GOD is not in control of everything that happens on the earth! This is a doctrine of man and now is the time to confront it. We have accountability and responsibility for what happens on this earth. Doctrines of man tried to hide or dilute this responsibility so that we would not produce good fruit for The Kingdom.
James wrote by The Holy Spirit in chapter 2:
26 For just as a human body without the spirit is a dead corpse, so faith without the expression of good works is dead!
The spirit is life, so life does not have its source in the carnal man. Life is not about a bigger house, a bigger bank account, cars, jewelry, or fame. It is about being connected with Our Heavenly Father and growing in intimacy with HIM. The adversary wants to keep us blinded and ignorant of FATHER’S desire for intimacy arising out of Agape Love.
Jesus shared this Truth in Luke chapter 12:
15 Speaking to the people, Jesus continued, “Be alert and guard your heart from greed and from always wishing for what you don’t have. For your life can never be measured by the amount of things you possess.”
16 Jesus then gave them this illustration: “A wealthy land owner had a farm that produced bumper crops. Every year the harvest was so great it filled his barns to overflowing! 17 He thought, ‘What should I do now that every barn is full and I have nowhere else to store more? 18 I know what I’ll do! I’ll tear down the barns and build one massive barn to hold all my grain and goods. 19 Then I can just sit back, surrounded with comfort and ease. I’ll enjoy life with no worries at all.’
20 “God said to him, ‘What a fool you are to trust in your riches and not in Me! This very night the messengers of death will demand to take your life. Then who will get all the wealth you have stored up for yourself?’ 21 The same thing will happen to all those who fill up their lives with everything but God.”
We are spirit beings and we are to be one with GOD just as Adam and Eve were before the fall. FATHER frequently walked with them in the cool of the day. HE wants that same relationship with each of us by HIS SPIRIT. HE desires no separation like what happened to Adam and Eve when they submitted to the deception of the serpent. Have you ever wondered why Eve didn’t wait until FATHER arrived to ask HIM concerning the “potential” deception? The adversary went after her innocence. She had not experienced deception prior to his questions.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 6:
23 For sin’s meager wages is death, but God’s lavish gift is life eternal, found in your union with our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One.
We are meant to be in union with Our Lord Jesus Christ throughout each day. This union is achieved by placing our focus on being led by The Holy Spirit and dwelling on HIS Words, especially those recorded in the Gospels. We must not allow ourselves to become void of The Word in any area. Otherwise, we open ourselves up to deception in that area of weakness. I know this by personal experience!
We must not allow man’s doctrines, some based on a single passage, to divert our attention away from FATHER’S Divine Intent. In Deuteronomy chapter 19, it is written by THE SPIRIT:
15 … by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.
Jesus referred to this Truth in Matthew chapter 18:
15 “If your fellow believer sins against you,[l] you must go to that one privately and attempt to resolve the matter. If he responds, your relationship is restored.[m] 16 But if his heart is closed to you, then go to him again, taking one or two others with you. You’ll be fulfilling what the Scripture teaches when it says, ‘Every word may be verified by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Corinthians chapter 13:
13 This will be my third trip to you. And I will make sure that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter will be confirmed.
And in 1st Timothy chapter 5:
19 Refuse to listen to suspicious accusations against the pastors who lead the flock unless you have two or three witnesses to confirm the accusations.
Had Eve (or Adam) understood the need to have two or three witnesses confirm the words of the serpent, the fall would not have occurred. Once they gave the adversary their consent and cooperation, he acquired their dominion of power and authority thus becoming the god of this world.
Let this be a warning, do not base a doctrine on an obscure Scripture that has no confirming passages elsewhere. Some so-called experts will wrap their logic and reasoning around a passage to create their own doctrine. This is often done to promote themselves and add followers who will support such doctrines. They will suggest to those who will embrace such doctrines that they are in some elite and special group. I have been exposed to such attempts more than once and only had to inspect the fruit or the lack thereof!
The devil tried to use Scripture to get Jesus to consent to his power when Jesus was confronted by him in the wilderness. He did this three times so that he could claim the Truth of his continued power being established by “three witnesses”. Jesus didn’t submit to this deception, neither should we.
Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 10:
17 When the seventy missionaries returned to Jesus, they were ecstatic with joy, telling him, “Lord, even the demons obeyed us when we commanded them in Your Name!”
18 Jesus replied, “While you were ministering, I watched Satan topple until he fell suddenly from heaven like lightning to the ground. 19 Now you understand that I have imparted to you my authority to trample over his kingdom. You will trample upon every demon before you and overcome every power Satan possesses. Absolutely nothing will harm you as you walk in this authority.
Jesus did not deny the power and authority of satan yet He understood and operated in the power and authority given to Him which superseded satan’s lesser authority. We must not be ignorant of this Truth spoken by Jesus Himself.
20 However, your real source of joy isn’t merely that these spirits submit to your authority, but that your names are written in the journals of Heaven and that you belong to God’s Kingdom. This is the true source of your authority.”
21 Then Jesus, overflowing with the Holy Spirit’s joy, exclaimed, “Father, thank You, for you are Lord Supreme over Heaven and earth! You have hidden the great revelation of this authority from those who are proud, those wise in their own eyes, and you have shared it with these who humbled themselves. Yes, Father. This is what pleases Your heart: to give these things to those who are like trusting children.”
22 “Father, You have entrusted Me with all that You have. No one fully knows the Son except the Father. And no one fully knows the Father except the Son. But the Son is able to reveal the Father to anyone He chooses.”
To whom does Jesus reveal Our Heavenly Father? To the humble, those that are trusting Sons and Daughters. Let us not give up any power or authority by consenting or cooperating with the enemy in any way, shape, or form. We must not forget the lesson learned in the Garden. It took the Blood of Jesus to totally wipe away the power and authority of the adversary and his minions. We are to walk in the Truths spoken by Jesus as well as The Holy Spirit.
FATHER created us for fellowship and to share Agape Love in Its purest form. It started with the first Adam but required the second Adam to restore the pleasure of fellowship. Let us keep this Truth in mind as we walk out each day.
John 3: 16 For here is the way God Loved the world—He gave His only, unique Son as a gift. So now everyone who believes in Him will never perish but experience everlasting life.
17 “God did not send his Son into the world to judge and condemn the world, but to be its Savior and rescue it!”
You and I have been rescued! Don’t yield yourself to the adversary in any area of your life. Don’t consent or cooperate with any doctrine that attempts to discredit the Love of GOD by promoting the idea that HE has promoted stealing, killing, or destroying life in any form, no matter how subtle the argument or logic.