The so called spiritual
warfare is fighting yourself to
persuade yourself that you deserve all the Creator has made available
for you:.Ephesians
6:11,12 "Put on the whole armour of God.(and
who
has the whole armor?), that
you may be able to stand against the wiles
of the devil. 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."
Spiritual warfare involves
fighting
yourself, convincing
oneself so you can look at yourself the way Creator actually sees you
and that is holy, perfect
and righteous and as an equal with Him:.Philippians
2:5,6 "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Emmanuel,
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal
with God.".But
'falsies' turn spiritual warfare into 'fighting
the devil', whom Christ has already
gained victory over.
Without comprehending
what the true gospel.(means
'good news').message
is, fellowship can be destroyed by an alternate gospel:.Philippians
1:3-5 "I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, Always in every
prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, for your fellowship
in the gospel from the first day until now."
Isaiah
5:20,21,23 "Woe unto them that call evil good and good evil, that put
darkness for light and light for darkness, that
put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Woe
unto them that are wise in their own eyes
and prudent in their own sight!...Which justify the wicked
for reward.(crooked
govenments and corporations cover each others ass if there is money in
it for them, showing their lack of integrity).and.take
away.the
righteousness of the righteous from him!".Anyone
that tries to start you thinking that you are unrighteous when you have
Christ in you, is one to avoid.
False ministers teach a
'gospel'
of doctrines
that tend to separate
believers from the righteousness they have in Christ; believers in whose
hearts have the love of the Creator that binds
believers together; teaching, for example, that Sabbath
keeping is more important.(see
also, which is the true
church today?).than
love of others who may
think somewhat differently, that you must serve God by avoiding others
who don't believe as your particular group might believe and that you will
prosper
by tithing.
Like ancient Balaam
such are they false prophets. Like Korah,
who profanely
thrust himself into the priesthood and perished, they intrude.irreverently
into holy places.
Many churches have made
the issue of Christianity, the type of life we live, rather than the type
of life He.(Christ).lived.
Thus many believe erroneously
that their weaknesses infringe
upon a relationship
with our Creator.
Never doubt salvation by
your conduct, even though some may teach that your performance is important
to
be right with your Creator. Performance is important towards
a reward.in.salvation,
but salvation is a gift from your Creator thanks to Emmanuel the Christ's
righteousness being
imputed
unto you.
Paul
the great apostle, talked about his weaknesses:.Romans
7:19 "For the good that I would I do not, but the evil which I would
not, that I do.".And
John said:.1John
1:6,8 "If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness,
we lie and do not the truth...If we say that we have no sin, we deceive
ourselves and the truth is not in us.".Paul
was a sinner, but was converted.
Was he in darkness anymore? Not at all!
A false minister may
indeed be sincere, in that, he believes he is telling the truth. You have
to check up yourself on what is said:.Acts
17:11 "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they
received the word with all readiness of mind and searched the scriptures
daily, whether those things were so."
False ministers tell us
that God is angry with the wicked every day:.Psalms
7:11 ".....God is angry with the wicked every day."The
original does not mean that and they do not understand the message
of the Creator anyway:.Luke
6:35 "But love you your enemies and do good and lend, hoping for nothing
again.(hope
that you don't get paid back).and
your reward shall be great and you shall be the children of the Highest.
For he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.".Would
the Creator tell us this and maintain a different standard for Himself?
I think not! He's not like those who prefer to run the world.(Psalms
10:7-10).as
their ego dictates, similar to what the
ancient Pharisees were like.
If the Infinite One hates
the wicked, aren't you glad that, because of what He came to Earth to do
in the physical body of Emmanuel, that no one ever again falls into that
category.
False ministers emphasize
the keeping of parts of the abolished
Mosaic Law, rather than showing the things about Emmanuel regarding
the law:.Acts
28:23 "And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him
into his lodging, to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God,
persuading them concerning Emmanuel, both out of the
law of Moses and out of the
prophets, from morning till evening."
Believing the way of keeping
parts of the abolished Mosaic Law may threaten the grace of God in a person
and cause a root of bitterness to well up:.Hebrews
10:29 ".....who has trodden under foot the Son of God and has counted
the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing
and has done despite unto the Spirit of grace?".Hebrews
12:15 "Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God, lest
any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and thereby many be defiled."
Bitter
because efforts to perform will never be quite
good enough and you'll feel that there is always something else you must
still do to keep right with your Creator:.Matthew
19:16-21. These are those who do works
instead of having a living faith.
Faith is something one carries in his heart, so it's there all the time.
Works here talked about are things one does whenever there is a choice
to do so.
