The Spirit of God and the Counterfeit Spirit of God

Walking in the "Spirit of God" doesn't mean being zapped and energised by "river experiences" or "soaking experiences". It doesn't mean to have an electrifying experience like one might have when moving through spiritist "fire tunnels" or allowing someone to cast energy through you when he touches your forehead or casts his "energy" your way.

Some so-called Christian preachers do this; but all of these practices are not of God. They come from a dark source. The Spirit of God knows two kinds of fire. The Fire of Pentecost and the Fire of Judgement. 

The Fire of Pentecost signified an inner working of God's Holy Spirit. It didn't signify a "soaking experience". It didn't make any of the disciples fall backwards. It didn't make them high. It didn't make them laugh. It helped them preach the Gospel! It made them bold proclaimers of Christ and of His salvation. It made them VERY sober and very straight forward and very willing to risk their lives and to endure many hardships for the sake of proclaiming the Gospel.

At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit made the disciples speak in other tongues - but it wasn't recorded that they ever did it again after the event of Pentecost. It was a one-time miracle, in which they corporately spoke in many different tongues. It was a special celebration. A truly significant event; and the timing was brilliant. Messianic Jews will gladly tell you why.

These tongues were real languages. The people around them who came from many different places could hear them speak in their mother tongues. That was the miracle! What a miracle it was!

So - why get excited about tongues that no one can understand? Why seek for interpreters for languages that don't exist? Could it not be that the true gift of tongues is that of being able to speak in real languages  - just like that !!! - and that the gift of interpretation is really hardly ever needed because there should be a person in the room who actually understands his own language and can then respond to what he hears and tell the others at the gathering that these "tongues" actually explained the Gospel to him in his own mother tongue and that he/she now wants to get saved because of this direct message from God for him/her? Wow! That's prophetic Gospel proclamation! I'd love to witness that instead of all of this sing-song-mystic wailing, whispering type of tongue-singing stuff that sounds seductive like the singing of sirens (mermaids and spirit beings) and doesn't seem to benefit anyone except those who are doing it (Note: It's a sober thing to question whether that "personal benefit" is actually really beneficial to the soul or rather quite the opposite!).

Strange tongues are a sign of evil in the Bible, not of good! 

If you feel that you are blessed while you are speaking in strange tongues, check whether practising your "gift of tongues" makes you read your Bible, pray diligently and  lead a more godly life or whether these tongues do quite the opposite for you. Check whether your "tongues" actually get anyone saved around you. I am certain that Paul's gift of tongues got people saved left, right and centre. This was what the gift was for. He spoke in tongues a lot! He was a preacher-man. An evangelist. He preached the Gospel in the languages of the people he met. Incredible gift of God. Praise God! I don't know anyone who has Paul's gift of speaking in tongues. I have heard rumours of people reporting about listening to Christians speak in tongues and being shocked because they heard them curse God in their mother tongue. It is important to know the spirit that is doing the "talking". It has to be the Holy Spirit of God and not the counterfeit spirit. Be sure about that or better decline from your "gift of tongues"!

If you feel a particular physical thrill while "speaking in tongues", then beware. Physical manifestations and speaking in tongues are known in many cults and religions and they have nothing to do with Jesus Christ and with the God of the Bible.

Do not believe people who tell you that the sign of a born-again Christian is to speak in tongues. There is no reliable outward sign of your salvation. You will have to trust the Word of God. You will have to trust God's promise that he has saved you, if you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour.

There are indicators, though - whether you are falling in or out of love with God. If you are changing into a more godly person and you are moving away from profane and worldly things, and if you are starting to love the Word of God more than you love your favourite TV shows or your favourite hobbies, then this indicates that Christ is getting to be the most important person in your life and that the things of God are really dear to you.

If you are starting to feel grieved by secular Christianity and if unholy talk - even of Christians - is getting at you, you are showing signs of someone who wants to please God because you love Him.

If mere Christian entertainment - even the best of Christian songs and Christian social life - feel shallow compared to the inspired Word of God and your time with God alone - in a wide awake and active mental frame of mind ! - you are well on your way to knowing God and knowing him better every day!

If you know that you know that you know that you are saved, the Holy Spirit is communicating powerfully within you and you will not even feel the need to see God prove Himself in this world. You will know and trust that He does, and God will show Himself to you in many instances without any mass event spectacles and without flocking to events that promise that "god" will move and heal. Don't trust these people! Don't! They are dangerous. They can send you into a "deep spiritual slumber" and blind your eyes so that you will mistake error for truth and truth for error. 

Remember that Christ never showed up and said: "Hey guys, come here! I will heal you, and while I'm at it, I will tell you about my Father in Heaven." He NEVER did that. He preached - and Jesus' healing was mostly a side-line activity. Not talked about. Not talked about! Jesus never made physical well-being or being healed a primary subject. Never. He deliberately let Lazarus die.  Physical death is NOTHING to Him. Resurrection is EVERYTHING to Jesus! Christ showed us His priorities. Saving us from physical ailment isn't his main target. Saving us from eternal death is! From spiritual death! How powerful Christ made that clear when he resurrected Lazarus. Clearly, Christ showed us that He who can raise us from physical death can save us from spiritual death. But beware: there are many that heal but not all heal through the power of God.

Remember that a very dark and evil person will come to life again in the end times … Evil will be resurrected.  What a dreadful thought, isn't it? The dark forces in this world are very powerful. 

Remember: Not the force, nor the power, nor the miracle performed are  indicators that God is present. You need to know how the spirits sound and how God's voice sounds. If you know God well, you will not be trapped into the songs of the sirens. You will not listen to evil spirits. You will know the difference. 

Magicians and false teachers/false prophets make healing and being "filled with spirit(s)" a primary subject. 

Spiritists and occultists want to make you walk  "through real fire" or mystical, occult "fire tunnels". The Bible says that these people are evil. If they profess Christ and still entice you into all kinds of occult practices, they are all the more evil. They are wolves and roaring lions. They want to devour you. They  are presenting another Jesus  to you and another faith!

Their so-called "salvation" in "christ" has no saving power because they blaspheme the grace and justice and holiness of God in a major way. If you got "saved" in these surroundings, you may not know Christ at all. You may have given demons/evil spirits a foothold in your life. Especially if you participated in "soaking experiences", "the laying on of hands" by these false preachers and dangerously occult "healers", "prophets" and "seers".

There is one way out: leave these groups and go home. Take your Bible and pray and voice out the Word of God chapter by chapter (no repetitions, please! No mantras! No contemplative prayer! No transcendental, mystical mediation!) and pray that God would cast away all evil spirits and would make you see and understand the truth of the Word of God. God will. You do not need to go to an exorcist. Don't trust them. You need God alone. That will do. It is always enough.  Christ needs to be your all.

If you are being attacked in a major way by unseen or seen dark forces, ask Christians who have not been "infected" by these teachings and who are strong in the Word of God and in obedience to God, to pray for you and with you and to pray and fast with you in order to loosen the grip of the dark forces on your life. It may take a few days, a few weeks, months or longer. But be certain: God will set you free. You don't have to fear to be lost for all eternity.

You may even be saved and have still allowed the dark forces to gain such power over you. 

God will rescue you! No need to be hopeless. Confess your sins, humble yourself! But away the things of the flesh and trust God to strengthen your inner man/woman of God: your spirit! After all, the Holy Spirit is in communion with your spirit. You need to crucify your "old Adam" or "old Eve" and put you flesh on the altar of God. God will burn it up and set you free again. 

You will be able to walk away from deception, away from being obsessed and influenced, blinded and misled by evil spirits. God will open your eyes to his TRUTH. 

If you are indeed His child, HE will not leave you nor forsake you! Pray! Take courage, and leave that false teaching and walk in the true Spirit of God and not in the counterfeit spirit of darkness that masquerades as the light and the power of God. 

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