Have you found someone who can preach better than Jesus ? or someone who has a more 'anointed' message than the repentance message of the Lord? He could have knowingly or unknowingly promoted himself as the 'Christ, even though he keep saying that he is a humble follower of Jesus Christ. No, he is an impostor who have changed the word of Jesus Christ. Yes, he is indeed very 'humble' - he is so 'humble' that he often has to 'use' the name of Christ to glorify God (and himself, the 'humble donkey', a favourite analogy of himself as the ass in Joh 12:14). However, I would think otherwise. I will tell him, Contrary to what you think, you could be the ass ridden by the false prophet in the following passage:
2Pe 2:16-21 KJV But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. (17) These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. (18) For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. (19) While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. (20) For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. (21) For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
At least the dumb ass would speak and warn his master or the false prophet, but you would just happily entered the churches with the spirit of the false prophecies, false Christs, or the false anointed ones. You could be dumber than the dump ass.
The coming of the false Christs has been prophesied by the Lord
Mat 24:4-26 KJV And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. (5) For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ (anointed); and shall deceive many ... (23) Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. (24) For there shall arise false Christs (anointed ones), and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. (25) Behold, I have told you before. (26) Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Thayer Definition of 'Christ' (Christo):
Christ = “anointed”
1) Christ was the Messiah, the Son of God
2) anointed
Christ = “anointed”
1) Christ was the Messiah, the Son of God
2) anointed
Mat 24:33-37 KJV So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. (34) Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. (35) Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. (36) But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. (37) But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Are we the generation that have seen all these which come to past ? If we are, we are very blessed .. very likely, we are the generation that will not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. I can say that almost all the prophecies in the book of Revelation have been fulfilled:
Rev 13:18 KJV Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Jesus has commanded to be wise. If you are wise, you will know it; if you are not, you will not see it even if his name is spelled out in full.
- First angel - Rev 14:6-9 KJV And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, (7) Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
- Second angel - (8) And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
- Third angel - (9) And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Rev 13:18 KJV Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Jesus has commanded to be wise. If you are wise, you will know it; if you are not, you will not see it even if his name is spelled out in full.
1. Giving 'cheap prophecies' - One of the most common way to convince the people that they are 'Christ' or they are very anointed is to give 'cheap prophecies' - prophecies which will surely come true or simply have great possibility of coming to past. There is no fixed way of giving this type of prophecies. One example which had been frequently used many years ago was their prophecies or visions of 'fat babies floating in the air' at the end of each service. They would prophesy after their sermons, "I see fat babies floating above someone's head. She will have a baby by the end of this year.. I am not sure if this is a vision but I can see it very clearly in the spirit, somewhere in my inner most being, in my spirit, that it is quite likely to a twins.. Oh, oh, yes, the Lord has just confirmed it .. He said ..." Their followers would never question their vision whether it was a 'open' vision, 'fore' telling, 'forth' telling, speculation, intelligent calculation, wild imagination, or simply a lie. But please think, when they gave such a 'vision' to a congregation of 10,000 people, will there be a high possibility that someone may get conceived and bore a baby by the end of the year? Of course, I don't have to prophesy; I can just give simple calculation that at least 5 couples would write to the church and testify that the prophecy is accurate and would think that they are the anointed prophets. Hence, they became 'Christ' or the 'anointed ones' to those who were desperate to have babies. Of course, if they want to convince a greater majority to follow them, they will say humbly that it is the work of Christ and that they were just humble servants who obey Him by just giving out the word of prophecies. However, how many can or will question them whether their vision is from Christ, from their own imagination, or from their own cunning calculation ? Well, they know that people are so desperate for God's blessings, prosperity, and babies, that they will never question them even if it is a lie. Why? They have calculated that men are generally foolish and would believe anything that is a lie if it is too good to be true...as long as it gives them at least the hope of what they are desperately seeking for .. It is like knowing the psychology of the desperate gamblers. They know that the gamblers know that casino will make them bankrupt but they will still go to the casino. It is the same psychology to the desperate believers who want to believe in lies. The believers may know that they are preaching lies and imagination, but they would still want to go to them, visit their websites, and become obsessed with their teaching, hoping that hey are all believing in a God who must prosper them and give them whatever they want. You may think that therefore a false prophet would always use this type of 'fat babies' prophecy to convince the people that he is Christ, as anointed as Christ, or like Christ. Of course, if he continues to do it, he is a fool. If he is wise, he would always change his 'prophecies' so that no one will suspect or remember his cheap 'psychological tricks'. After some years, he would change his prophecies to the 'anointing oil' prophecies .. What is this anointing oil prophecy ? I will come to that later ..
2. Giving vain preaching
I suspect that whenever they gave such prophecies to the people, they themselves were not too sure if those prophecies were real 'open' visions, 'fore' telling, 'forth' telling, vain speculations, wild imaginations, desperate desire, or simply a lie. That's why they would be very sensitive to any God's words, doctrine, or preaching against lies. It reminds them that they could have lied. It becomes condemnation to them. Hence, I am not surprised that they would have to preach the imputed righteousness of Abraham desperately not only for others but for themselves too. Why? It's because if they can just show people that Abraham 'can lie', so can they ! If Abraham was imputed with God's righteous, so are they ! "Amen, amen ...", so most of his believers will just echo blindly. Hence, they know that most of their believers will never think or question them even if they prophesy lies, speculations, or vain imagination. They know that no people will be so foolish to break their own 'bubbles'. That's why they will frequently challenge the congregations with these questions, "How many of you do not want to prosper?", "How many of you do not want to be blessed ..", "How many of you ...", "How many of you .." .. Well they have known the answer ! And they will preach along this line ...They will continue, "If you do not want prosperity, health, and wealth, please give it to me. But if you want it, then please have good opinion of God, of His promises, of His words, or whatever good things I preach .. But today we find that many believers want to be poor, they murmur, complain, and think negatively of health and wealth gospel, That's why they are poor. They become jealous of us.." I will also ask, "How many of you have heard preaching like this.. How many of you have really prospered because of their preaching? How many of you have become millionaire .. How many ..." Well, the question is not to argue how many people have prospered or not prospered; the question is: Will God still be God if He will only prosper the just or the Christians?
Mat 5:45 KJV That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Please think, If God will only prosper those who have good opinion of Him, will He be God? Well, of course, some may argue that He will only bless those who praise Him more. They will in the end prosper more. But that is not what God want us to focus on in the gospel. Do you know that there are other things which God wants us to teach apart from the teaching of how to get more prosperity from Him ? Do you know that the Pharisee seemed to praise God much more and prosper much more than the publican but Jesus was not pleased with him? Why? Was it because Jesus was still not satisfied with his praise or his giving? No, Jesus was looking for something which the Pharisee can never understand - repentance !
Luk 18:11-14 KJV The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. (12) I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. (13) And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. (14) I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Do you know that the Pharisee had good opinion of God? He might have prospered too. But Jesus did not have good opinion of him. So, this Bible passage has shown us that:
Having good opinion of God is not necessary the right attitude before God, even if those who boasted about it have really prospered more and given more like the Pharisee above.
But, Jesus was looking for sinners who had repentance attitude.
But, Jesus was looking for sinners who had repentance attitude.
3. Claiming equality with Christ
If a boastful preacher always claims that he has been 'persecuted' or rebuked by other preachers because he has the same anointing like Christ, it is a clear sign that he could be a false prophet. He would always like to use this tactic to defend himself because it is the most effective way to brainwash and convince all his followers that he is the most anointed one, that he can never fall, he will never need to repent, and he can never be corrected by anyone. In another words, he thinks that he can never commit any future sins just because he has never killed, never stolen, never lied, or never lust for anything. He is boastful and yet he could convince all his followers that he is humble with a lot of radical grace philosophies and preaching of Jesus Christ. But he could have become more manipulative than he could realise it himself. He has probably forgotten all the lessons he had learned from the Apostles when he was young or when he read from the following Bible verses:
Php 2:3-12 KJV Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. (4) Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. (5) Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: (6) Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: (7) But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: (8) And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. ..(12) Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
False prophets has no fear of claiming anything under the sun (or Son).
False prophets has no fear of claiming anything under the sun (or Son).
Mat 24:23-26 KJV Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ (anointed one), or there; believe it not. (24) For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. (25) Behold, I have told you before. (26) Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
The irony is he can boast with blindness to convince himself and others that people who question his lawless doctrine as persecutors, Pharisees, ungracious beasts, uncircumcised Philistines, and blasphemers of God's grace and Jesus Christ. He felt that he was the one being persecuted unjustly by God's commandments or preachers of God's commandments. However, if he thinks and asks himself honestly, he would probably remember how he has blasphemed against God's laws and commandments too when he preached like a 'big celebrity star' on his own 'lawless' pulpit. Can he remember entertaining people with his lawless jokes and mocking at others, who preached repentance and God's laws, as the law hypocrites or Pharisees? Who is more condemning now? I don't think a person is less condemning just because he could preach or receive more grace than many others. Jesus has given us a very good example of someone who had received radical grace (or more grace than others), but he became a very condemning person against his fellowservants.
Mat 18:27-28 KJV Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. (28) But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
Obviously the goodness of God was supposed to lead that servant to repentance; but he abused it. That's why he would be judged according to the word of God:
Rom 2:2-8 KJV But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. (3) And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? (4) Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? (5) But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; (6) Who will render to every man according to his deeds: (7) To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: (8) But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
That's why God's word is so clear. All teachings or promises of radical grace without obedience, without the truth, without repentance, without humility, without God's commandments, without well doing, without honesty, and good conscience, will dissolve at the word of God. Radical grace is just a hollow promise, or a puff of hot air, for those who know nothing about the word, the truth, and the commandments of God.
Rom 11:13-22 KJV For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:.. (20) Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: (21) For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. (22) Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
The problem with radical grace is its teaching on the attitude of receiving grace. Paul probably knew many of them think that "being recipients of radical grace as Gentile believers, they can never fall, can never need repentance, and can never be cut off". Hence, Paul told the Gentile believers to take heed; otherwise they will be cut off too. Here again, Paul has confirmed it so clearly that no one can dispute about it. Please think, If it is impossible for the Gentile believers to fall, do you think that Paul will need to give such warning? Of course, Paul's warning to the Gentile believers who received 'radical grace' is the same as the Lord's warning about the servant who received 'radical grace' in Mat 18:27-28 too. Both of them had warned the believers not to be highminded and act like hypocrites; otherwise believers, servants, or even preachers, can be cut-off from grace too.
4. Promoting and boasting of his 'anointed' experience which can never be verified by others.
False prophets are false not because they are wicked or do more sinful things than the sinners. Of course, we should never use the amount of sins to judge how deceitful or how bad is a false prophet. There are many murderers, rapists, and gangsters; but they are not necessarily false prophets. Similarly, there are many false prophets, they are not necessarily great sinners or criminals too. Hence, false prophets, in the eyes of God, are simply carnal believers or false believers who give people the false impression that they are very anointed (or very 'Christ-like'). They will do all kinds of things to impress the people, including lying to them. Some people may ask, "How do you know that false prophets can lie?" I will say, Of course, false prophet will lie and can lie; but we can only guess if a certain preacher is a false prophet or not. Hence, I will never suggest going around saying who is a false prophet or who is not. However, we can warn people and tell them how a false prophet will lie. Of course, one of most effective tactics used by a false prophets is giving false prophecies which I have mentioned earlier.
The next alternative for him is to lie about his childhood experience; such as his special encounters with God or with Jesus Christ when he was very young, when he was xx years old, or when there was no one else could verify it for him, not even his wife (because his wife had not known him yet). For example, he may say that a very famous prophet had come to his town and prophesied over him. He would then 'fine-tune' or keep patching up that prophecy until it would come to past. He would first say that he was given the prophecy to become the pastor of a big church. Then when his church had grown to become a mega church, he would share about the same prophecy again by saying that the prophet had told him that he would run a very big mega church. However, ten years later when his church has grown to 20,000, he would revise the prophecy again by saying that the prophet had actually prophesied on him to be the pastor of the largest church in the town. Now if his TV broadcast has extended to all the countries, he would probably revise the prophecy again by saying that the prophet had told him that he could not count the number of the people at all as it could be millions upon millions in his vision... However, no one, not even his wife or his parents, could testify or vouched it for him because it was a prophecy, no one could verify, when he was very young..
5. Preaching hearing Jesus Only
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6. Exploiting on men's psychology
The irony is he can boast with blindness to convince himself and others that people who question his lawless doctrine as persecutors, Pharisees, ungracious beasts, uncircumcised Philistines, and blasphemers of God's grace and Jesus Christ. He felt that he was the one being persecuted unjustly by God's commandments or preachers of God's commandments. However, if he thinks and asks himself honestly, he would probably remember how he has blasphemed against God's laws and commandments too when he preached like a 'big celebrity star' on his own 'lawless' pulpit. Can he remember entertaining people with his lawless jokes and mocking at others, who preached repentance and God's laws, as the law hypocrites or Pharisees? Who is more condemning now? I don't think a person is less condemning just because he could preach or receive more grace than many others. Jesus has given us a very good example of someone who had received radical grace (or more grace than others), but he became a very condemning person against his fellowservants.
Mat 18:27-28 KJV Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. (28) But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
Obviously the goodness of God was supposed to lead that servant to repentance; but he abused it. That's why he would be judged according to the word of God:
Rom 2:2-8 KJV But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. (3) And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? (4) Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? (5) But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; (6) Who will render to every man according to his deeds: (7) To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: (8) But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
That's why God's word is so clear. All teachings or promises of radical grace without obedience, without the truth, without repentance, without humility, without God's commandments, without well doing, without honesty, and good conscience, will dissolve at the word of God. Radical grace is just a hollow promise, or a puff of hot air, for those who know nothing about the word, the truth, and the commandments of God.
Rom 11:13-22 KJV For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:.. (20) Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: (21) For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. (22) Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
The problem with radical grace is its teaching on the attitude of receiving grace. Paul probably knew many of them think that "being recipients of radical grace as Gentile believers, they can never fall, can never need repentance, and can never be cut off". Hence, Paul told the Gentile believers to take heed; otherwise they will be cut off too. Here again, Paul has confirmed it so clearly that no one can dispute about it. Please think, If it is impossible for the Gentile believers to fall, do you think that Paul will need to give such warning? Of course, Paul's warning to the Gentile believers who received 'radical grace' is the same as the Lord's warning about the servant who received 'radical grace' in Mat 18:27-28 too. Both of them had warned the believers not to be highminded and act like hypocrites; otherwise believers, servants, or even preachers, can be cut-off from grace too.
4. Promoting and boasting of his 'anointed' experience which can never be verified by others.
False prophets are false not because they are wicked or do more sinful things than the sinners. Of course, we should never use the amount of sins to judge how deceitful or how bad is a false prophet. There are many murderers, rapists, and gangsters; but they are not necessarily false prophets. Similarly, there are many false prophets, they are not necessarily great sinners or criminals too. Hence, false prophets, in the eyes of God, are simply carnal believers or false believers who give people the false impression that they are very anointed (or very 'Christ-like'). They will do all kinds of things to impress the people, including lying to them. Some people may ask, "How do you know that false prophets can lie?" I will say, Of course, false prophet will lie and can lie; but we can only guess if a certain preacher is a false prophet or not. Hence, I will never suggest going around saying who is a false prophet or who is not. However, we can warn people and tell them how a false prophet will lie. Of course, one of most effective tactics used by a false prophets is giving false prophecies which I have mentioned earlier.
The next alternative for him is to lie about his childhood experience; such as his special encounters with God or with Jesus Christ when he was very young, when he was xx years old, or when there was no one else could verify it for him, not even his wife (because his wife had not known him yet). For example, he may say that a very famous prophet had come to his town and prophesied over him. He would then 'fine-tune' or keep patching up that prophecy until it would come to past. He would first say that he was given the prophecy to become the pastor of a big church. Then when his church had grown to become a mega church, he would share about the same prophecy again by saying that the prophet had told him that he would run a very big mega church. However, ten years later when his church has grown to 20,000, he would revise the prophecy again by saying that the prophet had actually prophesied on him to be the pastor of the largest church in the town. Now if his TV broadcast has extended to all the countries, he would probably revise the prophecy again by saying that the prophet had told him that he could not count the number of the people at all as it could be millions upon millions in his vision... However, no one, not even his wife or his parents, could testify or vouched it for him because it was a prophecy, no one could verify, when he was very young..
5. Preaching hearing Jesus Only
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6. Exploiting on men's psychology
Continued from where I've stopped about the giving of prophecies, the prophecies of 'fat babies' floating in the air' can be changed to the prophesies of gold bars in the air, prophecies of transfer of wealth, prophecies of more millionaires in the church, or prophesies of anointing oil too. Their prophetic ideas will keep changing creatively according to the tides, seasons, trends, flows, and needs of the people. So, they really have no lack of 'good words, opinions, and prophecies of God'. They would come up with one prophecy after another but basically it is the same psychology to the desperate believers who want to have:
1. more babies (prophecies of fat babies in the air),
2. more wealth and prosperity (prophecies of gold bar in the air), and
3. more health (prophesies of the anointing oil and holy communion)
We can understand easily why the prophecies of babies and gold bars could be too weird to be the prophecies from God. Some of you will argue, "How can you blaspheme that the prophecies of anointing oil or holy communion be unholy too ?" I will ask, Do you know why Christian take anointing oil or holy communion? If you think that taking the oil or holy communion is to get miraculous healing, to obtain mercy, to cleanse your sins, to receive more favours of God, to prosper, and to be successful in life, you are the ones who blaspheme the oil and the blood of the lamb. If you read your Bible again, you will know that Jesus has never taught us to take His oil or His blood for those purposes. Please show me the Bible verses if He told us to take His oil or blood with those things in minds. Yes, you can find some Bible verses from the Old Testament to tell us that the Jews would go through the ceremonies to think of those things. But in the New Testament, we do it differently because we have repented and obtained God's mercy. We take Holy Communion in remembrance of Him and His work on the cross. However, we take the oil because there would be new challenges in life when false prophets will rise:
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- Why do we take Holy Communion ? 1Co 11:25-32 KJV After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. (26) For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. (27) Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. (28) But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. (29) For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. (30) For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. (31) For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. (32) But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. How would we drink His cup unworthily? It's when we drink of His cup with our own understanding, our own lust, and our own excuses thinking that we can never be condemned - Heb 10:26-30 KJV For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, (27) But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (28) He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: (29) Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? (30) For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. Radical grace preachers will always tell us that the preaching of these Bible verses and warning will only make people sin more because it is condemnation. I will tell them, If you feel condemned easily whenever you read these Bible verses, it shows that you have a problem with God's words. You may not have repented. They will argue, "We have repented. But these Bible verses should not be preached to us. We are the believers. We can never sin wilfully. We can never fall. We can never lose our salvation. We can never .." I will ask them, If these Bible verses are not for us, they are for who? The non-believers? The Jews? The unrepentant sinners? The outsiders? Please read the Heb 10:30 again. It says, "The Lord shall judge his people". Are you His people? If you say, you are not His people, then these Bible verses are not for you. Again, please think, Who can "abuse God's grace, trodden under foot the Son of God, and count the blood of the covenant an unholy thing" in Heb 10:29 above ? The Pharisees? Yes, I won't rule out the possibility because they would always sin wilfully with the thinking that as long as they had offered the blood sacrifice every year, they would be righteous in God's eyes and would keep exploiting others to enrich themselves. However, can they "trodden under foot the Son of God and abuse the Spirit of grace" ? Unlikely. It's because they do not accept Jesus and His teaching. They had not received the knowledge of truth or grace. Hence, how can they abuse something which they have not received in the first place? It is like accusing someone for abusing his credit card limit when he has not even received his credit card yet. Hence, convincing us that Heb 10:26-30 is for the Pharisees or non-believers is like accusing the wrong party when they do not know the Lord yet. We should not be so blind in our own righteousness that we refuse to admit false prophets and fallen believers can come from our midst.
- Why do we take the oil ? That's why Jesus want us to take His oil. It is not for you to wipe over your body to ward off mosquito, to make you invisible when dangers come, or to protect you from bacteria. Those who think that they are more biblical, they would suggest that the oil is to keep you from sickness, to keep the presence of the Holy Spirit, to keep the fire burning, to keep on believing.. ok. well, maybe they are right but where is the Bible verse for all these? Please do not go to the Old Testament and simply extract one or two Bible verses to convince me that, therefore, the anointing oil of the Lord is to prosper us. Hence, if you can't find any, I will tell you where the oil of the Lord is mentioned: Mat 25:1-5 KJV Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. (2) And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. (3) They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: (4) But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. (5) While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Is this Bible passage telling us to keep oil in our houses and wait for the Lord to come? No, if we do that, we will miss the point. We need the 'oil' for 'our lamp' in the end time, especially when it is very dark. Why? It is because, at end time and just before the Bridegroom will come, there will be great darkness - darkness could be everywhere when we suddenly realise that false prophets is everywhere. They could be at places where they are unlikely to be there - even in our churches. That's why we need the 'supernatural' anointing oil, to make us see, not to just prosper or to make us healthy. I will tell the radical grace preachers, I am already healthy physically and spiritually. I am also very cleansed by the blood of Jesus. Do I still need some kind of oil or blood ceremonies to cleanse me and to prosper me. No. I need my eyes to be cleansed daily because false prophets will keep coming up with a lot of their boastings and smokescreen to blind us from the truth and commandments of God. Rev 3:14-22 KJV And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; (15) I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. (16) So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. (17) Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: (18) I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. (19) As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (20) Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. (21) To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. (22) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. The Laodicea Church was the last church of the seven churches whom the Lord has spoken to. It could represent the last dispensation of the church history before the Lord would finally come. It could be a perfect prophecy of how the end time church will look like before the Bridegroom will come. They could be very rich but naked, very blessed but wretched, and miserable, and poor, self-righteous, and blind, in the eyes of the Lord. Radical grace preachers will argue, No, these warnings are not for us, they are not for the churches; they were given to the churches which are non-existent now.. there are no false prophets today.. God is too good to give any warnings to His beloved people. God will make sure that our churches will grow from glory to glory. God will make us shine: Mat 13:43 KJV Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear...God is at our side, who can be against us .." I will tell them, Do you know why the righteous shine forth as the sun in Mat 13:43? It's because the judgement had been executed on the tares. It is a warning. How can we just quote the Bible out of its context and use only this Bible verse to show people that there is no warning? We know that you have lied deliberately because we know where you have extracted this Bible verse when the Lord had told us clearly that it is a great warning: Mat 13:37-43 KJV He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; (38) The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; (39) The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. (40) As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. (41) The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; (42) And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. (43) Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. So, Churches, wake up please ! The tares have come. They have started to distort the words, the teaching, and the commandments of the Lord. They will quote one or two verses from here and there, from the Old Testament, from their own imagination, and from their own dreams, to tell people that there is no more sins, no more laws, no more judgement, no more warnings, no more repentance, no more blindness, no more false prophets, no more poverty, no more this .. and that .. so that people would like to hear what they like..
- Why do we still keep God's commandments? Churches, please think, Why did Jesus tell the devil that it is written .. , it is written .. , it is written .. in Matt 4:4-11
? It is because the devil had kept telling man and probably the Lord
that there was no more law, no more commandment, and no more command
from God. Hence, when Jesus said, "It is written" three times, He was
telling the devil assuredly that there was law, there was commandment, and there
was still God's command for man, Mat
4:4 KJV But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God... (10) .. Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Churches, please read the book of Revelation again. Jesus is not 'knocking' at the door of the sinners; He is 'knocking' at the door of all the churches now. He is not speaking to the sinners; He is speaking to the churches. He said unto the churches ... Rev 3:19-22 KJV ... As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (20) Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. (21) To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. (22) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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