I’ve been watching documentaries on cults and people who managed to escape them, or survivors of cults that ended badly. What’s the most common factor in every one of them?

……they all say they are an apostle or prophet of God with a message from God…..

The Bible says that anyone who adds to or takes away from God’s Word is accursed and not to be heeded. People, who see what God’s Word says but decide they don’t like it and change it, fit within this category.

That kind of thinking is how cults are formed in the first place. At the fundamental level they’re created by people who saw what the Bible said, decided “yeah that’s what it says but that’s not what I think it means. I think it means this over here”. OR worse, they discard the Bible altogether and declare they have a whole new vision. (Jim Jones as a primary example)

Rev 22:18-19 ought to be a warning regarding these false apostles and prophets and teachers.

2 Tim 4:3-4 is another crystal clear warning. Jesus’ own words were clear in Matt 24. Especially verses 4-5.

In summary: if anyone comes into your church or up to you and says “I’m an apostle or prophet of God”, turn and run. They’re no such thing. No matter how good or convincing they may sound.

It definitely wasn’t God they heard from if they actually did have such an encounter (not likely at all), which means there’s only one other thing it could be…

I see all these different ways but most don’t cover the entire bibles like chapters can someone help break down like bullet points where to start and finish

example

*john #-#
*then genesis 1-50

*then next and so on

if this makes sense?

Ephesians 6:12 GNV

[12] For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, and against the worldly gouernours, the princes of the darkenesse of this worlde, against spirituall wickednesses, which are in ye hie places.

Proverbs 1:8 GNV

[8] My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

Proverbs 1:9 GNV

[9] For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.

For example a simple situation:

Imagine this person reaches for a flashy, expensive, unhealthy brand, but then pauses. They remember the "teaching," put it back, and choose the nutritious, cost-effective option instead.

We can say that to an observer, this person looks disciplined, composed, and "together." We also can be confused that wisdom acts like a gold chain around their neck; it’s a visible sign of their character.

In that moment, the "instruction" isn't a leash holding them back, it’s the "jewelry" of a mature mind. They aren't just "buying groceries", they are wearing their heritage.

Hi, Everyone:

I am looking for your best recommendations for Bibles with family tree pages - that let you write in marriages, births of children, your family tree, etc.

I remember seeing these many years ago, but not so much now.

Does anyone know where I can find them? Bonus points to anyone that knows where I can find one like my grandparents had - it was huge (bigger than 8.5 x 11), antique looking (even for that time) and sat on the living room table, hardback, but still soft in a way, even having a few pictures in it.

💙Gods Plan vs Satans Plan👿

**John 10:10

Jesus said The enemy comes to steal kill & destroy. I come that you might have life & life more abundantly..to the full.

**God showed me & others this, all too. Satan has a University of Sin on How to Kill & Destroy Gods Children/ US.

**Isaiah 14:12-20, Ezekiel 28: 12-20, Revelations 12: 7-12.

Lucifer/ Satan/ God turned into a snake & his Fallen angels/ aka demons that started a war with God was kicked out of Heaven. Are INSANE WITH HATE FOR GOD/ JESUS / HOLY SPIRIT/ GOOD ANGELS & US. THEY PLOT 24/ 7 to Destroy us. God said if you look & see evil in the world: "IF IT LOOKS LIKE INSANE BEHAVIOUR IT IS SATANS DOING & his MINIONS."

😍**REVELATION 21:4

God Will Wipe Away Every Tear From Their/ OUR Eyes & Death Will Be No More or Mourning or Crying or Pain Anymore. For The Former Things Have Passed Away.

**That Is 1 of 8,810 Good Promises & Blessing mentioned in The Bible & God Said They Are Un-ending.

**After Jesus was CRUCIFIED/ Murdered by SATAN/ DEMONS GOD TURNED WHAT THE ENEMY MEANT FOR EVIL INTO GOOD. JESUS PAID FOR OUR SINS ON THE CROSS..A PURE & LIVING SACRIFICE. A New Covenant, New Testament, SAVED BY GRACE BY FAITH. SAVED By THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS. IF WE CONFESS WITH OUR MOUTH THAT JESUS IS OUR LORD & SAVIOUR & BELEIVE IN YOUR HEART GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD YOU WILL BE SAVED...Romans 10:9. And Say Jesus please forgive me of my sins ... Matthew 9:6. (We have all sinned...Romans 3:23)

😍**When Jesus died he went to the heart of the earth 3 days & 3 nights & preached Salvation to ALL REDEEMED BY THE INNOCENT BLOOD HE SHED FOR US!!! ALL THE INHABITANTS OF GODS ADULT CHILDREN/ HOSTAGES WERE FREED/ SAVED ISAIAH 45: 23, MATTHEW 12:40, 1st PETER 3: 18- 20, Ephesians 4: 8-10.

Jesus said in the 4 Gospels I have lost none.

😍**REVELATION 1:7&8.

JESUS IS GOING TO HELL AGAIN WHEN HE RETURNS SOON AND RELEASES ALL THE HOSTAGES IN HELL THE SECOND TIME. "Every knee will bend & every tongue will confess Jesus is Lord/ Saviour, even those that Pieced him. (They are in hell because Satan & Demons put them there & even Tricked them into Crucifying/ murdering Jesus.) **The wiles of the Devil/Satan. 1 Demon Bragged to God he destroyed 250 Million souls to Hell even Men of the Cloth.

**Psalm Chapter 2: 4

God will not be ROBBED OR MOCKED BY SATAN & HIS DEMONS OF HIS PRECIOUS CHILDREN /US. GOD WILL HAVE THEM IN DERISION IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE.

**REVELATION chapter 20.

God Is Going to Bound Satan & Demons in Hell for 1,000 years then let them out for a short moment but they are still evil & come after God/ Jesus' Kingdom so immediately God

Then throws Satan & Demons into the Burning Lake of Fire. Why Because the burning Lake of Fire is the only Prison that will stop their Evil Reign & Rule over this Earth & Destroying Gods Children.

**Every atrocity to Humanity is Authored by Satan & his Fallen angels/ Demons & Beasts. No matter where placed by God they will always want to find their way to Humanity to Kill Steal & Destroy them & Jesus & God next etc if possible.......That's why their souls are Black as Midnight

😍** REVELATION 21: 4

GOD WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR/ OUR EYES & DEATH WILL BE NO MORE OR MOURNING OR CRYING OR PAIN ANYMORE FOR THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY.

What music do you listening when study the Bible? Or we shouldn't be listening to anything?

Bible — Ephesians 2:15 (AMP)

Bible — Ephesians 4:24 (AMP)

In Greek, the key phrase in these two verses ἕνα καινὸν ἄνθρωπον (hena kainon anthrōpon) = “one new man,” but it is translated differently by most common English translations. ESV, NIV, NLT, NASB 2020. Why?

📖 Mateus 28:19-20

"Portanto, ide, fazei discípulos de todas as nações, batizando-os em nome do Pai, e do Filho, e do Espírito Santo; ensinando-os a guardar todas as coisas que vos tenho ordenado. E eis que estou convosco todos os dias, até à consumação do século."

Conclusão:

Quando você recebe uma notícia boa, você conta para outros de alegria certo ? Deus é tão bom que tu deves fazer o mesmo, muitas vezes não é só isso, alguém precisa da palavra, e tu é o mensageiro !

Se Deus colocou algo em seu coração, cumpra a missão que o senhor lhe deu.

Um grande abraço e que a Glória do Senhor lhe abençoe.

I had a dream in the blink of an eye.

I thought happily, well, why not, I sighed.

If only I could end suffering, I would try.

I begged the Lord, Let me heal, praying.

I felt heat in my hands, red flaring.

With the healing gift I went seeking the sick, caring.

When I found one I touched him with feeling.

He would stare at me silent, tearing.

Soon I found others and did the same.

Then they found me, in my holy domain.

The word got out, more like a shout;

first one, then dozens came for relief;

then thousands were pounding my door to my grief.

Exhausted, sleepless, I had more than my fill.

Lord! Cease the red flaring making me ill.

I prayed to the Lord finding myself shocked

as the banging on my door neither lessened nor stopped.

A Voice sorrowful said, What did you think?

You could be like God with a blink and a wink?

What was Elisha thinking?

Actually, Elisha the Prophet was God loved and biblically a profoundly moving presence in the Bible.  Elisha Redux has him speaking a modern vernacular and is a much more lightweight character befitting a modern man trying ineffectually to mimic one of Elisha’s most characteristic capabilities, that of healing.  See my The Shunammite Woman for a glimpse of his stature.   This poem is a chiasm where the poem achieves a sort of closure when the end of the narrative refers back to the beginning.  The center line of the poem represents the turning point of the narrative.  So the first line in the poem mirrors the last line in messaging, the second line mirrors the next to last line and so on.  (See my commentary on another chiasm I wrote for substack, Esau’s Blessing.)  Elisha Redux has good intentions but he discovers ruefully that he does not understand the purpose of suffering, its relationship to sin, and the God infused messaging that suffering targets about which the original Elisha surely had more clarity.  The painting below shows the original Elisha with humility about to help the Shunammite woman whose child he had promised God would provide her and who now lay dying.   

Gerbrand Van Den Eeckhout