Showing posts with label deceiving spirits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deceiving spirits. Show all posts

Monday, July 3, 2017

Chuck Pierce: This Is a Season of Triple Grace—and an Explosion of the Miraculous | Have You Unwittingly Succumbed to This...CHARISMA NEWS

Charisma Magazine Newsletter
Monday, July 3, 2017
   
Chuck Pierce: This Is a Season of Triple Grace—and an Explosion of the Miraculous
Chuck Pierce and Dutch Sheets are standing in faith for this word.
Spiritual Growth
Have You Unwittingly Succumbed to This Hazardous, Occultic Trend?
The Bible is clear about this kind of witchcraft.

Prophecy
The darkness shall be so great and the anguish so sore that men shall cry out for death and shall not find it.
Judgment, Wrath and Deceiving Spirits: You Won't Hear Too Many Prophecies Like This Today
"Great darkness is coming upon the countries that have heard My gospel but no longer walk in it."
Spiritual Warfare
7 Spiritual Warfare Prayers for Loved Ones Making Destructive Decisions
To aid your prayer time, I've handcrafted seven strategic prayers based upon related Scriptures.

The Plumb Line
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When True Prophets Completely Miss It
How can you tell a true prophet from a false one? That's a big question, and it doesn't have a simple answer—not in New Testament times, anyway.
Women
John and Lisa Bevere share this wisdom about spiritual warfare from a biblical perspective.
Take Authority in the Spirit Realm With These Fervent Prayer Strategies
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Saturday, June 28, 2014

Apostasy Rising: 4 Denominations In Less Than a Week Defy God's Word - Jennifer LeClaire

Watchman on the Wall, by Jennifer LeClaire

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Apostasy Rising: 4 Denominations In Less Than a Week Defy God's Word

Homosexuality in the American church
Across American Christianity, compromise on sexuality is crumbling at the foundation of holiness. (Flickr/Nathan Bush [edited])
The United Church of Christ (UCC) bills itself as "the church where God is still speaking." Apparently, God's Word is falling on deaf ears of the leadership.
The UCC, which considers itself a mainline Protestant denomination—claiming over 1 million members and about 5,200 congregations in the U.S.—proudly announced it will serve as a major sponsor of the Gay Games. The UCC will now go down in Christian history as the first major denomination to sponsor the homosexual Olympics when the games roll into Cleveland, Ohio, in August.
I guess my jaw shouldn't have dropped when I read the news, considering the UCC in April filed a gay marriage rights lawsuit in North Carolina. But not only did my jaw drop, I'm shaking my head. J. Bennett Guess, one of the UCC's national officers and its first openly gay church executive, calls it a social justice issue and says the denomination prides itself on "being a bold voice for progressive Christianity."
In case you aren't familiar with what the term "progressive Christianity" really means, let's take a moment to define it. Progressive Christianity has a strong focus on social justice and environmentalism. Progressive Christianity focuses on concepts like "collective salvation"—where entire cultures and societies, rather than just individuals with faith in Christ, are redeemed—and bends toward a Marxist economic philosophy. And Progressive Christianity does not subscribe to the biblical doctrine of the inerrancy of Scripture.
That last line explains a lot. For example, it explains why the UCC was the first mainline denomination to affirm equal marriage rights for same-sex couples. It explains why the UCC was the first to ordain an openly gay man. And, overall, it explains why the UCC has fallen into the deception of sponsoring events that celebrate LGBT people instead of trying to love them to Christ.
But even denominations that don't consider themselves part of the Progressive Christianity movement are falling into this deception. The Presbyterian Church (USA) last week voted to allow its ministers to perform gay weddings in states where it's legal. On Tuesday, Methodist Pastor Frank Schaefer, who was defrocked for officiating his son's gay wedding, was fully reinstated and the Moravians voted to ordain gay clergy. My research shows there's a long and growing list of gay-affirming denominations, including the Affirming Pentecostal Church International
Saints, we're seeing 1 Timothy 4:1 playing out right before our very eyes. It's called the Great Apostasy and it's well underway. By the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Paul wrote: "Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons..."
Back in 2012, I wrote an article titled, "Is the Great Falling Away Already Underway?" In it, I explained that some have indeed departed from the faith because they have engaged with deceiving spirits and embraced doctrines of demons. We've witnessed more than one man of God with a major ministry platform bow a knee to doctrines like universalism, deceiving and being deceived with this deadly heresy. Despite many in the church lifting their voice against heretical teachings, these deceived ministers hold fast to their demonic doctrine.
In the article, I show other examples. I would not have imagined that 18 months later I would have an overflowing list of new ones. That's why I am praying for a third Great Awakening. I am committed to crying out to God to see a cultural transformation—a spiritual revolution.
Although the Great Falling Away is going to happen because it's prophesied in Scripture, I am contending for a revival—a Great Awakening—that will sweep through the nation and cause people to turn back to God. I will not give up. The arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear (Is. 59:1).
Before each of the last Great Awakenings, people of God thought it was hopeless—and they didn't see the half of what we're seeing. But I am convinced God wants to turn this around—and I am convinced God can turn this around. Nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37). A Great Awakening is our only hope for this nation. Will you join me in praying for another Great Awakening?

Jennifer LeClaire is news editor at Charisma. She is also the author of several books, including The Making of a ProphetYou can email Jennifer at 
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