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ziggy88 Loc: quincy illinois 62301
 
Spiritual Wickedness: A Crisis in the Church
By Joseph Chambers
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
Aug. 28th 2023


Job 4:7-9 “Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.”

The Crisis in the Church

Our younger generation is taught to be all personality without substance.

2. They are driven by emotions, not the Holy Ghost.

3. They see success as the driving force but not the gripping will of God.

4. Filling the mind with knowledge has replaced filling the mind with the Bible.

5. They want the protection of guns, not the protection of angels.

6. Judgment of others has replaced the discernment of the Holy Spirit.

7. Personality namedropping has replaced a deep abandonment to knowing God in a personal manner.

8. We seek many sources of wisdom and forget the nine supernatural gifts of the Holy Ghost that are below.

To each person has been given the ability to manifest the Spirit for the common good. To one has been given a message of wisdom by the Spirit; to another the ability to speak with knowledge according to the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit; to another miraculous results; to another prophecy; to another the ability to distinguish between spirits; to another various kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages. I Corinthians 12:7-10

The Holy Spirit has revealed nine supernatural gifts for the common good:

1) Word of Wisdom-A person is in need of God’s Wisdom, the Holy Spirit gives another believer a practical set of instructions from the mind of God that gives the seeking person the solution they need for their problem, circumstance or decision.

Solomon using the word of wisdom-I Kings 3:16-28

2) Word of Knowledge– A word is given to a believer outside their natural realm of knowledge from God; the word is very detailed in nature.

Jesus gives the woman at the well a word of knowledge about very personal details in her life. John 6:17-18

3) Gift of Faith – The inward knowing from the Lord that a situation that is impossible in the human realm to be solved; will be solved by God. Example: A major ministry accrued a 6million dollar TV debt and God wiped the debt out. The Lord gave the leaders of the ministry the ability to believe Him for the cancellation of the debt.

Jesus used the gift of faith when He calmed the storm. Matthew 8:23-27

4) Gifts of Healing– God gives the gifts of healing to some believer’s so He can restore health to the sick. Benny Hinn, manifests the gifts of healing in his crusades. He will call out certain sickness and God will heal the people who have that sickness. He will also call people up to the stage and he will lay hands on them and God will heal them of their illnesses.

Paul manifested the gift of healing. Acts 14:9-10

5) Gift of miracles – The gift of miracles operates when God manifest His glory through a believer to another person with extraordinary results occurring.

Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead; the gift of miracles in action. John 11:43-44

6) Gift of Prophecy – The person operating in the gift of prophecy will be given supernatural revelation from God about future events. God will use this gift to reveal the hidden secrets of the heart.

Jesus reveals the evil intentions of the scribe’s hearts. Matthew 9:3-4

Agabus, tells of the future worldwide drought – Acts 11:28

7) Discernment of Spirits – God gives the recipient the ability to the see into the spiritual realm and “discerns” if the spiritual activity is of Satan or God.

Jesus discerns the working of Satan-Matthew 16:23

Paul discerns the activity of Satan-Acts 16:18

Read the wonderful article by Jake about the gift of discernment of spirits.

8) Gift of Tongues – The speaker is given the ability by God to speak in an unknown tongue.

The believers spoke in unknown tongues they hand not learned : Acts 2:4

9) Interpretation of Tongues – The recipient is given the ability by God to interpret the message of unknown tongues.

The hearers interpreted the messages of unknown tongues that the speakers had not learned on the day of Pentecost: Acts 2:6-11

Have you ever in your Christian experience operated in any of the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit? Do you have an inward desire from the Holy Spirit to use any of these gifts?

Spiritual Wickedness

Identifying “spiritual wickedness” is not always easy. It has to be seen from a totally Biblical perspective or it becomes judgment instead of discernment. The Biblical order of discernment must be connected to restoration and forgiveness. The Holy Ghost never discerns to destroy someone unless they have passed the point of no return. We must hunger to see the person caught in error returned to a place of wholeness. Jesus Christ came not to condemn but to save.

This bondage by the antichrist spirit world has reached a level that guarantees God’s judgment must be at hand. Remember those words of our Lord in Matthew chapter twenty-four:

“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved” (Matthew 24:12-13).

The level of deception is so intent and even beyond the discernment in the church that survival is scary. Men and women that have been “rocks” of spiritual courage are being deceived. Many are wondering if the church can survive. Our enemies are declaring the end of Biblical Christianity.

The only possible answer is the powers given to the evil design of the Antichrist to invade the world with strongholds. We used to see a person occasionally that was bound with bondages of unbelief or some unbiblical idea. Now it is like the whole world is off in some confused state. There are multitudes of excuses or arguments against Biblical living. Seeing souls weeping at the altar of repentance and arising a new person has become rare.

The Lord stated how dark and wicked the world would be just before He comes for His saints:

“And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake” (Luke 21:16-17).

Families that were once bound together in faithfulness to share their burdens are being torn apart. Little differences become excuses of hatred. Most of the church world has forgotten, “…charity shall cover the multitude of sins” (I Peter 4:8b).

Strongholds of Satan are always full of self, selfishness, and self-love. Look at every action that separates you from your church family or your personal family; every time, you will see “self” with a capital “S.”

The Strongholds of Hell Have Never Been So Blatant.

How to Recognize Your Emotional Stronghold: (A) They make you hate someone. The power of Jesus Christ in your life will not allow hatred. (B) They make you irritable and quick-tempered. A true faith in Christ will not allow you to bite and devour. (C) You become stressed, red-faced, and unkind. Self-control is one of Christ’s fruit of righteousness. (D) Strongholds will strip almost every creative thought from your mind. These kinds of captive imaginations will make you fuzzy- minded. (E) Reading the Bible becomes academic and powerless. There is no Holy Ghost joy in Bible study, preaching, or reading. Your Hallelujah is gone.

Psalm 94:21-23 “They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. But the Lord is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge. And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.”

How to Recognize Your Strongholds in Discipleship Living: Compromise of Biblical Standards is at Crisis Level. (A) Old landmarks of Godliness start slipping away. (B) There is a growing desire for the soft life and worldly things. (C) Old-fashioned praying until you “pray through” is either gone or going. (D) Compassion for the lost until weeping is a lost emotion. (E) The Bible becomes a pick and choose experience. It is no longer absolute.

How to Recognize Your Stronghold in Your Relationship with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost: (A) Worshipping until your soul is in rapture is no longer possible. (B) Excitement and ecstasy over the soon return of Christ is gone. (C) Once the House of God was close to Heaven; now it is a burden. (D) The Pastor and First Lady were two people for whom you would demand respect. That’s over. (E) Working freely for the Kingdom of God or giving until it hurts is a past joy.

How to Recognize Strongholds of Unclean Living: (A) The opposite sex causes emotions that are clearly wrong and impure. (B) Dressing modestly has slowly given over to revealing clothes. (C) Stopping at a dirty picture on TV or Internet has become easy and intriguing. (D) Your interest in your wife or husband has vanished. (E) Unclean thoughts have become a losing battle.

Losing the fires of Godly living is the sad state of a multitude in our church world. The enemy has slowly and methodically stolen the great hope of Jesus Christ from these lives. While they may still attend a church, they only profess what they once loved. The Bible speaks of this sad state. Simon Peter actually said this in his position as one of the twelve apostles:

“For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire” (II Peter 2:20-22).

Acts 8:20-23 “But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.”

Satan’s Final Hour Has Arrived

Unless we understand that Satan is on his final barrage, we will allow ourselves to be in grave danger. While we are yet on the hopeful side of the Rapture and Satan’s final seven years of his One-World Order, he is desperate. You cannot look at the slaughter of the unborn and the rise of sodomy and its dark “Rainbow Coalition” without seeing the final picture. The slaughterhouse of Planned Parenthood has now been exposed for selling baby parts on the open market. Our world is so close to hell that you can almost smell the smoke.

Why do we forget great warnings like the apostle Paul said would occur in the last (last of the last) days?

“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away” (II Timothy 3:1-5)

As you read these words, you can see the powerful effect of the strongholds that Satan has taken the church-world captive.

Please note two powerful verses, one before and one after, in the warning above. This reveals the presence of Satan and his demons in these strongholds. The preceding verse says:

“And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will” (II Timothy 2:26).

The verse after this warning reveals the spirit world and calls these spirits “creepy spirits,” clearly demons:

“For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts” (II Timothy 3:6).

These warnings make these strongholds what they really are – “the powers of hell” taking the world and the church captive.

Our wicked, secular world is nothing but a picture of what has happened to the church world. The mighty Holy Ghost flowing out of a Bible-centered House of God is the only hope of the world. The early church was accused of “turning the world upside down.” Of course, to the church that means turning the world right-side up. Our present church is utterly bound by Satan’s strongholds. The modern church leaders are possessed by the pleasures of the world. Even churches that claim conservative values know almost nothing of Holy Ghost power.

You Can Break the Spell on Your Life

The dynamic powers of the Word of God, the victorious cross, and the Holy Ghost are not one iota weakened. They are three dynamic forces that Satan can never defeat:

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son” (I John 5:7-9).

Daniel, by the Spirit, looked right down to this hour. Here is what the Holy Ghost said:

“And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits” (Daniel 11:32).

Romans 1:29-31 “Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful.”

There is no victory in self-life. The only hope of any person is found in the great Book of Romans. Many call this book the “Romans Road,” but pick and choose what applies. Here is the heart of the book that absolutely promises victory over the world, the flesh, and the devil: Read the rest of article at: https://garyboyd2244.substack.com/p/spiritual-wickedness-8f7



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Aug 28, 2023 12:30:02   #
kemmer
 
“Filling the mind with knowledge has replaced filling the mind with the Bible”

Like the JWs who discourage higher education because they don’t want people who are too smart. They tend to leave the JWs.

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Aug 28, 2023 12:35:37   #
Michael Roy Loc: North of Amarillo
 
kemmer wrote:
“Filling the mind with knowledge has replaced filling the mind with the Bible”

Like the JWs who discourage higher education because they don’t want people who are too smart. They tend to leave the JWs.


Fact is no amount of education can make someone like you smart.

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Aug 28, 2023 12:38:05   #
kemmer
 
Michael Roy wrote:
Fact is no amount of education can make someone like you smart.

The voice of experience? 😂

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Aug 28, 2023 12:42:00   #
Michael Roy Loc: North of Amarillo
 
kemmer wrote:
The voice of experience? 😂


Yes I’ve encountered far too many people like you.

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Aug 28, 2023 13:04:41   #
Radiance3
 
Thank you for the post. I totally agree the battle of the Devil and the Righteous people of God is at its height.

Everywhere you turn around, we are attacked. The most vulnerable are the children who are fully indoctrinate to the Satanic ways of life. And those who defend and protect them are being attacked.

Drugs. immoralities, violence, prevail over the people. And their leaders empower them.

My Church of prayer is filled up. But our country is also loaded with all kinds of poison, and filth, from all over the world. We seemed to be helpless.

I pray and pray day in and day out that the Lord will finally take over to save us. I see so many are victims of evil doings right now. And I feel their pain. I pray even when driving seeing what's around me. We must pray!

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Aug 28, 2023 13:16:32   #
kemmer
 
Michael Roy wrote:
Yes I’ve encountered far too many people like you.

And yet you’ve learned nothing, nada, zip. 🙄

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Aug 28, 2023 13:20:13   #
kemmer
 
Radiance3 wrote:

The most vulnerable are the children who are fully indoctrinate to the Satanic ways of life.

AKA, becoming Democrats. 😂👍🏼

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Aug 28, 2023 13:32:14   #
Radiance3
 
kemmer wrote:
AKA, becoming Democrats. 😂👍🏼


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Democrats don't pray. They pray to the Demon like you do.

I pray to the Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus Christ! That's the difference.

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Aug 28, 2023 14:09:31   #
Sonny Magoo Loc: Where pot pie is boiled in a kettle
 
Kemmer is reprobate. Let it go.

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Aug 28, 2023 14:43:01   #
kemmer
 
Radiance3 wrote:
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Democrats don't pray. They pray to the Demon like you do.

Yeah? Republicans pray to Trump.

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Aug 28, 2023 14:45:03   #
kemmer
 
Sonny Magoo wrote:
Kemmer is reprobate. Let it go.

Magoo is not right in the head.

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Aug 28, 2023 18:10:37   #
Tessie
 
Pray to God our master,for the devil is destroying people's minds and humanity.The antichrist is already here.

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Aug 28, 2023 18:13:52   #
kemmer
 
Tessie wrote:
The antichrist is already here.

Yeah? Who is your anti-Christ du jour?

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Aug 28, 2023 23:20:37   #
Radiance3
 
kemmer wrote:
Yeah? Republicans pray to Trump.


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Someone has deleted my post. In reply to kemmer. That's okay. Sorry about that. I regretted putting that ugly picture, which must not belong here.

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