Do Not Be Deceived

Deception in the Church

Is making the body of Christ

weak!

What is this deception that has become as a cancer in the body of Christ?

The Blame Game!

But who are the Christians blaming.....I find more and more it isn't the devil anymore.....it is the Lord himself.

What?

How could this be?

How could we even possibly blame God for what is going on in our lives?

Yeah, many are!

Saying:

God is in Control of everything!

It was God's will to afflict a baby with a horrible disease and die at an early age.

It was God's will for a spouse to die of cancer.

It was God's will for a teenager to be murdered, raped, or killed in a tragic car accident.

It was God's will for some to lose everything in the earthquake in Haiti.

Oh no, but that was God's judgement!

Let me inform all my faithful readers.......God's judgement is coming but understand we are in a period of peace.

Remember what the Angels declared in Luke 2:14

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Judgement is coming on THE DAY of judgment.

The Lord is so merciful and long suffering....He is waiting for all men to come to know Him. He desires that none should perish.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

Some underestimate the Love of God!

I often wonder why so many struggle with their walk with the Lord.

I believe it is because

they don't know Him or trust Him.

Why is this so?

The deception!

The deception that we can never know Him completely.

People saying:

"God works in mysterious ways."

or

"Our ways are not His."

Yeah, it was said in the Old testament....

But remember we are Holy Spirit filled believers that know all things because Jesus said in

John 14:26

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Many Christians are not willing to devote their whole lives to finding the truths that Jesus gave us 2000 years ago.

For example:

Why don't we receive our healing?

Because we don't receive it like we did our salvation.

We think that healing is something He wills to give if it be His will. But who's to know what His will is right?

We have the Holy Spirit!

And if we understand redemption, we can understand what belongs to us as believers of Christ and citizens of Heaven. Once we are born again here on earth we are then no longer citizens of this world but heaven.

So everything that is in heaven is ours.

Remember the Lord's prayer?

His Kingdom come, His will be done

On EARTH as it is in HEAVEN!

Jesus has said in

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

This means it is at hand.....IT IS HERE!

Today and forevermore!

Deception has leaked in to so many houses of worship that it is truly upsetting.

Christians don't even realize what belongs to them anymore

They are begging God to heal

to redeem their situation

to give them peace,

When Jesus already gave it to them!

This has become my foundation to my life and I have seen many lives transformed by understanding the

POWER OF HIS BLOOD

Religion has been taken over by Satan himself and He is laughing as many Christians

are being destroyed in this life, not ever experiencing the purpose God had in store for them. Yes they go to be with the Lord....but their lives cut short.

He is isn't just killing babies by abortion

He is killing the youth of america with lies that God is a God of Judgement and who knows He just might kill someone with

cancer

car accident

murder

HOW CAN WE BELIEVE THESE LIES!!

OH, MY HEART GRIEVES

The enemy is DEFEATED!

The truth needs to be preached

we need to understand

REDEMPTION

yet again!

Remember God's Heart of the matter is this. His promise to those who love and believe Him is this:

Deuteronomy 11:21

That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

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Christian Cliches

God is Good!

It is such a cliche!

Yeah, it really is!!

Do people really believe this or do they just say it?

To me it seems like people say it, but they don't truly understand

HIS GOODNESS!

I'll be praying for you!

Yep....another cliche!

Do you actually think people will truly take the time and pray for you?

Some might....

So why don't they do it when we are standing there....

or on the phone?

Why do we pray and then doubt he'll answer?

People will pray for healing and then they doubt it.

Do they truly TRUST in His

FAITHFULNESS??

Love you?

Yeah, another cliche not to be taken lightly

Do they truly love me?

Or are they just saying it

God's in Control

Finding this is another one of those cliches

Is He really in control?

If He is then.........

why is there still

murder

rapes

starvation in other countries

children beat to death

child and adult prostitution

suicides

you name it?

Is He truly in "control".....?

I don't believe it.

WE are the ones responsible for the mess the world is in

NOT GOD!

God is Good!!!

and this

I know

all so well!

Yeah, maybe it has been one of those weeks over here and I am really trying hard to find and hear of those who truly

KNOW HIM!

I bet the Lord is so grieved by the unbelief and doubt which clouds so many Christians minds

Yeah, they say "God CAN do it.....but not for ME."

WHAT?!!

Do you NOT believe?

Why don't you believe His Word?

What is wrong with the Christians of today?

Honestly.....I am grieved.

We toss words around

or

Scriptures

but do we truly take them to heart.

It hurts me

so how much more does it hurt

HIM

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The Message of Prosperity

PROSPERITY!

What is it? Do Christians need to be prosperous?

What does prosperity mean?

Prosperity: the condition of being successful or thriving; especially : economic well-being

What is wrong with this?

Why should Chrisitans not be able to succeed and thrive?

How on earth would we be able to give to the needs around us?!

You need money to do many things.

Just the other day I was thinking of a family in my church who were sitting with a cold sort of look. I came up to them and introduced myself with a big smile (no not cheesy) and genuinely wanted to get to know them. They were very distant. I understand sometimes you never know who is faking their hellos in Church. SAD BUT TRUE! Maybe they were thinking--(does this person really want to say hi to us?) Anway, they were cold. I tried to start conversation but they were cold. They just talked amongst themselves.

I am going to make a point to love on them every Sunday, whether they like it or not! Then the thought came to mind

I thought--If I handed them $50 and told them to go out to lunch and have a great time. Would they still be cold towards me? Yeah, they would be taken aback, but I know they would take the money. I would tell them the Lord wanted them to have it.....I would tell them this.

This sort of behavior doesn't happen in most churches.

Why?

Most Christians haven't been taught to give abundantly! We are always looking out for our needs first, not the needs of others.

YES

GOD

DOES

WANT

US

2

PROSPER

FOR THE

SAKE

OF

OTHERS

NOT TO

FILL

OUR

SELFISH

BELLYS

Ephesians 4:28

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Why do we work? For what purpose....?

God's heart is that we would be givers.....Read the above scripture again.

2 Corinthians 9-12

(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

He wants us to be givers where ever we go! Money can move many mountains when used right. It can open up doors that have never been opened before. Queen of Sheba was able to dine with King Solomon because of her gifts she brought. He then gave her triple the amount of blessing back.

Yes, the prosperity message needs to be taught in a way that is not seen as covetousness. It isn't about the nice things we can get. Even though it isn't a SIN to live in a nice home for entertaining and making it a refuge for families to retreat.

I'm not against ministers that have airplanes. They are spreading the Gospel all over the world.

Why is it OK for Oprah to have it?

Donald Trump?

Many celebrities?

But not the man or woman of God?

Why do preachers have to walk in poverty and preach in creaky run down churches?

Many ministers have built churches, homes, orphages, hospitals, etc.... all over the world.

We can use money to touch many, many lives.

I pray that every Christian, Young and Old alike will come into prosperity for the sake of the Cross!

ALWAYS BE READY TO:

give someone a $100, for Jesus

Fill someones gas tank, for Jesus

Pay someone's car payment or mortagage, for Jesus

Buy someone groceries, for Jesus

Be a GIVER! A Cheerful GIVER!

2 Corinthians 9:7

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Why is it good to be abundantly blessed?

Because it opens doors to peoples hearts!

And let me leave you with this one to ponder on.

Who is the one in the Bible who said

"Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?"

Was it Jesus?

Of course not!

It was the traitor Judas Iscariot

John 12:4-6

Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

To those who want to criticize, judge, and condemn those who have used money to bless many people around the world, or maybe have a nicer home than you...

Are you jealous? What makes you despise and be angered?

Mostly those who want to bite are usually the MOST COVETOUS people on the planet. Beware your spirit isn't like Judas! Check your hearts because the bitterness and lack of love that dwells in there is from Satan Himself (the ruler of the world who would love the gospel to crumble and never be spread)

The prosperity message, when preached right is A HUGE BLESSING in the KINGDOM OF GOD!

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HATED by the World and the Religious!

What will bring people to Christ?

What will bring people to know HIM?

Do we battle and fight?

What will it take?

What is God calling you to do for His Kingdom?

There are so many doctrines of Christianity. Yes, we are to be careful of false teachings and prophets. But why are some so quick to hate and despise the signs and wonders? They despise with utter anger the moves of God. They call it witchcraft and say it isn't of God. But think about it, you who are quick to judge and jump on those who want to lay hands on the sick and see them healed or pray in tounges or be knocked out in the Spirit?

Jesus came casting out demons, healing the sick, eating with sinners, touching the lepers, loving on the unlovable.....

The religious thought he was casting out demons by Beelzebub.

Matthew 10:25-26

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

WHY

DO

SOME

THINK,

THOSE

WHO

ARE

EXPERIENCING

THE

MOVE

AND

POWER

OF

GOD

ARE

DOING

SUCH

WORKS

BY

SATAN?

Or why do we call those who are raising the dead, healing the sick, casting out demons.......

WACKOS!

CRAZIES!

FALSE TEACHERS!

FALSE PROPHETS!

WHAT are WE fearing! And WHY are SOME not DOING these THINGS?

ponder on this!

be radicals

be like John the baptist

Jeremiah the Prophet

be hated by the world and the religious.

JESUS WAS!!!!

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