James 1:16-18 ESV
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
A Great Deception
We live in a time of great deception. We live in a time in
our history when the beast of Revelation is rising, and is conquering nations,
peoples and Christians throughout the world, and now in America, too.
This beast is a conglomerate of the wealthy and powerful
people in this world who are taking this world by force right now. And, their
goal is to bring the entire world under their rule, which is a one-world
totalitarian government, and including a one-world religion. It is called the
New World Order.
The US government serves this beast, which is the de facto
government of the USA, alias a shadow government of the elite of the world. The
USA, or more specifically the institutional church in the USA, I believe, is
the harlot which rides the beast and which has led many people astray with all
her many adulteries.
The institutional church in the USA is comprised of true
believers in Jesus who have unequally yoked together with the US government
(via the 501c3), and who have turned God’s house, his church, into a
marketplace, both of which God forbids that his people should do.
And, because of this the church has also diluted the gospel
message to make it more acceptable to human flesh. In fact, they have
pulverized the meat of God’s Word in order to reduce it to something which can
easily be swallowed (accepted) by anyone, kind of like turning it into baby
food.
So, they have reduced the gospel message to a mere
acknowledgment of Jesus Christ and of his sacrifice for our sins and a mere
acceptance of his blood sacrifice given for the forgiveness of sins and the
salvation of those who would believe on Jesus. But, they willfully omit the
fact that we must turn away from our lifestyles of sin and we must turn to God –
to Jesus Christ – to follow him in obedience to his commands, if we want to
have eternal life with God (Rom. 6:1-23; Rom. 8:1-17; 1 Jn. 1:5-9).
They are Dogs
These who lie and deceive the people in order to turn them
away from Jesus Christ and to their cheap grace gospel are false teachers who
are teaching a false (cheap) grace absent of true repentance and obedience to
Christ, and absent of the cross of Christ in the life of the believer in Jesus.
And, many of them are leaders and pastors within our
churches. And, many of them are leaders in our nation, too, who are trying to
lead us all toward a common faith among all people, i.e. to a one-world
religion.
These liars and deceivers (thieves) in our churches and in
our government are of the New World Order of the Elite of the world which is
surrounding the nations of this world, and now in America, too, in order to
take us over. And, this is what is going on with all this chaos and confusion
with our government leaders right now, and with all this drama about the
shutdown of our government. And, it is drama, i.e. play acting, because it is
of the Elite New World Order and it is coming against us to overtake us.
These within our government and within our churches who are
party to this takeover of our nation are dogs who are evil, wicked, crooks, and
criminals who sidestep and circumvent the law of the land and God’s moral laws,
too. So much of what we see going on with our government is just a “dog and
pony show” for our entertainment, distraction, and to deceive us into believing
that they are working for us, when they are working against us.
They are an army who are armed with weapons of destruction which
are not physical in nature, but are of the tongue. And, they are out not only
to deceive us, and to trick us into believing their lies, but they are also out
in full force trying to trap those who hold on to their strong faith in the
Word of God, and they are out in full force to take us down in any way that
they can.
They will lie, give false testimony, trump up charges,
falsify information and whatever other tricks they might have up their sleeves
in order to take us out, for they are of this beast who is of Satan, and he is
out to destroy us.
Our government leaders and many of our shepherds of the
people in the church, too, masquerade themselves as servants of righteousness
(of good) who are looking out for our welfare, and who are doing what is best
for us. But, they are dogs. And, their goal is to bite and to devour us, not
help us. So, in order to find ways in which they can trip us up or falsely
accuse us, they will spy on us, too, in any way they can, and use it against
us.
They are Tenacious
They are very tenacious, too. They are very driven, and
stubborn, and they won’t give up, and we can’t either. They will keep at it
until they can find a way to trap us and to ensnare us, hoping to get us to
retreat. So, they will pester, harass, play mind-games, pull tricks, slander,
gossip or whatever works to try to get us to lose our cool or to say or do
something they can then use against us to accuse us in hopes they can discredit
us.
So, this is why we must endeavor by the grace of God to live
lives which are above reproach. This is not to lay a heavy burden on anyone
that we must be absolutely perfect, but we have to know our enemy, and we have
to be in tune with the Lord, listening to him and obeying him, or we will fall.
So, they twist the scriptures to their advantage. So, we
must know the scriptures so that we are not easily taken in by their lies, and
by their manipulations. For, they are very smooth and slippery, and we must be
very discerning in order to catch their lies, for they so skillfully insert
them inside the truth that they can go unnoticed if we are not in tune with the
Spirit.
These false shepherds of the people (in the government and
in the church) are predators seeking whom they may devour. They prey upon the
weak, the naïve, the unsuspecting, the fleshly, the ill-informed, and the
gullible, and they take advantage of them for their own evil purposes. And,
their tricks are very clever and hard to see sometimes, so we must be in prayer
all the time that we would be discerning and not be led astray.
These leaders within our churches and within our nation, who
are part of this New World Order army which is surrounding us in order to take
us over, are really good at shape-shifting, too. Not speaking of it in a
physical sense here, but they shift in character, and in what they say and do,
and in what they teach, and in what they present to us.
They are hypocrites who pretend one thing while they do
another. They are actors carrying out a clever performance. And, they are all
on the same team pretending to be against one another when it is us they are
against.
They are insolent, speaking rudeness, mockery, disrespect,
boasting, having virtually no limits or restrictions as to what they can or
will say and do. It is like a free-for-all in our government, and in some of
our churches, too. It is crazy. It is chaotic. But, that is the game plan for
taking down our government so that the beast can now rule. And, it is the game
plan for taking down the church and the gospel of our salvation, too.
Don’t Be Deceived
So, don’t be taken in by them. Don’t buy into their lies.
Test everything against the Word of God. Test the spirits by the Holy Spirit to
see which ones are of God and which ones aren’t. We will know them by their
fruits, i.e. by the fruit which is in keeping with repentance.
Don’t believe everything you hear or see on TV, especially,
or that you read on social media. For, this army is everywhere. They can be our
on-line friends or family members or church members or neighbors or whoever.
So, inquire of God. Pray for wisdom and discernment. And, study the scriptures
so you are no easily deceived. And, have your spiritual eyes open and alert.
God is the same yesterday, today and forever. His Word does
not change. It cannot be altered to fit with the flesh of man or with the
culture of the times we live in. He doesn’t change like shifting shadows, i.e.
he does not shape-shift. His character, his nature, his glory, his holiness and
righteousness, his purity, and his will for our lives is unchanging.
The gospel of Jesus Christ cannot be altered to fit with our
lifestyles, either. He said that if anyone would come after him, he must deny
self, take up his cross daily and follow (obey) him. He said if we hold on to
our old lives, we will lose our lives for eternity. But, if we lose our lives
for his sake (die with him to sin), we will have eternal life (Lu. 9:23-25).
For, if we walk according to the flesh, we will die in our
sins, but if we walk according to the Spirt, we have eternal life (See: Rom.
8:1-17; Eph. 4:17-24; 1 Jn. 1:5-9; Gal. 5:19-21; Gal. 6:7-8; Acts 26:16-18).
Broken
and Contrite
An
Original Work / May 13, 2012
I come before You, Lord, my Savior,
With humble heart and crushed in spirit.
I bow before You, I implore You,
Heal my broken heart, I pray.
Love You, Jesus, Lord, my master,
You are the King of my heart.
Lord, purify my heart within me;
Sanctify me, whole within.
Oh, Lord, I long to obey fully
The words You’ve spoken through Your Spirit.
I pray You give me grace and mercy,
Strength and wisdom to obey.
Father God, my heart’s desire,
Won’t You set my heart on fire?
Lord, cleanse my heart of all that hinders
My walk with You, now I pray.
Oh, Jesus, Savior, full of mercy,
My heart cries out for understanding.
I want to follow You in all ways,
Never straying from Your truth.
Holy Spirit, come in power,
Fill me with Your love today.
Lord, mold and make me;
Your hands formed me;
Live Your life through me, I pray.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
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