Ephesians 2:8–9 (NKJV)

⁸ For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, ⁹ not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Please notice that grace precedes faith! We receive the grace of the Lord Jesus by believing in faith. So when a “sinner” hears the voice of God by the preaching of the Word of God by the Spirit of God in a man/preacher/prophet the Holy Spirit convicts the sinner by grace by “pricking” the heart and by Spiritual enlightenment faith and belief can enter the heart and mind! A true born again spirit filled preacher/prophet who walks in the spirit speaks under the unction and power of the Holy Spirit has, speaks, carries and reveals/manifests all the virtues and attributes of the Lord Jesus at the same time. Jesus is NOT DIVIDED, it’s all or nothing! The spirit of righteousness brings conviction, the spirit of mercy and love brings reconciliation and grace is given unto repentance. As grace precedes faith and belief.

Romans 1:16 (NKJV)

The Just Live by Faith

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

Any person WITHOUT the anointing of the Holy Spirit can still preach the Word or even distort, manipulate and deceive the Word of God because they are not inspired by the Holy Spirit or preach their own belief and NOT SPIRIT and TRUTH. The Holy Spirit is ALL TRUTH, no darkness so no lies, deceptions or manipulation of the Word of God.

Satan has his own version of grace so that you would believe his lies, deceit, twisting and manipulations of the True Word of the Living God Christ Jesus. We know this to be true both by the Old Testament as well as the New Testament. Satan’s grace is witchcraft! Just as the Holy Spirit brings “enlightenment” which is Spirit and Truth, Satan uses witchcraft to ONLY bring enlightenment NO TRUTH! I was once in a church the Lord sent me to. I did not initially know why I was sent. I sat through the first service and within minutes of the sermon starting the Lord revealed the pastor’s heart to me. The Holy Spirit spoke to me: “Freemason, adultery, fornication and deception”.

As usual most pastors will great new attendees trying to get them as sheep in the pews. So the pastor came up to great me. He acknowledged us being new as I had brought a 73 year old widow with me as the Lord placed her in my care. She too had a witness that we were supposed to go to this church. When the pastor finished his greeting to us. I said the Lord has given me prophetic word for you, would you like to hear it. He said yes. I said this is the Word of the Lord for you. Thus says the Lord, my Word is Holy, unadulterated, pure and to be reverenced. Many confess the name of the Lord but their hearts are far from Him.

The pastor stood for a moment then continued on speaking with others. He came back to me as I approached the exit and said to me I’d like to meet with you for breakfast tomorrow at the local dinner. The Holy Spirit said to me go. So I said yes. At our meeting at breakfast the pastor asked me who discipled you and taught you. I said no man has taught me but the Lord Jesus has taught me. I quoted 1 John 2:27. He said that he would like to disciple me and mentor me. I said I was not in the need of that. He was trying to get me to surrender Spirit and Truth! When I got home after breakfast I was home about an hour and the Holy Spirit told me that the pastor would call me as I gave him my number at breakfast. I said to widow I care for the Lord just told me that the pastor is going to call and want to visit us and the Lord said no. Two hours later my phone rang and the pastor said he and his wife wanted to visit. I said we were unable to visit at that time.

I went to the next Sunday sermon as the Lord instructed with the 73 year old widow I cared for. We were standing as the worship had begun. The Holy Spirit said to me “cover her with my blood” so I reached over to the 73 year old widow and placed my hand upon her and whispered in prayer in the name of Jesus I cover you in the blood of Jesus against the attacks of all unrighteousness and ungodliness in Jesus name. Within a few moments a high ranking Freemason entered the church with their book/bible with the compass and square on it! It was a battle for the pastors heart/soul and a decision only the pastor could make. Quite a few members commented to us and asked if we saw this. The 73 year old widow who was with me did not see it, she was covered by the Blood of Jesus.

The Lord then told me the following Wednesday to go to the evening service and I went alone leaving the widow behind. During his sermon the pastor spoke and said: Illumination is Revelation! Immediately the Holy Spirit spoke in my Spirit. LIGHT AND TRUTH! Illumination without TRUTH is not Revelation! It is deception! That was my last time at that church. This confirmed the pastor would not repent and turn to Jesus. False grace is Illumination/Light WITHOUT SPIRITUAL TRUTH. Only The Holy Spirit and Truth of the Holy Spirit can give true revelations of light and truth. The devils grace is witchcraft.

2 Corinthians 11:4–8 (NKJV)

⁴ For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!

Paul and False Apostles

⁵ For I consider that I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles. ⁶ Even though I am untrained in speech, yet I am not in knowledge. But we have been thoroughly manifested among you in all things.

⁷ Did I commit sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge? ⁸ I robbed other churches, taking wages from them to minister to you.

2 Corinthians 11:10–15 (NKJV)

¹⁰ As the truth of Christ is in me, no one shall stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia. ¹¹ Why? Because I do not love you? God knows!

¹² But what I do, I will also continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast. ¹³ For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. ¹⁵ Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

There is a large misconception that grace is a “corporate” presence rather than an “individual” presence. A false belief is that being in a church building you are corporately “covered” by grace and you are NOT. The pastor is NOT your covering! Only Jesus is your covering!

This is what really deceives people with alleged “revivals” that everyone had a “come to Jesus moment”. That is utter nonsense and deception. I tell you that most of the revivals are the rising of the spirit of Antichrist! Just look at the condition of the world and tell me otherwise. I won’t expound on that at this time but just look around and see for yourselves.

Let us reflect on the serpent and Eve back in the garden. Eve had already known the truth of the Word of God about the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The serpent used FALSE GRACE which is witchcraft to attack the mind and thoughts of Eve to attack the Spirit of Truth. There was a false grace of witchcraft presented to Eve to bring confusion to her mind thus creating doubt and unbelief! Unbelief is the “original sin”. Once unbelief of the Fahter’s Word was created a “false truth” was established! That was the fall of Eve!

2 Corinthians 10:3–6 (NKJV)

³ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. ⁴ For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, ⁵ casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, ⁶ and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.

Adam was “asleep” not protecting his wife! When Jesus went into the Garden of Gethsemane He asked the disciples to “stand guard” and pray. They fell asleep! THREE TIMES! I will just put an excerpt of scripture as you can go read that event.

Matthew 26:40–41 (NKJV)

⁴⁰ Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? ⁴¹ Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

All you need to do is look at the Old Testament. Why the Old Testament, that is because grace was not corporate. It was the prophets who received grace of revelations of the Lord to speak the oracles of God. If grace was corporate everyone that heard the prophets would have received grace to adhere to the oracles of God. Today we have sons/daughters of the devil in church assemblies and in the pulpits. Notice I said sons/daughters not lost people of the world who have not heard the gospel of salvation. These sons/daughters of the devil want to hear what is being preached but not from the Spirit of the Lord. They once desired Spirit and Truth but allowed the false grace of witchcraft by the devil to do to them what the serpent did to Eve! They are partakers in the “house/synagogue of Satan” believing they are in the house of the Lord. So all the songs they sing are not worshiping Jesus they are worshiping Satan! All the time believing they will never loose their salvation because they believe Once Saved Always Saved!

Tell me what is the difference in meaning between “surely you will not die” and “once saved always saved”? Different vernacular but same meaning!

1 Peter 4:1–11 (ESV)

Stewards of God’s Grace

4 Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, ² so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. ³ For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. ⁴ With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you; ⁵ but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. ⁶ For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.

⁷ The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. ⁸ Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. ⁹ Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. ¹⁰ As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: ¹¹ whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

What people do not understand completely is they do not believe that judgment has already come for the house of the Lord. They think and confuse it with the “last day”. If you read my blog post on Jesus verses the Pharisees you would see the face to face judgment of the Pharisees who “represented the house of the Lord”. Jesus said that He did not come to bring peace but judgment! The foundation of the church in the New Testament is established by the Apostles and Prophets who were killed for trying to restore the foundation of Christ Jesus in the house of the Lord. The lies of the devil have told people that there are no more Apostles and Prophets. The foundation of Spirit and Truth has been removed and Ichabod is written upon the church and the people who assemble in that church.

Here is an Old Testament example:

1 Samuel 15:16–31 (NKJV)

¹⁶ Then Samuel said to Saul, “Be quiet! And I will tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”

And he said to him, “Speak on.”

¹⁷ So Samuel said, “When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel? And did not the Lord anoint you king over Israel? ¹⁸ Now the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’ ¹⁹ Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you swoop down on the spoil, and do evil in the sight of the Lord?”

²⁰ And Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me, and brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. ²¹ But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”

²² So Samuel said:

“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,

As in obeying the voice of the Lord?

Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,

And to heed than the fat of rams.

²³ For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,

And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,

He also has rejected you from being king.”

Let’s comment on what has transpired this far. Saul actually said that he obeyed the voice of the Lord but Saul was “bewitched” by the people/brethren and desired to please the people/brethren/church assembly. Notice Samuel equates stubbornness with idolatry OF SELF. That is why the Apostle Peter said, should we please men or please God! Saul was anointed to be king, the people were not! Grace was given to Saul not to the people! The people were under a different spirit! Jesus would have said to the people, GET BEHIND ME SATAN! A different grace from a different spirit. The devil will give power to those that are deceived as well as those who are not deceived and serve the devil in personal choice. Remember the example of the pastor I mentioned. He was given a choice to repent and turn back to the Lord but when the high ranking Freemason showed up “his bread and butter” of financial gain and earthly recognition were what he chose. That is why the devil does signs and wonders by a different and false grace and spirit of empowerment! Let’s continue.

²⁴ Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. ²⁵ Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord.”

²⁶ But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

²⁷ And as Samuel turned around to go away, Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore. ²⁸ So Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you. ²⁹ And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor relent. For He is not a man, that He should relent.”

³⁰ Then he said, “I have sinned; yet honor me now, please, before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord your God.” ³¹ So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul worshiped the Lord.

Ichabod. Name given to Phineas’ son (Eli’s grandson) to commemorate the glory that had departed from Israel, after the ark of God was taken by the Philistines (1 Sm 4:19–22; 14:3).

Phineas was killed in the battle of Aphek, at the same time the Philistines had captured the ark. When Phineas’ wife heard of the tragedy, she went immediately into labor, and when the child was born she named him Ichabod (meaning “no glory”) to sum up her despair.

No glory is NO LIGHT and TRUTH!

When Saul from Tarsus was on the road to Damascus why weren’t the others that were with Saul “saved” or “convicted” by the Lord? Surely there they were assisting Paul in rounding up Christians so that would have made them brethren. Grace was individually received NOT corporately received. So there is great deception within the assembly of a “church building” that everyone in their assembly/brethren and that the pastor/prophet must be from the Lord and this is deception! People blindly follow a pastor/prophet that went to seminary, bible college, has degrees in divinity, theology but MAY NEVER BE BORN AGAIN! That was Saul from Tarsus! Saul had the written approval of the Pharisees to round up Christians and bring them to the Pharisee High Priest to be stoned. This is happening in the modern church who has already been judged. The Word says that when the number of martyrs is complete the Lord will return. Jesus is not referring to being killed or beheaded physically. Jesus is talking spiritually. The saints who were true to the Lord that have passed are NOT dead spiritually! Jesus is referring to the “second death”. When a new Christian (babe in Christ) receives the Lord by the Holy Spirit and sits in this body/church structure they will deteriorate spiritually because they partake of the body/blood of another Jesus! This is why it is imperative to seek the Lord yourself in Spirit and Truth and to grow in spiritual love with Jesus. Most people do not understand that the church is the “testing ground” to see if you truly love the Lord with all of your heart. If you do you will come out of Mystery Babylon the Harlot Church. I am not attempting to “bash” all churches but the majority are not of the Lord or have fallen from the Lord.

Matthew 23:15 (NKJV)

¹⁵ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

Read my blog post: https://abidingbread.com/2025/06/07/jesus-verses-the-pharisees/

In 1 Peter 4 line 8 it says above all love one another earnestly as love covers a multitude of sins. So how do you truly love someone when you remove VIRTUES & ATTRIBUTES of Christ Jesus. A false grace is not of the Lord Jesus so there is NO love of Jesus in false grace. True grace has all of the virtues and attributes of Jesus!

Romans 14:17 (ESV)

¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 8:1–13 (ESV)

Food Offered to Idols

8 Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. ² If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. ³ But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.

⁴ Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.” ⁵ For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”— ⁶ yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

⁷ However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. ⁸ Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. ⁹ But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. ¹⁰ For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? ¹¹ And so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. ¹² Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. ¹³ Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

The food Paul is talking about is TURE spiritual food which is nourishment for our souls edifying our Spirit. Paul is telling us to be careful of food/seeds/words that represent the false grace which is a falling away from Spirit and Truth. The church/pastor/prophet is offering food/words/seeds from idols and worship of other gods. When you repeat these false teachings to others you are potentially condemning their souls. Even if you put all denominations together you would still NOT HAVE SPIRIT AND TRUTH as each denomination falls short of the fullness of Spirit and Truth. Ecumenism is not of the Lord Jesus, you can’t have a diversity of beliefs/spirits and gods and call it of the Lord Jesus. A kingdom is NOT divided.

2 Corinthians 11:1–4 (NKJV)

Concern for Their Faithfulness

11 Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly—and indeed you do bear with me. ² For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. ³ But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. ⁴ For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!

We also have a false demonic grace in the New Testament which Paul exposes to the Galatians. Paul asks the Galatians “who has bewitched you” that you have fallen from grace! If they fell from the grace of Jesus what grace did they fall into?

Ephesians 4:14–24 (NKJV)

¹⁴ that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, ¹⁵ but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—¹⁶ from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

The New Man

¹⁷ This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, ¹⁸ having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; ¹⁹ who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

²⁰ But you have not so learned Christ, ²¹ if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: ²² that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, ²³ and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, ²⁴ and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

Galatians 3 (NKJV)

Justification by Faith

3 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified? ² This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?—³ Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh? ⁴ Have you suffered so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?

⁵ Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? ⁶ just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” ⁷ Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. ⁸ And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” ⁹ So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.

The Law Brings a Curse

¹⁰ For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.” ¹¹ But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for “the just shall live by faith.” ¹² Yet the law is not of faith, but “the man who does them shall live by them.”

¹³ Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), ¹⁴ that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

The Changeless Promise

¹⁵ Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man’s covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it. ¹⁶ Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ. ¹⁷ And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect. ¹⁸ For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Purpose of the Law

¹⁹ What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator. ²⁰ Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one.

²¹ Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. ²² But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. ²³ But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. ²⁴ Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. ²⁵ But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

Sons and Heirs

²⁶ For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. ²⁷ For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. ²⁸ There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

As I stated in the beginning it is grace before faith that we believe in Jesus and the gospel of reconciliation. The devil brings his version of grace which is witchcraft which brings confusion, doubt and unbelief! “Did god really say”. Surely god has not said. This is being tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine that Paul is warning us about. There is a spiritual force behind the “false demonic grace” of the devil.

Look at King Saul and his progression to even having a witch conjure up the spirit of Samuel! Saul could no longer hear the voice of God himself and Samuel was no longer alive. Necromancy is of the devil! Not that Samuel was dead spiritually but the spirit of necromancy is of the devil!

Deuteronomy 18:1–22 (NKJV)

The Portion of the Priests and Levites

18 “The priests, the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and His portion. ² Therefore they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as He said to them.

³ “And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it is bull or sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach. ⁴ The firstfruits of your grain and your new wine and your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him. ⁵ For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons forever.

⁶ “So if a Levite comes from any of your gates, from where he dwells among all Israel, and comes with all the desire of his mind to the place which the Lord chooses, ⁷ then he may serve in the name of the Lord his God as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the Lord. ⁸ They shall have equal portions to eat, besides what comes from the sale of his inheritance.

Avoid Wicked Customs

⁹ “When you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. ¹⁰ There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, ¹¹ or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. ¹² For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord your God drives them out from before you. ¹³ You shall be blameless before the Lord your God. ¹⁴ For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the Lord your God has not appointed such for you.

A New Prophet Like Moses

¹⁵ “The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, ¹⁶ according to all you desired of the Lord your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.’

¹⁷ “And the Lord said to me: ‘What they have spoken is good. ¹⁸ I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. ¹⁹ And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him. ²⁰ But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’ ²¹ And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?’—²² when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.

In line 9 above the Word of God warns us about when we enter another land we should not follow the abominations of that land. This would also apply to a “church” or assembly of people. We know that Moses was speaking of the birth of Jesus as the prophet to come who would be the Incarnate Living Word of God. I hope you are beginning to see how there is the Grace of God from the Lord Jesus and the false grace of Satan which is witchcraft that is used to make the lies and deceit appear as truth. This is often cause by a “spirit of confusion” which is witchcraft. It gets you to question your own belief and personal knowledge of Jesus. Remember Adam and Eve walked in the Garden with the Father so they knew the Father! Witchcraft will accuse you of “misinterpretation, misunderstanding, confusion”, etc. That is why the terminology of what is commonly spoken this days is “that’s your interpretation”! Truth is not an interpretation Truth is the Spirit of God, Christ Jesus! There is no interpretation as Truth stands above the wisdom/foolishness of humanity.

Jezebel is the master of getting you to question your belief, interpretation and understanding by using witchcraft! You can reach the point where you question what once was ROCK SOLID in your beliefs. That is the false grace I am referring to as it is a spirit of witchcraft getting you to deny your belief to follow another belief. That is what happened to Eve. She “entertained” the serpent rather than standing firm on Word of God spoken and revealed to her. There is NO POLITICS or DEBATING Spirit and Truth. For iron to sharpen iron there must be “oil” applied or the blade goes dull no matter how hard you try to sharpen the blade. THE OIL IS THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HUMILITY! A spirit pride will not be able to be sharpened in Spirit and Truth! That is why the Israelite’s spent 40 years in the wilderness and yet they still could NOT get Egypt out of their hearts! Moses reminded them of the great “I AM” that delivered them but they were making golden calves.

I have seen this witchcraft and have helped people only to be mocked, ridiculed and forced out of churches as my belief of Spirit and Truth was totally different than the deceptions they called truth.

I hope this posting has helped some of you to recognize the “false spiritual grace” which is witchcraft from the devil. In Revelation 2 that is why Jezebel is mentioned about teaching and fornication as it is lies, deception, witchcraft and false prophecy! You end up worshiping Baal just as Jezebel brought Baal worship to Israel through COVENANT MARRIAGE to Ahab! You end up in covenant to Jezebel because every single word spoken has spirit attached to it. Life and death is in the power of the tongue.

Proverbs 18:21 (NKJV)

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue,

And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Remember the prophets of God always exposed the false prophets of Jezebel and Baal! Today there are churches/assemblies/brethren which are in the house of Jezebel and Baal.

2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)

⁷ For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

I pray this post has blessed you. There are times you truly need to come out of the “spiritual atmosphere” of witchcraft to hear clearly from the Lord. That is why Elijah ran, remember Elijah had already defeated and killed 850 prophets who served Jezebel. There is a huge difference between a servant and a “master”. Jezebel had the empowerment of her gods behind her and empowering her. That is what came at Elijah, you would run also! He was SENT so he was empowered! He was not afraid the way people think. Jezebel is not merely a spirit it is a principality! Jezebel got her power from the principalities just like the Prince of Persia in the book of Daniel! Daniel did not receive the Word of God until the Prince (principality) of Persia was defeated by the Lord’s angels.

I know what it is to get spiritually hit by a principality as it has happened numerous times to me. Sometimes resulting in severe sickness and hospitalization as Jezebel tried/tries to kill me physically because she couldn’t kill me spiritually. Jezebel is behind people committing suicide! I know this also. I was suicidal since the age of 5 and battled it until I was 49 constantly attached by Jezebel. I might not have been born again but that spirit of Jezebel was trying to kill me to keep the call of God from coming to me. Just as Jesus was in Mary’s womb and Joseph had to move her out of the area because the life of Jesus was threatened.

1 Kings 19:2–4 (NKJV)

² Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” ³ And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

⁴ But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”

Jezebel will make you question your calling, self worth as a Christian, your spiritual belief in Christ Jesus and even doubt if your journey with Jesus is real! I am talking severe witchcraft! I was subjected to this by a well know international ministry the Lord SENT me to. I have had the Jezebel spirit speak to me without anyone around. Simply because the Lord exposed Jezebel through me as a servant of the Lord. That Jezebel spirit said to me you have 1 month to live. I heard it several times for about a full day. The Holy Spirit rose in me as I raise my hands to heaven and said. Spirit of death, I will never die as I have eternal life in Christ Jesus. In the name of Jesus spirit of death leave now! I never heard that voice again.

May you be blessed by this post. May you be blessed with revelations of Christ Jesus and be free in the Spirit of the Lord! Do not let anyone bewitch you! If you have been blessed lift up the Lord!

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