Spiritual Balance

Spiritual balance takes real self examination, real relationship in Messiah Jesus and obedience in studying the Word. Today I will share how Christians can start off in a good place, but get derailed into deception on this episode of hearingGod.


Hi Freedom 1, hearingGod.tv Did you know that the enemy loves Zealots? You can be so entrenched in Christendom and yet the enemy is right there to try and scoop you up. In this message I share ways that very zealous Christians get derailed… whether it's flesh of a wrong heart, lazy flesh, proud flesh, greedy flesh--you name it… repeat after me…. what get's us derailed? FLESH.


Touchy-Feely-

This is a category where I'll be giving examples of people pursuing things that tantalize the senses more so than a relationship and His truth.


Back when I was in a cult… we had a request from one of the members for prayer over her property as she seemed to have lots of witchcraft attacks. After we finished, one of the members walked across the driveway and went into a hysterical laughter. They said, "Oh, it's a Holy Ghost 'hot spot'… come and stand in it". And so other members would walk through that spot or stand in it & eventually begin to behave the same way. I had walked through that very spot earlier and felt nothing. I became the odd man out, but I refused to manufacture something that was not there. On a side note… that member that started this whole thing…. the Lord had been telling me for months that they were a 'false prophet'. This in fact, has been the only person God has ever told me was a false prophet. This knowledge, I tried to push off as the enemy trying to poison me. I certainly didn't want to be in 'offense' or 'unforgiveness' but, The Lord would continue to put scriptures in front of me, and the person would keep manifesting bad fruit vs. me & my family. Again… through His Word, everything is revealed.


I've got an example that fits into this 'touchy-feely' category; it's an excerpt from the writings of Frank Hammond:


"Christians, especially those suffering from rejection, inferiority and insecurity, are prone to crave an intimacy with the Lord which can draw them into unscriptural ways of achieving such closeness. For example, a Christian woman who had an unloving husband, was encouraged by a counselor to visualize Jesus as being her husband. She was to imagine Jesus coming through the door, hugging her and kissing her. Her visualized Jesus became very real to her, and she found this fantasy very satisfying. But one day her visualized Jesus became so intimate that he made sexual advances toward her. She was frightened enough to seek counsel which lead to her deliverance from a familiar spirit, the spirit of "another Jesus" II Cor. 11:4."


The salad bar leads us astray-

Pulling out isolated scriptures to make them fit instead of understanding the character of God throughout the scriptures.


Big example: street preachers that salad bar the judgement scriptures and condemnation to justify their hellfire as a broad net, while ignoring that God is always speaking to the house of God… not to pagans that can't receive God because of the curse and veil upon them for rejecting God. Doesn't it make more sense that these hellfire preachers go instead into churches? Even Jesus only judges the religious of His day…. but speaks parables [ and without a parable He did not speak] that break the veil and then the pagans are convicted of their sin and receive the Kingdom.

I'll probably just put an article on my blog if you want to know more on my stand about this, because that's a whole separate issue. I have yet to ever been in the presence of or watched a video of bible bashing street preaching net a positive confirmation on it's behalf by the Holy Spirit. The end result of a recent sharing of my scripturally based position with someone that condones it, was for them to turn around and mock christians 'that love, love, love'.


Well, sorry, but there's no condemnation in Christ Jesus and I will love the lost into the kingdom and I will continue to do just as Jesus did in correcting the 'religious firmly'.


WHEN RELIGIOUS SPIRITS SNEEK IN, YOU BEGIN TO SEE SOME, IF NOT ALL OF THESE MANIFEST:


(1)TENDENCY TO SEE MORE OF WHAT IS WRONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE OR OTHER CHURCHES THAN WHAT IS RIGHT WITH THEM


(2)TRYING TO FIX WHAT'S WRONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE AS IF THEY WERE APPOINTED BY GOD WITH THIS MISSION


(3) JEALOUSY/SUSPICION OF ANYTHING OUTSIDE THEIR BOX


(4) A PRIDEFUL SENSE OF BEING CLOSER TO GOD THAN OTHER PEOPLE


(5) MECHANIZED PRAYER LIFE


(6) COMPARING ONESELF WITH OTHERS


(7) DO MORE/FEEL BETTER=KEEPING SCORE


(8) SEEKING NOTICE AND ACCEPTANCE OF MAN


(9) GLORYING MORE IN WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN THE PAST THAT WHAT HE IS DOING IN THE PRESENT


(10) OUTWARD CEREMONY AND RITUAL BUT THEY OFFER NO POWER FOR A CHANGED LIFE


Wrongs don't make a 'right'-

Do you know that most of the secular self improvement, positive thinking systems are chock full of biblical principles but minus God and what Jesus did for us? These timeless biblical precepts work regardless of what side of the fence you are on. God's Word is faithful, it goes forth not to return void with access for anyone, but as believers we know it's only the end choice that counts. And you wonder why people get deceived? They see results. When you continue to see results despite things getting farther and farther watered down from the truth…. you begin to justify goodness by the results and not the path to get there.


A crooked road with results has an end result of no reward.


I knew a 'prophet' once that had gotten involved in an african money scheme in the past. It was said that it was an innocent mistake, her heart being to benefit ministry. The problem was, that she did it a second time, again foregoing the safety in a multitude of counsellors - secretly. So let's look at the fruit…. it doesn't matter that she wanted to 'help ministry', greed has many disguises. Again, using that platform of a trusting Christian, others lost thousands of dollars again. If you 'innocently' got caught in a mess once, why wouldn't you seek the counsel of other Godly people?


"But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die." Eze 18:24


Wallowing in the Mud-

Character in being a Christian is so important and one way people lose balance is by chopping down the tree and then erecting it again. What I mean by this is aligning with spirits that demean our high standing and then expect people to be impressed with Jesus after you've spoken things that oppose the Truth in the Word.


Now in the scriptures we hear,

1Cr 4:10a "We are fools for Christ's sake…"

but what I'm talking about jumps from that scripture into a negative confession over one's life. It is one thing to say 'look who God can use' but it's another to begin to confess negative negative negative, --chopping down that tree. Remember, Pro 23:7 "For as he thinks within himself, so he is." It's funny because most people do this to humor people-- let's say you're a lawyer or a politician, so you cut yourself down with 'jokey idle words'. HE may use broken vessels, but as we are conforming into His image we can testify what He's done without wallowing in the mud.


Spending too much time nosing around with what the devil is doing-

This is a big one folks! When I was in a cult, the leader would push that we needed to educate ourselves about what the enemy was up to by poking our nose into their culture. The cult leader actually had all of us watch the movie called 'The Craft' and then in watching the mini series spin-off that birthed from that called "Charmed".


Church, we are to be about our Father's business. After I left the cult and dug into 'God alone'… I found that if HE wanted to educate me, He would bring stuff to my attention without my having to dip my toe into any cesspool. Do you know how many people are out there that have been into the occult that have been redeemed and now are able to educate us with what we need to know? It is true, what was meant for bad will always be turned around for His glory! If you've been redeemed from a shady past, the Lord has a ministry for you!


We need to spend the bulk of our time examining ourselves; being pure and growing in the Lord… trust me, there are no 'hidden secrets' that we will find apart from the shadow of His wing.


Off the path for lack of the Word-

Another excerpt from the writings of Frank Hammond:


"The church there had been organized by an anointed woman pastor, who had been deceased for several years. One night, the Lord revealed to Ida Mae, by means of a spiritual dream, that several in the church were being visited by an apparition of the former pastor. In the dream, Ida Mae was shown the apparition. It appeared very beautiful. When Ida Mae identified it as an apparition, the face became hideously demonic.

The present pastor of the church, a young man, confirmed that everything Ida Mae was shown was true. Several older women in the fellowship were resisting the new, young leader and wanted everything to continue as it was before. These women, who had been closely related to their former pastor, so desired to stay in communication with her that they opened themselves up to being visited by the deceptive apparition. The sad part of the story is that the deceived women refused to believe that they were communicating with a familiar spirit rather than their deceased pastor.

Satan is a sly deceiver. When forbidden things are sought; or when good things are sought in wrong ways, the devil is quick to take advantage."


What's another big 'apparition' we hear of? Marian Apparitions. What do we know of Mary, the Mother of Jesus?


She was chosen of God:

Luke 1:30 "And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God."

She was obedient:

Luke 1:38 "And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word."

Eternally Blessed:

Luke 1:48 "For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave; For behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed."


The scripture does not say:

Mary was without sin

She ascended to heaven without dying

Remained virgin

Is a mediator


Those are things the Catholic Church added.


Proverbs 30:6-5 "Every word of God is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar."

(also note*: Deuteronomy 4:2 & Deuteronomy 12:32)


These additions give Marian apparitions credence. But next to the Word of God these apparitions speak of Necromancy: The supposed practice of communicating with the dead, esp. in order to predict the future.


What happens at these apparitions… people flock to get some new revelation or direction through Mary or "Jesus".


"But the message is good", people say. Doesn't matter does it? We are all too aware that the enemy knows the scripture too. If the enemy has gotten us into necromancy, we lose!


"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter." Matthew 7:21


The scriptures say that God reveals His secrets to the Prophets…[Amos 3:7], no mention of any other mediator to His sharing than Jesus Christ.


I don't bring up the Marian Apparition example so that you bible bashers out there can rail on Catholics… remember if Michael the archangel wouldn't even judge satan…. than how much more so we shouldn't be railing each other. Michael the archangel would’t even pronounce a railing judgment against satan, how much more so, we as believers shouldn’t be railing each other!


[Jude 1:9 "But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"]


Strange Signs-

What happens when you assume? Never assume any phenomena is God reaching out to you!


We need to be satisfied by His Word alone. And through His Word we shall know the truth….and the truth shall set you free!


[Deu 8:3 "He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.]


I was in a big spiritual battle a few months ago and I had very strange phenomena happen. I awoke abruptly one night to see a swirling 2.5-3ft portal at the end of my bed. It didn't look good, it didn't look bad, but I hollered the Word of God at it, and professed Jesus as my authority etc. till' I ran out of things to say and it finally disappeared. This all occurring in a minute to a minute and a half's span of time. I'm hollering & my husband sleeps through the whole ordeal!


A friend tried to research if any others have had this happen to them before for comparison's sake… but I concluded it was bad based on:


1.) the fact that nothing happened in the face of the professed Word

2.) and the fact that I had already mentioned having been in the midst of a big spiritual battle


And that's what the enemy like to do folks… when you are in battle and pressing in we can't allow our guard down for a desired ‘flash in the pan’. We examine fruit and we use the Word. Am I repeating myself throughout this message?


How many ministries have we witnessed that get derailed by this one? Do I want to SEE the GLORY? Doesn't everyone? Praise God we have that to look forward to in all of eternity!---But we have to go through the narrow gate [through the crack of the bible].


We will SEE God -

by:

1.) Believing

Jhn 11:40 "Jesus said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?"


2.) Being Holy

Psalm 24:3-4"Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? And who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, And has not sworn deceitfully."


3.) Being Pure
Matt. 5:8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."

Awaken your discernment… if you have an uneasiness about anything….you should be watching the fruit and reading the Word. You should be questioning everything… you don't want to miss the Holy Spirit straightening out any crooked parts in your path and you don't want to allow the enemy's voice to meld in your spirit so you become that frog cooking gradually in the boiling pot of water. If something doesn't set well in your spirit, seek to know WHY. Find out everything by holding God's hand in relationship and by the truth in the Word…. not by following a crowd of people into the glittery ditch.

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Safety in a Multitude of Counselors

Proverbs 11:14 - "In a multitude of counselors there is safety"
The church group I used to hang out with was split all up because the deeper you go into the spirit...the more junk gets purged from your soul & if you hang onto what God hates...the devil steps in under the appearance of God & feeds your flesh.  If you don't line everything up to the word of God as the measuring rod, you can go astray. 

So what happened with our church group stuff...was the group leader was secretly getting people into african money scams that she was deceived into believing were real.  Sure, she had the intent of using some of the money for Godly purposes...but she did everything in secret & didn't counsel with others who would've told her it was a scam...all because she had a root of greed she would not let go of and the devil had a hay-day with her.  Then, after it was exposed she turned and attacked everyone that she should've counseled with....also remember the bible talks about 'you will know them by their fruits'.  So, this was the proof of her 'bad fruit'...her pride, her deception.  She had been listening to the devils voice & bated by a root of greed for so long that she turned to attack instead of accept reprove, correction or anything that would align with the bible.

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Manifestation Power

A teaching for 'the remnant'...you know who you are!

It used to bug me when, some nights, I'd go to sleep and the fan blades would be in a perfect pentagram symbol over my head.  I'd stand up on the bed and give the blades a quarter-turn and then blame the devil for doing that on purpose.  After a while of doing this (and despising the chore itself) God began to teach me how silly this routine was, how powerful He is...and how that same power we have access to....that manifestation power granted to us through Jesus can be be maligned by the enemy to work against us. 

See, there's no power in that fan-shape configuration....I believed a lie the enemy was whispering & allowed fear to come in...I granted him that access to have power when I agreed with the fear he was dishing out.  And in agreeing with anything the devil dishes out...you might as well be handing him the keys to the convertible.

A few years ago I found out that church steeples were actually birthed from pagan  buildings that converted to churches.  The steeple itself actually representing a phallic symbol!  Does that make all churches bearing that evil?  Again, silliness!

And recently, over the internet, I see people arguing what the 'proper' name for God is....and that if you don't say it 'right' your 'god' is the devil.  How nuts is that?

What about children celebrating the resurrection of Jesus and calling it 'Easter'?  Why condemn?  Does it really matter if it's called the feast of blah, blah...isn't what God does is look upon the heart of man?   I just find it amazing how this legalistic spirit invades the body of Christ.  That's what it is folks....it's a 'spirit', and let me tell you....it's not of Him.

I'm not worried about anyone in the enemies camp, or people that just don't know Jesus, yet this legalistic spirit will damn you if you associate with such people, or even believers not of the same flock as yourself.  It's a spirit, that if you'd be wise and test....is one that robs your liberties and ices the heart afire for God--it's a freedom-robbing chant...that mantra of control, of bondage,  of condemnation.  It is the same choking spirit that ultimately murdered Jesus...yet people today do not take those scriptures of old and apply their precepts into life today. 

We each have manifestation power through the power of our words.  Everyone on the planet has access to this whether chanting witches, buddhist monks or praying believers.  God created all things with the breath of His Word.  This has not passed away and whether we go through Jesus or we find some back door in accessing it, it is available to all.  What we believe, we achieve.  But what is the difference between non-believers and believers when it comes to manifestation power?  [sing] There's power in the name of Jesus!

Let us roll out the Enemy's Map...

Consider the military and it's operation...even in this recent event where the prisoners were freed from Bogata after 6 years of captivity.  How were they freed?  They were freed because the enemy forces were invaded undetected.  They were compromised.  So understand this spiritual war we are in.  In that opposite scenario, the enemy is invading the 'church' unnoticed & undetected. 

How does the enemy mock God?  How does the enemy have the most damaging power? By taking anything of God's and perverting and possessing it.   In the camps of the enemy the premise is simple...get people whom have an anointing, professing the name of Jesus and walking in manifestation power...capture it and use it against the saints of the most high.  They ultimately shout "Kill Jesus!"

People that don't know Jesus....I love...the Word of God does not return void and if they are searching seed plants very easily....I am more concerned by people who profess Jesus as Lord....but have this religious spirit that comes in His name but is not at all.  It is a religious spirit that is the worst thing out there.  It's the most dangerous of deceptions.  People trust in men that have been leavened by this cruel spirit, and no longer watch for good fruit...no longer seek the spirit of God in their prayer closets. They become a leavened mass of prayer against the true Spirit of God. Essentially witchery using the power in the name of Jesus.  Your false prophets and teachers warned about in the last days.

So the examples I gave in the very beginning are some of the triggers of a religious spirit....let's get back to identifying a religious spirit and the wool that it pulls over a believer's eyes.

In my very first examples, whether it's a shape, and image an event--It's not anything that God has created that is bad it's what has been perverted and by what power we attribute to them.  It's the same premise of scripture...for one man it's sin...to another it's not...if one BELIEVES the religious spirit, it IS under it's grip.  Jesus can only relieve your burdens as you surrender them.  Your own mind decides how far you will go on with God. 

It's because we are alllll under a process of deprogramming, if you've been in or are in, a 'church of the box'.  We also all have inherited curses and demons with legal access from the sins of our forefathers that are continually surfaced.  And these are difficult if you've lived with them your whole life...you've never known freedom from them so you don't realize you are beneath them.  The blood of Jesus can only wash away what you allow it to...sure, salvation is secured but you control how many burdens you carry in this life.  When we've had such an access point for the enemy....think of it like a worn path or a door where the clasp isn't as secure....for those things we have to really come to the feet of Jesus constantly to help w/ that burden....it's familiar & we are too weak.

How can we know if we have a religious spirit or spirits?  The first thing to pay attention to, are your thoughts.  Have you had damning thoughts about this teaching or an overcast of negativity about it?   Did you know that not every thought is your own?  Your thought life is a war zone.  If you're severely agitated, that is good...we are uncovering something.  Remember...some of our access points are older then we are...if we've never looked outside of a cave to see there's a blue sky...everything within us will reject that the blue sky exists because we tend to believe only what we know.  Any spirit that has that worn path in our soul is going to fight with all it's got because it doesn't want to leave it's comfy home....so to plant thoughts of offense or any other odd thing to get you in accord to reject the blue sky is something you are charged to pay attention to.  Remember the enemy's map for perspective..

I have a basic test for you....would it offend you if i wrote merry x-mas instead of Christmas?....remember all the 'christian' uprising about people that use the 'x' =taking 'Christ' out of christmas...all birthed by a religious spirit, agreed upon by the brainwashed masses...God help the person that used it as shorthand...need i go on?  Really, it's ridiculous...the root is judgement...the telltale of a religious spirit. So if this whole x-mas thing offends it is a religious spirit.  Does the notion of 'speaking in tongues' offend you?  Same thing...believe me the bible is true in it's entirety, & the enemy wants you trapped in that cave. 

This is a spirit that ignores and tramples the heart.  It instills fear.  It says if you don't wash your hands a certain way that you do not honor God.  Although it professes to 'honor God', it just puts you under a heavier & heavier yoke of oppression until you are so distanced from the unconditional love of Jesus, that you know not His heart.  And if you've joined in and echoed it's railing judgement against others...to other believers or non-believers pushing them away from His saving freedom...say a prayer with me right now.... [prayer]...end.
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