In my
soon-to-be-published book titled, ‘How to wait for the fulfillment of God’s
promises’, I wrote extensively on the ministry of a true man of God, and how to
recognize. In short, I talked about the qualities of a good Pastor.
However,
because of the deception that is rife today, and the work of the devil in
raising evil workers who are hiding as ministers in the church, I will be
teaching briefly on the behavior of these children of darkness. I will be using
the Old Testament primarily, to teach.
Firstly, it
is important to understand that, Jehovah-the Lord God of Israel, whom we serve,
is the only true God. He does not share his glory with any other God. He gave
instructions to Israel not to serve any other God beside him. Israel’s
disobedience was what brought the punishments that eventually led to the
carrying away into captivity.
In
Deuteronomy chapter 8 verse 19, we read as follows:
19 And it shall be, if thou do at all
forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship
them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
The divine
instruction for prosperity and longevity is that you do not combine the service
of the Lord with idolatry. Also we need to know that there are different ways
that people practice idolatry. There are different types of spirits that are
involved in false religion, and the Bible out lines some of them.
In the Book
of Leviticus chapter 19 and verse 21, we read as follows:
21 Regard not them that have familiar
spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your
God.
Again in
Leviticus chapter 20 verses 6, we see this stern warning repeated by God to
Israel, as follows:
6 And the soul that turneth after
familiar spirits and wizards, to go whoring after them, I will set my face even
against that soul to cut him off from amongst his people.
Apart from
going after familiar spirits, the Bible talks about allowing your children to
pass through the fire to Moloch(human sacrifice), stargazing or astrology,
enchantments or the use of charmers, sorcery, and so on and so forth.
LESSONS FROM
THE LIFE OF KING MANASSEH
In chapter
33 of 2 Chronicles, we read the story of King Manasseh, of Judah-son of
Hezekiah. Hezekiah was one of Judah’s (and albeit-Israel’s best kings). He was
a true and humble servant of God.
Unfortunately,
Hezekiah was replaced by a proud and foolish son by the name-Manasseh. He did
those things that were evil in the sight of the LORD; he worshipped demons and
rebuilt their altars and high places. We can see his evil practices in verse
3-7 of 2 Chronicles as follows:
3 For he built again the high places
which Hezekiah his father has broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim,
and made groves and worshipped the host of heaven, and served them.
4 Also he built altars in the house
of the LORD, whereof the LORD has said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.
5 And he built altars for the host of
heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
6 And he caused his children to pass
through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom, also he observed times and
used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and
with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to
anger.
7 And he set a carved image, the idol
which he made in the house of God…
Now let us
simply analyze Manasseh’s idolatry so that everyone will understand it. We can
see the following diverse kinds of devil worship or false religion from the
above:
1. He reared up altars for Baalim
2. He made grooves for the worship of
the host of heaven
3. He built altars in the house of the
LORD for (demon worship)
4. He built altars for the host of
heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD
5. He caused his children to pass
through fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom
6. He observed the times (astrology)
7. He used enchantments (charms, amulets
and charmers)
8. He used witchcrafts
9. He used wizards
1 . He
had a familiar spirit
1He
set a carved image, idol which he made in the house of God
In other to
understand the ministry of today’s false prophets, and fake pastors who want to
move in the supernatural, you need to read and understand what people like
Manasseh practiced earlier on in Israel.
If you
haven’t heard that there are people today, who are running ministries or
churches, who first of all went to a spiritualist, who performed a ritual
(maybe buried a cow or a goat in the church ground, or even human sacrifice),
you need to search more for information. At least I have seen one person
testifying, after defeat and deliverance.
Talking
about enchantments and charmers, we have now come to learn that there are other
Pastors who, you know that there are lots of church goers already or church
members involved. These people depend solely on charmers and their charms or
amulets, to secure victory. If you hear that there is a contract to be won or a
position to be created in an office somewhere-they start boasting about it.
When you hear them boasting about how they are going to win it, you may think
that they fast and pray a lot. I am no longer fooled when I see such things;
you need to look carefully before you leap.
You will be
more than surprised like some of us have discovered that these people have
charmers, or they have charms and amulets, that they use to surprise their
opponents. My most shocking part here is that there are now Pastors, and
Christians of all sorts, who are into this, including deacons and elders.
Another
important part of this story is the use of witchcraft to control churches and
church members. It is amazing to note that there are so-called Pastors, who
threaten others with sickness. They not only threaten with sickness, but
actually go ahead to give sicknesses to those who refuse to even accept the wrong
things they do. Think about a Pastor for instance, who is a cultist. Some
people belong to witchcraft cults, from where, if you disagree with them or
disobey them-they attack you immediately. Spiritually induced lameness,
blindness, leprosy, tuberculosis, and others, have been inflicted on church
members, who refused to be used by these sick people.
What about
familiar spirits? Exactly! These people often claim to be great prophets,
however, because of their association with all kinds of charms, charmers,
spiritualists, cultists, astrologers, and so on, they acquire-familiar spirits.
Sometimes, these spirits actually are called into themselves purposely through
certain rituals. These spirits are called-guardian spirits or spirit guides, by
the New Age Movement.
These
so-called spirit guides, or guardian spirits, are mostly familiar spirits, or
demons of revelation. They are able to predict the future, and tell secrets
about people. It is common knowledge that someone with such demon spirit
guides, can easily masquerade as a prophet of God, but cannot maintain the
character of a true prophet of God. Remember that by their fruits, ye shall
know them.
I will also
like to add here, that apart from the supernatural, you need to beware of the
technological pseudo-supernatural, like Satellite-pseudo-telepathy.
The use of
satellite technology, to monitor members, to read their thoughts, and to
arrange pseudo-miracles for them, is to be criticized, discouraged and opposed
at all cost. It is not for a genuine man of God. Satellite telepathy, and
copying of intellectual properties of others through satellite, is criminal,
and should not be practiced by any true man of God.
