Don't ABUSE It,

USE It!

Can you imaging 'Christians' hating God? People who are intransigent in evil?

So arrogant that they dismiss what He says? Who reject true prophets?

People who do not question whether they will receive eternal life?

Who are so adamant that they could neve be wrong!?

Like Paul told Timothy, they are here 'in the church'!

What follows contains a sample of such evil.

By Malcolm B Heap, Midnight Ministries

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The purpose of human life is to begin to become like God.[1] God is holy and He wants His people to be holy. Holiness starts with humility – a word that means little to most people. Humility is the starting point for righteous character. You think little of yourself and your abilities. By contrast you think the world of God and His abilities, and you treat others as equals. That is the basis of you beginning to develop the mind and character of God – being refashioned in the image of God.

Tragically, in ‘the Church’ at large, you see very few who are truly humble. Arrogance reigns. As church organisations grow, so does the arrogance that accompanies them. It was prophesied:

So now we call the proud blessed, for those who do wickedness are raised up [esteemed]; they even tempt God and go free (Mal 3:15).

That is a prophecy about what is so dreadfully wrong in churches0. There is pride, arrogance and compromise with wickedness. In this frame of mind, such people despise the Truth, reject the prophet who calls for repentance and a return to righteousness, and vilify what is good, honest, just, and holy.

God is greatly hurt and angered!

It’s hard for the righteous to believe that such wickedness sits in the seat that is meant to uphold holiness! But it does. Here is an illustration.

SDA = Satan’s Demonic Association

An SDA ‘evangelist’ recently sent this e-mail to Alex in Kenya [all spelling mistakes and other errors not corrected]:

From: Moses Ojwang <ojwangmoses@yahoo.com>

Date: 03 June 2007 07:45

To: Alex Odhiambo

Subject: The Unpalatable Way

Dear Alex,

The reason Alex took the MM publications from this man is because he had demanded them from Polycarp, and Polycarp had given them to him freely, thinking Moses genuinely wanted to learn from them. When, however, Alex found that they were being torn up and used for wrapping kebabs and roasted maize, naturally he was enraged!

God let this situation develop to expose falsity and hypocrisy.

I wrote to Alex, suggesting that he took the books back to Moses, offering them back to him with the proviso that he could have them IF he treated them with the respect they deserved, and that they were used for their rightful purpose. I asked him to encourage Moses to write to me.

Meanwhile, I sent this e-mail to Moses:

03 June 2007 14:47

Moses ojwang <ojwangmoses@yahoo.com>

Subject: Dear Moses

Dear Moses,

Malcolm B Heap

The reply I received was hostile and vituperative:

From: Moses ojwang

To: Malcolm Heap

Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 3:46 PM

Subject: Re: Dear Moses

Yes Sir,

Surely are you mad? Did i write to you?

I was talking to Alex but not you please. Don't reply me i am S.D.A FOLLOWER.

Exactly! That’s the problem!

The SDA church is no longer a church of Seventh Day Adventists, but is an association of demons doing Satan’s work! How can you tell? Easy! By “the fruits” – the results, attitudes, works, and ‘outflow’ that indicate what spirit resides within.

As in Paul’s prophecy, these people who profess to be God’s, deny the power of God, reject dreams and visions from God, slander or reject prophets, and are bound by fear under demonic influence. SDAs are repressed. Members fear to associate with any ‘outside’ their group. And SDA leaders mount attacks of vilification against light-bringers who threaten their control, merely by bringing more of God’s light of truth.

Such control is of the devil.[2]

Demons Are Bellicose Beasts

The next day Polycarp went to Moses to return the MM books. He apologised to Moses (even though it was Moses who really needed to apologise to Polycarp and Alex and me for his abusive behaviour). But the gentle and peacemaking spirit in which Polycarp approached Moses was returned with a barrage of nasty invective and abuse. It was so loud and bellicose that passers-by stood and stared in amazement or horror!

As Polycarp replaced the MM literature in the display rack, Moses shouted abuse. Demons incite rage against what is good. And Moses was demonstrating that fact very forcibly! He picked up the literature and threw it down onto the ground, even though it was raining. It got wet and soiled, and some was torn.

I replied to Moses’s earlier insults:

No, sir, I am not mad. I am a believer in Jesus whom you are treating with utter contempt! Either you repent, or you will face the judgement of God.

Did you not read what Jesus did to the OCPD and the judge in When God's Judgement Falls, after I warned them both? He struck them both dead when they refused to repent.

Have you not seen what God has allowed to befall Alex's father after he treated my letters to him with contempt? Are you not aware of the judgement of hailstorm that befell the SDA pastor who illicitly acquired Alex's land. Being an SDA means nothing to God! It's what is in your heart that matters.

I am a prophet of the Almighty, whom you are impugning. Carry on impugning Him, then if that is what you want. Continue to DEMONstrate how evil you are. You are choosing the way to perdition, from which no church, let alone the SDA church, can save you. Only Jesus can save you, but you are insulting Him at the moment.

Sincerely, MBH

Moses’ reply was characteristically abusive and insolent:

04 June 2007 12:30

Heh who tgold you you are aprophet of the Lord? even E.G. White never calls herself the prophetes.You are wasting your time with unsound corespondance. I told you even to those your primitive servant that i don't need any more litrature from you ministries.

Ojwang.
 

For those who might have questions about Ellen White, she was not a prophetess. She may not have called herself one, but SDA folks who learned from her, began to put her on a pedestal and she became regarded as not just a prophetess, but as THE only prophet to whom anyone should pay spiritual heed. Thus, the SDA movement elevated her to Jesus’ position. The psychology is idolatrous and a blasphemy.

Remember Paul’s prophecy.

I thanked Moses for his abuse:

4th June 2007 13:22

Thank you. Reproach accepted and appreciated.

MBH

[The true Moses] esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt... (Heb 11:26).

If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified (1 Pet 4:14).

That Monday, 4th June, when Polycarp went to see Moses, he also accepted reproach for Jesus, but the Spirit of God rested upon him.

Blessed Are The Peacemakers

Alex and Polycarp sought reconciliation, not recrimination. They wanted peace not war. On the evening of the 5th June, they went again to Moses, to see if he was in a more conciliatory mood. They took with them also another witness this time – the witness of the Spirit. They handed to him an article: Revelations From God For SDAs.

Moses was still implacable. They went home.

Frankly, I was surprised that he was still alive! Knowing how God had dealt with the OCPD and the judge (see When God’s Judgement Falls), I thought they would be going to see a dead body! But God was moving them to go first, before He showed His power.

The following morning, I received this e-mail from Moses:

06 June 2007 09:41

FORGIVENESS

Dear Sir,

Ojwang Moses.

I replied:

06 June 2007 10:22

Dear Moses,

Malcolm

To date, I have received no reply.

God Offers Forgiveness, But...

We want to see people repent, but that choice rests with them.

There are certain people who just won't be reconciled to God nor to those who are in God’s will, because their ways are too devious, proud, self-centred and evil. They want 'reconciliation' for their own sake, but they don't want it genuinely, which means they have to esteem them- selves less than other people (Phil 2:3) and be humble enough to be willing to do anything God says.

God offers forgiveness, yes. But He offers it only on His terms, not yours. You can’t have your own way as a Christian. Christ bought you by His death. When you accept Jesus, you agree to His terms or conditions. You are His bondslave. Your obligation is to serve Him until death. Then He will reward you by sharing everything with you. Why? Because you have shown your desire for what He desires, not for what YOU desire.

That is the basis of true conversion. Many folk in the SDA church and in other churches do not have this conviction and conversion. They still live for themselves, and for their church, which is an extension of self.

It’s not good enough. Jesus will spit them out of His mouth (Rev 3:16).

Now if the righteous one is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear? (1 Pet 4:18.)

Not where they think!  MANY are deceived, and held in prisons – ecclesiastical prisons! They need RELEASE!

The prophetic cry goes out (Matt 25:6):

Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion! (Is 52:2.)

Church folks just don’t see how trapped they are!

This is a people robbed and plundered; all of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prison houses; they are for prey, and no one delivers; for plunder, and no one says “Restore!” (Is 42:22).

You can read in the words following that verse above from Isaiah why they are trapped and imprisoned. It is through disobedience (v 24).

SDA Sins

In the SDA church, the church leaders have preached sin without realising it. They have promoted idolatry (the subtle elevation of Ellen G White, and the veneration of their church).

They have preached legalism (reliance upon human obedience to save you) and ritualism (reliance upon empty ritual in worship).

They have elevated the human keeping of the Sabbath day (which can be done ‘in the flesh’), and by this adherence they have become proud and lifted up. But keeping the Sabbath, while it is correct, will not save you if by so doing you close the door on the Spirit.

SDAs have shut out the Holy Spirit, and deny the power of God.  They do not accept the gifts of the Spirit, nor the supernatural workings of God in believers.

While they cling to Sabbath observance, which separates them from other Christians, they allow the pride that it engenders to make them feel exclusive, and that the Kingdom of God belongs to them, and to them alone. Thus, a bigoted wall of prejudice is erected that shuts out others who do not subscribe to their philosophy, and lifts them up to a position of arrogance above all other believers. They claim spiritual supremacy, just as Lucifer claimed it for himself, and fell.

In general, the SDA movement has these gross failings:

1)             It is a cult.

2)             It doesn’t accept other Christians.

3)             SDAs look back, not forward.

4)             They look to a human, not to God.

5)             They don’t accept the prophetic.

6)             They don’t accept the power of God for their own lives.

7)             They are not preparing the Bride of Christ for Jesus’ return.

1.  A cult is a group that follows people instead of God. Most churches are cultic. Christians tend to follow their human leaders instead of following the Spirit of God. The Spirit is meant to be our companion and guide. And you, as a Christian, are meant to listen to the Spirit.

2.  The SDA church doesn’t accept other Christians. This was illustrated by Moses’ response related earlier. Like the cultic Pharisees, SDAs accept and welcome ‘their own’, but not other believers.

If you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others?  Do not even the tax collectors do so? (Matt 5:47.)

Further Reading: God’s Church – Whose Authority? which explains

where the true Church is, how to recognise it, and how Jesus works.

3.  SDAs look back, not forward.

Most SDAs regard Ellen White as their chief mentor. The Bible is filtered through the prism of Ellen White’s writings. If it’s not sanctioned by Ellen White, then it’s not truth, is their reasoning.

What this approach fails to do is to hear from God at the present moment. Jesus said His sheep hear His voice (Jn 10:3,16). But SDAs do not recognise His voice, are not taught to listen to Him, and so they can only look back to what they were given in the past. They are not moving ahead.

Further Reading: Listening To God.

4.  They look to a human, not to God.

SDA members listen to and follow their leaders. But this approach protects false ministers in the set-up. How can you discern charlatans? You can’t while you trust your church leaders without question. God’s Word says “Trust no man”, but SDA folk do just that, blindly.

The result is a dead church, devoid of the working of God.

Further Reading: Apostasy In God’s Church! which gives pointers

for identifying false ministers, as does Testing The Spirits.

5.  They don’t accept the prophetic.

By extolling Ellen White as the only prophet, modern prophets are shut outside the SDA door (Rev 3:20) where Jesus is left knocking. The ones Jesus has appointed as prophets are rejected, together with God’s revelations to them.

Daniel is a sterling example of a dedicated person, fully open to the Spirit. His humility endeared him to God, so God spoke to him.

Further Reading: Prophets and Prophesying,

Daniel’s Prophecies For Our Time! and Revelations From God For SDAs.

6.  They don’t accept the power of God for their own lives.

Jesus poured out the Spirit on Pentecost, not just for that time, but for the whole Church Age, which lasts until Jesus returns. His words are quite clear that those who are open to the prophetic, open to His Spirit, receive spiritual gifts. Paul stated that they are here for this time (1 Cor 12:28; 14:1-5) and not to be forbidden (1 Cor 14:39) like SDA leaders do.

Further Reading: An Introduction To The Spiritual Gifts.

7.  They are not preparing the Bride of Christ for Jesus’ return.

How can a church which shuts Jesus outside their door, which repudiates the gifts of the Spirit, which slanders God’s prophets, which refuses to hear the testimony of Jesus through the Spirit of prophecy (Rev 19:10), be used by Him to prepare His Chosen as His Bride?

Further Reading: The Ten Virgins. The Bible Speaks (Vols 1-5).

Articles of Faith (Vols 1-5). The Missing Dimension in Christian Living.

Who Is The End-Time Elijah? Faith: Raising Our Level of Expectation.

 Faith and Healing.  The Woman Question. A Message To Sabbatarians. 

 Meetings With Jesus.   Witnessing For Christ. Casting Out Demons.

 Giving and Receiving.  And many other titles.

God Performs Wonders For The Faithful

All that I have said above is because God has spoken in dreams, illustrating the demonic strongholds that are present in SDA churches.  We publish these revelations in our regular Newsletters. It is all there for any who want to be corrected by what God has shown. But few want it!

In contrast, those who listen to His Spirit, they become the sons of God (Rom 8:14) because they let God lead them and correct them. They welcome input and revelation from true prophets, and learn from it.

And so God guides them, blesses them, and works wonders for them, true to Jesus’ promise. Read the promise in John 15:7; 16:23,24.

Alex wrote to me on 3rd June:

                   Thank you for the reply. How was the Sabbath? On our side we experienced the power of God at mid-day when we went to preach beside an oak tree. Yesterday the wind was calm in the morning but by noon the weather had changed. It was starting to rain heavily. We prayed to God to hold the rain so that it would not interrupt our fellowship which attracted some of the passers-by.

                   After we prayed, God held the rain and His message was preached on His chosen day of rest. And to the surprise of those who stayed to listen to the word of God, the rain started after we finished the fellowship. It rained heavily. We give thanks to God because He is the one manifesting His great action towards us.

So, while Alex and Polycarp were being vilified and insulted by SDA folk, God showed His hand of care to them for their faithfulness.

Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust, and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done... (Ps 40:4,5)

It’s high time for the Church to AWAKE! (Is 52:1); to put on her robes of righteousness; to rise up, shake off the dirt of error; and to free herself from the shackles of false ministers who rule over her (Is 52).

Don’t ABUSE the truth! Accept it; USE It! And God will be with you.

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