{"id":619,"date":"2021-05-24T21:46:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T21:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radicalgod.com\/?p=619"},"modified":"2021-05-24T21:47:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T21:47:31","slug":"is-the-church-walking-in-deception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radicalgod.com\/?p=619","title":{"rendered":"Is the church walking in deception?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We as Christians have submitted our beliefs our lives to the enemy and to the<br>things of this world without even knowing it. My heart aches, when I see, read, and<br>hear when a born-again Christian has believed a person who has committed suicide<br>or has turned to a homosexuality lifestyle, or who has given into the addictions<br>that we immediately put a label on it. When our young people are dealing with<br>anxiety, fear, PTSD, and the thoughts, the voices in their heads that are so loud<br>they see no way out, but to take their own lives. We have fallen into the same<br>things the rest of the world has fallen into. Romans 12:2 do not conform to the<br>patterns of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. It\u2019s<br>a great scripture, isn\u2019t it? Yet we have conformed. We have given in. Because the<br>church is leaving out 1\/3 of the gospels, the epistles and have conformed to the<br>thinking, that the power of Christ and casting out demons has died with the<br>apostles. Come on\u2014you either believe the word is true or you don\u2019t. You cannot<br>pick and choose what fits into your lifestyle. The bible says when you make friends<br>with the world, you are an enemy to God. Ouch! James 4:4<br>Yes, Jesus said, there would be trouble in the world, suffering, and trials of all<br>kinds. So we take that as a badge of honor.<br>I have\u2026Mental illness-PTSD I have\u2026an addiction I was born this way,<br>I am___________you put a label on it.<br>There are preachers, books, sermons. Podcasts all over the internet on the<br>symptoms, the problems we have, the curses we may be under. And they are all<br>right. However, there never seems to be a way out, except the same scripture and<br>the same prayers we\u2019ve heard for years.<br>I heard a saying the other day, \u201cIf you keep doing the same thing you\u2019ve always<br>done, you will keep getting the same results you\u2019ve always had.\u201d Hmmm, looks like<br>the Christian community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We can do all things thru Christ who strengthens us<\/li><li>God is for us, who can be against us<\/li><li>We are more than conquers<\/li><li>We are fearfully and wonderfully made.<\/li><li>For I know the plans I have for you<br>Now I know you\u2019re thinking, Monica, you sound like you\u2019re trashing the bible,<br>Absolutely not! Those scriptures are exceptional scriptures, and they are all truth.<br>But guys, guess what? They are not the only scriptures in the word. We\u2019ve got 2\/3<br>the bible right, but we seem to forget, God is a jealous God, He is for justice, He<br>says He wants obedience over sacrifice. He is to be feared and reverenced. But we<br>believe the lies, the deception and fear of demons, instead of the true fear of the<br>Lord. We have watered down the scriptures so much that even the truth is hard<br>for us to believe. We have believed the person up on stage instead of believing<br>what God says. If the person up there says its truth, well it must be true. If he<br>says it\u2019s not true, well I guess it\u2019s not true, Hosea 3:6 says, my people will<br>perish for the lack of knowledge, well we are perishing in our sins, our own<br>unbelief, and our own pain.<br>Have you ever read what 2 timothy 2:26\u2026and that they will come to their<br>senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them<br>captive to do his will.<br>Ephesian 6:12 we do not fight against flesh and blood but against<br>principalities, powers, rulers, and spiritual host of wickedness.<br>Do you know who they are? Do you realize, those are kingdoms we fight, yet,<br>we know very little about them. Why? Because we are taught not to study<br>the devil. Don\u2019t acknowledge him.<br>Seriously? God said do not be ignorant of his devices, and to know the<br>strategies and tactics of the enemy. To Put-On our weaponry each and every<br>day. Eph 6<br>2 Corinthian 6:12-16 4&nbsp; do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For&nbsp;what<br>partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or&nbsp;what fellowship has light<br>with darkness?&nbsp; 15&nbsp; What accord has Christ with Belial? &nbsp;Or what portion does a<br>believer share with an unbeliever?&nbsp; 16&nbsp; What agreement has the temple of God<br>with idols? For&nbsp;we are the temple of the living God;<br>Hmmm. (these are all Legal Rights)<br>What about Luke 10:19, Jesus says I give you power and authority over<br>all the works of the enemy.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mathew 10:1 Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them<br>authority and power over unclean spirits to cast out, and to heal every<br>kind of disease and every kind of sickness.<br>Acts 5:15, Peters shadow cast out sickness and tormenting spirits. Acts<br>8:7 for shrieks impure spirits came out of many and were paralyzed were<br>healed.<br>Acts 9:17 something like scales came off Saul\u2019s eyes, Acts 13:6-12,<br>Acts 16:16, the spirit of python (witchcraft) Acts 19:11 Paul used<br>handkerchiefs to cast out demons, Acts 19:13-16 transferring spirits.<br>And so many more, in James, peter, Jude, Revelation. There is a pattern in<br>the word of God we have turned a blind eye to, we have acted like this<br>happens in other countries, this only happens to murders, psycho paths, and<br>people in the world. Yep, and Christians to!<br>I really want you to hear my heart. I am in no way judging any one, or making<br>fun. I am just saddened by what\u2019s happening to Gods people, where are all of<br>our young people in church? I see less and less in every church I go to.<br>Why? Our young adults, children and teens are hurting, crying out for help,<br>and the place they should receive it the most is the last place they are<br>getting it.<br>We are watering down the word of God, we are allowing the things of the<br>dark to penetrate into our places of worship, and our idolatry is highlighted<br>instead of torn down. Our churches are filled with men and women up on<br>stage leading us into worship then going home to the unimaginable in the<br>dark, saying to themselves, this will be the last time, and the devil turns up<br>the dial one more notch. We have caved, failed and have been deceived to<br>believe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A person is born gay\u2014NOPE!<\/li><li>A mental illness can\u2019t be healed, WRONG!<\/li><li>Suffering is from God to teach us something, REALLY?<\/li><li>Addiction can only be handled or taken under control.<\/li><li>It\u2019s just the flesh! Umm if it keeps taking you to the same place over and<br>over again, no matter how much you\u2019ve prayed, confessed and fasted\u2026 If<br>it\u2019s the flesh you crucify it, if it\u2019s a demon you cast it out!<\/li><li>It\u2019s the \u201ccross I am to bear\u201d\u2014we all have weakness\u2019, but if it controls its<br>and entity<\/li><li>I have a thorn in my side ( by the way is a \u201cmessenger\u201d from Satan))<br>Let\u2019s look deeper in the scriptures, let\u2019s take it for what is says, and believe, that<br>just maybe it is actually means what it says. A principality, power, ruler or host.<br>Why would God,<br>Acts 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit<br>and with great power; and He went around doing good and healing all who<br>were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\uf0b7 (oppressed means: persecute,&nbsp;abuse,&nbsp;treat harshly,&nbsp;be brutal<br>to,&nbsp;be cruel,&nbsp;tyrannize,&nbsp;crush,&nbsp;repress,&nbsp;suppress,&nbsp;<br>subdue,&nbsp;subject,&nbsp;enslave;&nbsp;exploit,&nbsp;hold down,&nbsp;keep down,&nbsp;grind<br>down,&nbsp;rule with a rod of iron,&nbsp;rule with an iron hand,&nbsp;trample<br>on,&nbsp;trample underfoot,&nbsp;bring someone to their knees,&nbsp;ride<br>roughshod over;&nbsp;informal&nbsp;walk all over.)<br>Do you deal with any of these?<br>What is a Snare? One with having a wire or noose or cord, a thing<br>likely to lure or temp someone into harm or error: (catch or trap). 2<br>Tim 2:26<br>Ensnarement- Oppression -Bondage or Possession<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luke 10:19, he gave us power and authority over ALL the works of the devil<br>So, the pain, suffering, sexual depravity, suicide, hopelessness, pain, is from God?<br>Or because we live in a broken world? No, we have an enemy that hates us. He<br>despises us, and will do all that he can to keep us from becoming what God intended<br>us to become.<br>My heart is broken every day when a parent, a young man or woman has fought<br>their whole life against the temptation of same sex attraction. When the battle is<br>just too much to bear anymore and they feel like they have no choice but to give in.<br>When they have prayed, God take this from me, God help me, and God if this isn\u2019t<br>from you then why are my feelings so strong? God help with the voices in my head,<br>God help me with this pain, its overwhelming, it too much for me. We pray for<br>people who have been sexually or physically abused, and then tell them get over it,<br>don\u2019t be led by your feelings. It was a long time ago. Yet they are in such emotional<br>pain they live in shame, guilt and the lies of the enemy. They bury it and feel bad<br>because they can\u2019t seem to do what they are supposed to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have this saying, God never give us more than we can handle. What! Are you<br>kidding me! Where does it say that? No, it says\u2026<br>1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to<br>man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you<br>are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you<br>may be able to bear it.<br>He will always give us more that we can handle or bear, why? Because He wants us to lean on him and in those<br>unbearable places He gives us His strength and power, we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.<br>He wants us to trust him with more, to do more than we think we can. Its faith. He gives us the grace. The<br>harder the assignment, the more grace He pours out. James 1:2-3 says to consider it all joy when you go<br>through test and trial of all sorts. Joy, what! But tests and trails are not ensnarement of the enemy. Tests and<br>trials are to strengthen our faith, to give us perseverance and endurance, and to mature in Christ. When<br>things have happened to us, the enemy has gotten legal rights, and he has taken advantage of us through<br>generational sins, sins against us, or trauma and our own sins. We must break free. We have not talked about<br>agreements or legal rights with the enemy, or taught on bondage, and ensnarement much. And I believe<br>because of ignorance, fear, or plain old unbelief. But it\u2019s time we start pulling up our bootstraps and sharpen<br>our weapons to help set the captives free.<br>How? You have to look at the word of God through the beginning to end. Let me surprise you, from Genesis to<br>Revelation we have an enemy. We have a kingdom that hates us and he will do everything he can to destroy us.<br>John 10:10 the thief comes to steal, kill and destroy, I have come to bring life, and life more<br>abundantly.<br>He comes to torment, he comes to<br>STEAL: our identity-confidence and purity<br>KILL: our dreams-visions<br>DESTROY: our relationships-our destiny and ultimately our relationship with God.<br>Because the fight seems to be too big, or the pain is too overwhelming, we just lay down our weapons and<br>surrender and just except the lies.<br>\u201cMy child was born this way\u201d,\u201d anxiety, fear has always been in my family\u201d, and \u201caddictions is part of my blood<br>line.\u201d<br>YES! You are 100% correct. Leviticus 26:40 you have to repent of your sins and the sins of your ancestors.<br>Exodus 34 that the sins of the fathers goes to the 3 rd and 4 th generation.<br>\u201cMy dad had cancer, I guess I\u2019ll have it too.\u201d \u201cMy mom was bi\/polar, I will be depressed too.\u201d \u201cI am addicted to<br>porn,\u201d I guess I\u2019m just not strong enough to quit on my own.\u201d Maybe incest was in your family, or adultery from<br>a great grandfather which opened a door of sexual depravity, abortion opens the door to death and murder. He<br>will kill and murder your dreams and bring in death, suicide, and mental anguish, to you and your children. Satan<br>doesn\u2019t play fair, he doesn\u2019t care who you are, or where you came from. He just wants to destroy us and bring<br>spiritual death so we are not able to fulfil the dreams and vision God has placed on us. He doesn\u2019t care if you<br>believe or not. Actually its better you don\u2019t, he then has the upper hand. How about a little dabble in<br>witchcraft? Horoscope, harry potter, I only played with Ouija board once. I didn\u2019t believe when I had my palm<br>read. Satan doesn\u2019t care, he just knows you\u2019re curious, and that\u2019s all he needs. A little yoga, oh now, come on, \u201cI<br>just do it for exercise\u201d (study what those poses mean, whether you believe or not).<br>So how do I know if it\u2019s the enemy or just me? Good question\u2026<br>If you can\u2019t stop what you\u2019re doing, no matter how hard you tried, the depression is relentless, the temptation<br>gets stronger and stronger no matter what you do, \u201cI am having terrible nightmares\u201d, \u201cI am self-harming\u201d, \u201cthe<br>voices\u201d, \u201cthe thoughts I can\u2019t seem to let it go.\u201d Then you are most surly in bondage. If it\u2019s stealing, killing, or<br>destroying your life, relationship with God and dreams. You are likely snared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we see someone with an addiction or sin problem we tend to think they can just stop, just quit doing<br>what you\u2019re doing. But what you are seeing is the fruit. And like any fruit on the tree, when it\u2019s picked off, it<br>will grow back, because it has a root.<br>Every tree that has fruit has branches, a trunk and roots that go very deep. And depending on the sin, the<br>temptation, and the involvement. The roots can go hundreds of feet deep and can expand in the soil where no<br>one can see them.<br>When we go up for prayer, when we ask God to help us-we are dealing with the fruit. Sexual sin, mental illness,<br>anxiety fear, anger, rejection, you feel better for a while\u2014right? But guess what? Fruit always grows back<br>when there is a root.<br>Roots are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ancestor &amp; Generational sins and curses<\/li><li>All types of witchcraft<\/li><li>Sexual immorality<\/li><li>Abortion\u2019<\/li><li>Sins against us<\/li><li>Trauma<\/li><li>Abandonment<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are roots. And roots are where the enemy: the devil, accuser, deceiver, destroyer, liar, murder lives.<br>And in those roots, there is kingdoms, fortress, strongholds with princes, chiefs, rulers, armies, and all forms<br>of evil, depravity and wickedness that plots, ploys and lives.<br>Ephesians 6:12 principality-power, rulers, spiritual hosts<br>John 10:10 devil comes to steal-kill-destroy.<br>1Corinthian 10:6 take every thought captive ( every means: every)<br>Mark-Mathew-Luke. 1\/3 of Jesus and the apostles ministry was casting out demons. They were showing us how,<br>telling us\u2014you have an enemy, and the enemy lives in the church. Now I can hear, a Christian cannot be<br>possessed! You are correct, however thy can be ensnared, oppressed and in plain old bondage! We can get so<br>hooked up on that word possessed, that we completely lose sight that a Christian is in totally bondage.<br>We are a 3 part being, Sprits-Soul-Body<br>1 Thessalonians 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you<br>completely and may your SPIRIT-SOUL-BODY be preserved blameless at<br>the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ<br>Sanctified = Process of Cleansing, purification, and this happens in our soul<br>Sanctification+ The renewal of the soul.<br>Our soul is our MIND WILL &amp; EMOTIONS. We are praying for our spirits and our<br>body, but we are leaving out the most important part US!<br>2 Corinthians 2:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new<br>creation, old things passed away, behold all things have become new.<br>Understanding the soul helps in explaining to people about how a believer can be<br>ensnared- oppressed or just plain old BONDAGE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A believer cannot be possessed, but they can be demonized, or be in bondage to<br>the enemy<br>Jesus called us to go into all the world to do what?<br>Be fearful?<br>Just be who you are without any change?<br>Sin, I can ask for forgiveness later, I\u2019m under grace<br>This is just who I am? I can\u2019t change<br>Are we to just lay down and allow all these things to happen us?<br>NO! We are overcomers&#8212;overcome what? The devil<br>We are more than conquers\u2014to conquer what? The enemy<br>We have been given weapons-why? To fight!<br>So how do we do this?<br>We can read our bible, confess the word, pray all we want; but it will not defeat<br>the strategies and tactics of the devil. Yes, it will change your inner man, but it<br>doesn\u2019t get rid of the snare of the enemy. Jesus gave us the Power-Authority-and<br>the Weapons to fight and win!<br>Jesus came to destroy the works of the enemy. But we are still in a battle every<br>day for our lives, our family, our marriages and our destiny.<br>Your child or you were not meant to be homosexual. To have Mental illness, anxiety.<br>PTSD is not something you have to live with or just control with meds.<br>Drugs, alcohol, sexual addictions is not your future.<br>BUT you must get rid of the ROOTS. Get rid of the snares, the bondage, and the<br>generational sins. Guys you really-really can be free. But it will be a battle for your<br>soul. It will be an all-out fight, but I\u2019ll guarantee you can be free from all<br>oppression, ensnarement, and bondage from the enemy. Let\u2019s know the tactics and<br>strategies, and understand his ways, instead of sticking our heads in the sand and<br>hoping, it will go away and believing this is part of our destiny, this is Gods will for<br>my life.<br>Hogwash! It\u2019s the devil, 100%- why not get rid of him and the demons that are<br>controlling you and walk in total freedom? Walk in the call and the life Jesus truly<br>died for us?<br>It\u2019s about time we start reaching into the fire, the flames, the filth and depravity<br>and help those who are crying out for help.<br>How can I boldly say this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve seen over 200+ people free in the past 3 years, from sexual addictions, mental<br>illness, suicide, witchcraft, homosexuality lifestyle, and more.<br>And I too have gone through deliverance and have been set free for over 20 years<br>of complete freedom.<br>We have an enemy\u2014but we can defeat him when we learn his ways, understand his<br>tactics and find the open doors in our life to make him go once and for all.<br>Deliverance is&#8212;Setting and Being Set Free!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We as Christians have submitted our beliefs our lives to the enemy and to thethings of this world without even knowing it. 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