* People who come saying they are Christians but they have impure motives and attack us who really are trying to follow God.

Some people come to us to "straighten us out" ... They come to turn us to their church group while we are trying to follow God by HIS Spirit.  

They do not come to us in an open, pure way, but they come with a hidden agenda.  

They do great hurt to us if we allow them to come into our homes.

Often they are our own relatives.  To follow them to their churches, we would have to deny the faith we have in God and many of the things God has shown us in dreams and visions and through scriptures by the Holy Spirit.

Examples in this Podcast.

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* Person in our own church group who attacked me verbally, railing out against me.  She had been in our church group for 39 years.  

I told God, HE must judge ME.  I could not do any ministry until God showed me the truth from HIS view.

That same night, God gave me a dream:  "I opened the front door of my house and someone had dumped bags filled with their garbage at my door and all the way down the front of my house."

By this I knew Barbara's railing against me was evil she had stored up in her own heart ... her garbage ... which she failed to dispose of properly through prayer.

She had stored these things in her own heart against me for decades without telling me.

She failed to do the following with each thing she viewed as an offense.  For had she taken these things to God in prayer when they happened, I know God would have shown her truth.

Philippians 4

6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Now I believe Barbara has been turned over to a reprobate mind.

Romans 1

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Of course, she is no longer with us in the church.

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* My Church of Christ cousin comes to try to tell me I cannot be an apostle, or any minister at all.  

She mentioned Acts 1 as her proof:  

(Replacing Judas ... finding a 12th apostle)

15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

(Requirement for an apostle who would replace Judas.)

21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that HE (Jesus) was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of HIS resurrection.

23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

(Matthias was the 12th apostle)

So my cousin's thesis was, "You can't possibly be an apostle for you do not meet these qualifications.  There are no more apostles today."

My cousin missed two things.

* By these qualifications set by Peter for replacement of Judas, Paul could not be an apostle either.  

For Paul was persecuting the church until after Jesus was crucified and resurrected.  

Jesus spoke to Paul from heaven and ordained that Paul was to be an apostle and teacher.  (Acts 9 and Acts 26)

* Paul was not the "last" apostle.  Paul was one of the first apostles given by Jesus to the New Testament church after Jesus was crucified and resurrected.

Ephesians 4

8 Wherefore HE (Jesus) saith, When HE ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

11 And HE (Jesus) gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

These are the ministries of the New Testament church today: apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher

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Exterminator who comes to deal with mouse problems on June 19, 2020 at our house.

Almost immediately this man identified himself as being a Christian.  He said God had put him into the business to exterminate "pests" though the pests are created by God.  He continued talking about God, though he said one thing really evil at the beginning of his time at our house.

He said, "You can always hope the mice move to another house to a neighbor you hate."

I replied, "I don't have any neighbors that I hate."

I was really surprised that a man who identified himself as being a Christian would say such a thing.  This really shows me to question that this man is really a Christian, though he is sure he is a Christian.

Then he talked about going on "ministry" trips where he ministered to other people.  

(He seemed to be very proud about this and tried to tell us of the cities he had gone to in "his" ministry.)

But I interrupted him and asked him, "How do you know God sent you to do this ministry?"

He could not tell me HOW God showed him to do this.

He couldn't tell me because God did not send him.

Later I shared with him some of the things God has revealed to me.

This man said:  "We have to try the spirits."

I replied:  "Yes, we do."  

I John 4:1  Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Two days later, God opened my eyes to see:  This man spoke about trying the spirits to try to show me that which I had heard from God was from a devil.

As I understand it, this in an unpardonable sin, to attribute the works of The Holy Spirit of God as being the works of a devil.

This man was exceedingly evil.

I finally ordered him to leave my room.

As he left, but from the hallway, he called to me:  "Have a nice day."

I was shocked:  After he had battled with me for over an hour, he had the nerve to say this to me, and after I had to ordered him out of my room!

I said to him:  "Go to hell."

Several times that afternoon, I almost said to him, "You go to hell."  And finally I said it.

(And I suspect this was from the Spirit of God to him and not from myself.)

The next day, as I continued examining myself in prayer to God, I was reminded of the following.

Acts 8

9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.

14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

I felt God was showing me that Peter pronounced that this man would perish with his money, unless he repented ... and perhaps God was also sanctioning that which I said to this man.

I also felt this man was fortunate that it was not John the Baptist, or Moses, or Elijah dealing with him.  For Elijah cut off the heads of 450 prophets of Baal.  And Moses cried out to God and God caused the ground to open up and swallow alive one of the rebellious and also to kill all that evil man's family.

All I did was to drive this antichrist person away from me.

***

Here is a graphic illustration of an open vision which God gave to me concerning "vermin" coming toward me from every direction as they call themselves "Christians".

Open vision from God on June 21, 2020.

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* Vision given by God of vermin in the churches today.

During the past week, Pam Padgett, member of the body of Christ, and I have had cause to be out more where we encountered individuals.  There was only one person who did not identify himself as being a Christian and he was the only person who did not trouble us.  All who said they were Christian were antichrist people and they were like vermin, trying to infest their evil thinking upon us.  Pam said she even felt unclean after the man came to our house June 19,  to do some work.

God gave me an open vision about them:  They are like vermin, coming out from under every wall, crawling and creeping from every direction, coming toward me as they call themselves Christians, while they spout their antichrist doctrines, opposite from Bible.  They crawl and creep toward me from every direction like waves of infestation, trying to inch toward me, hoping to infest my life.

vermin:  wild animals which are harmful and carry disease; rodents;  small, common harmful and objectionable animals (such as lice, fleas, cockroaches, mice and rats) that are difficult to control.

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Here is a graphic illustration of the open vision God gave me of the antichrist people who come to me saying they are Christians but they are really vermin.

Matthew 24 ... Jesus says:

Take heed that no man deceive you.

For many shall come in my name, saying, 

I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

They are "wild" ,  uncontrolled by Bible.  They spread their pollutions everywhere they go.  They are vast in number and have to be beaten back and they come from every direction, from the various denominations of church groups.

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In his day, the apostle Paul described them as follows:

Titus 1

10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

In Paul's day they were especially of the Jews.

Today they identify themselves as Christians.

They are infested everywhere I go.  They are like the whited sepulchres described by Jesus in following.

Matthew 23

27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

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Woe to us if we take them in and let them breed in our company, spreading their words to us and planting their words into our hearts, they will infest us and all who come in contact with them.

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God discusses this in the following scripture.

Numbers 33:55-56  

But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.

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The apostle John said there were already "many antichrist" in their church group of his day.

I John 2

18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

Paul said even in the elders of Ephesis there were some who would "speak perverse things" to draw away disciples after themselves.  

Acts 20  (Paul speaking to the elders of the church at Ephesus)

29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

Even through the elders at the church at Ephesus antichrist would rise up to draw away disciples with perverse doctrines, setting up denominations.

The "falling away" of churches from doctrines of Christ started as far back as this, when Paul departed from this earth.

Remember how Jesus told His disciples "many" would come saying they are Christians in the last days and they would deceive many.  Matthew 24:4-5

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This week, I told one of them this:  "You should never identify yourself as a Christian speaking the evil things that you spoke to us."

Jesus warned us:  they will come in the last days ...

Matthew 24:4-5   Take heed that no man deceive you.  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

(They come saying they are Christians and they deceive many.)

If we let them talk a bit, and we really listen, they usually identify themselves very quickly by their words.

When we speak The Word, often they will be driven away from us by The Word.  Or we may have to flee from them and avoid them, deliberately staying away from the place where such congregate.

Make no mistake.  We cannot stay around them without being corrupted.

I Corinthians 15

33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

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Antichrist today in people who say they are Christians.

The prophet, John the Baptist, said to the religious people who came to be baptized of him:   O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?  Luke 3

Jesus sent His disciples out to speak to the children of Israel:

Matthew 10:5-7  Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:  But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

And Jesus warned them about the people they would speak to:  

Matthew 10:16-17   Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.   But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

Those who would harm the disciples were of the Jewish people of Jesus' day, the religious people.

Today the harm comes through those who call themselves Christians but they do not have the Spirit of God but try to interpret religious things by their own thinking.  They follow doctrines of men but will not follow the scriptures and they come to stop the real doctrines of God from going forth through the servants of God.

Doctrines of the Bible:  such as:  
- The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.  Mt. 5:32
- The divorced woman commits adultery if she remarries.  Romans 7:1-3
- God's view of homosexuals & lesbians.  Romans 1:26-27
- Ministers of the New Testament church today, as set by Jesus after the resurrection, are apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers.  Ephesians 4:11-12
- Qualifications for elder/bishop.  Titus 1:4-9

There are "many" antichrist in the churches, John says:  I John 2:18

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Sign of the ends time and the coming of Jesus:

Matthew 24

3 And as HE (Jesus) sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Before Jesus' return, many will come saying they are Christians and they will deceive many.  They are antichrist for they are against specific scriptures and set up their own doctrines casting aside Jesus' doctrines in their churches.

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Jesus said to the Jewish leaders of his day:

John 8  

44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Those who do not have the Spirit of God are of "their father" the devil, though they come saying "Jesus is Lord."

They will try to lead us to their churches, and to their own doctrines, which are opposite to the doctrines which God has put into the New Testament Bible and to which God has taught us by HIS Spirit.

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John the Baptist said to the Jewish leaders of his day before Jesus was revealed in the flesh:  O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.  Luke 3:7;9 

Examples of the spirit of antichrist working in today's church through people who say they are Christians:

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June 19, 2020 ... a man came to the house to try to seal up holes where mice were getting into the house.

Almost immediately, this man began speaking of "God", in subtle ways.

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As we spoke about the mice problem, he said, "You can hope they go to one of your neighbors that you hate."

I replied, "I don't hate any neighbor."

Immediately I knew this man was the spirit of antichrist, though he called himself a Christian. 

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Jesus said:  Concerning the end time

Matthew 24  

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and His disciples came to Him for to shew Him the buildings of the temple.

2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

3 And as HE sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

5 For many shall come in MY name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

They come to us speaking the name of God, while they call themselves "Christians" ... flaunting the word "God" before us.  Then they identify themselves to us by their evil sayings from their own mouth, "Hope the mice go to a neighbor that you hate."

***

They show what they are by the words that come from their mouth while they say they are a Christian and speak of "God" ... and this exterminator then began to tell us of his "ministry" and of his "ministry" trips and tried to tell us of all the places he went to "minister".

Immediately, I interrupted his speaking and I asked him HOW he knew to do this "ministry."  He couldn't tell me.  There was absolutely no evidence of God in him or in his works which he enjoyed flaunting.

He was probably the worst person I have encountered in 40+ years.

***

I shared with him several visions God has given me and several words also given to me by God.

At one point he said to me, "We have to try the spirits."  I replied, "That is absolutely correct."  (I John 4:1)

Two days later, God brought his statement about "trying the spirits", to my attention. and God said to me, this man was trying to condemn me when he said this, for he was thinking I did not try the spirits, and this man thought he could catch me in wrong doing.

This man was evil, not sharing with a good heart by the spirit of God but trying to exalt himself and condemn me.

(It turned out this man was far more evil than I even suspected, although I was sure he was not called by God to be a minister and not called by God to do ministry trips as he was boasting.  And I was pretty sure this man was not even a Christian.)

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Pam heard what he told me.  After he left, Pam had God's judgment about this man.

Pam said:  "He showed no shame at all concerning what he had said about hoping the mice went to a neighbor 'that I hate.' "

Antichrist will not repent and shows no shame:  Revelation 16

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I told this man in a very strong way that he came to us saying he was of God, a Christian, while speaking great evil and failing to show any evidence at all concerning God sending him to do the work of a minister.  I told him I don't even have any evidence that he is a Christian.

*** 

To give him an example of a minister called by God to do a work, I share with him the way God put me on radio in 1980.

January 10, 1980 ... I was asleep in the night.  A very loud trumpet like voice spoke three words into my ear:  "Hartford, Seattle, KWJS"

When I found "KWJS" to be a radio station, I said to God,  "Are YOU telling me to go on radio?  I'm a writer, not a speaker.  I wouldn't know how to do that."

Immediately the Holy Spirit brought the following instruction from God to my mind:  "Call the radio station manager."

I called that morning and spoke to the KWJS station manager and said:  "God might be showing me to go on radio.  How would you do that?"

The station manager said:  "Make an audition tape 29 1/2 minutes long and send it to me and if you fit our broadcasting we will offer you a contract."

I made the tape that same morning and mailed it to the station manager that same day, and in less than 5 days, I was broadcasting exhortations to the church on radio KWJS.

I then said to the man, "Is that evidence of God working through me."

He said he thought is was.

I told him he presented no evidence at all to me that God put him into a ministry, nor did he present any evidence of being a real Christian, but on the contrary all he brought to us was evil about hating a neighbor.

He said it was a joke.

I strongly told him it was out of the abundance of his heart (Matthew 12), and it is evidence of evil in his heart.

(He showed no shame. I would have been devastated had I done these things against God and against the word of God.)

I told him this scripture:

James 1:26    If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

I told him he should not identify himself as being a Christian when he comes speaking such evil as he spoke.

In his sly way, he began trying to say I had no right to judge him.

I told him I am a prophet of God and that is exactly what God sends prophets to do.  To confront evil speakers in the churches with their evil speaking.

Not for a second did I give ground to this man by allowing him to think I felt there was hope for him.

I told him at that judgment seat of Christ he would have to answer to God for that which he spoke to us in our house.

I quoted the following:

II Corinthians 5:10   For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

I shared that antichrist comes through the church and the churches are filled with antichrist today.

I quoted:  

II Thessalonians 2:3-4   Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

(Churches fall away from scripture.)

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

I John 2

18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

Acts 20   The apostle Paul said to the elders of the church at Ephesus:

29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

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At one point this man proudly spouted out something which he could not prove by Bible.

I strongly confronted him with this and did not let him get by with this for a second.

He appeared to back down but he was not ashamed for that which he said.

Revelation 9:20   And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

Revelation 16:9   And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give HIM glory.

Revelation 16:11   And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

Antichrist does not repent nor sorrow over the evil that he does when confronted with that evil.

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And they dare to come to us flaunting Christianity and their own works, which they claim to be of God, without any evidence of God, and they blaspheme even the name of God as they speak great swelling words to us.

This is what antichrist does before us, the church.

We live in the end times and judgment of God looms over each of us and over the entire world and over all who have died before us, both good and evil.

God will bring the works, judging whether it is good or evil.

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I continued to say to him (Pam witnessing) that all evidence concerning him was evil speaking done by him and I had no evidence at all that he was really a Christian.

He made a very weak, lame attempt to argue with me.

At some point, I ordered him to leave my room.

He dared to reply, "Have a nice day."

Then I said, "Go to hell."

He left.

(He is fortunate he wasn't dealing with John the Baptist or Elijah or Moses. Elijah would have cut his head off with a real sword. Moses might have called for the ground to break under him and under all his family and eat them alive.  I felt I was pretty mild compared to what those three prophets would have done with him.)

***

I prayed asking God to restore our souls.  (mine and Pam's souls)

Psalm 23  

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters.

3 He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.

After these encounters with antichrist who call themselves "Christians", God always does something to restore my soul.

Today my soul was restored as I wrote this for you. 

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This is the strongest example of antichrist in the church that I've encountered in a long time.

And for each of you reading and hearing this, it is a report of taking notice immediately of the evidence which they present of whether or not they are of God.

For we must identify those who are antichrist immediately and stay away from such.

We live in highly "perilous times" just as Paul said we would in the last days.

II Timothy 3  

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

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This man just spoke of his own works.

Matthew 7    Jesus says:

21 Not every one that saith unto ME, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

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Luke 3   

9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

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* Jesus says, concerning end times, " Take heed that no man deceive you."

In the days before Jesus returns, deception will be rampant.

Jesus even told His disciples this would be one of the first signs of the times toward the end.

We must learn to heed the signs when a person, especially when a person comes saying he is a Christian, is deceptive, as Jesus said many "Christians" would be in the end times.  For we must learn to avoid that person. 

If we have a tendency to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and explain away the warnings, we will not heed the warning signs and will be in danger.

We cannot afford to live that way as we go forward.

Matthew 24:4-5  Jesus says, concerning the end times:  "Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many."

(Many will come to us saying they are Christians and they will deceive many.)

We must not accept them just because they identify themselves as Christians.  We must allow the truth about them to be established, whether they really are following the Spirit or not.

Romans 8:14   For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

And unless we are taught by God we cannot understand Bible.

I Corinthians 2:14    But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

John 6:45   It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

Matthew 16

16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

(The church is built upon that Word that is revealed to us by God.)

Those taught by men will deceive themselves and others.  We must be taught by God by the Holy Spirit. These are the real Christians.

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From now to the return of Jesus we must avoid deceptive persons who identify themselves as Christians, knowing the deception is a part of their way of life and can really damage us.

Spiritual examples to help us are in this Podcast.

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Jesus says:

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 

We must stop living by the saying of this world which is,  "If you can't say anything good about someone, don't say anything  at all."  (Many are taught this from childhood but this could be deadly for us in the coming days.)  Often we have to warn the church about them, naming them by name and citing the evidence.

We must learn to be wise concerning that which is in other people as we come in contact with them.  We must not explain away their evil but we must be warned by their evil.

 

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Car salesman:

I was concerned at soon as he identified himself as a Christian.  (So was Pam Padgett troubled.)

Then this man began quoting a scripture which he had been thinking of this same morning.

Then Pam thought,  "Maybe he is a Christian."

The Holy Spirit said to Pam, "Even the devil can quote scriptures."

Matthew 4 

1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

² And when HE (Jesus) had fasted forty days and forty nights, HE was afterward an hungred.

³ And when the tempter came to Him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

⁴ But HE answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

(So Jesus quoted scripture.  Now the devil is going to copy Jesus and quote scripture.)

⁵ Then the devil taketh Him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,⁶ And saith unto Him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

⁷ Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

⁸ Again, the devil taketh Him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;  ⁹ And saith unto Him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. (worship: obey)

¹⁰ Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and HIM only shalt thou serve.

¹¹ Then the devil leaveth Him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto Him.


* Then the car salesman who said he was a Christian, tried to deceive us and was hypocritical. 

James 3:17  But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

If there is any "hypocrisy" coming from the person calling himself a Christian, we know to avoid that person.  Don't  explain away the hypocrisy for  it is a  sign to us telling us to beware of this individual.  We who are born of God are shown by God not to be hypocritical.  If a person is hypocritical, that person has not been taught by God.

* The car salesman showed no charity or mercy as he dealt with us in a deceptive way.

* The the car salesman showed me something was very wrong inside of him.  I wanted to drive another brand of car before making a decision.  I told him after I drove that brand of car I would call him from that car dealer and let him know my decision.  He became very agitated and said, "Oh no!  Don't do that."  I replied, "There is absolutely nothing wrong with my calling you from that dealer." Then this man seemed to agree there was nothing wrong.  I never did know what was wrong with this man but something was wrong inside of him.

*  As we left the business, after buying the car he was selling, this man insisted on praying over us.  I was very uncomfortable as he said his prayer over us.  Later I told God that I really didn't like him praying.  I never felt it was a real prayer.  I hated being part of that.

I told Pam that when this man delivered the car, I didn't want to come out of the house while he was there.  He could just show Pam the details of the car.  I don't drive any way.

I wanted no more to do with this man who said he was a Christian. 

In past years,  I would have jumped in and given him my books to "help" him.  And I would have written down the name of  our blog to "help" him.  

But the last few months God has been working with me to get me to stop trying to teach these Christians who do various sins.  Just leave them alone and walk away. They never get better.  

They just drain me and pull me down.  We will see lots of this in the days ahead. 


I Timothy 3

1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,  4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

(Form of godliness:  They will come saying, "Jesus is Lord".  They identify themselves to us as being Christians.  But they do things Christians will not do because the real Christians are taught by God by HIS Spirit.)

6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.  

(So we must stop trying to  "teach" Christians who show us they are not taught by God.  To do such will pull us down to no avail and in the end times can destroy us. Just walk away when you recognize them for what they really are.)

8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

 

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Matthew 11:15   Jesus says:   He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;

11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

We must not keep trying to teach them when they can't understand.  Give them the word one or two times and then just stop trying to speak things of God to them for God is not teaching them and unless they are taught by God by HIS Spirit, they will not understand.

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Realtors who said they are Christians:  

When the two realtors I hired to represent the house in Texas, and the young woman realtor learned we are Christian, she quickly and joyfully said she also was a Christian.  And she said the realtor in charge was also a Christian. But immediately I felt uncomfortable about both women.  Neither seemed to be following God.  They just did what was wise in their own eyes and suggested doing things to my house in Texas which I did not allow them to do.  I did let them do one thing which ended up costing me $3,000 without good results.  

Finally they quit us when Pam stood up against something which they recommended which we felt was out of proper order.  We got another realtor the same day they quit, and the house sold in 2 days and we were never troubled by the man who took their place as realtor.  We were continually troubled by the 2 women who were our realtors who said they were Christians.

Signs showing us what these two women who said they were Christians really were.

* I had to keep bringing correction to them and had to keep trying to show them to quit worrying, for it was God in charge. Simply trust God to bring the right buyers.  I could tell they never really understood doing this.

* They kept trying to sell the house with real estate gimmicks.  I told them just to show the house and allow the people viewing the house to decide.   I had prayed for God to send the right persons to buy the house.  I had prayed that the house not be any financial burden to the buyer. We did not want to try to "trick" anyone into buying the house. I had even prayed that no one buy that house unless they could afford the house.  I told the 2 realtors what I had prayed and the young woman responded favorably, but neither of these realtors actually trusted God as I had told them to do. But both of them called themselves "Christians". 

These 2 realtors even permitted a Catholic woman to plant an "image" in the back flower bed of the  house in Texas, "for luck."  When we learned of this, we told our realtors this was "witchcraft" and asked that this image be removed immediately.  Our realtors never really understood.

We knew neither of these realtors were real Christians.

We stopped trying to share things of God with them.

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A Jewish realtor said she believed in Jesus and contacted me wanting to rent the house in Texas.

I did not allow the house to be rented.  I did not want the non-profit tax status on the house to be affected for it would have cost the ministry $10,000 per year tax had the status changed.

Then the Jewish woman said she was trying to accumulate enough cash to buy the house.

Then the Jewish woman said she was divorced and that she had met a man and was excited about him.  Pam told her Bible which says if a divorced woman remarries, she commits adultery. (Mark 10 and Romans 7)

The Jewish woman replied:  "I am a Messianic Jew.  We don't go by Bible.  We have our own doctrine."

(When Pam told me this I screamed out:  "There is no doctrine other than Bible.")

When realtors quit, I was in shock, and needed to quickly find another realtor and get the house back on the market. I asked this Jewish woman if she would be interested in being realtor for the property.

(I should not have done this.  I went through the "stop" signs.)

At the same time, I had also asked another realtor if he would be interested in representing the house in Texas as realtor.  He said he would like to do that.


The Jewish woman called me and began saying what she was going to do with the property.

I replied,  "Hold up.  I'm also talking with another realtor."

She replied,  "But you offered me the house."

I replied, "No.  I simply asked if you would be interested.  I did not offer you the house."

(She was very twisted and she twisted things and I had to go to extra trouble to try to straighten things out after she spoke.  She did not have the Spirit of truth in her. It is the devil who can't speak truth. This woman  was not  a Christian though she said she was.  Many are like that.  We must walk away and not try to teach her. )

When I told her I had decided on the other realtor, she said, "I don't know that Johnny will be right for you."  (She tried to plant fear and doubt in me concerning Johnny, the new realtor.) 

At one point she even said "God" had "ordained" her to represent the house.

(I knew that was wrong.)

I gave the house to Johnny.  The house sold in 2 days.  There was never any conflict at all with Johnny.

I knew then to stay away from the Jewish woman who calls herself a Christian.

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Remember what Jesus said to us about the end times?

Matthew 24:3-4    "Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many."

(Many will come to us saying they are Christians and they will deceive many.)

Many contact me by email saying they are ministers, when I know they are not appointed by Jesus to the ministry ... and many individuals contact me telling me they are Christians and as I deal with them I know they are not really Christians.

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My 97-year-old Church of Christ cousin:

She wrote me telling me she did well during the day but got so lonely at evening.  (Her husband died 10 years ago.)

I told my cousin that when the evening came and she began to get lonely, to call on God for help, and God would help her.

I gave her the following scripture to do in this matter.

Philippians 4

6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

A few weeks later, my cousin wrote to me again and said:  "I do well in the day but in the evening I get so lonely."

This cousin showed me she will not do the scriptures.  Certainly she calls herself a Christian but she shows she not a Christian.  Stop trying to help her with things of God.

Titus 3:9-10   A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject; Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

I'm learning to do Titus 3:9-10, concerning people who say they are Christians and will not do scripture.  Just walk away.  Don't share with them.  Avoid them.  Leave them alone. They will pull you down with them,  if possible.

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We must take heed to the signs of what they say and of what they do ... rather than taking their word that they are Christians.

Most are not Christians.

In fact, it is very rare to meet anyone who really is a Christian, though most say they are Christian where I live in USA.

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* My greatest delight is having a set of scriptures to follow and learning to do the instructions of those scriptures.

Many people read the scriptures and think they are all right, but they fail to do the scriptures.  

We must look at the scriptures morning, evening, and throughout the day so we can have the power to actually do those instructions given to us in the scriptures.  

It is good to examine the scripture daily to see if we are really doing that scripture.

God often gives me scripture to lead me for a season.  These are scriptures that stand out to me as I see them and I stop and focus on them.  Or some scriptures are brought to my mind by the Holy Spirit and I stop what I am doing and turn to those verses and seriously look at them.

This is called meditating in that word given to you by God through HIS Spirit so you can do that word.

Joshua 1:8   This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Examples of "doing" the word of God are in this Podcast.

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Take specific scriptures which stand out to you and focus deeply on them, examining your way of life by those scriptures.  Here are 3 sections of scripture which I am working to "do" in my life at this point in time.

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(I began studying these scriptures daily, starting in approximately May, 2020, and have continued doing these instructions and examining myself every night to see if I have done these instruction given in these scriptures during each day.  It is currently June 20 and I am still working daily on these scriptures.  It takes time and effort to get the scriptures inside you where you can actually have the power to do the instructions and to make them a part of each day of your life.)

* Titus 3:9-12

9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;

11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

After one or two teachings, if I see that person will not apply the scripture in a proper way to his life, I know this person is not likely a Christian even if he says he is.  He is condemned of himself, showing he will not apply the scripture to his own life.  Therefore I don't give him more scripture.  I refrain from giving him more teachings.  I just withdraw from him.  I don't try to walk with him.  I just avoid him.  I don't keep company with him.  I don't "eat" with him.  He will always trouble me needlessly because he does not turn to God as I do.  He will try to get me to be his god and to do that would cause me to sin.

Every night, when I go to bed, I look at these scriptures again and try to examine myself to see if I have done this during the events that day.

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*  Matthew 11

15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Just present the information on the blog and in podcasts and leave them to work the teaching out in their own lives if they can.

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*  Proverbs 1

10  If sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

I consider this to be church going "sinners"... people who talk about being a Christian or talk about the greatness of their own churches, but fail to apply the scriptures to their own lives.  If they somehow "entice" me toward themselves or their church group, just do not get involved.

A woman came to me saying she is a Christian.  But then she began asking me a bunch of questions about church doctrine.  (She should have asked God these questions if she really wanted to know.)

It turned out she was just interested in accumulating bullets whereby she could attack the doctrine which was being presented to her by her father.

I had no more to do with this woman.

15 Walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

Don't do as they do.  Don't participate in their way of doing things.  Keep away from places where you are likely to cross paths with them and forced into "greeting" them.

16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

They run from house to house speculating over their wiles.  II Timothy 3:7   Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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Hebrews 4

2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

When we have faith, we "do" that word of God, following and applying those instructions given by the scripture.

6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

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I John 2:27   But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

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2 Timothy 3:13  But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

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Matthew 24:4-5   And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

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