PonchoWest's Blog
A users video that dealt with Cults and what makes a cult a cult, is what prompted this blog
My reply to this persons comment, the person did not even have a user name but this is what he/she said.
âThe people who say Harry Potter, or Lord Of The Rings are signs of the occult, are just idiots. Its completely idiotic to compare someones religion to a movie based n fantasy novels.â
(Websterâs _ Idiot: Mentally deficient person.)
Being an idiot or a person whoâs not using all the potential they have is one thing but being a willful idiot is quite another thing. I have seen with my own eyes people who follow a person, unquestionably and just because of their position within the Church. Now can I call that person an idiot? Well no, because I have no idea of their mental ability.
Itâs all about the meanings of words and in this case, Cult is exactly what Harry Potter or Lord Of The Rings is. And this is a fact spoken from their own mouths; they take pride in the number of people who hang on their every word and idea. And that brings us to the second fact, they make no apology about the fact that itâs their goal to educate or reeducate as many people as they can to an alternative view of life and history. They donât back down or apologize for doing this. So why do some find the need to defend these cults, are the authors and film makers sending you urgent letters in the mail requesting your support? I think not, so whatâs going on? You or should I say the mental image or structure of the world around you feels threatened and by what? By this man from Israel, born two thousand years ago, whose life ended like so many other lives did during that time, on a cross. Or is it that this man claimed to be God, come in the flesh and his proof to this claim was that He would return from the grave in victory only three days after he gave His life and why did He give His life? For YOU!
Please, tell me the name of just ONE person whom youâre defending who died or would die in your place as Jesus did, just one. Oh and some said Jesus and the people who followed Him where a cult. Now whose the idiot according to Websterâs? The person who takes in the information, from what ever source and thinks that information has no effect on their world view or the person who intellectually understands the power that the media has to alter a persons world view and screens the information as best as they can, using the Word of God as the filter. Look at the fact that it was only after some idea was picked up by the media of the day that you saw the following generation adopt that idea as its own. Now how did that happen? Did everyone suddenly come to the same conclusion or did they in fact have it spoon feed to them by the media of their time. And how much more is that possible in todayâs world of Mega Media. The true idiot is the person who sees the facts but ignores its reality, hoping it all just goes away.
For those who know somethingâs going on with the media but canât quite put their finger on why or what it is thatâs wrong, listen upâ¦there is a God and He is $@%#%ed but Heâs not the one thatâs orchestrating all of the media, whether in print, video or music itâs that other god, that want to be god. Heâs working real hard to get your way of thinking around to his way of thinking. You think Star Wars was just a movie? Think again, it came from the imagination of a man just as every other media event thatâs come out of Hollywood. Now do I think these people get together and are plotting to take over the world? Well thatâs just dumb but I do believe there is one being whoâs capable of doing just that and in fact he has done that through out history, which is one reason heâs working so hard to rewrite history, so us dumb humans donât figure out what heâs been up to for the past six thousand years.
Now in the twenty first century he has for the FIRST time ever in human history the communication and technological ability to reach a generation of people who are more then willing to buy into his lie. Now as a Born Again, Spirit Filled Child of God I have this one major advantage over him. I know the truth and I donât have to buy into his lie. And this brings me back to the question of whatâs a cult. If youâre a born again person who is trusting in what Jesus did in His death and resurrection for your eternity then when ever satan or his imps present you with a lie, no matter how small the lie is. Itâs that new spirit within you thatâs going to do all it can to reveal the truth about the lies and from who the lies are from, if you let Him. God will not force you but He, in Love, will do all He can to keep you from that lie.
I watch some of these movies and try as I may to view them as just entertainment, I canât, because at some point in the movie God will tap me on the spiritual shoulder and Iâll hear this still small voice, âDid you see that, did you see thatâ then some Bible passage will pop into my head that counters the lie that satan incorporated into that media event that was put there to make God a liar and to make himself look like the good guy. But really most of the stuff out there satan no longer even tries to conceal it or mask it as something other then a bold face attack on God and the Bible. God told us that in the last days one of the things we would see would be Great Blasphemies directed toward Christ and all that God stands for. NEVER in human history, before now have we seen this happening until this generation. And this is what youâre defending when you defend ANY media over the Word of God and the historical fact that Jesus did die and He did appear before a large number of people after His death. So pick your side or chose you this day who you will serve because God has told us what He thinks about people who ride the middle rail.
Rev 3:15-16 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Some seem to be just a big foggy on the time line. The Church or Body of Christ has to be gone before ANY of the judgments or wrath of God spoken of in the book of Revelation starts to happen. Otherwise Jesus suffered for nothing, why? Because if I, as a born again believer in Christ (God in the flesh) has ANY part of the judgments depicted in the book of Revelation, which are judgments due to the over whelming sin of mankind, so if I have ANY part of that judgment then Jesus, God and the disciples lied. This is not to say we donât have trials and that we donât feel the hand of God on our back side when we get out of line but itâs in NO WAY God judging me as in the Last Days Judgment, He canât, you read me right. God can NEVER EVER judge me for ANY sin, that authority was given over to, guess who? JESUS or the Lamb of God who takes away sin and not just covers them up till the stink gets so bad He has to thump us upside our spiritual heads. NO, the sin has been remedied for ALL those who are Born again but and itâs a BIG but, you must be Born-Again, and note itâs not born again Baptist or catholic but Born again in Christ or Christ like.
Second, as an example; Iâm looking out my window right now and I see clouds coming in from the West and I can tell these are the big fat blue-gray type that bring rain. Now outside I just had delivered a 52â Plasma TV and itâs sitting in the drive way. QUESTION!?!?! Do I get off my but and move the TV out of harmâs way or do I sit there thinking, oh this will pass right on by, which would go against the laws of how the weather works but hay Iâm not a weatherman so why should I care? Itâs only an item of great price thatâs going to be lost if it stays out there and like I said it may not even rain and the wind may not even knock it over. So here I sit holding my breath, hoping beyond hope that Iâm not going to be out $4000+ dollars.
NOW!!! For those of you that try your best to look the other way and willingly play dumb to what you know in your spirit is an imminent storm approaching by saying we still have 20 -30 or 100s of years before the storm hits, must not think much about how God views belivers, because to God every Born-Again believer has been paid for by the very Blood of Jesus (God come in the Flesh) and now Heâs going to just sit by with a coke in one hand and a bag of pop corn in the other, waiting for the big End Time Show to start.
Give me a break; Jesus said he did not know the Day or Hour not the week, month or year. The point is, He told us to look for this day but youâre telling us not to look for this day. He told us that we can in fact know the season and how long is a season? Yeah 3 months so we can know when the end is near based on how close those Big Fat, Blue Gray storm cloudsâ are.
So the question is why are some in the church doing all they can to discount the eminent catching out of the Body of Christ? Could it be they, like Lots wife, LONG for the things of this world? I donât know about you but there is very little here that would keep me from going home. But then Iâm not rich nor am I famous or good looking, I donât live in a nice new big house or drive a 50K car or have a 6 figure job. No, Iâm just average, my body has pain and itâs falling apart, people around me tend to die off or do dumb things to me which makes me sad. I worry about the future of my kids and I see the state of our world and wonder how much time is left before some nut starts the BIG NUKE war. And this is what some in the church live for? Thanks but no thanks⦠Iâm ready to get out of here ASAP, but as long as Iâm here I might as well let others know that this ainât it, that there is a God and there is life after this world, only you had better make sure you have the right boarding pass otherwise what you thought was a hard 70 year life span will turn out to be a HARD FOREVER.
I know some you may not have the time to look into this subject but from what I'm reading it's very interesting what is developing around this whole Nanotubes subject. Now they are arguing if these things are alive, never mind that they miss the point. What force/power builds these things. If you read up on this, note the comments that deal with nanotubes and nanobacteria using building material that's found in human blood and bone. Then link that to what's happening with the smart card and RFID chips, which are a fact as part of the world banking system.
The thing that it seems the Lord keep putting before me is the fact that any person can cut a chip out of them or develop a counterfeit that looks as if it's under the skin. The Mark of the Beast as we read it from the Bible has got to be irreversible or in other words once it's implemented it can not be undone. The only way that's even remotely possible with the technology that's active today and on the horizon is by incorporating a system that's so tied to the function of the vital parts of human existence that removing it would kill that person.
What if this nano technology opens the doors to a process where the ability of nanotubes and or nanobacteria is linked to one persons DNA and what if the Nano part of this process will have in it the ability to self replicate using chemicals and minerals in the human body and that each new generation will contain all data of the previous generation? And this argument is info just off the top of my head; I know if I did some more digging it would pan out because removing such a mechanism from your body would be absolutely impossible because of the sheer numbers involved that would be in your body.
The other thing I would like to point out is while the Church has the body looking at this other Mark of the Beast is satan really developing this other one. Keep in mind they already know how to get this into the population. Due to some event, every person alive will have to get an injection and once injected this technology will adapt to each persons own DNA. Are we now seeing test runs on such a scenario? Yeah I would think so. And how long down the road are we looking for this technology to appear? It's here now and being developed and within another 10 to 15 years we will see it everywhere in the news but it will be sold to the public in such a way they the world will rush to be part of it.
http://www.physorg.com/news128167633.html.
Because he ate the Apple...Yeah Right.
Gen 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
The key to this is found in the verse above it.
Gen 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
The question is what is the Tree of Life and what is the thing guarding or keeping mankind from getting to that Tree of Life found in Gen 3:22?
Rev 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Rev 22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Rev 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
What or Who is the Gate?
Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Jesus is that Gate or more to the point what He did in our place and by that act we can now be restored back to the Father through Christ or by His Work or being Born-Again.
So I can string some scripture together just as SOOOOO many other are doing but get this.
What in the Bible would a Flaming Sword be? And why would God place Cherubims there?
At this point I would like to ask this question. What is the standard reply to this question? Why did God kick Adam out of the Garden? Oh, well because he ate the apple, right? NO, NO, NOâ¦because as God said, âBehold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:â If Adam would have ate from that, other Tree then mankind, since we were in Adam, could NEVER have been restored back to God.
Now in the Bible the image of a flame depicts or is a type of what? The Holy Spirit for one and the Word of God for another. Now whatâs a sword depict in the Bible as a type? Yeah, the Word of God, only this sword turns every which way, Texas translation, youâre not getting in by the back door. The ONLY way youâre entering in is by getting cut and shedding blood (Christ) because thatâs the only thing that will satisfy Gods Holiness and Justice.
The Swordâ¦
Mat 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. Mat 26:52, John 18:11
Question, does God contradict Himself? Well, NO, so why does this passage seem to make God look like Heâs gearing up for WAR? Because itâs we are at war but our fight is not with flesh and bloodâ¦well you know the rest, Anywayâ¦back to Sword and Flame.
Fire: pur, poor; a prim. word; "fire" (lit. or fig., spec. lightning):--fiery, fire.
Acts 2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Rev 4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
Mat 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Luke 3:16
Luke 12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Luke 12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Luke 12:51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: Mat 10:34, Mat 26:52, John 18:11.
Heb 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire. 2 Th 2:8
Sharp: oxus, ox-oos'; prob. akin to the base of G188 ["acid"]; keen; by anal. rapid:--sharp, swift.
Sword: rhomphaia, hrom-fah'-yah; prob. of for. or.; a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, lit. or fig.):--sword.
OR
machaira, makh'-ahee-rah; prob. fem. of a presumed der. of G3163; a knife, i.e. dirk; fig. war, judicial punishment:--sword.
Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Note: The sword has two edges or that it cut both ways.
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Rev 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Rev 2:12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
Rev 2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
2 Th 2:8 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:
Rev 13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
Rev 13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Now I wonder if this sword is what we would view as a real weapon of war or does this have something to do with the Word of God. Iâm still looking into it.
Rev 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron (what is a rod of iron?): and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Rev 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Rev 19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
Rev 19:18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Rev 19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
Rev 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Rev 19:21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
Read this entire passage, it shows again that blue print idea or that this all part of Gods plan.
(Rom 13:1-7 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.)
Talking about the Arkâ¦
Exo 25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Just as God said that Jesus was the Lamb slain, before the foundations of the world, we have in the Garden a picture type of what the blue print is for Gods plan to bring mankind back to Himself.
Rev 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
1 Pet 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Heb 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Heb 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
The picture or the type we see in the events of Gen 3:24, is or was a shadow image of that part of Gods Blue Print to bring mankind back to Himself. If Adam would have eaten or partook from the Tree of Life he would have existed for all of eternity separated from God. Note that God told Adam that he could eat from any tree in the garden save one, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. So Adam could eat from the tree of life, right?
Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
So where was Adam while this conversation between satan and Eve was going on?
Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Adam was standing right there with her.
Itâs sad what mans traditions has done to this whole event.
The Heart of Mankind at the Last Day
The God told me bunch
(This text has errors from GodTube on the commas, I'm cleaning is up AGAIN))
We know that we are in the last days, why, because just about every speaker of the word of God is telling us this. And at the same time only part of what God said would take place is being presented, the good part. When we do talk about the calamity that WILL take place and even know is taking place, it's almost always directed to the lost world.
God had his words written for us, the saved, as well as the lost but first to us. And it is in this truth that I write these things, not to glorify my self or place a stumbling block before God's people but to cry out to you that in the last days there WILL be paroles times like NEVER before and some of the troubles will be inside the religious world.
God deals with the heart of man and part of this is what the mind of man is thinking. I'm not claiming to read the hearts or minds of any one person but I am saying that by looking at the spoken words of these individuals and there actions we can see that their hearts and minds are not the will of God in the last day's.
I know my self that at times I have stepped out of what God is telling me and allowed my self to be ruled by ME. Whether I got caught up in the moment or whether I thought something should be this way or that way, the point is, it was me not God.
We have become so casual about speaking and acting for God in the church. I know for myself that I need to rethink how I speak and act on God's behalf. How many times have we heard the words God told me or God showed me and just because of those words we feel we can not question it because we are made to feel that we are questioning God. The answer to this dilemma is what's in the heart of the speaker. Now I know that some of you will say no it's what is in the word of God. Well this is part of it but remember even Satan can use the word of God and we know what's in his heart because we see it every day and in the same way we can see what's in the heart of others that come in the name of God.
Remember, remember, remember all of this that I'm writing is focused on the fact that we say we are in the last days, and yes, here we go, God Said that the last days would be like NO other time in All of human history.
Mat 24:11-12 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
The word love is the Greek word agape, and it's my understanding that it's only Christians that can have this type of agape love. So it stands to reason that the false prophets that rise up are inside the Christian world. You know lord, lord we healed in your name bunch.
At this point I think I need to clarify something, you have the unsaved bunch doing wonders in the church and then you have the saved group doing things in the church that are said to be done with the blessing of God, but are not. It's this second group that is my focus but at the same time we need to beware that only God knows who is who (sheep or goat), all we can do is use his words to weigh things in the light of his truth.
2 Cor 11:13-15 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 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.
Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Mat 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Wise:
phronimos, fron'-ee-mos; from G5424; thoughtful, i.e. sagacious or discreet (implying a cautious character; while G4680 denotes practical skill or acumen; and G4908 indicates rather intelligence or mental acquirement)
Serpents:
ophis, of'-is; prob. from G3700 (through the idea of sharpness of vision); a snake, fig. (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, espec. Satan:--serpent.
Before you get all worked up and go out and tell every one that God said I'm to be like satan..., understand this.
This is describing Satan at his fall�
Ezek 28:12-15 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
Point, Satan knows what's going on, he's no dummy and nether are or should we. Remember this, We Are At War, so live your life as a Christian like you're at war. If we are at war then that means we have an enemy and trust me it's more then just one fallen Arc Angel it's the one third he took with him.
Harmless:
akeraios, ak-er'-ah-yos; from G1 (as a neg. particle) and a presumed der. of G2767: unmixed, i.e. (fig.) innocent:--harmless, simple.
Dove:
peristera, per-is-ter-ah'; of uncert. der.; a pigeon:--dove, pigeon.
And no this is not like being a pigeon or a stooly. It's my understanding that this has to do both with the Holy Spirit and the idea purity that is to say, what are your reasons for doing what your doing, but this my understanding.
Have you ever been in a situation where you know what is going on (in a Christian setting) is not completely correct but you say nothing because of the fear of rejection or confrontation and being called a divider of the faithful, or something like that? Well this is why I'm writing this to let you know that it could be the spirit of God telling you that what is being said or done in His name, is wrong. But you need to base this in what the Bible has to say about what is being done or said.
A very wise man once told me that when a person gets to the point where they know the Bible so well that they can make it say what ever they wish; it's at this point when that person can be the most dangerous. You see it's not the ones that think they know what the Bible is saying or the ones who pick up on some doctrine and run with it because these individuals can be proven to be in error by using the same words that they stand on as truth. Now for the ones that know the bible so well that he or she can make it do a jig and rollover, how can you prove to them that what they are saying is wrong, at this point only God can. And frankly I don't think that's our job but we are accountable for the young Christians who hear these twisted doctrines, it's those who we need to take under our wing and bring them to a better understanding of the Word of God.
Jer 23:16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
Jer 14:13 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
Jer 14:14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
Jer 14:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
The point to all this is that we have got to be better equip as Christians to identify the people that this passage speaks of. We as Christians have got to know who we are in Christ and just what it is that Christ is in us. Remember God said he would write his law on our hearts? Jer 31:33-34, Rom 2:15
And that he would give us the words to say at the time we need them and in no way I'm I saying �Don't Read Your Bibles� but the fact it GOD said�
Mat 10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
Mat 10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
I believe the point is, when you�re stepping up and placing your self in the service of God and your heart is in the right place God will do the doing all we need to do is yield to Him. But this is not the case all the time, so often people stand up to speak for God for reasons other then the ones that count.
And again if like 90% of the church world is telling us that we are in the last days then we have got to understand that God said that in those days the un-seen war is going to heat up like never before and that's saying a lot when you look back in history and how bad things got for the church.
It's A War.
Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Eph 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Eph 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Eph 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Eph 6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
Eph 6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
God is not a fool and He means what He tells us. If He said it's a war and He lays out what we are to use in this battle then it�s safe to say, the battle is real and not for the faint hearted. I have seen things with my own eyes that where so beyond my natural minds ability to deal with what it was I was seeing and hearing. And each time some supernatural event took place and I started to recoil from not being able to incorporate the reality of this unseen war because frankly it�s so foreign to my natural man. But God would time and time again bring me back to His word and to the understanding that I should not get to over whelmed by what it was I had seen because that's how some Christians get off track. They start chasing what we call the supernatural when that's not what God called us to do. For example, the person who's whole ministry is geared around casting out demons and devils or seeing and documenting miracles as proof that God is behind them. You had better make sure that it's God who is calling you to do some of these things in His name. Because you may very well be in the employment of demons that will gladly offer you some supernatural ability as long as you stay away from the true Jesus and the true Gospel.
2 Cor 11:3-14 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 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.
Gal 1:6-9 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
God said it not me, He said that there WOULD be people teaching, Another Gospel, Another Spirit and Another Jesus or another plan for salvation, which is to say, another way to redeem mankind back to a relationship with his creator. That's why we need to know that we know that we know, that the Jesus we came to salvation through is the right messiah, and that His Gospel is the right plan for salvation and finally that all of this was delivered and sealed by the Holy Spirit and that this redemption is maintained by the Power of God, which is the Holy Spirit. And two out of three from the list of three will not cut it. Because one without the other means you have a counterfeit in the bunch.
Eternal salvation is not a thing to be taken lightly. It is the foundation by which every other thing in your life is built upon. If you get it wrong, every other part of that structure you call your life, is going to suffer and ultimately lead to your eternal residence in the Lake of Fire.
Could this be why satan is so hard at work cooking up more and more alternatives to the true Gospel, Jesus and Holy Spirit? Even inside the modern day church movement we see him hard at work twisting the truth of Gods word to the point that it's harder and harder to really know if the Gospel your hearing is the one that Jesus spoke of.
So you say or you think the church is a hands off area for satan and in imps. Then how do you account for the events that took place inside the church threw out history. Highned sight is 20/20 on so many of the things the early church did that we now know where dead wrong and did not come from God or have his blessing but they did still happen. Why did God not stop these evil things from taking place inside the church? Well for the same reason He's not stopping them now. He's not a puppet master or the Old Man who plays a chess game by Himself, deciding who is removed from the board of life. There is this thing called the will of man and we control what we do with the information that's given to us. But like in times past when the heart of man was so far removed from doing the right thing that God stepped in and allowed things to unfold in a very negative way only because God knows from beginning to end the events of a mans life or a nations life.
Rom 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Reprobate:
adokimos, ad-ok'-ee-mos; from G1 (as a neg. particle) and G1384; unapproved, i.e. rejected; by impl. worthless (lit. or mor.):--castaway, rejected, reprobate.
And even with the story of Moses and Pharaoh, we see God arranging things in such a way that it would appear that He over steps the free will of mankind.
Exo 7:13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
But the reality is God knows the heart of man and what any person would do in his or her life time. The point is, that if we are in fact seeing the final chapter of mans existence on earth, as we know it, and since God knows the hearts of ALL mankind could we not see Gods hand moving in the lives of the key people who will bring about the events that usher in the Mark of the Beast? To me that�s the only explanation as to why some people in key positions both in the church and in the world government, are doing the things that they are do. Because to the natural everyday person most of these things just don�t make sense, unless they are operation by the hand of satan and we all know NOTHING happens unless God allows it to happen.
So let�s say that God is allowing mankind to go down a road that�s going to lead to the fulfillment of scripture or the fulfillment of what God told His prophets would happen in the last days because God being all knowing knew these things would happen exactly as they now are. And if God said He would give them over to a reprobate mind and that in the past we see God hardening the hearts of key players in human history. It�s safe to say God is still in control and nothing has gotten by His attention, not even the smallest detail, such as some 21 year old kid who died in Fall of 1983, only to be delivered into the hands of God with these words, �No for I have plans for you�. And now after 25 years and hours of seeking what it is the Lord would have me to do and hours upon hours of studying His Word and world events and how they all fit the things God told us to be looking for as a sign of His return. So here I am, still this one person with no big church, no book deals, no big ministry and certainly no big following. But I know, that I know, that I know God said He has plans for me. And trust me satan has in the past tried to take me down what appeared to be paths that God would have wanted me to go down but time after time He would turn me around and get me back on that one narrow path, a path of listening to His voice through His Word. And it�s not that any of the other ministry type things I thought I should be doing were wrong, they were just wrong for me and for what it was God has called me to be doing. Because when all is said and done, His will is for us to bring the Good News of what He has done threw the Work on the cross and what was done when He came out of that grave having conquered death.
Now I said all that to say this, Don�t listen to all voices in the church telling you what God told them to tell you and what God told them you should be doing in His name. Now more then ever in ALL of human history, every believer should be looking to God and asking Him, over and over, �Lord Here Am I, Use Me�.
And then just stand back and let God do the doing, let Him bring the people to you as you go about the life the Lord has given you. Let Him and not some person tell you what you should be doing with your money. Let God be God in your life, the one He has given you. And if you believe we are in the Last Days or the last generation then, Please, Please don�t let satan and his imps make you take your eyes off the Lord. Because times are about to get real bad for the true Body of Christ in America as it has already in other parts of the world. If you can�t have a strong relationship with Jesus without your church membership or without some Christian author's book or a long list of other go betweens, then you�re going to have a hard time in the coming years. If right now you can�t see how you would function under a situation like the Holocaust then you really should ask the Lord to help you get to a place where your faith would not be shaken in the worst case scenario. People its coming and don�t think the rapture is your ticket out of all this pain because it's not helping those Christians who died this very day some place in the world.
Yes God will call His Church-Body home before He judges the world, because Christ died and I'm now in Christ and therefore I should NEVER have any part of any Judgment for Sin or for my fallen nature, that's why Jesus gave His life so that I would not taste that type of judgment. The pain I live with now is not judgment; it's from living in a flesh body that's busted. I don't like this pain and I have asked over and over and over for God to remove it from my life. The religious people tell me it's because of sin in my life, as if they have no sin. But God shows me that His grace is sufficient so I'll hold onto that till He tells me something else or heals me.