Seven churches

THE SEVEN CHURCHES
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Today if someone receives a message that is contrary the message found in the
scriptures from Genesis to Revelation, they are brought in by the evil ones. There is a risk
in receiving revelations and prophecy on a day to day basis. It is riddled with risk and the
chances of misjudging - by taking the truth as false and the false as truth is very large. It is
in this context Jesus told the parable of the wheat and the tares.
Mat 13:24 Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who
sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and
sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed
heads, then the weeds also appeared. 27 "The owner's servants came to him and said,
'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?' 28
"'An enemy did this,' he replied.”The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull
them up?' 29 "'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root
up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell
the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather
the wheat and bring it into my barn.'"
New teachings will come everyday, trying to coax people away from the true gospel. This
will be with astonishing miracles and hypnotism. Because of this deception it will even
attract the elect. Mostly these are associated with emotional involvement without the
dimensions of intellect and body. The body and mind are subjugated to the spiritual
dimensions and then people enter into alter states of mind and experiences bodily
changes. However much, these may look to be from a higher power, we need to look into
the real source of these. The best way of testing is simply the scripture itself. The
authentic Christian experience is not based on emotional experience alone. It is based on
the solid reality of Jesus and his words.
1 John 4:1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they
are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Even from the times of Moses a standard was set to distinguish between true and false
prophets.
Deu 18:20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not
commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put
to death." 21 You may say to yourselves, "How can we know when a message has not