Still sharing these interesting articles about angels.. Testing the Spirits Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. I John 4:1 In 1995 I had the privilege of going to Hawaii and ministering for three weeks. During my stay, I was asked to be interviewed on two television programs. The last twenty minutes of the first program the station opened up the phone lines for viewers to call in for personal prophecy. Within a twenty minute span, the station had received 78 phone calls; the station manager was shocked over this great response. The next day the manager had me back and wanted to give more time for people to call. With eleven telephones manned in the station, we answered 256 phone calls in forty-two minutes. It was obvious the people in Hawaii were hungry for spiritual direction. Being new to Hawaii, I did not know that the islands were also a Mecca for the psychics. Being new to Hawaii, I did not know that the islands were also a Mecca for the psychics. It wasnt long before I was confronted by three psychics after an evening church service. The male psychic started the conversation by saying I had caused quite a stir; then he asked if I would not say anything against the psychics. I told him that I could not be silent about what they were doing to the people. He responded that he was a Jew. He said he knew that the Bible says to know men by their fruit and he believed what they were doing was for the good of the people. I told this man that being a Jew should also mean he knew about the curses laid upon those who seek mediums and psychics and furthermore that the fruit he bore did not come from the same tree that I was from. He responded that he had a refrigerator which he used every day, although he didnt know how it works. I said, You may not know how it works, but if you were a repair man you would know everything about it. If you are going to practice in the spirit realm, you better know what spirit you are dealing with. They turned and left the church and I never heard from them again. Just because you may know of things to come, does not necessarily mean that you have heard from God. If what you heard truly is from God and you do not give Him the credit, you will be no better than a psychic. The scriptures tell us to test the spirits and know that they are of God. Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. I John 4:1 In the early church Apostle Paul and Prophet Silas had an encounter with a Psychic. (Ref. Acts 16:16) The way they handled the problem should be our example for today. It was a day like any other in which Apostle Paul and Prophet Silas were going to pray. On their way, they were met by a fortune teller who was possessed by the spirit of divination. She followed Paul and Silas crying out, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation. Now that was not a bad thing to say about Paul and Silas, but they knew by what spirit she was speaking. The spirit was cast out of her and she could no longer profit her masters by telling them of things to come This went on for many days, finally Paul who was greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. The spirit was cast out of her and she could no longer profit her masters by telling them of things to come. The spirit of the psychic had been removed. Paul and Silas were not the only ministers of God in the early church who had encounters with Psychics. We find that Apostles Peter and Barnabas were summoned by Bar-Jesus, a sorcerer and a Jew, to give a word from God to the Proconsul. As Paul and Barnabas traveled to the Proconsul, they were meet by a man named Elymas, who was also a Psychic who practiced sorcery. Elymas tried to stop Paul and Barnabas from witnessing and converting the Proconsul over to Christianity. Then Paul rose up full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently at Elymas and said... Then Paul rose up full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently at Elymas and said, O full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? And now, indeed, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately a dark mist fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand. Then the Proconsul believed, when he saw what had been done, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord. (ref. Acts 13:6-12) There is also an encounter which Peter had that is not recorded in the Bible. We do not know the truth of this event, but I thought I would pass on this record of history to you. Peter was in Rome to refute the apparent miracles of a false messiah, Simon Magus. As a massive crowd awaited the outcome, Simon, who had won the initial skirmishes, was now pushed to the brink and boasted he would prove his divinity by flying up unto God. Leaping from a wooden tower, the Magus [magician], aided either by magic, spells or by demons, sailed across the sky, seemingly victorious. The crowd looked to Peter for his reaction. The Apostle implored the Lord Jesus to have Simon fall from the height and be disabled; and let him not die but...break his leg in three places. The impostor plummeted to the ground. He was carried off, his leg broken in three places, at last humiliated. This tale, from the apocryphal Acts of Peter, is one of many Simon Magus stories. (ref. After Jesus, Readers Digest) Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8 We still have the power today to call upon the name of Jesus when His glory is being tested by the false prophets which are the psychics of today.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:19:57 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015