So Jesus went over it again, “I speak to you eternal truth: I am the Gate for the flock. All those who broke in before me are thieves who came to steal, but the sheep never listened to them. I am the Gateway. To enter through me is to experience life, freedom, and satisfaction. A thief has only one thing in mind—he wants to steal, slaughter, and destroy. But I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect—life in its fullness until you overflow! I am the Good Shepherd who lays down my life as a sacrifice for the sheep. But the worker who serves only for wages is not a real shepherd. Because he has no heart for the sheep he will run away and abandon them when he sees the wolf coming. And then the wolf mauls the sheep, drags them off, and scatters them. (John 10:7-13, TPT)
Religion likes to hide the truth..So many have heard that “The enemy cometh but to kill, steal and destroy” referencing the Satan, yet Jesus is clearly refers to “False” shepherds here, not the devil but those who are led of the devil.
It is rampant all around us, the Gospel is being sold, wolves have taking over many a pulpit in this nation, the rise of propehts for profits, self appointed apostles rising out of the mud.
Titles are being created out of selfish ambiton to lend credibility, yet the Kingdom teaches about the authentic Kingdom by recognizing fruit not titles. #SELAH
“Peter rebuked him and said, “Your money will go with you to destruction! How could you even think that you could purchase God’s supernatural gift with money? You will never have this gift or take part in this ministry, for your heart is not right with God.”(Act’s 8:20-21, TPT)
Is it no less a crime against the King and His Kingdom to sell the anointing?
We shall soon see Holy Spirit removing the sheeps wool off from these imposters who seek to sell the gifts of God.
I recently read of an event where a self appointed prophet, apostle, evangelist right here in the town that I live, hosting a meeting where he is charging over $100 dollors to come and allow him to impart a gift to you.
I see people and ministries charging people for a word, to be discipled and so on. Now I am fully aware and see the need to have one cover the cost of training material such as needed books and other training material and I believe that one should be willing to invest in such. As well I believe in free-will offerings or love offerings to help support those in ministry in truth and trusting in the Lord.
But to charge for the Gospel, too charge to impart or stir up a gift, to charge to disciple one in following the Lord?
I believe I stand with all of Heaven when I say, that is a crime and such as do these things are the very people our Lord and Savior is referring to when He speaks of these false shepherds.
“I know that after I leave, imposters who have no loyalty to the flock will come among you like savage wolves. Even some from among your very own ranks will rise up, twisting the truth to seduce people into following them instead of Jesus. (Act’s 20:29-30, TPT)
There are those who seduce the people with mysticism, calling it a new word, there are those who take advantage of the wounds of rejection, fear and abandonment in others leading them with false doctrines supposedly given to them by angels and dead leaders of yesterday.
There are those who claim to have rolled on the graves of the men and women of the Lord from days passed who walked in the anointing of the Lord and recieved an impartation or transfer of anointing.
Such are they who say you can speak to the dead for guidance and wisdom. Harlots, false prophets, and false messengers are they, wolves clothed in the false coverings who are filled with death and darkness – evil in the highest degree. From such RUN.
Such are nothing less than frauds, imposters, wolves in the ministry who need to be called out even as did Paul call them out in his day.
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