““1 But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. 2 Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. 3 In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not being sleeping. “
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Falsehood in the church is very common and we must be careful to detect it and and run away from it. The quest for name, money, large crowds and self centered motives has landed most ministers of the gospel in a very uncomfortable spot. Falsehood is very common and has done a good job in penetrating the church such that it is very difficult to detect. The church must arise in the place of prayer and the word so that such falsehood can be uprooted.
Pray that the Holy Spirit will begin to reveal all false Phophet’s and teachers and be expelled out of the church.
Pray that the church will get back to the place of prayer and the word.
Ask the Lord to arise and build his church according to Mathew 16:18 “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.”
Acts 20:28 “Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.”
Pray that the true ministers will keep watch of the flock and they will stand on the word of God revealed only by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Isaiah 1:23 “Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.”
Pray that by the power of the Holy Spirit all such rebels who has robed the church of its holiness, righteousness must be rooted out of the church.
Mathew 24:24 “For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.”
Pray for the spiritual eyes of the church to be open to detect such wickedness.
1 Timothy 4:1-2 “ 1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared. “
Pray that the grace of Hod will keep his church from falling away.
Isaiah 54:17 “No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”
Such wickedness is the weapon of the enemy to keep the church away from a holy living. Pray that such will not prosper against the church.
2 Timothy 4:18 “The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.”
Pray that God will arise and rescue his church from such falsehood.
James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
We can only resist the devil by the word of God. Pray that the church will arise and surrender to this great God and by his word resist this wickedness.
1 John 5:18 “We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.”
Pray for the desire to walk in holiness and repentance in the church.
Psalm 121:7-8 “The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.”
Pray that the Lord will arise in his church and keep it from all this keep of evil.
Hebrew 4:12 “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
Pray that the church will arise and teach the real word that is able to keep the church from any form of falsehood.