Monday, March 25, 2024

Candace Owens versus Ben Shapiro

Have you heard about the spat between political commentators at Daily Wire, Christian Candace Owens and Jewish Ben Shapiro? Daily Wire just severed Owens and you need to know what that is about.
First let me explain that I like Candace Owens and believe she has a lot of good ideas in her political commentary. Same goes for Ben Shapiro. But this split has been brewing for quite a while and here is the main reason: Candace is one of those Christians who does not have a clue that God has a continuing love and purpose for Israel: "all Israel shall be saved."
Ben Shapiro is also among the Jews that the veil over his eyes blinding him to seeing Yeshua (Jesus) is really Israel's Messiah. Now the position of most Jews in that spiritual place is: 'Don't cram Jesus down my throat! I'm a Jew.'
Candace has been making comments that antagonize Jews incredibly for quite a while. Her latest "Christ is king" that set off Shapiro is not the first conflict between them. Now what she said sounds fine to most Christians, but Candace walks with Jews without understanding ANYthing about them or God's plans for them. So she experiences them as unduly antagonistic towards her, and has her mind blown when they tell her she is being "antisemitic." She doesn't mean to sound antisemitic but she is.
There is a clash between Christianity and Jews who have not yet recognized that Yeshua is Jewish and and is infact the Messiah of Israel. Christians know Jesus as "Christ" and not as His original and primary identity, Israel's hope: the Messiah, King of Israel.
Yesterday, when I discovered the first article on the Roy's Report investigation of Mike Bickle and IHOP, I was kind of amazed that she included that article by a Jewish author who was incensed against the 21-days of Fasting and Prayer for Israel's Salvation. I was amazed because I know it is the spiritual trigger against Bickle and IHOP, but I was amazed Roy's included it in among all sexual-accusation stuff.
As someone who has been intimately aware of the antagonism that Christians provoke in Jews for the past three decades, I know this is in part unavoidable. First, because most Christians don't know what God's end game with Israel really is, and second because of the history of Christian persecution of Jews, they have about zero tolerance of that at this point.
Over the years I have watched even Christians who support Israel and give generously to Israeli causes, come out fuming and vitriolic against the Jewish believer community in Israel. This is due to the unsaved Jews telling them: 'We can be best friends, but you must never, never, never speak Jesus to us." These Christians buy into that deal with unsaved Israel because they don't understand that it is God's plan - not man's plan - to bring "all Israel" to faith in Yeshua.
Little by little that is what is happening through the Gospel witness of the Messianic Jewish believers in Israel. . . . and by the intercessions made, like Mike's pointed 21-day Fast & Prayer for the Salvation of Israel (and the opening of Christians blind eyes to God's Plan to do that).
So, don't be drawn into taking sides in the great controversy of Candace Owens and Ben Shapiro. They are BOTH SPIRITUALLY BLIND to God's intentions.

 

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Women in Ministry


 I ran across a great discussion on X about the "Billy Graham rule" not to be alone with women. I have always had thoughts about that too. Here is what a young woman name Joy tweeted: My former pastor and I once had a conversation about the merits of the Billy Graham rule. Over email I described how, when men choose to avoid me, it makes me feel like a dangerous object.

He pushed back, explaining it was important for pastors to draw lines, because if they sinned, it could lead other people away from God. He said: “No one would stop going to school or drop education if you and one of your school coworkers had an inappropriate relationship. But, I have lists of people who endured who endured a pastor in their life having an inappropriate relationship and it has highjacked their faith.”

Today, I know around a dozen people who are now struggling with faith or not attending church because of that pastor’s behavior. And not because he had an affair, but because he became a domineering and abusive leader. He “ran me out of town,” to quote his own words, and has driven others away from church.

And so I have to wonder: How many pastors are like him today – men who fall into sin because, after all their efforts to avoid the company of women…they just ended up alone in a room with power.

Writing about Billy Graham, she added, Actually, he shifted his opinion and ended up meeting with women 1-on-1, but with open doors. Women weren’t the danger. Power was. I really just don’t believe rules help much; they can get in the way of self-awareness. If a person is tempting me, I need to figure that out & do work to change or avoid if needed. A rule can be a way to hide from myself and others what’s really happening. Ravi Zacharias practiced the BG rule, for example. -end-

Now, I have commented to Joy: I'm 72 now but from my return to faith at 31, I was always bummed at ministers fleeing from me rather than just talking to me which is what I was after.

It goes back to Church father Origen who blamed women for causing him to lust and reportedly he castrated himself instead of overcoming his own LUST. He really kick started the Christian tradition of blaming women for the lust of men.

I saw the same thing in Jerusalem outside the Old City walls when an ultra Orthodox man left the sidewalk to give a super WIDE berth to 3 senior aged women (me included). It was insulting.

Now I am adding additional comments:
It is one thing to flee a "Potipher's wife" throwing herself at Joseph sexually, and an entirely different thing to insult a woman like Deborah, walking in the wisdom of God and able to judge matters wisely. Treating all women as a women with evil intentions is degrading to women of integrity before God.

Men - even ministers need to overcome their own lust rather than blame and OSTRACIZE attractive women. It puts women out of ministry circles - especially in the learning stages - rather like the old Men's only clubs where men met to do deals and no woman was granted entrance.

Spiritually that is a big problem. In Messiah, there is no women in the balcony and men on the main floor division of the sexes.

Any minister who believes this will resolve the problem of ministers becoming engaged in illicit relationships with other women is fooling themselves. The only emphasis that should be taught is how to control your own lusts, not excluding women.

But also, I know of a ministry advising their male ministers not to be with a woman alone because of the MeToo propaganda that says accusation of sexual impropriety is enough to destroy any man. I do see that as a real potential in these days. I don't Believe the Women without solid proof of their accusation - due process for the minister involved.

This poses a problem that must be overcome, because Yeshua came to raise the bar of equal standing for women too! It is not feminism speaking here, because I believe in the chain of command involved in 1 Corinthians 11: 3, which I have endeavored to be faithful to since my return to faith in 1983: "But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Messiah; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Messiah is God."

This does not mean every man is the authority over me, but it means my husband does, and in living in that manner, I honor God. But in ministry, spiritual women like Deborah in Judges 4, is not to be an anomaly in the New Covenant. There should be many prophetesses, many women judges, many women writing their insights in the Word of God. We do stand on an equal footing of spiritual understanding. We are no longer just snake-vulnerable Eve's standing spiritually witless in the Garden of Eden.

Feminism is a poor imitation of the freedom Messiah died to give women. It is a poor imitation because although prompted by a godly impulse to raise women up to equality, it employs MOSTLY demon-inspired means to the end.

I want better than that...even in old age I want better than that. Messiah died for my equality too.


Saturday, March 23, 2024

Many Pearls, Many Healed Wounds


Many pearls, Many healed wounds


I saw a post on Facebook come through my newsfeed about pearls being the result of a parasite or irritant such as sand getting inside an oyster. Oysters that have not been wounded do not produce pearls. The anonymous author wrote that "A pearl is a healed wound" and "a product of pain." 

God speaks to us in nature, and in this too, God is showing us He can bring high value pearls out of our wounds in life. 

Inside the oyster is a 'silver lining' called Mother of Pearl, or nacre. It is an organic-inorganic composite material which lines the interior of many shells. When a grain of sand or a parasite get inside an oyster, the Mother of Pearl lining begins to cover the irritating wound with layers and more layers to protect the defenseless body from the oyster. As a result, a beautiful pearl is formed! The more pearls found in an oyster, the more valuable. 

The anonymous writer concluded with Romans 8:17-18 showing how likewise, God never allows pain without a purpose, and His purpose is to produce pearls of great value because : 17 "And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ— if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him. 18 I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us."

This is important. Not only what was written originally because it is true that God speaks to us in nature, and He has spoken in how pearls are formed in oysters when an unwanted substance enters the oyster harming it.

"Pearls are a product of pain" and a pearl is formed as a process of healing pain. The more pearls found in an oyster - the more healed wounds - the more valuable the pearls. 

This brings us to a greater understanding of Matthew 13:45-46 where Jesus says, 

"Again, the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is like a emporos/merchant who has gone on a journey "seeking beautiful pearls" and when He found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that He had and bought it."

I have always thought this parable was talking about us finding Jesus "the Pearl of Great Price, but really this is about Jesus finding us - the ones who have had the inner resource (the abiding Holy Spirit) to be healed of life's wounds. That makes us a pearl of great price to HIM and of great value to the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

Many people call themselves by His name, but it is the ones who let Him heal their wounds in life, who become pearls of great value to Him and the Kingdom of God. 

In Matthew 13:45 Yeshua spoke of a merchant. Tracking back to the original language this is emporos. It has a specific meaning, it is not just some guy selling goods in a shop. Emporos is specifically referring to a merchant who goes on a long journey to acquire his goods.

Yeshua is relating to Himself as the seeker of pearls. Pearls are only found among those who bear wounds healed by God. These are those who have known "the fellowship of His suffering." These are the ones Yeshua is gathering for the Kingdom of Heaven. He is seeking those whose hurts have been healed, rendering them of great value to the Kingdom of Heaven. He gave everything He had to give to purchase these pearls of great price, that was paid on the Cross. 

Here is another place in scripture where we find pearls, and we have all heard of it: "the pearly gates."  It is found in Revelation 12 where 12 gates of pearl are the entrance to the New Jerusalem. 

Rev 12:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass. 22 But I SAW NO TEMPLE IN THE CITY, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

There is no need for a temple in Jerusalem because in the New Jerusalem that comes down from heaven, we abide in the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb. It is because Spirit is abiding in us — the only way we can become pearls of great price. We have to allow ALL of our wounds to be healed. We receive healing when we release every wound to God. 

Friday, March 22, 2024

The God who chose Israel



The God
Who chose Israel


The other night as I was drifting off to sleep, I believe the Lord dropped a question into my mind about Israel. He asked, "What other religion do you know whose god singled out a nation to call His own?"


I started thinking about how through thousands of years, from Genesis to Revelation, God speaks of Israel and His special relationship with the people of Israel. And I could not think of a single other religion or "god" that did such a thing. You never hear about any God like "the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob" 
 Jacob who was renamed by God "Israel" in the Genesis.

There is nothing more consistent in the Bible than God's declaration of being Israel's God - even when Israel has been unfaithful, God has not; He has always had Israel in mind and in His plans.

No wonder the nations rage against Israel. No wonder even half of Christianity is insanely jealous against Israel. They are fighting against God, because God surely wants to gather us all into faith by Israel's Messiah Yeshua. We will not make it if we harbor such jealousy against Israel that we cannot abide to embrace them. It's really that simple.

     * Almost a week later (3/36/24) as I am preparing this to put in my elists this week, I was prompted to look up what Israel means, because I know it contains the name of God Isra - El.

Israel is used 2,507 times in 2,231 verses in the Hebrew scriptures, but the very first use is in Genesis 32:28. I found the first use of "Israel" is in Genesis 32:28 This is precisely where God re-named Jacob.

In Genesis 25:26 we learn that Jacob was named Jacob because of the circumstances of his birth. Names in the Bible indicate the character that marks the life of the person. We see that God changed Jacob's name as He also changed Avram's name.

The name that was on Jacob's life was "heel holder, supplanter, a layer of snares" because at birth, his twin brother emerged first from the womb and Jacob, the second twin grabbed hold of his brother's heel in one long delivery.

     Do you get that picture? It was not two separate delivery processes that are normal for multiple birthing. Instead by grabbing Esau's heel, Jacob used the momentum of his brother's delivery into the world to facilitate his own delivery. The birth of these twins was one long delivery instead of two separate deliveries. That is the first I have understood it as such, but I think it is also key in the salvation of all Israel.

     It is pivotal always to make note "first use" of words and names in the Bible, as it will often give further insight. Later in life, after many troubles in Jacob's life because of his character of being tricky with people to get what he wanted, he wrestled with God all night long for a blessing as he was about to return to his homeland and face the brother he had tricked out of their father's blessing. He wanted to return with all his family and live in harmony with his brother Esau.

     At the end of wrestling all night with the manifestation of God as a Man, Jacob was renamed Israel. “Israel” means “God prevails”  The name change given to Jacob indicates that Israel will prevail because God will prevail:  Then the God-man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because as a prince you have persisted with God and with men, and have prevailed to overcome.”

     That is statement to all of us, and it is key to Israel’s salvation, which we are witnessing right now. Jacob is unsaved Israel, and the whole world is against Israel. But they are persisting, as Jacob did in his life in exile and in beginning the return to the Israeli homeland. They have had to persist through warfare, terrorism and international trickery and grievance against them…but they have and will prevail...and “so all Israel shall be saved."

     God has called Israel His own and no matter what it looks like, they will overcome. The lesson is for us too. We Christians, being adopted into Yeshua's family as "the commonwealth of Israel" are also called to such persistence with God and man that we too, as princes, prevail with God and man to overcome.

Revelation 21:7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.



Monday, March 18, 2024

Dr Daniel C Juster comments on IHOPKC

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PRAYER, KANSAS CITY, A PERSONAL RESPONSE

By Daniel C Juster, 
Restoration from Zion

Not long ago I signed onto a joint statement on the present situation at IHOPKC.  However, my main emphasis and reason in supporting this statement was again to call for an impartial judicial eldership board.  Only this can finally bring judgement and clarity at a level that will settle the controversy, for we now see people on both sides in social media pressing their views, though the larger number is anti-IHOP and Mike Bickle.  

I am not happy about how either side is handling this, either IHOPKC or the Advocates that have taken up the grievances against Mike Bickle and IHOP.   Both sides should have called for an objective panel of elders that was so credible that all sides would submit to their decisions on guilt, innocence, discipline and restitution.  They would oversee an objective investigator if still needed. This is the main issue in my view. It shows how far the modern churches and ministries are from biblical standards of justice and judicial process (Deut. 1, 16, Matthew 16, 18 and I Cor. 6).  This was well established in many Protestant denominations and is also today found in some new church streams. 

In the statement that we put out, some misunderstood the idea that the accusers’ testimonies were credible.  Credible does not mean proven but sufficiently serious and with enough description and corroboration that they should be taken seriously and heard in a fair court.  But unless there is a court with cross examination, we can have views, can think something looks credible, but conclusive judgement requires a court.  Again, this was common process in many historic Protestant denominations.   In civic law an indictment does not mean the accused is guilty but that there is enough evidence to bring a trial, but the accused is still innocent until proven guilty in such fair court.  Therefore, we have written, called, and cajoled, but it is still not clear that this to finally be done.  

And what is happening now?  Trial by social media continues.  There is a contingent that is now on a feeding frenzy that is discrediting the prophets that were part of the early days Kansas City Fellowship (the predecessor of IHOP) from 30- 40 years ago.   Some who related to IHOP are in a full confession mode, but their confession includes why they were sucked in, but at the same time their confession is full of severe judgments and accusations.  It does not seem only a confession.  Another contingent, smaller but also very strong, is blasting the accusers and seeking to discredit them.  One video that was sent was about a primary accuser being mentally ill and needing intervention.  If true, how sad, and if not true how painful to the accuser!  Actually it is painful in either case!

We do know that Mike Bickle has repented of somethings that are serious.  We know that IHOPKC has drawn conclusions on Mike’s sin as the overseers of IHOPKC today oand their conclusions are credible and may be seen has having judicial weight.  However, there is much more that has not been disclosed including the life that Mike Bickle and some other leaders have lived over more than the last 20 years.  That is foggy.  IHOPKC has also admitted a woefully inadequate government structure of accountability.  

However, I want to speak to the feeding frenzy of attack against IHOP and its history.  First, the leaders’ falling into sin does not mean that mighty things were not done through IHOPKC and Kansas City Fellowship and through its leaders.  I do believe in New Testament standards for qualification and discipline but do want to say something about examples from the Hebrew Bible.  Did God work through Aaron, the brother of Moses, in the Exodus? He was the voice to Pharaoh. He was witness as an instrument of the most amazing signs and wonders, amazing prophecy and more. Yet, he gave himself to make the golden calf and then was in denial as if it happened without his agency.  God nevertheless restored him after his repentance.  Did Mike Bickle sin more than King David?  Not only did David commit adultery but murdered the husband.   He was restored by God and made the preparations for the building of the Temple.  However, his sin was probably the cause of much of the division and civil war that ensued under his son Absalom.  Great tragedy was experienced!  Yet, David unified Israel and established so much and is the ancestor of the Messiah. I am not writing this to say that those who sinned and covered up should be restored. I am writing about what God obviously did through Kansas City Fellowship and later through IHOPKC.   I personally experienced some amazing times of holiness there over 33 years ago including supernatural signs and wonders.  There was a holy fear of the Lord in His presence. 

Now there is a deep revulsion and rejection of the Kansas City prophets by those who were themselves involved with them.  And this leads to the idea that no great work of God was done as a result of the leadership of Mike and his prophets.  I was there in the Vineyard Conference in Anaheim in January 1989 when John Wimber introduced Paul Cain.  His word to John before coming to visit John was an amazing supernatural word that John confirmed.  His ministry in January 1989 came with signs and wonders and a presence of God that was the greatest I ever experienced.  There was a holy Presence that gave rise to deep reverence and fear.  The Holy Spirit electricity in the air even set off the fire alarms. Should I deny this because Paul Cain later fell into sin and refused the directions that were given to him for repentance and restoration?   Then there were the other prophets, ones that to our knowledge never fell into sin who prophesied over our ministry and its future, Jim Goll and John Paul Jackson are two I will name.  I don’t think they have any skeletons in their closets.  John Paul wrote a great book on avoiding wrong ways and the casualties from wrong prophetic order.  Then there is the discrediting of Bob Jones.  Did Bob really prophecy that Mike Bickle’s ministry would focus on Israel and its greatest task and fulfillment would be raising 100 million intercessors for Israel?  Yes, he did. Did he do this before Mike had a clue about Israel?  Yes.  Did his later fall did discredit the amazing prophetic happenings and signs and wonders in the early 80s.  The history is in Anglican Bishop David Pytches’s book Some Said it Thundered. It is credible and happened.   The later sins of some did not discredit what happened.  I was a witness to some of this.  As for Bob Jones, he did not have a history of sexual sin to my knowledge, stepped down form ministry for a season and was fully restored under a well known national leader who does repentance, discipline and restoration.   

For me, it is amazing how many forget that the greatest prayer meeting for Israel’s protection and salvation took place on May 28.  Are we forgetting this so quickly.  Without any knowledge of this date, my son led a gathering of leaders in Januray 2023 and called for fasting and prayer on May 28.  The word from Bob Jones form 40 years ago was amazingly fulfilled and that some years after his death.  It seems to me that God allowed Mike Bickle’s sin to be hidden until this word was amazingly fulfilled.  IHOPKC and the early prophecy was a key to launching great prayer worldwide for the salvation of Israel, prayer houses, integrated 24/7 prayer with congregations and more.   The pattern of Zinzendorf’s Moravians was resurrected in many nations.  Some even have said they want to destroy IHOPKC.  I think that would be terribly wrong.  Shall God destroy the innocent with the righteous? Abraham plead.

Do I still want fair judgement for those women who are bringing the accusations against Mike Bickle and IHOP?  Yes!   Do I grieve over abuses?  Yes.  Do I want to see an opportunity for cross examination if there is a desire for a defense to be made by Mike and the former leaders of IHOPKC who are charged?  Yes! Then he and others can be found guilty of what they did do and not guilty for what they did not do.   Do I want to see other charges of manipulation and the use of prophecy for controlling others to be heard with cross examination?  Yes!  But that is a bit harder to prove.  Strong prophetic gifts can cause people to fall in line.  We too easily forget the responsibility of all believers in the New Covenant to hear the Spirit and to confirm prophetic words for their own individual lives and corporately as well.  Yes, we have to constantly emphasize this.  But none of this discredits that a mighty work was done worldwide though IHOPKC and Mike Bickle.  Again, prayer ministries have been raised up all over the world that pray for Israel and the Messianic Jews.  Also, let us not forget the many who for years served at IHOPKC.  They were not in gross sin, but morally righteous.  They served under a bad leadership structure according to IHOPKC’s present evaluation.  Some of these are now on the Advocates side in this battle.  Also, many were blessed, renewed in strength and sent out to serve the Kingdom after leading to walk in the power of the Spirit. 

So here I am, like a voice in the wilderness. I am calling for two things.  Do not discredit what God did through Kansas City Fellowship and through IHOPKC.   This is independent of the sin of leaders.  Secondly, let there be fair judgement.  And please stop the prosecution through social media from both detractors and supporters.  I wait and wait for IHOPKC to publicly declare themselves as committed to this objective fair eldership judiciary.

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Saturday, March 16, 2024

I have not forgotten


I have not forgotten.

I have not forgotten my calling is to the Israeli ministries. I work on that every day.

My draw to such a focus on the things at IHOPKC are based on Mike's dual-mandate for 24/7 prayer and worship AND praying for Israel. I believe God raised up that house in Kansas City and the network internationally for such a time as this: Christians praying for the salvation of Israel. With Israel at the height of warfare, so is IHOP.

As I have looked deeper into those gathered against Bickle and IHOP as a whole, I have seen God is exposing far more sins than just sexual sin. Same as the sins of the nations, the undercurrent of international antisemitism has been exposed by the brutal terrorist war launched by Hamas. And nation after nation failing to stand with Israel but demanding Israel let up on those murderers seeking to annihilate Israel. Many Christians are among those who believe Israel deserves what Hamas gave it. They are indoctrinated in lies. Don't have a handle on the truth of the in the least. 

I have wondered from the beginning if that was not paralleled in the attack on Mike Bickle and IHOP. Murder and character assassination are closely related sins from God's position. Is this why the accusers will not allow their charges to be examined and cross examined within the spiritual leadership of the body of Christ? Surely there are international leaders who possess enough integrity to judge this matter. But they insist it must be in secular courts so the unrighteous can judge us. This is where bitter unforgiveness has led us - far from God's heart for restoration of ALL. 

We have an inheritance that in this time we are to walk in, in a greater degree than ever before. Those who are allowing themselves to be "transformed" into the likeness of Jesus, walking as He walked in the flesh, are going to begin to lay hold more of the "inheritance" that Yeshua spoke of, "Truly, I say unto you, Except you turn, and become as little children, you shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven." 

Further down in Matthew 18 and Yeshua goes on in the parable in verse 32-34 to say: "32 Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me. 33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’ 34 In anger his master turned him over to the prison of torments to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

In 1 Corinthians 6:9  Paul talks about the things that stand in the way of Christians and Messianic Jews entering into the **full inheritance** on earth of Yeshua's kingdom:

9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 

That blows the social justice Christians viewpoints on what is sin right out of the water. It is not just about sexual sins either. Search out who will not see or inherit the kingdom of Heaven and you will see many things that are practiced by many Christians that will stop us from even being able to see our full inheritance in Him!

I have been guilty of many things as a Christian, but I am pressing in to become like Yeshua, walking in such a way that I will be able to walk in the full inheritance given to those who will be transformed completely. I pay special attention to becoming unforgiving. I have already failed in that before and there is no way I want to EVER fail in that again. God is gracious to restore, but the price paid is steep.

The intolerance, even hatred expressed of those supporting accusers of Mike Bickle and IHOP is the thing no one is really talking about.

It is no wonder so many of the IHOP musicians and singers have abandoned their time there - the pressure coming from all those who support the accusers is INTENSE. It is n
o wonder there is such oppression on everyone who have remained in place at IHOP. There is oppression beamed at them day and night from the accusers a group and those that have gathered with them to condemn Bickle and IHOP. This is true of especially female woke activists who are beating on IHOP and Bickle day and night on social media. 


Those words amount to Christians spewing curses - oppression on the target is the result. It is the sin of witchcraft.

Just a few days of going to X - watching only what X curated "for you" to watch - I have little by little seen that what is motivating the  intensity of many. It is past personal experience that have become bitterness in their own lives.

One is so bitter against IHOP because her son died after she claims people at IHOP told him it was a sin to take his medication. Many times in the past, before this broke out at IHOP, I was prompted to talk to her about perhaps all her continual sicknesses were related to unforgiveness. I should have spoken to her then.

I have run into many people in charismatic circles in my life don't believe in doctors and medications, but God gave us the Holy Spirit within our hearts to guide us. God never told us to follow what other Christians had to say about our personal decisions. We all have faith for different things in our walk and lack faith in other areas, because we are not made perfect as soon as we believe. We grow in faith. No one should presume to tell anyone else not to take medication or go to a doctor. If you have faith have it to yourself. But also we cannot blame others if we listen to their advice on these faith issues and don't follow what are own hearts tell us.

Another still is angry because her accusations of abuse against her Baptist pastor father resulted in the church board calling for her to be put out of church. Although I feel for how she was not protected, I also understand she cannot let what happened in that instance make her so certain of every woman's accusations. Women also lie for their own reasons. 

When our cups overflow from all the sins piling up because God will not continue to forgive us when we harbor unforgivness of others, according to Matthew 18, that is when we begin to experience all sort of torments from physical to mental illnesses. This one chapter, Matthew 18 is where Jesus spoke entirely on something most of us don't even realize God demands of us 

Yesterday a woman told the Cancel Culture crowd that I was guilty of doxxing and called for people to report me to X.

The charge of doxxing was because I used the #1 accusers initials in a tweet. Of course the whole name is found on a parody account on X and the woman's identified in Google searches for JaneDoe#1. The grop also do not hold themselves to the same standards of "doxxing" because one accusers initials are used routinely. The ex-wife of another person they unmasked as a skirt chaser. Hypocrisy usually accompanies bullying tactics.

Another from the accusers informal support group tweeted that I am a liar and told their followers that on Facebook I posted from the beginning that I would never believe anything against Mike Bickle. Too bad she didn't include the proviso that I would not accept accusations without proof via due process for Mike.

Meanwhile Dr. Michael Brown is in their cross hairs big time. They aer going after him hammer and tong. To them, if you are not on board with their all out acceptance of accusations of Mike Bickle and rooting for the doors closing at IHOP, then you are their enemy. 

I have no problem being the enemy of such actions...but I don't want to listen to them every time I log in on X either. Mute is a fine feature on the platform.


 

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Speak life, not a fiery death

I post this picture ONLY BECAUSE it depicts what I believe SO MANY have in their mind for IHOP. May in never be, in Jesus' name.

I am listening to the live #IHOPKC with Sarah Edwards singing some Matt Redman songs I fell in love with in the mid-2000's when I was seriously wondering what was going on. God was rebuilding me after a major stumbling that I was so ashamed of that I could not forgive myself, even realizing God had. A friend gave me some Matt Redman music and those songs were songs of life to me. They continually told me God loved me.
Do not follow in the path of those with such bitter, victim-images of themselves that they believe it will serve the Body of Christ if IHOP is burnt to the ground. I just saw a post on X by the sister of the accuser who claims she was abused at age 14. They are speaking death over IHOP. Join me in speaking life over IHOP and RESTORATION of all - including Mike. If you are wondering what my sin was, it was bitter unforgiveness.