RELIGIOUS GATE KEEPERS Don’t help build dead churches. Throughout the world there are gatekeepers controlling the entrance of information, ideas and truth. There are secular humanists gatekeepers and religious gatekeepers. Some guard truth and others guard error. Secular humanists gatekeepers may be statist apologists controlling information or propaganda aired on radio, television, or within public schools and universities. There are also religious gatekeepers. Some of these are leaders of various churches, denominations, bible studies, or owners of radio stations, television stations or Christian publications. Religious gatekeepers are most dangerous because they have “a form of godliness” yet stand against the power of the Holy Spirit to change lives. I have seen these religious scribes and Pharisees all over the world. They want your help to build their ministries and churches but kill any move of the Holy Ghost after you leave. They stand guard over dead religious traditions of men while opposing sound doctrine, biblical truth and the ministry of the Holy Ghost. Jesus said, “But woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, neither suffer you them that are entering to go in” (Matthew 23:13). A gatekeeper is one that controls access into a territory or stands as guard at the entrance of a city. As already said these gatekeepers fight against the truth of the gospel of Christ and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Oftentimes these gatekeepers carry a religious spirit with visible traits. When we talk about gatekeepers with religious spirits we are not talking about religious denominations or institutions such as the Catholic Church because religious spirits can be in any organization. Identifying Marks of Religious Spirits Here are a few identifying marks of religious gatekeepers. Some may have all of these characteristics or only a few. Religious spirits: Have a form of godliness but deny the power of the Holy Ghost Design, maintain and advance dead religious traditions of men Are legalistic Are self-righteous Full of hypocrisy Try to make everyone the same Blend with culture instead of changing culture Focus on the outside while ignoring the inside of man Take unto themselves titles they did not receive from God Please men rather than God Want admiration and respect from men Religious leaders focus on things like the length of a woman’s hair. The method people are water baptized; sprinkled, full emersion, or the name of Jesus only. What people are allowed to eat on Friday or what day to worship? Some focus on how long someone prays or how often one takes communion. JONAS CLARK
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 07:15:14 +0000
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