God is imploring me to change some things within me. I was being led astray by one man's ministry but that I was being led astray (and for years I might add) by what is now an acceptable part of the Christian community and that is the prophetic movement. In my last dream, the Lord, I believe, was going to show me truth and I would see His truth not the world's truth. When the lines of new age, 1-800-Psychic hotline and the Christian prophetic movement (believe it or not , I read on a secular site that it was considered Christian witchcraft) no longer have clear lines to distinguish between them then we have to question: is this the move from God?
Revelation Chapter 2
18"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write:
These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. 19I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first. 20Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. 21I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. 22So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. 23I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. 24Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan's so-called deep secrets (I will not impose any other burden on you): 25Only hold on to what you have until I come. 26To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—
27'He will rule them with an iron sceptre;
he will dash them to pieces like pottery'[b]— just as I have received authority from my Father. 28I will also give him the morning star. 29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
I now need to do a in-depth study of the Church ages in the book of Revelation. I can not believe it that I have brought into this man made doctrine without researching it. Many believe lining it up to scriptures should be enough to discern whether it is of God or not. Satan is very clever and will use the very scriptures we live by to deceive us and lead us away from Christ. This is what happen to me with watching the Lakeland Revival. Everything matched up to scripture, the words were coming out BUT THE ACTIONS of the party said differently and did not match up to scripture. This has been such a hard lesson for me. After watching a week, I made a decision that was wrong, thinking this was of God...I allowed myself to be open to deceit. Oh, my goodness, how God allowed me to be deceived even when the alarm bells were ringing. He did not say a word. I thought I was nitpicking and being a Pharisee AND CHOSE TO IGNORE IT. About 50 days later, something inside me started to question things and He mercifully gave me answers in a vivid colourful dream.
I tried to blind myself to the truth. I was hoping that it was the move of God on our nations but something was not adding up. In my bible, in the last days, there is suppose to be a falling away of the church not the opposite "building up of the church". In my bible, Joel predicts that there will be a day of God's spirit that will pour out onto us and that is after we do some serious repenting of our sins and there are real changes going on in our nation. I see healing and glorifying God, but not enough repenting and tearing our hearts. What I saw on TV was mocking our Lord. Our Lord is gentle, love, kindness, joy, patience ...what I saw was laughter, impatience by calling others "religious spirits", definitely no gentleness with the "bam" hitting people in the face. Our Lord Jesus would never do that...yes, he has spit and put mud on someone's eyes but he probably did so in a gentle manner. God was not getting the glory in this meeting. Mentioning Jesus here and there does not count, every word from their mouths should be for God only. This does not include mentioning a thousand times about his angels, Bob Jones, Patricia King, Paul Cain and Todd himself...boasting about prophetic words or "words of knowledge" between them. Why boast about it? If it is true why are they not giving God the glory instead "I had this Word of Knowledge...." you fill in the blanks. There were other things that started to show...when the crowd yelled Jesus a few times, Todd would walk out and strut. You know, an alien from another planet would have thought that the crowd was calling out for the man that was strutting in front of the stage. At sometimes, I thought to myself, is this guy walking out and trying to steal Jesus's glory? I remember once, Eddie Long had his congregation praise and worship Jesus and Eddie sat down, the audience started to silence and he said "why do you stop praising God, it is not about me, it is about Jesus, I am just a man" They crowd started to praise Jesus for nearly a half and hour without a sermon and a song, while Eddie Long sat there praising God, himself. This is how it should be. No man should be taking the glory.
For I learned not only to see what the person believes, or says but whether their life and their actions line up with the Word of God. This goes for everyone claiming they are of God. i have been reading here on CF and other comments on the internet, judging the man after one week and saying it is of God...accusing others of being naysayers or Pharisees. Funny, prior to revelation from God, I would have joined that crowd accusing those warning as naysayers. I am glad I refrained from making those comments.
I say to all before making a judgement, why don't you watch it night after night for about 50 days and then come back and give your final analysis. Ask God for discernment before you do and show you what is truth and what is not. It is not Mr. Bentley, himself, that I have problem with. It is this new prophetic movement that is sneaking into our churches that I am concerned with. I need to study more about it. For years, I sat by and just accepted and did not question it. I wish I had.
When I realised that this was not from God, I felt a bit lost for a few days, as if I lost my barrings. It was last night, that I look God in the eyes and said, no more. No more listening to others, no more listening to people's opinions, no more listening to pastors UNTIL YOU show me truth in YOUR WORD. I will have to restudy the entire bible with new eyes now and de-programme everything that I have learnt over the last few years. I felt I have taken two steps forward only to take four steps backwards. Oh, well....if I can have advice for anyone...one week is not a enough to make a judgement about anyone, or thing that says they represent Jesus.
God Bless,
Psalms
Revelation Chapter 2
18"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write:
These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. 19I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first. 20Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. 21I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. 22So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. 23I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. 24Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan's so-called deep secrets (I will not impose any other burden on you): 25Only hold on to what you have until I come. 26To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—
27'He will rule them with an iron sceptre;
he will dash them to pieces like pottery'[b]— just as I have received authority from my Father. 28I will also give him the morning star. 29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
I now need to do a in-depth study of the Church ages in the book of Revelation. I can not believe it that I have brought into this man made doctrine without researching it. Many believe lining it up to scriptures should be enough to discern whether it is of God or not. Satan is very clever and will use the very scriptures we live by to deceive us and lead us away from Christ. This is what happen to me with watching the Lakeland Revival. Everything matched up to scripture, the words were coming out BUT THE ACTIONS of the party said differently and did not match up to scripture. This has been such a hard lesson for me. After watching a week, I made a decision that was wrong, thinking this was of God...I allowed myself to be open to deceit. Oh, my goodness, how God allowed me to be deceived even when the alarm bells were ringing. He did not say a word. I thought I was nitpicking and being a Pharisee AND CHOSE TO IGNORE IT. About 50 days later, something inside me started to question things and He mercifully gave me answers in a vivid colourful dream.
I tried to blind myself to the truth. I was hoping that it was the move of God on our nations but something was not adding up. In my bible, in the last days, there is suppose to be a falling away of the church not the opposite "building up of the church". In my bible, Joel predicts that there will be a day of God's spirit that will pour out onto us and that is after we do some serious repenting of our sins and there are real changes going on in our nation. I see healing and glorifying God, but not enough repenting and tearing our hearts. What I saw on TV was mocking our Lord. Our Lord is gentle, love, kindness, joy, patience ...what I saw was laughter, impatience by calling others "religious spirits", definitely no gentleness with the "bam" hitting people in the face. Our Lord Jesus would never do that...yes, he has spit and put mud on someone's eyes but he probably did so in a gentle manner. God was not getting the glory in this meeting. Mentioning Jesus here and there does not count, every word from their mouths should be for God only. This does not include mentioning a thousand times about his angels, Bob Jones, Patricia King, Paul Cain and Todd himself...boasting about prophetic words or "words of knowledge" between them. Why boast about it? If it is true why are they not giving God the glory instead "I had this Word of Knowledge...." you fill in the blanks. There were other things that started to show...when the crowd yelled Jesus a few times, Todd would walk out and strut. You know, an alien from another planet would have thought that the crowd was calling out for the man that was strutting in front of the stage. At sometimes, I thought to myself, is this guy walking out and trying to steal Jesus's glory? I remember once, Eddie Long had his congregation praise and worship Jesus and Eddie sat down, the audience started to silence and he said "why do you stop praising God, it is not about me, it is about Jesus, I am just a man" They crowd started to praise Jesus for nearly a half and hour without a sermon and a song, while Eddie Long sat there praising God, himself. This is how it should be. No man should be taking the glory.
For I learned not only to see what the person believes, or says but whether their life and their actions line up with the Word of God. This goes for everyone claiming they are of God. i have been reading here on CF and other comments on the internet, judging the man after one week and saying it is of God...accusing others of being naysayers or Pharisees. Funny, prior to revelation from God, I would have joined that crowd accusing those warning as naysayers. I am glad I refrained from making those comments.
I say to all before making a judgement, why don't you watch it night after night for about 50 days and then come back and give your final analysis. Ask God for discernment before you do and show you what is truth and what is not. It is not Mr. Bentley, himself, that I have problem with. It is this new prophetic movement that is sneaking into our churches that I am concerned with. I need to study more about it. For years, I sat by and just accepted and did not question it. I wish I had.
When I realised that this was not from God, I felt a bit lost for a few days, as if I lost my barrings. It was last night, that I look God in the eyes and said, no more. No more listening to others, no more listening to people's opinions, no more listening to pastors UNTIL YOU show me truth in YOUR WORD. I will have to restudy the entire bible with new eyes now and de-programme everything that I have learnt over the last few years. I felt I have taken two steps forward only to take four steps backwards. Oh, well....if I can have advice for anyone...one week is not a enough to make a judgement about anyone, or thing that says they represent Jesus.
God Bless,
Psalms
