Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
Mt. 24 ... And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5For many shall come in my name, saying, I (Jesus) am Christ; and shall deceive many.
After becoming a Christian, the first few times I read the above scripture I thought Jesus was saying they would come saying they are Christ. Then God opened my eyes and I saw Jesus was warning that they would come saying HE, Jesus is the Christ and because they came saying "Jesus is Lord" people would listen to them and be deceived by them. This was going to happen in the NT churches.
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Paul said: beware of evil workers... Phil. 3:2
This warning concerns "workers" ... It is a warning about those who come doing "works" that seem to be of God but are not of God. These are workers of evil because God didn't send them. They do all manner of fleshly works ... orphanages, caring for old people ... always focused on the flesh ... "in the name of Jesus" ... But they end up making their followers "two-fold more the child of hell than themselves" (Mt. 24) ... for they do not come in the Spirit of God and they cannot give their followers the Spirit of God (only God can do that) ... much evil ends up being done in the form of "good works".
Jesus said ... Mt. 7 ... Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Mt. 23:25 ... Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Another warning in Jude ... But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18How that they told you there should be mockers (imitators) in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
Mockers ... a mockingbird imitates other birds ... The mockers in the warning in Jude imitate people who are of God ... I always think of a radio station that is slightly out of tune. They are always off a little.
So if you do have the Spirit of God and you think something seems wrong at church, it probably is wrong. Don't explain it away. Turn to God and ask God to make it clear to you.
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Another form of religious deception comes from religious ideas brought by "an angel of light". You can think the concept is from God but it is from Satan in form of "an angel of light" ... But it seems like light.
We try the spirits by turning to God in prayer asking Him to confirm the idea.
II Cor. 11 ... For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Religious things from Satan have an appearance of being from God for Satan copies God ... But they are always off a little ... or they are used in wrong context ...I've had this happen several times. Then when I have gone to the scripture and looked, I've seen how the concept brought to me was off. Or when I pray, God reveals it to me.
Religious deception will be rampant inside the church groups as we grow closer to the return of Jesus.