Thursday, November 21, 2013

Scripture: Shared by body of Christ

2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Exhortation:  Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet


Devils whisper various scriptures to us, trying to insert something that will confuse the body of Christ or mislead the body of Christ.  This has certainly happened to me from time to time.  But each time I go back and look closely at that scripture, God shows me HIS truth.  There have been many times I have heard in my mind a scripture only to find it is a "perversion" from the wrong spirit.

We have the examples in Mt. 4 and Lk 4 of the devil speaking scripture to Jesus.  But the devil didn't fool Jesus.  We see Jesus comparing scripture with scripture in these temptations.  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. 11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.


We also have Paul warning us that Satan appears as "an angel of light" (II Cor. 11) ... We can hear something and get so excited that God spoke something to us and it can seem like "light", like a "revelation",and we can be misled unless we are careful to read that scripture we heard and view it in context and let God prove it to us comparing scripture with scripture by the Spirit of God.

The flesh sometimes sides with Satan for the flesh wants to be special, to be great, to think he heard from God.

But we of the Spirit do hear from God.

So John wants us not to believe every spirit but to try the spirits to see whether they are from God. (I Jn. 4)

To me, the way to try the doctrine is to turn to God in prayer and look closely by the Spirit at the scripture involved.