Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it is received with thanksgiving: for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 1Timothy 4:1-5.
The lifestyle of worldliness and doctrine of false prosperity
The devil knows that if he can keep you mixed up with the world, it is a spiritual defilement which will keep you disqualified and away from heaven.
Is it not written that the love of God and the love for the things of this world are not the same? 1 John 2:15-17.
Is it not written that friendship with the world is enmity against God? James 4:4.
Is it not written that pure and undefiled religion before God is to keep yourself unspotted from the world? James 1:27.
Is it not written that you should not be conformed to the world? But why are so-called Christians ignoring those scriptures against worldliness to please themselves against the word of God? Romans 12:2.
Worldliness and prosperity of the fools are the two first doctrines preached by Satan in the Garden of Eden, so the first parents can discover the world of evil, and the world of independence from God. They discovered the regrettable, sinful and shameful world of self-glorification to make their wise opened, knowing good and evil. They discovered the world of carnal pleasure above love and fidelity to the will and purposes of God. For this reason, Christ came to teach us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts. Titus 2:11-12.
We are called to avoid the pleasure of sin and other ungodly lusts and worldly pleasures in self-mortification to our members which are upon the earth (Colossians 3:5-6) and self-crucifixion to a worldly lifestyle, mentality and pursuit. Galatians 6:14.
After the forty days of Christ fast, didn’t Satan offer and preach false prosperity to him if he should bow down before him to give him all these things as the god of this world? From the gospel of Saint John chapter 8 verses 44, Christ gives us some useful information about the character of Satan and his false servants and children in the church as murderers and liars who add to, or subtract from the word of God to satisfy their pleasure or suit their purpose, for they will never abide in the truth: but as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, they deceive the hearts of spiritual babes and the unstable and the ignorance in the word of righteousness from the simplicity which is in Christ Jesus. The bible warns us to be careful of another gospel, another Christ, another spirit, and to guard against them, lest we receive or imbibe any of such evil gospels of false Christ from an evil spirit – pit of hell into our lives to destroy us. 2 Cor11:1-4.
You must come out of a worldly church into a church of holiness where the word of God is preached and practiced in truth and in spirit. A place where life is lived as it becomes the gospel of Christ (Philippians 1:27), for the fruit of the spirit is in all goodness, righteousness and truth, proving what is good and acceptable unto the Lord. Ephesians 5:9.
What is the biblical definition of false and prosperity preachers? Covetous men who are greedy for wealth do so by flattering or deceptive preaching for monetary gain. 2 Peter 2:3.
Beware of the doctrine of worldliness. Run away from the prosperity preachers: if any man teaches otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strife of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmising, perverse disputing of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. But godliness with contentment is a great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 1 Timothy 6:3-10
There are evil and wicked pastors, evangelists, apostles, prophets and teachers who have turned the house of prayer into the house of business and mammon. They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? None evil can come upon us. Therefore, shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountains of the house as the high places of the forest. Micah 3:10-12.
Any ministry, minister or doctrine whose goal is not directing and teaching you on how to mortify your members which are upon the earth in sanctification and holiness unto God until you reach the fullness of the measure of the stature of Christ, unto a perfect man is of the devil (Ephesians 4:11-15), even as the serpent once appealed and prevailed to the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eyes, and the pride of life in Eve to fall her.
They are the preachers that say you are free to live as you want because Christ has set you free, and your best life is now. Don’t be religious mind you, and don’t put yourself in any bondage of don’t do this, don’t put this on, for God is not looking at what you wear, how you dress, what you do or don’t do to save you (while they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. For if after they have escaped the pollution of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 2 Peter 2:19-20): such are the flattering words from the pit of hell to lure you into deep pit and strong bondage of defilement with the world, - pure religion and undefiled before God is to keep yourself unspotted from the world if you will make heaven. James 1:27.
Those that were clean escaped from those who live in error: the prosperity preachers are ungodly men in the church today, and they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, their god is their belly, and through covetousness – the love of money, shall they with feign words make merchandise of the people. They tell you sweet words, because, by the way, you are not after the truth, for you are an itching ear believer (2 Tim 4:3), – a broad way and wide gate worshiper, whose end is destruction, even as the damnation of the false preachers slumbers not and at hand. 2 Peter 2 1-3.
Doctrine of man's and woman’s equality.
The devil is a great and unrepentant liar and an expert in twisting the word of God - the first advocate for women – deceptive and manipulative. It was his mischievous intention, not only to make them equal in authority, but to place or position Eve above Adam in relationship and responsibility against divine order set up in creation.
This was the reason God redressed the issue, by saying to the woman that her desire shall be unto her husband, and he would rule over her. There shouldn’t be any power struggle if you have first considered that he was in the Garden before you; by the way, you ought to learn and to listen to him, and not to teach or to enforce any foreign idea or proposal unto him. Genesis 3:16.
Many are deceived, believing today that they are in women’s world, not God’s world. The spirit of Jezebel rules and reigns over the lives of many sinful and captured men today - And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. Ecclesiastes 7:26.
It is absolutely disgusting and evil before God to see some foolish men while asking for a woman’s hand in marriage, going down on their knees to express themselves, making their wishes known. This was part of Satan’s intention to idolize the woman as the object of worship in the place of God. For many people in the world and churches today, it is all about money and women. They live for both. Should her desire not be unto her husband according to the divine verdict? Why should the man go down on his knees as in worship and adoration before a woman for a marriage proposal, instead of kneeling before his God who has brought and given her as to be the help meet for him? Psalms 95:6-7.
Gifts should be appreciated, but not idolized. The giver of unspeakable gifts – God should be worshiped, but not the gift. The woman as well as the man are gifts from God to one another; neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God. 1 Corinthians 11:11-12.
The bible commands or delivers certain rules, boundaries and restrictions concerning women's services, ministry or work and comportment in the New Testament church (a) that she should cover her head during prayer season at home or in the church as reverence to her heads – Christ Lordship and husband’s lordship – to serve or to be seen as the sign of her submission to the word of God, and as her appreciation of whom she is in the Lord: but every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. For if the woman is not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God. Judge yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? 1 Corinthians 11:5-13: (b) that she should not thrust herself into the position of ministerial authority in the church as a ministry or church leader such as a pastor, bishop, apostle, prophet, evangelist or teacher - let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also says the law (as for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. Isaiah 3:12), if they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. What? came the word of God out from you? Or came it unto you only? If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. But if any man is ignorant, let him be ignorant. 1 Corinthians 14.34-38.
In marriage, man and woman become equal by their marital union the same way that Christ and the Father are one, because he came out from his Father to do his will and to serve his interests. The purpose of a wife is to serve the interest and purpose of God in her husband’s life, not to seek to influence or rule over him against the word and will of God. She is a helper and not a leader or usurper of authority over him in things pertaining to God and marital leadership. This is the position of authority of a man from God as the priest and shepherd of the family or in the church, designed to protect and guide the household and the church of God. 1Timothy 2:11-15.
Unless they repent (Revelations 2:20), the Lord is against those women who are taking on the position and authority of administering the word of God as teachers or pastors of the word in the general assembly of saints or in the general gathering of the children of God – this is the spirit of Jezebel, domineering – self-willed spirit against the authority of the word of God. A woman can preside over any meeting where only women are gathering under the permission and supervision of the male pastor, but to take it for granted to start a church or be a preacher in the gathering where men and women unite is a total misgiving - deception from the pit of hell.
For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:26-28 This text does not speak of equality of power and position of responsibility in the church or in the body of Christ as some will distortedly affirm: rather, it speaks of the common salvation of both men and women, bond or free, Jew or Greeks are privileged to partake as the heirs of God, and joint heirs of the grace of life. 1Peter 3:7.
There is no transgender male or female in the creation of God; His male and female creatures are wonderfully, fearfully and perfectly made. Beware of the demonic spirit of gender dysphoria. Your gender identity at birth is the result of your appearance by genital organs, which should not cause any disorder or unease within you as who you were made or created to be on earth. Therefore, you should put away any strange feelings or ideas from Satan or demons to seeking deliverance prayer if you think that a feminine demon is living inside of you, wanting you to act like a woman, though you are a man at birth, or a masculine demon is speaking inside your head, seeking to influence you to be acting and speaking like a man, though you are born as a woman.
Because of woman’s position in creation (1 Timothy 2:13) and because of her role in the fall (1 Timothy 2:14), there is nothing like gender equality of authority and power in the church or at a Christian home as it is in the world. Except a rebellious and obnoxious woman who, for one reason or the other, thrust herself into the ministry position, a man is uniquely called into vocational or ministerial work. It is his calling, responsibility and right (have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? 1 Corinthians 9:5), first to lead his home – for if a man cannot rule his house, how can he rule the house of God? 1 Timothy3:5) and to lead the church, but the rebellious – Jezebel daughter will seek power to lead her home, her husband and the church of God.
It is very wrong for any pastor's wife to address herself as Mrs. Pastor Esther. It is an open-rebellious and haughty heart for a woman to call herself Bishop Mrs. Beauty. Man and woman are differently gifted according to the grace given to each one: therefore, each should abide in their different callings, responsibility and power as a man or a woman – let not the man seek to become a woman in the church (Nahum 3:13), but let them be strong and fearless: and let not the woman seek to become a man before the Lord – it is the work of another spirit – evil spirit.
A sober-minded, broken-hearted, godly woman will not act foolishly, not by zeal without knowledge, or by spiritual insubordination to twist the word of God because of what the world is saying a woman can do anything men can do. The church has a different set-up and platform from the world standard and perception. The church, as God’s kingdom, is with different laws and precepts where certain responsibilities and authority are not given or granted to a woman, though we are all heirs of the same kingdom.
The doctrine of false worship and religion. Acts 15:24- 29. 1 Corinthians 10:19-22.
The simple truth is this: Christ is the only way and the sole mediator between God and man. John 14:6. If you think you know the God of heaven and earth without Christ, you have no life; you are as good as dead. And this is the record that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe in the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God. 1 John 5:11-13.
Before his fall and expulsion from heaven, Satan was a messenger and a ministering spirit. Because of his beauty and wisdom, he sought the throne, honor, glory, praise and worship which only belonged to God: therefore he was cast out of heaven down to the earth where he continued to pursue the same evil spiritual ambition to be god. Isaiah 14:12-14. Matthew 4:8-11. 2 Corinthians 4:3-4.
Satan, as a god of this world, is being worshiped by many, either ignorantly or willingly. Christ even refers to one of the New Testament churches as the synagogue of Satan simply because they are not fulfilling the will and the pleasure of God, but of Satan in such assembly. Traditional religion or gatherings in the worship of the dead or departed saints, angels, water, stone, wood or any idol, calling upon any other name besides or in addition to the name of Jesus Christ, is a deceit and falsehood of a demonic spirit which seeks worship and control over human lives and their eternal destiny. Leviticus 19; 28. Isaiah 46; 6. Zephaniah 1: 1-6. Colossians2:18.
Such practices as burning incense during prayer and worship time, or putting marks on the body as tattoo - making or killing sacrifices of goats and other animals to God, observing and practicing certain rules like walking barefoot in the name of religion and spirituality which are irrelevant for the genuine born-again child of God, including the worship of sun or observing moon etc. are part of Satan’s schemes to draw men and women unto perdition. Deuteronomy 4:15-20. Isaiah 66 4. Rev.14:9-10. Rev.19:11-20. Rev. 20: 4.
List of Religions
Christianity: 2.1 billion
Islam: 1.3 billion
Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion
Hinduism: 900 million
Chinese traditional religion: 394 million
Buddhism: 376 million
primal-indigenous: 300 million
African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million
Sikhism: 23 million
Juche: 19 million
Spiritism: 15 million
Judaism: 14 million
Baha'i: 7 million
Jainism: 4.2 million
Shinto: 4 million
Cao Dai: 4 million
Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million
Tenrikyo: 2 million
Neo-Paganism: 1 million
Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand
Rastafarianism: 600 thousand
Scientology: 500 thousand.
When men worship any created thing or being, they are worshiping Satan, who is the god of this world. Man is naturally religious because there is an inclination in him to worship something. He feels there is a higher power and purpose, but he does not know how to attain it. Therefore, he is either worshiping what he knows not, or worshiping himself, which is altogether to worship Satan. Except he is born again by accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, Christ who was made a sin unto him, that he should be made the righteousness of God by faith in Christ Jesus is just a religious, self-righteous man.
The doctrine of celibacy and sexual immorality. 1Timothy 4: 1-3a.
To preach abstention from marriage is a doctrine of Satan. Gays and lesbians adopting children in the world is another doctrine of Satan. The doctrine of inclusion in the church today is of the Devil. There are no gay or lesbian abusers of themselves in humanity who are going to inherit the kingdom of heaven. 1 Cor. 6:9.
Marriage is between a man and a woman. It is a holy institution set up by God for both of them to pro-create (to beget and conceive offspring). For every man, there is a woman out there who is to be the bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. 1 Corinthians 7: 25-28. Hebrews 13:4.
If you want to have and enjoy sex, you should go and marry. Sex is reserved for marriage. To avoid fornication, every man should have his own wife, and every woman should have her own husband. Christian marriage is monogamy, which is the practice of having one romantic or sexual partner to live and to enjoy life together for the purpose of fulfilling the will of God to increase and be fruitful on earth. 1 Corinthians 7:1-2: 35-38. 1 Cor. 9: 1-5.
Celibacy is the state of not being married in order to abstain from sexual intercourse or abstention by vow from marriage for religious purposes, which is partially good before God if it is done in truth and sincerity, not having secret sex affairs.1 Corinthians 7: 6-11: 32-34. Matthew 19. 1-12.
If you marry, you have not sinned, and if you married not, there is no sin, provided you can keep your body pure unto the Lord, but to say you don’t want to marry in order to get to heaven, but having or living a promiscuous life is self-deception.
If you want to make yourself a eunuch for the kingdom of God’s sake, it is well and good – go a-head to castrate yourself. 2 Kings 20:18. Daniel 1:1-7. Isaiah 56:3. Acts 8:27.
Doctrine of vegetarianism. I Timothy 4:1-3.
In the Old Testament, certain meats are classified as clean and were permitted by the people of God to eat while some are declared to be unclean and are forbidden to be eaten. Under the gospel, because of the death and blood of Christ's sacrifice, all things are sanctified and purified by faith, if they are received with prayer and thanksgiving.
The kingdom of God is not meat and drinks, but righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. Deuteronomy 14; 3-20. Romans 14; 13-23. Colosians 2; 20-22.
It is never the meat we eat or refuse to eat that brings us any closer to God of farer from him. Meat does not make us worse before God. It is not what man eats that defiles or makes him unclean, but what comes from his heart. Because of meat, do not destroy the works of God. The liberty that we enjoy by faith in the Lord should not be abused in the exercise of our privilege if it becomes an occasion to fall or become an offense to a weak Christian brother or sister. Matthew 15:1-20.Romans 14:1-6. 1 Corinthians 10: 25-27.
To say that you should not eat certain meat in order for God to accept your person is a big lie and deception from the pit of hell – doctrine of demons. The meats which are forbidden to us as New Testament believers are the meats offered to idols, strangled meats or meats which died of themselves. Acts 15; 29. 1 Corinthians 8: 1-13. 1 Cor.10:19-33. Revelation 2:14. Deuteronomy 14: 21.