ANGEL LIGHT - Fire and Ice Ministries River of Life Fellowship

Deception Prelude 7
Also, I must state that we must keep the main thing, the main thing. So
what is the main thing? The main thing is JESUS. He must be the center,
foundation, and headship of our lives and ministries. I have listened
to some ministers that I love go into such extremes in their
teaching. I have especially seen this in the area of faith and prosperity
teaching. I do believe in faith and prosperity, but there are gross extremes
in this teaching today. How do ministers get into error to the
degree that any passage of the Bible has to do with money? I believe
that many started with sincere hearts and balance, but their eyes got
off Jesus and onto a truth. This is the reason for much of the wrong
teaching in the body of Christ today. We must stay close to Jesus in
prayer and keep our eyes on him. I believe focusing on a truth instead
of the Lord of truth will bring extremes in teaching quicker than
anything. Even true prophetic experiences of dreams, visions, words of
knowledge, etc… can lead to deception if doctrine is made from them.
Doctrine is based on the scripture not experiences. If an experience
ever contradicts scripture it must be thrown away. Using experiences to
create doctrine are how many cults have begun. I will give an example
of what I mean about someone that took his eyes off Jesus and was
led into deception. I had the honor of praying with a young man that
was in satanism. He truly came to Christ and renounced satan. I tried
to explain to him that he may have been a “big shot” in the world of
satanism, but he was coming into peon status in Christ’s kingdom. I
also explained that the way to move into greatness in Christ’s kingdom
is by washing other’s feet (servanthood). Well, he started out well and
was reading some incredible books by Rebecca Brown to help him.
Her writings have changed many lives and I highly recommend them.
The only problem with the young man was that he kept his focus on
satan and warfare instead of Jesus. Consequently he got lifted up with
pride and rebelled against leadership. His focus should have been on
his relationship with Jesus and being transformed into the image of
Jesus. If we will keep that focus, we will be okay in the days to come.
When we get our central focus on something else other than Jesus,
deception will soon follow. This is where most of the extremes in teaching
have come. Someone got over zealous about a truth and took his
eyes off the Lord and focused too much on that one truth instead of the
Lord of truth. Remember we are transformed by beholding the Lord’s
glory (2Corinthians 3:18). Whatever we are beholding (intently looking
at), we will begin to be conformed to. The last thing we want to do is
put our focus on satan and what he is doing, thus being conformed to
that. Let’s keep our focus on Jesus.
Great power, signs, wonders, and supernatural things are on the horizon.
This can result in some of the greatest deceptions the world has
ever known. This is why I feel compelled to write this book. If we are
not careful we can make what the Lord is doing an idol. Revival, signs,