Avoiding the Deceptions of Spiritual MasqueradeGreetings to all the earth and Thank God for each of you who listen to Straight Gate Ministries live and online. Our lesson today is from a message delivered by Straight Gate Ministries Senior Pastor Landis Fisher to the Saints of the Saint Timothy Missionary Baptist Church, where the senior Pastor is the Reverend Spencer Bartlett. What is the condition of the Church, especially in America on this 9th anniversary of the September 11th attacks by professing Muslims? Why is it that the present day Church seems to fail to address opposition of false religions that are ever present all around? With all the practices of paganism escalating at a rapid pace, what should the true Church of Jesus Christ be doing? Well listen in as Pastor Landis Fisher preaches a message he has titled: “Avoiding The Deceptions of Spiritual Masquerade”
Old Testament Scripture Reading: Psalms 2:1 – 12 (KJV)
Psa 2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Psa 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Psa 2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Psa 2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Psa 2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Psa 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psa 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Psa 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Psa 2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
Psa 2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psa 2:11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Psa 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
New Testament Scripture Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:1 – 14 (KJV)
1 Th 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
1 Th 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1 Th 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
1 Th 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
1 Th 5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1 Th 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
1 Th 5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
1 Th 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
1 Th 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Th 5:10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
1 Th 5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
1 Th 5:12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
1 Th 5:13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
1 Th 5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
Transforming Power Statements:
1) The intricately twisted religious atmosphere of the world today is the result of the scattering of the original false religion which was birthed in the land of Shinar from the cities of Babel under the dominion of Nimrod, who is called “the mighty hunter before the LORD”. (Gen 10:8 – 19 & 32)
2) We are living in a time of spiritual masquerade in which many propagating the dictates of tradition continually indoctrinate new-comers from the general world of paganism causing them to be sucked into the vortex of an even more dangerous state of unbelief of the true God Who alone, deserves glory, for the sake of a “works” based faith, which deeply defies the principal message of the Bible, which is: “Salvation by grace alone” “Through Faith in Christ alone”
3) Most professing faiths / belief systems contain doctrine about other spiritual forces of darkness who oppose God and His people, such as satan, the jinn, demons, etc. These teachings too differ, yet they more closely agree with one another, than the teachings about God, life and practice of the people who are the subjects of that one and only Majestic Potentate we all affectionately refer to as Almighty God. With this in mind, it is wiser for persons who desire to know the truth to learn to avoid the dictates of tradition and limitless, unbridled tolerance (which as we have shown above requires a complete departure from common sense) and prayerfully read the Bible asking God to reveal Himself via the TRUTH (His Word Is TRUTH John 17:17) and to reveal Jesus His Only Begotten Son, (THE SAVIOR!)
