and to enlighten everyone about God’s secret plan—the mystery that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things.
That it was hidden means no one knows it, nor can they know it on their own, showing you that God controls reality.
That is why it is written: “In Him we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28).” And this is why the Bible says that had the principalities and powers known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory (1 Corinthians 2:8).
We may be able to feel in the words of Paul here. Something that was hidden in God, he gets the privilege to announce it. Amazing!
God poured out His revelation on Paul, and he could not keep quiet. He even said that woe is him if he did not preach the gospel (1 Corinthians 9:16). He is a lamp that was lit that cannot be put under a bushel, but is placed for public display (Matthew 5:15).
God was sending a message through Paul. And Jesus had said that there are many things He wants to say that the disciples, when He was alive, could not bear, but the Holy Spirit will make it plain (John 16:12–13).
Jesus also downloaded another flavor of revelation on John while he was on the island of Patmos, to the end that Christ is still our anchor, but these are people bringing the word of God to us.
Paul recognized some people for receiving his words, not like the words of man, but the very words of God, which in truth they are (1 Thessalonians 2:13).
We do not need to wait for someone to be knocked unconscious in the name of bringing a message from God to believe. That in itself is deception, where a man or a woman claims to see into the spirit, is unconscious, and starts to talk.
Let’s compare that with Paul’s words, which say that the spirit of the prophets is subject to the prophet (1 Corinthians 14:32).
This is the point: each person is responsible for the message he delivers in the name of God, but if you are bringing a message unconsciously and a spirit takes you over, calling itself Jesus, or an angel, or another form of spirit, and claiming a special affinity to you, how then can you become responsible for what you say?
Jesus repeatedly said we should be careful not to be deceived (Matthew 24:4). To want to clap, clap, clap, and get into a state of delirium, and the whole church arrangement is based on that, is the gate of hell, in my opinion.
All the manifestations of Jesus that we see subsequent to his resurrection, nothing he said contradicts what he said while he was in the world. But these alternative Jesuses contradict the real.
And Jesus said we should be careful, because many will come claiming to be Him (Matthew 24:5).
He did not go into much detail, but when we have a woman who gets into a state of trance and her language changes, and she now starts to speak and say I am Jesus in the voice of a woman. We should run.
And I am writing directly against the phenomenon of spirit speaking that we have in some places that call themselves churches, but that are more aptly called “synagogues of Satan” (Revelation 2:9; 3:9). They say the way to serve God is to wear white garments. They claim to see into the spirit. But Jesus did not say that when someone claims to see into the spirit, we should believe.
They claim to be the latest revelation of Christ and that the Bible is not the complete word from God. They forget the first verses of Hebrews.
After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets, in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world. The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
The congregation, deceived by demons, has a claim of being a 20th-century revelation of a demon speaking through a woman that should be put on equal regard with the first-century incarnation of the Son of God.
When that demonic spirit speaks, they also write it down, almost like another kind of scripture.
But look at what Paul wrote:
But even if we (or an angel from heaven) should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell! As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell!
The demon says once you are a member of their church, founded on a mountain, you automatically have a place in heaven.
That is another gospel, plain and simple, preached by a spirit not from God. Beware and run for your life.
Those places become enclaves of evil spirits and demons masquerading as the Spirit of God (2 Corinthians 11:14). Instead of freedom, they are inhabited by demons.
It’s like the way the book of Revelation described Babylon.
He shouted with a powerful voice: “Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great!
She has become a lair for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detested beast.
Jesus did not say go to those places and see things for yourself; He said emphatically that when they say He is somewhere, we must not go there.
Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe him. For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. Remember, I have told you ahead of time. So then, if someone says to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.
People may be deceived by the miracles or by the mention of Jesus' name there, which they think means everything is okay. It is not.
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven—only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?’
There is nothing in the bible that says if you join a church, you are guaranteed heaven. Therefore, that is clearly a doctrine of devils.
Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings,
I believe the dangers in those places cannot be quantified.
Don't try to go debunk their claim; don’t say I will open my eyes while everyone is closing theirs and really see what is going on. FLEE.
Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better
than spending a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God
than live in the tents of the wicked.
FLEE for the sake of your own soul. It’s not too late. And it does not require arguing with anyone or trying to convince anyone.
They say that one vigil you attend with them is the equivalent of a 21-day fast.
FLEE.
Even if they sing many songs that seem to come from the scriptures.
FLEE.
They say your name is written in the book of life because you are a member.
FLEE.
And, as Paul says here, those places also claim to be the final revelation of God to man; they claim that something was hidden and that it is being disclosed with them.
If nothing, they trample on the scriptures, and they will pay for it.
Again, they may claim that the "believer" is guaranteed heaven and a place with the founder in eternity.
All these are lies.
They also claim some mystery; they claim some enlightenment.
Listen to me, any enlightenment different from what Paul was enlightened with, we must reject completely.
They also say they have a secret insight into how to solve people’s problems. They have a solution. In that is the trap, and it is unfortunate. They are places where sin is celebrated and seen as nothing. May God help us all.
They claim they have enlightenment, or that there is a founder with enlightenment whom everyone should submit to. They claim to have a mysterious thing, a mysterious way of worship, it could be a mysterious use of oil, tree, leaves, or bowing down.
We need to reject such demonic, occult practices and flee from such cults and demonic enclaves in Jesus' name. Amen!