THE SPIRIT OF FAMILIAR SCRIPTURES?

I mean no disrespect when I use this term.  But it is something that I have become aware of while attending many churches in south central Texas.  All the services begin with the old pep talk.  They build up the crowd so to speak.  Funny, I enter the doors with praise and thanksgiving on my lips and am already built up just being in the house of the Lord.  But I have noticed the following scriptures are used the most.  They are good scriptures and most Christians know them and can recite them at will.  Whether they truly know the meaning of those scriptures depends on where they sit on Sundays.  Some are listening for the “Word of Faith” that they are familiar with and follow.  Again not knowing what they are involved in.  This is because they have allowed themselves to be led and have not taken the time to invest in their soul and spirit.  I don’t say this to make anyone feel bad but perhaps to finally get them to ask themselves the question…do I really know what I am being fed?  So much of the “food” out there today will poison you…for eternity.  See if you can recognize the following scriptures being used in your church. 

Philippians 4:13 (KJV)
¹³ I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Hebrews 13:5 (KJV)
⁵ Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Matthew 16:19 (KJV)
¹⁹ And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Matthew 7:7 (KJV)
⁷ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

And everyone’s favorite.

John 3:16 (KJV)
¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

These are just a few, but after the “rev-up” just before praise and worship this can be where the familiar ends.  The regular attendees assume that their pastor knows the scripture.   But once the sermon begins, the scripture, if any, becomes a little less well known or familiar.  No one goes home and invests any time looking those scriptures up to make sure what was preached was actually the Word of God, or altered to fit the purpose or agenda of the preacher.  This is how they get led down a dark path and become participants of  hidden agendas such as Dominionism.  I watched Rick Joyner on a Christian TV channel and heard him say, and it was put up on the screen as well so viewers could read it, that Jude 1:14 (NIV) says “See, the Lord is coming with His ten thousands of his prophets.”  I have taped this program.  This is NOT what the scripture says and it is not even the wording used in the NIV.  What the NIV states in Jude 1:14 (NIV) ¹⁴ Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones (continues on verse 15).   The KJV uses the word “saints”, neither says prophets.  The Gods Word bible changed the term to “angels”.  He also quotes from Deut. 33:2, but there it doesn’t mention prophets either.  The NIV says “holy ones”, and KJV uses “Saints”.   In Deuteronomy 33, if you continue reading, you’ll see that in this context he is speaking of Israelites, when Moses is giving them the “law”.   But don’t trust us either, look it up for yourselves.

 However, Rich Joyner being a prophet and a part of this Dominionist movement that is an integral part of Christian International headed up by Bill Hamon, is obviously trying to back the comments Bill Hamon made in his book, “Prophets and Personal Prophesy” (pg 20) in which Bill Hamon stated that God had told him that he was raising up 10,000 prophets (in America alone), and this company of prophets will come forth in the spirit of Elijah and they as a corporate body of prophets will fulfill the prophesy of Malachi, in relation to Christ’s second coming.”   Why would God tell Bill Hamon, and all of his followers for that matter, something that is clearly not in the Word?  Well, if it isn’t in the Word, they will put it there just as Rick Joyner did the other night.  And if you don’t know the Word and you just follow those you think you can trust in high places in your churches, this is how you get led down the path to destruction.  WAKE UP!!!  What you are doing and NOT doing is going to effect your eternity.  These are the times of the great falling away. Matthew 24:24 (KJV)
²⁴ For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Who knew you would so easily become a part of it, huh?  I bet for years you said it would never happen to you.  Well, you are allowing it and by allowing it you are becoming a part of it and endangering the lives of your brothers and sisters in Christ.  There is a penalty for that. 2 John 1:7-11 (KJV)
⁷ For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
⁸ Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
⁹ Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
¹⁰ If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
¹¹ For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

We really do love y’all….Dave and Patti