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Culture and Tradition Are Used for Deception
Jul 8, 2017 10:08:12   #
ziggy88 Loc: quincy illinois 62301
 
Culture and Tradition Are Used for Deception
By Pastor Gary Boyd

Satan has made powerful inroads into the masses through culture and tradition, ethnic or otherwise. The way to God is not through a priest listening to your confession. You confess your sins to God the Father, not any priest who wants you to call himself Father. Matthew 23:9 says, “And don't address anyone here on earth as 'Father,' for only God in heaven is your spiritual Father.” The ones who you confess to will use your confessions against you for profit it they can.

Traditions To Be Avoided

There are many things in many cultures that are harmless and should be infused into the church of those ethnic groups. Some of the clothing, music and customs are really wonderful.

Many of these traditions have filtered into the churches of these cultures, giving them a great character! But there are some traditions to be avoided!

Some are deeply rooted in witchcraft, generational curses and all things demonic. My advice is to stay away from churches that draw attention to bleeding statues or stigmata in their followers. In The Fatima Crusader article, Malachi Martin, a scholar, priest, Vatican insider, and best-selling author, said, “Anybody who is acquainted with the state of affairs in the Vatican in the last 35 years is well aware that the prince of darkness has had and still has his surrogates in the court of St. Peter in Rome.”
From 1958 until 1964, Jesuit priest Malachi Martin served in Rome where he was a close associate of, and carried out many sensitive missions for the renowned Jesuit Cardinal Augustin Bea and the pope. Released afterwards from his vows of poverty and obedience at his own request (but still a priest), he ultimately moved to New York and became a best-selling writer of fiction and non-fiction.

Martin had first made reference to a diabolic rite held in Rome in his 1990 non-fiction best-seller about geopolitics and the Vatican, The Keys of This Blood, in which he wrote:

"Most frighteningly for [Pope] John Paul [II], he had come up against the irremovable presence of a malign strength in his own Vatican and in certain bishops’ chanceries. It was what knowledgeable Churchmen called the ‘superforce.’ Rumors, always difficult to verify, tied its installation to the beginning of Pope Paul VI’s reign in 1963. Indeed Paul had alluded somberly to ‘the smoke of Satan which has entered the Sanctuary’. . . an oblique reference to an enthronement ceremony by Satanists in the Vatican. Besides, the incidence of Satanic pedophilia—rites and practices— was already documented among certain bishops and priests as widely dispersed as Turin, in Italy, and South Carolina, in the United States. The cultic acts of Satanic pedophilia are considered by professionals to be the culmination of the Fallen Archangel’s rites." (p. 632)

Martin's accusation of a satanic ritual at the Vatican was also confirmed by John Loeffler, host of the Steel on Steel radio show. Mr. Loeffler personally asked Malachi Martin (who had been a regular guest on his show) about the reported dedication to satan within the Vatican:
"You know Malachi confirmed—the first part of his book, Windswept House—he confirmed the dedication of the Vatican to satan in a secret ceremony that occurred unknown even to the Pope at that time, that he managed to pick up. And I did ask him, 'Was this true? Did it happen?' And he [ Martin] said, 'yes, it did.'" - John Loeffler (July 29, 2000 radio show)

In the months before the 1948 national election, the CIA dumped $65 million of its black money into the Vatican Bank. Much of the cash was hand delivered in large suitcases by members of Luciano’s syndicate, including clerics with affiliations to the Sicilian Mafia.The heroin, which remained the source for the black money, continued to be supplied to the Sicilian mob by Schiaparelli, the Italian pharmaceutical giant. The drugs were received by a chain of businesses that had been set up in Palermo by Luciano and Don Calo. These businesses included a candy factory, which produced chocolates that were filled with neither cherries nor cream but nuggets of 100 percent pure smack. Another company was a fruit export enterprise, which was of integral importance, since the drugs continued to be shipped to Cuba in crates of oranges, half of which were made of wax and stuffed with pure heroin. The Vatican bank was laundering money for the mob as early as 1948.


Church Becomes Powerless

When these things are brought into the church it immediately renders that church powerless and opens doors to many other erroneous practises.

Our western world is largely influenced by biblical culture and tradition although that is being eroded fast. Israel for example has a powerful, direct cultural relationship with the Hebraic aspects of the Bible.
Personally, I believe that all true believers should have some identity with Hebraic culture. It immediately softens the hearts of Jews, which is a requirement for Gentile believers. (Romans 11:11)

Let’s have a deeper look into these things:
The word “culture” is not in the Bible, but the breakdown of its meaning is profoundly important. The closest biblical word is “tradition.”

Culture: From the root word “culto” which is associated with the word for a cult involving worship. The word “colere”is the root for cultivate but also has a “working wheel” (“kwel”) in its origin. So, putting all this together we can accurately say that the word “culture” is associated with continuous revolving or repeating works and worship.

Tradition: Strong’s G3862, “Paradosis.” Meanings: surrender, giving over, the substance of a teaching.

Matthew 15:6 “...You make the word of God of no effect by your tradition.”

Colossians 2:8 “Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world and not according to Messiah.”

So in these definitions and verses above we see the grave danger of bringing certain cultures and traditions into the church. I’ve seen this firsthand many times in my years of mission work in rural tribal lands where witchdoctors have enormous sway and influence. They bring darkness into the church, poverty, sickness, despair, and many other such things.

You may be surprised to learn of some of the meanings of the word “darkness” in the Bible. In many verses “darkness” is associated with demonic traditions of the world.

Darkness: Strong’s H2822, “Choshek.” Sometimes another word is used: Strong’s H653, “Aphelah” The meanings are: Obscurity, destruction, heaviness, ignorance, wickedness, gloominess.

Note in this amazing verse below that this darkness is actually a “driving force” It has spiritual implications.

Isaiah 8:22 “Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom and anguish; and they will be driven into the darkness.”

Now note that in the verse below that it is church leadership that brings the “wickedness” into the church:
Jeremiah 23:11-12 “Both prophet and priest are profane; ‘in My house I have found their wickedness’, says the Lord. Therefore their ways shall be like slippery ways in the darkness.They shall be driven on and fall in them; for I will bring disaster upon them...”

Curses Against Traditions

One of the greatest curses revealed in the Bible is against traditions revealed in the word “Nicolaitan” found in the messages to the seven churches in the Revelation. This is profound and prophetic.

Revelation 2:6, Revelation 2:15, speaks of and condemns the deeds and doctrines of the Nicolaitans:

The word “Nicolaitan” means to “conquer and control the people.” In those days a group of people arose in the church seeking to dominate and control the people (laity) by the separation of the clergy above the laity in traditions, clothing, names mannerisms and the like.

It wasn’t long before the “doctrine of the Nicolaitans became the deeds of the Nicolaitans. These doctrines and deeds become tradition and nullify the power of the church, which is why our Lord says He “hates” them.

The Catholic, Anglican and other orthodox churches have become champions in separating the clergy above the laity in names, titles, dress etc. to control them.

Here are some of the clothing items of the leaders of the Catholics and Anglicans which separates them from the laity:

Purple cassok, rabat, black shoes with buckles and purple socks, skullcaps, pectoral cross, scarlet mozzetta, silk biretta, gold rings, purple mantellatta, purple ferraiolone, plush hat, purple sash with fringes, unpleated surplice and much more!
The Bible says that we are not to call anyone “father.” This is for the same reason of elevation above the people.

Today we have far too many who insist on being called “apostle” or “man of God” or ‘father” and the like.

Today the church is full of frauds and leaders with ulterior motives. Many of them support each other and their flock think they are on the right track.

Of course church leadership is very important. What I’m referring to is the almost unnoticed pride of leadership for the ulterior motive of control.

Be careful of group speak and confirmation bias among the people.

Are you a passive dumpsite for spiritual trash?

Thankfully, there is another side to the story. Where God’s word is at work by His Spirit, darkness gets turned into light and the shadow of deception and death has to flee.

So many cultures are being enlightened with the saving life of God today, especially in the east. Africa is seeing great revival in small obscure places, never heard of by the outside world. I recall once, when I was in the Navy on liberty, driving down a very long dirt road with new, active churches in every little cattle-post and village.
The Arab world is starting to see revival as the Muslim culture is thrown off.

Israel itself is stirring like an awakening giant.

These are exciting times my friends!



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Jul 9, 2017 23:00:56   #
BigMike Loc: yerington nv
 
ziggy88 wrote:
Culture and Tradition Are Used for Deception
By Pastor Gary Boyd

Satan has made powerful inroads into the masses through culture and tradition, ethnic or otherwise. The way to God is not through a priest listening to your confession. You confess your sins to God the Father, not any priest who wants you to call himself Father. Matthew 23:9 says, “And don't address anyone here on earth as 'Father,' for only God in heaven is your spiritual Father.” The ones who you confess to will use your confessions against you for profit it they can.

Traditions To Be Avoided

There are many things in many cultures that are harmless and should be infused into the church of those ethnic groups. Some of the clothing, music and customs are really wonderful.

Many of these traditions have filtered into the churches of these cultures, giving them a great character! But there are some traditions to be avoided!

Some are deeply rooted in witchcraft, generational curses and all things demonic. My advice is to stay away from churches that draw attention to bleeding statues or stigmata in their followers. In The Fatima Crusader article, Malachi Martin, a scholar, priest, Vatican insider, and best-selling author, said, “Anybody who is acquainted with the state of affairs in the Vatican in the last 35 years is well aware that the prince of darkness has had and still has his surrogates in the court of St. Peter in Rome.”
From 1958 until 1964, Jesuit priest Malachi Martin served in Rome where he was a close associate of, and carried out many sensitive missions for the renowned Jesuit Cardinal Augustin Bea and the pope. Released afterwards from his vows of poverty and obedience at his own request (but still a priest), he ultimately moved to New York and became a best-selling writer of fiction and non-fiction.

Martin had first made reference to a diabolic rite held in Rome in his 1990 non-fiction best-seller about geopolitics and the Vatican, The Keys of This Blood, in which he wrote:

"Most frighteningly for [Pope] John Paul [II], he had come up against the irremovable presence of a malign strength in his own Vatican and in certain bishops’ chanceries. It was what knowledgeable Churchmen called the ‘superforce.’ Rumors, always difficult to verify, tied its installation to the beginning of Pope Paul VI’s reign in 1963. Indeed Paul had alluded somberly to ‘the smoke of Satan which has entered the Sanctuary’. . . an oblique reference to an enthronement ceremony by Satanists in the Vatican. Besides, the incidence of Satanic pedophilia—rites and practices— was already documented among certain bishops and priests as widely dispersed as Turin, in Italy, and South Carolina, in the United States. The cultic acts of Satanic pedophilia are considered by professionals to be the culmination of the Fallen Archangel’s rites." (p. 632)

Martin's accusation of a satanic ritual at the Vatican was also confirmed by John Loeffler, host of the Steel on Steel radio show. Mr. Loeffler personally asked Malachi Martin (who had been a regular guest on his show) about the reported dedication to satan within the Vatican:
"You know Malachi confirmed—the first part of his book, Windswept House—he confirmed the dedication of the Vatican to satan in a secret ceremony that occurred unknown even to the Pope at that time, that he managed to pick up. And I did ask him, 'Was this true? Did it happen?' And he [ Martin] said, 'yes, it did.'" - John Loeffler (July 29, 2000 radio show)

In the months before the 1948 national election, the CIA dumped $65 million of its black money into the Vatican Bank. Much of the cash was hand delivered in large suitcases by members of Luciano’s syndicate, including clerics with affiliations to the Sicilian Mafia.The heroin, which remained the source for the black money, continued to be supplied to the Sicilian mob by Schiaparelli, the Italian pharmaceutical giant. The drugs were received by a chain of businesses that had been set up in Palermo by Luciano and Don Calo. These businesses included a candy factory, which produced chocolates that were filled with neither cherries nor cream but nuggets of 100 percent pure smack. Another company was a fruit export enterprise, which was of integral importance, since the drugs continued to be shipped to Cuba in crates of oranges, half of which were made of wax and stuffed with pure heroin. The Vatican bank was laundering money for the mob as early as 1948.


Church Becomes Powerless

When these things are brought into the church it immediately renders that church powerless and opens doors to many other erroneous practises.

Our western world is largely influenced by biblical culture and tradition although that is being eroded fast. Israel for example has a powerful, direct cultural relationship with the Hebraic aspects of the Bible.
Personally, I believe that all true believers should have some identity with Hebraic culture. It immediately softens the hearts of Jews, which is a requirement for Gentile believers. (Romans 11:11)

Let’s have a deeper look into these things:
The word “culture” is not in the Bible, but the breakdown of its meaning is profoundly important. The closest biblical word is “tradition.”

Culture: From the root word “culto” which is associated with the word for a cult involving worship. The word “colere”is the root for cultivate but also has a “working wheel” (“kwel”) in its origin. So, putting all this together we can accurately say that the word “culture” is associated with continuous revolving or repeating works and worship.

Tradition: Strong’s G3862, “Paradosis.” Meanings: surrender, giving over, the substance of a teaching.

Matthew 15:6 “...You make the word of God of no effect by your tradition.”

Colossians 2:8 “Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world and not according to Messiah.”

So in these definitions and verses above we see the grave danger of bringing certain cultures and traditions into the church. I’ve seen this firsthand many times in my years of mission work in rural tribal lands where witchdoctors have enormous sway and influence. They bring darkness into the church, poverty, sickness, despair, and many other such things.

You may be surprised to learn of some of the meanings of the word “darkness” in the Bible. In many verses “darkness” is associated with demonic traditions of the world.

Darkness: Strong’s H2822, “Choshek.” Sometimes another word is used: Strong’s H653, “Aphelah” The meanings are: Obscurity, destruction, heaviness, ignorance, wickedness, gloominess.

Note in this amazing verse below that this darkness is actually a “driving force” It has spiritual implications.

Isaiah 8:22 “Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom and anguish; and they will be driven into the darkness.”

Now note that in the verse below that it is church leadership that brings the “wickedness” into the church:
Jeremiah 23:11-12 “Both prophet and priest are profane; ‘in My house I have found their wickedness’, says the Lord. Therefore their ways shall be like slippery ways in the darkness.They shall be driven on and fall in them; for I will bring disaster upon them...”

Curses Against Traditions

One of the greatest curses revealed in the Bible is against traditions revealed in the word “Nicolaitan” found in the messages to the seven churches in the Revelation. This is profound and prophetic.

Revelation 2:6, Revelation 2:15, speaks of and condemns the deeds and doctrines of the Nicolaitans:

The word “Nicolaitan” means to “conquer and control the people.” In those days a group of people arose in the church seeking to dominate and control the people (laity) by the separation of the clergy above the laity in traditions, clothing, names mannerisms and the like.

It wasn’t long before the “doctrine of the Nicolaitans became the deeds of the Nicolaitans. These doctrines and deeds become tradition and nullify the power of the church, which is why our Lord says He “hates” them.

The Catholic, Anglican and other orthodox churches have become champions in separating the clergy above the laity in names, titles, dress etc. to control them.

Here are some of the clothing items of the leaders of the Catholics and Anglicans which separates them from the laity:

Purple cassok, rabat, black shoes with buckles and purple socks, skullcaps, pectoral cross, scarlet mozzetta, silk biretta, gold rings, purple mantellatta, purple ferraiolone, plush hat, purple sash with fringes, unpleated surplice and much more!
The Bible says that we are not to call anyone “father.” This is for the same reason of elevation above the people.

Today we have far too many who insist on being called “apostle” or “man of God” or ‘father” and the like.

Today the church is full of frauds and leaders with ulterior motives. Many of them support each other and their flock think they are on the right track.

Of course church leadership is very important. What I’m referring to is the almost unnoticed pride of leadership for the ulterior motive of control.

Be careful of group speak and confirmation bias among the people.

Are you a passive dumpsite for spiritual trash?

Thankfully, there is another side to the story. Where God’s word is at work by His Spirit, darkness gets turned into light and the shadow of deception and death has to flee.

So many cultures are being enlightened with the saving life of God today, especially in the east. Africa is seeing great revival in small obscure places, never heard of by the outside world. I recall once, when I was in the Navy on liberty, driving down a very long dirt road with new, active churches in every little cattle-post and village.
The Arab world is starting to see revival as the Muslim culture is thrown off.

Israel itself is stirring like an awakening giant.

These are exciting times my friends!
Culture and Tradition Are Used for Deception br By... (show quote)


They are. I read Malachi Martin's The Final Enclave because I heard it mentioned by Irvin Baxter who pastors Endtime Ministries.

We're about to watch the emergence of the 7 headed beast from Europe and hear the blowing of the 6th Trumpet.

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