READ: 1 KINGS 18:30-35
When it was time for him
to call upon his God, Elijah asked the Israelites to come closer so that they
can see what he was about to do. There was nothing to hide. The Christian faith
is not a secret cult. We do not hold our services with doors locked. Everyone
is free to come and see what we are doing. Any assembly where outsiders are
shut out is a cult, irrespective of the appellation they might be identified
with. If you belong to a sect which prohibits admittance of women, say your
wife, it is a cult, no matter how many chapters of the Psalms they read.
After preparing the altar, Elijah asked the people to pour water thrice on it until it was over flowing. This was intended to erase any doubt that he secretly hid fire underneath. It was also to complicate the situation so that the power of his God would be evidently displayed. He knew that with his God, the more complicated or impossible the situation, the easier for Him. Do you know your God that much? If you attend a church where they hire people to feign sickness and later testify to being healed there, leave that place immediately because it is a cult, not a church. “BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1).
Where you worship is very important. If there is a contrary spirit in operation there, you are in the wrong place. If the pastor is living in flagrant sin or using some alternative means, run from there. Satan is out to deceive many today in the name of miracles. Those who do not care about the source of miracles will end up in cults. If the difference between the Church you attend and the native doctor is just the Bible that is preached, then you are in a cult. Places where they carry out ceremonial baths, incisions, rituals, sacrifices of animals, prayers to or through angels and any human being dead or alive other than Jesus Christ, are cults. Jesus came to set you free from such bondages, so that you can serve God without any inhibition. Be wise today. Pleasing God and making Heaven are central points in Christianity. Any Church that asks you to violate God’s written word, the Bible, must be avoided like the plague. Save yourself today.
After preparing the altar, Elijah asked the people to pour water thrice on it until it was over flowing. This was intended to erase any doubt that he secretly hid fire underneath. It was also to complicate the situation so that the power of his God would be evidently displayed. He knew that with his God, the more complicated or impossible the situation, the easier for Him. Do you know your God that much? If you attend a church where they hire people to feign sickness and later testify to being healed there, leave that place immediately because it is a cult, not a church. “BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1).
Where you worship is very important. If there is a contrary spirit in operation there, you are in the wrong place. If the pastor is living in flagrant sin or using some alternative means, run from there. Satan is out to deceive many today in the name of miracles. Those who do not care about the source of miracles will end up in cults. If the difference between the Church you attend and the native doctor is just the Bible that is preached, then you are in a cult. Places where they carry out ceremonial baths, incisions, rituals, sacrifices of animals, prayers to or through angels and any human being dead or alive other than Jesus Christ, are cults. Jesus came to set you free from such bondages, so that you can serve God without any inhibition. Be wise today. Pleasing God and making Heaven are central points in Christianity. Any Church that asks you to violate God’s written word, the Bible, must be avoided like the plague. Save yourself today.
MEMORIZE: 1
JOHN 4:1 –BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they
are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
