One of the ways to tell counterfeits and tares is simple observation.
Do they exhibit the fruit of the Spirit?
What is the fruit of the Spirit?
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”
–Galatians 5:22-23
One of the fruits of the Spirit is LONGSUFFERING [patience].
A popular theme in the churches–in direct contradiction to God’s Word–directs church folk to NOT pray for patience–or God will send you trials to try your patience.
Patience: Reasons why Christians should pray for Patience
A popular “praise and worship” song in the churches details a “fire deep in my soul/That I can’t contain that I can’t control.”
YET one of the fruits of the Spirit is TEMPERANCE which is self-control or self-command.
Particularly in the times in which we live, a person exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit is extremely rare.
Though there are no end to the number of pretenders.
DOES the reader walk in the fruit of the Spirit?
DOES the reader even know what the fruit of the Spirit is?
There is still time to repent, place your faith for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.
DOES the reader believe he is saved?
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DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?
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THE GOSPEL
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16
MORE
- Holy Spirit or False Spirit?
- COUNTERFEIT HOLY SPIRIT: Lying Spirits of Deception in the Churches
- Operating Without the Holy Spirit: The Deception of the End Times Churches
- Satan Has Counterfeited the Christian Church
- FALSE HOLY SPIRIT: A Sign Your Church is an End Times Church of the Dragon
- What the Holy Spirit is NOT: End Times Confusion in the Churches
- Seducing Spirits in the Church: The Supernatural Fan Club
- Higher Power, the Divine and End Times Deception
- Higher Power: Another Spirit, Another God
- The Nature of Spiritual Deception
[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: September 27, 2017.]
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