As John was writing down what he was seeing in the Spirit in the book of Revelation, he is told to write to the seven churches. To the Church in Ephesus, he was instructed to write "I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false: and you have perseverance and have endured for My names sake and have not grown weary. But this I have against you, that you have left your fist love. Therefore remember from where you have fallen and repent and do the deeds you did at first: or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place - unless you repent." (Revelation 2:2-5). He goes on in vs 7b, "To him who overcomes I will grant to eat of the Tree of Life which is in the Paradise of God."
Considering that the days are very short, you will see people who have been led astray by the devil himself, and they will claim to have had dreams or heard from God. If they are not testing what they say they are dreaming or hearing up against the word of God, please do not entertain what they have said and stick to the Word of God and what it says! Pray about what these people are saying to you because Peter warned, "But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves." (2 Peter 2:1).
I have seen this a lot as of late, but I try to instruct those who say they are hearing from God and having dreams from God telling them that they need to test what they have heard and dreamed against the word of God before they proclaim it! John tells us, "Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world." (1 John 4:1).
These are the last days, so it would be very prudent to test what others are telling you! There is a great apostasy going on in the world right now! Some of the best Preachers, with mega churches, are misleading their faithful congregations! "For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds." (2 Corinthians 11:13-15). 2 Timothy 3 is filled with warnings about this! He warns that they will be "lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness, but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people" (2 Timothy 3:4-5).
If you are a very strong Christian, try to kindly lead them to the truth, so that you will not be guilty of completely turning away from them, especially if they are young and profess to be Christians! The devil could simply be misleading them! I'm almost 52, and though I have always been a believer in Jesus Christ, His life, His ministry, His death, burial and resurrection, I have not always walked with Him! I am amazed He has given me the amount of grace He has! But that is God! He is so full of mercy and grace, it is just amazing and I am so grateful that He saw fit to run after me! Jesus will leave the 99 sheep to find the one lost lamb! I can't count the times I have been lost when He came and found me and drew me back unto Himself again! What grace! What mercy He has for all of His children! Right now, a lot of His children are being led away! "For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear." (2 Timothy 4:3). It's happening right now! "For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen." (Romans 1:25). This describes the EPA, PETA and others, who some day will give more rights to a rock than to human beings! That is following a lie!
Think about it: What was the first lie of the bible? The serpent deceived Eve by telling her that the fruit would not kill her, but that she would "be like God." That lie has been prevalent in our society ever since! Jesus warned us to "watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation, for the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." (Matthew 26:41).
It's time for all of us to return to our first Love, Jesus. The days and the hours are very short! All of the warnings in Matthew 24 and Luke 21 have happened! We are watching wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes, famines and now pestilence. We as human beings don't deserve His mercy and His grace, but for some reason He loves us so much He was willing to give us His only Son as a substitute for our sins. We should've been on that cross, not Jesus. I am grateful that grace took my place! And now, it is my desire to help those who are lost.
Lord help me to correct in love those who speak things that are against your Holy Scriptures so that they may be restored to You! For the world is believing that 'there are many ways to heaven,' when we know that Jesus told us, "I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but by me." (John 14:6). Jesus, there is no one besides You and forever, You will always be the hope in my heart!
Considering that the days are very short, you will see people who have been led astray by the devil himself, and they will claim to have had dreams or heard from God. If they are not testing what they say they are dreaming or hearing up against the word of God, please do not entertain what they have said and stick to the Word of God and what it says! Pray about what these people are saying to you because Peter warned, "But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves." (2 Peter 2:1).
I have seen this a lot as of late, but I try to instruct those who say they are hearing from God and having dreams from God telling them that they need to test what they have heard and dreamed against the word of God before they proclaim it! John tells us, "Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world." (1 John 4:1).
These are the last days, so it would be very prudent to test what others are telling you! There is a great apostasy going on in the world right now! Some of the best Preachers, with mega churches, are misleading their faithful congregations! "For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds." (2 Corinthians 11:13-15). 2 Timothy 3 is filled with warnings about this! He warns that they will be "lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness, but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people" (2 Timothy 3:4-5).
If you are a very strong Christian, try to kindly lead them to the truth, so that you will not be guilty of completely turning away from them, especially if they are young and profess to be Christians! The devil could simply be misleading them! I'm almost 52, and though I have always been a believer in Jesus Christ, His life, His ministry, His death, burial and resurrection, I have not always walked with Him! I am amazed He has given me the amount of grace He has! But that is God! He is so full of mercy and grace, it is just amazing and I am so grateful that He saw fit to run after me! Jesus will leave the 99 sheep to find the one lost lamb! I can't count the times I have been lost when He came and found me and drew me back unto Himself again! What grace! What mercy He has for all of His children! Right now, a lot of His children are being led away! "For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear." (2 Timothy 4:3). It's happening right now! "For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen." (Romans 1:25). This describes the EPA, PETA and others, who some day will give more rights to a rock than to human beings! That is following a lie!
Think about it: What was the first lie of the bible? The serpent deceived Eve by telling her that the fruit would not kill her, but that she would "be like God." That lie has been prevalent in our society ever since! Jesus warned us to "watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation, for the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." (Matthew 26:41).
It's time for all of us to return to our first Love, Jesus. The days and the hours are very short! All of the warnings in Matthew 24 and Luke 21 have happened! We are watching wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes, famines and now pestilence. We as human beings don't deserve His mercy and His grace, but for some reason He loves us so much He was willing to give us His only Son as a substitute for our sins. We should've been on that cross, not Jesus. I am grateful that grace took my place! And now, it is my desire to help those who are lost.
Lord help me to correct in love those who speak things that are against your Holy Scriptures so that they may be restored to You! For the world is believing that 'there are many ways to heaven,' when we know that Jesus told us, "I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but by me." (John 14:6). Jesus, there is no one besides You and forever, You will always be the hope in my heart!
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