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Spiritual Discernment for the Word of God - Christian Myths and Fairy Tales

Written by Joseph Ho, December 12th, 2009

The Christian World is now full of false teachers and prophets, preaching things which the itchy ears love to hear. They bring you myths and fairy tales stating that Jesus will solve all your problems, selling the Gospel for offering and tithes. Truth in its original unadulterated form is not very appealing to the prevailing people of our age. We now live in the world of instant gratification of our soul. We constantly seek the quick fix to all our problems when in reality we took many years to build the wrong values and principles in our lives and yet we hope against all odds that within one single moment or even in a single day that all the repercussions and the impact of our wrong actions will be taken away instantly.

The irresponsible preaching by preachers who do not know or uneven understand the heartbeat of the Lord our God, constantly aired their misconstrued opinions as Gospel truth. These over zealous preachers sell the Gospel as an ultimate cure it all. Before I proceed to explain the deeper issues there, please do not think I am against the fact that Jesus can solve all problems since he is God. The subtle difference between a God who can solve it all and the matter of the fact of whether he will solve it for you is entire two difference truth. We can not assume that just because the bible contains 6,800 blessings that all these blessings will automatically come upon a person once he says the sinners’ prayer and once he is baptized. If that was the case, then all Christians would be Billionaires, very healthy, and have great material and spiritual wealth, yet we do not see this for a fact. Don’t forget there is still the matter of justification, sanctification and glorification. Before God will bless you with anything, you have to repent of your past sin, make amendments to change and with the help of God work out the changes. This is not super grace without effort, super grace without righteous work yes, but not without effort, you still have to read your bible and walk towards the light willingly by hearing the promptings of the Holy Spirit and obey its guidance and to do the will of God and not your own will; as in thy will be done not my will.

Myth Number One: Jesus will heal all your disease all the time.

As far as I know, Jesus can heal all disease, but whether he will heal yours is another matter all together. If accepting the Lord will cause your disease to go away and you then live a disease-free life then this is a myth. If you do not believe me, simply ask your fellow Christians if they are suffering from any health issue and you will find that Christians who are baptized, tongues and spirit-filled sons of God still have health problems. Then again you might not have attended prayer request sessions where lots of Christians who are already saved and are still sick and having illness which did not go away. Coming to Jesus does not ensure you get a sick free life and live happily ever after, that is not the right theology of God. Read the Book of James and you will know the truth.

Then we come to this scripture which says by His stripes we are healed in the book of Isaiah, and preachers always quote this to infuse the meaning that coming to Jesus will cause your disease to disappear all together.

Isaiah 53:5 (King James Version)

5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Strangely enough, I have still yet to see God healing the amputees of their legs or hands. If God will solve all our problems once we become a Christian, why wouldn’t God re-grow limbs of Christians? I have seen pastors with no right arm. However, Jesus did say this:

Matthew 5:29 (New International Version)

If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Exodus 15:26 (New International Version)

26 He said, "If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you."

I have seen Christian intercessor or prayer warrior coming down with a stroke or half body paralysis. I have also seen pastors with nose cancer. I have also seen sincere Christians with diabetes and high blood pressure. Why did the Lord God not take away all these diseases as the preachers have claimed? Did God lied when he said what he would do, or did the preachers preached something which God did not say? This is a warning from the Lord for those who speak presumptuously on behalf of God when in fact it is there own words and not the words of God.

Jeremiah 27:15 (New International Version)

15 'I have not sent them,' declares the LORD. 'They are prophesying lies in my name. Therefore, I will banish you and you will perish, both you and the prophets who prophesy to you.' "

The Truth for these people mentioned above is that there is sin in their lives. But didn’t Jesus forgive them of all their sin, past present and future, once they accepted Christ? The Truth is you need to acknowledge your sin, repent and go through a Sanctification process. The first Christian intercessor mentioned above had harbor hatred in her life against her husband and was not forgiving thus, she developed stroke on her left part of her entire body. The second being the pastor who got nose cancer which was a result of having judged someone very strongly without mercy and therefore it manifested as a nose cancer. Nose represents the matters of judgment. The third case of the diabetic was a problem with eating disorder, you are what you eat and the physical health of a person is determined by what he eats. I have also seen parents who believed this myth that when you pray to God he will always heal you and they refused to send their children to the doctors because they believe God will heal them. The result was a disaster, their kid died, so now they come to hate God for not fulfilling his promise as a healer.

Have you ever thought why God made some Christians to be medical doctors? Why would a healer God need medical doctors if he did not intend for us to be treated by them sometimes. I would like to suggest that each time we come to an impasse situation, God will create a miracle to solve our problems since we have no way out, but if there was an easier way God would almost always use that way. God works in many ways and we can not and should not force the hand of God to move the way we want him to act. This is called testing God, and Jesus caution us against this believe, when Satan tested Jesus’ understanding by asking him to jump off the building to see if you was indeed God’s son.

Did God actually promised them to heal their kid or did the preachers preach that God promised he would heal all the time no matter what, as long as it is written in the bible? These people do not understand the meaning of the Rhema Word. Static words taken from the bible can not be used literally at times because it’s not the current word, the letter without the Spirit will kill. In the days of Moses, the manna when kept for more than a day will produce maggots. The manna from heaven is symbolic representation of the Rhema Word.

Deuteronomy 8:3 (New International Version)

3 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

The Rhema Word is a word given to someone by God’s authorized and anointed messengers to fulfill his promise of what he would do at the present moment in time. If you don’t get this Rhema Word then God has no responsibility to fulfill anything for you since he did not say so to you. The other matter is that you need spiritual discernment to know which one is the Rhema Word from God and which one is of men and not God. Standing on the Bible promises without the actual consent from God is really foolish. But again, how can you know the consent of God when you can not even hear his replies?

Lamentations 3:37-38 (New International Version)

37 Who can speak and have it happen
if the Lord has not decreed it?

38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that both calamities and good things come?

If we look carefully at the verse in Exodus 15:26 again, you shall see that there is a condition which God has stated and if you follow that diligently then he will not bring any of the disease upon you. But, many have now come to denounce the importance and truth of the Old Testament, saying, Jesus has done away with the Law. This is another misunderstanding on the part of the “Prosperity Gospel Preachers”. I lump all these materialistic seekers and super grace preachers under this label since they go hand in hand, because they have denounced the need for the Old Testament. But are they really ignoring the Old Testament, oh no, I don’t think so, they seem to love Malachi 3:10 quite a bit when it comes to offerings time. But when it comes to punishment and wrath of God, they run back to the New Testament of grace, forgiveness and mercy; aren’t they like the Pharisees of the olden days? You can not pick and choose what you like in the bible to follow its everything within that you have to observe obey and follow.

Malachi 3:10 (New International Version)

10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.

Can anyone pick and choose what they like and follow partial truths? That would again result in idolatry since they make up their own rules and regulations. Jesus warns his disciples not to follow those who fabricate traditions and preached it as Gospel truth.

1 Timothy 4:7 (New International Version)

7Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly.

2 Timothy 4 (New International Version)

1In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.

3For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

4They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

Surely, God can not lie, but then why is it that the preachers continue to say the things which God did not sanction. These preachers have sold the Gospel truth for Church growth and wealth. They wrongly think that because they are getting more sheep that God has blessed them. With more sheep comes more offerings and with more offerings come wealth. If wealth alone is a result of being blessed than all the pimps and drug lords of the world would have been very blessed by God. If more sheep is the result of being blessed, than the entire non-believing pagan people would be very blessed since there are more of them than us.

I leave you with this warning:

Matthew 12:36
But I tell you that men will have to give account on the Day of Judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

May God open the eyes of your heart and I will continue to expound on Godly Myths and Fairy Tales in my coming articles. But for those who are victims of these myths and fairy tales and seek to know more, can proceed to my website at kingscepter to learn how to attain discernment on God’s truth or send me your questions. God bless those who seek the truth and not after man’s traditions, formulas and myths and fairy tales. The Truth needs no defense for its defender is the Lord of Host, The Almighty God of all creation.

Joseph Ho is an engineer by training, he is also a former member of FGBMI and CBMC. Presently, he is the President of Thy Scepter, a spirit led Christian Business owner Society. He has also authored 2 books, one of which is "My Sheep Hear My Voice" and is available at www.kingscepter.com.

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