Do Not Believe Everyone

We are living in apostate times now! Many who claim they are speaking for God are not his ambassadors, but rather they are enemies of Christ.

This is vitally important, that we seek Christ alone. When someone says something we must go to prayer and study of the Word to be sure of God's truth. So many things we were taught are not from God's word but from man's mind.

Jeremiah 23:14
"But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his evil; all of them have become like Sodom to me, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”


We see the corruption in the Catholic church among the priests today. These men claim to be mediators between God and man, but they are not, they are wicked and full of lies just as the Pharisees were.

The protestant church today is no different. Many who claim to be ministers of God are nothing more than paid workers preaching soft words to keep their paycheck coming.

Any leader in a gathering who lords it over others claiming the "underlings" cannot question them, is not from God. Manipulation, intimidation and control over others is not from God. Every leader must be accountable to the rest of the body. God says he is to lead by example and teaching. He does not have control over believers, only the Holy Spirit has that.

Matthew 20:26-27
"26 It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant, 27 and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave;"

1 Peter 5 "Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed,
2 shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;
3 nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock.
4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
5 You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble."