Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
When the devil saw Jesus using scripture, the devil used scripture ... but Jesus' counter of scripture was more powerful than the devil.
Mt. 4 ... Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
In John, when we read about Jesus feeding the multitudes with the 5 loafs and 2 fishes, we see the following:
Jn. 6:14 ... Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
I thought of how much the people went by signs and wonders ... and I see people today desiring signs and wonders ...
But in the end times, the devil is going to do many signs and wonders so you need to be aware of the following scriptures about this and not be swept away by men doing such miracles ...
Jesus said this would happen in the end times, and HE warned us of Satan doing this.
Mt. 24:24 ... For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
II Thess. 2 ... Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Revelation 16:13 ... And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs
come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast,
and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles,
Jesus warned us about the last days ... Mt. 24:4 ... Take heed that no man deceive you. 5For many shall come in my name, saying, I (Jesus) am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Many will come saying "Jesus is Lord" and because they say that they will deceive many.
Satan appears as "an angel of light" ...
and Satan's ministers will come saying "Jesus is Lord", but their works
show they do not really have faith in God. They have faith in human
flesh as they beg for money to pay for their works. Their works are not
authored by the Spirit of God but by Satan, therefore there is always
need.
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.
We will have reports
of ministers doing great signs and wonders. Many ministers will come
in the name of Jesus and deceive many. People who are desirous of these
signs will gravitate toward these things.
Jesus warned us ahead of time and told us "Be not deceived." Mt. 24
And
Jesus said ... Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in
the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe
it not. 27For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even
unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Mt. 24
And I thought about the following example of the devil copying God in miracles:
Ex. 7 ... When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. 10And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 11Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. 12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.