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Religious Spirits
When Religious Spirits Masquerade as Prophets
JENNIFER LECLAIRE
If you could look at my e-mail inbox,
some of what you read would make you cry out in travail for the trauma good
people in the body of Christ are suffering.
Other messages would make you shout for
joy as testimonies of breakthrough roll in.
Still
others would make you scratch your head and ask, "How can anyone who calls themselves a Christian behave this
way?"
I got an email last week that ranks in
the top 10 ridiculous category.
I've left off this person's last name
so he doesn't get flooded with rebukes.
Take a read and judge the spirit
thereof and let's learn some lessons about prophecy along the way.
A Long False Prophecy That Carries a
Curse
My name is Robert and I am a Prophet
here in McKinney, Texas. I moved here about 7 months ago with my wife and
children from Miramar, there in South Florida. Holy Spirit led me to one of
your YouTube videos and told me to contact you and give you this word.
For the past 9 months the Lord Jesus
has been using me to give words to many of the saints about moving. Many of
these saints are Apostles, Prophets, and Pastors with large ministries. As you
may or may not know, judgment is here for America. Catastrophic events are
going to start happening soon so God is moving his saints into specific safe
areas and assignments.
The word that I have been told to give
you is that Jesus is calling you to move your family and ministry to the
Dallas, Texas area as soon as possible. 1 Peter 4:17 says judgment
must begin at the house of God. Every believers [sic] obedience is being tested
right now. Jesus says to whom much is given, much is required.
Let me pause on the prophecy right
there. This is your textbook doom-and-gloom judgment prophet.
Most doom-and-gloom judgment prophets
have a religious spirit.
There are true words of warning and God
is a God of judgment, but this is not one of them. The Lord is not speaking to
me to move.
I have had prophetic words from well-known,
credible prophets about laboring for a great revival in my region.
This religious doomsayer was sent by
the devil in a feeble attempt to get me off the wall, just as false prophets
were sent to Nehemiah to get him off the wall (Nehemiah
6:12-14).
Prophetic Presumption Exemplified
The false prophecy continues:
"God is up to something big here
in the Dallas area and I believe part of it has to do with TV because a lot of
the saints that he told me to contact are or have been on television. I have
also received a few prophetic words myself last year about being on TV which is
not something I ever even thought about or wanted."
Here's a great example of prophetic
presumption. We don't need to have opinions about prophetic words.
We need to have God's mind on what God
is saying. Presumption can be deadly, as I've said many times before.
Notice also the emphasis on self here.
If he's supposed to be delivering a life-saving word to me, why does he talk
about how God wants to put him on TV?
When the Religious Spirit Manifests
The false prophecy continues:
Also The Lord is bringing true biblical
holiness back to the church. Jesus says he wants you to stop cutting your hair
short. 1 Corinthians 11:15, "But if a woman have long hair, it is a
glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
Jesus is also saying to all his women
no more fake hair, painted or fake nails, and no more makeup which as we read
in the Bible was used by wicked women. Also no more earrings or jewelry, which
were associated with idolatry in the Bible. A watch and wedding ring are all
Jesus wants his women and men to wear. We have to be the example of what
holiness looks and acts like. 1 Timothy 2:9, "In like manner also, that
women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not
with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array."
Also read 1 Peter 3:1-5. Jesus says he
is coming for a church without spot or wrinkle and he made women perfect
without these foolish things ... Will be praying for you sister and God bless!
I don't have room in this column to
teach about the religious spirit.
I believe in holiness, but holiness is
a matter of the heart, not the hairstyle.
Esther was a godly woman, and she wore
jewelry, makeup and expensive clothing. I agree with the modesty message and
have championed it.
But I don't agree with this prophetic
word came from the Lord because neither the message nor the messenger is lining
up with the character of God.
Jennifer LeClaire is
senior editor of Charisma. She is also director of Awakening House of Prayer in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, co-founder of awakeningtv.com,
on the leadership team of the New Breed Revival Network and
author of several books, including The Next Great Move of God: An
Appeal to Heaven for Spiritual Awakening;Mornings With the Holy Spirit,
Listening Daily to the Still, Small Voice of God; The Making of a Prophet and Satan's Deadly Trio: Defeating
the Deceptions of Jezebel, Religion and Witchcraft. You can visit
her website here. You can also join Jennifer onFacebook or follow her on Twitter. Jennifer's Periscope
handle is @propheticbooks.
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lyrics
Verse One:Purify Your people, O God.
Cleanse us with Your fire, O Lord.
May we walk uprightly.
In the presence of Your love.
Purify
Your people, O God.Chorus:
Make us holy Lord, we pray.
In Your likeness.
Righteous in our ways.
Let us be a praise.
To the glory of Your grace.
Purify Your people, O God.
Bridge:
Purify...
Purify...
Purify my heart...
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