For several days now I have been stumbling upon videos of people that are pointing out via scripture that the people you may have trusted for prophetic words/insights just may not be who they portray to be. I think when the student is ready the teacher appears. Not all learning is going to be an easy joy ride especially when truth presented makes sense. Ministry, I am finding out is a money maker in some instances to fill their coffers. Yes, there may have been a season in which you gleaned and gleaned greatly but then something a bit here and a bit there subtly changes and takes place within the ministry. Maybe it is known as growing up yourself and not so much as gullible as you may have been before. Maturity is a good thing and may be in your life today to cause you to part away for the next phase in your life.
We are all on different journeys and adventures with Holy Spirit which move us in directions we may not have chosen if truth revealed happened sooner than in God's timing. Accept the blessings and growth in your life to that point and then bless them and move on to where you are to be. Can this be uncomfortable to an extent? Yes, it can be to an extent, leaving behind things in which you became comfortable in and branching out to uncharted territories to experience divine destiny in God. Starting out with trepidation but great joy at the same time if that makes sense. When you discover the truth do not condemn them because maybe they are doing the best they know how to do in life & ministry. Choose to receive the blessings and leave the rest behind. Trust me, they probably don't even realize who you are and that you even existed in life but gladly accepted the best you had to offer at the time. God will not condemn you if you question now all the times you gave and gave and then begin to wonder if it was a rich soil to plant seed faith offerings into. I heard this once before that if things come out in the open of things not so good going on in a ministry that you planted seeds of life into that God saw the purity and intent of your heart at the time and blessings can come forth even though the soil may be a bit tainted at the time. He searches your heart and the intent of your heart and not that you may have been being deceived into thinking it is rich soil.
If you feel better being honest with Jesus and feel so led to repent of being gullible and it makes you feel less duped then do so, God honors that. He is a good, good Father and He loves His children. Think of this as a learning curve so as to know what to look for the next time it may arise in your life. The seeds of faith planted did not go into fallow ground per say because they were planted in faith to cause your faith to grow if that makes sense to you. It will make perfect sense if you have been there before. If you planted seed faith offerings with a pure heart before God, then He accepts your offering even given to the hands of another via another's ministry.
A few days ago. 1/3/2024 to be exact this is what happened to me. May I share with you? My digital clock showed 5:04 AM as I woke up to write down the scripture I just heard to go and read, Acts 5:4. One of my children's birthdays is the same 5/4. What I am going to share shocked me when I saw this video. I Then watched a few more videos in which this couple debunks ministers and backs it up with scripture. Especially some of the well-known prophets that bring forth words for the new year and some of last year's prophetic words that did not come to fruition.
After I saw the time and scripture verse to read, I did not have my bible that I usually keep on the bed with me in that particular room and felt led to read the Amplified version bible for this particular moment reading of scripture and that I did. To get that from my shelf to read Acts 5:4 to the end of the chapter then read 1-4 in Acts 5. I went to lay back down to ponder this & I began to hear the song, "The Little Drummer Boy." playing inside of me.
Holy Spirit knew as I went to bed last night, I was sort of upset & perplexed after watching on YouTube TV a video I stumbled upon when searching for Mike Bickle updates. I think it was called "the long truth 1" or something like that. I was shocked to hear what he and his wife were sharing when speaking on the Kansas City Prophets that was false focusing in on Bob Jones. Dissecting things he said & did & backing things up with scripture as to these things not lining up with the word of God. It shocked me that in 1963 he had 2 women disrobe themselves & told them they were to stand naked before the Lord as some purification act, that they had nothing to hide before the Lord. Apparently, John Wimber had him sit down from ministry for a time period. It was "Long truth 1" titled "Kansas City and the word Prophet had an X through it Exposing IHOPKC Kooks; Bob Jones" or something to that affect in the titled video.
So, the other day another video catches my attention, and I viewed it. Guess what? It lines up with what Holy Spirit was speaking and showing to me about in scripture on 1/3/2024. He always confirms His word doesn't He. There are some sick people out there under the guise of being a minister and some can be a bit sinister too. Use caution in the days in which we live in now. Yes, lying and deceptive spirits of Ananias & Sapphira walk amongst us today. Lying and deceit were not dealt with lightly in the bible. Somehow those that deceive think they are getting away with the deception but the watchful eye of God Almighty sees all. Repent and turn from your wicked ways while time permits you to do so.
The impactful video I mentioned is also found on YouTube TV. Tom Curtain by Joshua Simone. RT Kendall Prophetic Integrity "The Charismatic Movement is Ishmael but an Issac Movement is Coming." It had the other day 5.8K views.
I sought out counsel when I discovered the first video because I felt duped big time not by Bob Jones because I never met him, and he did not ever minster to me. I felt that way by those I trusted that all seem to want some sort of bragging rights that they served with him and how powerful his ministry was and all the prophetic words he brought forth. I even made up a gift basket for his wife one time and then now I feel sorry for her now knowing what I know. She was much younger than him when she married him, and if he was going around planting kisses on her lips in public places and church. In her testimony she tells how she had to tell him once that her lips are reserved for the man she was to marry. I have empathy for her especially if she was aware of the situation that took place in 1963. I guess you never know what a person walks through in life unless you truly walk in their shoes. Don't walk in someone else's shoes, walk in the shoes given to you in your life okay.
It was suggested to me that it is easy for this couple to dissect another person's life/ministry and pick it apart when they are not being vulnerable themselves and having their lives dissected. People do make mistakes and for another to shine a spotlight on those of others and not shine that very spotlight on things in their own lives. I agree with that concept, but I think there is a bigger picture in this for me. It is time to have blinders and scales removed from my eyes and let truth be revealed so as to move on to what I am called to do in life, my life with Jesus that is. I am not going to watch anymore of the dissecting couple's videos unless Holy Spirit direct me to in particular.
I thought I learned this lesson years ago but apparently not. Never place anyone on a pedestal and elevate them in your eyes. God gets center stage always and do not replace that even with a minister or church or even a church affiliation.
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