Tozer: The Prophet Called to

One of the main factors of the New Testament church is the prophets. They were used of God to lead the church through tumultuous times and prevent her from falling into heresies. Heresies began almost the day the church was born.

 When you read through the New Testament and follow up with the early history of the church, you can see that the church was successful as they listened to the voice of the prophets. When they turned a deaf ear to that voice, the church quickly sank into heresies. Some of those heresies linger on to this day. My great passion and love for the church leads me to cry out in desperation that what we need today are prophets. Where are the prophets to guide today’s church through the quagmire of heresies around us? Those early church prophets were successful to the degree that the church listened to them. The voice of the prophet today is seldom heard, not because there are no prophets speaking for God, but because the noise and clatter of our culture have so invaded the church that they have drowned out that voice. Because the voice is not being heard, the church is in danger of falling into the quagmire of heresy.

Tozer, Voice of the Prophet, page 17