Unraveling the lies of Islam

Many people make the mistake of thinking that God and Allah are one and the same. This is not true. It is not in the Bible, and the Bible is the doctrine that Christians follow. God has many names but Allah is not one of them. He has never, ever referred to himself by that name and He does not respond to that name.
We all need discernment to guide us into truth.

Before I get further into the article, let me present this question to anyone of a religious belief. "Do you have peace with your god, with yourself and others? Do you have a sense of knowing that your sins are atoned for and that your conscience is clean? Do you know with all certainty that your sins are wiped away and that you will enter heaven when you leave this earth? Do you have a sense of fulfillment and joy?

Jesus Christ is the answer to all of these questions, for those things are found in Him. Jesus is love. He wants a relationship with you!

Islam believes they are the one true religion and that one day all must submit to their god, Allah. This of course is a direct contradiction to the truth, for it is written in the Bible that "at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth, and under the earth," according to Phil. 2:10. It is also written in Romans 14:11, a reference to Jesus' own words: It is written: "'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.'"

I realize that none of us can convict another person of our own convictions or beliefs because it is the work of the Holy Spirit to do so. Jesus said that when the Spirit of Truth comes, He will convict the world of sin and reveal the truth that makes people free, in John 8:32. But, here are some facts to consider.

We have to go back to the beginning in order to understand the difference between what Muslims believe and those of the Christian faith. All the way back to the book of Genesis. The whole root of this confusion and clash of religious beliefs stems from jealousy. There was and still is an ancient hatred that has been between the Jews and the Arabs, and it all comes down to ancestry. Isaac and Ishmael. The one who was chosen as the inheritor of the promise, and the one who was rejected. Abraham had pleaded with God to let the promise come through Ishmael, because at the time he could not bear to wait upon God any longer for the promise to be fulfilled. Abraham, or Abram, as he was called at the time, had gone to his slave woman Hagar and had a child with her. For many years, Ishmael was the only child he had, and he thought the promise would not come any other way. But God's original intent still held true. "Then God said, 'No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant and with his descendants after him." Gen. 37:19

Although the Bible clearly states that Isaac and his seed was chosen to inherit the promises of God, Muslims believe it was Ishmael. This is the first lie the enemy told them. They believe they are the rightful inheritors to the land and the promises that belonged to Abraham. Ishmael was said to be a 'wild man,' whose hand would always be at war and who lived among his brethren. 

"The angel of the LORD said to her (Hagar) further,

         “Behold, you are with child,

         And you will bear a son;

 

         And you shall call his name Ishmael,

 

         Because the LORD has given heed to your affliction.

 

“He will be a wild donkey of a man,

         His hand will be against everyone,

         And everyone’s hand will be against him;

 

         And he will live to the east of all his brothers.” Genesis 16:11,12

Ishmael's descendants are the Arab peoples who populate most of the Middle East today. When Abraham's wife, Sarah, gave birth to the child of promise, Isaac, Sarah noticed their slave woman Hagar, scoffing her and her child. She knew that the child that came through the slave could not share in the inheritance with her son because he was the child of the 'free woman.' So Sarah had Abraham send Hagar and Ishmael away. This brought upon them both a sense of rejection and jealousy, and this is what the enemy has done to exploit the pain and shame of their descendants throughout history.

There is an ancient root of jealousy that produced hatred and war, and this has caused the difference in religious beliefs between those of the Muslim religion and Christianity. That anger and strife has remained as a generational curse in the Arab nations. Did Allah ever marry or have any sons? I am not a scholar of the Muslim faith but I do not believe so.The spirit of the anti-Christ works to create sons in an illegitimate way through the will and flesh of man, just the way Ishmael came into the world. Ishmael represents what man can do in his own strength rather than waiting and trusting God to fulfill His promise His way. Not by might, not by power, but by His Spirit. (Zech. 4:6) Ishmael came into the world as a son of Abraham, but through his slave woman, Hagar. Ishmael's descendants are also born into spiritual slavery and that spirit makes them slave to an ungodly slave master through deception and the teachings of the Muslim religion.

The Koran refers to Jesus Christ as the breath of God, the Word of God, the life of God and the Spirit of God. The Koran also references a virgin birth, a supernatural birth without human involvement. How can that occur unless it is from God? This is a direct fulfillment of prophecy about the Messiah. Isaiah 7:14 says, "Therefore the Lord  Himself will give you a sign, behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call his name Immanuel." Immanuel means "God is with us." The angel was the messenger announcing that the birth of the virgin's child would indeed be God with humanity! Luke 1:26,27,30,31 also declare: "Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary...Then the angel said to her, 'Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus." The name Jesus means, 'God saves.' So it is through Jesus, whose name means "God is salvation," that we are saved. It is through His death to pay the penalty for our sins in our place, and through Him living within us, that God gives us salvation. The Meaning of "Christ". 

Muslims also believe that Jesus returned to heaven after the cross and will one day come back again, and that His coming back will usher in the final judgment. I present this question for your consideration. How can one go to heaven and remain there all this time, with the expectation that He will come again to usher in the final judgment, and not see that He returned to heaven because that is where He originally came from? When Jesus returns, after being there all this time, will He not reveal the very glory of God? Jesus was not just a man and not just a prophet or teacher; the scriptures declare the Jesus is God. This refutes the second lie that Islam is led to believe. If Jesus was a regular man like any other 'prophet,' as Islam teaches, then how could he survive in heaven? How could a regular man obtain entrance into such a holy place UNLESS HE IS WITHOUT SIN AND ALSO GOD? How can one refer to the Spirit of God and not agree that one's Spirit is the essence of who they really are? John 4:24 in the Bible teaches that God is Spirit. His Spirit is also known as the Spirit of Truth. Any god that is worthy of being called 'god' must be able to prove he is all powerful, all knowing, and omnipotent. He must be unable to lie, Holy and without fault. 

In John 8:32 - Jesus said, " and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." 33They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, 'You will become free '?"…

Jesus is eternal, meaning , He has always existed. "And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist." (Colossians 1:17)

God is all powerful: "And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power". 1 Corinthians 6:14

God is Creator: " It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens." Jer. 10:12

God is omnipotent in power: "The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in His justice and great righteousness, He does not oppress." Job 37:23

"By the word of the Lord the heavens were made; their starry host by the breath of His mouth." Ps. 33:6

This is what the Lord says - your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the Lord,  the Maker of all things, who stretches out the heavens, who formed the world by Myself." Isaiah.44:24

God is omnipotent in salvation: "To Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present  you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy, to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord before all  ages, now and forevermore! Amen." Jude 24,25

"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12

"All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name." Acts 10:43

I mean no disrespect but ANYONE believing in any god must ask the right questions, otherwise how can they truly know whether or not their faith is in the right thing? In regards to Allah, and his prophet Mohammed, "How can Allah and Mohammed claim to be free from sin when the doctrine they follow in the Koran involves the use of fear, torture, rape, murder and many other sins?" "Is this not the work of Satan and darkness?" If a person is a true disciple of Allah, then they cannot avoid the extreme views in the doctrine of that religion. I understand that the Koran also states that it is ok to deceive people in order to convert them or achieve their cause. How can anyone agree that lying in order to advance a cause could come from a holy source? If that 'god' is not holy, pure or righteous, why serve him? Some other questions to think about are, "Can Allah or Mohammed claim to be selfless and compassionate or offer any proof that they gave their life for their followers? Or is the religion based on works?" Jesus offers acceptance in Christ through His own blood, while other religions must earn favor with their gods and are left wondering if they have 'done enough' to please their god. In the end the question remains, "Does the god you profess possess the power to save you? If it does not, then why place your faith and pledge your loyalties to a god that cannot save you, or fulfill any of his promises?  

If I understand correctly, according to the Koran, Islam demands their followers pay the penalty of death, inflict pain and suffering upon others, and take away all free will of others. No one is allowed to think for themselves or have a difference of opinion unless they are willing to suffer at the hands of those carrying out the will of their 'god'. Islam makes slaves, not free men. Can any father force his child to love him, or does love and trust have to be earned?Yahweh is not a slave master. He allows every person to choose for themselves whom they will serve and who they call Father of their faith. Look at what Islam produces: women in chains, men who are afraid to think for themselves, children as innocent victims in a war of insanity and deception. See for yourself what is taught in the Bible: 

"He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he will be my son; but the fearful and the unbelieving and the abominable and murderers, and whoremongers and sorcerers, and idolaters and all liars, shall have their part in the lake of fire that burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." Revelation 21:7,8

"You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment." Matthew 5:21 


 Here we see that to overcome does not mean by force, as that is never taught anywhere in the scriptures. God gives every person a free will to make their own choice whether or not to love Him and serve Him. Otherwise it would not be love. It is to overcome by practicing righteousness that Jesus taught. Jesus taught that the greatest commandment was to love God with all our heart, mind and strength and LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES. (Matthew 22:36-40).

God forgives our sin when we confess it to Him and ask Him for His mercy and forgiveness, and gratitude for having received His great grace is what prompts us to love Him and serve Him. The truth that Jesus Christ IS GOD is there even in the teachings of the Koran, but to the Muslims, it has been obscured by the lies of the enemy. The truth has been twisted. 

The lie is based in rejection, just as Satan convinces anyone he lies to. He has told them that God is not their Father, that He has rejected them, and that they are not chosen. Though the Bible references the Old Testament scriptures to make a spiritual point, what was once true in ancient times is not necessarily true today. Abraham was a son of God through faith, and today, any of his children have the possibility of receiving the same promises that were given to Isaac and his seed - simply by receiving Yahweh as their God. It is that which comes by faith in Abraham's God, YHWH, or Yahweh. He is the Father of all those that accept the offer of salvation through His Son, Jesus Christ. God desires sons and daughters so much that He gave the life of His own son, Jesus Christ, to pay the penalty for the sins of mankind all throughout the ages. Through the sinless life of Christ, His death and resurrection, he made a way for all people of every race, culture and nationality to be grafted into God's family tree. The only thing they must do to receive this free gift is to believe the truth and desire to live in it. 

That which was once wild, is grafted into the tree by FAITH. Because the roots are holy, so are the branches. The roots of the tree are in Christ Jesus. That is what makes the entire family tree holy. That is for every person, every race, every culture. If, by faith, you come to the truth and confess Jesus Christ is Lord, and want to be a part of God's family, then He will receive you. He has made a provision for Arabs, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, any any other religion to change their minds about what they believe and allow that change of heart to lead them into a relationship with Jesus Christ. Remember, the Koran makes reference to Jesus Christ by name as the Spirit of God and the Word of God, both of which agree with scripture in the Bible. So, for any Muslim to disagree with this truth and reject it, it means that they have traded in the truth for a lie and have become self deceived. Allah is NOT God. There can only be one true God. The other is a lie - formulated by the strength of the man that wrote the Koran. Mohammed may have had a visitation from an angel, but it was not an angel from heaven. Whatever  messenger he encountered was from hell, darkness and so twisted his message to deceive Mohammed.This is how the enemy has led Muslims straight to hell, not paradise, as they have been led to believe. "He who does not love does not know God, for God is love" (I John 4:8) 

Any 'god' that forces people  to serve him or be placed under penalty of death is not a god that is confident people will chose him of their own free will. "Allah" is afraid for his followers to know the truth, that they have been lied to. He is afraid to allow them to freely choose whether or not they actually want to serve him, because he knows that many do not. This alone proves that Allah is not all powerful. Jesus Christ gives every man, woman or child the freedom to chose whom they will serve. He does not use fear, intimidation, death or torture to gain followers. He shows them love, kindness, mercy and forgiveness in hopes that people will realize He alone has offered his life for theirs, as atonement for their sins. How selfless! Can that be said of Allah or Muhammed, or any other god, for that matter? Has Allah or Muhammed ever raised anyone from the dead? Healed them? Set them free? No. 

How then, can Allah make a claim to be God? He cannot. In order for Allah to be God, he must prove he has the power to atone for sin, forgive, heal, save and deliver. No man can atone for his own sin. If man could earn god's approval and acceptance on his own merit then he would not need a god at all. Allah is not holy, powerful or pure at heart. He has no power to forgive sin. Allah has made a false claim to be a god. But, Jesus has  proven His love, His power, and the reality of His kingdom from which He came. Not only is it written down in the Bible for our proof, but there are multitudes of eyewitness testimonies throughout history of people who have experienced the reality of Christ's power. They have seen His kingdom. They have visited hell, and they know the truth. They know the truth, and it has set them free. These are Jesus' witnesses. 

Has any Muslim at any time ever gone to paradise and returned to testify of it? They cannot, because it is all a deception. It does not exist, except in the fabricated lies of Satan himself. On the other hand, there are many people of many races, religions and beliefs that have had personal encounters with the living God, Jesus Christ. they have visited heaven and come back to testify that it is real. There are too many eyewitness accounts that agree in their experiences that prove Jesus Christ is God and heaven is real. Let the lies be unraveled and the truth set the captives free. 

Read a powerful testimony of a Muslim woman who converted to Christianity, died, and came back from the dead to tell about her experience in heaven.

http://www.thegreaternews.com/blog/8/28/2014/former-muslim-raised-from-the-dead-shocked-her-neighbors-and-won-many-to-christ

You Are The Prophetic Word Fulfilled

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Jesus the Son became the living fulfillment of the SPOKEN word that was with God from the very beginning. That is why we can say that Jesus is the fulfillment of prophecy. 

From the beginning of creation and before even that took place, there were words spoken in heaven about the Son, His future and His destiny. His purpose was wrapped up in those prophetic words spoken between the Godhead and the heavenly hosts. This is a truth that is key to each one of us understanding our own destiny and purpose.

The Godhead has had conversations about each one of us since before time and creation ever came to be. Our Father has discussed our destiny and purpose with he Son, Holy Spirit and with the angels. They know and understand things about us that we don't understand about ourselves! Why? Because they are privy to the conversations. Just because we have not heard those conversations, does not mean that they have not taken place. In the beginning, we were with God, because our spirit is eternal. He has spoken words about us, prophecies, that pertain to our life purpose, future and destiny. We are now, like Jesus, in the sense that we are the spoken word come into physical existence to fulfill an ancient prophecy. Jesus looked into the scriptures, rehearsed the things spoken about the Messiah, and understood what was required of Him. He had a clear picture that kept him focused, but intimacy with God kept him anchored in God's love. That is what enabled him to fulfill His purpose.

Knowing and understanding the words that have been spoken about you by God himself are key to being able to fulfill that purpose and carry out the destiny that is assigned to you. Each one of us carries a very specific anointing that is there to help us accomplish the purposes of God. Let me ask you, when you look into scripture, do you feel drawn to a particular biblical character? Do you feel an affinity towards someone or something that witnesses to your Spirit a resemblance or similarity in character or purpose? Have you had prophetic words spoken about you that compare you to a biblical person? Those may be good keys to the type of anointing that help you identify your calling and purpose. Ask the Lord to give you new eyes to look into scripture and pull out the things that not only clarify your identity but also your purpose and destiny. Pursue God to ask Him to reveal what HE HAS SAID about you in the heavenly realm. Ask Him to show you how He sees you, and to share with you the conversations that heaven has had about you. Not only will it draw you closer to the heart of God, but it will help you see yourself in light of your destiny, as a child of God sent into this world to fulfill a divine purpose.

Divine Protection

With all the civil unrest in various parts of the world, I thought it is a good time to send this out. Amen. Let the enemy come unraveled!

Pray: I ask You, Lord, to set up safety and protection for all those that come under the umbrella of my prayer. I pray for myself, my family members, people in the body of Christ as well as those in my city. I pray for every citizen in my nation, Israel and in the middle eastern nations. Father, You said your wisdom would make us wiser than our enemies, and I ask that You give people wisdom and discernment to understand the motivation of people's hearts. Let people be able to clearly see what is motivating the actions of others. Let those that rise up with a voice of accusation, anger, offense,violence and bitter hatred be clothed with shame and their plots come to nothing. You are my shield, Lord Jesus and my great reward. You are my place of strength and refuge. You said in Isaiah 54:17 that NO weapon formed against us would prosper, and every tongue that rises up against Your people would be condemned. We claim your promise in Psalm 91. A thousand may fall at our left hand and 10 thousand on our right, but trouble will not come near us. Because we have made the Lord our dwelling place, no evil shall befall us nor shall any plague come near our dwelling.For You have given Your angels charge over us to keep us in all Your ways and they shall bear us up.

Help your people to stand in the day of temptation. Deliver us from evil and the temptations aimed at us in order to lure us into sin. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one as it is written in Matthew 6:13. You are able to make us stand and keep us from falling into sin. You are able to keep us blameless. Help us to walk in obedience so that the enemy cannot find anything in us to use against us.

I ask that You arrange the timing of our days and interrupt the plans and schemes of the enemy so that we avoid accidents, premeditated plots, spontaneous trouble and dangerous situations. Let the wicked that try to come against me stumble and fall, according to Your word in Ps. 27:2. You, O God, are the strength of my salvation and You have covered my head in the day of battle. Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked. Do not further their wicked schemes lest they be exalted, as it is written in Ps. 140:7,8. Do not let a slanderer be established in the earth. Keep us from the snares set by wicked men, and from the traps of workers of iniquity. Let those that would set traps for us get caught in their own nets, while Your people escape safely, according to Your word in Ps. 141:8,9. I ask for angelic protection and divine intervention to interrupt the plans of the enemy.I declare that every weapon formed will fail in the hands of the enemy. No gun will fire. No bomb will detonate.Every rocket will be supernaturally redirected back into the enemy camp by the hand of God. I declare civil uprising will be supernaturally quieted by the release of the Prince of Peace. 

I thank You that the angel of the Lord encamps around those that fear You, and Your angel is with me, my family members and those in the Body of Christ where ever we go. Situations and individuals, demons and darkness do not control the atmosphere; I walk in dominion and therefore I dictate the atmosphere, and what is allowed and what is not. I bind up the spirit of fear, anger, jealousy, murder, vengeance and retaliation and according to what You have accomplished for us on the cross, Lord Jesus, I declare these evil spirits to be rendered powerless and paralyzed. Let them be frozen by the declarations made by Your people, and carried to the place where You tell them to go. Lethe strong arm of the Lord be released against the works of evil. Send Your angels for our help, Lord Jesus. 

I declare the Lord is our help, and if the feet of His servants begins to slip, His mercy will hold them up, as it is written in Ps. 94:18.

I declare the Lord will keep His servants from falling and present us blameless without fault before His presence, according to Jude 1:24.

I declare the Lord is able to make His people stand, as it is written in Romans 14:4, and I claim this promise for me and my family.

I declare the Lord is my defense and the rock of my refuge. Anyone that rises against me or my family, or others in the body of Christ that are the Lord's servants shall have the Lord for their defense. He shall bring the iniquity of troublemakers upon their own heads as it is written in Ps. 94:22,23. 

I declare our hope shall not be cut off. The plans and purposes of God shall not be cut off. God delivers His people out of the hand of the wicked and light is sown for the righteous, according to Ps. 97:10.

I declare that anger, fear, rage, a spirit of murder and the spirit of Cain, vengeance, and all the works of the enemy must be interrupted and unraveled now in Jesus name. 

I declare that that spirit of anger must be bound where ever I step foot, and I take authority over the atmosphere, worshipping You, Lord Jesus, and releasing peace where ever I am. Greater is He that is in me than He that is in this world, and I command fear and anger to bow to the name of Jesus Christ, for it is written, the Lord is Peace. 

I declare the Lord’s reign and rule, and Your kingdom authority be released into the atmosphere where ever I go. I call all things into divine order and command them to come into alignment with Your will, plans and purposes now, in Jesus name.

In Your Dreams: Spirit Husbands/Spirit Wives

Many people see things in their dreams and are not sure what they mean. Often times it is how God communicates certain truths. He gives us a 'picture' so that we see a spiritual reality.

One question I see many people "Google" or search for has to do with spirit husbands or spirit wives. In their dreams, they see themselves in intimate relationships, sometimes sexual relations or even engaged or married to someone else. God will use the face of familiar people we know that represent something we can understand. For instance, if a person sees themselves married to an ex-spouse or in a relationship with someone that used to be a key person in their life, then you would want to ask yourself what does that person represent to you? What do they signify to you? What feelings do they make you feel, or how did they treat you? Sometimes the person was abusive - that may signify fear. Other times it may represent a different spirit such as control, anger, or something else.

When a person dreams and sees themselves in bed with someone that is not their spouse, most often it is God trying to communicate that there is some spirit (other than the Holy Spirit) that is involved in their life that is intimately involved with them. Sometimes we inherit these spirits from generational sin - doors that have been opened by parents or grandparents, for instance - and we just inherited what ever spirits were active in their lives. At other times, we give permission to the wrong things to remain in our lives because we have an area of sin or compromise. That spirit is there because somewhere it has spun a lie in the person's belief system and the individual has given it permission to remain in their life. 

Fear, lust, bitterness, anger, unforgiveness, a perverse spirit and others all want to be married to you! They want to be your husband or your wife. They want to remain as close as possible in order to keep impurity and uncleanness in your life because not only is that the way they are allowed access to you and your family; it's also how the enemy defiles a believer's ministry. Those spirits will lie to you...they will turn things around in your mind and belief system and help you justify their being in your life. When truth confronts them, they will argue their defense! They will challenge, deny and wiggle away from the truth. Like the serpent of old, they will say, "Well, let's talk about this. Are you sure...? Did God really say...? Do you really have to be committed to purity? After all, isn't that what grace is for? God doesn't expect you to be perfect...He knows you're not perfect. That's why you have Jesus."  If you listen to the tempter long enough, he will enable you to justify anything your flesh wants, but that is how he seduces you into moral compromise and spiritual adultery. 

I knew a woman once that had so made a lifestyle out of compromise, that her heart grew colder, more defiant and rebellious over time. She made room for spiritual adultery that led to an adulterous relationship. Yet, when confronted about her sin, she was convinced that she was neither unfaithful to God nor her husband. She simply said, "Well, (the affair - that lasted over the course of several years) that wasn't an affair...that isn't adultery. It was just a mistake between friends." That is how she justified it. She listened to the perverse spirit, that seducing spirit of adultery for so long and justified the desires of her flesh, that she completely convinced herself that what was wrong, wasn't in fact, wrong at all. That is what those spirits will do. They will work on wearing down a person's convictions so that their moral foundation is destroyed. These adulterous spirits will corrupt morality, integrity and undermine a person's commitment to purity and holiness. Even when that person's marriage ended in complete failure, she was still convinced that she hadn't done anything to contribute to it. She became spiritually blind to her own need to repent because of willful disobedience. 

In Ezra chapters 9 and 10, Ezra and the men of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin were told to 'put away pagan wives' and deal with their improper marriages, and the children that came from those marriages. They needed to confess their sin of taking pagan wives that would corrupt their morals, convictions and loyalty to the Lord. The men were instructed to send away the wives and children from these ungodly marriages because the seed was supposed to be pure. What was supposed to remain pure and holy became mixed and defiled with corruption. Mixed seed brought a curse and defiled the nation. They were warned that the land that they were about to inherit was unclean and filled with ungodly practices that God considered wicked and defiled. Only by committing to purity and confessing their sins could they hope to escape the same defilement. By sending the ungodly wives and their seed into captivity, they were able to get out of captivity. Spiritually, we see the corresponding truth. Any marriage of compromise will produce like seed that has the potential to destroy and pollute the family of God through impurity. We cannot have fellowship with darkness. We must not tolerate demonic spirits and covenants of compromise. We must not pledge our loyalties to the wrong spirits or they will be our undoing. We cannot just try to clean around those areas and get rid of other stuff while retaining the sins we enjoy; we must tell those ungodly spirits to get out! Our oath and loyalties must be to Christ and no other idols. We cannot make a covenant with compromise for that is adultery in the eyes of the Lord. Recognizing these areas within our own lives is the hard part, for people often grow so comfortable with them that they fail to see their own blind spots. This is why the Lord gives people dreams to uncover areas where the enemy hides himself.

Many people find themselves in a spiritual wilderness because they are not committed to cleansing themselves from sin and iniquity. God told Jeremiah that his assignment was to help root out wickedness by declaring the word of the Lord. (Jer. 1:9,10)The word of the Lord would root out, pull down, destroy and throw down all the false mindsets, lies, enemy strongholds and demonic authority structures. The word of the Lord through his prophet would also help build the kingdom of God. In Joshua 3:5, Joshua commanded the people to prepare to cross over into the promise land, but their preparation had to be through SANCTIFICATION. They had to rid themselves of anything unclean. Joshua understood (because he had a lifetime of good instruction from Moses' leadership) that a person cannot stand before the enemy if there is any area of compromise or agreement with the enemy in their life. He was trying to protect his people and also give them the key to victory so that they could overpower the enemy at every encounter. This is how they took hold of their promises and their inheritance! the inheritance had always been theirs from the Lord, but they could not go to battle with doors open to the enemy or they would suffer a defeat. This they learned the hard way through the battle of Ai.(read Joshua chpt 7). Any open doors to compromise are an area where the enemy will come to exploit and bring defeat, often times immediately after a great victory. This is how the enemy offends and defiles a much larger amount of people. He waits until people have greater influence and success before he strikes. God's plan is to eradicate the enemy before he can strike and do great harm. 

Beginning in Ezek. 36:16, God is talking to His prophet about the restoration of Israel. He said that his people defiled themselves (and the land) by living by their own ways, but to God it was unclean and disgusting. He likened it to impurity and idolatry. But in verses 29-36, the Lord gave them a promise that when they dealt with their uncleanness, on that very day, they would receive their restoration. He said that never again would they have to feel the reproach of famine or poverty, and they would become very fruitful and prosperous. He said they would become like a well watered garden, lush and so desirable that it would attract others that would help rebuilt their cities and desolate places. What a tremendous promise!

Friends, truth that confronts the enemy will offend him. Prayers that challenge those ungodly spirits will offend something in you, at times. It may rub you the wrong way and irritate your soul - all because the stronghold where the lie was hiding is beginning to disintegrate. It grieves and quenches the enemy's spirit to be told to leave and give up his ground. Oh, he hates it when we are on to him and command him to leave! He complains and pouts and whines, wanting to have one more conversation where he can try to convince you to let him stay. Don't do it! Give him his eviction notice! Give him his certificate of divorce and tell that thief he has to pack his bags and leave at once!!

The promise is good. It still stands. God watches over his word to perform it and bring it to pass. When we will commit to purity, we will see doors open. We will see our inheritance seek us out and the way open up before us. God has still called His people to come out and be separate from the world. He has still called them to be distinctly different. Yes, there is grace. Yes, there is mercy and forgiveness. But they are not a replacement for moral convictions, integrity and purity. True righteousness is imparted by the DNA of Jesus Christ, and we must remain true to how our Creator designed us - to live, and move and have our being in Jesus Christ. To conform to the image of Christ and come up to a higher standard than the nations that do not worship or serve Him. Amen. Come, Lord. Enable us to live for you and to bring all thoughts into the obedience of Christ. 

What is the Perverse spirit?

In the previous article, we touched on the perverse spirit and how it manifests in sexual sins. There are other ways it manifests also. It will twist doctrine, truth, morals  where ever it is tolerated and allowed to increase in influence. It is very much intertwined with religious spirits as well and can thrive even in a church environment. That is why it is so important not to just know what a scripture says in black and white, but to be able to understand God’s heart and intention of why it was written. Without discernment one can be led astray. It can thrive in government too. Anywhere it can latch onto lust, pride or power seekers. It thrives in those environments because satan always attempts to control, manipulate and re-write laws in order to pervert them. The perverse spirit is AT WAR with everything that is God's order. It is AT WAR with morality. It is AT WAR with purity, righteousness, goodness and friend, it is AT WAR with you. The perverse spirit will create strife and it looks for reasons to go to war.

What exactly is a perverse spirit, and how can one identify it?

According to the online Free Dictionary, the word perverse means

1. Willfully determined not to do what is expected or desired (contrary);

2. Obstinately persisting in an error or fault; wrongly self-willed or stubborn;

3. Marked by a disposition to oppose or contradict;

4. Turned away from what is right, good and proper; wicked or corrupt

5. Similar words indicate a negative personality, one that is resistant to guidance or discipline; one that has a negative outlook on life, lacking in integrity or moral conduct.

Without even connecting this to scripture, we can see how dangerous it is to allow any part of a perverse spirit to operate in our lives, in the lives of our children, family members, church, community or nation. A perverse spirit twists truth into something that it isn’t. It turns things upside down. It argues. Denies. Resists. It is full of self-will and rebellion - all the things that speak of Satan’s nature and things of demonic origin.

Throughout history, God instructed Israel to be a people that stood out as distinct, separate and clearly different from other nations. They were forbidden to participate in cultural traditions and practices and warned not to serve the gods that other nations did or they would be destroyed by them. (Ex. 20:5; Ex. 23:13; Ex.23:32; Ex. 23:33; Num. 33:52; Deut. 12:30). God’s promise to His people was that He would send an angel to guide them into their promise land if they would serve and worship Him alone. He refused to be a god among many gods. His comfort and care was affirmed by His oath and His word that He could not lie. (Heb. 6:18). God is HOLY. If people did according to His word, He would provide for them and help them defeat their enemies. God would give them the land that was overtaken by wickedness; not because they were so deserving, but because of the wickedness of other nations, and the fact that those nations and people practiced things that were perverse and ungodly. God wanted a holy people that would be an example for others to follow, and an example of His goodness towards those that were His.

A perverse spirit is a mixture, it’s impure. Confusion, chaos and evil of every kind is the result. Going back through biblical history, the word perverse is connected to those that adopted cultural and religious rituals of a sexual nature. Cultic prostitutes, whether male or female, were used in orgies and other sexual practices because it was thought to give them favor with the gods of that culture. It was also thought to give them power, fertility and even agricultural growth. False prophets of Baal and other demonic gods were given babies and children as sacrifices in order to earn their favor. God saw these things as abominations. Where ever there was homosexuality, sexual sin, and infant and child sacrifice, destruction soon followed. (I kings 14:24; Lev. 18:22; Lev. 20:13).

One of the greatest snares to people of any race, culture, or point in history has been their neighbors. Their friendships and relationships affected their lifestyle, habits and their relationship with God. Bad company corrupts good morals. The thing we must fear the most are those that would tend to corrupt us through the pressures of becoming ‘like them,’ and end up sinning against God. That is why God warned His people not to make friends or companions with idolaters. God was quite clear that if they didn’t keep themselves separate, the sins of others would become snares to them and end up being the cause of their ruin. Pressure to conform to the world around them was always the warning If they didn’t want history to repeat itself, they must be committed to obedience and purity. There could be no room for compromise lest the perverse spirit would turn their hearts away from God and all that was good and right in his sight.

With all the turmoil, war and atrocities in the Middle East right now, we can see how far this perverse spirit will go. What god do they serve? Allah. Muhammad. False gods are not driven by love, as the Christian God, Jesus Christ. This spirit knows no limits. Hamas and other terrorist groups have turned away from everything that is humanitarian. They are committed to doing evil. They are so turned around in their minds that evil has become good and they do not feel their purpose can be served in any other way. Fulfilling their purpose is fulfilling a law of hatred, murder, torture and pure evil.There is a perverse root in their land that has left them with a debased mind, a reprobate mind, their conscience seared by their own sin, unable to feel remorse or the need to repent. It is not difficult for the world that observes these horrendous crimes against humanity to realize that it is fueled by demonically inspired hatred. Yet, none of them were born completely wicked. They were indoctrinated into it from a very young age. They had to be diligent and forceful in hardening  the hearts of those born into it. They had to willfully corrupt their minds and force them to ignore their conscience, to turn away from morality and good. They had to create a disdain for humanity and an intolerance for those that resisted their beliefs. This is how evil overtakes a land. Iniquitous sin patterns of hatred and violence repeated generation after generation.

If any other nation thinks that they cannot fall into the same sins they are mistaken. Click on this link  to read just one of the many warnings that ISIS and terrorist groups fully intend to take over America and subject it to Sharia law. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/08/10/two-republicans-leaders-make-the-same-dire-prediction-the-caliphate-is-coming-to-america/

That same spirit of perversity is at work in every nation, in every community, in our families – as the enemy attempts to turn family members against one another and desensitize people so slowly that they fail to see their own need to repent. Yet the attitude is, “Repent? For what?” We have lived by self-will for so long that to think of giving up our rebellion in order to obey God seems offensive. We feel entitled to kill the unborn and call it 'women's health care.' We euthanize the elderly, handicapped and incapacitated and feel we are doing them a service. We rename our evil and call it 'ending life with dignity.' There is no dignity in taking life. We cannot play God! We feel entitled to live as we please. We feel entitled to live without morals. We persist in self-will, obstinately declaring that we will teach our children that it is good and right to celebrate gay marriage, adultery, promiscuity, and choose at will what sex they can become, regardless of how they were born. Everyone is given a choice yet in the process our free will leads us into bondage, sin and guilt before God. We insist on filling the minds of our youth with the idea that any god of their choosing or philosophy of life that suits them is acceptable. The foundations of morality have been eroded and replaced with the philosophy, ‘live as you choose.’  “Do as thou will,” by the way, is the fulfillment of Satanic law and is a well-known quote by famous satanist, Aleister Crowley. Can you see the enemy’s perverse influence now, as this anti-Christ spirit seduces people into following a life trademarked by self-will? This is a quote by another famous satanist that followed in Crowley’s footsteps. “Our religion,” he said gravely, “is the only one, I think, in complete accordance with human nature. It is based on indulgence. Instead of commanding our members to repress their natural urges, we teach that they should follow them. This includes physical lusts, the desire for revenge, the drive for material possessions.” – Anton LeVay

The enemy is quite patient. He knows that little by little, he can wear down a nation’s convictions by those insisting on living in perversity. Perversity creates conflict because of it's intent to WAR AGAINST anything good, moral and godly. It is resistant to truth. It perverts truth. It glories in propaganda, fear tactics and intimidation. It is driven by a lust for control and power. The pressure to adopt the world’s ways and become TOLERANT of that perversity – under the threat of backlash and persecution – is to subdue by force. It is a warring spirit that fully intends to take captives, and it will not stop its ungodly agenda. To rob our children of their innocence. To convince us that human life is expendable at whim. To desensitize our consciences and ignore the convictions that GOD HAS PLACED IN PEOPLE’S HEARTS. To use ungodly organizations, corrupt judges, lawmakers, government officials and yes, terrorists, to steal our rights away from us, until we are so in chains that we will do just about anything in order to survive. Little by little we become just like any other nation that lives under the fear and threat of tyrannical rulers and terrorists that control the masses by fear. We become driven by fear and anger, and eventually  turn into the very thing we despise.The perverse spirit has been around for a long time, and the stronger it grows, the harder it is to root out. If we do not want to suffer at the hands of our enemies – those that have sold themselves to do evil – then we must turn back to God and genuinely repent for our stubborn self-will and lawlessness. We must turn to God and ask for forgiveness for the generations of people that never repented and never valued the blessing of Jesus' blood that could take away the stain of their sin. We must cleanse the land of sin so that once again the tide of evil can be turned and God will intervene on our behalf. This is not just true for America, but for every nation. This evil that is so rampant has an ungodly agenda to pervert the straight ways of the Lord and overturn good. Save yourself from this perverse generation! (Acts. 2:40). There is a promise for you and your family, that anyone that calls on the name of Jesus Christ can be saved. There is no other name under heaven by which men may be saved. (Acts. 4:12). The only way is to confess that Jesus Christ is the risen son of God and ask for forgiveness for your sins. (Rom. 10:9,10). If you confess Christ as your Savior, you shall be saved. 

Part of the curse for rebellion to the Lord and worshipping and serving other gods was for the land to ‘vomit out the inhabitants of the land.’ (Lev. 18:25-28). Look at what is going on in foreign countries. Look at the mass exodus of people leaving their lands from the poverty, famine and evil that has forced them out. They must flee if they are to survive. Why? Because of the sin. Because of the lack of repentance, and for lack of serving and worshiping Jesus Christ as Lord. Where sin is allowed to flourish, evil deeds will take its toll on those that live there. I pray for America and nations everywhere to wake up to the truth. Wake up to the need – YOUR NEED – to personally take responsibility for the sins of your family. Repent and plead for God’s mercy and forgiveness over yourself, your land, your families. Those that do not learn from history – even that which is made daily – are doomed to repeat it. Come back. America. Come back to your godly foundations and serve the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. Love your neighbor as yourself and so fulfill the law of love. This is the whole essence of God’s law. LOVE. We must do everything we can to eradicate this spirit that tangles itself in the root of war. If we do not repent NOW, we reap the fruit of judgment. No one can stand against their enemies and prevail when sin and defiance against God's laws testify to their guilt. Please join me in a prophetic declaration against this evil root system. WE MUST ACT NOW. 

I declare: 

Every evil tree the bears forth the fruit of corruption, perversion and rebellion, whether it is in myself, my family members, this geographic region or my nation shrivel and die immediately, in the name and authority of Jesus Christ. Let every evil seed that carries the DNA of perversity, rebellion, and bitterness shrivel and die. I command you to bear no more fruit ever again, according to Matthew 21:19.

Let every evil tree be plucked up and cast into the sea in the name and authority of Jesus Christ, according to Mark 11:23.

Let the root of war and the perverse root systems be cut off, plucked up, shrivel and die immediately, in the name and authority of Jesus Christ.

Let the roots of wickedness be cut off and let the root of Jesse spring up according to Romans 15:12  and Is. 11:1

Let the root of Jesse stand as a banner over Your people, O God, according to Is. 11:10. 

Let trees of righteousness be planted in place of evil trees, according to Is. 61:3 and Jer. 17:8, to restore the land. 

Let trees for healing of the nations be planted according to Ezek. 47:12

Let torch bearers for the  Lord be planted with the good trees, according to Heb. 1:7 and Psalm 104:4.

As I declare a thing, I thank you, Father, that it is established according to Job 22:28 so that light will shine on my ways. In Jesus name, Amen.

Please go to the following link to pray for our nation.
http://xpectamiracle.blogspot.com/p/prayer-and-declaration-for-united.html

For powerful prayers of self deliverance, please see the link to the Breakthrough Prayer at the right side of the home page. Also, the prayer to be healed from sexual molestation deals with all the same spirits of lust, the perverse spirit and other things that allow that spirit to remain. Please take advantage of the many articles and prayers on this website for your healing and transformation!