KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORD OF GOD
Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
Psalms 119:105 NKJV
The Word is light to our path and so we should have the knowledge of the Word. When we lack the knowledge of the word we get misguided by false prophets.
By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. Matthew 7:16-17 NIV
Jesus is warning people against false prophets. They misguide people with their dreams and visions and people are easily carried away by their stage performance. Recently I saw a video of a performance on the stage; a so called famous spiritual leader waved his hands with a great shout and people were falling down. He continued doing that several times, shouting ” take it, take it, and people kept falling and behaving hysterically. It’s explained to be anointing. Has Jesus done like this? What’s the purpose of giving and receiving this sort of anointing? In the Bible we have seen people convulsing and twisting and wiggling themselves when evil spirits left them. What is the spirituality of such stage performances and the resultant falling, rolling and wiggling?
People throng around such heroes and look forward to the next stage show to be anointed. And we find that such famous leaders are extraordinarily rich and influential persons who claim to serve Christ. When Judas came to betray Christ some people who were with him fell down.
Now when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
John 18:6 NKJV
And when Jesus was on the mount and He appeared in His Glory, as He transfigured the disciples fell down.
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. John 14:12 NKJV
These performers might be claiming they have power from these above verses wrongly quoting and interpreting these verses to the people.
Prophet Ezekiel speaks the Word from God:-
The conspiracy of her prophets and Her priests have violated My law and profaned My holy things; they have not distinguished between the holy and unholy, so that I am profaned among them. Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord had not spoken.
Ezekiel 22:25-26, 28 NKJV
Today also these things are happening and people do not realise their traps. All these because we lack knowledge of the Word of God.
Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. Matthew 22:29 NKJV
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. Hosea 4:6 NKJV
People lack knowledge, of the Word of God and so are victimized by false prophets and false spiritual leaders. Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. Psalms 1:1-3 NKJV
So, delight in His Word and you will prosper.
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
Psalms 19:7-8 NKJV
Prayer:
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.
Sol.Salomi Kurian