BELOVED, Believe NOT Every spirit, TEST the spirits to SEE if they are from GOD

Posted on November 10, 2008 by SoSpression

BELOVED, Believe NOT Every spirit, TEST the spirits to SEE if they are from GOD

What is a spirit? How can we see it or test it? This is very important to know with all of the deception going on in the world today. From Business, to Politics, to Economics, to Movies, to Music, to Religion: IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE IS LYING! I’ll show you some examples later.

In this message we WILL connect spiritual things to natural things, via the Authority of the Messiah Jesus, who was sent from God to earth to TAKE Over natural flesh.

We are going to go through a few scriptures in 1st John 4, and a few others.

1 John 4

4:1

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

This is my point. The reason God woke me up at 3am to write this is not just because of a superfood that has me super energized and thinking clearly. That’s a natural reason. But there is also spiritual reason. Look at that first Word: BELOVED. If you are reading this that means God LOVES You. You are HIS, and he wants to protect you from the spirit of deception that is all over the world ruining things. You can be HIS. God can own you in His Love.

What do you think of when you see the word spirit? Is it an invisible goblin? Ooooooooooeew! Is it a clear white friendly Ghost? Ahhhhhhh, so friendly:-) Yes a spirit can be angels or demons, but they are NOT goblins or friendly ghosts. Let’s look at the word spirit:

pneuma (Greek):

A spirit can be:

God.

Angel

Demon

A human spirit that makes the body alive.

Thought structures, philosophies that fill up the soul.

Dispositions, influences that govern the soul.

A movement of air; Wind.

Breath of the Nostrils or Mouth.

Jesus said: My Words are Spirit, and they are life (John 6). The spirit is also represented as Wind or Breath all over the Bible. There are winds of the spirit, winds of doctrine, literal breath coming out of your mouth through words and speeches. If you have no breath (spirit), you are not alive. Even in today’s culture we see winds of CHANGE. They are blowing in America and all over the world right now! These are spirits. They can be represented as words and philosophies that govern and have major INFLUENCE over the souls of people.

This does Not intellectualize the Spiritual realm. It explains it and BRINGS CLARITY to it: Every demon has a specific set of thoughts, ideas, messages, influences that it has been assigned to spread, propagate, and give to you. GOD’S SPIRIT HAS A MESSAGE TOO.

What is that message?

1 John

4:2

Hereby * * know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

“Jesus Christ is come in flesh.” Wohoo! There it is. If you can say that once, you’ll be ok forever:-) Right…? Please…? WRONG.

Let’s look at that word confesseth:

 

Homologeo (active, present tense):

  1. to say the same thing as another, i.e. to agree with, assent
  2. to concede
    1. not to refuse, to promise
    2. not to deny
  3. to profess
  4. to praise, celebrate

The word “confesses” is not “confessed.” It is not past tense, it is present tense active. It means to continually say, AGREE, openly Admit, Declare CONSISTENTLY and obviously, PROFESS (declare), and Praise in Celebration of.

Professional lawyers can profess a lot about the law because they study the words and spirit of the law. Professional engineers openly declare engineering concepts. Marxist professors profess the spirit (ideas, words, philosophies) of Karl Marx in their classrooms. Professional salespeople can openly declare and tell you a lot about selling something. Botany professors talk about their experiments with physical plants and scientific tests… unless they are professors of Darwin, in which case they suddenly switch to professing philosophies of the origin of the universe… which are un-testable, because they weren’t there to test it, and they can’t recreate the scenario! So instead they invoke the spirits (ideas, philosophies, words, demons, influences) propagated by Charles Darwin.

So you can profess natural things, and you can profess spiritual things. You also can CONFESS natural things, and CONFESS spiritual things.

1 John

4:3

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

So to test the spirits, we have to know what that ideology, influence, wind, breath of the mouth in speech, continually confesses.

If it is of GOD, it confesses:

 

Jesus Christ (Yeshuah Maschiach [Hebrew], the sent Messiah from God) IS Come, in FLESH, As a Human. Jesus was a regular name… there were many people named Jesus. But there is only one that fulfilled the prophecies of God’s Word. There were many imitating messengers, but only ONE was Resurrected from the Dead with evidence from witnesses that has not died down yet. Only one is FROM God, the Anointed Messiah sent from God, a SPIRIT to SOLVE ALL OF THE WORLDS NATURAL PROBLEMS, directly and literally, as a human, in NATURAL flesh.

He’s not a God that we don’t know.

He’s not a man that’s not really God.

This ONE is fully GOD and FULLY Man. He is natural, and spiritual… like us, except He is God directly. That He is Messiah means that He came from God to Solve all the Worlds Problems. The SPIRITUAL and the NATURAL has come together. The Spiritual is in CONTROL of the Natural, even now. Emmanuel means GOD is Here, not separated from us.

Some people want to put God “over there.” He’s God, but He doesn’t do anything here. We can’t find out anything from him. He’s not in charge. He’s spiritual, not natural. Don’t bring that “spiritual stuff” into the natural. It’s too super-spiritual. We’re over here solving the problems of the world by ourselves. God isn’t going to do that directly. He’s not going to help us. We have our own ideas, that originated from….? But anyway, God’s not in charge of us. We’re having fun. We do our own thing, and make our own decisions. I separate my religion and my spiritual life from everything else. Jesus is Spirit, not flesh. OR, Jesus was a really good person and great example, but He’s not in Charge. He’s flesh, not Spirit from God. Those are spirits, words, ideas, winds, and speeches of antichrist. That means they will always end up opposed to, and against Christ.

Even some churches and religions have separated from the power of God to change things: Jesus was a really great example! Let’s do what He would do (IF he were here, but Darwin’s spirit told us He really isn’t), by ourselves… because we’re smart! They preach politics, philosophy, culture, but without the authority of Christ. If you are of God, you consistently declare that Jesus was SENT from God to solve the world’s natural and spiritual problems DIRECTLY. These can be Sin problems, spiritual problems, social justice problems, economic problems, natural problems, engineering problems and other problems. God is ALWAYS involved.

Let me give you some simple examples so you don’t think I’m crazy:

<!–[if !supportLists]–>-<!–[endif]–>God GIVES the spirit of wisdom and talents in art, design, engineering, education, business, creativity, music, expression, science, etc. (Humans use God’s wisdom but ignore God spiritually, polluting all of their expressions and creations with sin and lust and pride).

A person in these fields that was of the spirit of God would honor God in their creations, not necessarily by stamping Jesus on every automobile, song, book, or experiment… but by honoring God as the creator and giver of talent, and refusing to pollute their creations with sin, lust, or pride. They would acknowledge that God is in control through the person of Jesus, connecting spiritual with natural.

<!–[if !supportLists]–>-<!–[endif]–>God CREATES the earth and places all the food and health we need in every green herb and natural food. (Humans pollute the earth through sin and corruption, destroy and poison plants, and create drugs with which to control people spiritually and economically by sorcery and witchcraft “pharmakeia”).

A person in this area that was of the spirit of God would honor God’s creation by not destroying it purposefully with pollution, or poisoning people… but honoring God’s creation and giving people Godly solutions. This connects spiritual with natural, ultimately honoring Jesus the Messiah.

<!–[if !supportLists]–>-<!–[endif]–>God TEACHES righteous business and governmental principles which limit the authority of individual man and submit Him to the authority of the Word of God and principles of Godly character. (Humans corrupt and twist God’s teachings, take control, conquer, BUY the souls of all men & women, use war, genocide, slavery, and debt to take undue power and authority over people, countries, and continents).

A person in this area who was of the spirit of God would honor God’s principles and refuse to overstep their authority over other humans, knowing that ultimately God is in control through the person of Jesus the Messiah.

Every spirit (ideology, philosophy, set of influences, angel, wind of change, speeches and doctrines) that consistently and presently declares, says, and agrees that Yeshua of Nazareth the Biblical King of Jerusalem, the Sent ONE from God the Creator to Solve the World’s problems IS COME in a physical body, combining spiritual with natural, NOW and always, is from GOD the Creator of Heaven and Earth.

Every spirit (ideology, philosophy, set of influences, demon, wind of change, speeches and doctrines) that does not do THAT is NOT from God. Eventually, over the course of time they will prove themselves to be spirits that are against Jesus the Messiah.

Spirits are invisible to the natural eye, but they don’t hide. If you have a special gift, you can see them. But remember, they always manifest themselves through words, breath, and speeches. They always confess.

 

There is a spirit of delusion out here that is smarter than anyone. If they cannot admit that Gods thoughts trump theirs, and exalt Gods spiritual authority thru Jesus connected to their natural actions… They will eventually deceive a lot of people. 2nd Thessalonians 2 also talks about the falling away from truth, the antichrist, and the spirit (ideas, philosophies, speeches, winds) that are against christ.

 

9: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

10: And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11: And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

2 Thessalonians 2

 

Notice the one who is sending and allowing the spirit of delusion to deceive many people: God. Why? To manifest who is in love with truth and who isn’t. This is why you have to love the truth more than you love your life. This is not about intelligence; because a high IQ doesn’t prevent deception. This is about character, integrity, and love for the truth.

 

This is a time when American “pragmatism” will fail. It doesn’t matter if “it works.” If it’s not based on truth it will fail. Period. How do you see in the dark? You shine a light, and see what can reflect the light back to you. Truth reflects truth and confesses Jesus as KING over all!


You are of God, children of God. You have overcome spirits that are against Christ, because God overcame them. God’s Spirit is GREATER and FAR MORE Powerful. The Spirit of TRUTH trumps the Spirit of Error. People can only speak what they know. If they study the world’s music, ideas, philosophies, books, media, and movies, then that’s all they know! They talk to each other and about what they know. What do you expect? (1 John 4:6).

WE are of God. If they know God, they hear, understand, and listen to the words, ideas, doctrines, that WE talk about. If they don’t hear or know GOD’s Spirit, they don’t hear us… they contradict us, belittle us, and fight with us. THAT’S how we can tell the spirit of TRUTH from the spirit of ERROR.

TEST THE SPIRITS.

TEST THE WINDS OF CHANGE.

TEST THE SPEECHES.

TEST THE LYRICS.

TEST THE MOVIE SCRIPT.

TEST THE IDEAS AND THE PHILOSOPHIES.

1 John

4:7

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

4:8

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

4:9

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

4:10

Herein * * is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

GOD’S Love brings us TOGETHER around JESUS’s sacrifice for our sins. NOT around the ideas of and spirits of men.

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2nd Message from Jesus – How to Get the Crown of Life Forever!

Posted on November 5, 2008 by SoSpression

Art used by Pat Marvenko Smith, copyright 1992. To order prints visit her “Revelation Illustrated” site, http://revelationillustrated.com.

2nd Message:How to Get the Crown of Life Forever!

A Message from Jesus to the Christians that Are Going Through Suffering

Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11)

Jesus describes Himself:

1. The first and the last – Jesus lets them know He has original power and final power. The authorities that persecute them do NOT have final say.

2. Which was dead, and is alive – Jesus calms their fear of death by reminding them that “I was dead, and I’m alive.” If they follow him death won’t hurt them either.

 

Why does Jesus describe Himself in this particular way to this group of Christians? We will see later in the message why- they are being persecuted.

 

Jesus knows, sees, and is intimately acquainted with:

1. Their works. They did good works.

2. Tribulation. They are suffering troubling circumstances.

3. Poverty. They are poor in natural things (but Jesus points out that they are rich spiritually). If Jesus says you are rich, YOU ARE RICH!

4. He knows they are bothered by other people say that they are followers of God, but are actually a group of satan-followers that speak evil of God.

 

PROBLEM:

NO PROBLEM. Jesus has NO PROBLEM with the Christians that are suffering. In fact, they are poor, but Jesus calls them rich. He has NOTHING AGAINST the Suffering Christian.

 

Instruction:

  1. Don’t be afraid of those things that you suffer.
  2. The devil will throw some of you into prison, you will be tried 10 and have tribulation days.
  3. Be faithful unto death.

 

PROMISE

  1. If you are faithful unto death, then I will give you the crown of life.
  2. If you overcome (stay faithful through your suffering). You will not be hurt at all by the 2nd death.

 

HEAR! Pay attention to the deeper meanings of what the Spirit of GOD is saying to many groups of Christians.

 

If you suffer and stay faithful until your first death, you will not only be a member of the Kingdom of heaven, but you will ALSO not be hurt AT ALL by the second death (Judgement Day).

 

I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Revelation 20:4-6

 

You will receive a Crown of Life, and reign with Christ 1000 years. You will not be hurt at all by the final judgment. Suffering for God gives you extra mercy on Judgment Day! Not only are you in the Book of Life, but the 2nd death will not affect you, at all. This is awesome! Your life will be judged as perfect. (Otherwise, God’s judgment would affect you.) This is powerful.

 

This message from Jesus is unique because it is available to everybody:

 

If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us. 2 Timothy 2:12

 

When we see through Jesus’ eyes, we see:

riches in spite of poverty,

power after suffering,

life after death,

and faith in God in the middle of those that blaspheme.

 

You may not be in a time and place where you get punished by the government for worshipping Jesus in Spirit and Truth (while false blasphemous religion gets excused)…

BUT we all will get a chance go through suffering for the name of Jesus.

 

It could be people looking down on you, or talking about you for living holy. It could be making a lot less money than you could if you sold an evil product, or cheated at work. You know it’s a lot easier to make money if you work with evil products – they have the largest profit margins (drugs, debt, prostitution, drunkenness, porn, sinful entertainment).

 

Even though God gives deliverance and prosperity, all true Christians that follow Jesus will suffer in some way (2 Timothy 3:12). This is a blessing in disguise, to test your spiritual eyesight. If you embrace this suffering, it will be your CROWN of LIFE! Embrace suffering for Jesus. Don’t suffer for doing wrong, then blame the devil. Suffer for doing right.

 

Next:

 

3rd Message: How to Have a Secret Identity and Intimacy with God!

A Message from Jesus to Faithful Christians in a Satanic city.

Pergamos (Revelation 2:12-18)

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1st Message from Jesus – How to Eat the Tastiest Fruit in the Universe!

Posted on November 5, 2008 by SoSpression

Art used by Pat Marvenko Smith, copyright 1992. To order prints visit her “Revelation Illustrated” site, http://revelationillustrated.com.

1st Message:How to Eat the Tastiest Fruit in the Universe!

A Message from Jesus to “The Old Faithful Christian”

Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-11)

 

Jesus describes Himself:

1. I hold the 7 Stars in My right hand. “I control your leaders.” (Rev 1:20).

2. I walk in between the 7 Candlesticks. “I’m in the Churches” (Rev 1:20).

Why does Jesus describe Himself this way? I believe that He wants the Old Faithful Christians to know that He is still there with them in their midst. He’s saying “I still have your leaders in my hands, I’m still walking around with you, I’m there, I see you, I’m with you.” It’s easy to forget that Jesus is with you, and that He is in control of leaders in the Church, and guiding them with His Word. We must never forget to fellowship with and be followers of other more mature Christians who are in the Word. That’s where Jesus is! If you are not with a group of believers in Jesus, you are not with Jesus!

How do we know that these are “Old Faithful” Christians? Look at how Jesus knows them:

Jesus knows, sees, and is intimately acquainted with their:

1. Works. They worked for God.

2. Labor. They worked in hard circumstances.

3. Patience. They were mature and longsuffering.

4. Can’t bear those that are evil. They had high standards for fellowship.

5. Tested lying apostles. They had good discernment and diligence.

6. They suffered and labored a lot for Jesus name and did not ever quit.

So these weren’t baby Christians… they were very mature and solid. However, Jesus has one thing against them.

PROBLEM:

They left their first love. Jesus is still there with them, and He sees that they have left Him as their first love.

Instruction /Solution:

1. Remember the place you were before at first.

2. Repent, turn around.

3. Do the first works. “Do the first things you did when you fell in love with me.”

What did you do when you first met God? Maybe you tried to introduce other people to Him and tell them about Him! You may not have been the best at it (God knows I was horrible at it), but at least you tried. Just start trying again! Who knows, you may be better at it now?

Maybe you were curious about the Word of God… you were hungry for it. Well get hungry again! Maybe you enjoyed being with God’s people, whether it was at a church service, at a bible study, prayer meeting… you didn’t care, you just loved being with God’s people.

Whatever it was you did at first, start doing it again. What did you do when you first believed that you don’t do anymore?

OR ELSE [This is not a vain instruction with no consequences for disobedience]:

1. If you don’t obey those instructions, I will come to you quickly and remove your candlestick out its place.

2. Candlestick = church (Rev 1:20). Your group of Christians will no longer have its position, power, and influence that it’s supposed to have.

BUT, You have One more good thing in you.

1. You hate the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also HATE (see 3 Main doctrines Jesus HATES).

He that has an Ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the Churches. (Notice Churches is plural, this message is for several churches). “PAY ATTENTION, this is very important, if you have a spiritual heart to listen, then make sure you listen and research and discover the deeper meanings the Holy Spirit is trying to give to many groups of Christians.”

PROMISE – If you overcome this specific problem, and return to your first love:

“I will give you fruit from the Tree of Life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”

God is not a man – He wouldn’t lie. He doesn’t make vain promises that don’t mean anything. If God promises you a reward- believe me, it’s something you would want! It’s not a consolation prize.

These are specific directions from Jesus to His Church, and this is a HUGE reward God gives to those who obey. If you are a believer in Christ, your name is already in the book of life, (you have already overcome sin, satan, and the world), but this “extra” overcomer reward is only for those who overcome this specific problem (leaving your first love) that Jesus told them to.

Rekindle your zeal, commitment, and hunger for God that you had at first. “Do the things you did when you first believed in Me.” A lot of older Christians think they are more mature or experienced because they have left their first love, and they don’t do the things they started out doing. But as you see in this message to the Old Faithful Christian, Jesus sees things totally different. He commands us to do the first works.

If you don’t, you will lose your place as a witness (shining light, candlestick) to God’s work in the earth. The church is meant to declare the wisdom of God (Ephesians 3:10). Without the fire of your first love, your candle is not lit. You will lose your “impact” as a group of believers.

If you restore your original fire for God by doing the first works you did when you first believed in Him (love is obedience, Matt 14)… Then not only will you be a member of the Kingdom of Heaven, but you will also have access to eat special fruit from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Use your imagination here! Imagine how good that fruit will be. If God only promises this to people who overcome that problem, then people who don’t overcome this will NOT get to enjoy that. Imagine not being able to eat that fruit. Remember that these are not useless words. This is something you would really want. These are Jesus’ last direct verbal instructions recorded in the Bible. Do them please. Don’t be an “Old Faithful” Christian that has left your first love.

Next:

2nd Message:How to Get the Crown of Life Forever!

A Message from Jesus to the Christians that Are Going Through Suffering

Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11)

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7 Ways to Overcome – 7 Messages from Jesus – Intro

Posted on October 30, 2008 by SoSpression

Art used by Pat Marvenko Smith, copyright 1992. To order prints visit her “Revelation Illustrated” site, http://revelationillustrated.com.

This is the final set of specific written instructions JESUS ever gave to His followers. It is crucially important! In it are special and specific clues on how to overcome the greatest temptations, deceptions, and trials of life. It was originally given to the Apostle of Love, John. It was recorded in The Revelation of Jesus Christ – A book that reveals God. Revelations reveals God’s Heart, God’s Glory, and God’s indubitable ownership of heaven and earth very clearly.

In this time of earth-wide pandemonium… most of the set-up for the final acts of Revelations is being put together. There are wars, rumors of wars, false prophets everywhere, increased deception, panic, and fear in the world. Apostasy is happening as even former Christians are falling away from the holy faith. The cultures of the world are increasing in rage against the standards of righteousness and holiness that God has set through His Son Jesus Christ. But Jesus is still the King of the Universe! (See Psalms 2).

This is the overview of the last days scenario: First Jesus will open the 7 Seals, one at a time. Then, angels will blow 7 Trumpets, one at a time. Jesus will come back at the 7th Trumpet, and finally begin to pour out 7 bowls of Wrath as He cleans up the earth and prepares to make it new. Please notice: Christ comes back to earth at the last Trumpet. There are 7 seals to be opened before any of the Trumpets, and 6 Trumpets before the Last Trumpet when the Church is raptured (1 Corinthians 15:52). So whatever your view is of the rapture – a basic reading of Revelations shows that you are going to be here through some Seals and Trumpets.

I say this because you need to strengthen your heart with knowledge and understanding of the plan and desires of God. Before all this happens, NOW is your time to understand and the 7 Messages of Jesus. These messages are for many different Churches, and it is written to strengthen the Believers in the context of the activities of Revelations. In these messages are 7 Ways for you to Overcome, no matter what type of Christian you are.

Next:

1st Message: How To Eat the Tastiest Fruit in the Universe!

Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-11)

 

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