“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their
fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good
tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A
good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth
good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and
cast into fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them” Matthew 7:15-20.
This post obviously has nothing to do with health, but
yesterday I had an encounter with a false prophet and wanted to share my story,
in hopes that it will help guide you if the situation ever presents itself, so that
you will be able to identify them and act accordingly.
There was a young pastor whose Facebook page I liked. I like
for my timeline to be positive and uplifting so I follow many pages that are
supposed to be influential people. I am not going to release his name, because
doing research I believe that he actually does have a ministry in California
and I do not want to put any bad words out about him, if it was not him that I was
speaking to. But I got a friend request from his personal page, and I accepted
it. Soon after he messaged me saying that he was praying for me and that God
has many blessings for me but Satan is going to try and block those blessings.
He told me to pray and fast more than ever so that I can remain close to God. I
did think that it was weird that he was messaging me this and had an uneasy
feeling in my heart, but I thought you never know, god may have put it on his
heart to reach out. I thanked him for his guidance, and the conversation
stopped there.
Later that night he messaged me again, saying that God
wanted him to lead me on a 2 day fast and prayer because God wanted me to sow a
seed for an orphanage in Africa. Now, if you are friends with me on Facebook,
you know that I just recently returned from Africa and volunteered at an orphanage
while there, that I am currently fundraising for. So in my mind I am thinking
OMG God really sent him to be a mentor. So I went along with it, and told him
that I would love to do the 2 day fast…. Now here came the catch. In his next
message he said that it was an orphanage in South Africa (Not where I traveled
to by the way). He gave me an email and a WhatsApp contact, but didn’t tell me
any details about the actual orphanage. He told me to contact them about my
donation and then send him back any information that they gave me.
So by this time all the red flags are going off in my brain,
I knew that this was a scam. I did end up blocking him and deleted everything
from my phone, but before that I went back and looked at our conversation.
While in the midst of it everything sounded great, and too good to be true! I
should have seen that as a sign. The messages that he was sending me were
scripted and not personally talking to me. Looking at his fan page on Facebook,
I could not see how many other people liked his page, and on his personal page
I could not see his friends list, and no one ever commented on any of his posts
or pictures. So he was an all around scam, and I am glad that I was able to see
this before getting sucked in too deep.
When you are living your life for God, the devil is going to
try and stop you in any way that he can.
“For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but
their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the
simple” Romans 16:18
Think if I would have actually let those words sink into my
spirit as truth. I could have eventually given up my bank account number, debit
card info, my address, and they would have control over me to break me down. I
learned a very important lesson today. I had that uneasy feeling in heart to
begin with but didn’t listen to it. Not all prophets are God’s prophets. Satan
has the best actors working for him, because he knows that we are in the end of
days and God is forming his army to bring his people home.
When someone shows you who they really are, believe it. Your
boyfriend/ girlfriend don’t want you to go to church but stay home and spend
time with them? Do your friends mock you for not going out, partying and
drinking? I let my own family mock me about being a church girl and turned away
from the church for years as soon as I hit 18, and lived my life in this world
and got nowhere.
God’s chosen are few. If you feel like you are one of them,
or you want to be one of them, let no man lead you astray. Do not let Satan lead
you astray. My pastor taught us today, “ The enemy is supposed to be under your
feet, if he gets above that he is too high. If you want to talk to the devil
write a message on your shoe!” (K.Butler, Faith Christian Center, GA). When you
choose to walk with God, stay next to him in your path, so that Satan will
always be underneath you. And keep on the full armour of God, for when those
demons come to stir you up, you will face them head on.
“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the
power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and
blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore
take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the
evil day, and having done all, to stand” Ephesians 6:10-13.
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