Daily Deprogramming

The Bible admonishes us as Christians , saved by the blood of Jesus, that we can be deceived.  We may experience full  Salvation, but the enemy is wiley, and cunning and Jesus warned and cautioned that   there would be false shepherds and wolves in sheeps clothing ,who would sneak into the flock,and  would  subtly come in to harm His sheep and lead them astray.  There have been countless such ones over the centuries who have led His people astray. . The truth is that there are  large amounts of saved Christians who get caught in these traps of deception for whole lifetimes , and even die there.

There are those who receive salvation and immediately begin to preach and teach. I have come to realize that this is an open door for the enemy, and makes one a sitting duck for deception.  Even the Apostle Paul sat under the teachings of the other Apostles for thirteen or fourteen years in Jerusalem before he went on to his calling.

I saw someone I loved come out of the JW’s,  who had been an elder there for almost 10 years, but  having not been saved.  He was a wonderful man who loved deeply and he had a lot of wisdom.  However he got saved  when leaving the JW’s , and began a ministry  in the capacity of an elder almost immediately.  He never humbled  himself under the teachings of an older man of God to learn what it means to truly lead others.  He was swept away into polygamy, and lost his footing.  Now his doctrine is totally unsound and he is far away from the Truth, although he believes for all the world he is truly following the Lord.

Salvation may save the soul, but it does not come with any guarentees that we might not be enticed by sin, or caught in the enemies plots, plans, which  he has designed for  our  spiritual downfall. No one is so wise they cannot be deceived.  This is why we are warned many times about the deceitfulness of pride in our own wisdom,  and the deceitfulness of sin, and we are warned about false shepherds and the enemies tricks and schemes.

Satan is a master of deception. You or I can be fooled.  As I have said here many times the fruit tells the whole story.  We reap what we sow.  We may hear lots of pretty words and smooth, even truthful sayings.  When the harvest becomes manifest and we see:

Broken homes, divided churches, divorces over and over and being sanctioned by the church leaders, Christians being taken to a court of law instead of having problems dealt with by the church, children divided from parents because of church leaders, aging mothers left to die  without seeing their children, marriages destroyed ,children being deserted so their father can serve God with a different wife,  leaders counseling women about marriage then taking their husbands, grandparents being dishonored, young children divided from their own younger siblings, praying for people to die, shunning and slander, and on and on , we are the witnesses of a cult  which has become the fruit of what has been sown. 

“Many are suffering and dying,”  but they are God’s own people, even little children, who have been abused at the hands of false leaders, and false teachers, wolves in sheeps clothing.  It begs the question of  leaders such as Ardith Keef ;  Who is “the Master to whom you raise your hand in obedience” ?  Certainly not the True God. Not the God of Mercy and Compassion, Kindness and Love?  Certainly not the God Whose people are the apple of His eye!  Whom such leaders have  unmercifully left afflicted,  cut off like useless arms and legs, and strewn along the wayside.

If we are involved in something like this the wise thing to do is stop and repent.   Humbly ask of God to show us the Truth.  He is faithful and true to His word.  The dysfunction, abuse , and chaos described above is certainly not the good fruit of a healthy, sound church.  It is also not from the Holy Spirit ,but is clear evidence of  ”another  spirit.” 

Paul was deeply concerned for all of the people of God, those who were truly saved saying  ” But I fear, lest by any means , as the serpent  beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds  should be corrupted  from the simplicity that is in Christ.”  Paul spoke of  these false apostles  who bring  “another spirit”.  He said such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.  And No marvel; for satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.  Therefore  it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed  as the ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.” 2 Cor 11:3-14. KJV

Once saved always saved may be true, but once saved does not mean we cannot be deceived by the enemy and our own flesh.  Our pride, and trust in our own power to discern, might be our downfall and we might take a lot of others with us.  Brethren,  it pays to look at the fruit, and search out the spirit of a leader or a church.