Family of God: Re: [FamilyofGod] Deception through False Signs and Wonders

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On Fri Jan 14th, 2011 8:45 AM EST Shelley Cartwright wrote:

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>On Fri Jan 14th, 2011 12:56 AM EST George wrote:
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>>Amen Michael! I couldn't agree more.
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>>Brother in Christ, George...
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>>Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be
>>filled.
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>>From: Michael J. Knight <michaelnight82@yahoo.in>
>>To: FamilyofGod@yahoogroups.com
>>Sent: Thu, January 13, 2011 7:34:33 PM
>>Subject: [FamilyofGod] Deception through False Signs and Wonders
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>>Deception through False Signs and Wonders
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>>There is a lot of deception in Christendom these days through false signs and
>>wonders – just as Jesus warned us in Matthew 24:24, and as Paul did in 2
>>Thessalonians 2:9.
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>>Paul also warned us in 2 Corinthians 11:1-4about the nature of this deception:
>>It is being deceived by another Jesus, another spirit and another gospel.
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>>• "Another Jesus" – who does not ask anyone to take up his cross and to die to
>>his self-life daily.
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>>• "Another spirit" – who gives people thrills and exciting feelings but does not
>>give them power to be holy.
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>>• "Another gospel" – that requires no repentance and that caters to people's
>>earthly needs but does not deliver them from sin (which is the root-cause of ALL
>>their problems).
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>>Thus people are being made "twofold the children of hell" (Matt.23:15).
>>To escape deception, we must look at Jesus and see how today preachers compare
>>with Him.
>>Do they have the same primary objective?
>>The very FIRST promise in the New Testament is "Jesus - He will save His people
>>from their sins" (Matt.1:21). This is the main purpose with which Jesus came to
>>earth. So a truly Spirit- led ministry will seek to free people from sinning.
>>Everything else – including healing and miracles and prophecy will be secondary.
>>Do they have the same attitude?
>>We are commanded in Scripture: "Let this attitude be in you which was in Christ
>>Jesus" (Phil.2:5).We should therefore compare the attitude of every preacher
>>with that of Jesus. We should ask ourselves these questions about every preacher
>>we hear:
>>(i) Is he a humble man - as Jesus was?
>>(ii) Does he lead people to freedom from sin and genuine holiness – as Jesus
>>did?
>>(iii) Does he ask people to give money to him or to his ministry? Jesus never
>>did.
>>(iv) Can ordinary, poor people contact him easily – as they could contact Jesus?
>>For further confirmation, we could ask these questions as well:
>>(a) Does he lead people to Christ – and not to himself?
>>(b) Are his children God-fearing?
>>(c) Has he built at least one godly church?
>>(d) Are his main co-workers godly men?
>>Do they have the same approach to healing?
>>In the Gospels, we do not read of Jesus preaching even one sermon on how to
>>receive miracles or healing. But He actually healed thousands of people.
>>In Acts of the Apostles, we do not read of the apostles preaching even one
>>sermon on how to receive miracles or healing. But they actually healed many
>>people. (The 21 epistles in the New Testament also make no mention of physical
>>healing at all – except for one passage in James 5:14,15, where it is the elder
>>who is urged to have faith and not the sick person!)
>>But what we find today (especially over Christian TV) is the exact opposite of
>>this: We hear hundreds of sermons on miracles and healings – but we hardly ever
>>see any genuine, miraculous healings. Most of the so-called "healings" shown
>>over TV have proven to be fakes or unsubstantiated by independent sources.
>>Jesus and the apostles did however speak a lot about being free from sin. But we
>>hardly ever hear a sermon today (over TV or from church pulpits) on how to be
>>free from sins like anger, lusting after women and the love of money (as Jesus
>>preached in Matthew chapters 5 and 6).
>>In Scripture, there is a name for anything that is the opposite of what Christ
>>did: "anti-Christ". Today, this spirit of antichrist has spread widely in
>>evangelical Christendom. This is one proof that Satan has penetrated Christendom
>>deeply with deception.
>>Why does God allow deceivers among His people?
>>In Deuteronomy 13:1-3, we are told why God allows such deceivers to move freely
>>among His people:
>>"If a prophet arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or
>>the wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, `Let us go
>>after other gods and let us serve them,' you shall not listen to the words of
>>that prophet; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the
>>LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul".
>>God allows false prophets to do real signs and wonders and to prophesy things
>>that come true, in order to test His children – to see whether they love Him or
>>the gods that the false prophets invite them to follow. Two of the main gods
>>that false prophets invite Christians to follow these days are the gods of
>>"money" and "entertainment".
>>• Money. People are urged to seek for wealth and health by giving money to the
>>preacher's ministry. Peter however rebuked the magician Simon when he tried to
>>give Peter money in order to purchase God's gifts (Acts 8:18-23).
>>• Entertainment. Churches have become places of entertainment where worldly
>>music styles and other worldly programs are promoted to attract people. Thus
>>Satan (the ruler of this world system) has succeeded in making Christians
>>worldly-minded and ineffective for God.
>>Millions of Christians follow the teachings of these false prophets today
>>because such teachings satisfy their fleshly lusts. Thus these false gods have
>>become the idols that Christians worship in most churches today.
>>He who has ears to hear let him hear.
>>Remember
>>Only one life, will soon be past,
>>Only what is done, for Christ will last.
>>The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of
>>the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. (2 Corinthians 13:14)
>>Love & Prayers,
>>Michael J. Knight.
>>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-C-T-S/
>>What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.
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