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I LOVE ME: Prosperity Gospel and self-esteem are both all about ME, ME, ME!
Most of the antichrist preachers featured on TV are adherents to the “prosperity gospel.” This is a Christless deception served up to Christless church-goers who think Christianity is nothing more than a mad dash for cash.
The prosperity gospel, an unbiblical mess of apostate dragon goo, is fed to the masses who want to “feel” like they’re good people, but are as lost as any atheist. Sitting at home, they watch the antics of the pretty pulpit ponies oozing out of the satanic box we call “television.” The shysters in the pulpit have reduced Christianity down to a formula: send me money and God will send you more!
Hey! Where’s your faith?
SELF-ESTEEM
The prosperity gospel (also referred to “name it and claim it” or “word of faith” or “health and wealth“) is the perfect theology for the past several generations of Americans exposed to “self-esteem” teaching in the public schools.
Both the antichrist prosperity gospel and self-esteem are all about ME, ME, ME!
Jesus doesn’t really matter.
The Bible doesn’t really matter.
The truth doesn’t really matter.
What? You’re short and fat?
You’re really the fastest, most athletic kid in the school! You just don’t know it!
You don’t know how to read or write? Can’t do math?
You are really the smartest kids in school! Not many people can punch the buttons on a smartphone! That takes a special kind of intelligence!
It doesn’t matter what the facts of the matter are: what matters is how you see yourself!
And so it is with name it and claim it.
What? You have no real faith to look beyond this present life to the next?
Where’s your faith? Send me a seed of $1000 and God will bless you ten times over! Do it now!
Trust God?
Trust me! Credit card problems? You’re about to lose your credit card? Send me $1000 on your credit card! God will reward your faith by paying your credit card company off!
The seeds of our Christless gospel, the seeds of our powerless gospel, the seeds of our fraudulent gospel, and the seeds of our heretical gospel have broken through the ground and now we are seeing the gnarled, misshapen dead shrubs it has produced.
[…]
We are just now beginning to see the repercussions of the Me Gospel, the Social Gospel, the Prosperity Gospel and the Fire Insurance Gospel. Worse is on the way, and those who still dare to stand on the walls of the citadel and cry aloud are bone weary, and down to their last ebbing strength.
–Michael Boldea, Repercussions
For generations of Americans raised on the lies of self-esteem, the prosperity gospel makes perfect sense.
Which is one reason we have churches full of lost, apostate souls focused on this world and the things of this world, all the while proclaiming “I love Jesus.”
The Bible predicted the prosperity gospel and the gross apostasy in the churches.
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”
—2 Timothy 4:3-4
IF the reader is glued to the carnival barkers on TBN or another apostate TV network, it’s time to free yourself. These workers of iniquity will lead you nowhere but to perdition.
Seriously, IF the reader really believes Joel Osteen or any of the other prosperity preachers are “men of God,” he seriously should question his salvation.
Seriously.
Even the lost know the prosperity charlatans are not men of God.
“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
We live in an age when pretenders, wolves in sheep’s clothing, tares and counterfeits abound. The Bible predicted such times.
“For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.”
—Acts 20:29
There are many ways to tell tares. The Holy Spirit will assist because the Holy Spirit is a “Guide into all truth.” But, for any who do not pay attention to the Spirit, here’s 5 ways to tell if a person is a counterfeit or not.
1- The person is involved in spiritualism, necromancy or any action which involves a familiar spirit. This includes practices from eastern false religions, such as yoga or acupuncture.
This includes those who are involved in fortune telling, horoscopes, water witching, witches, wizards, or any other activity involving a familiar spirit such as consulting or talking to the dead.
Needless to say, this also applies to anyone who sacrifices their child to a demon.
“There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD:”
—Deuteronomy 18:10-12
2- The person is involved in Freemasonry.
It’s sad to read the obituaries that begin “George So-and-so went to be with the Lord last night.” Then the obituary reports the deceased will be buried with “full Masonic honors.”
“Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.”
—Matthew 10:32-33
Enough said.
3- Those who dismiss or ignore inconvenient Scripture.
A true believer does not ignore or dismiss the Word of God. The Word of God is a lamp to light the way for the believer.
IF two verses appear to contradict, the true believer immediately sets to reconcile them, knowing that the Word of God is one harmonious whole. There are NO contradictions: there are only unreconciled verses by those who lack the Holy Spirit.
Likewise, the true Christian does not play “dueling Scriptures.”
4- Anyone who is in a church discipleship program.
Jesus wrote the book on discipleship.
It is an extremely short one.
“So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.”
—Luke 14:33
The churches write their own book on discipleship.
And it is one filled with excuses why a “regular person” or a “normal person” or a “modern Christian” cannot possibly do the things Jesus said were necessary to be His disciple.
They substitute their own, easier rules on discipleship. Most have to do with being a good little church member. Practically all substitute other gospels instead of the one in God’s Word. Many downplay the gospel in order to exalt their brand of “discipleship.”
IF you are in a church discipleship program, you are learning 1- a bunch of excuses; and, 2- commandments and traditions of men, not Jesus. IF you were a true believer, the Holy Spirit would be letting you know you were being misled.
It would also be making it clear to not be unequally yoked.
One of the most common excuses heard in the churches is “family obligations.”
Here is what Jesus said about that.
“And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.”
—Luke 9:59-60
“And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
—Luke 61-62
Doesn’t sound like Jesus would be very popular in the churches with all their talk about “church family.”
“If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”
—Luke 14:26
No one–including oneself–can come before Jesus if one wants to be His disciple. The unsaved do not know what this means and it sounds crazy or odd to them.
The short explanation: IF you make Jesus number one in your life, He will ensure that all your earthly relationships will work out for your best interest.
However, sometimes, you will not know it is your best interest until later.
“And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.”
—Luke 14:27
5- Any who are friendly with the world and the things of the world.
It’s easy to tell who is friendly with the world: just listen to them talk for a few minutes. They may say a lot of things to try and give the impression that they are one of “God’s people.” IN FACT, they will often bring it up repeatedly in the conversation.
But what worries them? What are they anticipating? Where is their attention focused? What is important to them?
Money? Power? Control? Pleasure? Politics? Pursuit of hidden knowledge? Magic?
These are among the things of the world.
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
—1 John 2:15
“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon [money].”
—Matthew 6:24
“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”
—James 4:4
Loving the things of this world and making excuses for for that love is probably the #1 way to tell counterfeits.
CONCLUSION
Apostates and counterfeits are fond of pointing out that “Only God knows the heart.”
And of course, that is true. But believers are called upon to judge fruit.
Believers are to treat non-believers differently than believers.
So: to the reader who may think these are “too harsh?”
But again, believers are to treat non-believers differently, particularly to not be unequally yoked. To fulfill the commandments of Jesus, one has to know the difference between wheat and tares.
To the tares, share the gospel and pray for them–even if they “despitefully use” you.
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
A STORM IS COMING: Don’t seek refuge in a church. Call out to God. Repent. Place your trust in Jesus Christ for Salvation.
“But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.”
—2 Timothy 3:13
The churches are apostate, corrupt and deceiving. IF one is looking for guidance for the coming storm, seek shelter in the Lord Jesus Christ–NOT a man-created church.
“The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.”
—Nahum 1:7
Though this writer issues regular warnings about the apostate churches (which are basically warnings from God’s Word), the level and magnitude of deceptions in the churches never cease to surprise.
“For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light. It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.”
—2 Corinthians 11:13-15
Consider this a “general” warning.
Add this to the many previous warnings: the churches are NOT to be trusted. They feature”nice people”–always smiling, always cheerful–who are ungodly and rebellious.
In the times in which we live, many churches are shameless. Instead of teaching the Word of God, they concentrate on ungodly “Christian books” such as The Shack, The Harbinger or The Circle Maker.
They smile as they spoon this poison into the ears of the naive.
The churches talk the talk of preaching the gospel and studying the Word. BUT when it comes time to walk the walk, they somehow manage to leave parts of the gospel out and the Word usually seems to be talked about more than studied.
“It’s all about the Word!”
“We love the Word!”
“It all begins with the Word!”
“We can’t get enough of the Word!”
But somehow, the Word of God gets exchanged for the word of men.
“Now the Spirit speaketh 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;”
—1 Timothy 4:1-2
One simple test: does your church follow the Bible?
Or does it TALK about following the Bible, “loving the Word,” loving Jesus? Do it have women in spiritual authority contrary to the Word of God? Does it promote “busy work” and endless social events? Does it talk about the gospel but end up somehow teaching “discipleship” instead?
“He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”
—1 John 2:4
Almost 2000 years ago, the apostles battled imposters, seducers and infiltrators–and the New Testament is full of their warnings and admonitions.
After almost 2000 years of seducers, imposters, infiltrators and evil men, deceived and deceiving, the churches are totally in the hands of the enemy.
Reader: Beware!
Consider yourself warned. Heeding the warning is part of good end times preparation.
“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.”
—Titus 1:16
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:”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-4
“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
Some observations on spiritual deception which originated from a few recent discussions on the topic.
These observations will be grouped under five broad headings. The reader may or may not be familiar with the points made.
1. DECEPTION IS EVERYWHERE
“Deception is everywhere” is a statement with which the regular reader of End Times Prophecy Report is well acquainted. The question has come up: Well, what exactly is this “deception” about which we’re being warned?
(Regular readers will have to bear with us: The following information has been presented many times before, but one point discussed was “Americans are a people who are most comfortable when they have a list in front of them–never mind that most are far better at compiling and reading such lists than acting on the individual items.”)
Everything on TV promotes deception.
Everything in the Corporate Media is deceptive, particularly Corporate Media “news.”
Every commercial is deception personified. Every advertisement appeals to one of the three root causes of sin: lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes or the pride of life. [1 John 2:16]
Every piece of “literature” is deception and contributes to the interlocking series of lies by which we are surrounded. If an author is not a member-in-good-standing of the mystery of iniquity, they will not get published nor will they be promoted by the world.
We do not know everything at present–but one day we will. In that day, we will likely find out that every so-called “man of God” presented to us by the world was working for the enemy.
Politics is deception. Expecting politics or political systems or leaders–regardless of where on the political spectrum they claim to stand–to deliver solutions is to already be deceived.
Every movie out of Hollywood is a lethal piece of programming, meant to deceive its audience about the world around them.
The music you listen to, the world’s events, the apps on your smartphone: all of it is compromised.
Every personality who appears regularly on TV is deceptive. This is particularly true of so-called “Christian TV.”
Every person promoted by the world as a “man of God”–along with their books, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks, and other merchandise–are agents of deception.
People ask “What is the truth?”
The answer: God’s Word is truth–and nothing else.
God’s Holy Spirit and God’s Word are the only deception-free sources of information in this lost world.
“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
—John 17:17
There are flashes of occasional truth in Hollywood movies. These serve as sort of “inside jokes.” One of these surfaced in the 1999 antichrist movie, The Matrix.
In the movie, the character Morpheus is describing what the Matrix is. To obtain a peek into the mystery of iniquity, in the following conversation, substitute the words “Satan’s kingdom” for “the Matrix.”
Morpheus: Let me tell you why you’re here. You’re here because you know something. What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life, that there’s something wrong with the world. You don’t know what it is, but it’s there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I’m talking about?
Neo: The Matrix.
Morpheus: Do you want to know what it is?
Neo: Yes.
Morpheus: The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work… when you go to church… when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind.
“Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.”
—John 8:34
“there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
—Romans 3:12
2. HIGH INTELLIGENCE, LOGIC or REASONING WILL NOT PROTECT ONE FROM SPIRITUAL DECEPTION
During one discussion, the following statement was made.
“If someone is deceived, you have to “shut them down.” You have to present the best evidence in such a way that the deceived person does not have an answer.”
It was pointed out that if evidence or proof or intelligence or logic were determining factors of deception, then the person would be merely misinformed, not deceived.
There’s a world of difference between the two.
Spiritual deception is a spiritual condition. As such, one cannot fight it with carnal weapons.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;”
—2 Corinthians 10:3-5
3. THE END TIMES ARE A PERIOD OF EXTREME DECEPTION
END TIMES SPIRIT OF DECEPTION: And the great dragon…that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world:
And the great dragon…that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world:
—Revelation 12:9
The picture the Bible paints of the end times–particularly the end times church–is of a people largely saturated with sin and totally deceived about their condition. Yet, despite these warnings, church-goers wallow in their deception and apostasy and embrace the most ungodly teachings.
Many are familiar with the warnings of Jesus in Matthew 24 on deception in the last days.
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
—Matthew 24:4
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
—Matthew 24:11
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
—Matthew 24:24
Believers are warned that much of the end times deception will largely originate from two sources: 1- within the apostate Church; and, 2- from the synagogue of Satan.
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
—Matthew 7:15
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
—Jude 1:4
Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
—Titus 1:4
And yet, so many church-goers swallow whatever evil hirelings, wolves and deceivers dish out.
Now the Spirit speaketh 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;
—1 Timothy 4:1-2
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
—2 Timothy 3:13
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
—2 Timothy 4:3-4
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
—2 Timothy 3:1-5
The Church is warned of fables and falsehoods. Alas, those warnings go largely unheeded by the pew-sitters.
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
—1 Timothy 1:4
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
—2 Timothy 4:4
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
—2 Peter 1:16
Most of the Church labors under the delusion of cunningly-devised end times fables. For the person who wonders what those fables are, here’s a clue: almost all eschatology that has been taught by an apostate Church and Christian mass media over the last 180 years.
That’s mostly everything today’s Christians accept as truth.
4. MEN DO NOT WANT A BIBLICAL SOLUTION TO DECEPTION
Those in the world are already deceived.
The world does not want a Biblical solution to deception.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
—John 3:19
Men who are deceived are spiritually blind.
An ironic proof of this was a recently-discovered website which offered psychic predictions while also offering advice on “spiritual deception!” The advice featured a graphic of a wolf in sheep’s clothing!
Because men without Christ are evil, they do not want spiritual solutions. They do, however, want the appearance of being spiritual.
This is the reason so many want “quick fixes” which do not involve study of the Bible.
Or prayer.
This is a reason so many outsource their Bible study to others. The unsaved want a Jesus solution without Jesus. They want to know what the Bible says without the faith necessary for belief and comprehension.
Although ‘what’s the Lord saying’ is by far the most popular question I get in my correspondence, whenever things begin to heat up and we begin to see more pieces falling into place, a quiet hum becomes a roar, and I have to wade through e-mail after e-mail asking the same question over and over.
I understand the need or desire to want to know what the Lord is saying, but the Lord has been saying many things, for many years, all of which have gone wholly unheeded.
‘Humble yourselves, repent, turn from your wickedness, and pray!’
‘Yeah, we don’t want to do that, so, what else is the Lord saying?’
‘Prepare yourselves, sanctify yourselves, and steel yourselves for what is to come.’
‘I think we’ll pass on that one too…just tell us what’s going to happen and be specific.’
God has spoken, and He is still speaking, but He is not saying the things the church wants to hear, so the church has chosen to ignore Him altogether.
–Michael Boldea, Fulfillment
This is why so many can dismiss or ignore parts of the Bible which contradict the way they want to live their lives. They treat God’s Word as a “cut-and-paste” source to validate the beliefs they already have.
When heresy is pointed out, the response usually goes something like this.
“Well, that’s YOUR interpretation.”
This is the reason so many are spiritually blind in spite of the Bible’s countless warnings–some of them by Jesus Himself.
5. THE SOLUTION FOR SPIRITUAL DECEPTION/BLINDNESS
No argument, no book, no DVD, no small group presentation will solve someone’s spiritual deception: only God can open spiritually-blind eyes.
Not even the Bible or Bible verses will open the eyes of the deceived: for the Word of God is spiritually discerned. Depending upon the depth of deception, the deceived person may already be totally separated from God.
The end times will see the rise of the apostate Church. Most of the American Church is apostate already: full of pretend Christians, operating without the Holy Spirit, worshiping false spirits and idols, waiting for the man of sin.
How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
—Jude 1:18-19
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
—2 Peter 3:3
How loudly do they protest that they “love Jesus” and are worshiping God!
The churches are apostate because so who many go to church are not part of the Church. Because the churches are full of people who have made their peace with this world, the churches are apostate.
Friends of the world are enemies of God.
A person who is separated from God cannot discern God’s Word. This is the reason so many who supposedly are “men of God” mangle the Word of God: they are unsaved frauds pretending to be His. As such, they do not have the ability to discern His Word.
“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
—1 Corinthians 2:14
When a person is blind to spiritual reality, only God can open their eyes.
“And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
—2 Kings 6:15-17
The solution for spiritual deception is spiritual.
Only prayer–and lots of it–to a merciful God for mercy.
And for the opening of the eyes of the person who is spiritually deceived.
CONCLUSION
The nature of spiritual deception is–surprise!–spiritual.
As such, the solution for spiritual deception and blindness is spiritual, not carnal. Trying to win an argument with a spiritually deceived person over spiritual matters using the wisdom of this world is a losing cause.
Pray to God to open the eyes of the spiritually deceived.
Remember to regularly pray that God keep you yourself from spiritual deception.
NOTE: All believers occasionally stumble. But discernment and the Holy Spirit will keep the true believer from persisting in a deception.
END TIMES DECEPTIONS: It takes more than a village to create and maintain a worldwide web of deception.
PREPARING FOR THE MAN OF SIN:
THE MERCHANTS OF FEAR
There is a campaign in the media, in the government, in the so-called Christian mass media to discredit alternate explanations to the approved, official party line. To this end, an incredible amount of time and resources are being poured into discrediting what is termed “conspiracy theories.”
The Age of Groupthink is upon us and GroupThink absolutely hates anyone thinking on their own (this includes referring to the Bible). One way to enforce conformity is to degrade independent thinking as “dangerous” (what the old Soviet Union did) OR to label it “conspiracy theory” and ridicule it (the American Way!).
Groupthink works best once an atmosphere of fear is created. Once fear has gripped the population, the herd looks to the media/government/church/authority for answers to their fear–whatever that fear is: war, disease, financial chaos.
The Corporate Media has created an atmosphere of fear. The apostate Church is taking full advantage of that fearful atmosphere to move the pew-sitters closer to the man of sin. Countless websites are devoted to providing dates when World War will start–or the how’s and why’s of the latest conspiracy.
And fake “watchmen” fan the flames of fear in order to herd their unsuspecting supporters closer to where false converts are supposed to be when the end times fireworks start.
Regardless of the 24/7 EBOLA scare stories or claimed beheadings or blood moons or comets hitting the earth or ISIS maneuvers: those in the Father’s hand know real peace.
True followers of Jesus know what must come to pass. They also are assured that the Father has everything under control. True believers also know what the Bible says about overcoming the deception of the dragon and the schemes of man in the end times.
“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”
–Revelation 12:11
It’s that “loved not their lives unto the death” that will give the true followers of Jesus so much power. Unfortunately, the vast majority of those who now inhabit the churches are looking for “a way out” or some escape mechanism so they can avoid physical persecution.
Which is too bad.
God has set up the end times to sift the wheat from the chaff; to separate those walking by faith from those walking by sight. What God’s Word says is to come upon the earth is for the specific reason of dividing those who talk the talk from those who walk the walk.
The vast majority of those who hang out in American churches will miss the chance to stand up for Jesus when it most means something–both for themselves and others. Not because they will be sucked out of Babylon before the guillotines begin. No, the vast majority of those whose lips proclaim “Jesus” will be sitting in the whore church of the dragon.
Those who will not live for Jesus now will find it nearly impossible to die for Him later.
When the guillotines start up, they will be silent.
But they deceive themselves: that if the need ever arose (and it never will since God doesn’t want to beat up His bride), they would stand up tall for their Savior!
We live in a time of deception.
One sees many words devoted to the front men in the dragon’s end times game: the bankers, the Illuminati, the Jesuits, to name three of the more popular ones. Believers ought to remember that these are deceptions from an enemy which Jesus warned would employ deception in the end times.
There is much deception these days, a great deal of it coming from sources which claim to be Christian.
FALSE WATCHMEN
The Dark Side of End Times Teaching – from a magazine which goes by the name of Ministry Today. Like so much else these days, the article is a piece of sham Christianity. This piece declares its source early on when it produces one Marilyn Manson (proud antichrist musician whose birth name is Brian Warner).
…shock musician Marilyn Manson reveals what years of false teaching about the return of Christ–and the apocalyptic conspiracy theories that enhance such teaching–did to him. His teachers left him feeling abused, cheated and eventually caused him to reject Christianity. He would later say: “I blame everything I do on Christianity. So why aren’t they out there arresting the preachers I was raised listening to, or the Sunday school teachers?”
Here is the question which pretend Christians forget to ask.
WHY would a magazine purporting to be about Christian Ministry produce as evidence for its thesis (bad end times teaching causes Christians to turn to Satan) Marilyn Manson’s testimony?
Here’s a few bonus questions.
Why should we believe anything a purported devil-worshiper (Mr. Warner) says? Are his pronouncements in Ministry Today the gospel truth? Is Marilyn having a change of heart? Is he trying to help Christians now by warning them about what supposedly happened to him? Why would a “Christian” author/magazine use the testimony of someone who not only blasphemes God, but does it for financial gain? Since Warner/Manson has on occasion given different reasons for his supposed hatred of Christianity, why should the reader believe his latest version?
The article–which really is a piece of work–goes on to condemn bad teaching (which is a good thing). However, Ministry Today fails to address one of the major problems: most of the “bad teaching” (in Mr. Warner’s case, the example is used of equating the mark of the beast with UPC bar codes) has been thoughtfully provided by the Christian mass media–such as Ministry Today.
This is a sucker’s game: the Christian mass media has circulated scare stories (the mark of the beast is a bar code; the mark of the beast is a RFID chip; the mark of the beast is genetic alteration, etc.) which get picked up and repeated by its unsuspecting readers. THEN, Ministry Today bashes those people for listening to the pretend Christians in the “Christian” mass media in the first place.
Sounds like an argument for dropping one’s subscription to outfits like Ministry Today.
The endgame for this piece is much the same as most other similar ones claiming to “help” Christians away from those bad, old conspiracy theorists. Feigned disbelief that the government–the government I say!–would have anything in mind but the best interests of Americans.
It is a mind-set that brought us the belief that the U.S. government intentionally killed civilians on Ruby Ridge, in Waco and in Oklahoma City as part of what they believe is a one-world government plot found in the book of Revelation, or what is commonly called the “New World Order.” For this community, our own government was complicit in the attack upon the Twin Towers and the Pentagon on 9/11.
Because if one can’t trust “our own government,” who can one trust?
The article goes on to extensively quote Marilyn Warner or Brian Manson or whoever he really is; it also warns people that satanists can’t be trusted. (But their testimony CAN be trusted–that’s why MT used so much of it!)
The true believer might want to keep this in mind about such media, articles and authors.
The Bible doesn’t warn about second-rate musicians with satanic schticks in the last days.. Scripture does however spend considerable time warning of the dangers of fake Christians.
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”
–Matthew 7:15
“For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.”
–Acts 20:29-30
The man of sin will even come from among such an apostate Church that looks like Christianity–but is from the dragon.
“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.”
–Revelation 13:11
And one can rest assured that when he arrives, the man of sin will be celebrated by the very same “Christian” mass media which issues so many pretend warnings today–especially those dripping with attitude who label alternate versions of events “conspiracy theories.“
In fact, the one one message that the antichrist Corporate Media (Satan’s Mouthpiece), Big Entertainment, Big Government, pop culture and the apostate, pseudo-Christian mass media and Church all agree on is:
Conspiracy Theories = BAD.
Why does the reader suppose that ANY alternate explanations to the OFFICIAL VERSIONS (including the Bible) is being subjected to a systematical, universal campaign of ridicule?
The Bible clearly states that the man of sin will not be operating alone but will have an entire system of government, finance and religion at this command. Does this vast web spring up overnight? What’s one to call such a machinery? We obviously can’t call it a conspiracy–that would offend the sensibilities of so many wearing the latest in sheep’s clothing.
Psalm 2 does warn of an end times conspiracy which will attempt to overthrow the laws of God and His anointed (Jesus). Better not pass along Psalm 2 to the Ministry Today folks.
There might be an article warning readers of it in the next issue.
“The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.”
–Psalm 2:2-3
FORECAST: Events have been fairly quiet for the last few months, Ukraine and Russia notwithstanding. Look for increased turmoil and tensions as this summer wears on.
Backers of Common Core mount a counter-attack – Here’s the difference between the backers and their opponents: the backers have the full weight of the federal government behind them.
Two Years ago today, the least credible history book in print was published – The date was April 10, 2012 and the author was well-documented liar, David Barton. But because Barton hides behind a “Christian” mask, he largely gets a free pass from those his lies mainly target: the Church. The book, The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You’ve Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson, was pulled almost immediately from bookstore shelves due to Barton fabricating parts of the book.
“…in July, it was voted the “Least Credible History Book in Print” by readers of the History News Network. None of this criticism and exposing of the numerous blatant lies in Barton’s book, however, was anything that Barton hadn’t dealt with before from the secularists who seek to destroy America’s Christian heritage.But something else happened this time. Some evangelical Christians came out against his book, including a group of pastors in Ohio who threatened a boycott of Thomas Nelson, mainly over the book’s whitewashing of the issue of Thomas Jefferson and slavery. (Barton’s book claims, among other things, that although Jefferson owned hundreds of slaves, he was not a racist and considered blacks to be equal to whites.)”
Barton is a charlatan who is kept in the limelight and in the money by other charlatans, particularly Glenn Beck.
Here’s an entire page documenting just some of the falsehoods told by David Barton: David Barton Page.
The below documented evidence on David Barton is not all, it’s just a small portion. However there should be enough to convince others that David Barton is posing as a Christian. Remember, Jesus told us we would know them by their fruit.
Question: Can a man who is a habitual liar be a born-again Christian?
“Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.“
—Revelation 22:14-15
“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”
—Revelation 21:8
NOTE: We’re no better than the ones we write about. If not for the atoning blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, we also would be lost in a lost world. However, Christians are commanded to expose the works of darkness and David Barton, by his public embrace of such works, has brought reproach to the name of Jesus Christ.
“Michelle Obama’s brother has been fired as the basketball coach at Oregon State. Like most Americans who lost their job, he blames Obama.”
–Conan
“I don’t know where the idea of calling down the Holy Spirit originally came from. Since Pentecost, the Holy Spirit has been here and we don’t have to “break through” to bring Him down, or get Him to “show up” at Christian meetings. He is ever present where the Church gathers, but so often lately we hear about the Lord “showing up” at meetings. As for prayer circles as described in the previous quote, it’s apparent that the leaders actually form people into these circles. They are becoming a ritual of the Church, becoming more and more common, and all without Biblical sanction.”
—Part Four: The Revival-Witchcraft Prayer Circle of Power by Ed Tarkowski
This writer is familiar with a church which utilized the four directions (North, South, East, West) from time-to-time in its corporate prayers.
“Witchcraft’s use of the four directions to form a circle was previously documented in Part Two, as was its use in non-Christian faiths and philosophies throughout the world. Here we see that Gnosticism within the early Church followed the same pattern.”
—Part Three: Gnostic Christianity and the Prayer Circle
A recent study of soldiers around the age of 20 who enlisted in the army during World War I revealed an average height of five feet six inches (168cm). Today the average for young men is five feet ten inches (178cm).
The article doesn’t say if this was all soldiers or American soldiers. Let’s assume all soldiers.
Of the Americans who marched into France at the end of World War I, one of the descriptions of that event was “…row upon row of tall, strapping healthy-looking men.”
“Tall” and “strapping” are not what one thinks when first confronted with a man of five foot six.
DON’T WORRY, WE’RE SOLDIERS: The girls in the school dorm could hear the sound of gunshots from a nearby town. So when armed men in uniforms burst in and promised to rescue them, at first they were relieved.
33 Conspiracy Theories that turned out to be true – Gee, 33 of them, huh? Nice round number. This article is a narrative. In other words: it’s a fairy tale full of half-truths, misrepresentations and disinformation. Why link to it? It’s a wonderful example of an article written to “expose” the truth which does quite the opposite.
For example, the article exalts Alex Jones as “committed to exposing and vigorously opposing what they perceive to be an emerging New World Order.” In reality, Jones is part of the controlled opposition, who is committed to his paycheck, willing to say anything his paymasters tell him to say.
It’s also the type of “expose” that the Jesuits were famous for sponsoring: 1- start with what is known; 2- add a lot of what has gotten too big to hide; 3- sprinkle in a little bit of new revelations that do no harm; and 4- present the entire report as an “expose” that threatens to blow the lid off whatever steaming mess it’s exposing. It is actually damage control and the Corporate Media–like their instructors–are experts at writing such stuff.
CHINA: China’s Looming Debt Bomb – Where does the world’s largest borrower go when the world’s largest lender runs out of cash? This is the premise the article is trying to establish. Does the world ever “run out of money” when money is a created item? When financial worlds crash, the same things will happen that always happen when crashes occur: the poor get poorer, the middle class largely disappears and the rich, well…the rich make out like bandits.
NOTE: Something to keep in mind: when Ukraine falls, this will isolate the three Baltic republics (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia), all three of which belong to NATO–unlike Ukraine. This will raise the stakes over the fate of these small nations–which were previously part of the Soviet Union–and ratchet up the World War III pressure to a much, much higher degree than the world currently sees over the troubles in Ukraine. All of which seems to be according to plan.
Fox News star calls for Obama impeachment – Big deal. The media breathlessly treats non-events such as this as if they actually meant something. The only people to which this means anything are those who are hopelessly enslaved to that tube coming out of their TVs running into their heads. Every day, around the clock, someone is calling for someone else to stop or start doing something.
51 percent think Benghazi merits further investigation – Here’s the question: will those doing the investigating be any more honest and forthright than the ones involved in the event? I didn’t think so. Sorry to be the one to have to break such news: Washington DC is a nest of vipers. Anyone who thinks justice, freedom or goodness will issue forth from such a hotbed of the demonic is deluded.
The psychopath pathology – The line between criminals and national leaders is not merely blurred: there is no line. However, any number of Scriptures command Christians to obey the civil authorities. And contrary to what many Corporate Media shills would have readers believe, there are no exceptions for “tyranny.” In order to heighten the deception, a number of these Corporate Media minions even masquerade as Christians themselves. Christians are commanded to pray for our leaders–not rebel against them.
Pittsburgh family tells story of living inside demon-possessed house – Here’s the question all stories like this have to answer: Is it Biblical that an inanimate object can be possessed? That’s also the question that all “haunted house” stories have to answer. According to the Bible, demons HATE being outside of a human body.
“When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.”
—Matthew 12:43
So, the next question to ask is: if demons aren’t hanging around a house for decades, “haunting” and waiting for a human body to happen by, then where do these “hauntings” originate? If the demons are not hanging out at the house waiting for someone to show up, how do they get to the house?
One answer is another question: How many Bible-believing born-again Christians have been the object of hauntings?
It has long been established that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Seeing as this was a proven truth time and again, some have taken it upon themselves to make a career out of squeaking. Even when those applying the grease are busy doing something else, the squeaking gets progressively louder until they inevitably stop what they are doing, and do what the squeakers know they will do given enough squeaking.
The Prayer Circle: What is its Unbiblical Origin? – The first part of a four-part study with links to the other sections. When a link to this study was first posted five or six months ago, it offended some. Those it offended 1- couldn’t point to a single instance in the Bible of believers praying in a circle; and, 2- are strong believers in sanctification by participation. If they do it, it must be holy. It’s holy because they participate in it.
One of the most interesting findings was practically every mention of joining hand-in-hand in the Bible is among those who intend evil.
This study got this writer thinking back: not once could he ever remember praying in a circle–and the opportunities for public or church prayer over the years were many. This practice was unknown to him until he joined a church which endorsed this style of prayer.
Prayer Circles: Their Unbiblical Origins, part 2 – This 1999 article warned of the invasion of prayer circles into the church, predating The Circle Maker by 14 years. It’s part of a four-part series which is both informative and interesting. It’s conclusion is that prayer circles are preparing Christians for the coming one-world beast religion.
DECEPTION – This writer often remarks about the deception which envelopes the USA. It is everywhere in our culture and especially in our media. The reader who does not think that this deception is blanketing him is a reader already deceived.
One of the enemy’s greatest deceptions is the use of the “Christian” label. Slap a “CHRISTIAN” label on a book–voila! What is filled with occult themes is now “Christianized” and thought perfectly safe for consumption. The same process is used for films, music, DVDs and other media.
How many churches have mindlessly pushed cleverly-packaged media to their members because it carried a “Christian” label?
The list is huge and gotten larger over the last 20 years. There are plenty of Christians sitting in pews–or chairs depending on where one sits–who argue against the Bible using the deceptions picked up from books, films and/or TV labeled “Christian.”
Churches in America are under an unrelenting assault. The weapons used to deliver the enemy’s message are the culture, the music and the ignorance and pride of many of the very ones manning the walls watching.
“Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”
–Luke 14:34-35
What do You do after You have Compromised? – Good article about compromise and “backsliding.” Backsliding is decidedly an Old Testament term and brings up the question, “Can someone backslide under the New Covenant?”
Here are two more question: If backsliding is a term used under the Old Covenant, is there a similar term under the New? Are “apostasy” and “backsliding” the same thing? As someone this writer knows puts it: Food for thought.
Jesus Paul and Midrash – A good piece, even if the author does quote Thomas Cahill’s Gifts of the Jews. Cahill’s book was though to be a wonderful book–until this writer became a Christian. Then, a re-reading quickly established that the book was just another Trojan Horse bearing unwelcome gifts underneath its shiny wrapping. It was a surprise to see Larry DeBruyn use it as a reference.
Might be time for a quick re-reading and a book review…
Is Boy his own grandfather (w/VIDEO) – So much in the world that is presented as “mysterious” can be filed in the “Mystery Solved” file by a proper attribution to the demonic. Long-time readers know that if one sees “mystery” or “mysterious” in a headline, just substitute “demon” or “demonic” and the headline will not only make perfect sense, the “mystery” will be solved.
“And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.”
—2 Corinthians 11:14-15
Have no doubts: Kenneth and Gloria Copeland are indeed ministers.
Massachusetts ditches RomneyCare exchanges – Gee, if only they had done that prior to 2012, Romney might be president?!? Actually, if readers would only think back to 2012: what was the hottest campaign issue? ObamaCare! And who was the ONLY Republican who could not talk about ObamaCare because he had set up the same system years before ObamaCare in Massachusetts? Mitt Romney!
So who was selected as the Republican nominee?
Why, Mitt Romney, of course.
There were other factors (the opportunity for the Corporate Media to present Mormonism as Christianity), but this was a key one.
BRUNO’S EXCHANGE FOR A LIE – Bruno Mars: trapped in a life of sin; shackled to a life of sorrow and grief. Though many Christians might believe the money, fame and fortune of this world are worth pursuing, a look at any of the famous singers of 2014 supplies proof otherwise. They live their lives in darkness and offer testimonies of their condition every time they open their mouths, either in song or speech.
End Times Prophecy Report 