THE TRUE BELIEVER SHOULD NOT SPEAK EVIL OF CHURCHES Revelation 13 Series Study 9, by: Chris McCann Let us read Revelation 13:6: And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. As we have already discussed, Satan has long been set against God and has spoken evilly against Him throughout the course of time. At the time of the end, this is increased and there is a great increase in “blasphemy” and that word means “to speak evil against.” So Satan blasphemes God and he encourages and stirs up those within his kingdom of darkness to do the same and, not only to blaspheme God, but to blaspheme his “name.” What has the “name” of Christ? The Christian church as the “name” of Christ and that was a major target of Satan and that is why he has come against it. If it had been the name of Mohammed, or Buddha, or the name of another sect or religion, he would not target it and it would not be the object of his wrath. But since it carries the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and that is where Christians are and that is where the Bible is, which carries the name of God. So, Satan, in perverting the gospels of the churches, blasphemes God. Satan infiltrated the churches and sowed tares among the wheat, to the point that he could have his emissaries, as “ministers of righteousness,” be in authority in the churches and be the ones doing the teaching of “lies” and he could turn the churches into something vile and ugly in the sight of the world; the world could then see the church’s hypocrisy and then the churches would become the object of the world’s wrath and the world begins to speak evil of the churches. By the way, this is one reason the child of God would never want to revile the churches. We can share what the Bible says when it says that the corporate church is under the wrath of God; we can share that they are in error on many points of doctrines; we can share that God’s spirit has left the churches and that God is judging the churches. But we, ourselves, never want to target the churches and start reviling them and speaking evil of them. That is what Satan would want, but we have to have a great deal of respect for the churches because they carry the name of Christ. Even though Christ is no longer present there, it is called a Christian church and they maintain a relationship with the Bible, so we must respect that and never speak evil or revile the church, in that sense. We never want to do that. It is like when King Saul came after David and was trying to kill David. David was a true believer, but Saul was not saved. He was a king of Israel and, yet, he was not a true believer. He persecuted David and continually sought to kill him. Yet, when David had opportunity to do so, he did not dare stretch forth his hand against Saul because Saul was God’s anointed. It did not matter that Saul was not a saved man or a true man, he still identified with God as God’s anointed and that is how it is with the corporate church. They were once anointed by God and used by God to accomplish His purpose for almost 2,000 years and we need to respect that and not speak evil of the churches in any way.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 01:40:13 +0000
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