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24/02/2014

The Deuteronomy 13 Test (False prophet test)

I was very saddened today as I heard these words come from the mouth of a Christian woman, as she gave a positive review for a Christian book on doctrine and not necessarily Scripture, "This book was a great explanation for Christians who are confused about Scripture and explains very well how Jesus fulfilled the prophesies of the Old Testament and how we don't have to keep doing the sacrifices or laws anymore."

My mouth dropped, my eyebrows rose...many quick answers popped into my head. I opted to just keep my mouth shut, so as to not speak in anger or hurt. But to be honest, it is really bugging me. Because to me, she said so much more. This is what "I" heard...

"Jesus is a rebellious son and He told us that He'd keep all the rules perfectly so we don't even have to try"

"I don't like a lot of those Old Testament rules, so I'll ignore them, since Jesus was punished for my sins already"

"Hmmm, I'll keep the 'do not murder' and the 'do not commit adultery' commandments, but I sure don't like the 4th commandment...I'll worship Him on the day of MY choosing, not His"

"I want to eat whatever I like, so I'm going to ignore the food laws" (even though science has fully proven that the Biblical food laws make sense and are definitely a healthier choice)

And many more things popped into my head, for example, it's no wonder that the Jews reject Christianity's version of the Messiah.  I'm not Jewish, but "I" reject Christianity's version of the Messiah as well. Yes, yes I do. Wanna know why??? Here's a great explanation...

I do not agree with everything this Ministry teaches, but this video I do agree with. It is also why my family and I are learning to worship The Creator in the way HE wants to be worshiped instead of how and when "I" want to worship Him. He has a memory you know, that might sounds silly, but but think of it this way, when I take the holidays that the church has "christianized", He sees the pagan elements and what they originally stood for and it hurts Him that we would worship Him the same way the pagans of old worshiped their gods.  If we love Him, wouldn't we want to find out how HE wants to be worshiped? It really doesn't matter that our hearts are in the right place, Scripture tells us that our hearts are deceitful. (Jer 17:9 “The heart is more deceitful than anything else and mortally sick. Who can fathom it?")
Perhaps this is why He spells it out quite easily in the Torah, how to live, eat and worship Him. It's pretty simple really. Not complicated at all, except a lot of us are still a rebellious stiff-necked people.

The prayer of my heart comes from a Psalm of David, Psalm 139
23 Examine me, God, and know my heart;
test me, and know my thoughts.
24 See if there is in me any hurtful way,
and lead me along the eternal way.





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