God built His Garden of Eden for His people and the devil entered. Jesus Christ started building His Church and the devil entered. God had a plan after the fall in the Garden of Eden; Jesus Christ has no other plan than His Church. What are we to do? We are to recognize that the Church is in need of restoration, and we are to yield to the Holy Spirit to be used of Him to bring about that restoration. Let’s get the car out of the ditch, make the necessary repairs and get back in the race.
We can learn from the attack in the Garden of Eden. The devil through the serpent misused the Word of God, and took advantage of Eve’s desires. He in turn used Eve to cause Adam to sin. The devil is still using these tactics. He changes the Word of God and he takes advantage of the desires of people. He uses people to cause other people to sin.
It is difficult to help people wake up from their spiritual slumber unless they are humble and teachable. God sends voices crying in the wilderness, but many will not hear. Devastation comes and still many will not hear. One problem in the Church is almost everybody thinks they know the Bible. They will say things like I go to church; I read the Bible too, and my opinion is as good as anybody else’s. It is often a mixture of pride, deception, stubbornness and even rebellion. People who hide behind being very loving will surprise you when the right button is pushed.
I am crying out for restoration, and warning of approaching devastation unless restoration takes place. There will be godly restoration or there will be unimaginable devilish storms. Don’t think that you and your loved ones will somehow be exempt! Young people often foolishly think that they are invulnerable; many Christians especially in the United States think the same. Why would God take His people out of something they have helped create by not being true and mature salt and light? Why would professing Christians in the United States be exempt from what other Christians are already experiencing just because they are in the United States? Wake up and get serious!
Regretfully, many Christians are following ministers that do not have a clue. These Christians do not study all of the Word enough to know the truth. They, like Eve, have some desires that are getting in the way of hearing and obeying truth. They are not only making excuses for their desires; they are misusing the love and grace of God. They will not be set free until they are humble and repentant. They need restoration before they can help bring restoration. Restoration begins with true humility and real godly sorrow that leads to true and lasting repentance.
It grieves me to see professing Christians misuse words like messy, violent, etc. to justify things that are not in line with Scripture rightly divided. True ministers of God are not called to share opinions with you or anyone; they are called to minister truth. They are called to be faithful to the One who called them, and they will love you but they will not compromise truth. We need a purging in the pulpit and the pews. A well known minister said that a friend of his decided to only preach truth and the result was that his Church almost emptied out. Thousands became few. Hopefully those people will wake up eventually, but true ministers must preach only truth and never look at the faces of people. God Himself will confound those who are controlled by the faces of the people.
God wants restoration for this generation that helps future generations; the devil wants to destroy and/or put in bondage you, your children and your grandchildren. The time is short and the window for preventing certain storms closes a little each day. Does anyone hear? Does anyone want to hear?
Monday, June 23, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Give No Room to the Devil (Revised)
The Bible rightly divided must be our standard for all things. We need revelation, right interpretation and right application of the truth that is in the Bible. We must resist revelations, interpretations, and applications that are beyond the Bible and/or not in line with it. This includes revivals!
There is a difference in a revival started by God and attacked by the devil, and a revival that does works of the devil and says they are of God. In godly revivals, people will be set free and will be in their right mind. In fleshly and devilish revivals, people will mix things of God with things of the devil and try to justify them.
True revivals that do not biblically deal with the devil and his attacks will die out and be written about in books. True revival that follows the Holy Spirit and stays true to the Word of God will build momentum until Jesus comes.
Who will have faith for this to happen, and who will fight it and make excuses for things of the past and of the present? Many have faith for great signs and wonders! Do you have faith for a Church that is described in Ephesians 4:13-16 and 5:26-27?
The Lord is looking for a Church that is without spot and wrinkle. He has given us His Spirit and His Word to guide us. He has also given true and mature ministry gifts to equip His Church. You'd better find them and find them fast!
Christians must totally surrender their lives to the Holy Spirit. They must study all of the Word to show themselves approved, and they must work with true and mature called ministry gifts. If there is any breach in any of these, the devil will gain a foothold.
True disciples are to make no room, no place, and no opportunity for the devil. Please understand my next point. Many Christians, from the beginning of their walk, are members in churches that have made room, place, and opportunity for the devil. Please do not react, but understand that the overall Church is in dire need of restoration!
How many really see and understand the critical need for restoration? If we do not have a remnant Church that is restored to Jesus Christ and His biblical pattern, there are going to be devilish storms beyond imagination. Even now, please take a look at what is happening all over this world; Americans, look at what is happening in the United States! We need restoration, revival, and awakening, but we need restoration, revival, and awakening that is totally in line with the biblical pattern.
Once and for all, please understand that there is a difference in a revival started by God and that is operating within His pattern, and a revival that is not operating in line with His pattern. Do not change the meaning of Scripture to justify ungodly things, and when ungodly things come forth, deal with them. Godly revivals will be attacked by the devil, but that is quite different from a revival that is using devilish tactics. There is a difference in someone falling to the ground when screaming demons are being cast out and someone screaming like a demon and saying it is of God.
Learn once and for all that leaven of any degree does great harm. Paul could not allow what Peter was doing to continue without bringing correction. Paul knew that correction had to take place for God's sake, for Peter's sake, for the Church's sake, for the sake of the lost, and for our sake. For us, it is a lesson.
Ministers must be corrected. Those moving in the flesh must be corrected, and those moving with devilish means must be immediately stopped and then corrected. If they won't receive correction, doors of ministry opportunities must be closed for the protection of God's people and the lost.
How many people have been deceived at a church meeting where things were done in fleshly strength rather than spiritual anointing, and the person it happened to, as well as other discerning disciples, and even ministers, said nothing. When these things are allowed, our friends, families, other professing Christians, and even the lost are greatly hindered and set up for further deception in the future because no clear line of right and wrong or good and evil has been set.
People with right spirits must in love and boldness learn to speak up for the glory of God and for the sake of the church and the lost. It will not be popular. You might lose friends and subscribers, but the real will eventually come forth, and you will have been a part of it.
Let's no longer do anything that helps support the non-real or the false. Let's only build up what is of God; let's tear down any and everything that is not of God.
There is a place to pull someone aside and take care of things in private, but leadership in the body of Christ must make sure that the public, Christians and non-Christians, never get the idea that something that is wrong is right. So, therefore, private correction should take place, but the public, in the right way, must know that something was not what it should be. How else will they be equipped, which includes having their senses trained to know both good and evil.
It grieves me to read articles and to hear sermons that contain much truth and then see leaven, or openings for the devil. It grieves me to see written and spoken responses based on feelings, experiences, and misuse of Scripture. Leave no room for the devil in articles. Never try to please man; live only to please God. Leave no room for the devil in your responses. Study the whole Word until you can rightly divide it and have your senses trained to discern both good and evil. If you leave one small opening, the devil will exploit it.
How do you know that someone is really healed by God? These issues must be addressed. If you permanently took away all catchers for those who fall out in church services, what would eventually take place? Some have addressed pushing and slapping for the laying on of hands, but the big ones that need to be addressed are emotion, power of suggestion, crowd pressure, and especially demonic influence. Oh, I could have left the last one off, couldn't I?
Give us disciples who fall before Jesus Christ like John did in the book of Revelation. Give us disciples like that, and the Church will again be known as those who are turning the world upside down. I hope the positive examples you give are in line with the true biblical pattern.
There is a difference in a revival started by God and attacked by the devil, and a revival that does works of the devil and says they are of God. In godly revivals, people will be set free and will be in their right mind. In fleshly and devilish revivals, people will mix things of God with things of the devil and try to justify them.
True revivals that do not biblically deal with the devil and his attacks will die out and be written about in books. True revival that follows the Holy Spirit and stays true to the Word of God will build momentum until Jesus comes.
Who will have faith for this to happen, and who will fight it and make excuses for things of the past and of the present? Many have faith for great signs and wonders! Do you have faith for a Church that is described in Ephesians 4:13-16 and 5:26-27?
The Lord is looking for a Church that is without spot and wrinkle. He has given us His Spirit and His Word to guide us. He has also given true and mature ministry gifts to equip His Church. You'd better find them and find them fast!
Christians must totally surrender their lives to the Holy Spirit. They must study all of the Word to show themselves approved, and they must work with true and mature called ministry gifts. If there is any breach in any of these, the devil will gain a foothold.
True disciples are to make no room, no place, and no opportunity for the devil. Please understand my next point. Many Christians, from the beginning of their walk, are members in churches that have made room, place, and opportunity for the devil. Please do not react, but understand that the overall Church is in dire need of restoration!
How many really see and understand the critical need for restoration? If we do not have a remnant Church that is restored to Jesus Christ and His biblical pattern, there are going to be devilish storms beyond imagination. Even now, please take a look at what is happening all over this world; Americans, look at what is happening in the United States! We need restoration, revival, and awakening, but we need restoration, revival, and awakening that is totally in line with the biblical pattern.
Once and for all, please understand that there is a difference in a revival started by God and that is operating within His pattern, and a revival that is not operating in line with His pattern. Do not change the meaning of Scripture to justify ungodly things, and when ungodly things come forth, deal with them. Godly revivals will be attacked by the devil, but that is quite different from a revival that is using devilish tactics. There is a difference in someone falling to the ground when screaming demons are being cast out and someone screaming like a demon and saying it is of God.
Learn once and for all that leaven of any degree does great harm. Paul could not allow what Peter was doing to continue without bringing correction. Paul knew that correction had to take place for God's sake, for Peter's sake, for the Church's sake, for the sake of the lost, and for our sake. For us, it is a lesson.
Ministers must be corrected. Those moving in the flesh must be corrected, and those moving with devilish means must be immediately stopped and then corrected. If they won't receive correction, doors of ministry opportunities must be closed for the protection of God's people and the lost.
How many people have been deceived at a church meeting where things were done in fleshly strength rather than spiritual anointing, and the person it happened to, as well as other discerning disciples, and even ministers, said nothing. When these things are allowed, our friends, families, other professing Christians, and even the lost are greatly hindered and set up for further deception in the future because no clear line of right and wrong or good and evil has been set.
People with right spirits must in love and boldness learn to speak up for the glory of God and for the sake of the church and the lost. It will not be popular. You might lose friends and subscribers, but the real will eventually come forth, and you will have been a part of it.
Let's no longer do anything that helps support the non-real or the false. Let's only build up what is of God; let's tear down any and everything that is not of God.
There is a place to pull someone aside and take care of things in private, but leadership in the body of Christ must make sure that the public, Christians and non-Christians, never get the idea that something that is wrong is right. So, therefore, private correction should take place, but the public, in the right way, must know that something was not what it should be. How else will they be equipped, which includes having their senses trained to know both good and evil.
It grieves me to read articles and to hear sermons that contain much truth and then see leaven, or openings for the devil. It grieves me to see written and spoken responses based on feelings, experiences, and misuse of Scripture. Leave no room for the devil in articles. Never try to please man; live only to please God. Leave no room for the devil in your responses. Study the whole Word until you can rightly divide it and have your senses trained to discern both good and evil. If you leave one small opening, the devil will exploit it.
How do you know that someone is really healed by God? These issues must be addressed. If you permanently took away all catchers for those who fall out in church services, what would eventually take place? Some have addressed pushing and slapping for the laying on of hands, but the big ones that need to be addressed are emotion, power of suggestion, crowd pressure, and especially demonic influence. Oh, I could have left the last one off, couldn't I?
Give us disciples who fall before Jesus Christ like John did in the book of Revelation. Give us disciples like that, and the Church will again be known as those who are turning the world upside down. I hope the positive examples you give are in line with the true biblical pattern.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Misuse of Scripture
Scripture is often misused and misinterpreted to deceive people who do not study all of the Word to show themselves approved.
Matthew 7:1 about judging is a prime example. Another prime example that is being misused and misinterpreted is the parable of the wheat and the tares (Matthew 13:24-30). All a false teacher has to do is change the biblical meaning of the field, and a door is opened to pour in other devilish deceptions. Ask the Holy Spirit to free your mind and heart and give you truth. Prayerfully study the parable and the parable explained until you know truth, and then you will be set free about that one.
Another big time misuse of Scripture is the Day of Pentecost. Oh, how the devil and his ministers disguised as ministers of righteousness have deceived so many with this one. Change the thing that the disciples were doing as a result of being baptized in the Spirit, and there is no limit to what the devil can send. Isn't it interesting that the devil has deceived so many professing Christians about the baptism in the Holy Spirit? He has deceived many to say it is no longer for today; he has deceived many about tongues in more than one way; and he has deceived many about why some said that the disciples were drunk.
When you stand before Jesus, the fair and balanced ideas are not going to stand the test. He is going to judge by the Word and His right interpretation of the Word. Really, once and for all, get this thing straight about those who will say, "Lord, Lord, didn't we ..."
Do you realize what has been done to the Constitution of the United States? One little change here and there and satanic flood gates have been opened. The devil has only had a little over 200 years to work on changing it. He has had approximately 2,000 years to work on changing the Bible. It does not take much to make devilish changes; look at the Garden of Eden. The devil did not stop at the Garden; he has always sought ways to attack and defeat God’s purposes. Soon after the birth of the Church, he started his attacks, which include infiltration into the ranks of the Church with his ministers and his interpretations of Scripture.
We are in a war! Let's not be on the wrong side while we think we are on the right side. The devil will eventually be put away, but he is our present adversary, and he works in a lot of ways to capture people. He gets some with voodoo and satanic worship, and he gets some by using his ministers in the Christian Church. They use the Bible and talk about Jesus, but they are there to lead people astray. He takes other ministers, who actually may have been called of God, and gets them off track so that they can lead others astray.
It is not hopeless, but anyone who is not totally sold out to God is a candidate for deception. Anyone who does not have an intimate abiding in Jesus Christ and a thorough knowledge of His Word without reading their preconceived, private interpretations into it is going to be led astray to some degree. The devil is willing to work his plan over a long period of time. He infiltrates and lays the ground work a little at a time for what he is doing in the minds and hearts of people. He finally has them so hooked that they will blindly defend and make excuses for what he is doing.
It is time to wake up! The time is short! There will be godly restoration or unimaginable devilish storms.
Matthew 7:1 about judging is a prime example. Another prime example that is being misused and misinterpreted is the parable of the wheat and the tares (Matthew 13:24-30). All a false teacher has to do is change the biblical meaning of the field, and a door is opened to pour in other devilish deceptions. Ask the Holy Spirit to free your mind and heart and give you truth. Prayerfully study the parable and the parable explained until you know truth, and then you will be set free about that one.
Another big time misuse of Scripture is the Day of Pentecost. Oh, how the devil and his ministers disguised as ministers of righteousness have deceived so many with this one. Change the thing that the disciples were doing as a result of being baptized in the Spirit, and there is no limit to what the devil can send. Isn't it interesting that the devil has deceived so many professing Christians about the baptism in the Holy Spirit? He has deceived many to say it is no longer for today; he has deceived many about tongues in more than one way; and he has deceived many about why some said that the disciples were drunk.
When you stand before Jesus, the fair and balanced ideas are not going to stand the test. He is going to judge by the Word and His right interpretation of the Word. Really, once and for all, get this thing straight about those who will say, "Lord, Lord, didn't we ..."
Do you realize what has been done to the Constitution of the United States? One little change here and there and satanic flood gates have been opened. The devil has only had a little over 200 years to work on changing it. He has had approximately 2,000 years to work on changing the Bible. It does not take much to make devilish changes; look at the Garden of Eden. The devil did not stop at the Garden; he has always sought ways to attack and defeat God’s purposes. Soon after the birth of the Church, he started his attacks, which include infiltration into the ranks of the Church with his ministers and his interpretations of Scripture.
We are in a war! Let's not be on the wrong side while we think we are on the right side. The devil will eventually be put away, but he is our present adversary, and he works in a lot of ways to capture people. He gets some with voodoo and satanic worship, and he gets some by using his ministers in the Christian Church. They use the Bible and talk about Jesus, but they are there to lead people astray. He takes other ministers, who actually may have been called of God, and gets them off track so that they can lead others astray.
It is not hopeless, but anyone who is not totally sold out to God is a candidate for deception. Anyone who does not have an intimate abiding in Jesus Christ and a thorough knowledge of His Word without reading their preconceived, private interpretations into it is going to be led astray to some degree. The devil is willing to work his plan over a long period of time. He infiltrates and lays the ground work a little at a time for what he is doing in the minds and hearts of people. He finally has them so hooked that they will blindly defend and make excuses for what he is doing.
It is time to wake up! The time is short! There will be godly restoration or unimaginable devilish storms.
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