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Bible Is Used To Deceive
Leviticus 26:17 
And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before
your enemies:
they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
Ezekiel 20:26 ……
that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
A Message From Peter James
Reaping
What We Sow
This
afternoon high in the sky 4 air force jets roared overhead, racing to a
destination somewhere
in
the West. I seem to be on a flight path for such journeys, and it is quite
normal to hear,
if not
see, these aircraft zooming East or West.
It
does raise the question: can we really defend ourselves, with all our high tech
equipment?
I
understand that it is now an offence to say anything that might cause people to
fear.
In
any case the answer is No, we cannot defend ourselves.
First
we need to understand who is our enemy.
Secondly
we need to factor God into the equation.
This we very rarely do, if ever.
We
can state our position, which is quite extreme, very bluntly.
This
applies to the entire earth and not just Zion as you will see.
Isaiah 33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the
hypocrites.
Who among us shall dwell with the
devouring fire?
who among us shall dwell
with everlasting burnings?
Regardless of all our armaments, this
question still stands.
Put another way, who will dwell in the
calm in the midst of a raging hurricane?
In the eye of the most severe hurricane
is calm and even blue skies.
How will you get there, how will you live
in the midst of furious devastating fire?
The answer is as follows:
15 He that walketh righteously,
and speaketh uprightly;
he that despiseth the gain of oppressions,
that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes,
that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood,
and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
You can see that there are six specific
qualifications.
It is a simple matter to ask yourself if you
might have any chance of meeting these criteria.
Over
and over again the prophets in the Old Testament make it very clear that the
Eternal God
has
a controversy not only with Israel and Judah, but also with the nations.
Everywhere
I go I see armed police at airports, and members of the army in even,
what
used to be sleepy Caribbean Islands.
No
water allowed to be taken on aircraft, no toothpaste, plus a myriad other
things.
Fear
is widespread, but the promised security still eludes us.
Isaiah 34:1 ¶ Come near,
ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear,
and all that is therein; the world, and
all things that come forth of it.
2 For the
indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies:
he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath
delivered them to the slaughter.
According
to these verses there will come a point when all armies will be destroyed.
It
is clear from this verse, that ultimately the might of all the armies will not
be of
any
use at all.
Many
of our documents state that you will reap what you sow.
Galatians
6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked:
for
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
The
Eternal God puts his name on the line.
He says
that if you do not reap what you sow then He will be mocked.
It will
never happen.
We have also been told that we have sown the wind, and that we will reap
the whirlwind.
Hosea 8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the
whirlwind:
it hath no stalk: the bud shall
yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
It is plain to see that the US and the UK, and other New World Order countries
and organisations, are causing death and destruction in many parts of the world in many ways.
As we have already shown our armaments
are not able to defend us.
So when do we actually reap what
we have sown?
Here is the surprising answer.
As
you read it consider if you would say that this accurately describes the US,
the UK and the nation called Israel?
See: Israel,
Judah, Britain And America
Isaiah 33:1 ¶
Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled;
and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with
thee!
I would say that it does state precisely
what we are doing.
I do not need to list the unjustified
wars, the lying, the plundering of resources,
and the endless killing.
You can see this in almost every news
bulletin, whether on the Tel-lie-vision,
radio, or in the press.
See: You Live In Babylon
Now the second part of the verse explains what happens to those referred to in the first part
of the verse. It tells us precisely when
we reap what we have sown.
It is surprising, and certainly not what
we might think.
Isaiah 33:1 . . . . . when thou shalt cease to
spoil, thou shalt be spoiled;
and when thou shalt make an end to deal
treacherously,
they shall deal
treacherously with thee.
We are told that when we stop carrying out our wickedness, for whatever reason it might be,
we might even awaken to the fact that we
should not be doing these things, none the less at that
time the judgment descends, and we will be
spoiled, and dealt with treacherously just as
we did ourselves.
Lest some think that I am interpreting the
scriptures to suit myself,
let us look at an actual example in
action.
We all need to realise that this can also
be applied to the health and wealth gospel.
Because things seem to be going well for a
person, we can conclude that the person
is being blessed by God because of their ‘righteousness’, that is not necessarily the case at all.
Jeremiah was sent to give a message to the Jews in several areas, including Egypt.
The message essentially was turn from your wickedness, and turn to the Eternal God.
Jeremiah 44:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel;
Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah;
and, behold, this day they are
a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke
me to anger,
in that they went to burn incense, and
to serve other gods, whom they knew not,
neither they, ye, nor your
fathers.
As
usual they ignored Jeremiah.
Jeremiah
44:5 But they
hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness,
to burn no incense unto other gods.
I strongly suggest that you read the whole of Jeremiah chapter 44.
The people bluntly told Jeremiah
that they were not going to do what he said, period.
Jeremiah 44: 16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name
of the LORD,
we will not hearken unto thee.
17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our
own mouth,
to
burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto
her,
as
we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of
Judah,
and
in the streets of Jerusalem:. . . . .
You
will notice that they were burning incense to the Queen of heaven, which is
none
other
than Satan in one of his many manifestations, as the Virgin Mary, Isis,
Astarte, etc.
Notice
also that the women, who were speaking made it clear that they were not alone
in
doing what they were doing, the king, princes and their fathers were also
involved
in this activity.
Verse 17
continues and tells us why they were doing it.
Jeremiah 44:17 . .
. . . for then
had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
It
is clear that for them sinning had very clear benefits,
they
saw no evil,
they
were well,
they
had plenty
of food.
So
what happened when they stopped their sinful activity?
Their
‘blessings’ stopped and they were immediately pursued by lack, war and famine.
Jeremiah 44:18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven,
and
to pour out drink offerings unto her,
we have wanted all things,
and
have been
consumed by the sword
and
by the
famine.
19 And when we burned incense to the queen of
heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her,
did
we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her,
without our men?
Faulty
human reasoning came into play.
It was
better to sin, and to be blessed,
than
to obey, and to suffer.
It
never occurred to them that they were reaping the judgment which was decreed
because
of their deeds, although all the prophets over and over, warned them that
this
is exactly what would happen.
You
will notice that this is an exact example of judgment following the cessation
of sin,
as
stated in Isaiah
33, which we mentioned
above.
We
can tend to think only about evil when we think of sowing and reaping,
however,
there is also a very positive aspect to this.
You
can sow good seed, and you will also reap the associated blessings.
We can see an example of this with Elijah and the
widow woman.
The Eternal God sent Elijah to a widow in Zarephath.
1 Kings 17:9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath,
which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there:
behold,
I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
This
woman was in a desperate situation.
She
was going to prepare her last meal for her son and herself, when Elijah turned
up.
He
asked for a little water.
1 Kings 17:10 So he arose and went to
Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city,
ehold,
the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her,
and
said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
Then he asked her something that must have staggered
her, as she was going to prepare
her last meal because of the famine.
From her total lack, he asked a ‘little
morsel of bread’.
1 Kings 17:11 And as she was going to fetch it,
he called to her,
and
said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
She explained to Elijah, whom she did not know, her
precise position.
1 Kings 17:12 And she said, As the
LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake,
but
an handful of meal in a barrel,
and
a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I
may go in and dress it
for
me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
Elijah
tells us ‘Fear not’, do as I say anyway.
1 Kings 17:13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear
not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof
a
little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for
thy son.
Then
he gave her the astounding and what must have been quite unbelievable news,
you
are not going to die.
You
are going to have meal and oil until the famine finishes.
1 Kings 17:14 For thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste,
neither
shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain
upon the earth.
This
woman was certainly unusual.
She
believed and obeyed in spite of her pitiful position.
1 Kings 17:15 And she went and did according to
the saying of Elijah: . . . .
Now we see the blessing from the seed she
sowed.
1 Kings 17:15 . . . . and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail,
according
to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
This matter of seed sowing is used by many
tele-evangelists to squeeze money from their
members. They make their members tithe, then
they take up offerings for all sorts of things.
Offerings for overseas missions, love
offerings, offerings at funerals etc. etc.
The list of offerings is endless.
The carrot is that you reap what you sow.
They misapply the scripture for their
benefit.
You will be able to take back from Satan what
he has stolen from you, they shout.
Sow £10 and get back £100, a £100 and get
back £1,000.
It
is very much like an investment.
If
after years you are still in poverty, then you are made to feel guilty.
There
is always a reason, and the end result is that you are to blame.
Maybe
you are not giving
enough.
Maybe
you do not have enough
‘faith’.
Maybe
you are not commanding
Satan to give back what he has stolen from you.
Maybe
you have some sin which
is holding back the blessings from coming to you.
Very
few, if any, speak of obedience to what the Eternal God demands.
As
long as the coppers fill their coffers, that is all that matters to them.
What
they do not tell you is that they are false shepherds,
and
that the money goes to fund their lavish lifestyle.
We
have listed elsewhere that some of these people pay themselves literally
millions
of $
per year, in addition to their huge expense accounts.
Some
members have been known to take out second mortgages in order to fund
what
they believe to be the work of ‘God’.
Instead
of seeking to ‘get’ from their flock, maybe the Pastors need to first of all
seek
to feed their flock with right and proper food.
Ezekiel
34: 1 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, prophesy
against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds;
Woe be to the shepherds
of Israel
that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the
flocks?
3 Ye eat the fat, and
ye clothe you with the wool,
ye kill them that are fed: but
ye feed not the flock.
Sadly many of the flock support their pastors.
Ezekiel 34: 17 ¶ And as for
you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD;
Behold,
I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the
good pasture,
but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your
pastures?
and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue
with your feet?
19 And as for
my flock,
they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet;
and they drink that which ye have fouled with your
feet.
It is very clear that we have a serious
problem with reaping and sowing.
Much of the disillusionment that many experience is
directly related to bad,
or even wicked seed which has been sown,
by those who should know better.
When do you reap what you sow?
After you stop sowing, you start reaping, however there can be a
‘growing’ period
between when you sow, and when you reap.
What
is certain is that you will ultimately, and inevitably reap what you sow.
It is very possible that
like in the parable of the sower, good seed has been sown into us.
It is therefore our
responsibility to bring forth the best possible harvest.
Matthew 13:8 But other fell into
good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold,
some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Let us make our goal to trust in the Eternal for our defence and
protection, and let us all
aim to be profitable servants, as we carry out the perfect will of our
Father in heaven.
The only way out of our
dilemmas is Jesus Christ.
He is the only way of escape.
Praise the Lord.
Come soon Lord
Jesus.
Amen.
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