Spiritual
Warfare
What is Spiritual
Warfare?
Jesus
said:
Beware
of false prophets, which come to
you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they
are ravening wolves.
Something In the Water
Carrie Underwood
Lyrics
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/carrieunderwood/somethinginthewater.html
There
has been a big “to-do” made about this song.
It was sent to me with an article describing atheists attacking
Underwood over the lyrics. As I read the
article accompanying this song, I wondered how much of the article was yet
another publicity ploy.
The
song itself is no different than any other hymn you would hear in church other
than Carrie Underwood is singing it.
There are and have been many other country and western vocalists who
have sung about God, or getting baptized, or having their lives changed, so why
this song? Why Carrie Underwood? She sang “Jesus Take the Wheel” and it did not receive the response this
song did. She won a Grammy for that
song. Where were the atheists then?
It has
been my experience that most true “atheists” are not “God-haters”. The people I have known that admitted they
were atheists loved Christmas songs, didn’t mind others praying and were not at
all interested in trying to stop people “mentioning God” to bring publicity to
themselves. A few of them even believe
there historically was a “Jesus”, but don’t believe he was the son of God. They saw him as more of a “Gandi” type
figure.
While
Miss Underwood is most likely completely sincere in her intentions behind the
song, we know the press and those who own them have other plans. Their “good-cop/bad-cop” ploys continue to
play out in politics and society. The
“most definitely evil vs. our good guys” drama will continue and escalate
because we are getting close.
More
and more horrific scenes are assaulting our daily news; such as beheadings
(here in this country now), murders, mass shootings to the “breakdown” of
relations between the “U.S. and Israel” etc . . . all leading to the further
demonization of Obama and other public officials in other countries. Obama is not “the beast”, but he certainly is
being set up to look like “the beast”.
And his record is so bad, and his lies so prominent, most will have no
trouble believing he is the beast.
The
Good-Cop/Bad-Cop is being played out not just here, but globally. We discussed it back in April of 2013 and more recently in July and on “Doctrines of Devils” back on
October 8 of this year.
Cults – Subversion
and Division
Since
there are certain individuals watching this blog and requesting people report
“on the status” of this blog, I’m going to make it easy for them: Rosie and Randi – I spend as much time
researching the Bible as you do recruiting for the Mormon church. If it is good enough for you, it should be
good enough for me. And like you Rosie,
I do not work outside the home. So we
really do not have all that much uncommon.
However, of the differences we do have between you and I, everything I
have had to say to you, I’ve done out in the open, not behind your back to your
family members. I am also very firm in
that The Bible is the Word of God, the ONLY one sanctified BY God, and the only
one needed to get to know God.
Randi –
you do not have to ask my husband to update you on the status of the
website. You are more than welcome to
come read it for yourself. Please do. I test everything with scripture so there
should be no reason for you to be offended unless truth offends you.
For all else reading this as well as the ladies mentioned above, let me share with you that I am by far not the only one calling the Mormon church “a cult”. Their tactics are textbook.
Since
three of those “individuals” and their “concern” of this blog are either
currently or have previously worked for Federal agencies involved in the
oppression and “genocide” taking place abroad in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and
Turkey, they should be more than familiar with the true purpose of their
organization and are therefore not likely to be plausibly ignorant of its
intentions.
Below
is a “short-list” of other “websites” NOT written by me, which expose the
Mormon church and their true, anti-Biblical teachings:
“Ex-Mormon.org” – Those previously members or Priesthood
holders. The first post is an important
one. There is the pointing out of the
same “casual dismissal” over evidence presented to those in spiritual bondage
as well, and the post also specifically mentions “the Book of Abraham”, which
the brainwashed refuses to even look at, even though it is on the LDS website.
“So4j.com” – Excellent with references from LDS’s own documents
and scripture (true scripture).
“FamiliesAgainstCultTeachings” –
Sharon’s story, she committed suicide.
They cover the same blueprint patterns for religious cult behavior
including that of the Latter-Day Saints.
“Carm.org” – Comparison Biblical
Christianity with Mormonism.
“Religion-facts.org” – Another
Comparison site Mormon with Christianity
“ChristianPost.com” – Covers some of
the more general differences, steering away from the more controversial
differences”.
“Saints
Alive” – Ed Decker, former Melchizedek Priestholder. We’ve quoted from
this site before. I will share with you
later an excellent prayer outline to protect yourself which venerates the one
I’ve posted before. Decker has exposed the relationship between Mormonism and
Freemasonry as a high level priest holder.
Check out the tabs at the top of the website.
One of
those individuals I have had personal contact with expressed that he knew
“where she is getting her information” . . . He was referring to Decker, but
that is not where I got my information.
I got the information and comparisons on the LDS.org
web site, their “Doctrines and Covenants”, “adjustments” (to scripture), the link to the “Book of Abraham” better known as “The Pearl of Great Price” against
scripture in the Holy Bible. I found
Decker after the fact.
Considering
Decker’s more dramatic testimonies on his “experience” in the Mormon church, it
is rather interesting to note that Decker comes from an “Episcopalian” background who’s father was
a “Dutch Calvinist” and his mother is “Jewish”.
Other religions have criticized his work. Although I have also found mis-statements
regarding which “resources” came directly from the LDS.org web site, I happen
to agree with his statements on their cult tactics, and their “vision” for
turning the U.S. into a Theocracy.
I am
also in full agreement on “how to pray” when in spiritual warfare. I do not agree that his writings “grossly
misinterpret” Mormonism, but I do agree with some of the critics that most
Mormons have no idea the dark underbelly of their organization and how the
Bible testifies of their contribution to the “government of the beast” in the
end times.
The
interesting common theme Mormonism has with Jewish “Zionism” even more firmly
anchors their core doctrine in Freemasonry, not Christianity.
The God of Forces
A God his Father’s
Did Not Know
In
Daniel, chapter 11 there is, after the raiser of taxes who is destroyed without
anger or battle (the “Illuminati”, the “bad cop”) a vile one who comes up with
a small people (their “good cop”). This is the last “kingdom” which is not given
to the vile one, but he takes it by flatteries (intrigue in some translations).
This
vile one does not honor the gods his fathers have honored, but one that is not
known.
"And the king
shall do according to his will; and he
shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall
prosper till the indignation be
accomplished: for that that is
determined shall be done.
37. Neither
shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall
magnify himself above all. 38. But in his estate shall he honour the God of
forces: and a god whom his fathers
knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones,
and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong
holds with a strange god, whom he
shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over
many, and shall divide the land for gain."
This is
what is in the LDS doctrine, right on their website pages. We covered that on “Denizen Kainz”, “Defining The Host”, “Strange Children” and “Doctrines of Devils”.
If you
scroll down to the heading on the LDS student manual “Abraham 2:6 – An Everlasting Possession”,
you will find the “doctrine” of “dividing the land for gain”. Remember this is coming from supposed
“papyri” that Joseph Smith bought from an archeologist, translated from
“Egyptian” using “magic stones”. There
is no book of Abraham in the Bible. They
have creatively expounded on Scriptures already written and added to them,
twisting them as the books of 2 Peter 2 and Jude 1 foretold would occur.
Jeremiah 16:13 prophecies that
“Israel” will be scattered. They will be
“cast out of this land” into a land they know not, and “will serve other
gods”. Ezekiel 13:9 states that the
priests and prophets that divine lies will not enter the land of Israel, and Ezekiel 20:9-38 prophecies that God
will bring them out from among the heathen in who’s sight He made Himself known
to them, bring them out of the land of Egypt; and purge from among them the
rebels, out of the country where they sojourn.
On “Unraveling The Garment”, “Nineveh” and “Jericho” we learned that the “land”
and “country” also symbolize vessels as “waters” are “people’s, nations and
tongues” in Revelation 17:15.
Doctrine of Temples
Built With Hands
On the
LDS.org website page titled “General Conference, 04/1977”
McConkie gave a speech proclamation of their “duties” to build “Zion” so that
“Christ” could return. There is nothing
in the Gospel of the Holy Bible stating that men “build Zion”. The only “government” or “establishment”
build PRIOR to the return of “the son of man” is the establishment of the
“beast”. Revelation 17:18 describes the
“great city” before the return of the Son of Man, Revelation 13 and Daniel 11:21-45 all describe
portions of the last earthly government before the Son of Man returns.
As we
studied Biblically before (“Fallen Angels Deception”), the one
thousand year reign of Christ has already taken place. There is no Biblical verse in the Bible that
states he reins on this earth for the 1,000 years, and Revelation 2:26-29 attests to this,
that Christ will give “the morning star” to another who will rule with a rod of
iron “as my Father gave me”.
The
teaching that building “Jerusalem” or “Zion” to “bring the messiah” comes
straight out of Judaism; but lets just stick to Mormonism for right now.
McConkie
stated in 1977 that the “gathering of Israel” and the “establishment of Zion”
comes in three phases – Source, LDS.org. He lists the three phases, phase I taking approximately 125 years from the time
Joseph Smith set up the temple in Nauvoo, Illinois. Phase II is of unknown duration (Between the
temple and when the second coming occurs); and Phase III begins when the
“Lord’s coming until the kingdom is perfected”.
Until
the kingdom is perfected? According to
The Lord in Zechariah, this happens “in one day”:
"For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua;
upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof,
saith the Lord of hosts, and I will
remove the iniquity of that land in one day."
The
Lord of hosts will “remove the iniquity of that land in one day”. Note the reference made to the stone laid
before Joshua. Joshua was the one who
with the children of Israel, “passed over” the Jordan (“Jericho”) as its waters were backed
up. He also instructed the head of each
of the twelve tribes to remove a stone out of the river. The stones of Israel, and the ones Joshua
himself was instructed to place “in the midst of Jordan” as a memorial.
Now
some could argue that the “one day” which the Lord says he will remove the
iniquity in the land of Israel could mean the “thousand years is as a day” in 2 Peter 3:8, but in 1 Corinthians
15:52, we are told the “restoration” takes place “in a moment”.
“In a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall
sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
There
is also this from McConkie on that same page:
"Some considerable success has
attended our labors; we have built the
Lord’s holy house in the tops of the mountains; and all nations have begun
to flow unto it. Swift messengers have
gone to nation after nation seeking the lost sheep of Israel and inviting them to come “to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob,” so they might be taught in his
ways, and walk in his paths, preparatory to the great day when “out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the
word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”" - Source, LDS.org/General-conference/1977/04
Let’s
refute this in the “Lord’s Words”:
The temple:
“Howbeit the most
High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,"
“God that made the world and all things
therein, seeing that he is Lord of
heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;"
There
is also this stern warning in Haggai when the Lord asks Haggai to test the
Jews:
"Thus saith the
Lord of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, 12. If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of
his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or
any meat, shall it be holy? And the
priests answered and said, No. 13.
Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean
by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall
be unclean.
14. Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this
nation before me, saith the Lord; and
so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is
unclean. 15. And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the
temple of the Lord:"
Jesus
also, in the Book of John, made the distinction about the temple:
"Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in
building, and wilt thou rear it up in
three days? 21. But he spake of the temple of his body.
22. When therefore he was risen from the
dead, his disciples remembered that he
had said this unto them; and they
believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said."
So
Jesus’ disciples believed it, but those claiming to be in “the priesthood” do
not?
Who
gathers the lost sheep? The Lord/Son of
Man in his glory with his angels. Not
men ordained by men out of Missouri and Utah.
"When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his
glory: 32. And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate
them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:"
"And it shall
come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the
remnant of his people, which shall
be left, from Assyria, and from
Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar,
and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12. And he shall set up an ensign for the
nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the
dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth."
“And he
shall send his angels with a great
sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the
other."
The Son
of Man shall also send his angels to gather those who do iniquity (Matthew 13:41), which is the
"reaping" that occurs in Revelation 14:18. 1 Thessalonians venerates the scripture
above:
"For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them
in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
This is
grade school eschatology for those of you who have been reading for at least
two years. We covered the “event” and
Biblically verified that there is only ONE previous resurrection of the
“saints” – that which occurred after Jesus arose from the dead in Matthew 27:52.
The
event of the feeding of the 5,000 after Jesus' Sermon on the mount in John
chapter six testifies of the "consumption" of the iniquity, and the
"fragments" (remnant) that remain, that "nothing be lost". There is only one reason this “nothing be
lost” is promoted. The
"fragments" fill 12 baskets - one of each tribe if Israel.
"When they were
filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that
remain, that nothing be lost. 13. Therefore
they gathered them together, and filled
twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained
over and above unto them that had eaten."
Do you
understand from this how “Abraham” is increased and what “the fulness of the gentiles”
means?
This
also parallels the “sifting of Israel” as corn (Amos 9:9), and not a grain will
fall to the earth; and 1 Corinthians further tells you that the “gathering”
will not be masses of flesh and blood migrating across continents – The miracle
of what God has done, and how “iniquity” will be purged has to do with the
seed, the substance from which we are written into the book of life of the lamb
of God – The first born of the dead (Colossians 1:18).
"Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the
sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it
from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord. 9. For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations,
like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain
fall upon the earth."
"Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened,
except it die: 37. And that which
thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: 38. But God
giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body."
Those
who conspired against Christ, those who were spoken of in Jude 1 know these things at least
in part. The motive to “break” the
Prince of the Covenant in Daniel 9 and 11 and “pollute the sanctuary of strength”
tells us what they are after; the seed of the “son of man”. How else can they “overspread” the
“abomination” if they can’t place it “in the house called by my name”? He IS called “the Messiah the Prince” in Daniel 9:25-27.
This
brings us back to the “teachings” of the Mormon church. Their claims that people “misrepresent” what
they are about are unfounded.
They
“baptize” and lay on hands praying for the “Holy Ghost”. Why are they not allowed to talk about what
is said during a Baptism? Because it is
another spirit, not of God and you will see this.
Those
that teach anything other than Jesus Christ being the way to salvation is not
teaching Christ. They tell you they do
teach this, but they do not. The Bible
says:
The Grace of God, through faith, saves
you:
“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the
Lord shall be saved."
“Neither
is there salvation in any other: for there
is none other name under heaven given
among men, whereby we must be saved."
“Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through
him."
“That if
thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Faith in Christ Saves You
"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that
believeth not shall be damned."
"And he said to
the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee;
go in peace."
“And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight:
thy faith hath saved thee."
And if
no other Bible verse will do this one explains it succinctly and without doubt:
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life."
Everlasting
life. Can this possibly be
misinterpreted?
Mormonism
teaches that works . . . WORKS gives you everlasting life. It is right on their website:
From their “Doctrines and Covenants”
(numbered in the text) on their website:
The greater priesthood
holds the key of the knowledge of God;
26–32, The lesser priesthood holds the key of the ministering of angels and of
the preparatory gospel; 33–44, Men gain
eternal life through the oath and covenant of the priesthood;" - Source, LDS.org/DC-Testament
If they
try to convince you that this is “misinterpreted” it is right there in black
and white on their website. Detail on
this “oath” (they don’t publish what is actually said during the ceremony. That
in part can be found here), is on this page of their web
site. Who calls prophets and
priests? Not men. According to this page, men can
bestow the Holy Ghost on a person.
If they
are falsely teaching that “oaths”, not belief in Christ insures everlasting
life, what “power” are they bestowing upon people? Even demons believe in the practice of the
“laying on of hands”. (See “Be Careful In Who You Permit To Lay Hands
On You”).
We are
NOT saved through “oaths” or “works”!
"For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God: Not of works, lest
any man should boast."
We are
also told to steer clear of oaths in scripture:
Straight
from the “Sermon on the Mount”:
"Again, ye have
heard that it hath been said by them of
old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
34. But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: 35. Nor
by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither
by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 36. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head,
because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37. But let your communication be, Yea,
yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more
than these cometh of evil."
Those
of you who have been reading for a couple of years may remember the attacks by
packs of “Michael Jackson fans”, one group which frequently posted pictures of
themselves – always “touching”, as if completing a circuit of electricity:
Just a couple of them
The “This Is NOT It” “stalker” fans
People
of course don’t believe these kinds of “powers” are “real” in the world, which
is why demonically-based religions are so successful in convincing their
victims that their loved ones are “going nuts”.
If you
believe in the power of Christ, sincerely believe, then you also must know that
dark powers also exist. There was some
helpful advice if you are fighting things “within” you on that same web page:
"But it is also vital to know that you can COMMAND these things to go in the
name of Jesus Christ! I often talk about RENOUNCING” things from the very depths of your being. It is
not just with your ‘mouth only’. You are rejecting and expelling these
things with every part of you – spirit, soul and body – in the mighty name of
Jesus Christ. And they WILL go! The same applies to other areas of darkness in
people’s lives. If you suffer from
depression or a bad temper or any other form of darkness that you can’t seem to get rid of – COMMAND it
gone from the very depths of your being in Jesus’ name! I refer to these
things as “strongholds” rather than ‘demons’. And I have seen people utterly
delivered of things they thought were “ingrained” in them – just by deeply and
forcefully COMMANDING them gone in the mighty name of Jesus. Try it! Don’t
delay." -
Source, PJMiller.wordpress.com
We are
given the power in Christ’s name to bind or loose “strongholds” over
us, as Jesus told Peter when Peter identified him through the Holy Spirit as
“The son of God”.
Another
good piece of advice:
"Beloved “try the spirits.” There are many spirits we do not want to have
anything to do with. There is our own spirit; the flesh and the devil. There are many spirits contending, and
many times we let our own spirit rule and make ourselves think it is God; the
same, with the flesh and the devil.
“Sometimes we know it
is not God, but we want to have our own way. If we have the Holy Ghost we can prove the spirits, because everything the Holy Ghost does is confirmed
by the Word. We do not want to trust to tongues and interpretations. You
must measure things by the word. We must measure tongues and demonstrations by
the Word, and if they do not agree with the Word, we must not accept them;
everything must be measured by the Word." - Source, PjMiller.wordpress.com
. . . EVERYTHING the Holy Ghost does is
CONFIRMED by THE WORD.
. . . EVERYTHING must be measured by THE WORD.
Why
they have taken a stronghold over my loved one?
"We do know God and the voice of God,
but the devil can come as an angel of light. When you are in the Holy Ghost, that is the time the devil tries to get
in and lead you astray. The Holy
Ghost is revealing some secret things; at the same time the devil comes in,
and if you are not careful, you will
listen to what he has to say and follow him." – Source, PJMiller.wordpress.com
God
knows why they are here. God knows where
their hearts and intentions are. God has
shown me that my struggle is with a purpose.
Like I
said, there is nowhere in the Bible that says God’s trying and refining you is
without personal pain. You will be asked
to give what you promised, you will be asked to sacrifice, you will be called
upon to make choices that absolutely no one else will understand.
God is
God. As pathetically unqualified,
unworthy and unprepared as I was, He called me.
I was still a teenager. He showed
me in a dream what being
“sealed” means although it was decades before He would put me to work.
The
Holy Ghost moved me to pray for someone I thought had died. Without knowing what I was asking for, I
asked God for that person’s burden. I
have not always recognized the elements in which God answered that prayer, and
I have not always accepted the lesson graciously. But when each test is over, I am thankful God
cares to show me, in the way that I asked to receive it.
Abraham
was asked to give his son. I am being
asked to sacrifice something and I know why.
*Addendum:
There is some guidelines on what/how to pray in this entry “Prayer”. If you are suffering, need healing,
forgiveness, restore relationship with Christ after falling away, or need help
if you are being spiritually attacked.
Please click that “Prayer”
link.
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