his word and preserve it (keep it in its original state) the Holy Spirit will move men to seek instruction from us. Over time, we become true ambassadors of the Lord Almighty; we represent him in all matters of life. Over time, our opinions or selfish ambitions are burned out of us, and we become men and women of God.

To become a true servant and ambassador of God means death to relationships with the things of the flesh and this world. Jesus clearly said that we were to deny the flesh and to resist friendship with the world. We are not to care what others think of us or be moved by their opinions of us. We are not to be friends with those who deny that Jesus is God in the flesh but we are to love them as God loves them. We are to be living testimonies to the love and goodness of God and display him in such a way that others are drawn to him through us.

Resist the temptation to be culturally relevant. Nothing is more relevant than God, his word and his spirit.