If We don’t want to Burn, We Must Discern [podcast]

“Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” Exodus 20:7

Beware of those who dare put the holy name of the LORD on their own thoughts, words, visions, dreams, or words they claim are from God.

“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits.” Matthew 7:15-16

False prophets are self-serving and full of pride and therefore hate to be questioned or tested, yet that’s exactly what Jesus instructed you to do. Test the fruit. Always ask: “Do you have something to hide?”

YOU are not obligated to believe anyone’s scenario, supposed intel, insight, or words based on them claiming to be watchmen. Self-proclaimed “watchmen” have deceived many. Putting that title on oneself can be a dangerous endeavor. The words “watchman” or “watchmen” appear no where in the New Testament canon.

“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” 1 John 4:1

When someone says “the Lord showed me” this should be a red flag. Instead of tracking all things through the Word, they are attributing things to themselves which is highly subjective. Beware because once you are seduced and snared, once you buy into or bite on the idea that this person, this “watchman” is hearing from God, they have entrapped you.

“While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.” 2 Peter 2:19

When Jesus died and rose again from the dead He sent the Holy Ghost to dwell in EVERY born again saint He saves.

“But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.” 1 John 2:20

Being that the Holy Ghost is resident in every born again saint, you can “know all things” that concern your life in Christ by being led by the Holy Spirit and Word (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:12-21).

Now let’s read the context:

1 John 2
“But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
24 Let that therefore abide in you (the Word, the Gospel), which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”

No man should be allowed to so much as attempt to usurp the Headship of Christ in your personal life. Many have been ensnared by such nicolaitin witchcraft which Jesus says He hates (Revelation 2:6, 15). Nico – laitan = conquer the laity (people).

By His perfect sacrifice Jesus granted you the individual priesthood He grants to each and every one of His people (Hebrews 4:14-16, etc.). “Ye need NOT that ANY man teach you” (1 John 2:27). You are bought with the very price of Christ’s blood to be ultimately led by Him and not any other man. This requires the diligent daily study of His Word and a life of prayer (Matthew 26:41).

This doesn’t mean that there aren’t elders in the body of Christ or that every saint doesn’t need fellowship with other disciples of Christ. Yet you are His, you are Christ’s and HE alone is your Commander in Chief (Hebrews 2:10)! “Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men” (1 Corinthians 7:23).

“In whom (Jesus Christ) are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 And this I say, lest any man should BEGUILE you with enticing words. 5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST (not men). 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him (be led of Him, not mere men): 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8 BEWARE LEST ANY MAN SPOIL (ruin, mislead) you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: … 18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. … 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.” Colossians 2:4-10, 18-19; 3:1-3

Every born again and presently abiding blood-bought saint of Christ is led by the Word and the Holy Spirit, not some other mere human professing to be a “watchman.” Beware.

The primary way Jesus Christ leads His New Testament church, people, is not via watchmen but rather His written Word and Holy Ghost – via the cross, the crucified life (Romans 6; 8:11-14, etc.):

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalms 119:105

The voice, the will of God is given you in Holy Scripture and God will never contradict Himself (1 Corinthians 14:33).

ANY person pretending to be representing Christ, in ministry, who is NOT grounding their audience in the absolute necessity of personally studying God’s Word daily … is a false prophet. Take a look:

“Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. … 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Isaiah 8:16 20

To “Bind up,” to “seal” His “law (Word) among” His disciples, to MARK God’s Word, is to engrave it into their hearts and minds as their life, the highest divine authority, and the only way to know, follow, walk with, and eternally be with the LORD.

“For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath MARKED HIS WORD, and heard it?” Jeremiah 23:18

“Let God be true and every man a liar.” Romans 3:4

“Romans 3:4. According to this verse, every man is a liar. God is the only one who is faithful and true. His word stands forever (Isaiah 40:8). We should always believe God and not man. And be Bereans checking everything against the word of God. Acts 17:11.” Karen Cochran

“And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:10-11

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” Romans 8:14

According to Deuteronomy 13:1-10, even if a man predicts, prophecies, or dreams something that actually comes to pass, that person is not to be trusted but GOD alone is to be trusted so that if after that accurate prophesy they teach something that contradicts God’s Word they are to “be put to death” (v. 5).

“Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.” Deuteronomy 13:4

1 Kings 13: Why was this Man of God later Eaten by a Lion?

Do you remember the story of the old prophet and the younger prophet and how the younger prophet was eaten by a lion for his disobedience? Read 1 Kings 13. Being led of another man, even a true prophet, instead of the LORD Himself, can and will result in spiritual death.

Remember we read in Colossians 2 the warning about “worshipping of angels” and the exhortation to uphold, to hold to Christ, the “Head” of our lives (Colossians 2:18-19)? Of this 1 Kings 13 passage, one writers notes:

“The man of God had been sent from Judah to prophesy against the altar set up in Bethel by Jeroboam. When the man of God was to leave, he wasn’t to eat with anyone there and he was to leave another way. Yet, when an elder prophet approached him and said an angel had told him to tell the man of God to eat with the old prophet, the man of God believed that message. And then of course the man of God would suffer the consequences for believing that message: which was death. But why did the man of God believe the lie of the old prophet in the first place?”

Remember that this man who was eaten by a lion, was called “the man of God” and was heralded for his ministry and yet later disobeyed the LORD and was destroyed for it, for his sin (1 Kings 13:11).

“Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” 1 Corinthians 10:12

One commentary notes:

“In 1 Kings 13, the old prophet is from Bethel and tricks the unnamed prophet from Judah into disobeying God. The old prophet lies about receiving an oracle from God, and the unnamed prophet is killed by a lion as punishment for disobeying God. The old prophet then buries the unnamed prophet in his own tomb.“

“1 Kings 13:11
a    [Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el] Having heard of the miracles and the prediction against the altar of Jeroboam (1Ki_13:10-12), the old prophet pursued the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak and invited him to come home with him and eat bread (1Ki_13:13-15). When the invitation was refused and the reason given, the old prophet indicated that he was obeying the word of an angel. The lie was so convincing that the man disobeyed the commandment of the Lord (1Ki_13:16-19). At the table the true word of the Lord came to the older prophet who predicted the younger one’s destruction for disobedience (1Ki_13:20-22).” Dake

WHO does the lion here in 1 Kings 13 represent who ate the prophet, the man of God?

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” 1 Peter 5:8

PRAYER: Holy Father in Jesus’ name please wash me afresh in the precious blood of Jesus. Please make my heart clear, clean, and pure. Wash me also with the water of Thy Word LORD and teach me to see, to perceive, to understand and discern through the eyes of Your Word. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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