Psalm 119:150 ... They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
Exhortation: (Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet)
Religious people who follow after mischief are far from the Word of God though they think they are Christians. I see it all the time. And even some who are Christians yield to a type of very religious spirit and often we, as prophets, are sent to get them free again.
Though they think they follow the word of God, often they are being led by another spirit which is not of God. The light they follow is darkness cloaked around a scripture.
An example of this is given in the temptation of Jesus ... Mt. 4 ... Jesus recognized it was Satan speaking the scripture to Him so Jesus did not do that scripture but resisted Satan.
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. 8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Satan appears as an "angel of light" ... very religious sounding ... seems like light ... seems like a "word from God" ... but it is actually darkness.