The Prophet as Troublemaker-By T.
Austin-Sparks
It is essentially a part of the
ministry of a prophetic instrument to cause trouble. It is inevitable; it is
the very nature of things. For the very function of the prophet came into view
when things were not right. If things had never gone wrong, had never needed
adjusting, correcting, or bringing to some greater measure of spiritual
fulness, there would have been no need of prophets. We should know very, very
little about prophets if things had gone right on as they should have done.
The function of the prophets was
to keep and hold before the people of God His full thought concerning them,
especially in the face of certain things that worked very definitely against
it. And it is just because of that clash and conflict that the trouble arises.
T. Austin-Sparks
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