You Better Judge Those Around You...

I was talking to God this morning about something that was on my heart.  I asked Him, "Lord, is it wrong to keep a close eye on folks close to you?"  We hear people say ALL the time 'judge not that ye be not judged' and often accuse those who scrutinize others-especially those around them-as critical and judgmental.

See, if I'm in error or if there is something in me that may keep me out of the presence of God, I have no qualms about bringing something before God to get clarity and instruction, understanding, on that thing.  My PRACTICE of judging those near and those far was one of those things I laid on the 'altar,' if you will.

Do you know what the Spirit of God put in my spirit?

You would be surprised.

The Spirit of God told me that I BETTER judge those around me!!!!

In this day and time where people have all types of belief systems about how to treat and interact with unsaved folks, believers-I believe-have been duped by the enemy into trusting people, being in relationship with people and allowing people WHO ARE NOT SAVED to get TOO CLOSE to them!

"But, Wenona.  Who are you to judge if someone is saved or not?"

I am a wise, obedient servant of the Living God, following HIS instructions.  And walking in WISDOM.

God took me to those places  in my own life where I had trusted THE WRONG PEOPLE.  I allowed them access to me, many times blindly believing they were saved, sent from God.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING...

I know you have heard it before, but it bears repeating.  Because I think people forget...

EVERYBODY WHO IS CLAIMING SALVATION IS NOT SAVED!!!!

Everybody who steps foot in a church building is NOT saved!

Heck, everybody who doesn't believe in going to church services is NOT saved!

OH, LORD!  I know I'm going to get blocked now!

But its true.  The Word says everybody who says Lord, Lord will NOT enter into the Kingdom of God.

And the fact of the matter is we are living IN THE LAST DAYS.  The imposters, the fakes, the phonies, the wolves in sheeps' clothing, the hirelings, the goats, the tares are manifesting more and more.

So that's how I can say-unabashedly and unashamedly-that you BETTER judge those around you!

WHY?

FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY!!!!!

That's right.

When someone has committed a crime, is arrested and stands before a judge-AND A JURY-what is the reason behind that?

Because this person has committed a crime and is a danger to society and the general public. (If they are guilty...)

What the enemy has done is made believers so passive, so not on their guards, and has robbed the majority of folks from practicing sound discernment that believers are now calling wrong right and right wrong.  And are trusting THE WRONG PEOPLE in their lives.

It is done out of the guise of being 'a witness' to those in darkness.

But the Word of God is clear.  We are to CRY ALOUD and SPARE NOT.  We are to WEEP BETWEEN THE PORCH and the ALTAR.

Not..."live a life as a witness before them....'

Yes, good works should follow believers, but understand, your living a good life in and of itself will NOT draw people to Christ.

What draws people to Christ?

NO MAN CAN COME TO REPENTANCE EXCEPT THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD DRAWS HIM!!!!

Our going around smiling all the time, biting our tongues when we should be crying aloud and sparing not about sin and wickedness WILL DO NOTHING to draw those close to us to Christ.  As a matter of fact, that kind of easy believism and passive mindset actually ENABLES them to continue in a life of sin.

And when a people are allowed unchallenged to live a sin of iniquity, no Word nowhere around them to judge the sin in their life, they grow hard towards the things of God.  They forget that there is a GOD who demands holiness.  Does He love them?  YES.

But if loving folks (which is not real love if its not based in truth), performing miracles and being all sweet and kind was all it took to bring folks in then Jesus would have walked this earth and God would not have sent His Word thousands of years before.  And EVERYTHING Jesus Christ of Nazareth did was backed up on and supported BY the Word of God.

Now, I got one more hard hitter for you.  And this one is gonna knock the ball out of the park.

EVERYONE THAT IS BORN IS NOT GOING TO BE SAVED!!!  

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE BORN FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF FULFILLING THE WILL OF THEIR FATHER, THE DEVIL!!!!

Whew!  Told ya...!

What?  How can that be true?

This is another reason you GOTTA judge those around you, whether they are your drug dealing buddies, your girls, your church group, your hairdresser, even your mama and your daddy!

The cold, hard fact is that everyone who was borne of a woman is BORN IN SIN and SHAPEN IN INIQUITY.

That means they have the propensity to fulfill the purpose of lucifer.  Look at Judas.  Look at Pharoah.  Born for a specific purpose...

To (attempt to) thwart the plans of GOD!

I can attest to the fact that there were people who were sent into my life-some of these people had on collars, some of them were in church, claiming salvation-who were sent BY THE DEVIL to attempt to stop the plan of God from manifesting in my life.

The fact of the matter is that if you are truly saved, the enemy has you as a target.  For evil.

And HOW is evil manifested in this earthly realm?  THROUGH PEOPLE!

Just as good is manifested in the physical realm through the actions of others, so is evil.

Murder, rape, robbery, deception, debauchery, perversion ALL take place through the hands of a person.  The enemy CANNOT operate unless he has a vessel to operate through.

So why we're busy trying to save some folks who were not ordained for salvation, the enemy's schemes and plots continuously manifest in lives of well-meaning, but naive, believers who are not walking in wisdom.

It is just plain old WISDOM to judge folks, the closer they are, the more they HAVE to be scrutinized.

The Word says our enemies will be those of our own household.  Family against family even.  NO ONE can be blindly trusted today.

Because the enemy can and does use those closest to us to attempt to do us harm!

I mean, come on!  Some saved folks get used by the enemy, those who walk in the flesh and not the spirit of God!

And so if folks around us are NOT saved, can you imagine even HOW MUCH MORE the enemy CAN and DOES use them against us???????

OPEN YOUR EYES.

They belong to the enemy.

I remember in particular God telling me that my ex husband-with his tongue-talking, laying-hands-on-folks, dancing-around-the-church self-was born solely for the purpose of destroying me.  That sounds a bit harsh, cold...I know.  But I know what I heard.  And I know it was God who said it.  I had asked God if I should stay with my husband, fight for my marriage, or allow him to go.  God told me specifically why Scott (not his real name) was sent into my life.  So the answer was NO.

I can hear you now..."but what about the saved wife being able to save the unbelieving husband?"

God won't contradict His word.  He also said in the Word, 'live peaceably with all men,' and 'if the unbelieving party wants to depart, let him.'  So with the revelation God gave me about my ex, there was also scripture to back it up.

We as believers must come to the realization that there are some people who have been born into the earth realm that will NEVER get saved.  They may preach.  They may prophesy.  They may attend a church-faithfully-and go through all the rites of passage to be approved of by man.  They may sing like a mockingbird.  Those are the hardest to detect...the wolves in sheeps' clothing.  The ones who 'claim' salvation, but underneath all the facade are ravenous wolves, waiting to devour you!

YOU BETTER JUDGE THOSE AROUND YOU.

Ask God to show you who's who in your life.  And if God says to leave them, YOU BETTER.  Its wisdom.  And its for your OWN safety.

And You Thought It Was The Presence Of God???!!!

Many go to church, seeking 'the presence of God.'  We who have been in organized church for awhile all have heard of it.

"The Presence of God" is supposed to mean the tangible sensing that God is near us.  Something that is discernible only by a sensation upon one of our five senses.  Many claim it is 'by the spirit,' but if you take a minute to discern 'what spirit' it is, then you will realize that maybe, just maybe, it is NOT the Spirit of God that is present in most churches!

"How can you say that?"

Well, most importantly, I can say that the Spirit of GOD is not there because of the FRUIT that is growing in the churches.

You will know them by THEIR FRUIT...

The fact of the matter is what we see on a widescale basis today in the organized church  is NOT fruit, NOT wheat, but tares.

Tares that have been sown by demons!

Demons are infesting the church because of many reasons.  One, NO ONE IS REALLY DOING REAL DELIVERANCE IN THESE CHURCHES.  I don't care what you see going on in your services, at your altars, no matter what type of 'spirit' you feel being released in the building.  It is NOT the HOLY Spirit.  How do I know this?  Because afterwards the people AND THE LEADERSHIP will bear fruits meet for REPENTANCE.  They will turn away from their sin, be remorseful for their sin and never look back.

This is NOT happening at the altars of Baal.  The following is a picture of the god Baal:

Yes, I called them ALTARS OF BAAL!

Baal is the fertility god of crops, fruit and cattle.  FERTILITY god.  Having babies.  Getting married.  Increasing in money, goods, houses, cars, lands.  Getting pregnant. THAT's what Baal offered its worshippers in the Bible.  

WHAT is being prophesied and sought after MOST in the churches today?

HOUSES, REAL ESTATE, MARRIAGES, BABIES, INCREASE, PROSPERITY....

Baal was worshipped by sacrifices of the first born, as well in music and dance!  In the churches today, music ministry is BIG BUSINESS.  Anybody opening up a ministry today knows that if you want to attract big crowds, you have to have a powerful music ministry.

And now we have this liturgical dancing in the church.  Not to mention the 'dancing in the spirit' that is popular in the pentecostal churches for years.

No one stopped to think that all this emphasis on music and dancing and the DE-EMPHASIS and LACK OF FOCUS on the Word of God has been nothing more than a ploy by the spirit of Baal that has crept in the churches...mocking the Spirit of God.  And folks who don't know the Word eat it up...Sunday after Sunday.

And wonder why they are MORE bound and oppressed by demons 20 years into their so-called salvations than they were when they first 'got saved?'

So if the god of the institutionalized church is demonic, what do you think the fruit of whatever goes on in these houses of worship will be?

DEMONIC!

THIS is why people can't get healed, delivered or saved in these churches.  They are worshipping and praying to a false god!

Have any of you ever had a roach problem?  Roach infestation is one of the most humiliating, debilitating experiences one can go through.  How about beg bug infestations?  OH, that's even worse!

The nights of no sleep, being bit by bed bugs at your most vulnerable moments, when you are asleep?

How about putting down a cup of coffee and then when you pick it back up to drink it, there's a roach floating in your cup?????  YUCKKKK!!!!!

Well, there are many, MANY people who are living in the these spiritual houses that are INFESTED with DEMONS.  They go back time after time again, to be tormented, humiliated, embarrassed, exploited, and victimized by these spiritual rodents.

Many of you who have had to deal with infestation know that a lot of times the only way to deal with infestation is to MOVE!

I have had to deal with both....and I will tell you.  The ONLY relief I found from dealing with roach and bed bug infestation was to MOVE out of the houses that were infested!  Yes, I spent all kinds of money trying to get rid of the pesky boogers.  I fought bravely and valiantly the good fight to get rid of them.  But they won, time and time again.  It would seem that they would go away...but it was just for a season.

Then they would return...with a VENGEANCE!

This is the decision that most of you who are reading this will have to make.  You think if you stay at your church, that your prayers will somehow get rid of the infestation.  When you fail to realize the longer you stay, the more ground and territory they gain IN and OVER YOU.

The only hope you have to is to GET OUT!  MOVE!  Don't look back.  Leave the stuff you gained there because that stuff is infested, too.  Start over from scratch.

If you step out on faith, I PROMISE...God will order your steps and will lead you by HIS SPIRIT!!!!!

God Bless you!

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Why Do You Worship Your Leaders, Part 2

In my last article, I presented the 'cases,' if you will, of preachers who battled their demons.  Some won, some are winning, and some have lost their battles.

This type of thing is not talked about in what is known as the church, and that is a dangerous thing.  The very secretiveness surrounding the maladies preachers suffer with in their secret, personal lives leaves open a wide gateway into these people for the enemy to operate, infiltrate and conquer.

Many look at this and say it is disrespectful or gossipy.  When we who claim to be 'in ministry' or 'called into the ministry' need to examine this phenomena...and see what can be done so that the enemy does not take more lives.

It should not be that in the day and time we live in that preachers who we see everyday-whether that be on TV, the Internet or in person-should NOT suffer in silence with mental illness.  The shame is NOT in having the mental illness.  The shame is in NOT getting help.

First, let's get the stigma out of the way attached to mental illness.

We tend to think that if someone is diagnosed with a mental illness, then it can only be 'prayed through.'  Shouted out.  Danced out.  Prophesied out.  Slain in the Spirit...and POOF!  Bye bye demons!

This is just what the enemy WANTS you to believe.

Many of the (prayer and Deliverance) practices done in churches today are INEFFECTIVE.  This is why preachers can preach...and be totally oppressed maybe even possessed by demons.  The devil knows how to preach, too!  Religious demons masquerading as angels of lights, performing miracles, speaking in tongues, prophesying, laying hands on folks and causing them to be 'slain in the spirit' are fooling MANY in the I.C. today.  TRUE deliverance is NOT taking place at these altars, but merely the transferance of evil spirits.

I do believe this is how mental illness is spreading so rapidly-much like HIV is in the black community-in the I.C.

In all the cases that I have presented, the ones that survived are the ones that sought help-and who were HONEST about their struggle.  Period.  They didn't hide behind a title or a position or some perceived authority.  They recognized that they had some things going on inside of them and had to BE ACCOUNTABLE and SEEK HELP.  As uncomfortable as it may have been, these popular, highly sought after preachers had to submit themselves WHOLLY to the therapy and scrutiny of another.  They didn't just 'pray it away.'  They submitted to EFFECTIVE help and was (or IS) being delivered from their demons.  They admitted to having demons.  But not only that, they did (and are doing) whatever it takes to walk in deliverance day by day.

If a leader is delivered-or at the very least-seeking deliverance, then that leader should NOT be submitted to.  Many believe that once a person is anointed, that they are always anointed.  And that therefore justifies one or more congregations submitting to their authority because of 'the anointing.'

I want to present to you that satan himself was anointed.  The Word says he was 'the anointed cherub.'  Having 'an anointing' does not mean one is right with God, neither does it somehow pre-qualify those in leadership to be submitted to, even when they are in sin or error.  Paul said to follow me as I follow Christ.  Many leaders-sad to say-are NOT following Christ, but their own lustful plans, desires and agendas.  Once a leader strays from the will and plan of God, and won't seek help or deliverance, then that nullifies any covenantal relationship between a 'pastor' and 'the sheep.'

The leaders in this series who perished in their struggles with demonic oppression were the ones who either attempted to hide behind their religion, their ministry, their public persona and image or who simply gave up the fight and gave in to becoming a walking habitation of demons.

Or they didn't submit themselves to TRUE, AUTHENTIC deliverance ministry!

The fact of the matter is as long as there are people who are afraid to admit they have demons they struggle with-or even go as far as to deny that demonic activity going on in their lives...or don't recognize it as demonic, then YES, in the FUTURE...Past, Present AND FUTURE...we will continue to see leaders who are demonically oppressed or possessed.  It is controversial, but it is true.  Some will die, and others will live, solely for the purpose of spreading their demons to unsuspecting congregations and followers who failed to try the spirits and ultimately to LEAVE the I.C.

If you are a leader and you are struggling with your demons (and only YOU and God knows what they are), don't suffer in silence.  Don't stay disheartened, resigned to live with your demons for another day.  DELIVERANCE IS AVAILABLE TO YOU!

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Why Do You Worship Your Leaders?, Part 1

When it comes to mental illness and the church, no one really talks about the reality of mental illness within the church.  Just like sex, drugs, and other maladies that are realities in the church, mental illness is a taboo topic.  Especially within the pentecostal and charismatic ranks, it is commonly taught and believed that if you are believed to be 'saved, sanctified and Holy Ghost filled,' that you cannot and will not suffer from mental illness.  That you will not have breakdowns.

And nothing could be further from the truth.

I have often wondered why leaders in the I.C. would stay away from teaching the people about mental illness.  They treat it like it's not there.  They may dabble with preaching on depression, but depression is only a symptom of much deeper issues.

Then it began to occur to me that the reason why leaders stayed away from this topic was possibly because they are dealing with the exact same thing-mental illness-as the flock, and therefore, didn't feel comfortable teaching on it...because they were in need of deliverance themselves.

If you research, you will be amazed at the number of denominational and church leaders and preachers who, in fact, suffered from some sort of mental illness themselves...and, for some, it even cost their lives.

Aimee Semple McPherson

'Sister Aimee' was a very famous evangelist who founded the Foursquare Church, opened the Angelus Temple in 1923 and is singlehandedly responsible for being one of the first people to 'spread the gospel' across the airwaves via the radio, suffered a mental breakdown in 1930.  She later died in 1944 from an accidental overdose of prescription barbituates.

A. A. Allen

Asa A. Allen was a healing and faith pentecostal evangelist that traveled across the country running healing lines and having very exuberant church services.  Allen, who started out in the Assemblies of God denomination, opened a TV ministry that continued to grow up until his death in 1971 from liver failure due to acute alcoholism.  Allen had been an alcoholic for  years and fellow preachers often stated that they had to cover for Allen because sometimes he was too drunk to minister.

C. H. Mason

COGIC founder Charles Harrison Mason founded the denomination in 1897.  COGIC, the 4th largest denomination and claiming millions of followers today, was one of the many (pentecostal) denominations that sprung out of the Azusa Street 'revival' in 1906.  It has been reported that Mason suffered from some sort of mental illness; one instance, he was said to be walking the streets of Tennessee naked, preaching to the air.  In an audio clip here (fast forward to 2:37), you can hear Mason 'preach.' In listening to this clip, one has to wonder if it was the Holy Ghost moving on him to speak, or was it 'another spirit.' Mason died of natural causes in 1961 at the age of 95.

Zachary Tims

Many of us know of Zachary Tims.  He was a regular host of the 'Praise The Lord' program and founded New Destiny Christian Center in 1996.  He battled drug addiction and had claimed he was delivered from drugs.  But on August 12 of last year, Tims was found dead in a hotel room with an envelope containing cocaine.  Tims' autopsy results have been sealed by request of his mother from the general public.  Listen here (fast forward to 9:19) as Tims almost prophesies his own death a little over a month before he died.

Barry Keldie

Barry Keldie was the pastor of Providence Church (with ties to the Acts 29 Network and the Southern Baptist Convention) in 2005 in Frisco, TX.  To many, he seemed like a happy, well-adjusted father, pastor, husband, and friend.  But he battled chronic insomnia, that led to an addiction to sleeping pills during his pastorate.  At 31 years of age in 2010, Keldie accidentally overdosed on Tylenol PM.

Paul Morton

Having to his credit the Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship, Morton oversees thousands of full gospel churches nationwide.  He is also the founder of two churches, one based in New Orleans, the other in Atlanta.  Paul Morton is very popular among the pentecostal and charismatic ranks, often asked to preach (and sing) at many conferences.  Yet, at the height of his ministerial career, Morton describes in his book 'Why Kingdoms Fall' his mental breakdown.  Click here (fast forward to 3:57) to hear him testify about his mental breakdown. Morton is still the Presiding Prelate of the Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship today and claims to have been 'delivered' from bipolar disorder.  In his book, Morton claims he sought medical help. He credits prayer, love and support and supernatural healing for his deliverance.

George Bloomer

George Bloomer is known in the church world as an expert on demons and deliverance.  He is the founder and pastor of Bethel Family Worship Center in Durham, NC.  He is also a very popular preacher in christendom, much sought after and highly recommended by those who advocate and believe in deliverance.  Bloomer testifies about his life pre-salvation, which included drug addiction.  Bloomer claims he suffered a mental breakdown and became addicted to Prozac, all while preaching across the nation.  Click here (fast forward to 7:34) to see Bloomer ask the question 'if a preacher can be crazy?'  Click here for Bloomer's full testimony on his addiction to the prescription drug Prozac (fast forward to 20 minutes into recording).

Juanita Bynum

Juanita Bynum is a household name.  There is no one who doesn't know what she has done in the church world.  She first came on the scene when she preached at TD Jakes' conference for women 'Woman, Thou Art Loosed' in 1997 a sermon series called 'No More Sheets,' chronicling her struggle with sexual purity.  In that series, she briefly talked about her struggles with mental illness.  But her 'spiritual mother,' Apostle Veter Nichols, goes into detail about Bynums' struggles in her book, 'Birthing of A Prophet.'  Nichols tells of Bynum having a nervous breakdown, her numerous suicide attempts due to relationship troubles and breakups, her struggles with anorexia nervosa and schizophrenia-all while 'in ministry.'  When Bynum and her ex-husband Thomas Weeks got in a physical altercation on August 21, 2007, Bynum confessed that she had to seek therapy.

Sam Kinison

Samuel B. Kinison is known to the world as the loud, brass comedian who became infamous for his 'in-your-face' style, controversial topics and how could you forget 'the scream?' What most don't realize is that before becoming a famous comedian, Kinison was a pentecostal preacher out of an unknown pentecostal denomination.  He was known for his 'fire and brimstone' type of preaching. Click here to hear a sample of his preaching.  His 'act' changed drastically when he left the church.  I won't post clips from his comedy act in that most of his comedy  was raunchy and replete with cursing...and may seem extremely blasphemous to most.  What I hear is was someone who didnt seek healing and deliverance after leaving the I.C.  After leaving the ministry and the I.C., unfortunately, Kinison did not maintain or seek a relationship with God and, as a result- even though he enjoyed much success as an actor and a much-sought-after comedian-he battled depression and drug addiction pretty much until his untimely death in 1992.

I have highlighted these who were and some still are active in ministry to bring up some points about how real mental illness is in the ministry.  It is not talked about, and it should be.

Stay tuned to part 2...

The Danger of Impartation Services

I have been saying for a minute that these ministries that are so interested in 'picking up the mantles' of (famous) or deceased individuals in the Bible are operating from a demonic and errant place.

I want to make one point perfectly clear:

WE ARE NOT TO SEEK AFTER THE 'ANOINTING' OR MANTLE OF DECEASED PEOPLE.  THERE IS NO SUCH THING!!!

You know I was just meditating on the word 'mantle' today.  And the Lord led me to see that a mantle is nothing more than a coat.  A piece of cloth/clothing used to cover the body.

I have heard ppl today use the word mantle and make it to have some deep spiritual meaning.  Some would say that a mantle is a spiritual thing, the mantle is the 'anointing' of someone who we respected in the past-but who are now dead and gone.  And we covet their anointing.

We get this belief system from the story of the prophets  Elijah and Elisha.  More in particular, 1 Kings 19, when the prophet  Elijah has his encounter with the Lord while he is hiding out from Jezebel.  After he gets the Word of the Lord, he goes to Elisha and hit him with his coat-as if to anoint him-as he goes about the mission to bring down Jezebel.

Later on, in 2 Kings 2, this is when Elijah and Elisha are DIVINELY separated....by the HOLY GHOST.  Verse 1 says the Lord was taking Elijah up to heaven.  Not that he was gonna die.  Three times, Elijah tried to prepare Elisha for his departure.  First, he tells him, 'Im going to Bethel.'  Then to Jericho.  Then to Jordan.  All three times, Elisha wasn't having it.  He responded, "As the LORD lives and as you live, I won’t leave you."

On the 3rd time, Elijah took off his mantle/his coat, and smote the Jordan.  It parted and the both of them crossed over.  Elijah asked Elisha 'What do you want me to do for you?'  Elisha coveted after the ONLY anointing he had ever known or see...or beheld...which was that of Elijah's!  So, of course, he wanted it.

Elijah told him 'This is a hard thing.  But if you see me when Im taken, then you got it. 

If you dont see it, you cant....'

Elijah was trying to build Elisha's FAITH.

I want you all to see this:  in this realm, dispensation of the world, the Holy Ghost WAS NOT GIVEN!  The only power ppl in the OT ppl witnessed was thru the hands of other ppl.  Chosen vessels God set apart to dispense that power and glory in this earth realm.  But b/c the Holy Ghost was not yet poured out on the earth, b/c we were yet in our sins, because only a select few vessels were usuable in the hands of God....AND since the WORD OF THE LORD was Precious and RARE in those days...then YES, they practically WORSHIPPED man.  This is why Elijah, Moses and other prophets had to be taken away after a few years.  Because it was (and is) the nature of man to worship flesh.  And if flesh is all they see and behold, man will worship....FLESH.

So we know the story, how it ends.  Elijah is taken up in chariot of fire and Elisha wallks in 'Elijah's' anointing,' which in essence really ISN'T his...but GOD'S!!!

Moses had to be supernaturally taken away, too. Hmmm...

BUT...

WE ARE NOW IN A DIFFERENT DISPENSATION!  THE HOLY GHOST HAS BEEN POURED OUT!

We no longer have to covet the anointing-or the mantle-of another!  NO MATTER HOW POWERFUL THEY ARE!!!!!!!

B/c no matter HOW powerful they are, WE MUST REMEMBER THAT POWER BELONGS TO GOD!!!!!  AND NOT MAN!!!!!  THE VERY POWER THEY POSSESS CAME FROM THE LORD!!!!!

IN THIS DISPENSATION, WE NOW EACH HAVE OUR OWN, SPECIAL, UNIQUE MANTLES!

We dont  need to wait til someone dies and then go off into the spirit somewhere, to call upon the mantle of Roberts, Kuhlman, Allen, McPherson or any of the other greats of the past to do the will of God for TODAY!!!!

THANK GOD FOR THOSE VESSELS!  BUT THEY POSSESSED AN ANOINTING THAT THEY NEEDED, FOR THEIR TIME, THEIR DISPENSATION!

BUT WE REQUIRE A GREATER ANOINTING, A GREATER GLORY!  A GREATER POWER!!!

We must NOT venture off into idolatry and witchcraft by calling on the mantles and spirits of dead men and women of God.  THIS IS NOT pleasing to God....not at all!

There IS NO power in the so-called mantles of the past.  

There is ONLY power in the anointing that destroys EVERY yoke!  And that anointing-unlike evil spirits-are NOT transferable!  I know-the most popular of preachers have taught this, but that is error and deception.

The ANOINTING comes STRAIGHT from GOD HIMSELF!  SEEK GOD FOR THE ANOINTING....PRESS IN FOR HIS ANOINTING AND POWER!!!!!

Seek that from NONE other!

The reason why it is so important to me that you all understand this is b/c that today a mantle is something entirely different than what it was in the OT.  In the OT, the mantle, or the addereth, the prophet's garment, glory, simply put, a cloak.    But in the NT, the word 'mantle' is NOT found.  I wonder why?

A cloak is an outer garment.  More specifically, A loose outer garment, such as a cape. Something that covers or conceals.

We have ALL heard it said, 'The OT is the NT concealed and the NT is the OT REVEALED...'

Well, the reason why the prophets in the OT had to go around wearing cloaks is b/c the whole spirit of prophecy HAD to be concealed!  For the Holy Ghost had not yet been released in the earth and JESUS CHRIST had yet to come!  So it all had to stay a mystery!

But in the NT, there was no longer any need to conceal, only to REVEAL!

GLORY!

So the equivalent word for mantle in the NT would be garment.

But I must share with you that cloaks were NO LONGER NEEDED after Jesus was revealed and manifested n this realm!

(When Jesus Christ of Nazareth was crucified, was not the veil ripped from the top to the bottom?)

After the birth of the early church, cloaks only became important to those who were workers of witchcraft....and the religious!

Religious people place over-importance on outer garments.  This is why after the apostles were martyred, and the fake church was instituted, they started putting extravagant outer garments, cloaks and robes on the leaders-clerical costumes is what the catholic church calls them...that was supposed to give them the appearance of importance, pre-eminence, power and authority!

They could only imitate and emulate the power that THEY were aware of and knew about.

I want you to take a good look at the picture I posted to this note:  it is a robe that a witch or a warlock would wear.

I am sure in many a satanic cult or witches coven, they STILL have these rites of passages like the one that occurred between Elijah and Elisha.  'What?'  I can hear many of you say right now...

'How could u say that? That was Elijah and Elisha!  Are you saying the exchange of power that occurred between those two was demonic?'

NO...

What I AM saying is that it was necessary ....FOR THEN.  But NOW?

NO!  It is not necessary!

We can go STRAIGHT TO GOD OURSELVES and HE CAN ENDUE US WITH POWER FROM ON HIGH...not merely from some garment!  And THAT exchange WE KNOW will be a godly one.  A pure one.  A holy one.  AN ordained one!

And let's take away some of the myticism and mystery out of the whole term 'impartation.'  Religious people have coined this term, twisted it even, so it means more than it actually is.

In other words, when you see a flyer or a Facebook ad that advertises an 'impartation service,' it is automatically assumed and revered as some holy, divine thing that is supposed to take place.  A holy exchange, so to speak, where some prophet, some apostle, some bishop, is anticipated to 'impart' some special anointing to another.

All it means when one 'imparts' unto another is they are giving or sharing with another.  Period.  We have taken Romans 1:11 TOTALLY out of context:

Romans 1:11
"For I long to see you, that I may impart some spiritual gift unto you, to the end ye may be established."

All that Paul was saying to the Romans here is that he wished to share spiritual truths with them when they meet again.  Just read on:

The above was in KJ English.  The next 3 verses I decided to share with you in Common English.

"What I mean is that we can mutually encourage each other while I am with you.  We can be encouraged by the faithfulness we find in each other, both your faithfulness and mine.  I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that I planned to visit you many times, although I have been prevented from coming until now.  I want to harvest some fruit among you,  just as I have done among the other Gentiles.  I have a responsibility both to Greeks and to those who don't speak Greek, both to the wise and to the foolish."

So all that took place in the ONLY impartation service in ministry I can find in scriptures (excluding the day of Pentecost) was a fellowship between brothers and sisters where spiritual truths were shared, not in an air of hierarchial, 'receive-from-me-I'm-better-than-you' mentality that many of today's so called impartation services put on.

Even though Paul had penned half the NT, and had received many revelations from God, so much so that God had to humble him by allowing a thorn in the flesh, he STILL addressed the Roman church and every other church as a brother or sister.  He NEVER claimed to have 'the anointing' or 'the mantle.'  He never proported himself to be the standard, the spiritual pitcher where others were to be poured into.  When Paul spoke of pouring into folks, it was from a sense of HIS dying, HIS decreasing, so that others may receive truth.

Once you realize this, you will NOT fall for these fake impartation services that eminate from a place of superiority...all in the guise of imparting truths unto you.

Remember, the devil is a master imitator.  Whatever God does, he wants to do.  You better believe, if he could imitate impartation services, he could....and does.  I PROMISE you...at many sacrifices and satanic rituals, there are demonic 'impartation services' too.  They are ppl that pull on the 'mantles' of ppl like Anton Lavey, the founder of Satanism, who passed in the late 90s.  Or Jim Jones.  Or even Hitler.

Yes, there are evil ppl that COVET power....and they DO NOT CARE WHERE OR WHO is the source of that power!

This is why we have to be SO VERY CAREFUL of the (spiritual) experiences that we embrace!  Teachings and doctrines that we wholeheartedly accept, w/o balancing that thing in the spirit or against the integrity of the SCRIPTURES...we are OPEN PLAYING FIELD FOR DEMONIC activity...in our lives, in our homes, and in our churches!

So before you start praying for mantles....ask God to open your understanding and not to be deceived or duped by religion.

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I cited Sid Roth, the host of 'Its Supernatural,' as being a dangerous ministry to follow.  I remember watching one episode where Sid interviewed this guy who said he dreamed of a field of mantles, and believed that the Lord told him that these 'mantles' need to be picked up by those in this generation, in the guise to 'continue where they left off,' ministerially speaking.

This is a FALSE teaching!

These leaders in the church have tapped into the demonic and think they are operating and hearing from the Spirit of God (and teaching others to do so).

This is nothing more than spiritual/religious necromancy.

They are NOT hearing from God-as Pam states in the video-but from the enemy.

If you hear someone teach this FALSE doctrine, RUN!!!!!!!

If you believe you have picked up the anointing or mantle of a deceased person for whatever reason, just repent and renounce that decision.

The Trap of Loneliness

We have all been there.

Lonely.

At a place where we are alone.  Circumstances in life has made it so where you are in a lonely place.  Loneliness can happen whether you are by yourself or in a room full of people.

If you are a part of a local church, you may find yourself feeling lonely.  A lot.  You may attend faithfully.  You are there every time the doors of the church open.

Yet you feel like you are the only one there.  No one understands where you are.

You hear from God, and what He is saying.  And it is NOT what the majority, or even your pastor or leader is saying.

And now you are filled with guilt and fear, because someone has told you you should not feel that way. Or you should not entertain ANY voice that is in direct opposition to your pastor's.

I want you to know ONE thing...

YOU ARE HEARING FROM GOD!!!!  YOU ARE NOT CRAZY!!!!!

So now what do you do?  You are alone, lonely.  No one understands.  And God is calling you to another place in Him.

I want to share something with you...

A lot of times, God will call you away to speak to you.  He is not in the crowd, but the still small voice.

And on the mountaintop where you CAN hear that still small voice is a very LONELY place.

But if you love God more than you love people, He will fill that void.  He will direct your path.  He will give you instruction on what to do.

And sometimes-most times-God uses pain to shake us out of our place of familiarity.  He doesn't want us getting too comfortable ANYWHERE.  And He doesn't want  us getting too familiar with many PEOPLE.

When Jesus Christ of Nazareth went up to the Mount of Configuration, He only took two people with Him.

I entitled this the TRAP of loneliness because what the enemy does is get people entrapped into relationships and alliances with people who have a crafty veneer like they are sent from God.  They come packaged just like you like them.  It doesnt just have to be in a man/woman relationship.  Sometimes even friends we seek out end up being potentially hazardous to our spiritual health.

Sometimes, it is family.  We will hang out with people who carry more demons than the demoniac did in the Word of God, just so we wont be lonely.

Wanting companionship, fellowship, relationship are all healthy things GOD created.  They ARE good.

But what many fail to realize is that whatever God has, the enemy imitates!

So the enemy will send friends, mates, associates, people, etc. so he can use their vessels to eventually cause you harm!

No, it won't be apparent at first why they are there.  But as time moves on, the religious demon starts to manifest itself through the vessels of people who we've developed relationships with.

The Trap of Loneliness.

If God is sending you to a lonely place, trust Him that He has everything in control and HE will direct your paths.

We have to be careful in these end times who we associate with...VERY CAREFUL!

EVERYONE WHO SAYS LORD, LORD IS not OF GOD!!!!

Many of you know my stance about coming out of the church.  I still hold to that.

But I am here to tell you that the enemy is after you...and religious demons do NOT just manifest inside the church walls!

It was religious demons that flew those planes into the Twin Towers!

It was religious demons that started the war Obama ended!

It was religious demons that have caused some of the greatest conflicts in history!

And, bringing it down to where you live, religious demons are packed to capacity...here on social networks.  In various 'come-out-of-the-church' ministries, I have found that these are nothing more than disgruntled, angry, bitter people who are looking for a place to vent their angers, but have little or NO desire to (continue) to grow in the things of God.

When transitioning from the church setting, a lot of these places are the WORST place a person leaving the institutional church can go!

Behind the laughs, the laxing, the 'we-dont-have-to-abide-by-church-rules' anymore mindset is something sinister and demonic, very subtle.

It is the RELIGIOUS DEMON that is wanting you to renounce your faith in God due to all the church hurts and your understandable disappointment over the misgivings of the institutional church.

A person coming out of the I.C. needs healing, mentorship, encouragement, spiritual edification...even moreso than what is received within the church system.

I am telling you to BEWARE of these groups that promote coming out of the church, yet they do NOTHING to promote you spiritually, emotionally, mentally.  They only encourage you to be carnal, to sin, and to give excuse to be in the flesh.

You need a group of certified ministers who have ALL PROPERLY gone through the church exodus, who have left the church completely, and who can help YOU leave the church with the least amount of trauma, or spiritual regression.  Who can help you in your walk with God to HEAL..properly.

If a wound is not healed properly, if a broken limb is not healed PROPERLY, you can walk around with a limp, a bruise, an infection, for a long time, that may even cause unnecessary pain.

We can help you heal spiritually PROPERLY if you have left, or are leaving, the church.  We have all been there, done that.

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Black Christians Need to Beware of Cult...Part 2

Continued from Part 1; Characteristics of the Black Hebrew Israelite Movement

5) Stresses Judaism and Hebrew culture and beliefs, even if they go against proper context of the scripture

Here is one of the slickest tricks of this movement.  Judaism and their correlating practices are very strict, adherent to the law.  They not only practice the law but push others to celebrate the celebrating of holy days and feasts.  They use the excuse that what are known as holidays in this country were set in place by the Roman Catholic order to replace the 'holy days,' including the Feast of Tabernacles, the Passover, the Feast of Trumpets and Unleavened Bread.

They also cite the inconsistencies, the corruption, the deception and the gross error of the institutional 'christian' church as yet another reason why one should celebrate holy days and feasts...and not the holidays of modern-day.

And even though they are very adherent to the feast schedule of their Hebrew calendar (they don't recognize the modern-day Gregorian calendar year with 12 months and so on), one can still see the corruption, the deception, the hatred and the error in the BHI movement.

I have known some BHI believers that have gone as far as to say it is sinful not to celebrate or recognize holy days, which goes in direct contradiction of the scripture that says:

Romans 14:5-6

One man esteems one day above another: another esteems every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

He that regards the day, regards it unto the Lord; and he that regards not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that eats not, to the Lord he eats not, and gives God thanks.

Which leads me to the next characteristic of BHIers...

6)  BHIers tend to have strict dietary laws, and pushes their strict dietary laws onto others.

It is funny that BHIers push celebrating feasts, which is modernly known as a buffet-style type of event where one can eat to their heart's content, but will simultaneously push a doctrine that strictly prohibits one dietary intake, based upon the strict dietary laws of Judiasm.  They don't believe in eating pork, or any shellfish or fish that feeds on fish that feed off of the groundfloor of any body of water, including shrimps, crabs and lobsters.  They view these and other things as 'unclean.'

Many BHIers are strict vegans, while others are at best moderate vegans, who splurge every now and then to some form of meat or protein.

When you are around a BHIer, and you are eating pork, or any other thing they deem as unclean, they will rebuke you.  Or they will try to teach you, sometimes while sitting right at the table while you are trying to enjoy a meal!  They will try to teach you how what you are eating is wrong, its unclean and how you should change your eating habits.

Now, on the surface, this sounds innocent enough, even health-conscious.

But let's go to the scripture, and not rely on what modern-day culture has to say about this.

Above Paul said if a mans eats, its unto the Lord.  And if he doesn't eat a thing, that is unto the Lord as well.

The Judaizers (much like the BHIers) would like to relegate that the Kingdom of God boils down to what one eats or drinks, and this simply is NOT true.

In verse 17, it states:

 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

BHIers would make one think that partaking of certain foods is sin...when the Word says:

For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eats with offence.

BHIers are stuck in the levitical order, and in Judaism, that entraps people in a whole bunch of rules and regulations and still judge after the flesh.  They judge after human flesh, animal flesh, fish 'flesh,' etc., and therefore cannot accept or receive the fact that the levitical order is DEAD, OUT OF ORDER, done away with.  Everything that was instituted within that levitical order is no longer necessary in the KINGDOM OF GOD.

As a matter of fact, according to scripture, it is a doctrine of devils to push dietary laws and lifestyles on people with claims that by somehow restricting your diet will somehow bring you closer to God.

1 Timothy 4:1-5

 Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and KNOW the truth.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Now am I saying all who are practicing vegetarians are practicing a doctrine of devils?  Of course not.

What I am saying is that if you PUSH this as a doctrine, if you make claims that by restricting one's diet that that somehow gives you a closer connection to God, or power with God, then you may be embracing/teaching a doctrine of devils!

If you choose to live that way, I say do YOU.  Just don't push it on others.   All that God made IS good..not WAS good.  The Word says to refuse NOTHING, as long you it is received with THANKSGIVING.  That's SCRIPTURE!

Whatever perceived 'uncleanness' in the food -according to the WORD-is set apart, taken away, by PRAYER and THANKSGIVING.

Our grandparents and great grandparents didn't have access to the healthiest of foods, organic foods, or lived a vegetarian lifestyle.  Yet they outlived us.  Many cite it was because the lifestyle was not as stressful, but I vehemently disagree with that!

You wont convince me that living in slavery days and even post slavery, in an America that was violently racist, was NOT stressful!

A little history lesson, then I am moving on:

Blacks didn't have access to the healthy stuff.  We were given scraps, the leftovers from whatever the slaveowners and their families did not want on their tables.  The chitterlings, the hammocks, the pigs feet.

This was during and post slavery.

Yet I still maintain blacks outlived us.

It wasnt because of their diets. It was because whatever they had to eat on their tables, they received it WITH THANKSGIVING!

They sanctified those 'unclean' meals with prayer.

THAT'S how I believe our ancestors outlived us.  THATS how I believe our ancestors could live with 1000 times more stress than any of us today has ever had to deal with, yet they lived for many, many years.

But that's another blog, for another day...

7)  BHIers believe that the Black Hebrew is going to literally return to Israel before Jesus Christ of Nazareth returns.  

BHIers believe that black people are the chosen ones,  that blacks are direct descendents of the tribe of Judah, the Israelities.

The most popular celebrities to embrace this movement (much to their demise) was the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.

Back in 2003, on their own spiritual journey, Bobby and Whitney made the trek back to Israel.  The media was not allowed to cover much of what went on there, but it is reported that Whitney was 're-baptized' in the Jordan River by Black Hebrew Israelites.  Houston reportedly made claims that going back to Israel-which she called her 'home'-healed her then troubled marriage to Brown and restored her waiving faith in God, as well as helped her overcome her drug addiction (which she died of earlier this year).

With all due respects to Houston and her family, one can't help but honestly look at all of this and conclude that that trek back to what was perceived as Houston's 'Hebraic roots' did nothing to help her with her struggles.

Upon her death earlier this year, many BHIers in Israel mourned her death, viewing Houston as some sort of icon. They stated Houston believed her time in Israel was some sort of spiritual retreat.

As a matter of fact, it may have served to only hurt her...

This is what error does.   It misleads and gives false hope.

When one does not know their GODLY heritage, they are forced to replace it with a lie.  Which is a satanic heritage!

Many BHIers erroneously believe they are supposed to make a trek back to Israel....

8)  BHIers replace names God with 'Yahweh' and Jesus Christ with 'Yeshua' in the Bible.  

There is actually a bible that replaces every instance of God and Jesus with the Hebrew terms available to anyone who decides to follow the doctrine of the BHI.  There has been much debate over this issue.  And all I will say is this:  it seems innocent enough that BHIers would want to use the terminology that is modernly translated as God and Jesus Christ.  The problem lies in the fact that in doing so, they have unbeknownst to themselves replaced God for another god.  A god that they can accept as their God and not one that they believe was forced upon them by 'the white man's religion.'

While on the surface, this seems like just an over-appreciation for one's roots and heritage, underneath is something much more sinister and deceptive taking place.

The enemy knows that there is salvation in NO OTHER NAME, so he has forever been trying to blurry the name of our saviour in the ears of believers.  He has made many to believe that the integrity and authenticity of the scriptures have been tainted so much so by what they call 'the white man's religion' that now GOD needs man to keep up the integrity of HIS WORD.

God knows how to make sure that HIS WORD will NEVER PASS AWAY.  GOD WILL MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF HIS NAME!

When man attempts to do this of his own strength and volition, it no longer is of faith that we are saved, but then of works.

I would beware of anyone who has hopped on the Yahweh/Yeshua train in the guise of being on a spiritual journey.  Most are on this train really not knowing of its destination, or its origins.

They just recognize it as trendy.  They see others embracing things, teachings, using certain cliches and terminologies, and never bother to question or research to find out why it is they believe what they believe or practice what they practice.

Some key points before I close:

***THE BLACK HEBREW ISRAELITE MOVEMENT TARGETS MINORITY BELIEVERS (MOSTLY AFRICAN AMERICANS) WHO ARE DISGRUNTLED AND FED UP WITH THEIR LOCAL CHURCHES AND HAVE SERIOUS DOUBTS ABOUT CHRISTIANITY ITSELF.******

***THE BLACK HEBREW ISRAELITE MOVEMENT WILL ATTEMPT TO ISOLATE YOU FROM THE INTEGRITY OF THE SCRIPTURES AND EVEN OF FOLLOWING THE LAWS OF THE LAND***

***THE BLACK HEBREW ISRAELITE MOVEMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS OF THE PAST 100 YEARS. THOSE WITHIN IT ARE MASTERS OF DISGUISE, OFTEN APPEARING TO BE PROPHETS***

References:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/bhi.htm/

http://www.assemblyofyahweh.com/

http://www.assemblyofyah.com/

http://www.blackapologetics.com/bhifaq.html

http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3836/israel-grants-black-hebrews-permanent-residency

http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-03-30/news/black-hebrew-israelites-new-york-s-most-obnoxious-prophets/5/

http://abcnews.go.com/US/informant-polygamist-cult-leader-peter-moses-shot-killed/story?id=13078692

http://www.hebrewisraelites.org/Lost.htm

http://www.shmayisrael.com/Truth/TheTrueHouseofIsrael.html

http://blogs.forward.com/the-shmooze/152151/whitney-houston-had-israel-trip-planned/

http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/64277/israeli-black-hebrews