Religion: The Tool Of The Enemy

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Religion resides in the realm of the soul. It is a tool of the enemy to lead Christians astray from the true foundation on which their salvation is established. Our foundation is the Word of God. Jesus, the Word of God manifested in the flesh, came to redeem us and reconcile us back to the Father. Adam abdicated his position of authority by yielding to satan in the garden of Eden.

Satan has used the tool of religion (relying on dead works, our intellect and vain imaginations) to keep mankind bound and separated from God, enforcing the sin (Adamic) nature. God gave the Law to Moses to show mankind that they had a sin-nature. Jesus came with Grace and Truth to be THE Way out of that sin-nature, bringing with Him the very nature of God from heaven. At the cross, He took on man's sin-nature (all of it - along with sickness, disease, poverty, etc.) and upon His resurrection from the dead and ascension into heaven, has paved a way for us to enter into the very LIFE of God. We are now FREE to operate in our new nature, obtained through believing and receiving the gift of Eternal Life that is ONLY attainable through faith in Jesus.

The religious mindset exalts "works" over Grace. Comparing the sizes of ministries and churches is the order of the day. Much is made of how much is done "for" God rather than co-laboring "with" Him. This brings to mind the following passage of scripture from Matthew 7: 21-23 (KJV):
"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."

Isn't that something? "Ye that work iniquity"? It is much more important to the Father that we have intimate fellowship with Him than to brag about ministry size and how much we are doing in the Kingdom of God - sounds a lot like pride... and we all know how the Lord views pride! I would much rather tap into the Grace that is available to me to fulfill the ministry call that the Father has reserved for me before the foundation of the world. There is a fine line between accomplishing things HIS way rather than our way. Whatever type of ministry that we have been given is only about serving the needs of others anyway. The reality is, we are called to be bondslaves, whether we are to serve from behind the pulpit or elsewhere. That is the Father's perfect will.

I have resolved to fulfill my mission - to rescue as many "sons of Adam" through the Grace that has been freely given to me as a son of my Heavenly Father. I believe that our final reward will be based on how much of that Grace we can humbly tap into. This determines the success of our assignment, not how many "works" we have accomplished out of our own human strength. We are called to bear fruit, and to show others how to bear fruit in their own lives as well, expanding the Kingdom of God on the earth. Preach deliverance to the captives. Opening blind eyes. Emptying the wheelchairs. Raising the dead. Financing the spread of the Gospel, and so forth, all the while spending time in His presence in order to know WHO we are, WHAT to do and WHEN, WHERE, WHY and HOW to do it.

Thank God that he has given us the measure of faith and different gifts according to the Grace given to us! Bearing this in mind, it would be rather pointless to get caught up in comparisons - don't you think?

To Grow or Not to Grow? The Choice Belongs to You

"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." - Hebrews 4:12

The Word is the barometer by which we measure spiritual maturity. It is quick (alive) and the Life in it (or rather in HIM) is what translated (raised) us from spiritual death and became our everlasting, eternal, endless Life. To the degree that we have entered into the REST that He has provided for us (from all DEAD works, because dead works could not produce, attain nor maintain the Life of Christ in us) we grow.

Eternal Life is a state of being but it is also a state of constant growing in Him. We should never be stagnant...that Life in us produces more Life as well as the Grace that is part and parcel of that Life. That Life is the "Christ IN you - the Mystery that so many of us fail to understand because we have not given ourselves over to the Teacher of our Spirit...the Holy Ghost. We activate our Teacher by spending time praying in other tongues - that is our responsibility, and that is how we grow. It is up to us to know the Mystery and to make the Mystery known. Otherwise we will continue to live with an earthly mindset. Our mindset should be heavenly because that is where we are from and where we will return. Soul transformation by the Spirit brings about permanent change. Don't try to change your flesh - it is dead. It is about the salvation of our SOUL. Flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God.

"Dividing asunder of the SOUL and SPIRIT": The natural soul and the born-again human spirit. How far apart are they? The more your soul is in agreement with your spirit man, the more mature you will be. The less your mind is in agreement with the things of this "natural" realm, the more you will walk as a son. As many as allow themselves to be led by the spirit of God, they are the SONS of God (Romans 8:14)

Positionally and truthfully we are sons...but are we walking as such? The soul is the place of decision, and the choice is yours.

Be encouraged!

The Enemy's Attack on Family - Part 2

There has been a misrepresentation of the Family both in the Spirit and in the Natural. It is my firm belief that those who do not fully understand the mystery of Family in the Spirit (Christianity) will continue to present, proclaim and believe the perverted view of family in the natural. The devil has distorted both. Through religion, satan has preached perversion of the Mystery that is the Church.

In the days ahead, there will be more of a merging of the Spirit of perversion and the Spirit of religion in order to make aberrant behavior acceptable. Christianity is not religion; it is the true family, ordained by God with Jesus Christ as the Head. Any family unit that has not been established with Jesus as the pattern for headship is not the Father's plan. Through rebellion and deception, many families have been fractured. The standard is this: Man, Woman and children. One passage where the model for this is explained is in Ephesians 5:22-6:4:


"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.  For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." - Eph. 5:22-6:4 KJV

Within this pattern, roles are clearly defined. In order for blessings to flow from the Head (Jesus) on down, this is the standard that needs to be met. Through divorce, absentee fathers, etc., the enemy has sought to sabotage this and bring undue hardship. Not that blessings aren't possible within the structure of single-parent homes; God's Grace and Mercy is still available. The fact is, there is so much struggle involved in so many cases because of  parents abandoning children for largely selfish reasons.

Homosexual marriage and raising families in a two-male parent/two female parent setting, however, is the main avenue through which satan deceives, making "acceptable" what God has already judged as sin.

There's a reason why opposites attract; simply because they are opposites. Each has something that the other does not, which fills the void and makes it whole. Case in point: natural attraction. A man is attracted to a woman and a woman to a man. There would be no need for a male and female of any species if one gender was enough. In order for two of the same to be "compatible", one of the two would have to take on an attribute that is foreign to their nature, e.g., a "feminine" male or a "masculine" female. The mere fact that this takes place proves that God knew what he was doing when He created male and female. Man cannot "re-invent" natural order, just as much as he should never legislate sin - of any kind - into the law of the land; it is a work of darkness.

Consider this: In the book of Genesis, God took woman out of man (two out of one) and then put them back together through marriage (two into one).


Through the forbearance and Mercy of God, manifested Judgment has not yet come. However, Judgment delayed is not Judgment denied. The reason is that God is giving us time to repent for participating in and condoning such acts of open rebellion against His Word.

Think about this very carefully: Without the Word of God, none of us would exist (John 1:3;10). How can we engage in such rebellion and disobedience to the very Word to which we owe our very existence, and  which we have to answer to on the day of Judgment?


"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." - 2 Cor. 5:10 KJV



Folks, the times are getting - and will continue to become - worse and worse. If we have the full understanding of the Mystery of the Church and God's Divine Order, we will never be deceived. We need to make the Holy Spirit our very best friend so we will be able to maintain intimate fellowship with Jesus our Bridegroom. We have taken on His Name and His Nature. Do not commit spiritual fornication with the world; there will be consequences. As His voice in the earth, we need to continue to preach deliverance to the captives, and to declare that what is and has been, is not what shall be!

"I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."
- 2 Tim. 4:1-4 KJV

God Bless, and Be Encouraged!

The Enemy's Attack On Family - Part 1

God has designed an order for family in the natural as an example for us to understand family in the spiritual. There is a Divine Order. This is outlined in 1 Corinthians 11: 3-12 (Note: This is not about women wearing hats in church.) and Ephesian 5: 21-33. The reason for the enemy’s attack on family is because that is what Christianity is...it is family. He uses religion to try to destroy family because religion is ANTI-family. 
You don’t believe this? Consider the following:

Religion keeps women subservient. In Islam, for example, as well as many denominations and sects within Christianity, the role of women is diminished. Wherever there is bondage of any kind, religion is present. Family celebrates freedom within authority. Authority is not imposed to keep family members in bondage. We, as born-again believers, have been set free through the Spirit of liberty. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Therefore, ask yourself this question: Am I truly free? If not, someone (or something under the influence of someone) is holding you hostage. Christ came to set the captives free and whom the Son sets free is free indeed.

Religion exalts works over inheritance which is the basis of a family. So what does he do? Destroy the family structure and/or the children so that there's no inheritance or legacy or make it impossible for reproduction within a Godly-Ordained union of two people of the opposite sex. There is a false freedom that sin promotes. Until one has experienced true freedom through the Anointing, one is not truly free. When you only have one frame of reference there is nothing to compare anything to. For example: a spiritually dead person will not know that he is spiritually dead until he has experienced the Life of the New Nature.

True correction can only come forth in Love. Debate is pointless. We don't debate the Word--we demonstrate it. When a person has a spiritually dead nature, they will misinterpret your show of love as hatred. Why? Because their nature is opposite to yours. What is the opposite of Love? What is the opposite of tolerance? Tolerance does not address the sin issue; it sweeps it under the rug. Jesus cannot tolerate our sin nature even though He loves us. A sinner cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. Until we have had a supernatural encounter with His love which brings change, we are lost forever. That is Truth. If Truth is rejected, it remains Truth. Because He is Truth and cannot lie, opposing Truth is futile. The Word of God is the Truth that gives birth to the born-again Nature and is our sanctification.

In conclusion, I’ll say this: Pray for the lost. Pray for the hurting that they may be healed. The most heartbreaking thing that I see through all of what has been transpiring over the last few months (and it is about to come to a head--believe me) is that many who are lost don’t know it. Satan HATES mankind, saved and unsaved alike. He is on his way to hell along with all of the fallen angels. Our lifelong mission is to make sure we don’t end up there along with everyone else that is within our sphere of influence. Watch and pray.

Love, Faith and Praying in Tongues

The "faith walk" will be hardest for those who have been relying on their abilities their whole life. If you're a baby Christian, or if you've been at this for a while, know this: it's not your ability - it's HIS. Yours is the arm of flesh. His is the ANOINTING. HE is the Anointing. HE removes the burdens and destroys the yokes. HE casts out devils. HE performs miracles. HE is in you, so what HE does, you do. Why? Because you are a co-laborer with Him. He needs a body and you're it. Collectively, we are the Body of Christ. Individually, we are members. If we are willing and obedient, we will not only eat the good of the land but more importantly we will do the works of the Father. As Jesus is, so are we in the earth.
The fastest way to spiritual maturity is to allow Holy Spirit to empower your born again spirit so that Father's Will is manifested in your life (Romans 12:2). This is accomplished through praying in tongues.

Oh, by the way...the "faith walk" and the "love walk"? Same thing. You can't have one without the other. Mature love - perfect love - casts out fear. The opposite of fear is Agape (the Love of God). If fear is present in your life, pray in tongues and KEEP yourself in the love of God which will produce  MORE faith. The more love that is manifested, the more faith will work and therefore less fear will manifest in your life. Every one of our Father's exceeding great and precious promises to us are rooted in His Love. That Love is available to everyone who will receive Him. That manifested Love is Jesus. He is the entryway to abundant life. He is provision and sustainer. Holy Spirit reveals Jesus to us. No one can say that Jesus is Lord except the Holy Ghost reveals Him as such.
Praying in tongues on a consistent basis brings revelation of the Mystery which is Christ in you the hope of glory. Secondarily, the gifts of the Spirit will flow, but the primary thing is the fruit of your born again nature being produced. That fruit is Love. If you are born of the Spirit of God, as God is Love, so are you. Plain and Simple.

"But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." Jude 1:20-21

One last thing: perhaps you've just read what I have just shared above but one question remains. "How do I pray in tongues?" you ask. " I don't know the first thing about being "baptized in the Holy Ghost" or what that even means. Can you help me?"
Fortunately for you, I can. Here is a link to a site where you can download a PDF on how to pray to receive Him. The first prayer is the prayer to be born again and the second is to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues. Below that there is a copy of Pastor Dave Roberson's book "The Walk of The Spirit, The Walk of Power" available for FREE download at his website.

Here's the link to the PDF: http://www.iktusnetlive.com/eBooks

Be Encouraged!

RECOMMENDED READING: "The Walk of The Spirit, The Walk of Power" by Dave Roberson.
Available for FREE download or streaming to your computer at www.daveroberson.org/books.aspx

Service That Pleases The Father: An Exhortation

In order for proper service in the Kingdom to begin, the natural soul has to be turned. The mind, will, emotions and intellect have got to give up the lead position that it held when the old man was alive. Now that he is dead, the transformation from the soul-led, spiritually dead mindset has to begin. Service in the Kingdom begins in the Spirit - that is where instruction is received. In order for this to be done in the proper order, two things have to happen: mortification of the flesh, and edification of the spirit. The flesh and all of it's appetites have to die (mortification) and the spirit man has to grow (edification).


The truth is, the old man died at the new birth. When one nature (the new) comes into existence, the old nature automatically dies. Two natures cannot co-exist in the same person: either you are spiritually dead with a sin-nature, or you are born of the Spirit with the nature of Christ in you. Old things are passed away...dead. However, if your mind has not been renewed through the Word of God, it will still think like the old man, wanting to serve in a Spirit-Kingdom with a carnal mindset. To be carnally (fleshly) minded is death. To be spiritually minded - renewed - to the mind of Christ, is life and peace. The Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. If, when we who become born-again don't think with the Mind of Christ, we will forever live below our status as Royal Priesthood, Holy Nation, sons of God. We will always try to do things in our strength what Jesus already took care of on the Cross.


Rest. Your works didn't save you, and they certainly won't help you attain spiritual blessings. Ask for the Grace to receive.


The fastest way to begin to operate with the Mind of Christ - to think just like Jesus - is to choose to pray in the Holy Ghost on a consistent basis. The Mind of Christ is a terrible thing to waste. Being sense-ruled as a child of God in the Kingdom of God is the worst mistake any believer can make. Do not reject the Holy Spirit.

Knowing Who Jesus Really Is Will Show You Who You Really Are

Jesus--from God to Son of God, when He passed through the birth canal, putting on mortal flesh. By doing this He became the pattern, the precursor of the many sons who would be born of His Spirit down through the ages. He is the One we imitate as to how we should function on this planet. That Life that He brought with Him was anointed by the Holy Ghost and He gave it to us.


How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.- Acts 10:38 (KJV)


We have that same image on the inside of us and are empowered-anointed-by the same Holy Ghost to do the same things. Operate in the same ministry. As He is, so are we in the earth. Right now. The assignment given to us is to know the Person of Jesus Christ through the revelation of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said "Learn of Me." (Matt. 11:29) Knowing Him will cause us to know who we really are. He has ascended into Heaven and sat down. He is now our High Priest, interceding for us so we can fulfill our calling. In addition to this, the Holy Spirit is praying through us (we provide the voice--He provides the language--if we let Him) in order that we pray to fulfill our rightful ministry so that it manifests. Haven't seen it yet? Keep praying. When it manifests, pray some more. Bear in mind that every child of God is called to ministry in some way, shape or form.


Only a life of fasting and prayer, yielded to the leading of the Comforter is pleasing to the Father. Prayer, fasting, worship and the Word. This is the price that we are all expected to pay; our reasonable service. Along the way we will encounter persecutions and afflictions. There will be temptation both to sin and to abort the path of destiny that is laid out before us. There will be anxious care brought by the enemy. How do we know that it is from the enemy? Because the nature of Christ in us has no fear in it. It is of power, perfected love and a sound mind.


Why do persecutions and afflictions come? Because of the Word. The Word of God in you is the source of your faith. This faith sustains you during your time on this planet. The just shall live by faith. We please God when we give His instructions our highest priority. No Word, no faith- plain and simple. Deceitfulness and lust of other things fall into the category of idolatry. Chasing after material things at the expense of your eternal salvation and believing that the more you possess the more successful you are, are two of the enemy's greatest tricks. When the Lord blesses, it is within the flow of your walk with Him. You do not have to venture outside to get it, and there's no human effort involved. It is released to you by His Grace.


The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. - Prov.10:22 (KJV)


The Christian life is one of service - to God first and to our fellow man. Love is the motivator. The key is to love Him with His love first; more than any person, animal, place or thing. That takes care of the idolatry issue. Then we are free to love each other through His love in us.


...Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind: and thy neighbour as thyself. - Luke 10:27 (Darby Bible Translation)


The road to spiritual maturity is clearly defined. The Holy Spirit is the One sent to show us that path. The first step begins when we decide to pray in the Holy Ghost on a consistent basis. The old way is to be ruled by our senses. The new, right and proper way is to be led by our new nature - just as Jesus was in His earthly ministry, empowered by the Holy Spirit.


These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. - Jude 1:19-21 (KJV)


Stay on the path, and finish your course with joy.


Be encouraged!