KINGDOM TALK: The 12--Their Mission

~~A post I first created four years (wow! it's been that long!) I thought it was worth reposting~~

The Twelve: Their Mission
Matthew 9:37, 10:15

"The Harvest is Plenteous, but the Laborers are Few...Pray"

Pray for the apostles to come.

Jesus calls 12 disciples (He called them disciples--gave them power).

Their mission?  Jesus sends the 12 NOT to the Gentiles or Samaritans.  Not to unbelievers or pagans.  Jesus sent them to the Israelites...THE CHURCH!  In particular, to the lost sheep of the House of ...Israel....

Lost sheep?  In the House??

YES!

What Jesus instructed?

1. FIRST MESSAGE (In order of priority)

          Matt. 10:7 -- The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

          In other words, get it right?  Jesus is coming back!

     2.  SECOND MESSAGE

          

          The Kingdom of God:  Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils. Freely you  

          have received, freely you give.

     3.   THIRD MESSAGE

           Jesus addressed their natural realm.  This is important.  We preachers/ teachers teaching the 

           Kingdom is getting natural needs met.  Owning a business, etc.

           vs. 9-10     Don't hoard $$$$$

           vs. 11        Scrips were bags used to store food in; no heavy packing.  Mann-daily bread.  Jesus 

                             instructed the apostles to go into a city, ask around to find people of like faith and stay 

                             with them til released by God.  Work with them.

           vs 12         When going to a house bestow peace unto it.

           vs 13         If the house is worthy (of like faith), Jesus says 'allow your blessing (your peace) to

                             come upon it.  Part of the apostolic anointing is to be able to pronounce PEACE on a 

                             body.  If they are not worthy, don't bless the house.  Exact words?  "Let your peace 

                             return to you."

           vs 14         Whosoever doesn't receive you, shake the dust off your feet indicating their blood is 

                             no longer upon your hands. Because you did what God said to do.  It is a cursed

                             house...an unrepentant one! 

           vs 15         States it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah on Judment Day than not just  

                            for that house, BUT FOR THAT WHOLE CITY!!

When a body won't repent and does not receive the Word God gave them, not only is that house cursed, but their sin affects the city that the house resides in!!!! It curses REGIONS!!!!!

Look at Hait, or some parts of Africa.  There are WHOLE REGIONS that have been cursed because whole houses of God subverted the truth of God, rejected His Word, ignored the prophets and apostles and resorted to other spiritual means to do 'their business.'  Not God's business.  So this is why poverty, sickness, disease and premature death, unfruitfulness of the land is so rampant in that part of the world.

It's just like when the two angels warned Sodom & Gomorrah they were coming under judgment and Abraham asked them if the city would be spared for, at first, 50 righteous men?  (Gen. 18:26-32), then 45, 40, 30, 20, then 10.

Let me tell you something.....

There may be wickedness all around you.  All the houses in the city may be filthy.  Sodom & Gomorrah like.  But if there is a REMNANT....just a small number of folks who are really living for God, God will spare THEM.

The city may perish...those who don't repent.  But if you are a righteous remnant of God, your life will be spared!!!!!!

Go on to read Gen. 19:15-25 (the whole chapter 19).  Judgment was delayed until the righteous GOT OUT!!!!

The Angels were not to release judgment until the righteous remnant, the covenant people, got out of Dodge!!!

NOW, if the righteous turned back - as Lot's wife did - and disobeyed God after God gave them specific instruction to get out and DON'T LOOK BACK, then they perished along with the wicked!

Once the decree of judgment had already went forth from God...the only way it could be reversed was if the guilty repented.  God will delay destruction in His Divine Love and Mercies, to get the righteous out of danger!

This explains why when it says in vs 14 that whosoever doesn't hear the voice of God and take heed, a curse is upon it.  Shake the dust off your feet knowing you've done what God commanded.  

I've heard preachers say that sprinkling dust on someone's doorstep was witchcraft.  I personally had never heard of anyone sprinkling dust, til I read this IN THE SCRIPTURES!  Yet the apostles were instructed by the Lord Jesus Christ to shake the dust off their feet if a house didn't receive the Word of the Lord.

You see, Jesus knew that the apostles would be sent by God with a hard word.  An unpopular word.  A correcting word.  A stringent word.  And the Word of God says that in the last days that men would hate

that which is good, despisers of good, calling good evil and evil good.  And that they will heap teachers unto themselves, having itching ears.  When you see someone rubbing their ears, in denotes that they are trying to clear up their ears so that they can hear clearly.

They got many hungry folks, but they are hungry for the WRONG THING!  They are hungry for ice cream, candy, cookies, cakes and pies, like Madea says of Cora.  They are NOT hungry for MEAT.  For that which will nourish then, will fill their sensual appetites.  When you find someone who always crave sweets, something wrong.  They never want food, but junk.  They get sick a lot, out of shape, etc.  

That's why we got so many in the organized church SICK.  Spiritually sick.  They have not been eating right!  And they wanna eat right.  So when someone comes along with spinach, liver or beef, they go a running to all those conferences and meetings, prophetic ones, in particular, where they can get their fill of cookies, cakes and pies!  They will give their whole rent checks to false prophets to lie to then, but will starve a REAL pastor and their families b/c the pastor preaches come OUT of that lifestyle!  A hard word...but Jesus didn't back down.

Kingdom teaching/preaching will confront sin and provide a way of escape from sin.  Religion merely points out the sin...with no way of escape or hope of REAL deliverance.  

IT'S TIME TO REPORT NASTY PREACHERS & DEACONS!

Where should I begin with this...

I must address this as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse (within the religious circle) FIRST.  

This picture is Bishop Larry Trotter, pastor and founder of Sweet Holy Spirit Church in Chicago and his 4 year old granddaughter ... taking a bath together.  

Now, while none of us know if Trotter has on trunks underneath that water, we have to conclude that this photo was, at the very least, HIGHLY inappropriate to take, it was HIGHLY inappropriate for Trotter to be in the tub with his granddaughter in the first place, and then it is GROSSLY unwise to post this picture on Instagram!

The question of whether or not this is child pornography has come up.  

It has always been my understanding that child porn is taking pictures of children simulating or actually performing sexual acts.

According to the Center of Missing and Exploited Children's website, http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?PageId=1504, this is what child pornography is under federal law:

"What Is Child Pornography?"

Under federal law (18 U.S.C. 2256), child pornography is defined as any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture or computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct, where

• the production of the visual depiction involves the use of a minor engaging in seuxlaly explicit conduct; or
• the visual depiction is a digital image, computer image, or computer-generated image that is, or is indistinguishable from, that of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; or
• the visual depiction has been created, adapted, or modified to appear that an identifiable minor is engaging in sexually explicit conduct."

Since Trotter is not engaging in a sexual act with this baby, neither is she, then this particular photograph does not fit into the category of child porn.....

BUT...

Who is to say what happened BEFORE or AFTER this photo was taken?

It's the IMPLICATIONS of what may have been going on that is SO disturbing!

And since this post was put out here publicly, then ALL implications behind this photo should be dealt with...publicly...as well!

I have come across a few stories where parents were arrested JUST for taking pics of the kids-ALONE-in the bathtub.  

Swedish Mother Arrested Over Taking Pics of Kids in Tub

http://www.thelocal.se/32400/20110304/#.UPakvuT7Ing

Texas Parents Arrested Over Bathtub Photos

http://jonathanturley.org/2009/08/17/texas-officials-arrest-parents-and-take-away-their-children-for-taking-pictures-of-their-children-in-a-bathtub-and-breastfeeding/

Are Bathtime Pictures Pornographic?

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/are-bathtime-photos-pornographic/

These parents were arrested for taking pictures of their kids in the tub....they were NOT in the tub with the kids.  One mother was breastfeeding her child....but if a mother can breastfeed her child in PUBLIC and not get arrested for it...how is it ok that she was arrested for doing it IN PRIVATE?

(That's another blog, for another day!)

I am going to tell you why these parents were arrested, lost custody of their kids and went through hell and high water to regain custody of their kids....

Because these acts did not take place inside of a church or within the confines of a religious system!

Because they were not leaders in a church or a religious organization!

Sad to say, within the religious system, child abuse and exploitation is not only acceptable, but if it is ever discovered or even suspected, it is MOST likely to be swept under the rug, dismissed, and allegations and obvious warning signs are blatantly ignored!

We all remember 20 years ago when it first started coming out about the priests molesting altar boys?  These altar boys were grown men by then and just couldn't go on without sharing what they went through at the hands of perverted priests.  I am sure that at some time during their childhood, these altar boys reached out to someone for help.  

But their cries for help were ignored.  The allegations went uninvestigated, ignored, filed away for no one to search further.  People were undoubtedly bought off in exchange for their silence when allegations went public.  

This makes me think about former christian gospel artist Tonex now known as B. Slade.  Anthony Williams grew up in the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World denomination and went on to become one of the most popular, most talented singers in the industry.

That's until he came out of the closet.  

Once Anthony went public with his gay lifestyle, he was shunned and pretty much blacklisted by his christian compadres and the industry.  He did take on the pastorship of his father's church in the Spring Valley area.  But I haven't heard of him preaching lately...it is my understanding that even after coming out of the closet, he was still allowed to pastor Truth Apostolic Community Church.  And he was even invited to preach at other gay-accepting, gay-affirming churches....

But....

I don't want to focus so much on Anthony's turn of lifestyle, but on WHY this happened...

I want you to watch this video.  Anthony is now known as B. Slade.  Slade is an openly gay performer who performs at various venues.  This video explains a LOT of what Anthony went through...that brought him to this point where he is right now:

In this video, Anthony shares that he was molested as a child in the P.A.W (@3:12 into the video).

What most religious people see in this video is an embittered, wounded, hurting young man who is lashing out at the religious institutions.  

Well, HOW DID HE GET THERE????

THAT is the question we need to ask.

He was not just expressing his hurt and anger over how the industry shunned him after his coming out, or the breakup of his marriage, or the death of his parents-and the insensitive way that religious people supported him (or didn't support him) afterwards.  

He was not just expressing disappointment and bitterness over losing popularity and fame he had worked so hard to attain within the gospel music industry...

This was a young man who grew up in a coveted popular pentecostal denomination, one where 'holiness' was supposedly preached and taught.  I went to another popular pentecostal denomination for almost 5 years.  

If you listen closely 3 minutes and 12 seconds into the video, he utters these lines:

"...the irony is I was introduced to this by you.

    so I'm a product of a double standard institute.

    Homey, bitter ain't the word for it, that's an understatement.

    That's why I had to take a vacation..."

Introduced to WHAT?

Homosexuality! Sexual perversion!  Within the religious circles!

It seems to me that within religious organizations, there is a tendency to ignore signs of child abuse.  When I was in ministry, I was told that ministers are mandated child abuse reporters.  

But it is within the institution of church where abuse happens the most and is reported THE LEAST!

If anyone sees anything that may constitute child abuse (within the church setting, or committed by church leaders or workers), it is highly likely that that abuse WILL continue, go unchallenged, unreported and will serve to destroy the innocence of children entrapped within the religious institutions.

Trotter's grandbaby is smiling in this picture with her granddad.  Undoubtedly, she loves her pawpaw implicitly.  In her mind, she is just having fun with pawpaw.

But the sick thing is in his mind, they are having fun, too!

But WHAT IF he is abusing that baby?  Exploiting her?  

I challenge you if you're a church leader, or even if you go to church and you stay in the Chicago area, maybe you go to Sweet Holy Spirit....PLEASE don't be blinded by the charisma of this man.  SOMEONE needs to report this man ASAP to the local authorities so that that household can be investigated.

At the very worst, if nothing is going on, then at least those around them will sleep a little better at night.  

There is no worse feeling than to have witness possible abuse (of a child or a woman-of anyone), having had the power to put a stop to it...but because you didn't want to get involved, or because you love your pastor, or because you don't want to make the church 'look bad,' you kept silent.

Then it comes out later on that that WAS in fact abuse....

Who is going to look out for the children?????

No one looked out for Anthony Williams/Tonex/B. Slade.  And look what's happened to him now.

Ten or twenty years down the line, what if this baby IS being abused?  And she ends up being whorish?  Or lesbian or bisexual?  Or she abuses chidren herself?  

It all began right here, folks.  With her grandfather taking inappropriate pictures with her in the tub....

That's how it started with me.

My uncle would tongue kiss me every night.  Then he fondled me...I was maybe 10.  Then he took the Polaroid and took nude pictures of me.  He would compare me to models in porno magazines.

Then the sex began...

It's only by the grace of God that I've been healed of it all.  And I experienced GREAT shunning and persecution within the church I grew up after I reported my uncle to the police.  I didn't report it til I was like 14 years old....I couldn't muster up the courage to do it before then.  

I am speaking for every child right now...and from the heart.

Church folks...I know I'm hard on you.  But you got to do better than this...by these babies!!!

DO NOT ALLOW YOUR LEADERS TO EXPLOIT, MOLEST, RAPE AND ABUSE YOUR BABIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.  REPORT THEM.  DO NOT BE AFRAID.  

Bishop Wayne Jackson Lies On Men To Make Them Bishops?

Ok.

By now, I am sure you all have seen this video, or portions of it.  The footage from a consecration service held in Detriot, Michigan last year by Bishop Wayne T. Jackson of Greater Faith Ministries International.

I have stated in past posts that I am really oblivious to the going-ons of the harlot church....but every now and then, some things occur that is so BRAZEN and BLATANT, that I have to write on it.

I did at first resist to write a blog on this because-quite frankly, I found it EXTREMELY comical...at least, at first I did.  I laughed about this scenario for a whole day.

This reminded me of an episode of 'The Boondocks' entitled ""Pause" (WARNING: Explicit language and sexual references-if you're religious, you will be offended) where the grandfather in this show joins a Christian theatrical coupe so he can become famous...and runs into some interesting 'initiations' along the way.

But I know when the Spirit of God is dealing with me...when I am supposed to write on something.  I woke up at 3:30 this morning (something I DO NOT normally do) and my spirit was VEXED.  The kind of vexation my spirit gets when the Spirit of God wants me to write on some thing.

SO here it is.

As I stated, the above video is a consecration service.  Two bishops are being consecrated into office, under the auspices of Bishop Jackson and Greater Faith Ministries.

After the bishop reads some scriptures, shares with the audience the qualifications of a bishop, he instructs the two gentlemen to lie down prostrate on the floor, at the altar.  Then he covers the two men with sheets, then one at a time, he proceeds to lie on top of them, as they lie prostrate on the floor!

Ok....

I sat here in utter disbelief as I saw this....but after looking at it a couple of times, I actually tried to give the bishop the benefit of the doubt.  I went to the scriptures.  I asked God to show me in His Word instances of where a man has EVER lied on top of another man....for ANY reason.

Sure enough, I DID find instances.  Elijah and Elisha both raised young men from the dead by lying on top of them, in 1 Kings 17 and 2 Kings 4, respectively.  Then the Apostle Paul raised Eutychus from the dead in Acts 20.

(Alert: I have purposely posted the stories from the bible and its a long read.)

1 Kings 17: 17-23 - Elijah raises the woman from Zarepheth's son

¹⁷ After these things, the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.

¹⁸ And she said to Elijah, What have you against me, O man of God? Have you come to me to call my sin to remembrance and to slay my son?

¹⁹ He said to her, Give me your son. And he took him from her bosom and carried him up into the chamber where he stayed and laid him upon his own bed.

²⁰ And Elijah cried to the Lord and said, O Lord my God, have You brought further calamity upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

²¹ And he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the Lord and said, O Lord my God, I pray You, let this child’s soul come back into him.

²² And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

²³ And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the [lower part of the] house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, See, your son is alive!

2 Kings 4:17-35 - Elisha raises the Shumnamite woman's son

¹⁷ But the woman conceived and bore a son at that season the following year, as Elisha had said to her

¹⁸ When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father with the reapers.

¹⁹ But he said to his father, My head, my head! The man said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.

²⁰ And when he was brought to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

²¹ And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him and went out.

²² And she called to her husband and said, Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and come back again.

²³ And he said, Why go to him today? It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath. And she said, It will be all right.

²⁴ Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, Ride fast; do not slacken your pace for me unless I tell you.

²⁵ So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her afar off, he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite.

²⁶ Run to meet her and say, Is it well with you? Well with your husband? Well with the child? And she answered, It is well.

²⁷ When she came to the mountain to the man of God, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came to thrust her away, but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is bitter and vexed within her, and the Lord has hid it from me and has not told me.

²⁸ Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?

²⁹ Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins and take my staff in your hand and go lay my staff on the face of the child. If you meet any man, do not salute him. If he salutes you, do not answer him.

³⁰ The mother of the child said, As the Lord lives and as my soul lives, I will not leave you. And he arose and followed her

³¹ Gehazi passed on before them and laid the staff on the child’s face, but the boy neither spoke nor heard. So he went back to meet Elisha and said to him, The child has not awakened.

³² When Elisha arrived in the house, the child was dead and laid upon his bed.

³³ So he went in, shut the door on the two of them, and prayed to the Lord.

³⁴ He went up and lay on the child, put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself on him and embraced him, the child’s flesh became warm.

³⁵ Then he returned and walked in the house to and fro and went up again and stretched himself upon him. And the child sneezed seven times, and then opened his eyes.

Acts 20: 7-12 - Paul raises Eutychus

7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.

9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep:  and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.

11 When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.

12 And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.

Now....I used to go to church.  I was a faithful churchgoer...a minister even in the church.  I have been to consecration services.  I have seen all kinds of shenanigans go on in the name of piously and 'divinely' ordaining someone into office.  And I have to admit....even in my own licensing/ordination service, I questioned A LOT of what went on in that service.

There were times as a minister when my pastor would insist I participated in certain rituals, rites and traditions...and most of the ministerial staff would just sheepishly comply, without confrontation, question or challenge.  That has never been my nature.  I ALWAYS questioned this stuff that has been allowed to go on in the church!

This is what made me 'a troublemaker.'

Eventually, God would lead me OUT of the church...for which I am eternally GRATEFUL.

But I have to speak on this stuff, because it is often not until you get out of bondage do you understand FULLY just how much bondage you were really in.  

What's disturbing to me is not only the actual act(s) of this bishop, the brazenness, the blatant, idolatrous, lustful, sensual activity that is being cloaked in religious piety, pomp and circumstance.....

It's not only the cowardice of the two men that willingly lied on the floor at an altar and - in front of family, friends and a whole CHURCH full of people (and now, undoubtedly, in front of the world via YouTube and Facebook) AND in front of GOD - and allowed another man to lie on top of their buttocks while he writhed and made funny faces...which simulates a sex act...(I HAVE to call it like I see it).

It's not only the applauding of the audience of people, the others on the ministerial staff holding out their hands towards the 'men of God' as they lie on top of one another at what is supposed to be a holy altar...

What disturbs me THE MOST about all this is the blind, foolish way that people in this congregation is DEFENDING this nonsense!

I went on Bishop Jackson's Facebook page to ask him for biblical understanding of this ceremony and was blocked.  I was given the ol' 'Touch-not-mine-anointed' and "Don't-put-your-mouth-on-the-Man-of-God' responses by loyal followers of Jackson.

Jackson himself never even bothered to answer any questions, not from me, or anyone else who asked 'What is up with this, bishop?'

This so reminds me of the Bishop Long fiasco...and the Creflo Dollar one...

I wonder how many 'wrecks' has to take place before people start putting on their spiritual seatbelts?

Before people STOP driving and drinking STRANGE WINE from the pulpits of these perverted bishops!  You WILL get in a wreck if you do!

It REALLY concerns me... the blindness that is rampant within the fake body of the fake christ.

Yes, I said it.

There seems to be this blind following and support of error, of sin, of blatant, brazen unrighteousness in the church....particularly when those in error, in sin, teaching and practicing erroneous ceremonies based loosely on random scriptures wrenched violently out of context are IN MINISTRY.

And there seems to also be this 'Don't-ask-don't-tell' mentality and understanding by those in the church, even when THEY THEMSELVES may be sitting right in the pews...and shaking their heads, wondering what is going on in the pulpits.

People seem scared to ask questions.  They seem too apprehensive to confront error and teaching wrong doctrines and practices.  

What is this?

A religious demon has INFILTRATED the church system...and now these pastors, these bishops, apostles, prophets, etc., really believe they are hearing FROM GOD when they hear a voice that says..

'When you consecrate these two men, let them lie prostrate at the altar, and I want you to lie on top of them...I want you to transfer your 'anointing' to them....'

WHAT?????

Reading this...in this manner, does that MAKE sense?  Does that sound right?  

Let's not over-spiritualize this.

THIS here work...(like my grandma used to say) is NOT OF GOD!

This is of the spirit of Antichrist.  Period.

I have been saying for years that the altars are not altars unto God, but altars unto Baal.  The god(s) being served in the organized church is NOT the ONE and LIVING GOD.

All you got to do is look at the FRUIT.

There is NO WAY anyone with the Spirit of God could ever justify this....

The letter KILLS, but the Spirit gives LIFE.

If you go by the letter of the law, and cite mere historical, biblical references that pertain to another era in church history, another dispensation, and try to apply that to what is being done here...in a futile attempt to justify it, make it holy....you are doing God a GRAVE disservice and insulting the Bible!

Just because some thing was done in the past, recorded in the bible, even because it was labeled a miracle DOES NOT MEAN that we are supposed to mimic that event, try to make it happen again, in a fleshly, carnal attempt to glorify God.

In many instances in the bible, polygamy was practiced, taught, and even encouraged.  The wisest man in the bible is said to have had MANY wives.

BUT...

Just because Solomon was who he was, and it is recorded in the bible what he did, and he is revered as a man of God, DOES NOT MEAN that today, men of God are supposed to practice polygamy!

Does it?????

We as the Remnant of God KNOW what to push as doctrine, what words of God to use to back up said doctrines and practices...rightfully dividing the Word of Truth.

Not wrongfully dividing historical references in the bible to justify religious, carnal ceremonies that God neither requires or approves of.  

It is time that people who are hungry for THE REAL GOD, the Remnant, stand up, take notice...and if they are still a part of this diabolical church system, it is TIME to come OUT OF THE CHURCH!

Win Souls To Your Church? Or Into The Kingdom of GOD?

Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

We all have heard this scripture quoted, generally used to support the doctrine/teaching of modern day evangelism....or 'winning souls' to Christ.

We all have had our hands in handing out Chick tracts, knocking on doors and witnessing to lost souls who choose to stay home from church...or just happen to be home.

The most famous of 'door knockers' are the Jehovah's Witnesses.  They will knock on doors in rain, snow, sleet or hurricane....winning 'souls' to the Kingdom Hall!

Now, allow me to dissect that little saying, that phrase, that is so easily quoted (and practiced) among charismatics, pentecostals and the all around religious.

Winning........Souls.........For...........Christ

Winning:

The greed word for winneth in Proverbs 11 is 'laqach,' which means 'to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, snatch...'

Nothing here even hints to salvation.

In the Old Testament, it was a common practice-and even a command of God at times-for people to forcefully seize their 'enemies' and takeover their lands, homes, regions, families and the such.

The art of 'winning' speaks to a battle.  In the Old Testament, there wasn't a 'battle' for souls.  Salvation-nor the Holy Ghost-was given.  So NO ONE was born again.  

The art of 'winning' in this context in Proverbs 11 means that the person God gave instruction to go and possess a land, or seize the people in the Old Testament...THEY are wise.  And that wisdom, those strategies used to 'win' those many battles against the many 'ites' of the Old Testament always came straight from God.

(Even in the New Testament, there was no 'battle' for souls.  Jesus Christ of Nazareth won EVERY and ANY battle there would ever be for our souls at Calvary....AND at the Resurrection!)

That scripture has absolutely NOTHING to do with modern day evangelism. That is not a directive from the Throne Room to go and 'win the world for Christ.'

The Word of God says NO MAN comes unto the Father except the SPIRIT OF GOD DRAWS HIM!

No where in the Word of God are we required to 'seize' souls for Christ.  Seizure, takeover, snatching all speaks to a forceful acquisition of one's soul, most probably against the will of that soul.

Even though God has all power in HIS Hand, even GOD HIMSELF does not forcefully 'seize' our souls.  He doesn't just takeover.  When it is our time to be born again, it is the HOLY GHOST who does the convicting, the wooing, the drawing.  

I am leery whenever I hear of people who 'seize souls for Christ.'  They are not seizing souls for Christ.  They are operating in a spirit of control, witchcraft...and most probably seizing the souls of man to be totally submitted to their religious institution...and NOT GOD!

Folks getting saved has absolutely to nothing with your witnessing techniques, or how loving you seem to be.  Or how convincing your 'lifestyle'-no matter how 'holy-may be.  

The act of fishing has little to do with the bait, and EVERYTHING to do with the HUNGER of the fish!

Matthew 4:18-20
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea:  for they were fishers.  And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Mark 1:16-18
Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea:  for they were fishers.  And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.  And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

Mark 1 talks of the Kingdom of GOD...NOT church!

Yes, in Matthew and Mark, Jesus Christ of Nazareth spoke of making the disciples 'fishers of men.'

Souls



The Greek word for souls in Proverbs 11 is 'nephesh,' which means 'the seat of one's appetites, emotions, the activity of the will.'

Context, Context, Context!

In its proper context, the word 'nephesh' here also means the actual person.  And not just their wills, emotions and appetites.  

Religious people took Proverbs 11 and ran with it....using this scripture to justify seizing the wills, the emotions and appetites of a person to be totally submitted to their respective religious institutions.  

When in this context, that is NOT what it meant!

If you read the entire chapter of Mark 1, what Jesus Christ of Nazareth was commanding the disciples to do was to present the Kingdom of God to people....as an alternative to RELIGION. (vs. 14)

In verse 21, Jesus Christ of Nazareth went into the church, preaching the Kingdom of God.  In order to enter in, they had to repent FIRST.

For Christ

One of the five fold offices was the evangelist.  Paul instructed Timothy to do the work of an evangelist.  But it was NOT to baptize folks to go to church, or the synagogue or the temple.  When Phillip baptized the eunuch, I don't see in scripture where Phillip referred the eunuch to a synagogue.

As a matter of fact, in the synagogue is where the Kingdom of God message met the most resistance.

Mark 1:22

And they were astonished at his doctrine:  for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.

The work of evangelism that Timothy was instructed to do was to point people towards JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH.  And HIS Kingdom!

It was in the synagogue where Jesus had to do the MOST deliverance!  Folks in church had unclean spirits...EVEN THEN!  And NO ONE WITH ENOUGH AUTHORITY TO CAST THEM OUT!

Vs. 23
And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth?  Art thou come to destroy us?  I know there who thou art, the Holy One of God.  

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.  And when the unclean spirit had torn him and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.

When the REAL JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH came on the scene, teaching a 'strange new thing,' what did the church folks say?

Vs. 27 
And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this?  What new doctrine is this?  For with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they DO obey him.

THIS IS WHAT EVANGELISM is supposed to do!

Point people to the Kingdom of GOD...to JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH!!!!!

NOT YOUR CHURCH!!!!!!

Modern day pentecostals and charismatics have used the scriptures, twisted them out of context, as a justification, a marketing ploy, to get more people to attend their churches....

And because more people are coming to your churches, LESS people are entering into the Kingdom of God!

Also, I will add one more thing.

Timothy was instructed to do the work of an evangelist.  The apostles of the early church were given instructions on how to run a local assembly.  What offices to institute.  Their qualifications.  

WE are not instructed to do what Timothy and the founding fathers of the early church were....

Those stipulations, qualifications, specifications and the such were applicable to THE EARLY CHURCH.  

What many fail to realize is that the Church Age is OVER.

We are now in the Kingdom of God.  And in the Kingdom of God....there ARE no 5 fold ministry.  There is no need for evangelism...as it was stipulated to Timothy.  

Those who GOD has called to be in the Kingdom of GOD WILL be drawn NOT by fancy evangelism techniques, weak witnessing ploys, forceful religious and spiritual witchcraft to force people into physical churches, to be faithful to religious organizations and denominations.

GOD IS CALLING FOLKS INTO THE HIS KINGDOM!

You only need ears to hear the call!

"It Would Be Better 4 Them 2 Have A Millstone Around their Neck & B Thrown N2 The Sea..."

Hi.

In my last 'installment' where I wrote how to recognize a religious spirit in Religious Spirit 201, I briefly go into what a person should expect from someone operating or functioning under the influences of a religious spirit, and NOT by the leading of the Holy Ghost.

I have jumped from 201 to 401 because since writing this post earlier this year, I have learned yet even MORE about the religious spirit.  Its like the Holy Ghost has taken me on a crash course the past few months regarding the religious spirit....and I want to share what I have learned here.

Another 'manifestation' of the religious spirit-and the most dangerous one I have encountered yet-is in the person(s) who 'ACT' all sweet, and nice and kind.  Every time you see them, they are smiling.  Their outward demeanor is so genteel, so caring, so ewwy and gooey, that you will think you have encountered Jesus Christ Himself!

They are squeaky clean.  They (seemingly) have no past.  No history of falling into sin.  Their kids are perfect.  No signs of struggle...they have 'a good reputation' among church folks.

EVERYONE just LOVES them!  EVERYTHING they do is so wonderful!

This spirit doesn't just manifest in a woman, mind you.  It is asexual....as spirits have no gender.

It is fully functional in a man as well as a woman.

The church world and the religious welcome this man or woman in their midst, in their pulpits, in their concert arenas, on their reality shows, on their tv and radio networks, on their Facebook or blog page because these people are 'squeaky clean.'  They present just the 'right image' of holiness, of righteousness, of perfection....just enough to get more people to come to their church, their concerts, watch their channels or peruse their social media sites.

(Haven't you heard?  Marketing is everything!)

BUT to the truly discerning person, such as myself, we can see straight through the facade.

We can't put our finger on what is wrong.  They don't cuss, they don't cheat, they don't fool around, they don't drink or do drugs.  They've been married to ONE man, ONE woman forever....(just like the Word says...right?  The husband of one wife?)

Their kids ain't never been in trouble, been to jail, aint never rebelled, gets all A's, and every time you see them, they are all cheesing!

But we are to NEVER judge after appearances, people.  EVER!

We who have the Spirit of God KNOWS something JUST AIN'T RIGHT!!!

So we see these people as this:

Everyone else sees the woman in the first picture...but WE see 'THIS' right above!

Everyone else jumps on their bandwagon, eats up any and everything they say, do, write, preach, teach.  But those of us with EARS to HEAR, we can't partake of their meals.  We see filth...we see defilement.  

We see them for what they REALLY ARE!!!!

The ONLY way to make the religious spirit/demon in this person FULLY manifest is to CHALLENGE WHAT THEY TEACH or PREACH.

As long as you go along to get along-to keep the peace-to seem 'submitted' to ALL they teach or preach, then they are loving, sweet, kind, genteel...just like the first picture.  

But once the SPIRIT OF GOD shows you some things that are blatant ERROR in their teaching(s), and gives you the boldness to confront or challenge NOT THE PERSON, but THEIR ERRONEOUS TEACHINGS, then they will turn into this:

All of a sudden you are PUBLIC ENEMY #1 in their eyes.  

They will brandish you, try to tarnish your 'reputation,' (as if by doing so that would somehow manipulate you into doing what THEY want you to do).  

See, to the RELIGIOUS SPIRITS that manifest in RELIGIOUS LEADERS, image and reputation is EVERYTHING TO THEM!  

Because the religious demon has marketed their religious leaders/slaves as 'perfect,' 'holy,' 'clean,' and  'righteous' to the general public, once something DOES come out on them, once a flaw, a sin, IS discovered, they will stop at NOTHING to protect their precious images/reputations!

THIS is why they feel they can manipulate and control others with the threat that if you do not comply they will spread dirt about those who challenge their erroneous doctrines and teachings.  They feel that EVERYONE is afraid of maybe getting a bad reputation, or having their names tarnished...they feel that everyone is a slave to the religious demon THAT DRIVES THEM and EXPLOITS THEM into GOOD WORKS as a means of holiness!

BUT....

Those of us who have been redeemed by the BLOOD OF THE LAMB, BORN AGAIN, and SANCTIFIED FOR REAL?  

WE HAVE NO FEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU CANNOT MANIPULATE OR CONTROL WHO BELONGS TO GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE COULD CARE LESS ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK, WHAT THEY HAVE HEARD, OR IF THEY PUT US OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P U T        U S         O U T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are FREE from religion, religious demons, the drive to work, work, work to attain holiness, or to work, work, work at 'protecting our names.'

This is why I say that THIS religious spirit-the one that operates THE MOST in RELIGIOUS LEADERS-is the most dangerous one.  

Again, the best thing you can do-for starters-if you are being influenced by, or sitting up under religious leadership IS TO LEAVE!

They will CONTINUE to do what they are doing.  NO matter how much you confront their teachings, they will continue to teach what THEY will.  NO matter how faithful you may have been in the past to them, once you challenge them, they will TURN ON YOU!  You used to be the best thing since apple pie...now you are Beelzebub himself!  

Don't retaliate.  Leave it in God's hands.  God will soon let THEM know YOU BELONG TO HIM!!! And NOT THEM!!!!!!!

I have seen God shut whole churches DOWN because a leader mishandled one of these, GOD'S little ones!

Read your Word....Jesus Christ of Nazareth pronounced judgment to those leaders....

Matthew 18:6

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

If you read the whole chapter 18 of Matthew, He wasn't just speaking of children.  He was speaking of THOSE WHO ACCEPT the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM AS A CHILD!

In other words, if you humble yourself IN THE EYES OF GOD and receive HIS TRUTH-EVEN when HIS TRUTH is in direct contradiction to what your leader(s) in the church arena (or even outside the church arena-religious spirit ARE operating OUT HERE as well!) teaches or preaches, and those leader(s) try to attack you in any way, it WILL be better for them to have a millstone tied to their necks and for them to be thrown into the sea...

A millstone

If you are encountering attack from a religious leader, STAND STILL AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD!!!

In just a little while, you will see your enemies NO MORE.

Some of these leaders are just SO hypnotized by the religious demon, they don't even realize they are attacking you.  They may have the spirit of Saul...and you are David.  They love you, but something keeps driving them to throw their 'javelins' at you.  

Yet, you still love them.  You won't put your hands on them.  But you need to do like David did....AND RUN!!!

I wrote in another blog, Endtime Warfare Survival Tactics, Part 1, that RETREAT IS NOT DEFEAT!  You MUST stay mobile.  In these endtimes, RETREAT is a survival mechanism!

YOU-'LITLLE ONE'-ARE PRECIOUS in the EYES OF GOD!!!!!!!!

Yes, the religious world disdained you, mocked you, tried to make you think you were crazy because you dared to speak what GOD spoke.

They have done EVERYTHING they could to kill you...either literally....or reputationally.  Or spiritually.

BUT THEY COULDN'T!!!!!!

AND THEY WON'T!!!!!!!