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BEWARE OF FALSE TEACHERS AND PROPHETS

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KEY SCRIPTURE: 2 Corinthians 11:13 ” For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.”

As much as we learn and talk about the gifts of the Holy Spirit, we ought to be aware of the devil counterfeiting these gifts.

Our key scripture tells us clearly that false apostles and deceitful workers are transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. These false apostles abound in our times. In deed, there are many genuine prophets in our times, yet there are quite a lot who are messengers of the devil.

The gift of the word of wisdom, which is to know what would happen in the future, is one of the gifts that these false prophets may counterfeit. The Bible tells us to test every spirit; 1st John 4:1 “Beloved, believe not every spirit but try the spirits whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone into the world”. I believe the scripture is very emphatic about this. Try every spirit. How do we try them?

  1. Allow the Holy Spirit to speak to your heart with the still small voice or let the peace of God check the things you are hearing and seeing. (Colossians 3:15)
  2. You shall also know them by their fruits: Matthew 7:20: Check out for these signs: Do they exalt themselves? Are their moral lives anything to be inspired by? How do they speak about their fellow ministers?
  3. If his or her prophecy does not come to pass, he is not speaking by the Spirit of God. There are some who would rightly call out people’s names and give a word of knowledge about them, yet the predictions they make about the future do not come to pass.
  4. Any prophet or man of God who makes merchandise of the gospel by charging certain amounts before praying for the needy is very questionable. 1 Corinthians 9:18, what is my reward then? “Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel”.
  5. Any prophet or man of God who tells you to buy certain objects to be used to pray or perform certain oblations (offerings) is questionable
  6. Any man of God who teaches unscriptural doctrines is a false teacher or prophet. One clearly exposes his falsehood if he teaches that Cain killed his brother Abel because of a woman. Another example of such false teaching is those who teach that, the Lord Jesus went to India to learn mystism. These teachings are from wrong sources and are false.

Please note that the Lord Jesus offered His blood to make an eternal redemption for us and no more offerings for our sins. (Hebrews 9:12). May we be careful lest we are deceived by the cunning deceptions of the devil and his agents.

PRAYER
O heavenly Father, open our eyes of understanding so we would know the tricks and schemes of the devil and his agents.

FURTHER STUDIES.

2 Corinthians 11:15. “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.”

Matthew 7:20. “Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.”

FORGIVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN THROUGH CHRIST’S DEATH

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KEY SCRIPTURE: Ephesians 4:32. And be ye kind one to another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Once again, the Holy Spirit reveals a truth that had not been brought to the fore when the Lord was with His disciples.

In Mark 11:25 the Lord said the following to his disciples “And when ye stand praying forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses“. In this instance, the Lord links our ability to be given forgiveness to us, forgiving others. A similar statement was made when the Lord taught the disciples a sample prayer in Matthew 6:12 “And forgive our debt, as we forgive our debtors”.The Lord taught these things before he had not gone to the cross for us.

Apostle Paul, through insight gained from the Holy Spirit, after the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus, taught that now we must forgive because Christ has already forgiven us. This is the grace of God. God calls on us to forgive all who hurt us because we have already been forgiven by Jesus. This allows us to consider how much God has loved us. Dear child of God, what price did the Lord pay for us to be acceptable before the Father? He sacrificed His life so we could be acceptable before the Father. Is there any sacrifice dearer than this? This truth leaves us with no stronger reason why we should not forgive our offenders.

The Lord once taught us that we would always have people offending us. (Luke 17:1) We must forgive all those who offend us. Several people are hurting because of what their loved ones might have done to them. Many homes are under deep stress because of offences. Our key scripture shows us that Jesus, despite our offences against him, gave his life for us. Just consider what 2nd Corinthians 5:19 says” To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their (sins) trespasses unto them…..” God allowed our Lord Jesus to die for our sins, and now he is not counting our sins against us. If he does not count our sins against us, why count your wife’s offences against her? Why count your husband’s offences against him? What about your friend, your neighbour, or even your mother or father?

What happens if we fail to forgive? We grieve the Holy Spirit, and we allow devils to torment us. Ephesians 4:30, Matthew 18:34. Do not refuse to forgive, for it is too expensive not to.

CONFESSIONS

Christ sacrificed His life to forgive me all my sins, I would also forgive everyone who offends me no matter the gravity of it. I have the ability to forgive.

FURTHER STUDIES.

Ephesians 4:30-31. “And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”

Matthew 18:33-34 ” Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him”.