Monday, September 8, 2008

God’s Biblical Truth Confirmed by God’s Biblical Signs


Jesus said that certain religious people always wanted a sign. The devil and his magicians (gold dust quartets, etc.) will send signs for immature, fleshly, and carnal Christians to chase.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. He is looking for disciples who will deny self, forsake all, take up their cross, follow Him, and minister the gospel of His kingdom in all the nations. He will confirm His Word with the accompanying signs, but they will be biblical signs.

Let's be disciples who preach Jesus and Him crucified, and preach the message that He preached which was the gospel of the kingdom of God. When true disciples fulfill His command, He will send the accompanying signs with which He promised to confirm His Word. The signs He is sending as confirmation to truth being preached are laying hands on the sick so that they are healed, and casting out demons so that people are free from the devil's bondage. He promises that, if in doing His will, you accidentally drink bad water, etc., or get bitten by a snake, He will take care of you.

Let’s look to Jesus Christ, and let’s look to His Word for truth and for the signs or type of signs that He sends to confirm His Word of truth. In order to not be deceived and led astray by false words and false signs requires that you know Jesus intimately and all of His Word thoroughly. This requires much time in prayer with the spirit and with the understanding, and it requires much time in personal study of the entire Bible on a regular basis as well as being ministered to by true and mature ministers of God. Those who do not will fall for false and/or carnal ministers who mix truth and error. The false and/or carnal ministers may astound you with some of their biblical knowledge and teaching, but they will entrap you with their error in Word and character.

The Church is in need of restoration! Get ready for godly restoration or for devilish storms! Help bring about restoration by being a true disciple, by being equipped by true and mature ministers, and by joining with like-minded disciples. Be warned that the devil wants you to spend a lot of time focused on what he and his ministers are doing. Some people like to chase fire engines; some professing Christians like to spend too much of their time focusing on false ministers and their false teaching. They justify it by saying they need help. They need you to work with true ministers and true disciples, which will provide them with light to get out of the darkness. Learn to use your time and energy carrying out the Lord’s work.

1 comment:

deaconc said...

Amen, Pastor Wayne.h