Authentic and Holy
Or
Counterfeit and Unholy
(Christ or Anti Christ)
[Video link to this teaching: https://youtu.be/Bd13SgCE3ns ]
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1 Corinthians 2:18
“...the princes of this world
…have crucified the Lord of glory.”
Genesis 3:1
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field
which the Lord God had made.”
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Satan— is a shapeshifter: what is a cherub?
Ezekiel 10:14
“And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.”
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The ‘face of the cherub’ —is that of an ox; and the ox— was to be the servant of God, the burden bearer; and yet— we will see that when a creature such as a cherub, with a high duty in and with God— to ‘do the will of God,’ falls— then we have a very cunning being, who knows the faces, attributes, and giftings of God— to pervert: we will see in what ways he does this, and how he is ‘a shapeshifter.’
And I do not mean only he perverted himself into another shape, as he changed form from being perfect in all his ways— until iniquity was found in him, changing the incorruptible image of God into the corruptible…
But how he has set out to lead mankind in this same ‘walk,’ down his broad path, unto destruction: he is the child of destruction, who comes to pervert, which is to ‘shift shape;’ and he comes to do this, IN MAN— as he sets up shop there, in the temple: for he was kicked out of God’s temple (in God, literally) —and he desires to exert his own dominion and come back into ‘God’s domain,’ in any way he can— so he comes to ‘God’s domain,’ inside of man (the place and space God is to hold); and he ‘shifts’ man’s shape there— to resemble his own.
And we need to be as wise as that serpent, but as gentle (led of the Spirit) as a dove; we have got to SEE— and be set free— as we embark upon this journey of reformation and victory with God— by seeing the plots, ploys and workings of satan, ‘in the earth.’
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Ezekiel 1:5-11
“Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the color of burnished brass.
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion— on the right side (dominion side): and they four had the face of an ox on the left side (that’s supposed to be the mercy side of God, in servitude); they four also had the face of an eagle.
Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.”
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Quoted from Tomorrow’s world . org
“How did Satan come into being? What are his methods of deception? And, most importantly, how has Satan deceived the whole world? When Jesus Christ quotes from Daniel the prophet (Mark 13:14), He considered those writings Holy Scripture. In the book of Daniel, we find spirit beings—both angels and demons—described on a number of occasions.
After Daniel had been fasting to seek greater understanding, God sent an angel to encourage him (Daniel 10:10–12). The angel gave Daniel a remarkable explanation about why it had taken him so long to answer Daniel’s prayers. “But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia. Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come” (13–14).
Later, this same angel recounted further details of the unseen spiritual world. “Then he said— Do you know why I have come to you? And now I must return to fight with the prince of Persia; and when I have gone forth, indeed the prince of Greece will come. But I will tell you what is noted in the Scripture of Truth…. No one upholds me against these, except Michael your prince.” (20–21).
Clearly, this passage is speaking of spirit wars. It is describing the struggle that goes on behind world affairs in the spirit world, for Satan the devil is described as “the god of this age” who “has blinded” the unbelievers (2 Corinthians 4:4).
Satan is also called “the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience” (Ephesians 2:2). The angel speaking to Daniel was describing a battle among spirit beings wherein even the great archangel Michael (Daniel 12:1) had to be called in for assistance.
This world, this “age”—this nearly 6,000-year period from Adam until now—has been, and still is, a society dominated by Satan the devil and millions of fallen angels or “demons” who followed him in rebellion against the Creator God.
“Satan” is not just a generalized term for evil. Satan is not a blind force. Satan the devil is a powerful spiritual personality—originally created by God as a cherub—who rebelled against God. His original name, “Lucifer,” means “light bringer.” But since his rebellion he has been called “Satan”—which means “adversary.”
Notice Isaiah 14:12–15: “How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’ Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.”
Here we find the mighty Lucifer plotting to overthrow God. His great capacity and vanity made him decide to compete with his Creator!
In Ezekiel 28:1–16, God describes first the human prince of Tyre. He was obviously a man of great capacity and the full leader—on the human sphere—over this “New York” of the ancient world. Then Ezekiel begins to describe the real “power behind the throne”—the “king” of this pagan city-state. Notice: “Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him— Thus says the Lord God: You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering: the sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created” (12–13). Here we find a personality who existed millennia before Tyre—in the Garden of Eden! Yet he was a created being (15), not a member of the God Family.”
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1 Thessalonians 5:21
“Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”
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After the fallen— failed to destroy and overthrow Jesus in heaven— they repeat their efforts on the earth; and so— we have the ‘counterfeiting of God holy,’ the Most High and ONLY true God, in the earth realm today— and in the souls/hearts of men and women.
Today— he’s going to highlight ‘some’ of these ways in which satan counterfeits him (there are simply too many scriptural references to cover), but this will give you the starting point in scripture, that when you should read with him from henceforth (if you haven’t noted these already) —you can begin to uncover the plots, ploys and agenda’s of the unholy one, who has come to set himself up, to purport himself to be God most high— in the temples of men and women: and in this— we will be working discernment, and training to work with and in discernment— as we scour the scriptures for these references, examples and warnings— in which we are to be analyzing in ourselves (with God’s lead), to point out, discover, uncover— the secret and hidden operations of satan in our lives— that is meant to waylay us, lead us off course with God entirely, and pervert us in our temples and ways.
The triune person of God: made up of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Satan has his own unholy trinity - himSELF, the beast, and the false prophet.
Revelation 20:10 – “And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”
Self— one in dominion, who has usurped God in authority figure of one’s life; the beast— the totally carnal/fleshly one, who obeys what thou wilt (or wills to do), and not God holy, nor obedience to him, holiness, or authority figures outside ‘self’ (which is a god); and the false orator— the one who speaks blasphemies, who speaks contrary to God, truth, holiness, humility, honor to God, and the likes: Proverbs 18:21 – “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”
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Counterfeiting Examples
(cannot list them all)
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Holy Spirit vs. False holy spirit
We will speak on false revelation, false voices leading us, and which tree we are rooted in, as well as which ‘god’ we are heeding— later on.
Holy spirits vs. Unholy spirits
These would be holy angelic messengers of the Lord, as well as the heavenly host beings; and then the fallen angelic and the demonic minions.
Christ vs. Anti (other option) christ:
Son of God (builder, reformer, healer, savior), son of perdition, ruin, destruction and death.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 – “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.”
Revelation 20:10 – “And the Devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and sulfur, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”
Pure, holy anointing vs. unholy false anointing
(witchcraft/divination/miracles and wonders not led of God)
Heaven— God’s domain and kingdom vs. the World— satan’s domain and kingdom
It is satan’s domain and kingdom— because wicked man relinquished it to him long ago— in the Garden; with God now, we are to take dominion back (and spiritually speaking— that is inside man, first and foremost) —and yield to God’s Spirit’s leadership in our lives; where we relinquished it to satan long ago.
Truth vs. Lies (deception)
Spirit filled vs. demonically filled:
(Judas Iscariot, the demoniac of the Gaderen’s)
“After he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him.” Satan also sought to turn Peter into a counterfeit disciple: “Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again— strengthen your brothers.” (Luke 22:31-32).
High Priest (YahShua) vs. high unholy priest (anti christ) – [John 18]
Holy Melchizedek priesthood vs. the unholy counterfeit priesthood of satan:
Let’s think on this for one moment. Not only is there a false (corrupted) priesthood who walks in witchcraft, outright satan worship and pagan practices; but there are also those who are led of their own ‘selves,’ walk in hypocrisies, cannot discern the spirits they work with, are deceived, blind and deaf in the spirit to pride (as one example); and thus proclaim to be ‘of the Melchizedek Order,’ but are in ‘another order,’ led of ‘another’ spirit.
We will see the truth and nakedness uncovered: the authentic, just like Moses’ staff ate the other snake, swallowed it up completely; we will see the false signs and wonders, we will see false glory, we will see man exalting himself, we will see man purporting to be exactly like Christ with no differentiation (no honor that God is the self-existent eternal one, who was not created, and who is the Father of all creation) but will claim to ‘be’ Christ himself in all ‘he does,’ giving not glory to the Spirit.
And as well— walking in unsanctified ways, pride as one example, usurping the glory from God: but who will walk in supernatural ways, quote scripture, take it out of context, but wield supernatural abilities— from the fallen one himself; all because they bowed to him, to gain the glory in this lifetime.
Christ will reveal all, in due time; but one of the things he will ask of us— is to exercise our discernment, and pray for those lost in confusion, and caught up in the devil’s affairs, being puppeted; but at the same time do not receive or couple with the deception— do not couple with it— but properly discern the spirits, as we are called to do— so that you CAN INTERCEDE ON BEHALF OF THOSE, who are deceived.
Because the Spirit of the Lord desires that none should perish with, and under, the deceptions and ways of satan: for the ignorant, are just that.
Holy judge vs. unholy judge – [John 18]
Holy High King vs. unholy dominion king(s) – [John 18]
Life vs. Death:
God is the leader and author of Life; satan is the leader and author of death; and death is being estranged from God and his ways— and assuming another way, identity, conduct, and agenda— of one’s own: death is a state of man in this lifetime, in time and space— that leads a man’s soul to eternal separation from God; because it was what was upheld in this realm: temporal decisions, have eternal consequences.
Righteousness vs. Unrighteousness
Gifts of the Spirit vs. Gifts of the Counterfeit (false miracles and signs):
2 Thessalonians 2:8-11 — “And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.”
Fruits of the Spirit vs. Fruits of satan’s spirit:
Galatians 5:16-26
“This I say then— Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary one to the other: so that you cannot do the things that you would.
But if you are led of the Spirit— you are not under the law.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is— love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.”
4 Faces of God vs. 4 Faces of satan
Lion – one will seek dominion of their own person, all choices and conduct, lusts fulfilled to the hilt, think/reason for self, and live their best life ever in carnal terms— making a kingdom (lion dominion) of their own.
Ox – the servant of themselves, all interests will be fulfilled of what their flesh desires— no limitations of what they will work for— to attain their desires in this lifetime, serving themselves and unrighteousness— not God holy and righteousness: like the worldly saying— “If it doesn’t serve YOU– get rid of it, or them.” That’s satan’s motto— “Do what thou wilt.”
Eagle – all perspectives will be self perspectives, through self reflection. There will be no going to God to weigh a matter with him and seek his counsel and lead; all this man and spirit will seek— is their own: a man totally led by what he can see unto himself, single eye focused on the kingdom he is building in this earth– not the King’s kingdom or of righteousness. The view, perspective and lens this person and spirit will see through– is to stare at themselves, serve themselves, swim in indulgences of the flesh in this lifetime.
Man – this is the culmination of all 3 of the previous, played out in 666; and 666 = the complete (3, 6’s –as 3 = fully complete or whole) carnal man; as 6 = man. The counterfeit to the holy man of God— is the unholy man of satan’s nature, the completely carnal man (666): this man will seek his own, fulfill his lust, see himself only as the one to care for and do all things unto, will serve himself and erect his own kingdom, where he is king (lion) in his life, and will rule and reign his vessel as the one in dominion: this kind of man, has satan at the wheel inside (or helm).
Obedience to God holy and Most high vs. Disobedience— rebellion and dishonor (sin or honor, disobedience, or obedience unto our Creator):
John 14:15 – “if you love me, keep my commandment.”
Matthew 4:10 –”Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.”
Worship of the Creator/Father of us vs. Worship of the Creation, disrespect to our Creator and Father of us: children of God, or children of satan.
Fathered by God most high and holy, or fathered by satan:
John 1:12 – “But as many as received Him, to them —gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on His name.”
Matthew 13:38 – “The field is the world— and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one.”
As you can see— we must ‘become’ the children of God holy, we are not just his children because we claim we are; and conversely— those who walk in the world and its ways— are the tares, the weeds— and they are the children of the evil one.
Bride of Christ vs. bride of satan:
2 Corinthians 11:2
“For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin— to Christ.”
Matthew 25:1-18
“Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.”
Revelation 19:7-9
“Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said unto me— These are the true sayings of God.”
Revelation 21:2, 9
“And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven— prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Come hither— I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife.”
Isaiah 54:5
“For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.”
[versus]
Revelation 17:1-6, 9
“And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me— Come hither; I will show unto you the judgment of the great whore that sits upon many waters: With whom the kings (we are supposed to be kings with Christ, not of earthly/carnal empires) of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. (This is a reference of intimacy with satan, yoked and covenanting with death.)
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color (dominion colors, the royal color of God is purple for his dominion [red of the blood mixed with the blue of the bruising or stripes for mankind), and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand —full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
(Christ’s children drink from his cup, the cup the Father gave to him in this life of suffering, death, and humility— under authority and servitude unto our Father and Creator.)
And upon her forehead was a name written— Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of (she had children, as a bride of satan) Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
9 And here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains— on which the woman sits. (they will want to take over satan’s kingdom— the seven mountains of ‘earthly’ influence; instead of pulling some from those fires.)
18 And the woman which you saw is that great city, which reigns (rules) over the kings of the earth.”
Trust or Faith vs. mistrust and dead faith
Religion vs. Relationship and true faith (what we are truly persuaded to live— in religious beliefs):
Matthew 7:22-23 – “Lord, Lord,” have we not done this and that in your name?”
Motives matter, true relationship matters, and whom we are truly ‘serving’ matters.
Quoted from amazing facts . org/counterfeits
“Then John begins a series of radical statements of truth which have confounded many modern Christians. He said, “Whoever abides in him sins not: whosoever sins— has not seen him, neither knows him.”
Powerful. Some men are known for bold preaching, but never have I heard such strong words from any living prophet or preacher. Declares the beloved John— “Anyone who keeps walking in disobedience to the Ten Commandments has never met Jesus and knows nothing about His salvation.” Shocking? Indeed, it is.
But wait— There's more, and it gets even stronger. Next verse: “Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that commits sin is of the devil.” John boldly marks out the difference between false professers of truth and the genuine.
Incidentally, there is great significance in the words— “Let no man deceive you.” This alerts us that whatever immediately follows will be the subject of great delusion and deception. In Matthew 24:3 the disciples asked Jesus about the signs of His coming and in verse 4 He replied, “Take heed that no man deceives you.” Then He proceeded to spell out the terrible confusion that would mark the end-time teaching on the “rapture.”
So we can expect that similar misunderstanding will attend the doctrine of righteousness by faith in the last days. The sin question will be confused. The doctrine of obedience and the law will be confounded and twisted.
John urges us to heed the warning that no righteous person will be walking in willful disobedience to the Ten Commandments. He goes so far as to say that such an individual would actually be of the devil and not a Christian at all! Then he adds the words which have been debated for generations by theologians as well as laymen, “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: And he cannot sin, because he is born of God” (verse 9). Who is the seed of the woman in the Bible?
Jesus is that true seed, and the truly converted child of God has Christ abiding in his heart. And while Jesus is there he cannot sin. In order to sin he will have to put Jesus → out of his heart. Christ is not the minister of sin and cannot share the heart of one who chooses to deliberately disobey the commandments of God. John is not saying that a Christian loses his power of choice— but he is emphatically declaring that Christ does not remain in the heart of the willful transgressor.”
God’s will vs. self— or satan’s will:
Peter saying — “Be it far from you Lord.” He was commanding his will to be done, and forsook the will of the Father of him— and usurped dominion in his heart, and was speaking and orating on behalf of satan.
Pure/obedient/true prophets of the Lord vs. false prophets of Baal/satan:
1 Kings 18
Authentic teachers of the Lord God vs. false teachers:
1 Timothy 6:3-5
“If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness— He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings— Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.”
2 Peter 2:1
“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.”
True and authentic doctrine vs. false teaching doctrine of devils
Matthew 15:9 – “But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”
John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
The enemy is going after God, and his role in, and with, man: so— he will come to challenge man, in the perversion and ‘shape shifting’ of the original intent of the scriptures— because, in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God; so, satan will come to purport himself to be God, inside man, but he will twist, take out of context the word, and the truth— because he desires to ‘set up shop,’ AS GOD, inside man (so, ‘as’ the truth, but not the truth) —in order to ‘be like’ the Most High. Do we understand this?
Precepts and statutes of God holy vs. false precepts— precepts of carnal man:
Matthew 15:9
“But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”
True godly leadership vs. false church leadership: true apostles of God, and false apostles:
Matthew 10:1-2 – “And He called unto Himself His twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.”
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 – “For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.”
Tomorrow’s world . org, quoted
“Satan’s ministers often look like and sound like what deceived people think Christ’s ministers should sound like! But they preach ‘another Jesus’ and proclaim a ‘different gospel.’ It is up to each individual—including you—to genuinely study the Bible and to prove what Jesus and the early Apostles taught and practiced.”
True and holy Spirit sight and hearing vs. satanic/devilish/carnal sight and hearing”
Times we are led of our souls or satan— not being led by the Spirit of God, and lacking discernment in his voice, his ways and his person in one’s life: exercise with Christ (work out your salvation) –practice your relationship with him; work on discerning when God is showing you something, and when you are using your soul in visuals or imaginings, and when God is speaking— or when your soul is: he will always back what he shows and says— scripturally, with his Spirit’s fruit, truth, and love.
His sheep KNOW his voice— and sheep do not start out automatically knowing the Shepherd’s voice— they stick around him, listen to him enough, and become familiar with him— so they understand him, trust him, and recognize him: this is discernment.
The yoke to and with the Lord— and the works of the Father through us vs. the works of satan (fleshly works) and his yoke with us— and through us:
Who put this yoke on you?
Acts 15:10
“Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?”
A covenant made with death:
Isaiah 28:18
“And your covenant with death…”
At-one-ment (atonement successful through repentance) vs. sin (transgressing God)
Quoted from Amazing facts . org/counterfeits
“The answer is found in the last book of the Bible, and when we read it, the entire puzzle suddenly falls into place and pulls into focus. In Revelation 3:15 God says, “I know thy works.” Of course He does, because He has kept the record and will be the final judge. But let’s read on, “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth” (Revelation 3:15, 16).
There is the secret of the whole matter! Our works will be judged at last, but not by the weight or the height. They will be judged by the heat! [My words from the Lord added here— He told me, “You will either return to being one with the All Consuming Fire— or you will be burned by it.” As in— Judged by it, and it (he) is holy.]
In other words, all of our obedience must spring forth from a heart of burning love and devotion to God. The motive will be uncovered and examined by the all-seeing eye of God. No amount or kind of human works will carry any degree of weight in that day unless they have been produced by a fiery love relationship with Jesus.
Here we come to the paradox of the faith-works issue. Works are either worth everything or they are worth nothing. They are a sweet savor of incense before God or they are an abomination. All depends on the motive and who is providing the strength to perform the works. Works of the flesh are man’s efforts to save himself, but works of love rising out of the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit are exactly the opposite. They stand forth as the authentic credentials of genuine faith and love.
God has not changed that test since the Garden of Eden. He still requires exactly the same kind of obedience. The only difference is that in Eden our holy unfallen parents had, by nature, the power to obey. Unfortunately, as the children of post-fall Adam and Eve, we have inherited carnal natures which are not subject to the law of God, except by the miracle of conversion and “Christ in you.” This is why Jesus declared, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). And to the rich young man who asked, “What shall I do to be saved?” Jesus replied, “Keep the commandments” (Matthew 19:17).
There is no contradiction in these two statements of the Master. None can be saved without experiencing the new birth, and none can be saved who walk in willful disobedience of the commandments. The two things operate as two parts of the same salvation experience.
The central truth in all these utterances is that none can obey who has not been converted, and none will deliberately refuse to obey who has been converted. Let no one persuade you that works are unimportant or unnecessary, or that keeping the commandments is legalism. But do examine your heart with great care to determine the hidden root of the fruit which adorns your Christian lifestyle.
If conformity to God’s law is the spontaneous outflow of your joyous, continuous connection with Christ, then whoever would charge you as a legalist would be exposed as judgmental and self-condemned. On the other hand, your works of love would stand forth as the very antithesis of legalism, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10).”
Sacrifice to God our Father vs. sacrifices in life to self and satan:
A life laid down to Christ, working out our salvation, disciplining under the holy Spirit, reforming and conforming to his hand over our lives— serving another— God holy; or— a life laid down to self, working out our own kingdom we are building here in this temporal world, not living disciplined to God, holiness, righteousness or his authority and lead, not reforming from ‘offenders and transgressors of God,’ but remaining in the seat of pride and rebellion within, serving the lusts of the flesh and the pride of life, and never submitting to God or change, or his authority over us— remaining the one who says how our lives will go: hence— why people like this end up permanently estranged from God in eternity— for they estranged themselves from him in the time realm, that leads us into eternal choices, that were made in the temporal realm.
Humility vs. Pride:
James 4:10
“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.”
James 4:6
“But he gives more grace. Wherefore he said— God resists the proud— but gives grace unto the humble.”
Sabbath rest— honoring God and what’s best for us as he designed vs. not honoring the day of physical rest, pushing ahead, disregarding God and his wisdom, serving self interests, making excuses to not regroup with God, give him at least one day of lock down with him to honor him; and instead, put money, or needs, or desires over the wisdom and command of the Lord, to take a day and honor him, rest from ‘carnal’ endeavors in this earth— and heed his authority in our lives:
He will not penalize us for not honoring why he put Sabbath rest into our lives by his wisdom— but reaping what one sows, will come into play; we will run ourselves down, be self focused, eating off the table of selfish desires and self reasoning (because we are not heeding God’s wisdom and reasoning), and we will reap the consequences of living by our own ‘counsels and reasoning,’ or reasons: God always knows best, and we, if we serve self interests, out of fear of this or that (if I don’t go to work, if I don’t do this— these uncomfortable, undesirable results may happen— this is honor and fear unto God’s enemy— and lack of faith and obedience) —we will fall in this lifetime, and we will fall out of obedience to God— which is his definition of ‘loving him.’ It’s what ‘satan’ does— his own things, for his own reasons.
Truth (scripture) in context (proper meaning) vs. truth used out of context and with one’s own agenda (the twisting of the truth, used for manipulation/control and false leading):
Satan memorized every bit of scripture— and he has often quoted texts to mankind— as he did to Jesus in the wilderness of temptation. In the context of the ‘temptation’ unto Christ with angels having been given to protect him— he actually quoted the psalm correctly, that angels would protect from even dashing a foot against a stone. But take note that he— misapplied the text —by urging Jesus to presumptuously leap from the pinnacle and trust the angels to save Him: tempting God.
Forgiveness and Mercy vs. Unforgiveness and Judgment:
Mark 11:25
“When you stand praying— forgive— if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven— may forgive you your trespasses.”
Luke 6:36-37
“Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not— and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall be forgiven ”
Love (found in holy obedience to the Spirit of God) vs. Pleasure
2 Timothy 3
“This know also— that in the last days perilous times shall come.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts— Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, and reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
But continue you in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing of whom you have learned them; And that from a child you have known the holy scriptures— which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.”
Friends of God vs. enemies (or at enmity) with/toward God:
Romans 5:9-10
“Much more, now, then— being now justified by his blood— we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies —we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”
Grace vs. disgrace (representing the King and kingdom of God– or representing the fallen one and his nature and deeds; which are we obeying, and what are we walking in?)
Fear and doubt vs. Trust and faith
Faith vs. Unbelief:
Living faith— by works/deeds of true relationship walked out, or dead faith works/deeds— by being hypocrites, and walking out a life resembling the spirit of this world, whilst praising God in our lips, but with hearts far from upholding him, the truth, and righteous holiness in our lives walked out: hypocrisy, Pharisaical living: the easy broad path.
Faith without works– is dead: James 2:26
Quote from amazing facts . org
“In the Scriptures I find three kinds of faith. One is a faith that even the demons possess, but James makes it very clear that this kind does not work at all; it is merely an intellectual assent or mental agreement. It cannot save a single person.
The second does work, but for the wrong reason. It is well-illustrated by the driver who sees a stop sign at an intersection. He has faith in the sign and his faith works; he brings the car to a stop. But why did he stop? For fear he would be struck by another vehicle? Or fear that the police might be watching from around the corner to give him a ticket? That kind of faith is also unacceptable to God— because it is based on fear.
Unfortunately, many professed Christians have this kind of fire-escape religion. They know there is a fire at the end of the road, and they don’t want to go into that fire. So they force themselves to do all the good things that they believe good people ought to do. This is just another form of legalism.
The third kind of faith, and the only kind God will accept, is described in Galatians 5:6, “For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith— which works by love.” There it is— there is the real motive for every act of obedient compliance with God’s law: because we love God.”
Eyes on the Lord vs. eyes on self— comparison, jealousy, etc:
Matthew 6:22
“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye be single, your whole body shall be full of light.”
John 8:12
“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying— I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
Contentment in all things vs. envy and discontentment:
Philippians 4:11
“Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am— therewith to be content.”
Making spiritual war against wickedness vs. earthly warring against the created (people): blood lust, desires consumed here in earthly gains, versus— spiritually warring on behalf of people— fighting spiritual wars, and living humbly and sacrificially.
Godly wisdom vs. earthly/sensual/devilish wisdom:
James 3:15
“This wisdom descendeth not from above— but is earthly, sensual, devilish.”
Revelation from the Spirit of God and the tree of Life vs. revelation from the tree of knowledge of good and evil:
Remember— Lucifer means— ‘Light bringer,’ which is to say— revelation enlightenment bringer, in addition to ambassador of the Light himself— from which he fell.
Genesis 2:16-17 – “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying— Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil— you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof —you shall surely die.”
The Lord is showing us— that we ‘can’ tap into two different trees of revelation; one is the Tree of Life (that’s God and his tree, root system and fruit), and the other is the Tree of Knowledge (both good and evil), and it is satan’s root system (that’s why God has to ‘get roots out of us,’ and it’s his fruit that that system produces.
That root system WILL reveal things to us, in our own reasonings and perceptions, from the devilish/worldly/sensual wisdom— not the wisdom from above, or from God: so— which ‘revelation,’ are we receiving from? Because pride will reside here— and every other wicked abomination that comes to purport itself as ‘light;’ but only the true Spirit of God— ‘enlightens’ us, and his Spirit— will witness of himself to people. Are we discerning the spirits, and their revelation?
James 3:15 – “This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.”
Narrow way vs. Broadway:
Matthew 7:13-14
“Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction— and many there be which go in there at: because strait is the gate— and narrow is the way— which leads unto life; and few there be that find it.”
Courage in/with the Lord (faith/trust) vs. Discouraged, fear, doubt, etc:
Deuteronomy 31:6
“Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”
Psalm 31:24
“Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!”
Dedicated and hardworking (resolute and focused) vs. undisciplined and lazy (lacking exercising of salvation and relationship, and unfocused— focused on distractions with the time given us in this realm).
Separation from the world, indulging and fitting in vs. unwilling to stand out, and disengage— remaining coupled to satan:
Atonement (at-one-with God) vs. yoked to satan and upholding singularity— self leadership, not yoked to God in agreement with his ways and conduct, person and leadership in us: yoked to the world and spirit of, lack of yoking to holiness, God holy and coming into life like him, and by his leadership and headship over us, as a ‘Lord;’ and this is why they will say, “Lord, Lord” in that day— and he will say, “I never knew you, I was not your master or Lord— you were.” And these people will witness the truth of that to him— and will not be able to deny it: for only truth will be displayed in heaven, as we give witness with the Holy Spirit of our own things we did ‘in body’ –whilst here in the time and space realm.
The blood of Christ— the innocent blood shed to atone man vs. the blood of the innocent shed as satan steals, destroys and kills life forms in this earth (sacrifice FROM God— toward humanity, or the sacrifice of God’s people’s blood— unto Moloch, Baal or any number of demons and false gods; as man fulfills his desires, unto wicked purposes in the earth realm):
Saved by the blood and life of Christ, or condemned by the shedding of innocent blood unto honoring satan and his ways lived out in the earth— and sentenced to death; one is life in Christ through his ‘laid down life,’ and the other is eternal death— for the taking of life, by one’s own hand— if not repented for; as it’s not laying down one’s life in slaying the carnal nature— it’s slaying the flesh of another, and ‘taking a life.’
Essentially— raising the dead— to life, or taking and lowering life— into a death state, for upholding a covenant with death (life giving vs. life taking)
Reconciliation with God vs. estrangement from God (lived out by worshiping, honoring and obeying God— or worshiping, honoring and obeying satan):
Repentance vs. Unrepentant
Quote from amazing facts . org/counterfeits
“Justification does not ever cover sins that we keep on practicing. Justification provides a totally new heart and life called conversion by which we begin to show forth a new spiritual lifestyle. Justification cannot be maintained while deliberate sins are being committed. It is not a cloak to cover continued transgression; it is a spiritual transformation which removes both the guilt and power of sin.
Mark it down well: True faith always produces the good works of obedience. Faith without works is dead. Jesus came to this world to save His people from their sins, not in their sins. The Bible says a lot about sin, but never anything good. For instance, you will never read in the Scriptures that we should diminish the amount of sin we commit. Nowhere are we admonished to cut back or reduce our disobedience.
Sin is absolutely non-negotiable in God’s sight. We are to utterly reject, abandon, and forsake all practice of known sin. Jesus said, “Go and sin no more.” He did not say, “Go and cut back on this sin”! John did not write, “My little children, these things write I unto you that ye sin less and less.” He said, “I write unto you that ye sin not.”
John the Beloved pulled no punches in writing his epistle about sin. No modern preacher ever said it stronger than he did. He declared, “He that committeth sin is of the devil” (1 John 3:8). This foolishness about God counting us righteous while we willfully keep on choosing to disobey Him is not supported in the Bible. The gospel is the power of God unto salvation, and that power is able to save us from all sin as well as from some sin. Why should we believe that an all powerful God would forgive us and then leave us under the power of continued sin? That would make God an accomplice in our sin.”
Holy Spirit marked vs. marked by satan:
Revelation 7:3 – “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
Revelation 13:16 – “And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead.”
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Revelation 12:9
“And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”
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“I want to explain something to us—”
he just said to me.
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“Janet, when I cast him ‘out,’ I cast him out of ME; and when humanity fell, they were cast out of union with me too; satan’s spirit is not in union with me, and he has NOTHING IN ME: so, in order for mankind to come back ‘into me,’ they must relinquish satan and his nature— and rebel against both, which is to come back ‘into me,’ and union with me and my ways and image.
So, you understand that when I say he was cast out of ‘me,’ I am saying— he was cast ‘into’ the ‘earth,’ or your dirt nature realm: he has a voice there.
And so, the way you ‘overcome’ the dragon, the devil, that old serpent— is to ‘cast him out,’ kill the carnal nature, its inclinations, and your affiliation to it: for satan has been ‘cast down to the earth,’ and you will battle him there, if you live there in your souls.
So, come up higher, come into my realm, my person, my leadership, and allow me to reconfigure you and your ways inside, take my path— walk with me, and ‘come back into me,’ where he was cast out. I am calling you up higher again, and return to union with me, IN ME— in Christ Jesus.
Do you understand?
He— was cast into the carnal nature, and into the earth (literally, and spiritually figuratively); and if one is going to overcome him, and return to me— you must all slay the carnal nature in your ability to UNYOKE from it, rebel against it (which is to say, come my way, live my ways), and die to all ‘self’ exaltation and indulgences of the world, and the spirit thereof.
For he was cast ‘into’ the earth, and with him— his cohorts (the fallen entities); do not uphold the carnal nature, slay it, kill it, rebel against it— and come back to me, my nature, obedience, submission, holiness and righteousness— and he will flee from you; and you will be living in ‘the Spirit’ again, with me— where he is never again allowed: but where YOU— have been given the ‘right’ to BECOME— children of God, again.”
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Luke 4:5-7
“And the devil, taking him up into a high mountain (symbolic of the high places of exaltation inside man— he will set himself up in man, and purport himself to be God), showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him— All this power will I give you, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
If you therefore wilt worship me— all shall be yours.”
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His desire is to set up shop, inside man— to sit in the high places (God made us in his image, like the most high), and rule ‘as’ God most high (counterfeiting him— as SELF); he will show us all we can have in this lifetime— if we will just exalt him, in his nature, through exalting the carnal nature— where he was cast to, with all his plots, ploys and conduct— if we will just worship him and his nature (he desires worship).
And if we will follow after him (his ways and counsels, as he tempts us) he will empower those types of people (think secular famous and successful), and he will glorify them (fame) —because God gave him the power to do so— if folks choose by exerting free will to join with him and his spirit: a covenant with death, for a little fame and glory in the time and space realm.
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2 Corinthians 4:4
“In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them
which believe not— lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ,
who is the image of God— should shine unto them.”
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There’s a reason why satan does what he does— he desires to blind God’s creation, spiritually speaking— which is to keep them ‘bound’ to his nature, and yoked in a covenant with death; this is what it means by— ‘Lest they should have the gospel shine unto them,’ and believe in God, reform with him through repentance— and be saved.
We need to read scripture with the Holy Spirit, and discern the counterfeiting that takes place in humans, led of evil spirits— so that we can be ‘overcomers.’ If we have not overcome something— we are overcome, yet— by something and someone.
He said we have been given the ‘right’ to BECOME— children of God; these are the ways in which we do, with his Spirit, reforming us into his image, his Spirit living in us, tied to us, and as one: ‘becoming’ the children of God holy, in the land of the living dead: having overcome the dragon, that old serpent the devil— through repentance and reconciliation, of reformation, to walk out— the New Creation, the new man— in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:1-3
“And you has he quickened— who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience: Among whom, also we all had our conversation in times past— in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature —the children of wrath, even as others.”
1 John 5:19
“And we know that we are of God— and the whole world lies in wickedness.”
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Babylon— spiritually speaking— is a state of being, and many can be inhabited by her, hosting her within; many need to get her out of them, and come into the truth; religion is whorish (spiritually speaking), and truth, the way, and life— is holy, righteous, and truly lived— in Christ Jesus; and our Lord had some things to reveal to John, in Revelation to him— about just this.
So, when he says Babylon, is it only a geographical place in the earth, in carnal terms? Or do you understand— satan was cast ‘into the earth,’ and Babylon (confusion is what it means) will be erected within, in a spiritual way about a person— if that person will ‘host’ Babylon within: hence, taken over by demonic ways, attributes, paths in the carnal life— and led of them, as one couples to them.
These people— themselves— will be ‘habitations of every unclean foul spirit,’ and ‘cage’ —or dwelling place and home— of every unclean and hateful bird.
Those who have spiritual eyes to see, and spiritual ears to hear— what the Spirit is showing and telling.
ALL NATIONS = all peoples, have drunken in her ‘kind of wine,’ and wine is a walk of intimacy; so, he is saying— these have become friendly and yoked with the spirit of this world, the spirit of error, pride, lust, rebellion, disobedience, violence, perversion, etcetera; and— has caged these unclean birds (demons) within their temples, because of their alignment with (yoked) to satan and the death ways of the carnal nature; and in that— they have fornicated, outside marriage commitment to God holy, only— and commit spiritual adultery with other spirits— against the most High and Holy God.
And note— it’s a worldliness described— in capitalist terms, as he says— Her merchandising, of abundant ‘delicacies—’ which are material lusts, and wicked perversions; where satan said— I will empower you, and glorify you, giving you all the kingdoms (things we can walk in, in this lifetime) —if you will just bow to me inside, my ways, and leadership: the carnal nature of satan.
So God warns us— Come out of her (the whore, satan, and his ways), do not PARTAKE IN (which means couple with, and execute these behaviors and ways bred in sin) —so that YOU— do not receive her plagues, which in Strong’s means— her ‘stroke, wound and calamity.’
Which is to say— her punishment, grievous wounding he will do unto those who partake in these ways (sow and reap), and the calamity it will bring to each who does— both now in the realm of time and space, and the afterlife of spirit eternal.
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Revelation 18:2-4
“And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying— Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become— the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying— Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.”
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Quoted from Tomorrow’s world . org
“God knew that, under the Babylonish system, mankind was quickly drawing away from Him and would soon invent weapons and means to destroy himself. God said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them.”
The creative power of the human mind was such that God knew mankind might invent terrible weapons capable of destroying the earth, and that His plan to give mankind 6,000 years to write the lessons of human suffering could be cut short before He intended! So God came down to ‘confuse their language’ and to scatter them over the face of the earth.”
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Ephesians 6:10-18
“Finally, my brethren— be strong in the Lord— and in the power of his might.”
[First— I want us to understand, his desire is for us to be STRONG IN HIM, and to be MIGHTY; he means— you will walk in my strength, when you embody my Spirit and my ways of conduct inside of you (strong in the Lord); and we need his strength, given to us, as we ‘walk out’ his righteousness, cleaning our garments and ironing out our conduct (spotless and wrinkle free— blameless, as we obey him, and allow his Holy Spirit to reform us).]
“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”
[And here is why he’s reforming us ‘in the earth realm;’ for it is here that we have an adversary, here where we must prove whom we serve daily, and here where we choose for all of eternity whom we will serve, and where we will reside— based upon what we do in our bodies, that we will all give an account for, face to face with the Almighty; and the truth will witness all to him.
The devil has come to waylay us, distract us, distort us (shape shift us, into his image, and keep us there), destroy us, steal our identities from us, and kill us altogether, eternally— with him— if we allow him to, and we buy into the lie that there is no reformation required to us, in and through our repentance, and yoking to the holy Spirit.]
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God— that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”
[When he says— Take unto you, GOD’S ARMOR— he means it. It’s GOD’S ARMOR, and HIS ARMOR, is on HIS PERSON; and so— if we are going to wear HIS ARMOR, we must be found ‘inside his person,’ to where the armor fits, and we are fully covered by it.
When we uphold God holy, his righteousness, his holiness, his ways, conduct, character, truth, disposition, demeanor, attitude, perspective and person— we ‘walk in him;’ we find our person living and breathing inside Christ; when we do this type of walk in the earth— we will be dressed, suited, fitted properly, having his armor on us: and each layer of armor— functions from the attribute of God upheld in our lives.
Let’s see what we need to be walking in then— to be ‘covered’ in his righteous robe he put on us; and protected with no chinks in our armor, or open doors— that let the devil sneak in through the flesh upheld; and cause harm to us.]
“Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth…”
[So, first of all, we see— to be wearing the armor that God wears, as we walk in him— we must walk in the truth; we cannot uphold lies, doubt, unbelief— or any other satanic attribute inside— and be covered at our core (our loins area, where we are fruitful) —if we do not uphold the truth within, and instead— buy into lies about God’s identity, or our own.]
“...and having on the breastplate of righteousness…
[Now we see, we MUST walk in his righteousness; he has a conduct about him, ways in which he lives, breathes and finds HIS BEING; and if we are in him— we will too, ‘be as he is,’ as we become ‘holy as he is holy;’ and in this— the armor over our hearts/souls— will be protecting our hearts. He did say guard them with all diligence. Proverbs 4:23 – “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”]
“...and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace…”
[Here we see— we must uphold the ‘gospel,’ that’s the good news about reconciliation unto our Father, through the life and blood of Christ, laid down to reconcile through forgiveness of sin debt— all of humanity; upon, with, and through acceptance of him, through repentance (that’s turning and facing him and his Spirit, ways, truth and image again), and being reconfigured, reformed and redeemed to God holy and his Spirit once again; to walk up and down, in and with— our God: ascending and descending within, with and unto the Son of man.
So— the gospel of ‘peace.’
What does that part mean— well, let’s see what Shalom (peace) really means, since he is the principal one (prince) of Shalom.
In the translation of Exodus 21-22, shalam is translated as ‘make it good, shall surely pay, make full restitution, or to restore.’ The ancient Hebrew meaning of shalam was ‘to make something whole,’ again.
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2 Thessalonians 3:16
“Now the Lord of peace himself —give you peace always— by all means. The Lord be with you all.”
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So— when our God has truly brought Shalom into our inner man— he is really saying— The good news of me, unto you— is that I can, and will— make you whole again (that’s reformation to our person), I will make it good, surely pay in full what my blood purchased, make full restitution— and restore you.
It’s what he always says to me— “Janet, Shalom is godly order restored, where chaos once reigned within a man.”
So— when we are robed, and properly clean in the gospel, believing the truth, living the truth within, and shalom of reformation has taken place (or currently transforming us, in process) —we are ‘shod,’ or shoed properly in our foundation area: and in this— the devil cannot find a place in you, through the flesh— because you are walking out being ‘restored,’ and set right again by the Holy Spirit.]
“Above all, taking up the shield of faith, wherewith you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.”
[What we believe, for real, inside our hearts, and what we TRULY uphold (and whom) in there— determines whether our faith is alive unto good works in Christ— with the Father doing his works in us, and through us…
Or— if we are abiding in dead works of faith, which is hypocrisy and feigned love (because we obey him not) —and that will not quench any demonic darts— for we have coupled with, agreed with, come into oneness with, yoked with— satan, sin, death and estrangement from God holy.
We quench the darts of the wicked one— when we ARE BELIEVERS, in our ‘hearts,’ not just our head knowledge; and then, we follow through— which is to say— we UPHOLD THE TRUTH IN THERE, and throw down everything and anything that exalts ITSELF in there, that walks, talks and exhibits itself— CONTRARY TO GOD and the ways of HIS SPIRIT, the TRUTH, and RIGHTEOUSNESS: we must know our Lord’s identity, and our own— found ‘in’ him.]
“And take the helmet of salvation…
[Again— here we have to LIVE the truth, and YOKED TO the truth— the person of God, with our minds protected from the lies, as we wear the mind of Christ, walking in the truth now— and upholding it, and him— within; this will combat the voices and the onslaught that tempts us to doubt and disbelieve God’s identity, the truth, and our own.
Walk in true salvation— which is coupling with the Truth; and he’s a person.]
“...and the sword of the Spirit— which is the word of God.”
[When we will walk in the truth, we will be ‘made’ free; that means— there is a washing work that the Word of God (that’s the person of God, and his truth) is to do inside a man; and we can swing our defense against the enemy— and he will take blows— if we will uphold the Truth (and he’s a person and the Words of God) within our hearts, for REAL.]
“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.”
[Praying always— is constant, intimate, truthful union and communion (which is conversing/speaking/communing) with the living God, in TRUTH; meaning— no faking, you are speaking with, looking to, upholding the truth, fighting the enemy of your soul— the fight of faith, throwing down everything else that exalts itself AGAINST GOD and the TRUTH, and coming into agreement with God’s Spirit, his ways, conduct and actions— leading you into ‘life,’ and out of death, or estrangement: living authentically, and with the authentically holy and righteous one— ditching the worldly ways.
Persevering— he said; that means— STICK WITH HIM, and STICK WITH THE WALK; and witness it to the brethren— from your sincere walk.
In these things— we ‘walk in and wear,’ HIS ARMOR; and by putting it on properly (which is to say, walking with him properly— as he has his own armor on) —we will be protected from the enemy, as we endure to the end.]
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God intends to save carnal man (breathing new spiritual life into him again, with and through coupling with the True, the Way and Life, himself) —FROM— carnal man— who finds all kinds of ways (with satan’s help) to destroy himself, and estrange himself from God, his ways, his Spirit and union with him: and some will do this unto eternity.
We have the Holy Spirit, though— who brings us ‘into’ all truth; he doesn’t just point it out, he doesn’t just teach it, or cause us to memorize it (satan can do that) —he causes us to ‘step into it,’ he BRINGS US INTO all truth.
We have the capability to see with spiritual vision, and to hear with spiritual ears— IF, and PROVIDED— we heed and submit to the Holy Spirit of God, as he leads us into all truth: and in this— we become unshackled, our chains are broken to the yoke of satan and death, and we become liberated, and ALIVE IN CHRIST.
He’s giving us keys here, he’s revealing strategy here— to overcome the wicked one, who has been cast into ‘the earth,’ to deceive the nations of people; God— is showing us we must be as cunning as the serpent— so, learn of his ways in which he comes to pervert (shift the shape) of all that God is, and all that God does.
When we can see these things through spiritual eyes, the eyes of the Holy One himself— we can overcome the old devil, the dragon/the serpent— and we can be saved, he said— at the end of the enduring, at the the end of the temptations, at the end of this carnal life— being victors in and with— Christ Jesus.
All glory to our High King, Savior, God, Creator, Father— and Lover of our souls.
Yoke to HIM, and the TRUTH— resist the devil, slay the carnal nature— be as cunning as the serpent— but as gentle (in his Spirit) as the dove: be reformed inside, and walk it out.
Matthew 11:29
“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart:
and you shall find rest unto your souls.
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