1 Corinthians 14:8
For if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle?
Life is a battle. There are ebbs and flows in this battle, but it is real none-the-less. Many people in Canada battle addictions, battle in their marriage, battle over kids, battle for kids. We battle in life; even in the church and with other churches we battle. 1 Corinthians 4:8 “for if the trumpet gives an UNCERTAIN SOUND, who shall prepare himself to battle.” The context of this verse is in relation to tongues and the interpretation of those tongues. He uses instruments as examples that are meant to carry a CERTAIN SOUND. IF THEY ARE not played right, how will anyone know what they are meant to sound like? Then, vs. The word “UNCERTAIN” means, “without manifestation, not apparent, CONCEALED. It’s applied to graves, overgrown with weeds and thus concealed. Church, you and I were created to carry a sound. Yet because of miss-use, ignorance, hurt, battles, we are making NOISE but it’s an uncertain sound. It’s not the sound of Christ or heaven that comes out of us at times. It’s instead the sound of carnality and hurt. It’s a sound, but an uncertain sound, and because of it, we are unprepared for battle. Church, the devil wants what is in you to be concealed, hidden, never sounding right, just enough to get you by but never change. Wineskins never change when the sound is uncertain. So the uncertain sound creeps into our music, our message, and our methods. Now watch, a trumpet then was not like the trumpets of today. The trumpet was a WIND instrument. When the breath, the wind of God is able to blow through these earthen vessels we carry a CERTAIN sound that changes atmospheres. Trumpets were used for war and to assemble the army. Gideon’s army rallied under the sound of the trumpet. Trumpets were blown to announce Jubilee. It was used in battle. When it was offering time, they blew the trumpet. All and more had a certain sound. Now imagine the watchmen on the wall and he sees an enemy approaching and instead of blowing it with the sound that let’s them know, he instead blows the sound of Jubilee. So as the people gather for Jubilee, they are NOT READY for the attack that’s coming. Why? Because the trumpet gave an uncertain sound. Out of your spirit must come a CERTAIN sound, a clear sound. Every other group on the planet tells people what they think, but the church comes across with an uncertain sound. Not clear, concealed etc. Our message MUST BE CLEAR AND CERTAIN or who will turn the tide of the evil sound of the enemy. Watchmen on the wall are not blowing the trumpet, so the enemy does.
So atheists blow the trumpet.
Immorality blows the trumpet.
SEX Ed. Blows the trumpet.
Church, we must arise with a certain sound, a clear sound and blow the trumpet in Zion and sound the alarm on My holy mountain.
Church, you and I were born again and we are to carry a sound. We must not conceal what heaven has put in us.
Yours for Revival,
Pastor Francis Armstrong
