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Monday, April 14,
2008
Identity Theft
Matthew 24:4-5 And Jesus answered and
said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. (5) For many shall come
in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. (KJV)
In this day and age of computers and high
tech we are constantly being warned to be on the lookout for identity
theft. Which is when someone takes the name and other personal information
of another person without their knowledge and claims to be that person;
then they go out and about misrepresenting that person for their own
advantage or gain. The same holds true in the spiritual realm; many have
taken the name of Christ, so called Christians who claim to be Christ like,
and use His name for their own advantage or gain, many times robbing the
people blind without them even knowing it is taking place. We are told to
take heed, be aware and on the lookout so that when this type of crime is
being committed one will take action and not allow their spiritual account
to be robbed and pilfered. You know how quickly you would be on the phone
demanding a response if you found your credit card was being accessed by
someone else; yet are you as quick and alert spiritually, as well as
persistent to address spiritual theft in like manner or do you ignore the
warnings until you are literally bankrupt spiritually?
Ephesians 5:6-11 Let no man deceive you
with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon
the children of disobedience. (7) Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
(8) For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk
as children of light: (9) (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness
and righteousness and truth;) (10) Proving what is acceptable unto the
Lord. (11) And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness,
but rather reprove them. (KJV)
Some of these people you associate with,
‘are you doing it because they truly are preaching sound doctrine which
brings health to the spirit man or are you more of a friend of the world
blindly following an organization because of a highly regarded personality
or denomination’? It’s up to you, the individual, on what you put your
stamp of approval on or should I say what you put God’s stamp of approval
on, because many have chosen the wide path of destruction that is
misrepresenting God’s identity and replacing it with man’s. The word of God
is very specific to point out that not only should we not be caught up in
this identity theft, but the moment it is spotted we should immediately
take action by not having fellowship with it and reprove them just as we
would if it involved our financial state.
Malachi 3:7-9 Even from the days of your
fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return
unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said,
Wherein shall we return? (8) Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But
ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. (9) Ye are
cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. (KJV)
Here is a different take on the above
verses, on how many have robbed God similar to identity theft. While many
of today’s so called preachers claim that the reason people are robbing God
the opportunity to work on their behalf is because they don’t tithe enough
and give to their organizations, the truth be known is that they are being
duped into tithing and giving to the wrong organizations, supporting those
that claim to be of God but are not. While many may have good intentions in
the beginning, instead of being on the lookout and alert they let their
spiritual shield of faith down and get hit with the fiery darts of the
enemy.
Malachi 3:9-11 Ye are cursed with a
curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. (10) Bring ye all the
tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove
me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the
windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be
room enough to receive it. (11) And I will rebuke the devourer for your
sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall
your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of
hosts. (KJV)
While you were asleep at the wheel, by
the time you woke up you were in a ditch spinning your wheels and going nowhere
fast. Instead of being doers of the word of God and not hearers only, you
were putting tithes in the wrong storehouse; and were now a part of those
that were robbing God and His people of the true riches of His inheritance
which are in the spiritual realm and not the financial one as many claim.
God is a spirit, His storehouse is a
spiritual one as well, which means the meat that should be in His house,
which you happen to be, should be of a spiritual nature as well so that you
can get off the milk of the word of God and grow strong and mature. But sad
to say, for when the time you need to be teaching and instructing others
you have need that one teach you again the first principles so that you can
quickly identify the difference between the truth and the lies. It’s only
those that come to the realization that God is a spirit and in order to
truly worship Him it has to be done in Spirit, as well as in truth; so in
order for Him to open the windows of heaven you have to be operating in His
realm and not stuck in the dead end realm of the flesh with all its cheap
imitations of what man says are riches. God’s storehouse is spiritual,
located in the heavenly realm while many man-made doctrines are stuck in
the physical realm that many are unable to partake of His spiritual
blessing that has been poured out for His people. Could you imagine if you
were a delivery driver with a full load of cargo and ended up delivering
the load to the wrong warehouse? How long do you think you would have a job
let alone expect to get a paycheck? This is in essence what the above
verses in Malachi are referring to; those that get caught up in the
identity theft end up being diverted from the truth delivering to the
enemy’s storehouse instead of the Lord’s. While many limit tithing to just
money, it is your time and talent the Lord is truly seeking, because with
what measure you meet His way is measured back to you; and it is the Lord’s
good pleasure to open His windows and pour blessings out unto His people;
as we as parents desire for our own children.
Quit being duped Church; if you want God
in your life and wish to be partakers of His heavenly reward then you need
to be seeking those things which are above to find the right storehouse.
It’s time you double check the address, the only way to the Father is
through His Son Jesus Christ, so that you can grow strong in the Lord and
the power of His might and allow Him to open His window of opportunity your
way and receive His spiritual reward.
John 4:31-34 In the mean while his
disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. (32) But he said unto them, I
have meat to eat that ye know not of. (33) Therefore said the disciples one
to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? (34) Jesus saith unto
them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his
work. (KJV)
Which storehouse are you delivering to
today? Where are you looking for your answer, for the spiritual meat of the
word of God that will strengthen and sustain you today? Is there meat in
your house or has the enemy diverted your load and stolen what is
rightfully yours with some cheap imitation; mislabeled the product so that
what was intended to be healthy is actually spoiled and rotten because it
never arrived at its destination? Talk about identity theft, the true
spiritual meat of the word of God and God’s true intention of it is being
stolen from many, and they have shut the windows of heaven and are not
partaking of all of the spiritual blessings God has for His people. Don’t
be duped Church; for because of these things comes the wrath of God not
only on those that do this stuff and preach these false doctrines, but also
on those that lend their support to it will also suffer dire eternal
consequences as well.
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