Why do you not understand what I say? Because you cannot bear to hear my word. Wow. This is what is happening every day in the apostate church system. Joel Osteen cites Romans 4 as if it says that we can speak things into existence despite it saying God speaks things into existence. He does this because he does not abide in the word, he does not understand it, and he cannot bear to hear it. The prosperity hucksters abuse the bible to fleece the flock, such as Robert Morris who claimed God will curse your money unless you give him 10% first because he does not abide in His word, he does not understand it, and he cannot bear to hear it. The four horsemen idiots of the demon slayer apocalypse (Saldivar, Signorelli, Savchuk and Pagani) all pretend Christians can be possessed by demons because they are so busy selling their grift, that they cannot bear to hear what God's word actually says. Bill Johnson teaches gold dust, gemstones, glory clouds and angel feathers as signs that make you wonder because he does not abide in the word and cannot bear to hear it. False prophets like Troy Black pretend God speaks in vague sentence fragments because he does not abide in His word and cannot bear to hear it. This is the exact definition of false teaching today. They are professional hucksters and liars because their father is the father of lies. That is his character, which means he only speaks lies. There is no truth. There is no abiding. It is also why they hate and rail against discernment ministries so much - because they cannot bear to hear the true word of God. Why? Because it exposes them as the liars they are.
48 The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?" 49 Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 50 Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. 51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death." 52 The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.' 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?" 54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, 'He is our God.'[c] 55 But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad." 57 So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"[d] 58 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am." 59 So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
I am going to make an interesting comparison to what we see rampant today in the apostate church. That is to reflexively refer to anything we dislike as demonic. Jesus is trying to explain to them who He is in relation to the Father but they were having none of it. Jesus represented a threat to their power and control here on earth over the false religion they had established. For that threat they accused Him of having a demon. We see this today as well. When Bicklegate first broke out, the defenders of IHOP, which is itself demonic, accused the victims of being tools of Satan. They accused the advocates for the victims of demonic activity. When Dr. Brown's accusation first emerged he sent a fundraising email claiming his ministry was under demonic attack. When we see false prophets and teachers try to answer their false teaching and that they clearly do not abide in the word, the accusation is always demonic influence. It is an intellectual and spiritual laziness that drives it because it is a useful foil to wield against righteous judgment that their followers can use to easily dismiss any charges. Instead of answering the charges, the easy answer is well, they must have a demon. We saw this when Heather Schott interviewed Dr. Brown to give him cover. The panel was constantly pretending that the issue was not about Dr. Brown and how he abused his position of spiritual authority with two different women but rather that it was a larger macro issue within the body of Christ due to demonic influence. Contrast the reaction of the religious leaders to the woman at the well. Jesus used words of knowledge to show who He was and said that He had the water that would result in her never thirsting. She believed the words of Jesus. Here he is telling the Pharisees if anyone keeps His word they will never see death and they did not believe. They could not bear to hear His words because they did not truly abide in the word of God. They used it to further their own carnality and the fiefdom they had established on this earth. This is why we see things like the Elder Accountability Team dismiss the Firefly conclusion that Dr. Brown committed clergy sexual abuse and shuffled him right back into ministry. They have a fiefdom here on earth. The Charismaniacal machine wanted Dr. Brown back in business and thus they could not bear to hear the word regarding ministerial disqualification. The bible says that and elder must not be open to the charge of debauchery and must be above reproach? Nah, that's for suckers. Like children plugging their ears and saying "nanana" I can't hear you, they would not bear to listen to what God's word has said. Just easier to leverage verse snippets, create an air of faux-piety and label dissent as a divisive or demonic spirit. As it was, so it goes"
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