have you heard the old saying he who laughs last laughs longest your demigod and you will burn in hell

Re: Things Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Has Stated As Errors & False Teaching From Bible? by flairlady(f): 3 days & 11 hours
@op.4rm ur username i c u re against my pastor so no need 4 any discussions or clarifications.i bet u are nt doing all this because u love God and wanna spread the gospel.u just hate pastor chris and christ embassy and just trying to bring us down but as it is,our lives are upward and forward only,we can only get better.

Right first of all you have all the facts wrong about my intentions?

I love the bible and all the truth contained inside of its pages and the gospel Jesus come to give us peace love and understanding not a watered down smashed up collection of twists on truths like Pastor Chris Oyakhilome teaches?
What he teaches is a false gospel.

I ask you when Jesus comes here where are you going to be in heaven or earth do you even know?

Second this post about “tattoos” he said quote: “the bible does not say anything about tattoos"

Yet I posted the bible verses proofing in fact it does talk about this matter, not like he said the bible does say things about tattoos.

See he will bring his own ministry down with his lack of true bible knowledge with such momentous mistakes like he is now making God is answering my prayers truly to expose him for he is a false teacher and after I am through with him?

Everyone will know that he is which is a blind man leading the blind
I tell you this with truth in my heart I don’t like him you are so right?

I don’t like him lying to you and all the people of the world and yes I don’t like Christ embassy because of what they stand for this church is one of the most refined evils ever contrived?

I consider all you people brainwashed and not lovers of God or truth every time I show any of you, the bible with what it says you reject it

with the touch not the anointed one or you will not bring us down I want to bring you up to the level where you are called to which is this Gods truth?

True knowledge and teaching every time I put a video up saying he is wrong and now I have him telling you tattoos are not in the bible
You need to search your own soul who ever you are?

you always love truth so i thought this video would lift the spirits

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHFUH_frhBw[/flash]

i love him as christ told us to love our enmemies but i hate what he teaches

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHFUH_frhBw[/flash]

thanks i hate racists there the scum of the earth?

i am not black my self but i have mixed race kids i am glade you liked the video

my kids need to learn what evil people do it is not about beating up pastor christ all the time there is bigger issues in the world

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv5yyCzxDsY[/flash]
BLACK
HOLOCAUST
The Black Experience in America

http://www.globalafrica.com/BlkHlcst.htm

If anyone truly believes that the April attack on the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was the most tragic bombing ever to take place on United States soil - as the media has been widely reporting - they're wrong, plain and simple. That's because an even deadlier bombing occurred in that same state nearly 75 years ago. Many people in high places would like to forget that it ever happened.
Searching under the heading of "riots," "Oklahoma," and "Tulsa," in current editions of the World Book Encyclopedia, there is conspicuously no mention whatsoever of the Tulsa race riot of 1921, and this omission is by no means a surprise, or a rare case. The fact is, one would also be hard-pressed to find documentation of the incident, let alone an accurate accounting of it, in any other "scholarly" reference or American history book.

That's precisely the point that noted author, publisher and orator Ron Wallace, a Tulsa native, sought to make nearly five years ago, when he began researching this riot, one of the worse incidents of violence ever visited upon people of African descent. Ultimately joined on the college project by Jay Jay Wilson of Los Angeles, the duo found and compiled indisputable evidence of what they now describe as "A Black Holocaust in America."

The date was June 1, 1921, when "Black Wallstreet," the name fittingly given to one of the most affluent all-Black communities in America, was bombed from the air, and burned to the ground by mobs of envious whites. In a period spanning fewer than 12 hours, a once thriving black business district in northern Tulsa lay smoldering. A model community destroyed, and a major African-American economic movement resoundingly defused.

The night's carnage left some 3,000 African-Americans dead, and over 600 successful businesses lost. Among these were 21 restaurants, 30 grocery stores and two movie theaters, a bank, a post office, libraries, schools, law offices, a half-dozen private airplanes, a bus system, a hospital and 21 churches. As could have been expected the impetus behind it all was the infamous Ku Klux Klan, working in consort with ranking city officials, and many other sympathizers. In their self-published book, "Black Wallstreet: A Lost Dream," and its companion video documentary, "Black Wallstreet: A Black Holocaust in America!" the authors have chronicled for the very first time, in the words of area historians and elderly survivors, what really happened there on that fateful summer day in 1921, and why it happened. Wallace similarly explained why this bloody event from the 1920s seems to have a recurring effect that is felt in predominately Black neighborhoods to this day.

The best description of Black Wallstreet, or Little Africa, as it was also known, could be likened to a mini-Beverly Hills. It was the golden door of the Black community during the early 1900s, and it proved that African-Americans had successful infrastructure. That's what Black Wallstreet was all about. The dollar circulated 36 to 100 times, sometimes taking a year for currency to leave the community. Now, in 1995, a dollar leaves the Black community in 15 minutes. As far as resources, there were Ph.D.'s residing in Little Africa, Black attorneys and doctors. One doctor was Dr. Berry, who owned the bus system. His average income was $500 a day, hefty pocket change in 1910. During that era, physicians owned medical schools. There were pawn shops everywhere, brothels, jewelry stores, 21 churches, 21 restaurants and two movie theaters. It was a time when the entire State of Oklahoma had only two airports, yet six Blacks owned their own airplanes. It was a very fascinating community.

The area encompassed over 600 businesses and 36 square blocks with a population of 15,000 African-Americans. And when the lower-economic Europeans looked over and saw what the Black community created, many of them were jealous. When the average student went to school on Black Wallstreet, he wore a suit and tie because of the morals and respect they were taught at a young age… The main thoroughfare was Greenwood Avenue, and it was intersected by Archer and Pine Streets; from the first letters in each of those three names, you get G.A.P, and that's where the renowned R & B music group The Gap Band got its name. They're from Tulsa.

Black Wallstreet was a prime example of the typical Black community in America, with an independent Black business community, but what made it unusual was its location. At the time, Oklahoma was set aside to be a Black and Indian state. There were over 28 Black townships there. One third of the people who traveled in the terrifying "Trail of Tears," along-side the Indians between 1830 to 1842 were Black people. The citizens of this proposed Indian and Black state chose a Black governor, a treasurer from Kansas named McDade. But the Ku Klux Klan said that if he assumed office, that they would kill him within 48 hours. A lot of Blacks owned farmland, and many of them had gone into the oil business. The community was so tight and wealthy because they traded dollars hand-to-hand, and because they were dependent upon one another as a result of the Jim Crow laws.

It was not unusual for a home accidentally burned down, to be rebuilt within a few weeks by neighbors. This was the type of scenario that was going on day to day on Black Wallstreet. Blacks intermarried into the native Indian culture, and some of them inherited Indian land claims, including whatever oil was later found on the properties. To illustrate how wealthy this Black community was, there was a banker in a neighboring town whose wife, California Taylor, was the daughter of the owner of the largest cotton gin west of the Mississippi River. When California went shopping, it was in Paris, France, where she had her clothes custom made.

Black Wallstreet conducted global business, and the Black community of Tulsa flourished from the early 1900s until June 1, 1921, when the largest massacre of civilian Americans in the history of the United States took place, all at the instigation of the KKK. Imagine walking out of your front door and seeing 1,500 homes on fire. It must have been amazing! Survivors interviewed think that the whole thing was planned, because during the time that all of this was going on, white families stood with their children around the borders of the Black district, watching the massacre, the looting and all, much in the same manner they would watch a
lynching. The word "picnic" derives from a form of homicide-as-entertainment pastime native to Oklahoma, being short for "pick a nigger" to lynch. It was a typical Friday evening form of recreation that was considered perfectly normal, during which a Black male would be lynched, and the viewers would cut off body parts as souvenirs. This went on every weekend in this country, and it was all across the county. (Interestingly enough, the readiness to take a souvenir from a lynching implied that it was socially acceptable to murder Blacks, and it is eerily reminiscent of the detailed records the Nazi's kept of the people they exterminated in
the death camps, as if what they were doing was not illegal. WFI Editor)

The riots were not caused by anything Black or white; it was caused by jealousy. Lots of white people had come back from World War I, and they were poor. When they looked over into the Black communities and realized that Black men who fought in the War, had come home as heroes, it helped to trigger the destruction. The riot cost the Black community everything, and not a single dime of restitution - no insurance claims - has been awarded to the victims to this day. Nonetheless, they rebuilt. Yet, it is estimated that 1,500 to 3,000 people were killed and we know that many of them were buried in mass graves all around the city. Some were thrown into the river. As a matter of fact, at 21st Street and Yale Ave., where there now stands a Sears parking lot, was once a coal mine; many bodies were thrown into the shafts before they were sealed up, and paved over for the convenience of shoppers.

Black Americans don't know about this story because the word "holocaust" disturbs the partisans of the Democratic and Republican parties. The white community is haunted by the reality of the republic's past as a slave-state, and is anxiety ridden that some day the Black community will make demands for restitution, for the "Old Money" fortunes that were made on the backs of enslaved black people. The idea that the United States invented "ethnic cleansing" and racism, and that the first concentration camps were devised by the U.S., and that the Black people were subjected to a holocaust because of the fear they caused in the
white community, who fully realized the violent implications of the enslavement of another ethnic group, all defies the patriotic jingoistic propaganda taught to school-children, that America is the land of the free. When other ethnic groups use the word "holocaust" it is socially acceptable; but when Black people discuss the Black Holocaust, they are dismissed as cry-babies, trying to dig up old issues from ancient history, that most white people believe are settled.

In 1910, Black people owned 13 million acres of land, at the height of racism in the United States. The reality that the Black people had a thriving community is proof that they have the equal ability of any other ethnic group, justifying the pride of Black people in the accomplishments of their community. It is also important for all people to understand the reality of the Black Holocaust in America, and stop trying to deny the fact that the biggest obstacle to a social peace in the United States today is the role played by the Federal Government in perpetuating racist conflict in the past.

SOURCE: Excerpted from Black Elegance Magazine, date unknown. As told to Ronald E. Childs; Ron Wallace, co-author of "Black Wallstreet." To order Black Wallstreet, contact Dularon Entertainment, Inc., P. O. Box 2702, Tulsa, OK, 74149, or call 1(800)682-7975. Presented not as an advertisement, but for informational purposes only. Reprinted in the public service of the national interest of the American people.

(WFI EDITOR: The social clash between the white and black ethnic groups in the United States is especially marked by the fear that permeates white society regarding black people. To many average white people, black people and the black experience is completely alien. When the things that are common to black people are related to many average white people, such as having to come to grips with constant suspicion from others - like store security - solely on the basis of the color of one's skin, it is virtually impossible for the white person to believe that such conditions exist in America. Likewise, the consistent reports of police harassment of black people that have been documented since the first days of the republic, are hard to believe by middle-class white people, who only have cordial relations with the police. It is also easier for white people to let go of the memory of slavery than it is for the black people, because for the white people it represented an episode of national shame. The number of black people who "disappeared," is too high to estimate, and no one has really tried, because the gruesome reality that murder was used liberally to keep the racist based class-system active even after the official end of slavery is too ugly a lesson for school teachers to disclose to impressionable children. Another black community that perished in the middle of the night, was Rosewood, Florida. It was only recently that it even came to light that Rosewood was destroyed, and that people were murdered, on no more than a rumor. But it is important to all Americans, that the truth about the past be faced honestly, if America is to have a future at all.[flash]
BLACK
HOLOCAUST
The Black Experience in America


If anyone truly believes that the April attack on the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was the most tragic bombing ever to take place on United States soil - as the media has been widely reporting - they're wrong, plain and simple. That's because an even deadlier bombing occurred in that same state nearly 75 years ago. Many people in high places would like to forget that it ever happened.
Searching under the heading of "riots," "Oklahoma," and "Tulsa," in current editions of the World Book Encyclopedia, there is conspicuously no mention whatsoever of the Tulsa race riot of 1921, and this omission is by no means a surprise, or a rare case. The fact is, one would also be hard-pressed to find documentation of the incident, let alone an accurate accounting of it, in any other "scholarly" reference or American history book.

That's precisely the point that noted author, publisher and orator Ron Wallace, a Tulsa native, sought to make nearly five years ago, when he began researching this riot, one of the worse incidents of violence ever visited upon people of African descent. Ultimately joined on the college project by Jay Jay Wilson of Los Angeles, the duo found and compiled indisputable evidence of what they now describe as "A Black Holocaust in America."

The date was June 1, 1921, when "Black Wallstreet," the name fittingly given to one of the most affluent all-Black communities in America, was bombed from the air, and burned to the ground by mobs of envious whites. In a period spanning fewer than 12 hours, a once thriving black business district in northern Tulsa lay smoldering. A model community destroyed, and a major African-American economic movement resoundingly defused.

The night's carnage left some 3,000 African-Americans dead, and over 600 successful businesses lost. Among these were 21 restaurants, 30 grocery stores and two movie theaters, a bank, a post office, libraries, schools, law offices, a half-dozen private airplanes, a bus system, a hospital and 21 churches. As could have been expected the impetus behind it all was the infamous Ku Klux Klan, working in consort with ranking city officials, and many other sympathizers. In their self-published book, "Black Wallstreet: A Lost Dream," and its companion video documentary, "Black Wallstreet: A Black Holocaust in America!" the authors have chronicled for the very first time, in the words of area historians and elderly survivors, what really happened there on that fateful summer day in 1921, and why it happened. Wallace similarly explained why this bloody event from the 1920s seems to have a recurring effect that is felt in predominately Black neighborhoods to this day.

The best description of Black Wallstreet, or Little Africa, as it was also known, could be likened to a mini-Beverly Hills. It was the golden door of the Black community during the early 1900s, and it proved that African-Americans had successful infrastructure. That's what Black Wallstreet was all about. The dollar circulated 36 to 100 times, sometimes taking a year for currency to leave the community. Now, in 1995, a dollar leaves the Black community in 15 minutes. As far as resources, there were Ph.D.'s residing in Little Africa, Black attorneys and doctors. One doctor was Dr. Berry, who owned the bus system. His average income was $500 a day, hefty pocket change in 1910. During that era, physicians owned medical schools. There were pawn shops everywhere, brothels, jewelry stores, 21 churches, 21 restaurants and two movie theaters. It was a time when the entire State of Oklahoma had only two airports, yet six Blacks owned their own airplanes. It was a very fascinating community.

The area encompassed over 600 businesses and 36 square blocks with a population of 15,000 African-Americans. And when the lower-economic Europeans looked over and saw what the Black community created, many of them were jealous. When the average student went to school on Black Wallstreet, he wore a suit and tie because of the morals and respect they were taught at a young age… The main thoroughfare was Greenwood Avenue, and it was intersected by Archer and Pine Streets; from the first letters in each of those three names, you get G.A.P, and that's where the renowned R & B music group The Gap Band got its name. They're from Tulsa.

Black Wallstreet was a prime example of the typical Black community in America, with an independent Black business community, but what made it unusual was its location. At the time, Oklahoma was set aside to be a Black and Indian state. There were over 28 Black townships there. One third of the people who traveled in the terrifying "Trail of Tears," along-side the Indians between 1830 to 1842 were Black people. The citizens of this proposed Indian and Black state chose a Black governor, a treasurer from Kansas named McDade. But the Ku Klux Klan said that if he assumed office, that they would kill him within 48 hours. A lot of Blacks owned farmland, and many of them had gone into the oil business. The community was so tight and wealthy because they traded dollars hand-to-hand, and because they were dependent upon one another as a result of the Jim Crow laws.

It was not unusual for a home accidentally burned down, to be rebuilt within a few weeks by neighbors. This was the type of scenario that was going on day to day on Black Wallstreet. Blacks intermarried into the native Indian culture, and some of them inherited Indian land claims, including whatever oil was later found on the properties. To illustrate how wealthy this Black community was, there was a banker in a neighboring town whose wife, California Taylor, was the daughter of the owner of the largest cotton gin west of the Mississippi River. When California went shopping, it was in Paris, France, where she had her clothes custom made.

Black Wallstreet conducted global business, and the Black community of Tulsa flourished from the early 1900s until June 1, 1921, when the largest massacre of civilian Americans in the history of the United States took place, all at the instigation of the KKK. Imagine walking out of your front door and seeing 1,500 homes on fire. It must have been amazing! Survivors interviewed think that the whole thing was planned, because during the time that all of this was going on, white families stood with their children around the borders of the Black district, watching the massacre, the looting and all, much in the same manner they would watch a
lynching. The word "picnic" derives from a form of homicide-as-entertainment pastime native to Oklahoma, being short for "pick a nigger" to lynch. It was a typical Friday evening form of recreation that was considered perfectly normal, during which a Black male would be lynched, and the viewers would cut off body parts as souvenirs. This went on every weekend in this country, and it was all across the county. (Interestingly enough, the readiness to take a souvenir from a lynching implied that it was socially acceptable to murder Blacks, and it is eerily reminiscent of the detailed records the Nazi's kept of the people they exterminated in
the death camps, as if what they were doing was not illegal. WFI Editor)

The riots were not caused by anything Black or white; it was caused by jealousy. Lots of white people had come back from World War I, and they were poor. When they looked over into the Black communities and realized that Black men who fought in the War, had come home as heroes, it helped to trigger the destruction. The riot cost the Black community everything, and not a single dime of restitution - no insurance claims - has been awarded to the victims to this day. Nonetheless, they rebuilt. Yet, it is estimated that 1,500 to 3,000 people were killed and we know that many of them were buried in mass graves all around the city. Some were thrown into the river. As a matter of fact, at 21st Street and Yale Ave., where there now stands a Sears parking lot, was once a coal mine; many bodies were thrown into the shafts before they were sealed up, and paved over for the convenience of shoppers.

Black Americans don't know about this story because the word "holocaust" disturbs the partisans of the Democratic and Republican parties. The white community is haunted by the reality of the republic's past as a slave-state, and is anxiety ridden that some day the Black community will make demands for restitution, for the "Old Money" fortunes that were made on the backs of enslaved black people. The idea that the United States invented "ethnic cleansing" and racism, and that the first concentration camps were devised by the U.S., and that the Black people were subjected to a holocaust because of the fear they caused in the
white community, who fully realized the violent implications of the enslavement of another ethnic group, all defies the patriotic jingoistic propaganda taught to school-children, that America is the land of the free. When other ethnic groups use the word "holocaust" it is socially acceptable; but when Black people discuss the Black Holocaust, they are dismissed as cry-babies, trying to dig up old issues from ancient history, that most white people believe are settled.

In 1910, Black people owned 13 million acres of land, at the height of racism in the United States. The reality that the Black people had a thriving community is proof that they have the equal ability of any other ethnic group, justifying the pride of Black people in the accomplishments of their community. It is also important for all people to understand the reality of the Black Holocaust in America, and stop trying to deny the fact that the biggest obstacle to a social peace in the United States today is the role played by the Federal Government in perpetuating racist conflict in the past.

SOURCE: Excerpted from Black Elegance Magazine, date unknown. As told to Ronald E. Childs; Ron Wallace, co-author of "Black Wallstreet." To order Black Wallstreet, contact Dularon Entertainment, Inc., P. O. Box 2702, Tulsa, OK, 74149, or call 1(800)682-7975. Presented not as an advertisement, but for informational purposes only. Reprinted in the public service of the national interest of the American people.

(WFI EDITOR: The social clash between the white and black ethnic groups in the United States is especially marked by the fear that permeates white society regarding black people. To many average white people, black people and the black experience is completely alien. When the things that are common to black people are related to many average white people, such as having to come to grips with constant suspicion from others - like store security - solely on the basis of the color of one's skin, it is virtually impossible for the white person to believe that such conditions exist in America. Likewise, the consistent reports of police harassment of black people that have been documented since the first days of the republic, are hard to believe by middle-class white people, who only have cordial relations with the police. It is also easier for white people to let go of the memory of slavery than it is for the black people, because for the white people it represented an episode of national shame. The number of black people who "disappeared," is too high to estimate, and no one has really tried, because the gruesome reality that murder was used liberally to keep the racist based class-system active even after the official end of slavery is too ugly a lesson for school teachers to disclose to impressionable children. Another black community that perished in the middle of the night, was Rosewood, Florida. It was only recently that it even came to light that Rosewood was destroyed, and that people were murdered, on no more than a rumor. But it is important to all Americans, that the truth about the past be faced honestly, if America is to have a future at all.[/flash]
BLACK
HOLOCAUST
The Black Experience in America


If anyone truly believes that the April attack on the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was the most tragic bombing ever to take place on United States soil - as the media has been widely reporting - they're wrong, plain and simple. That's because an even deadlier bombing occurred in that same state nearly 75 years ago. Many people in high places would like to forget that it ever happened.
Searching under the heading of "riots," "Oklahoma," and "Tulsa," in current editions of the World Book Encyclopedia, there is conspicuously no mention whatsoever of the Tulsa race riot of 1921, and this omission is by no means a surprise, or a rare case. The fact is, one would also be hard-pressed to find documentation of the incident, let alone an accurate accounting of it, in any other "scholarly" reference or American history book.

That's precisely the point that noted author, publisher and orator Ron Wallace, a Tulsa native, sought to make nearly five years ago, when he began researching this riot, one of the worse incidents of violence ever visited upon people of African descent. Ultimately joined on the college project by Jay Jay Wilson of Los Angeles, the duo found and compiled indisputable evidence of what they now describe as "A Black Holocaust in America."

The date was June 1, 1921, when "Black Wallstreet," the name fittingly given to one of the most affluent all-Black communities in America, was bombed from the air, and burned to the ground by mobs of envious whites. In a period spanning fewer than 12 hours, a once thriving black business district in northern Tulsa lay smoldering. A model community destroyed, and a major African-American economic movement resoundingly defused.

The night's carnage left some 3,000 African-Americans dead, and over 600 successful businesses lost. Among these were 21 restaurants, 30 grocery stores and two movie theaters, a bank, a post office, libraries, schools, law offices, a half-dozen private airplanes, a bus system, a hospital and 21 churches. As could have been expected the impetus behind it all was the infamous Ku Klux Klan, working in consort with ranking city officials, and many other sympathizers. In their self-published book, "Black Wallstreet: A Lost Dream," and its companion video documentary, "Black Wallstreet: A Black Holocaust in America!" the authors have chronicled for the very first time, in the words of area historians and elderly survivors, what really happened there on that fateful summer day in 1921, and why it happened. Wallace similarly explained why this bloody event from the 1920s seems to have a recurring effect that is felt in predominately Black neighborhoods to this day.

The best description of Black Wallstreet, or Little Africa, as it was also known, could be likened to a mini-Beverly Hills. It was the golden door of the Black community during the early 1900s, and it proved that African-Americans had successful infrastructure. That's what Black Wallstreet was all about. The dollar circulated 36 to 100 times, sometimes taking a year for currency to leave the community. Now, in 1995, a dollar leaves the Black community in 15 minutes. As far as resources, there were Ph.D.'s residing in Little Africa, Black attorneys and doctors. One doctor was Dr. Berry, who owned the bus system. His average income was $500 a day, hefty pocket change in 1910. During that era, physicians owned medical schools. There were pawn shops everywhere, brothels, jewelry stores, 21 churches, 21 restaurants and two movie theaters. It was a time when the entire State of Oklahoma had only two airports, yet six Blacks owned their own airplanes. It was a very fascinating community.

The area encompassed over 600 businesses and 36 square blocks with a population of 15,000 African-Americans. And when the lower-economic Europeans looked over and saw what the Black community created, many of them were jealous. When the average student went to school on Black Wallstreet, he wore a suit and tie because of the morals and respect they were taught at a young age… The main thoroughfare was Greenwood Avenue, and it was intersected by Archer and Pine Streets; from the first letters in each of those three names, you get G.A.P, and that's where the renowned R & B music group The Gap Band got its name. They're from Tulsa.

Black Wallstreet was a prime example of the typical Black community in America, with an independent Black business community, but what made it unusual was its location. At the time, Oklahoma was set aside to be a Black and Indian state. There were over 28 Black townships there. One third of the people who traveled in the terrifying "Trail of Tears," along-side the Indians between 1830 to 1842 were Black people. The citizens of this proposed Indian and Black state chose a Black governor, a treasurer from Kansas named McDade. But the Ku Klux Klan said that if he assumed office, that they would kill him within 48 hours. A lot of Blacks owned farmland, and many of them had gone into the oil business. The community was so tight and wealthy because they traded dollars hand-to-hand, and because they were dependent upon one another as a result of the Jim Crow laws.

It was not unusual for a home accidentally burned down, to be rebuilt within a few weeks by neighbors. This was the type of scenario that was going on day to day on Black Wallstreet. Blacks intermarried into the native Indian culture, and some of them inherited Indian land claims, including whatever oil was later found on the properties. To illustrate how wealthy this Black community was, there was a banker in a neighboring town whose wife, California Taylor, was the daughter of the owner of the largest cotton gin west of the Mississippi River. When California went shopping, it was in Paris, France, where she had her clothes custom made.

Black Wallstreet conducted global business, and the Black community of Tulsa flourished from the early 1900s until June 1, 1921, when the largest massacre of civilian Americans in the history of the United States took place, all at the instigation of the KKK. Imagine walking out of your front door and seeing 1,500 homes on fire. It must have been amazing! Survivors interviewed think that the whole thing was planned, because during the time that all of this was going on, white families stood with their children around the borders of the Black district, watching the massacre, the looting and all, much in the same manner they would watch a
lynching. The word "picnic" derives from a form of homicide-as-entertainment pastime native to Oklahoma, being short for "pick a nigger" to lynch. It was a typical Friday evening form of recreation that was considered perfectly normal, during which a Black male would be lynched, and the viewers would cut off body parts as souvenirs. This went on every weekend in this country, and it was all across the county. (Interestingly enough, the readiness to take a souvenir from a lynching implied that it was socially acceptable to murder Blacks, and it is eerily reminiscent of the detailed records the Nazi's kept of the people they exterminated in
the death camps, as if what they were doing was not illegal. WFI Editor)

The riots were not caused by anything Black or white; it was caused by jealousy. Lots of white people had come back from World War I, and they were poor. When they looked over into the Black communities and realized that Black men who fought in the War, had come home as heroes, it helped to trigger the destruction. The riot cost the Black community everything, and not a single dime of restitution - no insurance claims - has been awarded to the victims to this day. Nonetheless, they rebuilt. Yet, it is estimated that 1,500 to 3,000 people were killed and we know that many of them were buried in mass graves all around the city. Some were thrown into the river. As a matter of fact, at 21st Street and Yale Ave., where there now stands a Sears parking lot, was once a coal mine; many bodies were thrown into the shafts before they were sealed up, and paved over for the convenience of shoppers.

Black Americans don't know about this story because the word "holocaust" disturbs the partisans of the Democratic and Republican parties. The white community is haunted by the reality of the republic's past as a slave-state, and is anxiety ridden that some day the Black community will make demands for restitution, for the "Old Money" fortunes that were made on the backs of enslaved black people. The idea that the United States invented "ethnic cleansing" and racism, and that the first concentration camps were devised by the U.S., and that the Black people were subjected to a holocaust because of the fear they caused in the
white community, who fully realized the violent implications of the enslavement of another ethnic group, all defies the patriotic jingoistic propaganda taught to school-children, that America is the land of the free. When other ethnic groups use the word "holocaust" it is socially acceptable; but when Black people discuss the Black Holocaust, they are dismissed as cry-babies, trying to dig up old issues from ancient history, that most white people believe are settled.

In 1910, Black people owned 13 million acres of land, at the height of racism in the United States. The reality that the Black people had a thriving community is proof that they have the equal ability of any other ethnic group, justifying the pride of Black people in the accomplishments of their community. It is also important for all people to understand the reality of the Black Holocaust in America, and stop trying to deny the fact that the biggest obstacle to a social peace in the United States today is the role played by the Federal Government in perpetuating racist conflict in the past.

SOURCE: Excerpted from Black Elegance Magazine, date unknown. As told to Ronald E. Childs; Ron Wallace, co-author of "Black Wallstreet." To order Black Wallstreet, contact Dularon Entertainment, Inc., P. O. Box 2702, Tulsa, OK, 74149, or call 1(800)682-7975. Presented not as an advertisement, but for informational purposes only. Reprinted in the public service of the national interest of the American people.

(WFI EDITOR: The social clash between the white and black ethnic groups in the United States is especially marked by the fear that permeates white society regarding black people. To many average white people, black people and the black experience is completely alien. When the things that are common to black people are related to many average white people, such as having to come to grips with constant suspicion from others - like store security - solely on the basis of the color of one's skin, it is virtually impossible for the white person to believe that such conditions exist in America. Likewise, the consistent reports of police harassment of black people that have been documented since the first days of the republic, are hard to believe by middle-class white people, who only have cordial relations with the police. It is also easier for white people to let go of the memory of slavery than it is for the black people, because for the white people it represented an episode of national shame. The number of black people who "disappeared," is too high to estimate, and no one has really tried, because the gruesome reality that murder was used liberally to keep the racist based class-system active even after the official end of slavery is too ugly a lesson for school teachers to disclose to impressionable children. Another black community that perished in the middle of the night, was Rosewood, Florida. It was only recently that it even came to light that Rosewood was destroyed, and that people were murdered, on no more than a rumor. But it is important to all Americans, that the truth about the past be faced honestly, if America is to have a future at all.

well amen to the brother to posted this i have not seen one christ embassy die hard yet they must have given up on trying get me back into the false profits oven to roast me for my cash there not defending there demigod.

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Defends Mast.ur.ba.tion Is Not A Sin Part (1-2)video 1

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Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Defends Mast.ur.ba.tion Is Not A Sin Part (2-2)video 2

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“Mast.ur.ba.tion is not a sin” Pastor Chris Oyakhilome defends his false teaching with cleaver twists from the bible?
During this video he likens mast.urb.at.ion to eating and drinking and wearing clothes and dancing but he never defines sin he encourage you to buy more of his DVDs namely this one (The Concept of Sin) which I have posted on my page for all the people to watch.

He does not even say he got it wrong in his attempts to defends his evil teaching and he dodges the question he almost got angry during his words you could describe it as agitation he was saying stop asking stupid questions he implies we are imaging mast.ur.bat.ion as a “Sin” he is telling you it’s not what you did with you hand but it is your heart?

He makes it sound like it’s the same as over eating with food or drink

And he tells us to stop posting mast.ur.bat.ion is not a sin on the internet we need to stop being babies

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“Masturbation is not a sin” Pastor Chris Oyakhilome defends his false teaching with cleaver twists from the bible?
During this video he likens masturbation to eating and drinking and wearing clothes and dancing but he never defines sin he encourage you to buy more of his DVDs namely this one (The Concept of Sin) which I have posted on my page for all the people to watch.
He does not even say he got it wrong in his attempts to defends his evil teaching and he dodges the question he almost got angry during his words you could describe it has agitation he was saying stop asking stupid questions he implies we are imaging masturbation as a “Sin” he is telling you it’s not what you did with you hand but it is your heart?

15:54 time record

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Defends Masturbation Is Not A Sin Part (1)

Memory again
This happens every time,
Don't you think you should see a psychiatrist or psychologist

I am in perfect health for all you people who love to spout your pedantic psychobabble?
My memory is in perfect shape I was simply tired?
I don’t have much time for the Pleven class of spiritual fools from Christ embassy who are only out to defend evil at the expense of the truth; I am working on more videos I need to post about your stupid demigod pastor Chris

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The Solution for those under this evil and destructive habit is to Get closely related to God. and one sure way of overcoming this habit is to pray The HOLY ROSARY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DAILY. try it and see, it works like magic. Whenever u feel the urge to do it, just pray it and u will be relived quickly. Its a proof that there is a bad influential spirit behind it that gives way instantly because light and darkness cant meet.

it works like magic

As usual 95% of Christians fail to use discernment, yield to media manipulation, and embrace this “sugar coated” siren of witchcraft along with the deluded mass of the population little heeding a wide array of Biblical admonitions not to open the door to Satan who comes to devour as a roaring lion. Jesus said to Peter, “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to have you, to sift you like wheat” (Luke 22:31) and that’s exactly what Satan will do if we don’t ask before reading a book, watching a movie, entering a relationship or pursuing any course of action “What would Jesus do?”

Witchcraft involves the manipulation of the demonic host, through incantations and the casting of spells. Witchcraft can also involve communication with demonic spirits impersonating the dead. The Bible clearly teaches that the dead cannot communicate with the living as there is a great chasm separating the dead from the living (Luke 16:26). As discarnate spirit entities these demons possess knowledge regarding the activities of humans and have a limited to ability to foretell the future.

Here are a few of the scriptures regarding witchcraft:

The Old and New Testaments treat witchcraft as an evil, rebellious, and loathsome practice. Those who practiced it were not tolerated. “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live,” (Exodus 22:18).

Moses cautioned the children of Israel: “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable way of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and because of these detestable practices the Lord your God will drive those nations before you. You must be blameless before the Lord your God. The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the Lord has not permitted you to do so” (Deuteronomy 18:9-14).

With respect to the evil kind Manasseh who reigned in Jerusalem fifty five years the Bible states: “He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, followed the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites” (2 Chronicles 33:2). “He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced sorcery, divination and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, provoking him to anger” (2 Chronicles 33:6).

When Samuel reproved King Saul, he compared rebellion to the sin of divination and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Witchcraft includes both divination and idolatry. “For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king” (1 Samuel 23). If Saul was rejected by God for rebellion and arrogance so will a modern day person who practices or permits himself or herself to be entertained by witchcraft and idolatry.

The Living Bible clearly addresses the fate of those who delve or as C. S. Lewis labeled “lust” for the occult: “The Lord has rejected you because you welcome foreigners from the East who practice magic and communicate with evil spirits” (Isaiah 2:6). “Crawl into the caves in the rocks and hide in terror from his glorious majesty, for the day is coming when your proud looks will be brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted. On that day the Lord of Hosts will move against the proud and haughty and bring them to dust… All the glory of mankind will bow low; the pride of men will like in the dust, and the Lord alone will be exalted. And all idols will be utterly abolished and destroyed” (Isaiah 2:10-18).

Paul in Galatians 5:19-21 ascribes witchcraft as a deed of the flesh. “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.” It is interesting to note that Paul’s warning is to the churches of Galatia whose members are already Christians. They are warned that by engaging in sinful conduct they would not inherit the kingdom of God. The warning is to those who have accepted Christ. The modern day Christian who is entertained or allows his or her children to be entertained and/or participate in the works of the flesh, which includes witchcraft, should give serious heed to this warning.

White magic and black magic are not acceptable in Christianity and there is no such thing as “cheap grace”. Christ died on the cross to forgive us for our sins, yet there is no excuse to take sin lightly. Engaging in any sin including sorcery opens one to demonic oppression and with persistent sinful conduct possession.

One cannot rationalize that one is not engaged in witchcraft but merely being entertained by books or movies whose characters participate in witchcraft, even though the protagonists are “good” witches.

The protagonist Harry Potter in the best selling Harry Potter series of books and current movie attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to become a wizard. Harry and his friends are taking classes in casting spells, magical drafts and potions, transfiguration, history of magic, magical theory etc… They are learning to become “good” wizards and witches. Evil is represented by the “Dark Side,” reminiscent of the “Dark Side” of the Force in “Star Wars,” and embodied (or disembodied and seeking to re-embody) in Voldemort, the evil wizard who killed Harry’s parents.

Harry is characterized as an average boy who has been oppressed by his very normal aunt and uncle and his cousin, reminiscent of Cinderella’s oppression at home. The very normal family members are exaggeratedly oppressive.

From a Christian paradigm the problem with Harry is that salvation from his predicament comes from leaving home learning witchcraft, a condemned practice. Children interact with ghosts such as the Friar and Professor Binns, a ghost who teaches the History of Magic. Professor Binns was a very old professor who had fallen asleep by a staff room fire and went to teach the next morning, leaving his body behind.

Christianity teaches that witchcraft, even charming, candy coated witchcraft, is evil and that redemption only comes through Jesus Christ and certainly not from the occult. Communication with the dead is actually communication with demons or “fallen angels.” Casting spells is prohibited.

Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves from their silver, cleverly fashioned images, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of these people, "They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calf-idols."

Hosea 13:2 Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves from their silver, cleverly fashioned images, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of these people, "They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calf-idols."

pray The HOLY ROSARY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DAILY.

1 Kings 19:18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him."
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Isaiah 44:17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, "Save me; you are my god."
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Isaiah 46:6 Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and worship it.
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Jeremiah 10:4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
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Hosea 2:8 She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold--which they used for Baal.
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Hosea 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
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Hosea 8:4 They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.
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Hosea 8:5 Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?
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Hosea 8:6 They are from Israel! This calf--a craftsman has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.
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Hosea 10:5 The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendor, because it is taken from them into exile.
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Hosea 14:3 Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses. We will never again say 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion."

1 Kings 19:18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him."
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Isaiah 44:17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, "Save me; you are my god."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Isaiah 46:6 Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and worship it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jeremiah 10:4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 2:8 She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold--which they used for Baal.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 8:4 They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 8:5 Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 8:6 They are from Israel! This calf--a craftsman has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 10:5 The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendor, because it is taken from them into exile.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 14:3 Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses. We will never again say 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion."

1 Kings 19:18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Isaiah 44:17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, "Save me; you are my god."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Isaiah 46:6 Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and worship it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jeremiah 10:4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 2:8 She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold--which they used for Baal.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 8:4 They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 8:5 Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 8:6 They are from Israel! This calf--a craftsman has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 10:5 The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendor, because it is taken from them into exile.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 14:3 Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses. We will never again say 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion."

The Solution for those under this evil and destructive habit is to Get closely related to God. and one sure way of overcoming this habit is to pray The HOLY ROSARY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DAILY. try it and see, it works like magic. Whenever u feel the urge to do it, just pray it and u will be relived quickly. Its a proof that there is a bad influential spirit behind it that gives way instantly because light and darkness cant meet.

it works like magic

As usual 95% of Christians fail to use discernment, yield to media manipulation, and embrace this “sugar coated” siren of witchcraft along with the deluded mass of the population little heeding a wide array of Biblical admonitions not to open the door to Satan who comes to devour as a roaring lion. Jesus said to Peter, “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to have you, to sift you like wheat” (Luke 22:31) and that’s exactly what Satan will do if we don’t ask before reading a book, watching a movie, entering a relationship or pursuing any course of action “What would Jesus do?”

Witchcraft involves the manipulation of the demonic host, through incantations and the casting of spells. Witchcraft can also involve communication with demonic spirits impersonating the dead. The Bible clearly teaches that the dead cannot communicate with the living as there is a great chasm separating the dead from the living (Luke 16:26). As discarnate spirit entities these demons possess knowledge regarding the activities of humans and have a limited to ability to foretell the future.

Here are a few of the scriptures regarding witchcraft:

The Old and New Testaments treat witchcraft as an evil, rebellious, and loathsome practice. Those who practiced it were not tolerated. “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live,” (Exodus 22:18).

Moses cautioned the children of Israel: “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable way of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and because of these detestable practices the Lord your God will drive those nations before you. You must be blameless before the Lord your God. The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the Lord has not permitted you to do so” (Deuteronomy 18:9-14).

With respect to the evil kind Manasseh who reigned in Jerusalem fifty five years the Bible states: “He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, followed the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites” (2 Chronicles 33:2). “He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced sorcery, divination and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, provoking him to anger” (2 Chronicles 33:6).

When Samuel reproved King Saul, he compared rebellion to the sin of divination and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Witchcraft includes both divination and idolatry. “For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king” (1 Samuel 23). If Saul was rejected by God for rebellion and arrogance so will a modern day person who practices or permits himself or herself to be entertained by witchcraft and idolatry.

The Living Bible clearly addresses the fate of those who delve or as C. S. Lewis labeled “lust” for the occult: “The Lord has rejected you because you welcome foreigners from the East who practice magic and communicate with evil spirits” (Isaiah 2:6). “Crawl into the caves in the rocks and hide in terror from his glorious majesty, for the day is coming when your proud looks will be brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted. On that day the Lord of Hosts will move against the proud and haughty and bring them to dust… All the glory of mankind will bow low; the pride of men will like in the dust, and the Lord alone will be exalted. And all idols will be utterly abolished and destroyed” (Isaiah 2:10-18).

Paul in Galatians 5:19-21 ascribes witchcraft as a deed of the flesh. “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.” It is interesting to note that Paul’s warning is to the churches of Galatia whose members are already Christians. They are warned that by engaging in sinful conduct they would not inherit the kingdom of God. The warning is to those who have accepted Christ. The modern day Christian who is entertained or allows his or her children to be entertained and/or participate in the works of the flesh, which includes witchcraft, should give serious heed to this warning.

White magic and black magic are not acceptable in Christianity and there is no such thing as “cheap grace”. Christ died on the cross to forgive us for our sins, yet there is no excuse to take sin lightly. Engaging in any sin including sorcery opens one to demonic oppression and with persistent sinful conduct possession.

One cannot rationalize that one is not engaged in witchcraft but merely being entertained by books or movies whose characters participate in witchcraft, even though the protagonists are “good” witches.

The protagonist Harry Potter in the best selling Harry Potter series of books and current movie attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to become a wizard. Harry and his friends are taking classes in casting spells, magical drafts and potions, transfiguration, history of magic, magical theory etc… They are learning to become “good” wizards and witches. Evil is represented by the “Dark Side,” reminiscent of the “Dark Side” of the Force in “Star Wars,” and embodied (or disembodied and seeking to re-embody) in Voldemort, the evil wizard who killed Harry’s parents.

Harry is characterized as an average boy who has been oppressed by his very normal aunt and uncle and his cousin, reminiscent of Cinderella’s oppression at home. The very normal family members are exaggeratedly oppressive.

From a Christian paradigm the problem with Harry is that salvation from his predicament comes from leaving home learning witchcraft, a condemned practice. Children interact with ghosts such as the Friar and Professor Binns, a ghost who teaches the History of Magic. Professor Binns was a very old professor who had fallen asleep by a staff room fire and went to teach the next morning, leaving his body behind.

Christianity teaches that witchcraft, even charming, candy coated witchcraft, is evil and that redemption only comes through Jesus Christ and certainly not from the occult. Communication with the dead is actually communication with demons or “fallen angels.” Casting spells is prohibited.

Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves from their silver, cleverly fashioned images, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of these people, "They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calf-idols."

Hosea 13:2 Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves from their silver, cleverly fashioned images, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of these people, "They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calf-idols."

pray The HOLY ROSARY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DAILY.

1 Kings 19:18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Isaiah 44:17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, "Save me; you are my god."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Isaiah 46:6 Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and worship it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jeremiah 10:4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 2:8 She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold--which they used for Baal.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 8:4 They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 8:5 Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 8:6 They are from Israel! This calf--a craftsman has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 10:5 The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendor, because it is taken from them into exile.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 14:3 Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses. We will never again say 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion."

1 Kings 19:18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Isaiah 44:17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, "Save me; you are my god."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Isaiah 46:6 Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and worship it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jeremiah 10:4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 2:8 She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold--which they used for Baal.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 8:4 They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 8:5 Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 8:6 They are from Israel! This calf--a craftsman has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 10:5 The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendor, because it is taken from them into exile.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 14:3 Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses. We will never again say 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion."

1 Kings 19:18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Isaiah 44:17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, "Save me; you are my god."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Isaiah 46:6 Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and worship it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jeremiah 10:4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 2:8 She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold--which they used for Baal.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 8:4 They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 8:5 Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 8:6 They are from Israel! This calf--a craftsman has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 10:5 The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendor, because it is taken from them into exile.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hosea 14:3 Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses. We will never again say 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion."

The Solution for those under this evil and destructive habit is to Get closely related to God. and one sure way of overcoming this habit is to pray The HOLY ROSARY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DAILY. try it and see, it works like magic. Whenever u feel the urge to do it, just pray it and u will be relived quickly. Its a proof that there is a bad influential spirit behind it that gives way instantly because light and darkness cant meet.

it works like magic

As usual 95% of Christians fail to use discernment, yield to media manipulation, and embrace this “sugar coated” siren of witchcraft along with the deluded mass of the population little heeding a wide array of Biblical admonitions not to open the door to Satan who comes to devour as a roaring lion. Jesus said to Peter, “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to have you, to sift you like wheat” (Luke 22:31) and that’s exactly what Satan will do if we don’t ask before reading a book, watching a movie, entering a relationship or pursuing any course of action “What would Jesus do?”

Witchcraft involves the manipulation of the demonic host, through incantations and the casting of spells. Witchcraft can also involve communication with demonic spirits impersonating the dead. The Bible clearly teaches that the dead cannot communicate with the living as there is a great chasm separating the dead from the living (Luke 16:26). As discarnate spirit entities these demons possess knowledge regarding the activities of humans and have a limited to ability to foretell the future.

Here are a few of the scriptures regarding witchcraft:

The Old and New Testaments treat witchcraft as an evil, rebellious, and loathsome practice. Those who practiced it were not tolerated. “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live,” (Exodus 22:18).

Moses cautioned the children of Israel: “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable way of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and because of these detestable practices the Lord your God will drive those nations before you. You must be blameless before the Lord your God. The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the Lord has not permitted you to do so” (Deuteronomy 18:9-14).

With respect to the evil kind Manasseh who reigned in Jerusalem fifty five years the Bible states: “He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, followed the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites” (2 Chronicles 33:2). “He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced sorcery, divination and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, provoking him to anger” (2 Chronicles 33:6).

When Samuel reproved King Saul, he compared rebellion to the sin of divination and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Witchcraft includes both divination and idolatry. “For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king” (1 Samuel 23). If Saul was rejected by God for rebellion and arrogance so will a modern day person who practices or permits himself or herself to be entertained by witchcraft and idolatry.

The Living Bible clearly addresses the fate of those who delve or as C. S. Lewis labeled “lust” for the occult: “The Lord has rejected you because you welcome foreigners from the East who practice magic and communicate with evil spirits” (Isaiah 2:6). “Crawl into the caves in the rocks and hide in terror from his glorious majesty, for the day is coming when your proud looks will be brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted. On that day the Lord of Hosts will move against the proud and haughty and bring them to dust… All the glory of mankind will bow low; the pride of men will like in the dust, and the Lord alone will be exalted. And all idols will be utterly abolished and destroyed” (Isaiah 2:10-18).

Paul in Galatians 5:19-21 ascribes witchcraft as a deed of the flesh. “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.” It is interesting to note that Paul’s warning is to the churches of Galatia whose members are already Christians. They are warned that by engaging in sinful conduct they would not inherit the kingdom of God. The warning is to those who have accepted Christ. The modern day Christian who is entertained or allows his or her children to be entertained and/or participate in the works of the flesh, which includes witchcraft, should give serious heed to this warning.

White magic and black magic are not acceptable in Christianity and there is no such thing as “cheap grace”. Christ died on the cross to forgive us for our sins, yet there is no excuse to take sin lightly. Engaging in any sin including sorcery opens one to demonic oppression and with persistent sinful conduct possession.

One cannot rationalize that one is not engaged in witchcraft but merely being entertained by books or movies whose characters participate in witchcraft, even though the protagonists are “good” witches.

The protagonist Harry Potter in the best selling Harry Potter series of books and current movie attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to become a wizard. Harry and his friends are taking classes in casting spells, magical drafts and potions, transfiguration, history of magic, magical theory etc… They are learning to become “good” wizards and witches. Evil is represented by the “Dark Side,” reminiscent of the “Dark Side” of the Force in “Star Wars,” and embodied (or disembodied and seeking to re-embody) in Voldemort, the evil wizard who killed Harry’s parents.

Harry is characterized as an average boy who has been oppressed by his very normal aunt and uncle and his cousin, reminiscent of Cinderella’s oppression at home. The very normal family members are exaggeratedly oppressive.

From a Christian paradigm the problem with Harry is that salvation from his predicament comes from leaving home learning witchcraft, a condemned practice. Children interact with ghosts such as the Friar and Professor Binns, a ghost who teaches the History of Magic. Professor Binns was a very old professor who had fallen asleep by a staff room fire and went to teach the next morning, leaving his body behind.

Christianity teaches that witchcraft, even charming, candy coated witchcraft, is evil and that redemption only comes through Jesus Christ and certainly not from the occult. Communication with the dead is actually communication with demons or “fallen angels.” Casting spells is prohibited.

Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves from their silver, cleverly fashioned images, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of these people, "They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calf-idols."

Hosea 13:2 Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves from their silver, cleverly fashioned images, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of these people, "They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calf-idols."

pray The HOLY ROSARY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DAILY.

1 Kings 19:18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him."
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Isaiah 44:17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, "Save me; you are my god."
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Isaiah 46:6 Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and worship it.
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Jeremiah 10:4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
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Hosea 2:8 She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold--which they used for Baal.
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Hosea 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
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Hosea 8:4 They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.
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Hosea 8:5 Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?
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Hosea 8:6 They are from Israel! This calf--a craftsman has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.
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Hosea 10:5 The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendor, because it is taken from them into exile.
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Hosea 14:3 Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses. We will never again say 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion."

1 Kings 19:18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him."
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Isaiah 44:17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, "Save me; you are my god."
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Isaiah 46:6 Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and worship it.
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Jeremiah 10:4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
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Hosea 2:8 She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold--which they used for Baal.
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Hosea 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
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Hosea 8:4 They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.
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Hosea 8:5 Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?
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Hosea 8:6 They are from Israel! This calf--a craftsman has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.
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Hosea 10:5 The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendor, because it is taken from them into exile.
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Hosea 14:3 Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses. We will never again say 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion."

1 Kings 19:18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him."
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Isaiah 44:17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, "Save me; you are my god."
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Isaiah 46:6 Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and worship it.
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Jeremiah 10:4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
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Hosea 2:8 She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold--which they used for Baal.
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Hosea 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
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Hosea 8:4 They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.
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Hosea 8:5 Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?
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Hosea 8:6 They are from Israel! This calf--a craftsman has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.
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Hosea 10:5 The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendor, because it is taken from them into exile.
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Hosea 14:3 Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount war-horses. We will never again say 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion."

well in time i have issues to sort these days so you will see less of me online which i am sure you will be happy and you have been praying i drop dead i am sure?

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well i dont know i had a memory laps lol it was the idol worship i copied from my mail box in the torah portion

please dont ever again prophecy that would the most wonder thing ever oh please prophecy you death TB Joshua

my pc should be working tommorw goshen the video will be live as soon as the pc is working

read acts 11:26

Answer:

Improve

In the King James Version it appears 3x: (Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28, and I Peter 4:16)



• Acts 11:26, "and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came about that for an entire year they met with the church, and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch."
• Acts 26:28, "And Agrippa replied to Paul, "In a short time you will persuade me to become a Christian."
• 1 Peter 4:16, "but if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not feel ashamed, but in that name let him glorify God."

The New Testament manuscripts were written in Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic originally not English as English did not exists at this point. The Greek word for Christian found in these passages is: Christiano meaning a follower of Christos (Christ). Christos means anointed/Messiah. Mashiach is the word for Messiah in Hebrew and Paraclete is the word for Christ in Hebrew. The original disciples never had any formal "name" for themselves but were later called Christians by the Romans who occupied Antioch Greece in which the word had a very different meaning in those ancient days!

Mikol Yud


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Welcome to this week’s study of the Parsha (Torah Portion).

 

Today’s portion of Torah, Ki Tisa (When you take), will be read in
synagogues around the world this Shabbat.


 


The reading of the Torah, in Aish Synagogue, Tel Aviv, Israel

 

 

KI TISA (When You Take)
Exodus 30:11 –34:35; 1 Kings 18:1–39; 2 Corinthians 3:1–18

 

In last two parshiot, Terumah and Tetzaveh, God gave detailed instruction
on how Israel should construct the Mishkan (Sanctuary) in which He would dwell. 

 

This week’s Torah portion begins with the Lord commanding Moses to take a
census of Bnei Yisrael (Sons of Israel).

 

“Then the Lord said to Moses, “When you take a census of the Israelites to
count them, each one must pay the Lord a ransom for his life at the time he is
counted.  Then no plague will come on them when you number them.”
(Exodus 30:11-12) 

 

The Hebrew word used for ransom in this verse is koper, which comes from the
root K-P-R, or kaphar, meaning ‘to atone for’ as in Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

 



 

Although for the building of the Mishkan, the Israelites were to give whatever
their hearts dictated (Exodus 25:2), for the census, every person 20 years or
older who was counted was to give a half shekel as a ransom for their soul.

 

“Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half

shekel.”  (Exodus 30:13) 

 

Rich and poor were to give the exact same amount, and it was to be used for the
service of the Tent of Meeting.

 

“Receive the atonement [kippur] money from the Israelites and use it for the
service of the Tent of Meeting.  It will be a memorial for the Israelites
before the Lord, making atonement [kaphar] for your lives.”  (Exodus 30:16)


 


Seeking God at the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem

 

 

Creativity and the Shadow of God

 

“See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
and I have filled him with the Spirit of God [Ruach Elohim], with skill,
ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts.”  (Exodus 31:2 – 3)

 

In this parsha, God designates a man named Bezalel (Betzalel), who has a
special calling or anointing, to be in charge of the construction of the Mishkan. 

 

God tells Moses that He has filled Bezalel with His Holy Spirit, wisdom,
understanding and ingenuity for all manner of artistic workmanship so that the
furnishings of the Tabernacle, the priests’ vestments, the anointing oil, and
the incense could be created.

 

Here in Israel, Bezalel’s name carries such weight that one of the main streets
of downtown Jerusalem is named after him.  Also named after Bezalel are
schools of art here in Israel, and Jewish academies around the world.


 


Bezalel Academy in Israel, with the Dead Sea in background.

 

Bezalel’s name provides a fascinating clue about his gifting.  His name comes
from the combination of three Hebrew words:  be (in), tzel (shade), and El
(God), and can be translated ‘in the shadow of God.’



The shade or shadow (tzel) of the Lord is such a secret, special place of refuge. 

 

“I will take refuge in the shadow (tzel) of your wings until the disaster has
passed.”  (Psalm  57:1) 

 

Yeshua made reference to this place of refuge when he wept over Jerusalem,
knowing the calamity that was about to befall the city.

 

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, … How often I longed to gather your children
together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not
willing.”  (Matthew 23:37)


 


Mother goose with chick under her wing

 

The desire to hide our children under the shadow of our wings and keep
them safe from every threat and danger is often associated with a maternal,
protective quality.

 

Such a connection exists also in Scripture.  God’s name, El Shaddai, which
comes from the Hebrew word for a woman’s bosom, reveals His maternal
qualities and is used in Psalm 91 in conjunction with the idea of abiding in
His shadow. 

 

“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High [Elyon] will rest in the shadow
[tzel] of the Almighty [El Shaddai].”  (Psalm 91:1)


 


One of God's creations resting safely in the rocks
of the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem.

 

 

Creativity and Worship

 

It is interesting that this name, Betzalel, which can be translated as “in
God’s shade” was given to the first artisan mentioned in the Bible. 

 

Bezalel reveals that the act of creating can be an act of worship.



Indeed, there is something about creativity and art, the act of creating
itself, that seems so holy and close to God.

 

Our fast paced, goal-oriented modern society doesn’t place much importance on
creative pursuits, but the Hebrew language reveals that art and crafting are
very closely related to God, who is the ultimate Creator. 

 

Since we are created in God’s image, we are also endowed with creative ability
that is just waiting to be released.


 


A historical re-enactor serves as a carpenter building furniture using hand
tools at Nazareth Village, a historical re-creation of Nazareth as it would
have been at the time of Messiah (Christ).

 

The word artist in Hebrew is aman from the Hebrew root aleph, men, and nun,
meaning reliable, faithful, confirmed, have faith, and to be firm.

 

These three letters are also the root of the word we use at the end of our
prayers–amen–meaning so be it, verily, and truly.

 

The same three letter Hebrew root word also forms the word emunah which
means faith.

 

May this study inspire us to let our creativity flow and no longer consider
creative endeavors ‘non-productive’ and a waste of time.

 

If we just look at the amazing variety and colors and incredible designs in the
natural world, we can see that God values beauty for its own sake, and enjoys
the process of creating.


 


Ashkenazi Synagogue of Istanbul, Turkey:  this Aron

Kodesh (Holy Ark) is filled with Torah scrolls covered in
colorful, elaborately embroidered Torah mantles (covers).

 

 

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Building the Tabernacle and the Shabbat

 

“The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations
to come as a lasting covenant.”  (Exodus 31:16)

 

The work of building the tabernacle was an immensely important task!  And yet
in the midst of the instructions to build it, God reminds the Israelites to
keep the Sabbath (Shabbat) – to rest.

 

As important as any of our works are, even for the Lord, resting on Shabbat
takes precedence. 

 

Even the work of God was not permitted to be elevated above the command to
rest on the Sabbath.

 

It is to be observed as a perpetual covenant, throughout time and generations.

 

Why is keeping Shabbat so important?  Because it's a special sign between God
and His people. 

 

“It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the
Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and
was refreshed.’”  (Exodus 31:17)

 

 


Prayer at the Western (Wailing) Wall: Scripture prohibits doing any
form of melakhah on Shabbat.  Although melakhah is commonly
translated as 'work', a better definition is deliberate activity involving
creativity or exercising control over the environment.

 

Keeping the Shabbat is a sign that we are in a covenant relationship with the

Almighty God.  We are a peculiar people!

 

While many stay busy seven days a week, the Jewish People are to work only
six days and rest on the seventh, just as the Creator rested on the seventh day. 

 

For this reason most of the convenience stores here in Israel are not open
24/7, but 24/6.  Hallelujah!

 

By honoring Shabbat, we honor God.  He will bless us for our obedience and for
putting Him first.

 

The question remains, however: does this apply to non-Jewish or Gentile
Believers?  When it comes to the Shabbat for the foreigners (non-Israelites)
who have joined themselves to the Lord (through the blood of Yeshua the
Messiah), the Word of God is not silent:

 

“And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord to serve Him ,   who keep
the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to My covenant—these I
will bring to My holy mountain and give them joy in My house of prayer ,  for
My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”  (Isaiah 56:6-7)


 


Replica of the Second Temple

 

 

The Golden Calf

 

“As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don't know what
has happened to him."  (Exodus 32:1)

 

We now come to the account of the shameful sin of our Israelite ancestors with
the idolatrous golden calf.  Throughout our history, the Israelites have shown
their tendency of unfaithfulness towards God. 

 

When the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the
mountain, they “gathered around Aaron and said, ‘Come, make us gods (elohim
—or a god) who will go before us.’”  (Exodus 32:1)


 


The Adoration of the Golden Calf, by Nicolas Poussin

 

Thinking the worst had happened to Moses, the Israelites sought a ‘visible
representation’ of God to worship.

 

Of course, the second commandment of the Ten Commandments, which
Moses had received while he was atop Mount Sinai with God, was being
broken by the Israelites who were at the bottom of the mountain creating an
idol – the golden calf.

 

There on the mountain, God was angry with the people of Israel.  So much so
that He momentarily disowned them, saying to Moses, “Go down, for your
people that you brought up out of the land of Egypt have dealt corruptly.”
(Exodus 32:7) 

 

Although God prepared Moses for the scene at the foot of the mountain, when
Moses saw the people’s sin, he smashed the tablets written by the finger of God.


 


Moses with the Ten Commandments, by Rembrandt

 

 

Moses: Great Leader and Humble Shepherd

 

“‘I have seen these people,’ the Lord said to Moses, ‘and they are a
stiff-necked people.  Now leave Me alone so that My anger may burn against
them and that I may destroy them.  Then I will make you into a great
nation.’”  (Exodus 32: 9 – 10)

 

Because God will never forsake His covenant, He proposed to use Moses to
start all over again and to wipe the rest of the Israelites out completely.

 

Moses, a true shepherd and the most humble man on the face of the earth,
declined God’s offer, and reasoned with God that such an action would cause the
Egyptians to think that God intended to destroy them all along.

 

Further to this, Moses reminded God of the covenant He made with Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob (Exodus 32:11 – 13).


 


Torah scroll with yad (Torah pointer)

 

 

Christians Need to Understand the Covenant with Israel

 

Moses understood the covenant very well. 

 

Today, however, there are many people who do not understand God’s intents
and purposes for the nation of Israel.

 

Because of a shaky understanding of God’s covenant with Israel, many in the
Church believe that God has disowned Israel for their sinfulness and has
started all over again with the Christian Church. 

 

This erroneous doctrine is called Replacement Theology. 

 

Paul warned the Gentile Believers to be on guard against this kind of thinking.

 

He explained that God has put a temporary blindness upon Israel in order that
the fullness of the Gentiles may come in.

 

“I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may
not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full
number of the Gentiles has come in.”  (Romans 11:25)

 

Once the fullness has come in, then “all Israel will be saved,” as it is written: 

 

“The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
(Romans 11:26 – 27)


 


Jewish man praying at the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem

 

 

The Power of Intercession

 

“Then the Lord relented and did not bring on His people the disaster He had
threatened.”  (Exodus 32:14)

 

Moses’ intercession – his standing in the gap and pleading for Divine mercy on
a whining, complaining, ungrateful rag tag bunch of people who were sinful,
faithless, and disobedient–is nothing short of amazing! 

 

And his prayers made all the difference for Israel.

 

May we have the same merciful, humble spirit that Moses had, and not sit in
judgment when we see the sins and faults of others; instead, we must plead that
God may forgive them.

 

 


 


We are grateful for the faithful intercessors who are pleading for the
nation of Israel today.

 

We know from Scripture that those prayers make a difference.

 

“The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.”  (James 5:16)
 

 

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Shabbat Shalom from all our ministry staff.

 

 

 

I will bless those who bless Israel.  (Genesis 12:3)

another perfect post here

You know in Christ Embassy they have a TV show called "The beatitudes” all they talk about is “make up” skin care “clothes” and jewellery hair and tell this is how a child of God should look
This is promoting the way think can you believe and they call them self’s Christians Jesus said don’t worry about what we eat or drink or what we wear for the pagans run after all these things
Not once does it build a person in truth but in vanity and self-worship which people “Christ embassy” love there all idol worshipers worshiping there demigod

great post

it in the word we are not to make money of the gospel

This is a real man of faith to stand up and really be counted yet in this world we get many people who tell you touch not the anointed for speaking the truth here is a man of real strength dyeing for his faith and they tell you Islam is a religion of tolerance and we don’t kill people well this shows you it is not a religion of peace but of death

"Now is the time for fighting all oppressors and until all oppressors are no more and all worship is for Allah only"

This tells you man will never find peace in Islam

this is where you should touch not the anointed to protect your profit margin this is the truth faith

And fight in the Way of Allâh those who fight you, but transgress not the limits. Truly, Allâh likes not the transgressors. [This Verse is the first one that was revealed in connection with Jihâd, but it was supplemented by another (V.9:36)].

Fight in the way of Allah against those who fight against you, but begin not hostilities. Lo! Allah loveth not aggressors.  
M.H. Shakir: And fight in the way of Allah with those who fight with you, and do not exceed the limits, surely Allah does not love those who exceed the limits.

Islam Does Not Mean Peace
Islam only means peace to Muslims who blindly submit. To Christians Islam means war, persecution and death.
The Qur'an says: "Fight and slay the pagans [Christians] wherever ye find them and seize them, confine them, and lie in wait for them in every place of ambush" (Surah 9:5)

　"If imitatio Christi meant renouncing worldly ambition and seeking salvation by deeds of private virtue, imitatio Muhanunadi meant sooner or later taking up arms against those forces which seemed to threaten Islam from within or without." (Islam in the World, Malise Ruthven, 1984, p 28-48)


Islam: Truth or Myth? start page

　
　


Islam Does Not Mean Peace

Muslims are not real studious and tend to reject scholarship in favour of their own version of things. In other words, they invent stuff when it suits them. Take the definition of the word Islam. In the USA, I have heard Muslims actually say the word "Islam" means peace, trying to put a kinder gentler wrapping paper on their horrible religion. As you can see from the authorities below, the lexicon definition of "Islam" is submit. After which one will experience peace. Notice the cause and effect in this quote: First you submit in Islam,  then second, after submitting, you will experience peace: "And a Muslim ,  is 'one who submits' or surrenders to the will of God, thereby attaining peace of mind and soul." (The Joy of Sects, Peter Occhigrosso, 1996, p394-397) Problem is if you blindly swallow the mythical and fictitious claims of Islam as true, and never rock the boat, you will experience peace. But for the intelligent who reject Islam because they are not prepared to ignore the universal testimony of every history book in the world, Islam means war, persecution and death.

　

Contrary to Muslim rhetoric that claims Islam means peace, the truth is that the word Islam does not mean peace, but "Submission" as this authority verifies: "The term Islam in the lexicon of the Arabs means 'Submission' to God." (Islam, Beliefs And Observances, Caesar E. Farah, p2-7, 26-35)
Islam still bears the stigma in the West of a religion of violent fanatics, bent on conversion at all costs. Yet the Arabic word Islam means "submission" or "surrender," as in surrender to God; it also derives from salam, the Arabic word for "peace." Both meanings are present in the actual experience of Islam. And a Muslim (the spelling preferred to Moslem) is "one who submits" or surrenders to the will of God, thereby attaining peace of mind and soul. (The Joy of Sects, Peter Occhigrosso, 1996, p394-397)
Muhammad called his new religion "Islam," a word which means submission, that is, submission to the will of Allah, the Lord. One who accepts Islam and makes such submission is a Muslim. Such a person is termed a mu'min (believer), and one who does not accept Islam is a kafir (unbeliever). To live in submission to Allah and in obedience to the teaching of the Prophet a Muslim, a Muslim must follow a rule formulated for him as a good Muslim. Such a rule is provided in the Shariah which is in the first instance on the Qur'an, in the second instance on the Hadith, the Traditions, in the third instance on Ijma', the consensus of the community, and in the fourth instance on qiyas, the application of analogical reasoning to the other three sources for the deduction of new rules. Obviously, the Prophet's intention was that the community should be a single community and the Shari'a its common rule of life. (Islam: Muhammad and His Religion, Arthur Jeffery, 1958, p xi-xiv)
　

We have been hearing that Islam is a religion of peace, and in fact that Islam means peace. Both of these assertions are in error. Islam means submission. Check with any good Muslim dictionary and "submission" will be the definition of Islam. Redefining the word Islam is an attempt to deceive people about the real nature of Islam.

The argument is made based upon the idea that the Arabic word salaam means peace. The word "Islam" shares a common root with salaam, therefore Islam means peace also. It is true that Islam and salaam share a common root, but according to the dictionaries, they do not mean the same thing.

According to A Basic Dictionary of Islamic Words by M Zakiuddin Sharfi, Islam means, "Submission or resignation to the will of Allah, completely. He does not define salaam, but does note that one of the ninety-nine attributes of Allah is as-Salam, meaning "The Peaceful One'

A common greeting is Arabic is "as-Salam-u'Alaikum." This means "Peace be upon you." It is easy to see that it is not Islam, but Salam.

Do not be deceived by claims that Islam means peace. It means submission. Islam has always been a religion of violence.

Quotations from the Koran:

2:190-193 Fight in the cause of God, those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for God loveth not transgressors. And slay them wherever ye catch them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out: For tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter; But fight them not at the sacred Mosque unless they first fight you there; But if they fight you, Slay them. Such is the reward of those who suppress faith. But if they cease, God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in God; but if they cease, Let there be no hostility except to those who practise oppression."
2:216-217 Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But God knoweth, and ye know not. They ask thee concerning fighting in the Prohibited Month. Say: "Fighting therein is a grave (offense); but graver is it in the sight of God to prevent access to the path of God, to deny Him, to prevent access to the Sacred Mosque, and drive out its members. Tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter. Nor will they cease fighting you until they turn you back from your faith if they can. And if any of you turn back from their faith and die in unbelief, their works will bear no fruit in this life and in the Hereafter; they will be Companions of the Fire and will abide therein.
2:244-245 Then fight in the cause of God, and know that God heareth and knoweth all things. Who is he that will loan to God a beautiful loan, which God will double unto his credit and multiply many times? It is God that giveth (you) want or plenty, and to Him shall be your return.
4:74-77 Let those fight in the cause of God who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter, to him who fighteth in the cause of God, whether he is slain or gets victory, soon shall We give him a reward of great (value). And why should ye not fight in the cause of God and of those who, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)? Men, women, and children whose cry is: "Our Lord! rescue us from this town, whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from Thee one who will protect; and raise for us from Thee one who will help!" Those who believe fight in the cause of God, and those who reject faith fight in the cause of evil: so fight ye against the friends of Satan: feeble indeed is the cunning of Satan. Hast thou not turned thy vision to those who were told to hold back their hands (form fight) but establish regular prayers and spend in regular charity? When (at length) the order for fighting was issued to them, behold! a section of them feared men as, or even more than, they should have feared God: they say: "Our Lord! why hast Thou ordered us to fight? Wouldst Thou not grant us respite to our (natural) term, near (enough)?" Say: "Short is the enjoyment of this world: the Hereafter is the best for those who do right: never will ye be dealt with unjustly in the very least!
4:95-96 Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt, and those who strive and fight in the cause of God with their goods and their persons. God hath granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight with their goods and persons than to those who sit (at home). Unto all (in Faith) Hath God promised good: But those who strive and fight Hath He distinguished above those who sit (at home) by a special reward: Ranks specially bestowed by Him, and Forgiveness and Mercy. For God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
5:51 O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily God guideth not a people unjust.
5:72-73: They do blaspheme who say: "God is Christ the son of Mary." But said Christ: "O Children of Israel! worship God, my Lord and your Lord." Whoever joins other gods with God, - God will forbid him the garden, and the Fire will be his abode. There will for the wrongdoers be no one to help. They do blaspheme who say: God is one of three in a Trinity: for there is no god except One God. If they desist not from their word (of blasphemy), verily a grievous penalty will befall the blasphemers among them.
8:12-15 Remember thy Lord inspired the angels (with the message): "I am with you: give firmness to the Believers: I will instil terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them." This because they contended against God and His Apostle: If any contend against God and His Apostle, God is strict in punishment. Thus (will it be said): "Taste ye then of the (punishment): for those who resist God, is the penalty of the Fire." O ye who believe! when ye meet the Unbelievers in hostile array, never turn your backs to them.
8:37-39: In order that God may separate the impure from the pure, put the impure, one on another, heap them together, and cast them into Hell. They will be the ones to have lost. Say to the Unbelievers, if (now) they desist (from Unbelief), their past would be forgiven them; but if they persist, the punishment of those before them is already (a matter of warning for them). And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in God altogether and everywhere; but if they cease, verily God doth see all that they do.
9:5 But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practice regular charity, then open the way for them: for God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
9:14 Fight them, and God will punish them by your hands, cover them with shame, help you (to victory) over them, heal the bosoms of Believers
9:20 Those who believe, and suffer exile and fight with might and main, in God's cause, with their goods and their persons, have the highest rank in the sight of God: they are the people who will achieve (salvation).
9:29 "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the last day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and his apostle nor acknowledge the religion of truth of the people of the Book (the Jews and the Christians) until they pay the Jizya [tax on non-Muslims] with willing submission and feel themselves subdued."
9:41 Go ye forth, (whether equipped) lightly or heavily, and strive and struggle [fight in war], with your goods and your persons, in the cause of God. That is best for you, if ye (but) knew.
9:73 O Prophet! strive hard [wage war] against the unbelievers and the Hypocrites, and be firm against them. Their abode is Hell, - an evil refuge indeed.
9:123: O ye who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you about, and let them find firmness in you: and know that God is with those who fear Him.
22:38-39 Verily God will defend (from ill) those who believe: verily, God loveth not any that is a traitor to faith, or shows ingratitude. To those against whom war is made, permission is given (to fight) because they are wronged-and verily, God is Most powerful for their aid
25:52 So obey not the unbelievers and fight strenuously with them in many a strenuous fight.
47:4 Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight), smite at their necks; At length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond firmly (on them): thereafter (is the time for) either generosity or ransom: Until the war lays down its burdens. Thus (are ye commanded): but if it had been God's Will, He could certainly have exacted retribution from them (Himself); but (He lets you fight) in order to test you, some with others. But those who are slain in the Way of God, - He will never let their deeds be lost.
48:29: "Those who follow Muhammad are merciless for the unbelievers but kind to each other."
60:4: We have renounced you; and enmity and hatred is begun between us and you for ever, until ye believe in Allah alone
61:9-11 It is He Who has sent His Apostle with Guidance and the Religion of Truth, that he may proclaim it over all religion, even though the Pagans may detest (it). O ye who believe! shall I lead you to a bargain that will save you from a grievous Penalty?- That ye believe in God and His Apostle, and that ye strive (fight) in the Cause of God, with your property and your persons: that will be best for you, if ye but knew!
66:9 O Prophet! make war on the infidels and hypocrites, and deal rigorously with them. Hell shall be their abode! and wretched the passage to it!

The Hadith:

Hadith 1:13-- "I have been ordered by Allah to fight with people till they bear testimony to the fact that there is no God but Allah."
Hadith 1.24 "Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said: "I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle, and offer the prayers"
Hadith 1.25"Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle was asked, "What is the best deed?" He replied, "To believe in Allah and His Apostle (Muhammad). The questioner then asked, "What is the next (in goodness)? He replied, "To participate in Jihad (religious fighting) in Allah's Cause."
Hadith 19:4294 "Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war."
Hadith 1:35 "The person who participates in Allah's cause (namely, in battle). . will be recompensed by Allah either with reward or booty or will be admitted to Paradise."
Hadith 9:4 "Wherever you find infidels kill them; for whoever kills them shall have reward on the Day of Resurrection."
Hadith 9:50, 57 "No Umma (a member of Muslim community) should be killed for killing a Kafir (an infidel). . Whoever changes his Islamic religion, kill him."
Sahih Muslim 4363: "You (the Jews) should know that the earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle and I wish to expel you from this land (Arabia)
Sahih Muslim 4366 Narrated by Umar ibn al-Khattab. Umar heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say: I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslims
Words of Muslim leaders:

"Those who know nothing about Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. Those people are witless. Islam says: 'Kill all the unbelievers just as they would kill you all!' Does this mean that Muslims should sit back until they are devoured by the infidel? Islam says: 'Kill them, put them to the sword and scatter them.' Islam says: 'Whatever good there is exists thanks to the sword.' The sword is the key to Paradise, which can be opened only for the Holy Warriors! Does all this mean that Islam is a religion that prevents men from waging war? I spit upon those foolish souls who make such a claim." (Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini)
"In the Muslim community, the holy war is a religious duty, because of the universalism of the Muslim mission and the obligation to convert everybody to Islam either by persuasion or force. The other religious groups (Christianity and Judaism) did not have a universal mission, and the holy war was not a religious duty to them, save only for purposes of defense. (Ibn Khaldun, The Muqadimmah: Ail Introduction to History, Islamic historian, 1377 AD)
"Islam makes it incumbent on all adult males to prepare themselves for the conquest of countries so that the writ of Islam is obeyed in every country in the world." Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Shiite mullah)
"the religion of Islam could be above all, so that all areas of life could be guided by Islam, and so that the earth could be cleansed from unbelief" (The Islamic Council in Chechnya)
"The foremost duty of Islam is to depose the government and society of unbelievers (jahiliyyah) from the leadership of man." (Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian)
"Uniting the five pillars of Islam is the principle Jihad (lit. struggle). In Islam a Muslim must struggle against himself and his habits to submit fully to God. He must also struggle to guide his family, relatives, and friends to bring them to Islam and to convey the message of Islam itself. Since Islam is totalistic, Muslims wherever they may be, must struggle and sacrifice their energy, time, and material resources to establish Muslim congregations, mosques, madrassas (religious schools) for the maintenance and spread of Islam. Where Muslims make up a substantial fraction of the population, they must struggle to establish the Islamic Shariah (law) as their rule for living, with the aim to ultimately establish a full Islamic state in which Islam would be the ruling ideology and system. To understand this last point is very important for it is part and parcel of Islam to seek its full manifestation and where Muslims fail politically or economically, they also fail spiritually. It is innate to Islam to be militantly uncompromising with alien systems since all sovereignty and glory belongs to God, to the Prophets (PBUH) and to the believers." (Spirit of Toronto, Ontario, Canada: 1834-1984, Lindsay Holton, 1983 AD, Foreword by David Crombie, MP: Secretary of State and Minister of Multiculturalism, Islam - A Dynamic Stability, by Camel Xerri Abdullah Idris, Islamic Center Toronto Jami Mosque, p282-293)

Judging Prophecy Correctly


The true prophet, Elijah, being fed by the ravens next to the Brook Cherith in 1 Kings chapter 17 (click to enlarge)

There is too much confusion in the Body of Christ with regard to how to properly judge prophecies and prophets today. Some do not bother to judge them at all, and just swallow whatever is fed to them by even false prophets—complete with the proverbial “hook, line, and sinker.” Others are trying to use good discernment in order to avoid heresy and being led astray, but are using the wrong “measurements” to test the “words” given. Only a few seem to grasp the fundamental issues at hand, and can properly dissect a prophecy in order to evaluate its origin.

The purpose of this article is to help increase the numbers of people within this last group above. While no article-length treatment can do this topic full justice (a book-length would surely be required), I will do my best to clear up at least a few misconceptions and to point the direction toward a few good aids in evaluating such things.

Herein, we will expose and eliminate three fallacies regarding testing prophecies (and by extension, testing the people who give them):
•That the “Jesus is Lord” test of 1 Corinthians 12 is sufficient to evaluate a minister/prophecy.
•That all “prophecy” is by inspiration from the Holy Spirit (or some spirit).
•That the “fulfillment test” (i.e. does the prophecy come to pass?) is an applicable test in all situations for determining true and false prophets.

Additionally, we will establish a couple of very powerful and helpful biblical truths:
•How the “Jesus is Lord” test is actually a part of the more comprehensive “doctrine test.”
•That this particular test is critical for correctly judging both prophets and their prophecies.

Let me also provide a quick note for my readers who perhaps know English only as a second language, or who are reading this through one of this website’s automated translations. The English word “prophesy” (with a “s” toward the end) is a verb, and refers to the act of prophesying, i.e. speaking by the inspiration of some spirit. The English word “prophecy” (with a “c” toward the end) is the noun form of the word, and refers to what was said. So I will try to keep my “c” and “s” versions of the word straight throughout this article (emphasis on “try”), but I wanted to differentiate the two forms of the word since they are so similar, in order to avoid confusion.

So with the above introduction in mind, let’s get started.

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Who Can Say, “Jesus is Lord”?

The first point we will address is the “Jesus is Lord” test. This is a doctrine of the New Testament (NT) that is often misunderstood by people— especially within the Charismatic/Pentecostal churches.

To unwind this mystery, we will begin with the first eleven verses of 1 Corinthians chapter 12, wherein the Holy Spirit (by the apostle, Paul) began teaching God’s people about spiritual gifts:

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Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led. Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.

There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.

(NKJV, emphasis mine)

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Again, there is a common error found among Christians regarding the first three verses above. Too many people think that if some person says, “Jesus is Lord!” then they MUST be doing so by the Holy Spirit. However, this is an example of what I call “two-dimensional thinking.” The Christian’s reading of the above verses has missed the context entirely (which is required for “three-dimensional thinking”); and they certainly have not taken the time to accurately ascertain the intent of God within these passages (which constitutes “four-dimensional thinking”).

So please allow me to first state a biblical truth quite clearly, and then I will prove this point afterwards: ANY human being can humanly say, “Jesus is Lord” out of their own human mind without the Holy Spirit being involved. For example, if a person is being harassed by a poorly trained Christian endeavoring to “street witness,” they may say such a thing just to get the person to leave them alone. Is there faith expressed therein? No! They just want the person to go away, and they are willing to say anything they can to get them to leave.

Here is another example from history: Who said, “My feeling as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior… I am fighting for the work of the Lord.” Answer: Adolf Hitler, in a speech on April 12, 1921.

Was Hitler a Christian? NO! He was a murderer! Jesus did not advocate murder, and He even said such things were of the devil (John 8:44); and the Bible clearly says that “no murderer has eternal life in him” (1 John 3:15). Thus, there is no way that Adolf Hitler was a genuine Christian. In fact, he was part of a satanic cult known as the “Thule Society” and was therefore technically a satanist (which should be obvious to most people by his evil behavior). That evil imposter was merely using such statements to fool Christians to gain their political support. (By the way, click here if you want to be shocked about how well Hitler fooled the Christians in Germany with such statements, and how many of us were similarly fooled by the statements of George W. Bush during his tenures in office. Or, click here if you want to read how an alleged “evangelical pastor,” who is an admitted member of a satanic cult, who uses the same tactic in order to lead people into apostasy.)

Nonetheless, professing Christians throughout history have used such a “Jesus is Lord” litmus test to satisfy themselves that another person is speaking by the Spirit of God—or even to determine if a particular person is born again. Thus, such a erroneous use of 1 Corinthians 12:1-3 constitutes a method and mindset that leads people into deception when “wolves in sheep’s clothing” decide to take advantage of such ignorance, as Hitler clearly did.

So let’s see what is really being said within that passage of Scripture in 1 Corinthians…

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The Clear Context

The context of the above passage from 1 Corinthians 12 is regarding “manifestations of the Spirit.” Note how the passage says, “But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all…But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.” The subject throughout the chapter is the Holy Spirit and His manifestations among the saints. The Holy Spirit (by the apostle, Paul) is intending within this chapter to teach Christians about the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, and how to discern His manifestations from counterfeits performed by demons.

Note how Paul begins this chapter:

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Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led.

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This statement above MUST be understood in the light of what was written earlier within this same letter to the Corinthians:

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Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.

Observe Israel after the flesh: Are not those who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything? Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons.

(1 Corinthians 10:14-21, NKJV, emphasis mine)

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Paul had explained to the Corinthians earlier in his letter that pagans worship demons when they worship idols. Thus, when Paul wrote, “You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led,” he was referring to the demonic influences that lead people into idolatry.

In other words, the Holy Spirit is NOT the ONLY spirit that can move upon a person to “prophesy” within a meeting. This is clearly understood when we look at the very next verse in 1 Corinthians chapter 12:

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Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led. Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.

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So to reiterate this point: The context of this entire epistle, coupled with the context of chapter twelve itself, reveals that what Paul was trying to explain to the carnal Corinthian believers is that NOT every prophetic utterance is of God. Some are given by demonic inspiration.


Furthermore, he was explaining that whenever a spirit is manifesting, ONLY the Holy Spirit will affirm the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Demons will NEVER admit that, and thus, any prophecy given under the influence of ANY spirit must be tested in regard to the doctrinal content of the prophecy—and especially in regard to the exclusive and supreme Lordship of Jesus Christ.

Thus, the “Jesus is Lord” test is actually a part of the “doctrine test” regarding the content of spirit-inspired prophecies only. It does not apply, however, to “utterances” that were simply made up within people’s own imaginations.


This last point needs a bit more elaboration. However, let me first clear up another fallacy so common within the church regarding judging prophecy…

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Wild Imaginations

There is another error very common within Christendom wherein people think that the KEY test for whether a prophet is true or not is in regards to whether their prophetic “sign” comes to pass. This concept is based almost entirely upon this passage:

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And if you say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?”— when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.

(Deuteronomy 18:21-22, NKJV)

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I call this the “fulfillment test”, and it is certainly ONE test of the genuineness of a prophet’s ministry. After all, if a man or woman is going around making predictions that never come to pass (Harold Camping being one that comes to mind, and the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ own “Watchtower” being another), then that would certainly indicate that the person is a fruitcake and not a genuine prophet.

However, the fact that they are failing so much in their prophesies is NOT a proof that they are operating by demonic spirits, but may possibly indicate that they are making up what they say out of their own minds and twisted imaginations:

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Thus says the LORD to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander; they have not kept their feet in check. Therefore the LORD does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and call their sins to account.” So the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the welfare of this people. When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather I am going to make an end of them by the sword, famine and pestilence.”

But, “Ah, Lord GOD!” I said, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’” Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name. I have neither sent them nor commanded them nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a false vision, divination, futility and the deception of their own minds.

(Jeremiah 14:10-14, NASB, emphasis mine)


Thus says the LORD of hosts, “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you. They are leading you into futility; They speak a vision of their own imagination, not from the mouth of the LORD.

(Jeremiah 23:16, NASB, emphasis mine)

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Two prophets, but very different fruit: On top, Stanley Frodsham; who was a true prophet and founding Pentecostal leader. On the bottom, Harold Camping; proven to be a false prophet in-part by his famous failed apocalyptic predictions. (click to enlarge)

So please do not misunderstand me: If a person keeps giving false prophecies that fail to come to pass, then they are certainly a “false prophet” in the respect that they are not true prophets giving sound prophetic words that may really occur. However, this “fulfillment test” is not the best test of true vs. false prophets, as we shall see more clearly shortly.

But first, let me highlight what we have already covered: We have eliminated two fallacies so far; and we can now re-state (reiterate) them in the affirmative as follows:
•The “Jesus is Lord” test only applies to spirit-inspired utterances, and not human speech capability in general.
•Some false prophecies are given by people merely out of their own minds and imaginations, and are not the result of a spirit inspiring the speaker.

In fact, this second point above is clear whenever you happen to run across a charlatan (con artist) who uses gimmicks to fool people into thinking they have a prophetic “gift” or are a “prophet.” I will provide you a link shortly where you can see such a hustler working the crowd with such fakery. But for now, let’s return to our teaching.

The “fulfillment test” that I mentioned briefly above is a genuine test, but ONLY a very limited one; and it is certainly NOT the best way to tell whether a person is a true or false prophet. Why?

Because is is possible that a “prophet” can speak by demonic influences, and it MAY actually come to pass…

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Doctrinal Errors Indicate Demonic Origins

The premise of this article is not that unfulfilled prophecies should not be examined. They must surely be examined as part of a wider inspection of the alleged prophet. However, now we will see that there are severe limitations to this particular form of test that, if not understood, could lead a person into deception to follow a false prophet unaware.

This is because even demonic prophecies can come true:

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“If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods’—which you have not known—‘and let us serve them,’ you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him. But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken in order to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of bondage, to entice you from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk. So you shall put away the evil from your midst.

(Deuteronomy 13:1-5, NKJV, emphasis mine)

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Please note within the bold text above that this alleged prophet’s doctrinal content within his prophecy is designed to lead people AWAY from the Lord God of the Bible; and yet his or her prophecy’s “sign” could still come to pass! Consequently, if a person is judging prophecy by the “fulfillment test” alone, they are likely to be deceived.

However, note what the passage above DOES point out is a solid and irrefutable test of the prophet: The doctrinal content of his or her prophecy. So this brings us back to discussing the “doctrine test” more fully.

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The Doctrine Test

The Spirit of God points out within the passage above the type of false doctrine that is typically evident within teaching and inspired utterances of false prophets. They will say things that deny the Lordship of the ONLY True God  (i.e. the God that is found in the Bible), and will attempt to lead others into idolatry:

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“If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods’—which you have not known—‘and let us serve them,’ you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams…”

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Did you notice how similar this is to the combined text from 1 Corinthians chapters 10 and 12 that we discussed before?

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Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry…. What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything? Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons. (Chapter 10, emphasis mine)

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led. Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. (Chapter 12, emphasis mine)

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Kim Clement is a very popular false prophet on The Baal Network (TBN), but he denies the "relevance" of the return of Jesus "to this generation." Thus, an examination of his anti-Christ doctrine reveals its demonic source. (click to enlarge)

The key thing to identify within the prophecies (or teaching) of ANY alleged prophet or prophetess is the content of the doctrine within what they say. (Of course, this would apply toward any teacher, pastor, apostle, evangelist, elder, etc., as well.) This includes subtle doctrinal errors, as well as obvious ones. The passages above should not be considered limited to blatant blasphemies, but should be understood to be informing us even of the subtle errors that meet those same criteria.

In fact, let me illustrate this by pointing out that the passage above mentions that demons would call Jesus “accursed.” This is a subtle twist on a biblical doctrine. Note:

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Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

(Galatians 3:13-14, NKJV, emphasis mine)


For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

(2 Corinthians 5:21, NKJV)

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The scriptural doctrine is this: Jesus, the sinless Son of God, Who was God manifest in the flesh (1 Timothy 3:16), was made a curse for us as He bore our sins upon the Cross. However, He did not remain there; God raised Him from the dead on the third day, and Jesus Christ ascended to the right hand of the Father about forty days later.

So Jesus is portrayed in the Bible today as being in His full Deity, sitting at the right hand of the Father in Heaven…but the demons Paul referred to in 1 Corinthians chapter twelve made one slight twist to their doctrine, and pictured Jesus as eternally damned in Hell. This may have been only a subtle change in words, but the affect is a diametrically opposite picture theologically.

Consequently, this brings up a fact that should be of no surprise to any thinking person: Demons are heretics by their nature, and they have their own doctrines:

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Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron…”

(1 Timothy 4:1-2, NKJV, emphasis mine)

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Paul warned Timothy regarding how “deceiving spirits” (demons) will lead people astray in the last days. This ties in nicely with his warning to the Corinthians to monitor the doctrinal content of spirit-inspired prophecies, and Moses’ warning that demonic “prophets” can come along demonstrating “signs and wonders” that are designed to lead people into apostasy. In short, whether such heresies are obvious or subtle, they are indicative that a demon spirit is “inspiring” that person through whom they speak and/or teach:

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“Moreover, among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.

“Also among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: The committing of adultery and walking in falsehood; and they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one has turned back from his wickedness.

All of them have become to Me like Sodom, and her inhabitants like Gomorrah.

(Jeremiah 23:13-14, NKJV, emphasis mine)


[Referring to the False Prophet of the Last Days] He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.

(Revelation 13:13-14, NKJV, emphasis and notes mine)

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False prophet, Toddy Bentley, attributes his "inspiration" to an "angel" named Emma. The growing number of tattoos on his body in "honor" of this demon further reveals the idolatrous nature of this heretic. (click to enlarge)

So even the famous False Prophet of the very Last Days will perform signs and wonders with the intent of leading people into idolatry. Thus, doctrine is the key thing that indicates the origin of the spirit-inspired utterance that any prophet speaks.

By the way: Baal worship, as mentioned in one of the passages above, is at the heart of higher-level Freemason doctrines. Thus, not only are Freemasons heretical in the fact that they are really Deists (i.e. believe that there is one god, but that all forms of worship that embrace only one god are equally valid; Islam, Wicca, Christianity, etc.), they are also heretical in the sense that their doctrines include Baal worship and related symbolism (plus other blasphemies). Thus, any Freemasons masquerading around as prophets (or as “Christian” ministers or theology professors) are directly addressed within the above passage of Scripture also. And the best way to identify them (since they are so secretive about their true beliefs) is to examine the doctrinal content of their alleged prophesies, statements, and teaching. Where spirit-inspired prophecies are concerned, you obviously should NOT to rely whether their demonically inspired predictions come to pass or not…because they just might.

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The Time Factor

There is another weakness to using the “fulfillment test” alone. Namely, what about the time factor?

Not every false prophet is as silly as Harold Camping was in naming dates. Obviously, when one is that open and their prophecy fails to come to pass as predicted, it is a probable indication that something is amiss with the guy. “So and so will happen on day such and such.” Just wait, and see. Simple.

However, most prophecies of Scripture are based upon signs, such as surrounding circumstances or other characteristics. They are typically not based upon dates on a calendar (though some were time oriented, e.g. “within three years” or “by the time of the harvest”). Thus, some people who are leaning too heavily upon the “fulfillment test” may find themselves in a quandary when there is no date or time frame given. They may even miss a true prophecy from God when they are emphatically asserting, “If it doesn’t come to pass, they are false prophets! Stone them!”

For example, Malachi prophesied, “Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD” (4:5, NASB). That was fulfilled about 400 years later initially in the ministry of John the Baptist (see Matthew 11:14), and will be ultimately fulfilled when the actual man, Elijah, returns just prior to the Second Coming of Christ (see Revelation 11; I believe that Elijah is one Witness, and Enoch is the other…but others may disagree with me on that point, and I do not have the space to expound upon this here beyond this brief note). So when should they have stoned Malachi to death for a lack of fulfillment? Four years after his prophecy? How about forty? It took four hundred years for it to come to pass…and even then, most people did not recognize John the Baptist as the initial fulfillment of that prophetic word.

Then there is Enoch. According to Jude, he prophesied before the Lord took him to Heaven (see Genesis 5:22 and Hebrews 11:5), and said, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him”(verses 14-15, NKJV). That will not happen until the Second Coming of Christ, which has not happened yet. Thus, the time delay in the fulfillment of that prophecy is about 5,000 years. At what point should people have concluded that Enoch was a “false prophet” and have stoned him?

Likewise, I have heard of people who received true prophecies from true prophets, but the fulfillment took years…sometimes decades…before they eventually came to pass. So at what point should the recipients of such true prophetic words decide they are untrue? Patience is certainly a factor when trusting God for the fulfillment of His written promises, so it is not surprising it is likewise when awaiting prophetic words to be fulfilled. (Note: There are other aspects related to the fulfillment of true prophecies that I just do not have time to address within this single article.)

Returning to our “test” discussion: Most prophecies are general, and not date specific. Thus, how can the “fulfillment test” be applied to them correctly? Since there is not hard and fast “rule” about how long one has to wait in order to test the prophecy, it is obvious that this method only works well when an actual date is named or some time frame indicated.

However, even then, one must be cautious if the prediction DOES come to pass. Again, when we connect this point to what we covered above before: It is a real possibility that one could inappropriately label a true prophet as a false one, simply by leaning too heavily upon the “fulfillment test”; while they could also name a false prophet as “true” because the demonically inspired prediction came to pass.

Thus, I think most readers can see that the “fulfillment test” is generally limited in its scope and usefulness, especially whenever specific dates or time frames are not included therein. So let us return to the “doctrine test” and see what we are to look for within the content of spirit-inspired utterances in order to determine their origin.

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The Holy Spirit Says…

Again, the primary test to see if a person is a genuine prophet, verses a demonically inspired prophet, is the content of their doctrine. That doctrine could be expressed through an inspired utterance (prophecy), through teaching, or even side comments that reveal the person’s beliefs on certain topics. (Some heretics get quite talkative when they think nobody is listening, or when they feel over confident in their influence over their hearers; so private comments are a good time to see where people really stand on some issues.) A true prophet (or any minister of God) is consistent in their love of Truth, and desire for doctrinal purity (though none of us are omniscient, so we are all growing in God’s grace on such things). A false prophet (or minister) is typically motivated by pride and/or greed, and thus, God’s Truth tends to go crosswise with their evil personal agendas.

So how do we determine where a person stands? One of the best ways to determine if the Holy Spirit is speaking is to see if it lines up with what Jesus said that the Holy Spirit would do:


Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they do not believe in Me; of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.

(John 16:7-15, NKJV)

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You can meditate upon the above passage further in order to get the fullness of what the Lord was telling us all. However, let me give you a quick bullet list to point out some key things that Jesus said the Holy Spirit would do when He came:

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•The Holy Spirit would bring “conviction” for sin, and address issues of judgment and righteousness. Take time to examine the messages of the prophets who spoke throughout Scripture, and note that is exactly what they did. They were themselves “holy men of God” (see Luke 1:70, Acts 3:21, Romans 1:2, Ephesians 3:5, 2 Peter 1:21, and etc.) and thus, their doctrine/messages were constantly geared toward promoting holy living before our Holy God.
•He would “guide” us into “all truth.” In the next chapter (John 17:17), Jesus said unto the Father, “Your Word is Truth.” Thus, the Holy Spirit will teach sound doctrine that can be verified by the Word of God (i.e. the Bible alone, and no other alleged “holy book” or “higher truth”).
•He will “tell you things to come.” There will be a future-oriented content to many of the Holy Spirit’s messages. That would not be an absolute, because He often addresses present and past circumstances too; but even then, the Holy Spirit would typically point toward either a future judgement or blessing, depending on the situation being addressed.
•The Holy Spirit will glorify Jesus! This includes His Cross and sacrifice, as well as His position at the right hand of the Father and His Lordship over all.

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In contrast, demons tend to say the opposite. Whether subtly or blatantly, they will do one or more of the following:

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•They will usually encourage sin, often by talking about “blessings” for those who are practicing sin; i.e. rather than the judgment that will necessarily follow transgression of God’s commands. (Note again what the Jeremiah 23:13-14 passage further above said about those who prophesy by Baal.) So when you see an immoral person being given an “ear tickling” prophecy about how God is going to “bless” them—but without warning about their sin and loose living—beware! That is a VERY likely indication that the prophet is either operating by demons, or is merely a con artist fake. (So watch them closely thereafter to see if that assessment is confirmed in other ways.)
•Demons will lead people toward idolatry and away from God’s Word (as we have discussed above already). This would include encouraging the “love of money” (i.e. “covetousness, which is idolatry” —Colossians 3:5).
•They will often mimic telling “things to come,” but will more often try to impress the hearer with information from the past or present in order to lead them astray (e.g. their name, place of birth, job, activity the previous day, etc.). Note: Demons do often know past and present things about people and circumstances, but are VERY limited on anything “future” oriented because they cannot truly know the future (only God does, and He is not telling them). Demons can fake a future prediction, however, by predicting something that is likely to happen: For example, “You will receive a letter in the mail from an old friend”—but the demon simply knows that the old friend had already put it in the mail the day before, and it is only a matter of the U.S. Postal Service getting the letter to the person…which itself may take a miracle, but we won’t “address” USPS delivery problems at this time (pun intended). A future “sign.” however, is a different thing. These are demonic “miracles” that are merely announced beforehand.
•Demons will glorify ANYBODY except Jesus: That would include the alleged prophet himself (i.e. making him or her look super spiritual); the hearer of the prophecy (i.e. pumping up their ego, by appealing to the lusts of the flesh, lusts of the eyes, and the pride of life); some cult they are pushing, or a false “addition” to the Bible (such as the Book of Mormon); or anything/anybody by which they can turn attention away from Jesus and His Truth, and toward idols.

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So when someone speaks some sort of a spirit-inspired utterance, do they genuinely uplift the name of Jesus Christ, and His Lordship? Do they acknowledge His resurrection and ascension to the right had of God? Do they give proper place to His redeeming blood? Or do they openly or subtly promote doctrines that are contrary to these?

We have discussed “prophets” and “prophetesses” largely in this article, but again, these points apply to ANY professing Christian who stands up to give a prophetic utterance in a service, or offers a “personal prophecy” to any individual. (Again, this also applies to teachers, pastors, etc.) If the doctrinal content of their message is heretical, then they are speaking by a demon spirit (either directly in prophecy, or indirectly through teaching the doctrines of demons). However, if the content is pure in its doctrine, and truly uplifts the Deity of Christ and sound biblical teaching, then they are speaking by the Spirit of God.

Again, I am primarily discussing when a SPIRIT manifests through a person, and not merely when someone makes up a prophecy out of their own head. Though these things do apply to teaching, the title of this article is “Judging Prophecy Correctly” and I am especially addressing prophetic utterances within this article, and how to evaluate them.


Let me note briefly that in the case of a “head prophecy” (i.e one out of a person’s own mind), there may or may not be any harm done by the alleged prophecy (it depends on what was said, and how it was received); so you don’t have to label them a “false prophet” and run them out of town if they are simply a baby Christian making a minor mistake (i.e. not Harold Camping making a fool of himself, but a real sincere Christian making a mistake with good intentions and reasonably sound doctrine). Even new prophets make mistakes on this point—though they SHOULD be corrected by senior ministers, when possible (note 1 Corinthians chapter 14).

However, when a spirit is manifesting…and it is determinable that a demon is the source…then the person who gave that prophecy needs to be sat down and dealt with strongly and directly. They may need deliverance from a demon, and/or to get saved; so Christians (especially leaders) should minister to them with such redemptive goals in mind. Regardless, they should NOT be allowed to minister “prophetically” to any group or individual anymore, and others should be warned about the person—particularly if that person resists godly efforts to get them saved and on track spiritually.

And if a church’s or group’s leadership fails to address such things, then Christian individuals and families should leave that congregation and never return. It may indicate that the other leaders are complicit with the demonic false prophet. On the other hand, it could simply mean they are incompetent as leaders. In either case, leave there…and take as many people with you as possible. Nobody should be subjected to demonic manifestations merely because the leaders refuse to properly control their meetings.

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Closing Points

Here is a quick bullet list of additional tests. Some of these are ones that I do not have time to address within this particular article, but should surely be known and utilized where applicable. I have listed these in order of priority, along with the ones already mentioned—but this is not an exhaustive list by any means (just the key points):
•The “doctrine test”: This includes the “Jesus is Lord” test (as we discussed herein).
•The “fruit test”: This applies to individuals more than their prophesies, and it was mentioned by Jesus in Matthew chapter 7. It includes really all the tests in some measure, but also the “fruit of the spirit” in Galatians chapter 6.
•The “character test”: See the family and integrity requirements for ministry found in 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus, for more on this one. For a teaching on “The Family Test” (as I call it), which is a part of the character test, then see my article here.
•The “fulfillment test”: This is particularly handy for exposing con artists and idiots, but has its limitations otherwise (as we discussed herein).

You can look those tests above that we did not cover, and study them for yourself. I am confident that the Holy Spirit will give genuine Christians reading those Bible passages the idea of how to apply those tests towards individuals and their prophecies.

Lastly, let me now refer you to a few other articles on other websites. Therein, you can see some examples of both true and false prophecies:
•Can I Buy A Vowel? This is a somewhat funny (and witty) post by Chrystal Whitt, which exposes a man who appears to be a con artist and NOT a true prophet. It is funny, in how Chrystal points out the ridiculous nature of his alleged “prophecies.” It is sad, because some people actually follow this guy and consider him a true prophet.
•A Prophetic Warning by Stanley Frodsham (one of the great founding Pentecostal generals of the Twentieth Century). This is a true prophecy, given by a true man of God. What makes this one particularly interesting is that he describes how heretics and false prophets will emerge (as has been happening the last decade or so in fulfillment of this very word he gave back in 1965).
•Kenneth Copeland’s history of false prophecies and teaching. Some of these are merely ridiculous, but most of the others are blatantly blasphemous.
•The late Dr. Walter Martin’s Warning to the Church (1988): This is a great teaching about how wolves and false prophets operate. Thus, I am including it in this list despite the fact that it is not a uttered prophecy per se. However, it is truly “prophetic” in the sense that this man of God knew what he was talking about in light of God’s Word (which is prophetic by its nature and substance). Thus, this is inspired teaching of sound doctrine, that can be traced to the working of the Holy Spirit (as we taught above).

I hope this article of mine provides some benefit to all our readers. Please feel free to comment and/or ask additional questions below. I will try to “fill in the blanks” within the comment thread for any issues that need to be addressed more fully, as can be reasonably done within a commentary (and as my time constraints allow).

Lastly: Are you interested in learning more about logic and biblical reasoning? Then let me recommend that you spend some time studying that particular sub-page of our new Recommendations section, which entitled Logic, Apologetics, and Evangelism.

How many times the words “Free of Charge” Appears (2) in the bible (NIV)
(NIV) 1 Corinthians 9:18 What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make use of my rights in preaching it.

(NIV) 2 Corinthians 11:7 Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge?

(NIV) 2 Corinthians 11:8 I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you.

How many times the words “Free of Charge” Appears (0) in the bible (NIV)

How many times the words “without Cost” Appears (0) in the bible (NIV)
(NIV) Isaiah 55:1 "Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

(NIV) Revelation 21:6 He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life.

The bible expressly forbids making money out of the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ


We are Commanded in the Bible not to make Money out of the Gospel
Here are all the scriptures
Matthew 10:5-20
Matthew 10:7As you go, preach this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near.'
Matthew 10:8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
Matthew 10:9Do not take along any gold or silver or copper in your belts;
Matthew 10:10take no bag for the journey, or extra tunic, or sandals or a staff; for the worker is worth his keep.
Matthew 10:11"Whatever town or village you enter, search for some worthy person there and stay at his house until you leave.
Matthew 10:12As you enter the home, give it your greeting.
(N.I.V) 1 Corinthians 9:18 What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make use of my rights in preaching it.
(K.J.V) 1 Corinthians 9:18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
2 Corinthians 2:17 (New International Version,)
(N.I.V) 2 Corinthians 2:17 Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.
2 Corinthians 2:17 (King James Version)
2 Corinthians 2:17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:6 I may indeed be untrained as a speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. 7 Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge?

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
2 Peter 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
New Living Translation (©2007)
2 Peter 2:3 In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be delayed.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
2 Peter 2:3 And by greed and fictitious accounts they will make profit among you, these whose judgment from the first has not been idle and their destruction does not sleep.

Matthew 16:26 What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

Matthew 19:23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Prayer

2 Thessalonians 3:1 Finally, brothers, pray for us,  that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified,  even as also with you;

2 Thessalonians 3:2 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for not all have faith.

2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.

2 Thessalonians 3:4 We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command.

2 Thessalonians3:5 May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

Commands Dealing with the Idle

2 Thessalonians 3:6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,  that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion,  and not after the tradition which they received from us.

2 Thessalonians3:7 For you know how you ought to imitate us.  For we didn't behave ourselves rebelliously among you,

2 Thessalonians3:8 neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it,  but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;

2 Thessalonians3:9 not because we don't have the right,  but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."

2 Thessalonians 3:11 For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but are busybodies.

2 Thessalonians 3:12 Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ,  that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

2 Thessalonians 3:13 But you, brothers, don't be weary in doing well.

2 Thessalonians 3:14 If any man doesn't obey our word in this letter, note that man,  that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

2 Thessalonians 3:15 Don't count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Farewell

2 Thessalonians 3:16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways.
The Lord be with you all.

2 Thessalonians 3:17 The greeting of me, Paul, with my own hand,  which is the sign in every letter: this is how I write.

2 Thessalonians 3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

2 Corinthians 2:17 (King James Version)
17For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
2 Corinthians 2:17 (New International Version,)
17 Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.
2 Corinthians 2:17 (New International Version - UK)
17 Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God.
2 Corinthians 2:17 (Amplified Bible)
17For we are not, like so many, [like hucksters making a trade of] peddling God's Word [shortchanging and adulterating the divine message]; but like [men] of sincerity and the purest motive, as [commissioned and sent] by God, we speak [His message] in Christ (the Messiah), in the [very] sight and presence of God.
   
2 Corinthians 2:17 (New Living Translation)
17 You see, we are not like the many hucksters[a] who preach for personal profit. We preach the word of God with sincerity and with Christ’s authority, knowing that God is watching us.
Footnotes:

2 Corinthians 2:17 (Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition)
17For we are not as many, adulterating the word of God; but with sincerity, but as from God, before God, in Christ we speak.
   



2 Corinthians 2:17 (Good News Translation)
17 We are not like so many others, who handle God's message as if it were cheap merchandise; but because God has sent us, we speak with sincerity in his presence, as servants of Christ.
Good News Translation (GNT)
2 Corinthians 2:17 (Contemporary English Version)
17A lot of people try to get rich from preaching God's message. But we are God's sincere messengers, and by the power of Christ we speak our message with God as our witness.
   


How many times the words “Free of Charge” Appears (2) in the bible (NIV)
(NIV) 1 Corinthians 9:18 What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make use of my rights in preaching it.

(NIV) 2 Corinthians 11:7 Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge?

(NIV) 2 Corinthians 11:8 I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you.

How many times the words “Free of Charge” Appears (0) in the bible (NIV)

How many times the words “without Cost” Appears (0) in the bible (NIV)
(NIV) Isaiah 55:1 "Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

(NIV) Revelation 21:6 He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life.

How many times the words “Without Charge” Appears (0) in the bible (NIV)

Giving and sharing  not sowing

1 Corinthians 9 (King James Version)
1 Corinthians 9
King James Version (KJV)
1 Corinthians 9
1 Corinthians 9:1Am I am not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:2If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 9:3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
1 Corinthians 9:4 Have we not power to eat and to drink?
1 Corinthians 9:5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
1 Corinthians 9:6Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
1 Corinthians 9:7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
1 Corinthians 9:8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
1 Corinthians 9:9 For it is written in the law of Moses, thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
1 Corinthians 9:10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
1 Corinthians 9:11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
1 Corinthians 9:12If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
1 Corinthians 9:14Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
1 Corinthians 9:16For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
1 Corinthians 9:17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
1 Corinthians 9:18What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:19For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
1 Corinthians 9:20And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
1 Corinthians 9:21To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
1 Corinthians 9:23And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
1 Corinthians 9:24Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
1 Corinthians 9:25And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
1 Corinthians 9:26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
1 Corinthians 9:27But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
1 Corinthians 9:1-25 (New International Version)
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1 Corinthians 9
Paul’s Rights as an Apostle
1 Corinthians 9:1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:2 Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 9:3 This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me.
1 Corinthians 9:4 Don’t we have the right to food and drink? 5 Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas[a]?
1 Corinthians 9:6 Or is it only I and Barnabas who lack the right to not work for a living?
1 Corinthians 9:7 Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk?
1 Corinthians 9:8 Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing? 9 For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.”[b] Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
1 Corinthians 9:10 Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us, because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.
1 Corinthians 9:11 If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?
1 Corinthians 9:12 If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:13 Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar?
1 Corinthians 9:14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast.
1 Corinthians 9:16 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
1 Corinthians 9:17 If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me. 18 What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights as a preacher of the gospel.
Paul’s Use of His Freedom
1 Corinthians 9:19 Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law.
1 Corinthians 9:21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
The Need for Self-Discipline
1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
Footnotes:
a. 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter
b. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut. 25:4
Acts 4:32-37
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The Believers Share Their Possessions
Acts 4:32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had.
Acts 4:33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all
Acts 4:34 that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales
Acts 4:35 and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.
Acts 4:36 Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means “son of encouragement”), 37 sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles’ feet.

Acts 5
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Acts 5
Ananias and Sapphira
Acts 5:1 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
Acts 5:2 With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet.
Acts 5:3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4 Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.”
Acts 5:5 When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. 6 Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.
Acts 5:7 About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 Peter asked her, “Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?”
“Yes,” she said, “that is the price.”
Acts 5:9 Peter said to her, “How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”
Acts 5:10 At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.
2 Corinthians 9
Generosity Encouraged
2 Corinthians 9
2 Corinthians 9:6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
9 As it is written: “They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.”[a]
2 Corinthians 9:10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
2 Corinthians 9:11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
2 Corinthians 9:12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.
2 Corinthians 9:13 Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else.
2 Corinthians 9:14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.
2 Corinthians 9:15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!