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Like any other evil spirit, such as fear and anger,
the Religious spirit is something from which we need to be
delivered.
Religion masquerades around as Christianity while it violently
attacks it.
It easy to see that the various Religions cannot be of God.
Christ Himself said that a house divided against itself cannot
stand,
and that is precisely what we have. This principle is clearly
explained
in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
Mark 3:24 And
if a kingdom be divided
against itself,that kingdom cannot stand.
Mark 3:25 And
if a house be divided
against itself, that house cannot stand.
It follows that denominations by definition, as they are divided,
and various
national war promoting religions, cannot stand and they will
ultimately perish.
The idea of church unity is not really unity at all. Everyone is
doing what is
right in their own eyes just like the nation of Israel had done
and the nations
of the world still do today.
Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel, but
every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
The sincerity and dedication of these people is not in any way
questioned.
It is simply that most of us are deceived.
Weymouth Revelation 12:9
The great Dragon, the ancient serpent,
he who is called ‘the Devil’ and ‘the Adversary’
and leads the whole earth astray,
Young's literal translation who is leading astray the whole world
ASV the deceiver of the whole world
Bible in Basic English by whom all the
earth is turned from the right way.
You can see from all these translations the present tense regarding
our on
going deception.
was hurled down: he was hurled down to the earth, and his
angels
were hurled down with him.
Alliances where people continue with their own rituals and ideas,
do not
constitute being of one accord which we read about repeatedly in
Acts.
The following verse shows that to be of one accord we will be of
one mind.
If we are in Christ and Christ is in us as the
scripture clearly states,
we will inevitably be of one accord. If not, we
have to think again and
ask, is what we are doing really of God or is rather of the
Religious Spirit ?
Philippians 2:2
Fulfil you my joy, that you be likeminded,
having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
It is common for one religion to unjustly imprison, maim and even
kill
members of a different religious persuasion, and all in the name
of God.
The religious spirit keeps demanding its 'rights'
Christ speaks about our 'responsibilities'.
When multitudes and the media blames religion for carnage, for
example in
Northern Ireland, it is quite correct. This has nothing to do with
Christ at
all but it is in every way related to religious Babylon. The god
of this world
has systems in place to run and promote his kingdom. This consists
of our
culture, traditions, philosophies, rituals, secret societies and
organisations
who are wolves in sheep's clothing. The visible pretence is often
that they
are doing good and giving aid and assistance. Nothing could be
further
from the truth. We can say this from the resulting fruit.
Nations are destroyed and their people enslaved and killed if
necessary.
This mixture of good and evil is the first thing which the newly
created
Adam confronted and that required a decision.
Genesis 2:16
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every
tree of the garden you may freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat
of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die.
We have completely failed just as Adam did.
We are blind to the fact
that there is a single
tree of good and evil which is completely separate
and distinct from the second tree, the Tree
of Life. This tree is now
firmly planted in each of us and we refuse
to face this fact.
How can I say that? Without exception we all
are reaping the ultimate fruit. We all die.
If the tree whose fruit is death was not
dwelling in us we would not die.
The enemy has us running down seemingly
attractive and inviting but
blind and dead-end alleys as we diligently
carry out his will which opposes
the unshakeable will of God.
We must not forget that the tree of death
appeared as a delight
and
also simultaneously to be good for food.
Darby Genesis 3:6 And
the woman saw that the tree was good for food,
and that it was a pleasure for the eyes, and the tree was to be desired
to give intelligence; and
she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her
husband with her, and he
ate.
The bible is a book about life
and spirit. Therefore there are always
spiritual implications in what we read. The above
verse directly applies to us today.
The first recorded Religious worship was
quite unacceptable
to the Eternal God. Cain considered it to be
good and the right thing
to do. The problem was that this was not
what he was told to do.
Genesis 4:3 And
in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought
of the fruit of the ground
an offering unto the LORD.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat
thereof. And the LORD had
respect unto Abel and to his offering:
5 But
unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
And Cain was very wroth,
and his countenance fell.
Doing what we think and what
feel we want to do will only present us
with severe problems. God said
that Cain was wicked and evil by doing
his own thing. He promptly
commits the first murder by killing righteous
Abel. This same persecution
continues today.
Hebrews 11:4 By
faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent
sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was
righteous,
God testifying of his
gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaks.
1 John 3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one,
and slew his brother. And
wherefore slew he him? Because his own works
were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
In the church secular systems from his system of management are
introduced supposedly in order to run the church more efficiently,
thus linking many churches with the doomed satanic false religious
Babylon, as if God needs Satan's help to run His church.
Have we not read of the demise of this diabolical demonic Babylon
?
In Revelation it is explained
that there are two Babylons which are
linked, the Religious Babylon
and the Economic Babylon. There we are
told that they will both be utterly destroyed.
Therefore we read that Babylon
is fallen, is fallen. Each one is fallen.
Revelation 14:8 And
there followed another angel, saying, Babylon
is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink
of the wine of the wrath of
her fornication.
The church is admonished to come out of her and not to participate
in
her activities. Of course as humans we tend to do the exact
opposite
of what we are told to do. We mingle with the enemy's system
because
we are of course using our superior intellect and we are modern !
We effectively promote his system in many ways as we go about
doing what we think is right.
Revelation 18:2 And he cried
mightily with a strong voice, saying,
Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the
habitation
of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of
every unclean and hateful bird.
3 For all nations
have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed
fornication with
her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through
the abundance of her delicacies.
4 And I heard
another voice from heaven, saying,
Come out of her, my people, that you be not partakers of her
sins,
and that you receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have
reached unto heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
Proverbs repeats a warning to us.
It is very important that we take time and meditate
on this critical advice. The question is whose will are we
carrying out ?
It is crystal clear that for it to simply seen to be right cannot
be the
only criteria by which we are to evaluate our activities.
Proverbs
14:12, is repeated in Proverbs 16:25
There is a way which seems right unto a man,
but the end thereof are the ways of death.
People are subtly subverted into New Age practices, astrology,
mediums,
psychics and such like. The bible speaks out clearly against these
customs.
We now carry out some of these things as 'alternative' or
'scientific'.
Deuteronomy 18:10
There shall not be found among you any one that
makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or
that uses
divination, or an observer of
times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
11 Or a charmer, or a
consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard,
or a necromancer. (one who
communicates with the dead)
12 For all that do these things are
an abomination unto the LORD:
and because of these abominations the LORD your God doth
drive them
out from before thee.
13 You shall be
perfect with the LORD your God.
The following are notes from Gill
Pass through the fire
Verse. 10. There shall not be found among you anyone
that makes his
son or
his daughter to pass through the fire, &c.] To Moloch, which
was a sort of
lustration (cleansing) by fire, two fires being made,
and the child
led by a priest between them, and which was an initiation
of him into the
religion of that deity, and devoting him to it; so Jarchi
says, this is
the service of Moloch, making piles of fire here and there
(on this side
and on that), and causing (the children) to pass between
them both.
Besides this they used to burn
them with fire to this deity,
perhaps after
the performance of this ceremony;
Own comment: It is claimed that some secretive groups do
this today.
an observer of
times, &c.
Cicero says {z}, there
are two sorts of
divination, one
is of art, the other of nature. What nation or what
city is not
moved by prediction, either by the entrails of beasts,
or of those
that interpret strange things and lightnings, or of
soothsayers, or
astrologers, or of lots (for these are mostly of art);
or of dreams or
prophecies, for these two are thought to be natural?
Own
comment: Today astrology is instantly available in ALL the media.
It is
neither harmless or fun, but an abomination.
or an observer
of times: and such things the Egyptians were very
inquisitive
about, what month or day belonged to the gods, what day
any one was
born on, what shall befall him, how he will die, and what
he shall be, as
Herodotus {e} relates;
and such are they who are here
meant,
according to R. Akiba {f} that
count times and hours, and say
such a time is
beautiful (or seasonable) to go out in and trade;
Leviticus 19:26 You
shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall
you use enchantment, nor
observe times.
Verse 11 The Bible in Basic English
Or anyone using secret
force on people, or putting questions to a spirit,
or having secret knowledge,
or going to the dead for directions.
As these ways rapidly proliferate, the church buildings become
emptier and are converted into all sorts of businesses.
It is common knowledge, which is even publicly admitted by church
leaders
that the various denominations have failed the people.
Religion has always failed and will always fail the nations of the
world.
The overall objective of the religious spirit is to divert people
from worshipping and serving the One Eternal God.
Absolutely every and any means will be used to achieve this
objective.
Often
the philosophy of the world will be promoted and implemented.
The
word to Elijah can apply to us and we can truly ask ourselves,
“Are
we doing these things because there is no God in the land?”
2 Kings 1:15 And the angel of the LORD
said unto Elijah,
Go
down with him: be not afraid of him.
And
he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
16 And he said unto him,
Thus says the
LORD, Forasmuch as you have sent messengers
to enquire of
Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is
it not because there
is no God in
Israel to enquire of his word? therefore
you shall not
come down off
that bed on which you are gone up, but shall surely die.
The religious spirit's objective is to be worshipped instead of
God.
In the last days there will be a
physical person directly empowered
by Satan himself, who will be showing himself that he is God.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 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 opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God,
or that is
worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God,
showing himself
that he is God.
5 Remember you
not, that, when I was yet with you,
I told you these
things?
6 And now you know
what with holds that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery
of iniquity does already work:
only he who now
lets 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.
The Religious Spirit and the Spirit of Anti-Christ are all from
the same
source Satan, the devil, our adversary.
These are manifestations of the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil,
which is a single tree, the fruit of which is death.
In the beginning this tree was planted in the garden of Eden
but after the sin of Adam (the name of both the man and the
woman),
the tree was now planted into them.
They ate of the fruit which means it became an organic
part of them. Whatever you eat becomes an intrinsic part of you.
This lying murderous spirit uses any means at all to lie and kill
and to
usurp the worship from the true God to himself.
The first
commandment - The Bible in Basic English
Exodus
20:1 And God said all these
words:
2 I am the Lord your
God who took you out of the land of Egypt,
out of the prison-house.
3 You are to have
no other gods but me.
4 You are not to
make an image or picture of anything in heaven
or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:
5 You may not go down on your
faces before them or give them
worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who
will not give his
honour to another; and I will send
punishment on the children for
the wrongdoing of their fathers,
to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
6 And I will have
mercy through a thousand generations on those
who have love for me and keep my laws.
7 You are not to
make use of the name of the Lord your God
for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord’s name on his
lips
for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord
Mark 12:29
Jesus said in answer,
The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God
is one Lord;
30 And you are to have love for the Lord your
God
with all your heart,
and with all your soul,
and with all your mind, and with all your strength.
These verses
from Exodus and Mark summarise how we can avoid
the deadly trap
of the religious spirit.
To worship a
god other than the Eternal God is to succumb
to the
subtleties of the religious spirit.
Our
introduction to the religious spirit occurs in the book of Beginnings
‘Genesis’.
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more
subtle than any beast
of the field which the LORD God had made.
And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said,
You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
The very first thing that we are told is how the prince of
darkness
who is in charge of the powers of darkness works.
Before any thing else about him is divulged we are told just one
thing
and that is that he is exceedingly subtle.
We are told that originally the serpent did not crawl in the dust.
It probably had wings and flew and was very beautiful, an angel of
light.
The religious spirit destroyed multitudes to try to destroy Moses.
The religious spirit destroyed multitudes to try to destroy
Christ.
The religious spirit destroyed multitudes in the dark ages
all in the name of Christianity and still does today.
The most barbarian practices were enforced.
It is the religious spirit who would have the people on opposite
sides
praying to the same God for victory in wars.
It is the religious spirit who runs the kingdoms of this world.
It is the religious spirit who promotes abortion, pornography, immorality
and homosexuality.
We need to be careful because ‘All have sinned’, therefore we must
not
look down or despise anyone else.
It is absolutely true that we must hate the sin but love the
sinner.
Romans
5:12 Wherefore, as by
one man sin entered into the world,
and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for
that all have sinned:
Satan was a murderer, a liar, and a subtle deceiver from the
beginning, so much so that,
1
Corinthians 10:12 Wherefore let him
that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
1
Corinthians 10:11 Now all these
things happened unto them for
ensamples: and they are written for our admonition,upon
whom the ends of the world are come.
We are told that just when we think that we are standing firm and
strong,
We must be careful that we might just be about to be deceived and
to fall.
Satan just cannot seem to get it into his head that powerful
though he
is, he is still only a created being and at present for a little
while, more
powerful than humans but not our indwelling Christ. It is as if he
does not
seem to comprehend that he simply cannot be compared to God in any
way
whatsoever. God is utterly supreme and without any possible
comparison.
Since Satan cannot knock the Eternal God from His throne,
he seeks to do the next best thing which is to cause us to worship him,
and his system. Satan wants to be God but that is
impossible.
There can only be one God. There cannot be more than one God.
The moment you have more than one God, He cannot be omnipresent
because the second God would be occupying some of the space that
the first God inhabited, therefore God would not be omnipresent.
You cannot have two all powerful Gods at the same time, one by
definition would have to be more powerful than the other to be
‘all-powerful’. To achieve the next best, Satan set about deceiving
humanity and to set himself up as a god and then to cunningly deceive
people in order to divert their worship from the true God to himself,
by lying and mixing truth with error. That is as far as he could
go.
2 Thessalonians 2:4 Who opposes and
exalts himself above all that
is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits
in the temple of God, showing himself
that he is God.
Satan in the person of a man sits in the temple of God showing
himself
that he is God. This is a very important and revealing verse which
shows
us where the religious spirit is going to be finally established.
It clearly
says in the temple of God. There may well be a physical temple
built at
the end time. I am not really concerned about that one way or the
other.
What we need to pay attention to is that:
a)
Christians are defined as the temple of God.
b) Additionally if we defile the temple of God ‘him shall God
destroy’.
c) Calling yourself a billionaire does not make
you a billionaire.
1 Corinthians 3:16 Know you not that you are the
temple of God,
and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
17 If any man
defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy;
for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know you
not that your body is the temple
of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which you have
of God, and you are not your own?
In spite of what some think the temple of God, in which the Spirit
of God dwells, can be invaded and defiled and God will
subsequently
destroy it. The individual members make up the total body of
Christ.
Romans 12:5 So we,
being many, are one body in Christ,
and
every one members one of another.
It is quite easy to see that the powerful religious spirit is
focused on
the 'Christian Church'. The deception is to deceive people into
thinking
that they are doing God’s will when in fact they are diligently
carrying
out the will of the enemy.
It seems to be far easier to help someone who has been involved
with
other serious wrong practices than someone who is in the grip of
the
religious spirit. One reason is that they are operating
from the premise
that they are right and they are totally dedicated to doing
God’s will and
therefore they will listen to no one.
The fact that what they are doing is directly opposed to God does
not
enter into the equation at all. Christ found it easier to deal
with
what we would think of as the dregs of society than the religious
people
of His day. It was the religious authorities who wanted Him dead
and
who finally organised His crucifixion.
We are told in John 10 that no man takes my life from me.
Without sin there could be no death.
This would be the case with Christ.
He had no sin and as death is linked to sin, He could not die.
It was because He became sin for us that He could die.
His actual death was an act of the Father or you could say of
Himself.
John 10: 18 No man takes it
from me, but I lay it down of myself.
I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it
again.
This commandment have I received of my Father.
From the following verses we can see that the religious
authorities
driven by the religious spirit will throw people out of the
churches and even have them killed.
John 16:
1 These things
have I spoken unto you, that you should not be offended.
2 They shall put you
out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh,
that whosoever kills you will think that he
does God service.
3 And these things
will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
4 But these things
have I told you, that when the time shall come,
you may remember that I told you of them.
Such is the warped thinking that the religious spirit foists on
people.
All of this will be done while we think that we are carrying out
God’s will. These are Christ’s own words and that is the precise
fate
that He suffered. If we are motivated by the religious spirit we
will
be focused on law with very little attention to love. We will
think that
we are focussing on the trunk of the tree when in fact our
attention is
consumed on legalism and other issues which are not linked to
'life' at all.
We will be neither loving God, our neighbour or even ourselves. We
may be
filled with pride and arrogance as we consider ourselves better
than the
other poor unfortunate unlearned Christians, rather than being
filled with
humility. We will be speaking of my church and not God’s church.
We will have short term and long term plans and goals for our church.
Whether we are
a minister or a member we will fail to realise that
Christ and the
Holy Spirit will be fortunate if they ever get mentioned.
You can hear whole messages without any mention of the Holy Spirit
or Jesus Christ. You can also hear that the Holy Spirit is the
Power of
God and not actually God in the same way the Father is God and as
Christ is also God.
The Holy Spirit who is pictured as dove has actually flown away.
Control, manipulation, and politics will govern what we do inside
the church
just as much as outside of it. We will not have realised that the
Holy Spirit who had been following behind the Church as in the
Exodus has
now moved to the front and is leading the Church from the front.
If the leadership and those who set themselves up as leaders do
not wake
up there comes a point when they will be removed just like Saul
was in
order to give place to a David.
In Ezekiel 34, careful reading shows the judgment on the elders and also
the members who are responsible for God's sheep.
It is exceedingly sobering and certainly is compulsory reading.
It is the easiest thing in the world for well meaning people to be
causing
division and carrying out the enemy's agenda.
An entire fellowship can simple cease to exist as God is not
blessing it.
With the Religious Spirit we will be considering the less
important things to be of vital importance. We will be placing
burdens on
others that we do not take upon ourselves and at the same time we
will
be looking down on them for what we consider to be their
shortcomings
and imperfections. This will be reflected in what we say and how
you say it. All the time we will be thinking that we are quite
normal when
in fact we are but a mere shadow of the real article in spite of
the fact
that we are Christians. Often our life clearly demonstrates that
it is in a
mess. Like the Pharisees, our activities will actually hinder
people from
entering the Kingdom of Heaven whilst we think that we are doing
God's will.
Matthew 23:13 But woe unto
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for
you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither
go in
yourselves, neither suffer you them that are entering to go
in.
Our eloquent 'do this for me' prayers will have nothing to do
with a walk with
Christ. Great efforts will be made to gain disciples who are then
converted to
our philosophies and then the converts actually become worse than
ourselves.
Matthew
23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites!
for you
compass sea and land to make one proselyte,
and when he is
made, you make him
twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
The Religious Spirit will use anything to cause division.
As long as division is caused that is all that matters.
The prime area of activity is in the various fellowships.
We have to be very careful and stop putting God in a box. It will
not
work. God is Sovereign and He will do what He wants to do, when He
wants to do it, and how He wants to do it.
Whether we like it or not does not come into the equation at all.
God's will can never be compromised.
Often we are blind guides not even aware that we are blind and
unable
to see the seriousness of our problems, whilst the minor problems
that
others have loom large in our minds. We are well turned out, our
appearance is excellent but we are hypocrites none the less and
what is
going on in our hearts bears no relation to our words and our
lifestyle.
Form, procedure and ritual under the guise of doing things
decently and
in order replace faith, mercy and love.
You may have worked yourself up to the position that you have
achieved.
We might be appointed by men but not anointed by God.
Often this means that the piper calls the tune, and we have to
teach
what we are told even if we know that it is not the truth.
When dealing with people affected by the religious spirit, logic
and
reason make no visible impact as the person is not in full control
of
his or her own mind. The person is stuck in a rut in their mind.
The same
ideas continue to be churned out as if the person is in a time
warp.
Self preservation, territorial preservation and ego dominates our
lifestyles.
Trivia becomes of vital importance whilst important things do not
even
register in our thinking. The religious spirit continues to divide
and
conquer. There are major arguments about denominations who claim
to have
the Holy Spirit whilst they say that certain other groups have not
because
they do not speak in tongues. Others dispute about who has what
gift.
It seems as if they are in total ignorance that we have the
triune God
dwelling in us. We do not have either and arm or a leg.
This is not a
trivial matter. It is the same God of creation who has been
through the
process of human life. It is the most awesome power in existence.
In the same vein we do not realise that the offices mentioned are
not
positions of authority but rather of service. The reality is that
any
Christian can be an apostle one day, which is just one who has
been sent
and a teacher the next and so on. All Christians have all the
gifts,
whether they realise and exercise them is another matter.
It is all to do with our faith and our belief.
However, at the same time, some will be more gifted in certain areas
than in others. These gifts are not for impressing people but
rather
to build up the body of Christ.
NKJV Corinthians 14:12
Even so you, since you are zealous for spiritual
gifts, let it be for the edification of the
church that you seek to excel.
It is also interesting to note it says that signs shall follow
believers.
Most denominations have the signs running way ahead of them.
Mark 16:17 And
these signs shall
follow them that believe;
In my name
shall they cast out devils;
they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They
shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing,
it shall not hurt them;
they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Verse 16, and 17 are preceded by verse 15, it is as if we do not
see that.
Mark 16:15 And he said unto
them, Go you into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every
creature.
Questionnaires to determine what gifts the membership
have is to have a basic misunderstanding of what is involved when
we
have the Giver indwelling in us. We need to re-evaluate our
priorities.
Music and worship styles are the apparent front runners in
denominational division. Surveys show these seem to be far more
potent
that doctrine. Vast money making empires are operated by some
churches.
The demands by fellowships for our money is never ending with the
promise
that all our financial problems will vanish.
The Church of England’s empire is worth £3 billion January 2000.
Massive fellowships are involved in purchasing huge secular
businesses.
Many
ministers live in Palaces ancient and modern.
Christ
was born in a manger and had nowhere to lay his head.
Something
has to be wrong somewhere.
I am not for a moment saying that we should all be paupers but
surely
the widows, the fatherless, and the infirm should actively concern
us,
and by us, I mean the Church. Have we completely missed the point
of
what we should be doing with our money.
James
1:27 Pure religion
and undefiled before God and the Father is
this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their
affliction, and to keep
himself unspotted from the world.
Matthew 25:34 Then shall the
King say unto them on his right hand,
Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared
for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was
hungry, and you gave me meat: I was thirsty,
and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me
in:
40 And the King
shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these
my brethren,
you have done it unto me.
Deuteronomy 28:28 At the end of
three years you shall bring forth
all the tithe of your increase the same year,
and shall lay it up within your gates:
29 And the Levite,
(because he hath no part nor inheritance with you,)
and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the
widow, which are within
your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be
satisfied; that the LORD
your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which
you do.
Although the application of the above verses in Matthew 25 is the
period
of the Tribulation.
They can still have an application today.
I have personally come across situations where the clergy have
bluntly
refused to help or assist elderly people on the grounds that 'we
do not
do that any more'. The question is just what do we do ?
We can easily focus on good works and not actually carrying out
God's will. We can have a burden from God to do one thing but as
it
is not convenient, we decide to do something else in the hope that
it will
be acceptable to God. We forget obedience is important and that
good and
evil came from the same tree. It is far easier to pretend that we
can
adequately keep some rituals or regulations.
Today we have vast numbers
of Christians who no longer communicate with
those who were their friends
because they have had some change
to their belief system. This
is what Christ said.
Matthew 5:44
But I say unto you, Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute
you;
Mark 12:31
And the second is like, namely this, You shall love your
neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment
greater than these.
This is all very basic and exceedingly simple, but husbands and
wives have
been divided, as have been children and parents, and also friends
with friends. The religious spirit results in totally perverted
thinking,
thus we have ministers who not only condone homosexuality or
“single sex marriages”, they openly and unashamedly acknowledge
that
they themselves are homosexual. The reality is that God says that
this
is an abomination regardless of what 'modern' man says.
Leviticus 18:22 You shall not
lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is
abomination.
We have ministers in fellowships, members of the government, the
judiciary,
businesses and many in the police who are members of exceedingly
powerful
secret societies. It was not so long ago the Roman Catholic Church
frowned
on groups such as the Freemasons. Apparently now it seems ok and
is
acceptable. What has changed to make something that was wrong now
right?
In society, homosexuality and the other related perversions were
regarded as wrong,
what has happened to make this right ?
Are we saying that God made a mistake and now that He has caught
up
with us and become modern, and everything is ok, and everything is
acceptable? It is really quite simple, either the world is a
happy, peaceful
and prosperous place or it is in deep trouble. Either the Word of
God is
correct and we are in deep trouble or we are correct and there is
no need to worry about anything at all.
The Bible in
Basic English Luke 17:26 And as it was in the days of Noah,
so will it be in the day of
the Son of man.
28 In
the same way, in the days of Lot; they were feasting and trading,
they were planting and
building;
29 But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from
heaven and destruction came
on them all.
30 So
will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.
Luke 17:29 But
on the day when Lot went out of Sodom,
fire came down from heaven
and destruction came on them all.
2 Peter 2:6 And
sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, burning
them up with fire as an
example to those whose way of life might in the
future be unpleasing to
him;
Jude 1:7 Even
as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the towns near them,
having like these, given
themselves up to unclean desires and gone after
strange flesh, have been
made an example,
undergoing the punishment
of eternal fire.
These are very important verses for us today. They link the
destruction
of the flood in Noah's day with that of Sodom. They tell us that
life will
continue until it suddenly and unexpectedly is brought to a halt.
We can think
and believe whatever we like.
Time will prove these verses to be 100% accurate.
If our conduct equates us with Sodom and Gomorrah and the time of
Noah's flood how can we ever expect to be blessed when they were
punished to the point of extinction? Satan's message is the same
at the end
time as in the beginning. do not worry, you shall not surely die.
The problem, however, is what Peter said.
Acts 10:34 Then
Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:
The religious spirit seeks to replace faith with fear.
Fear is faith that Satan will carry out what he says more than
believing
that God will do what He says.
This is absolutely crazy but true, Satan has over taken God in our
lives.
When the religious spirit quotes scripture, it is not to bless us
but to
cause us to feel insecure and to question our basic beliefs,
it is to accuse us, after all he is the accuser of the brethren.
It does not matter one whit who we are.
We can wake up in the middle of the night assaulted and accused
by questions and more questions that put doubt into our minds and
we have
no idea why or where these crazy thoughts are coming from.
We can end up confused by the author of confusion.
1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not
the author of confusion, but of peace,
as in all churches of the saints.
It is also very important to realise how confusion can arise
James 3:16 For where
envying and strife is,
there is confusion and every evil work.
If your perspective is directly opposite from the clear word of
scripture.
For example you can say miracles are not for today but they were
for
the time of the apostles. You do not believe that God can
miraculously
intervene on your behalf and that of others and you ignore the
miracle
of life, including your own which surrounds you everywhere.
Mark 11:24
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever you desire,
when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall
have them.
Mark 16: 17
And these signs shall follow them that believe;
In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak
with new tongues;
18 They shall take up
serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing,
it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and
they shall recover.
Confusion will reign because of signs and wonders by false
deceivers.
Therefore in spite of the good fruit some will brand everything as
demonic.
Matthew 24:24
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets,
and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that,
if it were possible they shall deceive the very elect.
We
say dreams and visions are not for our time, the bible says.
Joel 2:28 And it shall come
to pass afterward,
that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your
sons and
your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream
dreams,
your young men shall see visions:
Which is repeated in
Acts 2:17 And it shall come
to pass in the last days, says God,
I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons
and your
daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see
visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams:
That dreams and visions have and do take place is a fact supported
by scripture. However, many of these things can be the fanciful
imagination of a fertile mind. Some can be from the enemy.
I know people who are forever having prophetic visions that are as
believable as estate agent advertising and the proverbial used car
salesmen.
Time shows that the 'prophecies' were simply lies.
When there is a church government with a hierarchy, this presents
its own problems. The reasoning is: Surely God would do everything
through “the ministry”? forgetting that we have said that we are
all
ministers. Once again we end up with some being “more” ministers
than
others. In fact the congregation becomes a group that is
ministered to
or to put it another way is controlled.
The end result is that warnings to the church go unheeded.
Of course we need to be careful, to consider, to evaluate and
judge
all things as advised by scripture and not by our whims, or
personal
agendas and prejudices. To run after the latest fad is folly
whether
it is Christian or secular. After all January 1st 2000 came and went and we are
still all here.
We can all have our personal agendas and whatever but not with
God’s church. We had all better clean up our acts
otherwise what
is done in secret is going to be shouted from the house tops and we
will also have to be disciplined, we are not going to like it one
little bit.
The reality is that the spots and blemishes are going to be
removed
in spite of the activity of the religious spirit.
We had all better hasten to humble ourselves before the great
Creator God, otherwise men, women and children will be chastened.
The religious spirit is not happy at all when Christ moves
powerfully
to clean up His church, but clean it up He will, whether we like
it or not.
One of the very sobering things about the writings of Paul is that
they are written to the Christian church not to the world at
large.
Similarly the letters to the churches in Revelation are just that,
to the church, and the candlestick can be removed.
Revelation 2:5 5 "Remember
therefore from where you have fallen;
repent and do the first works, or else I will come to
you quickly and
remove your lampstand from its
place——unless you repent.
Verse 20 defines the lampstands as churches
"The mystery of the
seven stars which you saw in My right hand,
and the seven golden
lampstands: The seven stars are the angels
of the seven churches, and
the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches.
We need to be under no illusion that Christ does not know what is
going on.
It is clearly stated the churches are in His hand.
The religious spirit wants to remove us and the related lampstand
permanently. It is time to wake up.
Christ’s discussions with the Scribes & Pharisees make many of
these points.
It even goes further Christ called these religious people,
serpents, vipers,
persecutors, murderers. This is very serious stuff.
Matthew 23: 32 Fill you up then
the measure of your fathers.
33 You serpents,
you generation of vipers,
how can you escape the damnation of hell?
34 Wherefore,
behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men,
and scribes: and some of them you shall kill and crucify;
and some of them shall you scourge in your synagogues,
and persecute them from city to city.
One person said quite recently we are really making progress in
our
fellowship. In our meetings we now sing from 5 different hymn
books
and we now raise our hands when we sing, we also let ladies say
prayers
and do readings. I am not saying that those are bad things but the
point is
Are these things what our calling is all about ?
Are we eating from the tree of Life ?
Are we showing love to one another?
Are we quenching the Holy Spirit?
Are we preaching the gospel?
Are we feeding the flock?
Are people flocking to our meetings or desperately running away
from us?
We might be studying, but are we studying to show ourselves
approved
to men or to God? Often we are seeking the approval of men.
After all most times when men are paying our wages we have a line
that
we must follow, otherwise our livelihood goes down the drain.
The fact that this course of action is not related to what Jesus
Christ
through the Holy Spirit is requiring is neither here nor there.
Timothy 2:15 Study to show thyself approved
unto God, a workman
that need not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of
truth.
The problem with studying is that if you start from a wrong
premise,
the more you study the worse the confusion becomes,
and the greater the darkness until you will become totally blind.
Our
focus in life should always be Jesus Christ and the taking in of Christ.
Many
times in the New Testament we are told to eat and drink Christ
and
to rest. If we have another focus, we have a serious problem watch out
there
is the religious spirit about, and from whom we need deliverance.
We must be careful not to be ignorant of the wiles of the evil
one.
The number of ways that can be used to divert us from the
True Eternal God are almost limitless.
Idolatry with millions of gods, sometimes associated with ancestor
worship,
is quite common. The Japanese have countless thousands of gods.
These types of facts are easy to establish.
We unwittingly think that if it feels good or if it works then it
is ok.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
As one example from a myriad of practices, consider Yoga
It is almost universally promoted let us consider some of the
facts.
The Gita teaches various forms of life and conduct.
These are all forms of Yoga. The word yoga (related to the English
yoke)
(Comment this is quite appropriate) means a
discipline, a method of
controlling body and mind, a way of life union with God. There are
many
later methods of yoga, some of which involve great feats of bodily
exertion, lying on nails, burial alive, and seeking after magical
powers.
But the Gita, and best teachers, only teach simple forms of
self-control,
which lead to spiritual quiet and meditation.
Three kinds of yoga are set out.
1) There is the yoga of works, karma
(karma-yoga).
This means that through action, performance of duty, salvation may
be
achieved. (Comment: the Bible says by Grace we are saved.)
2) There is the yoga or way of
knowledge (jnana-yoga)
This was favoured by the Brahmins, who having a monopoly of
knowledge,
thought that knowledge alone could bring salvation.
3) There is the yoga of
devotion (bhakti-yoga)
The above three points have a remarkable similarity to
Christendom,
however, this is not the focus of Holy Bible.
It is sufficient to say that this is all part of the Hindu
religion which
can be researched to find out the problems associated with it. All
that
needs to be said is that it certainly differs from to the Word of
God.
The fact that it uses the word God is irrelevant.
Research on martial arts will show that it is from a Far East
religious
foundation, yet many Christians encourage their children in these
activities.
The point is how can we expect to be blessed when we are walking
directly
contrary to God ? Of course there is a rainy season but are the
widespread disastrous floods just normal life ?
The severe distressing famines are they just events to be expected
?
The destructive diseases human and animal, in Britain BSE, and
before
we have even gotten over BSE, we are assaulted by foot and mouth
disease,
is that just bad luck ? We need to stop and ask what is going on ?
Perhaps we should consider that we are being judged.
·
You can attend church services
and hear more about the ideas
and philosophies that various men concoct and believe rather
than about Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
·
There are countless hymns that
are sung that do not worship
Christ in anyway.
·
In many many ways ritual,
procedure and form have replaced
true worship.
·
The membership often can think
that they are good Christians,
however, they are in fact only living in the appearance of
and
not the reality of the kingdom life.
2 Timothy 3:5 Having a
form of godliness,
but
denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
This
is sobering.
Often every effort is made to please everyone regardless of what scripture says,
thus ultimately our adults and our youth are turned off from Christ
as what they are seeing and hearing does not relate to the real world in
which they live. The result is that our youth often adopt destructive
alternative life styles. Non Christians attending a football match have
greatly more enthusiasm for their sport than Christians who attend
these dreary and spiritually dead services. It is as if they do not
realise that they should be in the presence of and worshipping the great Creator God.
Of course when
we attend services we should be determined to contribute
in some way or other to the meetings. The control and manipulation
spirit
ensures that this does not happen, again in the guise of doing
things
decently and in order. People all over are told we are ministers
but often
in practice this just does not happen.
The cry from
congregations everywhere is ‘We are not been fed’.
The
members are making the effort to attend meetings but when
they
arrive there is no bread in the house. Those that might
perchance have a few meagre morsels to offer are actively
hindered from providing the few crumbs that they might provide.
The congregations leave empty and as disillusioned as the children.
They can see no difference between the non Christian and the
Christian.
The
gospel has no good news for them.
They are
surrounded by the sick or announcements about the sick,
the worried,
the fearful and the depressed. (This is not a tirade against
any group at
all. It is simply a matter of showing how the religious spirit
operates and
the real effect it has on us.) We all need to pray for the
leaderships of
the various fellowships with which we might be associated.
The word
fellowships is carefully chosen as the temptation to say churches
has to be
avoided as there is only one Church, Christ has only one body.)
It is no wonder that Christ will say:
Matthew 7:21
Not every one that says unto me, Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth
the will of my
Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied
in your name? and in your name have cast out devils? and in
your name
done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew
you: depart from me,
you that work iniquity.
These people will have been so totally deceived by the religious
spirit that
they have believed that all the wonderful things that they did was
the work
of Jesus Christ himself. If anyone had told them that they were
opposed
to God they would have rejected that as they proudly did ‘their’
work,
not realising that that was exactly what it was ‘their’
work.
Unwittingly they are promoting Religious Babylon which will be
destroyed
at the beginning of the Tribulation.
It takes Christ, Himself to declare that they were workers of
iniquity.
This applies not only to the various Far Eastern religions and the
bits
and pieces which today are surfacing and infiltrating into
Christianity
as acceptable but also to some Christian fellowships and the
various
secret societies that are an accepted part of our society today.
We cannot leave out the entire New Age movement.
There is nothing new about New Age. It is just another facet of
false
religious Babylon modified and repackaged for Western consumption.
It is easier to promote Far Eastern Religions than it is to
promote
Christianity in the media or in schools. This is clearly seen in
the
education system in the UK and elsewhere. Many children leave
school
unable to read properly but still they are turned off from God.
Children are taught about witchcraft and the occult, with the
humanists
saying that we can work it out without any need for a God.
At the other end of the spectrum many qualified intellectuals
leave
universities with any belief in God which they might have had
completely destroyed.
In Britain we produced the Billion Pound dome to commemorate
2000 years of Christianity. However, there could not be a section
representing ‘The Faith’ meaning the Christian faith as the other
‘religions’ would have found it offensive so there was the ‘Faith’
section
embracing all faiths including those which have nothing to do with
God.
This is religious tolerance, but none of the nations of these
other
faiths give up their gods to accept Jesus Christ. While we are
busy
promoting tolerance, other countries to whom the West is giving
humanitarian aid are actively persecuting and killing Christians
who
promote Christianity in any way. They are not promoting
Christianity,
Jeremiah
2:11 Has a nation (The Heathens) changed their
gods, which are yet no gods?
but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not
profit.
however, we are very busy adopting and embracing all the ways of
the
heathen that we can find. We ignore the fact that they are yet
another
abomination to the Eternal God. This applies to us today.
If the ways of the heathen was an abomination we can be certain
that
it is exactly the same today.
2
Kings 21:2 And he (King of Judah)
did that which was evil in the sight
of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD
cast out before the children of Israel.
The head of Religious affairs at the BBC acknowledges that he is
an
agnostic, that means that 'he is one who does not know'.
In other words he is not a Christian.
2 Timothy 3:1 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,
high minded, 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.
It is important to understand that much that we do
will not cut any ice with God at all.
Truth without love is not of God. Satan uses this, he quotes scripture.
Power without love is not of God. Stalin and Hitler had power but no love.
God is love. Christ forgave those who killed him.
Some say that we do not have to worry about the enemy and that
our greatest worry is other people but many people in high places
are under the influence of the religious spirit.
Our focus should and must be on Jesus Christ.
But it is people that both Christ and the enemy use to carry out
their
purposes on earth. We can be made to think that the spirit world
is not
important today but that is a deception.
The Bible in Basic English Ephesians 6:12 For our fight is not
against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers,
against the world-rulers of this dark night,
against the spirits of evil in the heavens.
We have to continue to confront ‘Issues’ and ‘Situations’
although this will not be the most pleasant job. Sometimes when
you are
actually seeing people in front of you it can be difficult to
realise that
who you are seeing is not necessarily the one who is speaking to
you at all.
We must be careful not to do Satan's work for him by accusing
each other. This is far more subtle and effective than the
outright
wars which he promotes. As long as people are killing each other
Satan
does not care if it is a bow and arrow or supersonic fighter
plane.
He uses people to eliminate other people physically and
spiritually.
Whole nations are used to fight holy wars in the name of God.
Throughout the bible regardless of the wonderful works that the
Eternal
did for His people in a short time they had repeatedly turned away
from
the Eternal to other gods. It happened numerous times.
In the account of Elijah and Jezebel we see a confrontation with a
surprising outcome. Elijah had just killed the prophets of Baal
some 850
in total. He had confronted Ahab face to face when his fellow
co-worker
was scared for his life, Elijah went forward boldly, but when he
came
to Jezebel that was a different matter altogether.
Was it just a matter of being scared by a woman? Hardly.
Jezebel was special, she was controlled by the religious spirit,
his top gun in that region. Thus Elijah feared her more than
the 850 prophets of Baal. He need not have, but this gives us some
idea
of the power and the effect the religious spirit can wield.
These notes By Gill in his commentary have been edited by me to
leave
out the bits not directly referring to Jezebel but to give us some
idea
of what she was about.
Because you suffer that woman Jezebel; or “your wife Jezebel”,
the name of King Ahab’s wife, who seduced him. She had her name
from lbz, “Zebel”, “dung”. She was the daughter of an Heathen,
and as
she was the wife of Ahab, and therefore a queen. Jezebel was
famous
for her paintings, and for her pretensions to religion
and holiness,
and for the gaudiness of her worship; and as she was remarkable
for her idolatry, whoredoms, witchcrafts, and
cruel persecution of the
prophets of the Lord, and for murder, and innocent blood she
shed; for
her idolatrous worship of images, for her whoredoms,
both in a literal and spiritual sense, and for the witchcrafts,
magic,
and devilish arts, and especially for her barbarities and
cruelties
exercised upon the true professors of followers of the Lord,
and for the blood of the martyrs, with which she has been drunk;
and as Jezebel stirred up Ahab against good and faithful men.
In the end scarce anything was left of Jezebel’s body.
She called herself a prophetess; as perhaps Jezebel might do,
since
she was such a favourer of the prophets of Baal, and so
familiarly
conversed with them, and kept them, even a hundred of them, at
her
table. Now what is complained of in the true members and
followers of
Christ is, that they suffered this woman to teach; and to seduce
my
servants to commit fornication; to deceive such who called
themselves
the servants of Christ, and draw them into the commission of
spiritual
fornication, which is idolatry; as the idolatrous worship of
images and
saints departed: and to eat things sacrificed unto idols; as
Balaam,
before had done, #Revelation 2:14. This may
have respect to the latter
part of this period, when the eyes of many began to be opened to
see
these false doctrines and idolatrous practices, and yet had not
courage
enough to oppose them as they should.
Leadership can
be misguided by the manipulation and control spirit.
We
need to be very clear that we are all brethren.
We
should not be lording it over any other Christian.
It is actually a violation of scripture to have a religious
hierarchy to rule
over other people by means of a position. The offices instituted
in the
church are spiritual ones,
e.g. deacons and elders, are spiritual functions
of service and need to be operated as such, they are not physical
positions
of power. It is wrong to seek to gain a ‘higher position’ by means
of service
in order to gain influence in the church.
Matthew 20: 25
But Jesus called them unto him, and said,
You know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion
over them,
and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
26 But it shall not be so among
you
but whosoever will be great
among you, let him be your minister;
27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto,
but
to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
In case we do not get the message it is repeated in Mark and Luke.
We have it repeated three times God’s complete number three.
We
just cannot claim to have missed it.
With a physical position what can and often does happen is that you
can have a spiritual labourer being ruled over by a carnal minister which
is an utter disaster and the body of Christ then suffers until the problem
is resolved. With this religious system in operation the body of Christ
just cannot be blessed because this is contrary to God’s will.
We ignore this to our peril and by
ignoring it we damage the body of Christ.
The mother of the sons of Zebedee wanted a position of leadership for her sons.
Indeed today we speak
of leadership courses in the secular world and in the
various fellowships.
This is a serious conceptual error.
We need to be service rather than
leadership oriented but service
motivated by love not by gain. Do not think that it was only just those two out
of the twelve that had the problem of wanting to be in charge.
This was a problem that affected all twelve. Dominion over others is still
a part of human nature and is still very much with us today in all walks of life.
Luke 22:24 And there was also a strife among them,
which of them
should be accounted the greatest.
To
be great today, we need to humble ourselves and be the least, be a Servant,
a
Slave of Christ. We may be quite happy to do this before God but not to do this
before men.
We
are called to a position of greatness in the future, in the Kingdom of God but
not today.
Even
then we will operate out of pure love.
It
is very plain to see that this is a problem that existed right from the
time
of Christ right up to the present. Repeatedly Christ, the Creator of the
universe,
the
Lord of Lord and King of Kings showed that He came as a servant.
As
He was and is our example it behoves us to follow suit.
We need to be relying on the Holy Spirit to guide and direct us as
He is
The Member of the Godhead that was sent to the earth for that very
purpose. To seek to be accepted by other men, groups or
associations
is yet another error. What God has started He certainly is able to
finish
if only we will allow him to do so. We have to seek purely to be
accepted
by our Father in heaven and Jesus Christ and to do their will.
Of course this does not mean that we should not cooperate with and
help
other Christian individuals, groups or associations.
We should seek to feed the body of Christ.
Christ
has been there before us and has already been victorious
Hebrew 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the
author and finisher of our faith;
who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,
despising
the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne
of God.
3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against
himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds.
4 You have not yet resisted unto
blood, striving against sin.
We can truly count all things
as joy, not that they are always joy,
but we can think of it as joy because in the final judgment only
what can survive the fire will survive because:-
1 Corinthians 3:11
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid,
which is Jesus Christ.
12 Now if any man
build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones,
wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man’s work
shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it,
because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall
try every man’s
work of what sort it is.
14 If any man’s work
abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive
a reward.
15 If any man’s work
shall be burned, he shall suffer loss:
but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
There was a song that said ‘Enjoy yourself it’s later than you
think’
that is not the recommended course of action.
My
friends regardless of the fellowship that you attend this is a wake
up
call. Christ will return suddenly and as a thief in the night.
Rather watch and pray that you are accounted worthy to escape that
which is almost upon us.
The fate of Satan, the religious spirit, and his ministers is
guaranteed.
Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was
cast into
the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the
false
prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever
and ever.
The complete solution to dealing with the religious spirit is by
prayer,
fasting, binding and rebuking the evil spirit world and taking
dominion
over it just like Adam was told to do.
Christ
always has the answer, and always is the answer to any problem.
The Enemy's idea is to convince us that we can solve any problem given
time, education and money.
Evolution which is yet another demonic doctrine, demands billions of years
to do away with a Creator and Designer God.
Education and money are promoted as solutions but in fact what happens
things get worse all the time.
Let us make sure that we take no part in the religious activities
of the
doomed false Spiritual Babylon. Rather let us run to obtain the
crown
of life prepared for us from the foundation of the world.
Ensure that you regularly spend time with God so that you can be
in
eternity with God. Time is a temporary thing, it does not go on
forever,
and it is running out.
The price has already been paid in full by our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ.
Be not deceived for whatsoever a man sows so shall he reap for God
is not mocked.
God bless you all.
Praise
the Lord for His mercy and love to us all.
Amen.
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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