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| What do wrong revelations open us up to? | |
| Well, they open you to error. | |
| In fact, we are told in 1 Timothy 4 and verse 1 that wrong revelations come from seducing spirits. | |
| They're seducing. | |
| They lead you away. | |
| And in fact, you know what that word seducing means? | |
| It's the Greek word plenao. | |
| The word plenal describes one that begins to wander from his path. | |
| He was once walking on a well-worn, well-trodden path. | |
| In fact, he had walked on that path for so long you could nearly blindfold him and he could walk on that path. | |
| He was so established, but the word seducing means something now has led him off the path. | |
| And now he's teetering on the edge of a very dangerous cliff. | |
| And it was the same Greek word, the Greek word plenao, to describe an animal that lost its way. | |
| It wandered so far off track, it could never find its way back home. | |
| And that is what a false revelation or bad teaching will do. | |
| It will lead you away from the well-worn path of the word of God and will put you on a cliff where dangerous things happen. | |
| And unfortunately, the people that are led off path, usually they're very sincere. | |
| You know, you have to be very sincere to believe some crazy stuff. | |
| They're very sincere people. | |
| Don't question their sincerity. | |
| But you can be sincere and be misled. | |
| And we have to make sure our sincerity is connected to the common sense of the Bible. | |
| The Bible is the anchor. | |
| Should we seek dreams and visions? | |
| Is that a godly thing to do? | |
| Well, the Holy Spirit prophesied that in the end of the age, young men would have visions, old men would have dreams. | |
| So we need to expect divine visitations. | |
| Absolutely. | |
| But wherever God is doing something, the devil also tries to get involved. | |
| You know, in the last program, Mondo asked a real important question. | |
| He said, what are some of the forbidden ways to receive revelation? | |
| It's an important question. | |
| And there are things that we all know are wrong. | |
| For example, in the Old Testament, we're told that we are not to practice sorcery. | |
| We're not to practice divination. | |
| We're not to practice tarot cards or looking into crystal balls. | |
| You know, my grandmother, Gertrude, she was such a precious woman, but she didn't know the Bible. | |
| She wanted to know the will of God for her life. | |
| And when she was a young woman, she used to go to a woman that had a crystal ball. | |
| She would say, Miss Wilson, please tell me the will of God for my life. | |
| My grandmother was very sincere, but she was sincerely wrong. | |
| That was wrong. | |
| And we have to make sure that we're listening to people that stick with scripture. | |
| If it's not from the Bible, you need to be careful. | |
| You need to be careful because it could be the activity of seducing spirits. | |
| That doesn't mean you can't listen to prophecy. | |
| You should. | |
| This channel is for the voice of the prophets. | |
| We need to hear what the prophets have to say. | |
| But if you listen to a prophet that never uses the Bible, beware. | |
| Beware. | |