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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 no where 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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