Repentance Will Be the Fruit of the Glory
In August of 2023, the Lord gave me a word concerning a wave of glory that would be coming:
There is a wave of glory that is coming to the Body of Christ. It isn't about new mantles or fresh revelation... it is a wave that will crash down against the grains of sand that will transform individuals through genuine repentance. The Lord will move upon individuals, and their lives will appear to be going through difficult transitions; however, those transitions are how He will transform individuals, by breaking off their selfishness, greed, lust, disobedience and hard hearts. Repentance will be the fruit of the glory. There is a Holy-Spirit day of reckoning coming to many in the Body of Christ!
This wave of glory is not about punishment; it is not about condemnation. This wave of glory is about a necessary alignment for the Body. This wave of glory isn't a public spectacle of guilt and shame. This wave is about positioning individuals to adhere to the conviction of Holy Spirit to return home to the Father and no longer remain a part of the world for cultural acceptance. God is not pleased or glorified by our sins. He is magnified through genuine, humble, full repentance. When we bring Him the proper sacrifice, our sin is redeemed and His glory is revealed throughout our lives.
When the world witnesses the failures of men and women who profess to be Christians, the flaws that have been established within many churches tend to be exposed. The world pounces on these moments to criticize church leaders, ministries, and individuals. The failures, mistakes, poor decisions, lack of discernment, spiritual or verbal abuse, etc. are the things that the world loves to dissect and use as evidence as to why God isn't real or why God isn't good.
An Emergence of the Faithful Ones
While in prayer, the Lord spoke the following to me: "There will be an emergence of the faithful ones."
What does this mean? Specifically, what does this mean for the Body of Christ? To be faithful means we are to be reliable, steadfast, and unwavering in our walk with the Lord. Faithfulness is demonstrated as an attribute of God, and it's a positive characteristic in His people (see Galatians 5:22). Scripture speaks of God's faithfulness when He says He will do something and He does it, even when it seems impossible.
If God were unfaithful, He would not be God, and we could not rely on any of His promises. 1 Kings tells us, "... Not one word has failed of all the good promises He gave through His servant Moses..." (1 Kings 8:56). God is reliable, steadfast, and unwavering. God does not have to work at being faithful; He is faithful. Faithfulness is an essential part of who He is.
There are many examples throughout the Word of God that exemplify the faithfulness of those who have served the Lord:
1. HANNAH. She trusted that God was faithful, even when she was facing barrenness. As a result of her faithfulness, the prophet Samuel was born. (Photo via Unsplash)
2. RUTH. She honored her mother-in-law and was faithful to her, resulting in the lineage of Christ being preserved.
3. DAVID. Despite his sinful choices, he was still faithful to the Lord and known as a man after God's heart.
4. ESTHER. She was faithful to God and His leading in her life. Even in her role as queen, she was humble and risked her own life to save her people from death.
5. NOAH. He was faithful to God's leading, resulting in humanity being saved physically and a continuation of God's promise of salvation for all.
6. JOSEPH. Even though Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers, lied about by Potiphar's wife, and forgotten in prison by the baker and candlestick maker, he was faithful.
Those are just a few who were considered faithful.
The Faithfulness of Silas
As I continued to seek the Lord about the word He spoke to me regarding an "emergence of the faithful ones," I was directed to Silas. When we hear his name, the majority of the time, it is usually connected with the apostle Paul – specifically during the time that they were imprisoned and began to sing.
What is the Lord saying?
According to the Bible and Church history, Silas was known to be a leader in the early Church. Silas was known to be on the missionary journey with Paul, and 1 Peter 5:12 describes him as a "faithful brother."
Silas was a Hellenistic Jew and a Roman citizen. We are first introduced to Silas as a leader and teacher in the Jerusalem church. The Jerusalem Council chose Silas, along with Judas, to help Paul and Barnabas communicate the Council's decision to Antioch. It would be on Paul's second missionary journey that he chose Silas to go with him due to the disagreement that Paul had with Barnabas concerning John Mark.
While in Philippi, Paul and Silas were arrested, beaten, and imprisoned; but about midnight, they were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them (see Acts 16:25). If you are familiar with the Scriptures, you know that God miraculously shook the prison, and all the doors of the cells were opened. The jailer, having witnessed their faith, asked them, "What must I do to be saved?" Paul and Silas answered, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved..." The jailer was saved that night, and he and his family were all baptized (see Acts 16:29-34). (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
"The start of the Philippian church is a great reminder that, even in extremely difficult times, God can bring about great things. God will glorify His name, even through our trials and tribulations. Paul and Silas had this perspective, and that's why they were able to sing at midnight.
"The fact that the prisoners were 'listening' to Paul and Silas singing hymns is not a detail to be skipped over lightly. As followers of Jesus Christ, we, too, have people watching how we react to life's circumstances. If Paul and Silas had been griping or protesting or whining about the injustice of their situation, the jailer would have never been drawn to believe in the Lord Jesus. But they responded to their situation gracefully and with joy – their actions were completely foreign to how others expected them to react...
"Later, Silas and Timothy ministered in Berea (Acts 17:14), and Silas spent extra time in Corinth, ministering after Paul left that city. Silas served with Peter as well; in fact, he is thought to have delivered the epistle of 1 Peter to its recipients (1 Peter 5:12).
"Silas is a great example of someone who used his gifts to serve the Lord and others with all his heart. The apostles called him 'faithful,' and he was known as one to 'encourage and strengthen the brothers' (Acts 15:32). Multitudes in the early Church were blessed by Silas, and Paul and Peter were heartened by his faithful companionship. Silas was 'a brother... born for adversity' (Proverbs 17:17)." (Excerpt take from Got Questions: Who Was Silas in the Bible?)
Using Those on the Sidelines
Here is where I began to understand what the Lord meant when He said, "There will be an emergence of the faithful ones." I believe that we are going to see individuals who have been on the sidelines – those who have been hidden, those who don't have major platforms, and those who rarely have been heard from. The Lord is going to use these individuals in this hour (as He did Silas) to shake the spiritual jail cells in the lives of others, so that they can walk through open doors. We must remember that, according to the Jewish calendar, we are in the year of the open door (5784). How fitting is it that it was God who opened the prison doors (not man), and the Jewish year of the open door is about what God opens, not what man opens!
The faithful ones will emerge, and we will see God's hand move in redemption and reconciliation in the homes of families, not just isolated individuals. We will see entire homes come to the Lord through the salvation of Jesus Christ. They will be born-again. They will be baptized in Spirit and water. We will see God bring forth the faithful ones to demonstrate to the world His glory. God always has a remnant that reveals the goodness of God. Amid the failures of mankind, God will reveal the faithful ones. Get ready for the shaking to continue, as it is needed to open doors that only God can open for the movement of His Spirit on mankind. God will be glorified, and He will use the faithful ones!
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Ryan Johnson
Ryan Johnson Ministries
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Ryan Johnson is dedicated in helping equip the Body of Christ to Awaken the Nations with a Prophetic call of a rising Ekklesia. He is a Son of God, Husband, and Father of four. Ryan has devoted his life to the righteousness of Christ, with the demonstration of the Father's Heart in regions, individuals, and The Church across the world. Ryan is the author of Illegitimacy: The Battle Over Your Identity, How to Contend for Your Miracle, and Racism: The Church and The Nation. He has had many articles released through Charisma Magazine, Charisma News, The Elijah List, and Spirit Fuel. He has also appeared as a guest on The Shaun Tabatha Show, Elijah Streams, Engaging the Supernatural, and Sid Roth's It's Supernatural. Ryan is the host of The Blacksmith Chronicles Podcast, an Instructor at Summit School of Revival, and travels throughout the United States and the Nations as a full-time itinerant minister.
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