A Church Infiltrated....

Following up with the last article on "Jesus Calling": this example of extra-biblical communication being taught within the church is alarming enough. But if you zoom out to a 30,000 foot level to get the big-picture look, it seems beyond question that the Christian church as a whole has been infiltrated and compromised with false, anti-biblical, anti-Christ teachings, as described in 1 Timothy 4 and 2 Timothy 3. It is truly breathtaking.

Here are a couple of older videos (part 1 & part 2)  with Todd Friel and Justin Peters examining the Lakeland, Florida "revival ministry" of Todd Bentley. Please pay special attention to the phrases used to disarm and silence those who question these perverse teachings. As a new believer back in the mid 1990's, I got hit with similar responses, like "You can't put God in a box." These are meant to totally disarm your discernment, and throw open the doors to any and all kinds of madness to be dumped onto the body of Christ. You've heard these statements too, I'm sure, and it is one of the methods that have brought us to this point.

 

 If you are a born-again child of God through faith in Jesus Christ, you are commanded to prove all things (1 Thessalonians 5:21) and to try the spirits (1 John 4:1). Let me echo the words of Mark Cahill: beware of men (and women) with microphones. Keep your guard up. Especially RELIGIOUS men! Check everything - EVERYTHING - you are taught against the word of God. The Jews that Paul preached to in Berea are called "noble" (Acts 17:11) in that they "received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." Today, many who would be noble Bereans are chastised for questioning the Pastor, Preacher or Evangelist, labeled divisive or lacking in faith, kicked out of their churches, marked & avoided in an un-biblical manner.

 

Brothers, we need more than ever to heed the words of Jude 3, and earnestly contend for the faith with was once delivered unto the saints.