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NASB | Matthew 16:6 And Jesus said to them, "Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 16:6 Jesus said to them, "Watch out and be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." |
Subject: Knocked out by holy spirit |
Bible Note: Elijah_Jones The real question that needs to be asked is whether we are seeking God or are we seeking manifestations. I find in many cases the manifestations are being sought rather than God. This then becomes a problem. God said we must come to Him in faith but many come to Him because of what they saw in the manifestations. In other words their faith is in the manifestations rather than God Himself. This was exactly what Jesus was fighting, the Jews wanted to see more miracles and Jesus kept telling them the miracles would not draw them to God, faith was what was required. Men have learned that manifestations draw people, therefore to draw crowd do something spectacular and people will come. Once you have a crowd if you handle them correctly you can draw money from them and make youself very wealthy. I saw a man work a crowd of 'Christians' using a familiar spirit. He slyly got the people seeking or looking for manifestations and then got their eyes focused on him. Through this familiar spirit he was able to tell past things in people's lives "read their mail" was the term coined. He would then do a "love offering" suggesting many things to draw more money from them. On a good night he could average 100 dollars per person. You might ask how I know he was using a familar spirit. Well he would be able to tell past sins that born again believers committed before they were saved. The Word says that when we are born again God forgets our sins, He takes them as far as the East is from the west, yet this man in a very playful way could recall them. This man worked the crowd for weeks having an attendance of 500-1000 an evening. Once the offerings started to fall he declared that the Holy Spirit had told him to move on that his work was finished there. All the diseases were cured. Once he left town the people that were cured of the various diseases started to realize they still had their problems. They started questioning their pastors how could this be, they "know" they this man cured them from cancer yet the doctor is telling them to go home and get ready to die. They know their little daughter was cured of this terrible disease but the doctor says she still had it. Teh pastors tried to explain to them what happened but the pastors had to be wrong this man wouldn't lie to them he had done such wonderous miracles. It had to be the pastor that was lying to them. Even if one of the pastors carefully explained how this man used familar spiirts most people would not admit this man was wrong. The next year when he returned the same process was repeated. Yet many of the those that he cured had already died or were too sick to attend. He explained that they had let the adversary come into their lives and steal back the healing. Therefore he had himself covered it wasn't his fault it was the peoples own fault. Notice he never offered to visit the sick to help them. Others brought up the question of the familar spirit and how could he tell the sins of someone saved. He quickly went to "thou shall not touch God's anointed" which immediately scared everyone into silence. Again covering himself. Once again he worked the crowds only this time he was only drawing 400-800 and averaging 90 dollars a person. He repeated the cycle for abut 4 years then stop coming to this town for while. The church attendance in this town never really varied and average attendance figures mirrored national increases and declines. Most of the people that he prayed for that had serious diseases are now dead and the ones that had aches in the shoulders and back are now wearing copper bracklets, and sleeping on magnetic beds. but if you talk to them of this man most will tell you of his great healing ministry. Of how he cured old Joe of cancer, yet old Joe died last year, the dumb doctors said it was cancer but they don't know anything their just "practicing" medicine. Or how the Collins girl was brought out of her wheelchair yet you just saw her in a new motorized wheelchair. I wrote this not to discourage or destroy anyones faith. GOD does HEAL! If you are sick or have an affliction pray believing for your healing. If you know someone that is sick pray for their healing. Understand God does heal, however sometimes that healing doesn't take place when and how we want it to. I wrote this to tell you and others their faith MUST be in God not the manifestation. The adversary and men looking to profit from others misery will always be able to produce remarkable manifestations. So faith placed in the manifestations will pass as the men pass. But faith placed in God will endure forever. EdB |