Satan's Agenda: Let The Good Speak Evil

SATAN'S AGENDA: LET THE GOOD SPEAK EVIL In 1988, Geraldo Rivera televised a program that focused on Christian Cults, with the subtitle "Zombies for Christ." Interviews are held with people who underwent deprogramming from the influence of charismatic, fundamentalist leaders and churches. The major problem that I had with this process, is that those who are doing the "deprogramming" are not born again Christians themselves, and may be deprogramming people completely away from Jesus, which of course is the subtle, underhanded strategy of the devil, using professing Christians against themselves. In this hour, I am finding that people are watching Christian television and reading Christian books, who themselves need to be deprogrammed from error that is causing them to be vulnerable to demonic oppression of a very serious nature. In fact, when I have tried to counsel those who have come to me to seek deliverance from the torment of demons, the mixture and error in their spiritual foundation is so deep, that deliverance is severely hindered by the amount of error that these captives have anchored their faith to by watching Christian television or reading the books of various mega preachers. The problem of today is similar to what Rivera explored in 1988. DECEPTION AND THE CHRISTIAN Evil spirits know it is fruitless to urge the righteous toward sins of the flesh, so demons use another tactic called DECEPTION. Their strategy is planned in the form of teachings and doctrines. The biggest deception is to receive counsel solely based upon the godly life and character of the counselor or teacher. Every thing that the enemy does is not always evil as he works under the cover of light. So the strategy of deception is to get the righteous or good person to accept a wrong idea and then to pass it off to others "as truth." Biblical counseling should be the foundation of every Christian counselor. However, it is important to point out that scriture is generally used as the basis of false teaching and is very skillfully woven into a web that will ultimately entrap a child of God. The method is to pull single texts out of their original context. In counseling professing Christians in torment or bondage, the following scripture from the book of James rings true: WE ARE DECEIVED BY SEEMING TO BE RELIGIOUS, WHEN AN UNBRIDED TONGUE REVEALS OUR TRUE CONDITION.(James1:26) In counseling, I listen to the unbridled tongue so as to expose the nature of the deception. Also, Paul wrote to Christians that we are deceived when we think ourselves to be wise with the wisdom of this world.(I Corinthians 3:15) Pre-deliverance counseling is certaining a humbling process, for very often, Christians in torment must resist the devil by admitting that they have been deceived not only by well meaning Christian teachers, family and friends, but also by their own heart. (Jer 17:9, Isaiah 64:20)