Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
The apostle Paul said: And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. Acts 20:32
The trials and persecutions of the early church were very different than those trials and persecution of today ... we are at opposite ends of a pole. They were persecuted by the Jews because of Christ ... we are persecuted from the churches who have cast aside scripture, casting aside Jesus.
Our problem comes when we speak Jesus, THE WORD, to the church.
For example: Telling the church that the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery will be extremely foreign to the ears of that church group. If you say such, they will often speak evil of you, though they may not harm you bodily today. Nevertheless it is hard to endure today because of the rampant disregard of specific scripture in the church group and the approval of various sins inside the church group.
As they were cast out of the synagogue for speaking Jesus ... we, today, are cast out of the church group for speaking specific parts of scripture, THE WORD, Jesus.
We are at this following period of time.
II Timothy 3:1-5 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
... 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
... 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
14-17 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
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Are you disturbed by the doctrine of your church group? Does that doctrine fail to conform to Bible?
What can you do?
It cannot be corrected for it is the end-time apostasy in the church as spoken by the apostle Paul.
II Thessalonians 2 (NASB) Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the day of the LORD) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
(This was all going to happen, and is happening today, in the church. They sit down in the church and cast aside portions of scripture, making themselves gods.)
Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things.
And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed.
(That which restrained antichrist from the church group was the scripture. When scripture was removed in portions and explained away, antichrist moved into that church group.)
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.
(Even in Paul's day antichrist was trying to get into the church to set up his doctrine which is opposite from that which Christ spoke. Paul said he knew after he departed "perverse men" would take over in the church. Acts 20)
Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.
(They didn't love the truth above the lie so they went along with the perversion spoken by men in the church group. They loved the church itself more than they loved the scripture. It is just like the Jews who loved the synagogue more than they loved Jesus Christ and they tried to keep HIM quiet so they could continue in the synagogue.)
KJV 11-12 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
They can't be turned ... their delusions is from God ... they will continue in their perversion of scripture inside their church groups.
All you can do is to come out.
Paul told us this in II Timothy 3 when he described them.
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
They have taken on the mark of the beast, the thinking of men, when they cast aside portions of scripture in the church group.
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