—– “SATAN ENERGIZES HIS PUPPET-IDOLS WITH A SATANIC “GLORY”-GLOW, SO THAT THEY APPEAR MORE GIFTED AND/OR ATTRACTIVE THAN THEY ACTUALLY ARE, IF AT ALL. IT’S KNOWN AS “UNACCOUNTABLE INFATUATION.” WE SAW IT DISPLAYED IN THE MINDLESS, SATANIC HYSTERIA THAT ACCOMPANIED ELVIS AND THE BEATLES ET AL ETC. WITHOUT THAT DEMONIC SHEEN AND ENERGIZATION OF THE FORBIDDEN, LATENT POWERS OF THE SOUL, IDOLATRY WOULDN’T HAVE HALF THE POWER IT WIELDS TODAY. BIND THE STRONGMAN OVER THESE “STARS’” LIVES, AND YOU WILL SEE THEM FOR THE DRAB, WORN-OUT, WASHED-UP AND ORDINARY-LOOKING FOLKS THEY REALLY ARE. WHEN SATAN’S FINISHED WITH THEM, THEY LOOK NOTHING LIKE HE PAINTED THEM WHEN HE WAS STILL USING THEM.” B.
WE SEE “STAR” AFTER “STAR” DYING. SCARCELY DOES A WEEK EXPIRE IN THESE LAST DAYS THAT A “STAR” OF THIS FLEETING WORLD DOESN’T DIE IN SIN. THEY SERVED SELF AND THEREFORE SATAN HIMSELF, DENYING CHRIST TO THEIR OWN ETERNAL DEMISE.
MANY “stars” who now shine will soon be irrevocably thrust down to hell (Luke 10:18).
All who don’t choose to repent and serve Jesus Christ on HIS TERMS are going to hell irrevocably to be with their father the devil (Matthew 12:30; John 8:44).
“I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.” Luke 10:18
THE ENEMY’S WORK IS NOT LIMITED TO THE SECULAR WORLD
AS ONE DISCIPLE POINTS OUT IN THE ABOVE QUOTE, THE ONE WHOM THE BIBLE SAYS IS “THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR” AND “THE GOD OF THIS WORLD,” ALSO TARGETS THE CHURCH WORLD SPECIFICALLY (PSALMS 74:3-4, 7; 2 CORINTHIANS 4:4; EPHESIANS 2:2). IN THE MODERN CHURCH WORLD, SATAN HAS HIS “STARS” WHOM HE CAUSES TO GLOW IN ORDER TO DERAIL AND ROB THOSE SAVED BY OUR LORD AND THOSE SEEKING TO BE SAVED. THE STAGE THESE PROPHESIED WOLVES STAR AND GLOW ON IS THE MODERN CHURCH BUILDINGS, “CHRISTIAN” BOOKS, WEBSITES, AND OTHER MEDIA MEDIUMS. GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR ALL THE FALSE PROPHETS AND THEIR HERESIES – IT’S ALL A TEST TO PROVE WHO EACH INDIVIDUAL LOVES (1 CORINTHIANS 11:19; DEUTERONOMY 8; 2 THESSALONIANS 2, ETC.)
“FOR SUCH ARE FALSE APOSTLES, DECEITFUL WORKERS, TRANSFORMING THEMSELVES INTO THE APOSTLES OF CHRIST. 14 AND NO MARVEL; FOR SATAN HIMSELF IS TRANSFORMED INTO AN ANGEL OF LIGHT. 15 THEREFORE IT IS NO GREAT THING IF HIS MINISTERS ALSO BE TRANSFORMED AS THE MINISTERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS; WHOSE END SHALL BE ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS.” 2 CORINTHIANS 11:13-15
DUE TO THE UNREPENTANT, SELF-SEEKING, SELF-WORSHIPING HEARTS OF MANY WHO CLAIM TO BE SAVED, THE WOLVES FLOURISH IN THIS SINFUL WORLD WHILE THOSE WHOM CHRIST HAS CALLED OUT TO WARN AS WATCHMEN, ARE IN TROUBLE. BECAUSE THEY REFUSE TO TRULY REPENT (SURRENDER FULLY TO THE LORD), RIDDING THEIR HEARTS OF ALL IDOLATRY, AND TURN THEIR HEARTS TO THE LORD, THOSE WHO HAVE A MERE “FORM OF GODLINESS”ARE NOT GIVEN DISCERNMENT TO SEE THEIR IDOL WOLVES FOR WHO THEY REALLY ARE BECAUSE GOD HIMSELF IS SENDING THEM “STRONG DELUSION.” (2 CORINTHIANS 3:14-16; 2 THESSALONIANS 2:9-12; 2 TIMOTHY 3:1-7). HERE IS HOW THE BIBLE FORETOLD US THE APOSTASY OF THIS LAST HOUR WOULD TRANSPIRE:
“NOW WE BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, BY THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND BY OUR GATHERING TOGETHER UNTO HIM, 2 THAT YE BE NOT SOON SHAKEN IN MIND, OR BE TROUBLED, NEITHER BY SPIRIT, NOR BY WORD, NOR BY LETTER AS FROM US, AS THAT THE DAY OF CHRIST IS AT HAND. 3 LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU BY ANY MEANS: FOR THAT DAY SHALL NOT COME, EXCEPT THERE COME A FALLING AWAY FIRST, AND THAT MAN OF SIN BE REVEALED, THE SON OF PERDITION; 4 WHO OPPOSETH AND EXALTETH HIMSELF ABOVE ALL THAT IS CALLED GOD, OR THAT IS WORSHIPPED; SO THAT HE AS GOD SITTETH IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD, SHEWING HIMSELF THAT HE IS GOD. 5 REMEMBER YE NOT, THAT, WHEN I WAS YET WITH YOU, I TOLD YOU THESE THINGS? 6 AND NOW YE KNOW WHAT WITHHOLDETH THAT HE MIGHT BE REVEALED IN HIS TIME. 7 FOR THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY DOTH ALREADY WORK: ONLY HE WHO NOW LETTETH WILL LET, UNTIL HE BE TAKEN OUT OF THE WAY. 8 AND THEN SHALL THAT WICKED BE REVEALED, WHOM THE LORD SHALL CONSUME WITH THE SPIRIT OF HIS MOUTH, AND SHALL DESTROY WITH THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING: 9 EVEN HIM, WHOSE COMING IS AFTER THE WORKING OF SATAN WITH ALL POWER AND SIGNS AND LYING WONDERS, 10 AND WITH ALL DECEIVABLENESS OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN THEM THAT PERISH; BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED NOT THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH, THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED. 11 AND FOR THIS CAUSE GOD SHALL SEND THEM STRONG DELUSION, THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE: 12 THAT THEY ALL MIGHT BE DAMNED WHO BELIEVED NOT THE TRUTH, BUT HAD PLEASURE IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.” 2 THESSALONIANS 2:1-12
LISTEN TO THIS ….
I SPOKE WITH A MAN TODAY, A MAN WHO IS A TRUE SHEPHERD OF THE LORD’S FLOCK, FAITHFULLY FEEDING THEM WITH THE PURE WORD OF GOD. I HAVE KNOWN THIS MAN FOR SOME TIME NOW AND CAN TESTIFY TO HIS FAITHFULNESS TO SERVE THE LORD AND HIS PEOPLE. THAT MAKES HIM A RARE REPRESENTATIVE OF JESUS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS LATE HOUR WHEN “EVIL MEN AND SEDUCERS” ARE WAXING “WORSE AND WORSE.” (JEREMIAH 3:15; 2 TIMOTHY 3:12). THIS MAN AND HIS WIFE’S BANK ACCOUNT IS IN THE RED. THEY HAVE ESPECIALLY OF LATE STRUGGLED TO SURVIVE SO THEY CAN CONTINUE DOING THE INFINITELY MOST IMPORTANT WORK IN THE EARTH – THE GOSPEL. WHY? WHY ARE THEY SUFFERING THIS GREAT LACK? IT’S SIMPLE: THEY ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THEY MINISTER TO REFUSE TO DO THEIR PART IN THE WORK OF CHRIST. AND WHY DON’T THEY HELP? WHY DO THEY SQUANDER THE RESOURCES ON THE GOD OF SELF? – COULD IT BE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEVER AUTHENTICALLY REPENTED AND LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES?
THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY’S PERILS ARE IN JEOPARDY DUE TO THE LACK OF OBEDIENCE OF THOSE THEY SO GRACIOUSLY AND DILIGENTLY SERVE. GOD WILL JUDGE THIS. THE LORD’S WORK IS BEING GREATLY HINDERED BY FREELOADERS WHO ARE SELF-IDOLATROUS (REVELATION 21:8).
THE LORD ORDAINS THAT THOSE WHOM HE CALLS OUT TO PREACH HIS GOSPEL LIVE OF THAT GOSPEL. THEY ARE WORTHY OF THEIR HIRE MORE THAN ANYONE WHO WORKS ON THIS EARTH. READ 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1-14 AND 1 TIMOTHY 5:17-18 TO BEGIN WITH. REMEMBER THE LEVITES. THE LORD’S TRUE SERVANTS ARE FEW AND THEY ARE FREELY GIVING THEMSELVES WITH TIME-INTENSIVE AND LABOR-INTENSIVE SERVING. AND MOST OF THEM ARE STARVING DUE TO THE PEOPLE THEY GENEROUSLY SERVE. THIS IS A TRAGEDY OF INFINITE PROPORTIONS AND IN MY OPINION, A CORE REASON WHY THIS NATION IS ON A GREASE POLE DOWNWARD! WE HAVE FORGOTTEN GOD JUST EXACTLY AS ISRAEL DID (PSALMS 9:17; 50:22; HAGGAI 1; MALACHI 3, ETC.).
“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.” Titus 1:16
The fruit of one’s life proves whom he is serving.
If you were accused of being a disciple of Jesus, would there be evidence enough to prove it?
If our lives do no bear the biblical fruit to prove we are saved it’s because we simply are not saved. Perhaps we were at some point in the past and have since backslid.
“For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.” 2 Peter 2:20-22
Those who repent will – without exception – change their ways (Matthew 3:7-10). When God saves you your resources are saved. In other words the resources in your possession and those to come belong to Him (Proverbs 3:9-10). Giving is an integral part of our worship. The LORD would have us to be contributors to Christ’s work.
“But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.” Matthew 3:7-10
COULD IT BE THAT MOST WHO CLAIM TO BE SAVED AND PARTICIPATE IN CHURCH ATTENDANCE ETC., HAVE NEVER TRULY REPENTED? DOES THE FRUIT OF THEIR LIVES MAKE THAT OBVIOUS? ARE OUR LIVES IN THIS FALLEN WORLD ABOUT GETTING MORE FOR SELF AND NOT MAGNIFYING THE SAVIOR WE CLAIM SAVED THEM? READ HAGGAI 1. ARE OUR PURSUITS CHRIST-CENTERED OR ARE THEY RATHER SELF-CENTERED?
“And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.” 2 Corinthians 5:15
You Know You are Bound for Hell When:
- You love games and pleasures and other frivolity more than you love God and this is obvious in that you hesitate not one bit to spend endless hours entertaining the god of self, spending monies that could otherwise be used for furthering the Gospel of Jesus – the One you despise.
- You don’t give because you are concerned only for yourself and your own self-serving purposes because you love your own life in this sinful world and have refused to truly repent. Hell awaits.
- You live in and drive and wear the things that make you look “successful” in the eyes of mere sinful men because you have never truly repented. True repentance means you lay down your life (Luke 16:15).
- You know you are a godless hypocrite when you crassly turn your eyes and ears away from those in need. Hell awaits as sure as you are reading these words if this is you.
- You spend more time primping your nasty flesh than you do seeking the face of the LORD in holy prayer communion, praise, and studying His written Word.
- You search out and seek out new ways to spend money on the god of self and yet hypocritically get infuriated when someone preaches a biblical message on stewardship and invites you to give. If that description fits you, you are a devil in need of repentance. Why? – because someone dares tamper with the god of self you serve and self’s ability to do whatever self wants to do.
- You know you are an apostate hypocrite when you spend more money entertaining the false god of self than you do in supporting the work of Christ.
- When you see your money as a means to further embellish your sin-sick life in this fallen world (Deuteronomy 8:18; Ephesians 4:28).
If you don’t believe that the way one spends his money is a direct reflection of what is important to him and what is not important, you are going to be destroyed for the lack of knowledge of God’s Word (Hoses 4:6). If any of this description above fits your personal life, be forewarned that your money will perish with you. Naked you came into this world and naked you shall return (Job 1:21; 1 Timothy 6:5-18).
YOUR ABILITY TO EARN MONEY IN THIS LIFE IS TO BE USED TO OBEY GOD BY FURTHERING THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST AND NOT TO FURTHER ENTRENCH YOUR LIFE IN THIS SINFUL WORLD.
Jesus commanded us to give our lives as He gave His to redeem us. Those who repent and therefore know Christ, will obey Him. Christ commanded us to “give.” (Luke 6:38)
“And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” Luke 6:46
It’s time to ditch the delusion that going to church is fulfilling God’s will. Jesus never instructed us to do such nor did His apostles. In most cases it’s a sin to go to most local churches due to the refusal of most leaders to truly preach the full counsel of the original Gospel in the holy fear of God with no regard of sinful men (Isaiah 2:22).
Jesus Has Not and Will Not Change
Nothing has changed. Jesus sure hasn’t changed (Hebrews 13:8) and He told us He sits and watches how we give or don’t give (Mark 12:41-44). He’s watching exactly what you are spending your money on. Yes you are personally accountable to the Almighty. As it was that day that “Jesus sat over against the treasury” and watched exactly who gave and how they gave – the amount percentage wise, and their hearts.
“And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld (watched) how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.” Mark 12:41-44
Like the widow woman here who was poor, so today those who have the least usually give the most percentage wise. This is what Jesus is watching.
You see, so many want to escape hell and yet have no desire to be made holy. They don’t want to know Jesus, they simply want to miss hell and this is because they are serving the god of self. Yet God cannot be fooled (Galatians 6:7-8). He sees the hearts and motives of all men and will judge accordingly. This indicates clearly that they have not laid down their lives in this world and are therefore serving the god of self. They love this world.
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.” 1 John 2:15-17
This is why those who have chosen to love this world instead of Christ despise preaching like this and love their wolves who tell them smooth things – things that do not require truly repenting which Jesus says is essential to eternal life (Luke 13:3, 5). Hell awaits.
When a person genuinely repents, their life will be laid down in this fleeting world. They will see their earnings not as a means to build up their own lives in this world but as a means to be used of the LORD to further His blessed Gospel in the hearts of men! They will participate in the Great Commission Christ commanded (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-20). Those who are Christ’s will refuse to prop up and build the kingdoms of wolves whose god is their belly (Philippians 3:18-19). The true disciple of Jesus denies SELF daily and takes up his cross to follow Jesus Christ who gave all to redeem him (Luke 9:23-24; Galatians 2:20; 5:24, etc.).
“STOP Telling Us the Truth! We Will Migrate to the Many Who Will Tell us Lies! Flatter our Flesh! Do Not Call Us to Truly Repent!”
This is the heart cry of most who claim to be saved today and know not that they are going to bust hell wide open upon drawing their last breath on this earth.
“Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law (Word) of the LORD:
10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. (stop preaching God’s Word and give us success and prosperity preaching. Tell us what’s in it for US!)
12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning (truly repenting) and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.” Isaiah 30:8-15
Does this Sound Familiar?
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” 2 Timothy 3:1-7
What to Preach and Why
“I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” 2 Timothy 4:1-4
Attention Men of God
Those divinely called out to preach God’s Word must warn all those they speak to.
“So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.” Ezekiel 33:7-13
Servant of Christ: You must strengthen your backbone (Ephesians 3:16). You must stand up straight and unapologetically declare the holiness and fierce wrath of the LORD to come.
“Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.” 2 Corinthians 5:11
Are you soft peddling (misrepresenting) the things the LORD warns us about?
Are you more interested in what mere sinful men think of you or will think if you truly abandon your life to Christ and therefore preach His original Gospel?
The LORD Warned Isaiah and Us:
Fear God, not mere sinful men.
“Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. … I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;” Isaiah 51:7, 12
“The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.” Proverbs 29:25
Disclosing the full counsel of God’s Word is a must (Acts 20:20, 27, etc.). You must preach on repentance, fruit, hell, Christ, the holiness of God, fearing the LORD, prayer, the Word, and stewardship, etc., as Jesus and His holy apostles and prophets have left us with mountains of discourse and Scripture on these interrelated matters. Why must you preach these things?
1) To fear and to obey God and not mere men (Proverbs 29:5).
2) You must preach the whole counsel of His Word for which you shall give full account on that Day (2 Timothy 4:1-4).
3) You must preach, WARN, and teach the whole of Scripture truth (Colossians 1:28)
4) You must be oblivious to the evil-hearted, hell bound rebels who claim to be saved and yet balk at His clearly revealed truth (Isaiah 30:8-15; 51:7, 12; 2 Timothy 4:1-4, etc.).
5) You must call men who claim to be the LORD’s children to repent and to bring forth fruit to prove they have repented so they can truly be saved and not perish in hell eternally (Matthew 3:7-10).
6) You must not retain blood on your hands for not sending the clear warning to all you preach to (Ezekiel 3, 33).
7) You must make up for the intentional, gross, blinding lack of the preaching of the severity of God – the eternal judgment coming upon all whose lives are not laid down flat in humility and brokenness (Romans 11:20-22).
8) The eternal souls of men are at stake (Ezekiel 3, 18, 33; Mark 8:36-37).
Like it or not, this is your calling from the LORD. God is going to bring you into accountability for how you rightly stewarded or wasted the resources He alone allowed to come into your hands in this fleeting life. Such is a true reflection of where your spiritual state truly is (Matthew 6:21, 24).
Lay it Up There Not Here!
Jesus taught and commanded:
“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” Matthew 6:19-24
God Must be First or You will not be Saved from Eternal Fire
Watch what you say:
“Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
Jas 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Jas 4:15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Jas 4:16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
Jas 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” James 4:13-17
“It is Time to Seek the Lord”
“Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.” Hosea 10:12-13
The LORD is calling you to repent, to surrender without reserve, and to lay down your life flat before Him. If you don’t, you will perish sure as you are reading these words.
I PERSONALLY KNOW OF ONE DIVINELY CALLED-OUT GOSPEL WORKER WHO IS LIVING OUT OF HIS CAR. HE LABORS CEASELESSLY TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL, EVANGELIZE, PRAY FOR, AND FEED THE FLOCK OF GOD. HE MINISTERS TO THOUSANDS WHO VAINLY CLAIM TO BE SAVED AND YET ONLY A VERY FEW CARE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT HIM. THERE ARE MANY HE FEEDS WHO COULD GIVE HUNDREDS OR EVEN THOUSANDS MONTHLY AND NEVER MISS THAT MONEY AND YET THEY REFUSE. HELL AWAITS (LUKE 16:19-31). ONLY A MINUSCULE FEW GIVE A HOOT. 99% OF THOSE HE LABORS TO FEED COULD CARE LESS BECAUSE THEY ARE LOST AND HAVE NEVER TRULY REPENTED. THEY SAID A PRAYER AND A HIRELING WOLF LED THEM TO BELIEVE THAT THAT LITTLE MAGIC PRAYER SAVED THEM. WHAT A TRAGEDY!
“Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” Galatians 4:16
Don’t like this straight truth? Don’t like the messenger of it? I could care less if you hate me for communicating the raw, original truth of His holy Gospel. You won’t be the first or last to hate me for the truth’s sake. Hit reply and you will be swiftly removed with no hard feelings. If this offends you it further proves you are a lost soul, bound for eternal damnation in the lake of fire. You have been lied to – coddled in your sins by the wolves you freely support, funding their perpetration of evil and damning the souls of many (2 John 7-11).
The laid down life is the only saved soul. Lay it all down or perish.
It’s time to count the cost.
It’s time to measure how much you truly love God … Or self. Who will you serve? Who will you worship? You must choose (Matthew 6:24). You will choose.
“And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.” Luke 14:25-35
Prayer of Repentance: Heavenly Father, I have wasted Your resources which clearly reveals that I have not been abiding in Christ and perhaps have never truly repented and therefore laid down my life. I have loved my life in this sinful world more than You. I have loved self instead of loving You with my whole being. I am fully guilty without question. So, at this moment, right now if never before, I lay my life You gave before You. I am guilty LORD Jesus and ask You to grant repentance unto everlasting life to my wretched soul. Please wash me now with Your perfect blood and flip my life upside down and turn it inside out for Your glory alone. I here and now lay my life in Your holy hands. Without reserve, without holding back anything, I release my whole being into Your hands. Into Your hands I submit my spirit. Fill my life afresh LORD Jesus and use me in many, many different ways to glorify Your holy name in the earth in accomplishing the Great Commission You gave to every member of Your body. I pray all these things in Jesus’ holy name and go forth rejoicing to humbly and freely be poured out before You and to serve Your blessed body and see souls saved and taught Your Word. In Jesus’ name, amen!
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The High Treason of False Leaders [podcast]
PWT = Preach, WARN, Teach
“Whom we PREACH, WARNING every man, and TEACHING every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:” Colossians 1:28
Did you catch what the apostle Paul did to prepare the church to meet Christ?
- Preach
- WARN
- Teach
Letting God Speak for Himself
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” Matthew 7:15
Bible truths/words you never hear from wolves: Repent, obedience, the cross – crucified life, holiness, judgment, eternal Hell, the lake of fire, being spotless and ready for Christ’s return, etc..
Many today preach the crown but not the cross, the promise without the condition. They perpetually peddle half truths as they use words like “soar” and “rise up” and “elevation,” a going upward but never the essential non-negotiable condition of going downward before God will raise one upward (Isaiah 37:31; 2 Corinthians 4:10-12). Their misleading cross-less messages are “another gospel” and we know that because there is no cross, no mention of dying downward, no crucified life (2 Corinthians 11:2-5; Galatians 1:6-9; Philippians 3:18-19). The LORD will raise no one upward who doesn’t first humbly bow downward before His Majestic holiness (Luke 9:23-24; James 4:6-10). | Myth of Elevation without the Cross
“MANY pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. 11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.” Jeremiah 12:10-11
Were we not warned repeatedly to beware of those who would spoil us (ruin us eternally)?
This “famine” is here and has been induced by the “MANY false prophets” Jesus and His apostles foretold (Amos 8:11; Matthew 24:11; Isaiah 9:16; 2 Peter 2:1-3, etc.).
“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:” Amos 8:11
Self-induced “famine”: Those rebels who refuse to repent and get into God’s Word for themselves are starved out and deceived by the false gospel of the apostate modern church world. In contrast, every true disciple will study God’s Word diligently for themselves and feast in the midst of this prophesied “famine” for the Word of God.
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15
PAUL GAVE LITTLE PLACE TO FALSE LEADERS (GALATIANS 2:4-5). THEY ARE TO BE IDENTIFIED, REBUKED, REJECTED, AND MARKED UNLESS THEY REPENT (ROMANS 16:17-18; TITUS 1:13).
Jesus warned:
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening (devouring) wolves.” Matthew 7:15
The false leaders Christ speaks of here would have all the trappings of a true Christian leader so as not to be detected. But the true remnant cling to Christ and therefore His Word and are thereby able to discern (Ezekiel 44:23).
“The majority has always believed the lies, gone the wrong way, never changed, and suffered great devastation. The pattern is repeated every third or fourth generation. People warning them are always considered alarmist or fools (conspiracy theorists). But God ordains faithful people. They will not cease to warn them until repentance is no longer an option.” C.
Paul Speaking to the Ephesians
“Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. 32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.” Acts 20:27-32
God’s Word informs us that Christ’s true servant-elders WILL TEACH God’s people to discern by weighing all against the standard of the Word of God (Ezekiel 44:23; Acts 17:10-11; 1 John 4:1, etc.). Therefore we know that any man in leadership not teaching people to discern between the holy and profane, between true and false, is himself a wolf!
“Even the very elect! We need to be guarding our hearts every moment because the devil loves an idle mind.” Charles Pray
“DISCERN”
“And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.” Ezekiel 44:23
For a moment, let’s explore what true ministry is so that we can see what is not true ministry. Perhaps one good definition of what true ministry is would be: Giving people God’s Word in order to endear them to Him by His very own words. Is not the divine Person of the Holy Spirit integrally involved in that exchange? Did He not orchestrate it?
Watch closely at what the elders of Israel did when they stood before the people:
“So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly (directly, literally), and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.” Nehemiah 8:8
Truly God-fearing servants of Christ get people into HIS Word so that they follow Him and not them – mere men. Note that in this important passage in Nehemiah 8, we see the principle for leadership: Leading the souls of men to Christ, not to self.
Those who flatter you by refusing to preach the absolute necessity of repenting, taking up the cross daily and following Jesus…. Are setting you up for the kill …. You may vainly believe that it’s all fun and games now but judgment is coming if you don’t repent and diligently study and adhere to the whole counsel of God’s Word. When you do truly repent, you will no long put yourself under a smooth talking wolf who refuses to preach the whole counsel of the original Gospel of Christ (Isaiah 30:9-10; 2 Timothy 4:2-4).
“A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.” Proverbs 29:5
All ministers who soft peddle and do not endeavor to unapologetically declare the whole counsel of God’s Word, are deceivers. Run.
JUST because a preacher has a few good quotes does NOT at all mean he’s not a false teacher. If he has one false doctrine, he is false. Speaking of false doctrine, Paul wrote: “A little leaveneth the WHOLE lump” (Galatians 5:9). Example: There are many teachers/pastors of old who left behind good quotes and yet were false teachers. Examples would include the often quoted wolf C.S. Lewis, the diabolical monstrostity John Calvin, and the vile legalist Charles Finney. Also, there are many today who say a lot of good things and yet, then you find out they believe calvinism or the lie of eternal security/OSAS. Run.
One minister of Christ declared:
“People think that because I skin the brethren alive when I preach, that I’m not showing any love. That’s because they’ve been brainwashed by the glass toilet (the TV), and they respond to the tone of my voice much as my German Shepherd would. But I do love the brethren. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t preach against their sins. I would preach on coping and sharing and family values and let them hit a bonfire at the Judgment Seat of Christ.”
Think about how many people are promoting THEIR ministries and how much money is wasted on such trash.
“For THE LEADERS of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.” Isaiah 9:16
Leaders who betray the LORD and His people.
Remember that according to the record of the Gospels, it was the wicked religious leaders, the Jews of Christ’s day, who betrayed the Son of God their KING to the Roman authorities, calling out for His crucifixion (Matthew 27; John 19, etc.).
The kingdom of God is not about mere men’s ministries or churches or church organizations. Reading the history of Israel and the New Testament plainly reveals that false leaders have done inestimable damage – they have done so very much to oust Christ right out of the hearts and minds of the people they are misleading while posing as those who are leading them in the ways of the LORD (Isaiah 9:16).
“And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer (true worship); but ye have made it a den of thieves.” Matthew 21:13
Today is no different – In fact we are told it will get even worse in these final days at the hands of deceivers (2 Timothy 3:13). Like the wolves of old who were constantly exposed by Israel’s prophets, modern beguilers are intercepting the heart affections and resources of those they have misled. Listen to God’s prophet Ezekiel:
“There is a conspiracy of her prophets (false leaders) in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening (devouring) the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. 26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening (devouring) the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.” Ezekiel 22:25-27
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“O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.” Psalms 34:3
The eternal kingdom of God is all about KING Jesus.
“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 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) 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 … 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.” Colossians 2:6-10, 18, 19
Most men in ministry are “not holding the Head” of the body – Christ – and therefore have intercepted the affections of the people in order to exploit them to build their own ministry business.
Any leader who is not constantly doing every possible thing he can to get YOU into God’s Word for yourself, is an absolute wolf of the worst kind.
Revelation: People don’t need you and me – they need the LORD – and He reveals Himself through His Word.
Christ must be magnified, not mere men – “And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another” (1 Corinthians 4:6).
IT’S SO very important not to over aggrandize any mere man. We must rid our hearts of all idols (Ezekiel 14:3). The personality cults must be seen for what they really are and shunned by Christ’s true remnant. Think about the personalities so many (most) modern popular ministries are built upon? Think about the ingratiating, manipulative, and flamboyant personalities of circus clowns like Jesse Duplantis, Joel Osteen, and Joyce Meyer, Rick Warren, and a host of other false leaders who have built their enterprises/empires on THEIR own personalities and telling people what THEIR unrepentant hearts want to hear instead of what God says in the full counsel of His Holy Word (2 Timothy 4:2-4). Others we could name are more subtle and yet nevertheless draw people to THEMSELVES, not Christ! This is robbery – robbing Christ of the glory due only to Himself.
The great apostle went out of his way – he made sure and steadfast provision – to never draw or entice the affections of men’s hearts to himself. That would be theft – high treason against Heaven. In the holy fear of God, Paul took great precaution not to endear the hearts of men to himself, a mere man, but rather he espoused them to Christ (2 Corinthians 11:2-5). Listen to him:
“For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.” 1 Corinthians 2:2
Have you memorized the above verse yet?
“I Have Espoused You to … Christ”
Let’s again listen closely to the heart of Paul to the people of God, Christ’s messenger/apostle:
“For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. 5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things. 7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?” 2 Corinthians 11:2-7
Paul espoused those he oversaw to Jesus, not to himself. He caused them to trust Christ through His blessed Word and invited others to compare what he taught to the Holy Scriptures (Acts 17:11; 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:15-17). Is this what your pastor is doing?
In a recent conversation with my friend Tim, he was edified to hear the encouragement that every time he gets someone into the Word of God for themselves, he is doing much more than most pastors or “Christian” authors who make people dependent upon them – so that they get repeat customers for their business.
Are you in the Word daily friend?
How can God’s Word get into you if you don’t get into it?
Are you drawing and remaining close to the Savior in this late hour like the wise virgins who kept the oil of His presence in the lamp of their lives and were therefore ready when He returned? (Matthew 25:1-13)
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly (abundantly) in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” Colossians 3:16
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The 4 Pillar Purposes for the Holy Scriptures
There are 4 reasons detailed in 2 Timothy 3:16 for the Holy Scriptures being given to us by God. Under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, the apostle Paul wrote:
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” 2 Timothy 3:16
According to this verse, the Bible, God’s very Word, has been given to the people of God for 4 reasons: Doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness. Let us take a brief look at these 4 reasons for the written Word so carefully presented here concerning the very purpose of the Bible.
Doctrine – (Gr. DIDASKALIA): that which is taught; teaching, instruction. An individual’s doctrinal body of truth consists of that which he has been taught and holds to be true.
Reproof – (Gr. ELEGMOS): proof, proving, test. As the noble Berean believers demonstrate and John commands, to test every doctrine that comes from the mouth or pen of men, against the holy Standard – the Scriptures. This is, in part, what is being spoken to us by the Holy Spirit in this verse at hand. Therefore, we conclude that we have been given “All scripture” in order to exercise “reproof,” or the testing of men’s doctrines against Holy Writ and to test every notion of belief we currently hold against the divine standard of the written Word which is final divine authority (Acts 17:10-11; 1 John 4:1).
Correction – (Gr. EPANORTHOSIS): a restoration to an upright state or right state. The Scriptures are “given by inspiration of God” to bring correction into our own hearts, and into the hearts of all who heed the divine message (James 1:21-25).
Instruction in Righteousness – (Gr. PAIDEIA): training in righteousness is what is meant here. The Bible is given to train us in the ways of the One who inspired the same. The divinely given Precepts of life can never fail anyone who would search out and do its commands (Isaiah 34:16). All of life’s answers, as pertains to man, are found within its pages (2 Peter 1:3-4; Psalms 119:128a). Millions of godly pilgrims, journeying through this earthly life, has found the perfect divine will and direction by studying the words of Holy Scripture (Psalms 119).
The verse following this monumental 16th verse, v17, also reveals to us another reason for the Scriptures – “That the man of God may be perfect (mature), throughly furnished (equipped) unto all good works.” This maturity will come as a result of the workings of God as we walk with Him. He will teach our hearts His doctrine, His correction, His reproof, and instruct us in righteousness.
In review, what are the 4 reasons that God gave us His Word in written form?
- doctrine
- reproof
- correction
- instruction in righteousness
The Bible was written to CHANGE you – TO CORRECT FALSE THINKING – and not to accommodate the lies you believe. Are you washing your mind of every false notion – by daily study of God’s Word, OR are you backslidden? (Romans 12:2; Ephesians 5:26) Repent now and conform to Christ by learning, embracing, adhering to, searching, studying, and obeying His truth (2 Timothy 3:16-17). WHY DID GOD GIVE US HIS WORD? WHAT are the stated 4 reasons God gave us His Word? Do you know this truth, and are you ready to share it with others?
You are obviously saved when you are putting God’s Word as final divine authority of your life and that’s pleasing to the LORD (John 8:47). When we allow God’s Word to correct us, we prove He is authentically the LORD of our lives (2 Timothy 3:16).
SOFT-PEDDLING, HALF-TRUTH preachers are Satan’s agents. No conviction, no cross, no holiness, no repentance, no readiness for the return of Christ, no judgment to come, no hell, no lake of fire! RUNNNNNN
WHY did God give us His Word? It was to establish His truth in and to protect His people from the many deceivers – “them that seduce you.”
“These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.” 1 John 2:26
God gave us His Word so that we may be established in him and kept safe from the “Many false prophets” He so often warned us about. He provided His written Word, his tangible revelation, so that we may fear Him (Deuteronomy 4:10), and so we can know Him (John 5:39). As you study Scripture, be on the look out for the many divinely stated reasons our LORD gave us His written Word.
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Memory Verse: 2 Timothy 3:16
God gave us His Word in written format so they’d be no confusion and also, no excuse on Judgment Day (John 12:48; Romans 2:16; 1 Corinthians 14:33; 2 Timothy 3:16-17, etc.). The Word of God is the basis by which the LORD shall judge each of us.
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15
“Read your Bible for yourself. Please. A YouTube sermon clip is not enough. A podcast is not enough. Your favorite preacher is not enough. Know your Bible.” Biblical Man
“Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail…” Isaiah 34:16
Read God’s Word itself, yourself (KJB). THAT is God speaking. Every time you read His Word, God is speaking to you.
In Christ’s Love.
PASS IT ON
Memory Verse: 2 Timothy 3:16
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Christ’s true followers are known in that they love Him truly and therefore hear and are corrected and guided only by His voice, His written Word (John 8:47).
“He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.” John 8:47
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“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” Matthew 28:18-20
Did you catch what Jesus just said? – That God is with His people to the end of the world to help them do what He said – teach His Word to all!
LOTS of people on social media claiming and preaching their own visions and dreams and not the Gospel! Beware.
When I hear someone speaking live or in a video, if the Word is not coming from their mouths, I soon close it out and unfriend. What is it that we don’t understand about the divine command to “Preach the word”? (2 Timothy 4:2) Wolves entertain goats while true under-shepherds of Christ feed sheep. Beware.
IF we stick with God’s Word, if we do things His way and no other way, we will be involved in the preaching, the teaching – dissemination – of His Word (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-20).
“That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. 7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.” Philemon 1:6-7
“The bowels of the saints are refreshed” when God’s people communicate His Word!
The Waste of the Modern Church World
If you are born again and abiding presently in Christ, you have “mansion” in glory awaiting you! (John 14:1-6) Did you know that you also have an “account” in Heaven? Now, what’s in that “account”? Is it empty or full?
“Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.” Philippians 4:17
Paul, Christ’s apostle, wanted to see the heavenly accounts of God’s people full!
God is not going to reward you good for not contributing to that which He stated is most important.
ANY leadership curriculum that isn’t literally the Scriptures – and learning THEM – is a scam! (Psalm 119; 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21, etc.) How long shall prop of the wolves and their self-agenda “ministries”? How long shall we be be deceived?
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15
“Read your Bible for yourself. Please. A YouTube sermon clip is not enough. A podcast is not enough. Your favorite preacher is not enough. Know your Bible.” Biblical Man
“Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail…” Isaiah 34:16
Read God’s Word itself, yourself (KJB). THAT is God speaking. Every time you read His Word, God is speaking to you.
Today we see LOTS of clowns raising money to continue to fund their circuses they have and are building using the name of Jesus in vain to do so (Exodus 20:7).
Looking around us and perhaps beginning with our own lives, we see a biblically illiterate generation of Christians – people who can’t quote 10 Bible verses. Yet, those same people have been good church members for many years.
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…” Hosea 4:6
The vast majority of “churches” today are simply not teaching God’s Word to the people which alone makes them disobedient frauds. Fruit.
“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.” Titus 1:16
If you help a “ministry” that is not instilling God’s truth in people, you are bidding Godspeed to these workers of iniquity and will be judged with them (2 John 10-11). The teaching of God’s Word is paramount and for the divine purpose for the advancement of Christ’s kingdom in the hearts of men (Colossians 3:16).
“And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, 31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.” Acts 28:30-31
Many today campaign aggressively to raise money for and promote things that do not involve the communication of God’s truth into the hearts of men. In fact, very little “ministry” being done today even has the unchanging divine goal of instilling God’s Word into the hearts and lives of His people. God will only reward that which is in keeping with what He’s clearly stated – which will never change. His New Testament Gospel program is plain. Are you walking in it?
- “Preach the gospel.” (Mark 16:15)
- “Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.” (Matthew 28:18-20)
- “Preach the word.” (2 Timothy 4:2)
- “Let the word of Christ dwell in your richly (abundantly).” (Colossians 3:16)
Saints, God forbid that we waste the wealth on the waste of spreading the false modern gospel and the trinkets used to promote it!
If it’s a ministry and they’re not the teaching of God’s Word, it’s not of God (John 8:47).
“Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.” Acts 8:4
If people are not literally learning and obeying and speaking God’s truth, it’s not of God! (Joshua 1:8; Proverbs 12:17)
The “Success” of Christ’s Saints Depends on This….
“This book of the law (God’s written Word) shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” Joshua 1:8
Can you personally name just 5 “Christians” you know who can quote 10 Bible verses from the King James Bible?
I can’t.
The Danger of Endorsing – Bidding Godspeed – to False Teachers, False Ministries
“For MANY deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.” 2 John 7-11
Wolves entertain goats while true servants of Christ feed sheep! (John 21:15-17)
Prayer: Holy Father, I come now to You in the name of the LORD Jesus Christ. LORD, this moment I stop this life You gave and I ask You to make me truly, authentically Your disciple. Teach me Thy Word and forgive me for the sin of supporting, for bidding Godspeed to anything claiming to be of You while not truly and literally teaching Your people Your Word and to know it thoroughly for themselves. Please forgive me of this sin Father, in Jesus’ name. I love You Jesus. Thank You for dying for me, for finding, and for saving me by Your blood. In Jesus’ name, amen.
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