TODAY’S PROPHETIC NUMBERS

JESUS WARNED US

Jesus warned us to be aware of fake news in the last days.

The categories of Messiah and Prophet are not just religious. A false messiah is a leader who rises and promises, “The answer is here.” They are the face of a movement that deceives you away from truth into something demonic and false. A false prophet projects the future or trends that point to or validate that false messiah.

There is a spirit that goes behind Fake News. With every prophetic medium (news media) there is a spirit behind it.

1 John 4:1-6 (NKJV) Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God because many false prophets have gone out into the world.  2 By this, you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, three and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming and is now already in the world. 4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.  5 They are of the world. Therefore, they speak as of the world, and the world hears them.  6 We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this, we see the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

In John 4: 1-6, Paul warned Timothy of false teachers and a spirit of Apostasy in the end times. The word apostasy means the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief. These are people who know the word of God, maybe have even preached the word of God, but have fallen away. These people are way more dangerous than non-believers because they know enough of the truth to get into your head and plant a lie. What should believers do to keep from falling for these wolves in sheep’s clothing? Read what Jude 1 says and start living your life like it and you will have the spiritual eyes to see the truth from the fake news.

Jude 1:20-23 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And some have compassion, making a distinction; 23 but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.

Declaration: I declare in the Mighty Name of Jesus that I will hold fast to the Word of King Jesus. I will stay in constant communion with the Holy Spirit, stay in the Love of God, and look for the mercy of the Lord Jesus unto eternal life.

From My Sermon Series: Headlines – Week 5