LESSON
34
Strange Fire
We don’t need the
appearance of a move. We need a true
move of His Spirit.
2 Cor.
There's a change where
the Spirit of the Lord is. There's a
transformation of the image they are, into the image of Christ.
2 Pet. 2:1-2 But
there were false prophets also among the people, even as there
shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall
bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and
bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.
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The Antichrist is the
one who denies Jesus.
1 Cor.
10:32-33 Give
none offence, neither to
the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the
This does not mean that
you dress like the rocker in order to reach the rocker. Research shows that if you dress and talk
like the rocker, they will buddy up with you but they will not respect you as
an authority.
2 Pet. 2:3 And
through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you:
whose judgement now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
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The Antichrists will put
out their arguments, defending their "instead of anointing." Many will use the spirit of the Antichrist
"to relate".
When did the anointing
stop relating? Because we don't see the
miraculous, we have allowed ourselves to be swayed by an instead of.
2 Pet. 2:10-12 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of
uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self-willed, they
are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might,
bring not railing accusations against them before the Lord. But these, as natural brute beasts, made to
be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and
shall utterly perish in their own corruption.
The two main sources we
are using to reach young people are concerts and sport stars. Many of the Christian bands are not being
promoted by men of God, but by men motivated by greed. They come in to make money.
We would not allow a
preacher to do the things we permit a musician or singer to do. They are no less of a minister because they
minister in song, than the preacher is.
Nor should they be held any less accountable.
When the supernatural
power hits young people, they will come.
They will get addicted to the presence of God.
2 Pet. 2:15,17-19 Which
have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam
[the son] of Beor, who loved the wages of
unrighteousness; ... These are wells
without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest: to whom the mist of
darkness is reserved forever. For, when they speak great swelling [words] of
vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much
wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them that live in error. While they promise them liberty, they
themselves are servants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the
same is he brought
into bondage.
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They go after the new
converts and promise them freedom.
2 Pet. 2:20-22 For if after they have escaped the
pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and
overcome, the last end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been
better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they
have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true
proverb, The dog turned to his own vomit again, and
the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
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They were in the church
and got a hold of the truth. Then they
turned away from the truth and preyed on the new converts, which are primarily
the youth. (95% of those that get saved are under the age of 25.) They say, "Follow us; this is
freedom." They introduced strange
fire instead of the anointing.
It's the anointing that
will destroy the yokes of bondage off this generation. The reason we couldn't keep the youth in the
first place is because in so many churches we lost the anointing. We became so busy doing our forms and
fashions; we weren't willing to pray or pay the price.
There is a pattern that
Christ gave to us to reach the world.
That is to demonstrate and manifest His love, power, presence, grace and
mercy; to bring deliverance to the oppressed, healing to the broken-hearted and
recovery of sight to the blind.
We don't follow Christ's
pattern and because we are too lazy to pray and pay the price, we begin to
search for an instead of. Then we rank
ourselves not by the transformation of people's lives, but by the numbers we
have.
God says He will bless
us by His supernatural provision. If we
leave our dependence on God and start to create our own ways, we operate in
greed. When it's God's way the miraculous
will be infused through it.
The release of the
miraculous to change people's lives, with the result of drawing a crowd
exemplifies the anointing. We must get
back to the anointing. Many of us are so
frustrated with our inability to penetrate when we are in a dry season, that we
will resort to gimmicks.
Let's get on our knees
to pray and pay the price. We don't want
"instead of". We want the real
anointing.
Guard against the
strange fire.
In Review:
1. What
are the two main sources of reaching young people used in the church
today?
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2. What
does the spirit of the Antichrist promise a new convert?
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3. Why
is the church resorting to an “instead of anointing”?
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4. Spend
some time this week repenting on behalf of the Body of Christ for participating
in a strange fire?
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