1. We live in pretty peculiar times; an exponential increase in KNOWLEDGE but UNDERSTANDING is “SHUT UP”, “But thou, O Daniel, SHUT UP the WORDS, and SEAL the BOOK, even to the TIME of the END: many shall run to and fro, and KNOWLEDGE shall be INCREASED” [Daniel 12:4] The Bible is translated in virtually all languages, the GOSPEL is preached in all nations via the internet, but FAITH is scarce because UNDERSTANDING required to navigate “TIME of the END” is “HID” in the labyrinth of PROPHECY. There is palpable FEAR and CONFUSION because those who should know are ignorant of the PROPHETIC DATELINE, as it is written: “… IF THOU HADST KNOWN, even thou, at least in THIS THY DAY, the things which belong unto thy PEACE! but now they are HID FROM THINE EYES” Luke 19:42] While the world staggers from pandemic to wars and rumours of war, SEASON OF FALSE CHRISTS creeps on the world to add fuel to the fire of confusion; “For there shall arise FALSE CHRISTS, and false prophets, and shall shew great SIGNS and WONDERS; insomuch that, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, they shall DECEIVE the very ELECT” [Matthew 24:24]
2. Satan was the first FALSE CHRIST; PERFECT in his ways, until SELF INTEREST was found in him, “For thou hast SAID in THINE HEART, I will ASCEND into HEAVEN, I WILL EXALT my THRONE above the STARS of God: I WILL SIT also upon the MOUNT of the CONGREGATION, in the sides of the north: I WILL ASCEND above the heights of the CLOUDS; I WILL be LIKE the MOST HIGH” [Isaiah 14:13-14] Satan nowhere said he wanted to be GREATER than God; his INTENTION was to be “LIKE” God. This ordinarily would be “GOOD INTENTION”, not so with God, it was unpardonable; it turned him to a FALSE CHRIST. Those who replace total SUBMISSION to DIVINE WILL with human WISDOM run contrary to the “… FOUNDATION of the APOSTLES and PROPHETS, Jesus Christ himself being the chief CORNER STONE; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an HOLY TEMPLE in the Lord” [Ephesians 2:20-22] The ELECT have a sure PATTERN in Christ’s Apostles and Prophets, by which we are built up into “an HOLY TEMPLE”, not so FALSE CHRISTS. They openly profess Anti-Christ but inwardly at variance to the heavenly PATTERN. Whereas FOUNDATION of Apostles was established in faithful men, raised in the likeness of Christ, FALSE CHRISTS rejoice in grandiose temples of brick and mortar, ”… I have laid the FOUNDATION, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For OTHER FOUNDATION CAN NO MAN LAY than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ” [1 Corinthians 3:10-11]
3. FALSE CHRISTS are like trees having radiant flowers, but bear FRUIT strange to the farmer “Ye shall KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?” [Matthew 7:16] Like bees attracted to FLOWERS, they allure with GIFTS but are divorced from the ANOINTING which is able to raise FRUIT in the likeness of Christ. Listen closely, GIFTS are freely given, ANOINTING is the SEAL of Christ’s approval. Again, GIFTS without ANOINTING is WITCHCRAFT and many were DECEIVED in Samaria by Simon, “… To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This MAN is the great POWER OF GOD. And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had BEWITCHED them with SORCERIES” [Acts 8:9-11] Watch out for Preachers who loom so large over the Church, the flocks no longer see Christ but the Pastor. They celebrate Christ in their liturgy but inwardly are OVERCOME of SELF INTEREST, binging many into cruel bondage with lofty words of vanity, “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” [2 Peter 2:19] Beloved, beware of those who peddle CATECHISM OF LUST in the name of the Lord, they ENTICE you with what is GOOD, PLEASANT and DESIREABLE to rob you of ETERNAL LIFE. In like manner, Eve was DECEIVED, “… the woman saw that the tree was GOOD for FOOD, and that it was PLEASANT to the EYES, and a tree to be DESIRED to make one WISE, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat … [Genesis 3:5-7]
4. No man is too big to fall; Satan was the “ANOINTED CHERUB” and walked “… in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast PERFECT in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN THEE” [Ezekiel 28:4] In like manner, FALSE CHRISTS were once good Christians, but fell, replacing OBEDIENCE with SACRIFICE as did Saul, “And Saul said unto Samuel, I have SINNED: for I have TRANSGRESSED the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I FEARED the PEOPLE, and OBEYED their VOICE. Now therefore, I pray thee, PARDON my SIN, and TURN AGAIN WITH ME, that I may WORSHIP the LORD” [1 Samuel 15:24-25] We are in the SEASON OF FALSE CHRISTS, a sure SIGN to prepare for the appearance of the Lord. Let the ELECT search their hearts and be vigilant, lest we be entangled in the hypocrisy of those who accommodate DISOBEDIENCE as strategy for Church growth, “… but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly ESTEEMED AMONG MEN is ABOMINATION in the SIGHT of God” [Luke 16:15] We must not be DECEIVED by a rampant generation of deluded Church-goers and their FALSE CHRISTS, as to be DISTRACTED from the TRUTH and imminent appearance of the Lord, “… for this cause God shall send them STRONG DELUSION, that they should BELIEVE A LIE: That they all might be damned who BELIEVED NOT THE TRUTH, but had pleasure in unrighteousness” [2 Thessalonians 2:11-12]
5. Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, amen