Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
AWAKE O ZION!
‘We are revolutionaries!’ he declared. ‘What then are we to
become? The answer is simple — I just don’t know!’
We all laughed. Noel smiled and picked up a book.
‘Let me quote from Dust Of Death by Os Guinness. He refers
to the fact that since the war there has been a great
radical outcry — a lot of communism, hippies, anarchists and
so on. Now this desire is a right desire although it springs
from a wrong spirit and has wrong results.
‘Os Guinness says, “The day the radical falters is the day
the Christian radical must demonstrate his staying power. If
reformation does not come, then the Christian community
must assert its regained integrity in being a loyal remnant.” 34
‘We radicals, then, amidst a basic Christian culture which
has gone phoney, should be a godly remnant, a people of God
who show his holiness and love, a people who will not sink
themselves in the dereliction of our society.
‘“Such people,” says Os Guinness, “may be a spearhead in
a new reformation, but let them have no illusions about what
will be involved.” 35
‘No illusions, brethren! We shall be mocked. The church,
as well as the world, will point the finger and say “They are
extreme!” Don’t be alarmed. I am sure that if Jesus came to
Britain, as he did to Palestine, he would be in some cruel
fashion rejected. He would not be acceptable. Few churches
would welcome his radical lifestyle. It is a shameful thing
that the radical, seeking, idealistic heart is so readily turned
off by our churches.
‘Os Guinness continues: “We must engage in a rigorous practice
of truth.” 36 We are doing it. It’s uncomfortable, isn’t it?
The overturning of all the selfish thought pushed into us from
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