Month: September 2015 (Page 2 of 4)

I read where several leading Christians, some theologians, declare that discernment is simply understanding the difference between right and wrong, truth and error.  That is not true.  It reduces a supernatural gift to a natural ability.  We have our natural senses for that and if properly exercised will make that determination in most matters.  However, Satan’s ministers appear as ministers of righteousness.  If one only relies on the natural senses, all indicators will lead him or her to believe the satanic minister is actually a minister of righteousness.

We are in a war with a supernatural being who has had over 6 thousand years to observe and experiment with human nature.  Satan’s deceptions are sometimes clearly obvious, and other times are imperceptible by the natural senses.

In this final great deception, delusion, and apostasy, the most damaging deceitfulness of Satan is impossible to detect by the natural senses.  Christ clearly expressed the power of the last day’s unrighteous deception.

 ^“For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.” (Matthew 24:24)

For this intense deception, we need the gift of “discerning of spirits.” (1 Corinthians 12:10)  This gift is obviously not a natural ability, but one imparted by the Holy Spirit.  It is the ability to know beyond the skin of an individual who is deceptive.

People do not understand this gift.  Some reject it without consideration.  However, think of the consequences of ignoring it.

Because of the Internet and social media, people can watch videos, read posts and observe how Christians interact with each other.  They can copy the speech and little nuances to perfection.  They know what to post to attract Christians to “like” their pages, blogs, websites, or join their groups, etc.  Christ declares that evil doers would be so deceptive (as sheep in their appearance) that only by their fruit would you know them.

However, on the Internet one cannot see their faces or discern their spirits naturally.  I personally know a man who is on Christian social media whose grandson is also his son, if you can understand that.  He is one of the vilest and reprobate individuals I know.  Yet, I watched him join Christian groups, even be invited into the inner circle of a Christian music group, and fellowship with professing Christians without detection.  He can say exactly what professing Christians want to hear because he has had years of involvement in Christianity.  There is no hint of guilt in him, nor anything else that reveals him as a reprobate except his fruit.  That is hidden from everyone on the internet.

I have witnessed individuals who I know molested their daughters, and yet they rise to leadership in churches and their denominations.  We are witnessing pastors being outed for homosexuality, drug abuse, and affiliation with “Ashley Madison”.  Some of them (Ed Young) make no attempt to hide their salacious spirits.  Oher ones are outed (Eddie Long), but the people are already so deceived it does not matter to them.

People who constantly stir up discord among Christians, who consistently honor themselves, lauding their accomplishments, question every valid point of truth, and otherwise divert people from the path of the righteous, may be detectable naturally.  But what of the covert ones?  Only by the Holy Spirit’s gift of discernment can these people be detected before they drop their evil fruit.  Before that occurs, they may have so many gullible followers that it will not matter that they are exposed.

There are satanic people that have risen to prominence in Christianity.  They are so flagrantly evil that their shame is exalted as their glory.  Their many followers love to have it so.  That fact is indicative of how rotten Christianity the religion has become.  The rot is not being exposed on a national level.  There is only an appearance that it is being exposed.  I read articles published on the Internet that point out excesses and errors.  However, the same sites that publish those articles will publish false prophecies, heresies, promote false prophets and incredible heretics, and worse.

Charisma Magazine is a prime example.  They recently published a so-called prophetic vision about two rivers that was blatantly false.  At the bottom of the page was an ad for soft porn.  Clicking the link may lead to hard porn.  To the right of the page was another ad supporting an incredible false prophetess.  The magazine has the negative effect of deceiving people into believing that the evil invasion of Christianity is being properly dealt with.  Instead, it is being smoothed over like a bed with filthy sheets and bug-infested mattress covered by a clean quilt.  Bitter and sweet water cannot flow from the same fountain because the bitter will overwhelm the sweet.

I rebuke Charisma Magazine.  Any professing Christian that writes for it has compromised his or her calling and is contributing to the deception.  That goes for Dr. Michael Brown.

I had a vision not long ago.  I was a young boy again living in Oklahoma.  We lived beside a peach orchard and had a very large garden that we had planted with the landlord.  Mom sent me out one morning to pick a watermelon for lunch.  It was cool.  The dew soaked my feet.  It was cool, so I squeezed my toes together as I waded through the wet bermuda grass.

I spied a large hoosier melon in the distant, its dark green dewy back glistening in the morning sun, arched well above all the rest.  It was so large that I wondered if I could carry it.  I thought, “Mom will be happy about this one.”

The closer I got to it, the more excited I became.  I stood over it, admiring the size and perfect color.  I knew that it was ripe and could almost taste the sweet red heart, the juice running down my throat.  I reached down and cut it off of the vine, wrapped my arms around it, and began to lift.  I almost fell backward because it was so light.  Setting it back on the ground, I rolled it over to discover that some critter had beat me to the rich meat inside.  The melon had a significant hole in the side.  The skin had turned yellow and much of the meat was gone.  There was rottenness, insects crawling about, flies, and a stench of sour fruit.

At that point, the statement came into my mind, “This is what Christianity is in America.”  There is a shell that has the appearance of healthiness, its buildings with tall steeples and full parking lots on Sunday morning.  But within is rottenness and infestation of demons.  It has no power left to hold back the encroaching evil flood.  Its rottenness exceeds the point of restoration.  It is an apostasy that will usher in the False Prophet and Antichrist.

We are headed into a difficult period.  At some point, every true believer will be forced to withdraw from organized Christianity.  Either one withdraws, or one allows the rot to eat like cancer at his or her faith.  When the only voices of warning that remain are prophets, we will know that the death of the massive religion is imminent.  It’s gigantic shell inwardly rotten with heresy, compromise, hypocrisy, ecumenism, paganism, and blatant diabolical activities will collapse.  The true Christian had better not be caught inside when that occurs.  Out of its dead and stinking carcass will rise a demonic one-world religion more toxic than the world has ever known.  “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.”  “In your patience, you possess your souls.”

Recently, I read where a self-professed prophet from Scotland came into a church meeting and rebuked popular pastor, John McArthur.   McArthur told his congregation that if the man were a real prophet, he would not have behaved in such a manner.  Really?  Other individuals chimed in during the days afterward remarking that a true prophet would have had better decorum.   I reached the conclusion that Christianity is not ready for, and would not receive true prophets.

The Bible is rich with portraits of God-sent prophets.  The major ones were all different in the manner in which they executed their calling.  However, they were completely alike in several areas.

They spoke boldly without bias or favor.  Their words deeply angered people.  They were not moved by the fear of offense or consequence.  They broke social rules.  They were despised and hated.  Not many people understood them and fewer chose to support or defend them.

Being a prophet in Old Testament times was a risky business.  People hunted down and killed many of the prophets.  Even Christ said, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her!”  – Matthew 23:37

There is a good reason why they hated the prophets.  God anoints the prophet with a powerful ability to penetrate the carnal mind, no matter how stubborn or hardened with sin that it is.  A normal individual might say the same statement and be ridiculed and made sport of.  The prophet speaks, and his words go like a sharp goad straight into the heart of rebellion.  Consider how Stephen’s words affected the Pharisees.

“When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.”  – Acts 7:54

If we think prophets are going to come today and act pastoral, as gentle and courteous individuals conscientious of possibly offending someone, then we need to read God’s word again.  They are unique men, prepared by God for a time of apostasy.  In this period, when the final deception, delusion, and apostasy are at critical mass, we had better be prepared for very bold and powerful prophets speaking truth so piercingly that hatred will flow toward them like blood during Armageddon.

It will be obvious that they did not take the Dale Carnegie course on “How to Win Friends and Influence People.”   They are anointed to break stony hearts and convict callused minds.  They will have piercing discernment.  They will not simply denounce common sin, but will go for the satanic motherlode.  They will rebuke the religious leaders who have sold themselves to Satan for fame, wealth, and a place in history.  When their rebukes come forth, it will be as missiles thrust by the Holy Spirit straight into their evil spirits.   Those rebukes will explode with conviction throughout their spiritual system.  Their conscience will sizzle like eggs in a hot skillet.

These prophets won’t ask to speak.  They will not say “please”, “thank you”, and “excuse me.”  Most people will be repulsed by their lack of decorum.   Not many will want to associate with them.  History will repeat itself.  They will live alone, stand alone, speak alone, and die alone—except that God is with them.  The world needs them, but does not want them.  Christians want them, but are afraid of them.  False Christians need them, but will join the world in killing them.

They are coming.  No apostasy has ever been without them.   They will shake the gates of evil until the hinges come unscrewed.  We will tremble at their boldness, and the pure hatred and violence reciprocating from the children of darkness.   I hope that we will stand with them, pray for them, and defend their right to speak the truth.  I hope that we will recognize that these men will be God’s final attempt to reach the deceived masses before the devouring Man of Sin arrives, and before the final outpouring of God’s wrath.