Strap in for a deep-dive into the troubling trends of modern Christianity as we unearth the dangers of deception in religious leadership. We promise an incisive exploration of how the bar for holiness and righteousness has been lowered, creating fertile ground for false prophets to thrive. Referencing Matthew 7:21-23, we re-evaluate prophecy and urge a return to true righteousness and holiness.
As we navigate the turbulent sea of truth discernment in a world drowning in distractions, this episode uncovers the sly tactics of false prophets and 'transformed' ministers of righteousness. Drawing from Matthew 12:25-27, we call on you, our listeners, to question your understanding of prophecy and the peril of idolizing a man more than the Creator. Brace yourselves for a spirited discussion that will challenge your beliefs and spark a yearning for authentic spiritual awakening.
Strap in for a deep-dive into the troubling trends of modern Christianity as we unearth the dangers of deception in religious leadership. We promise an incisive exploration of how the bar for holiness and righteousness has been lowered, creating fertile ground for false prophets to thrive. Referencing Matthew 7:21-23, we re-evaluate prophecy and urge a return to true righteousness and holiness.
As we navigate the turbulent sea of truth discernment in a world drowning in distractions, this episode uncovers the sly tactics of false prophets and 'transformed' ministers of righteousness. Drawing from Matthew 12:25-27, we call on you, our listeners, to question your understanding of prophecy and the peril of idolizing a man more than the Creator. Brace yourselves for a spirited discussion that will challenge your beliefs and spark a yearning for authentic spiritual awakening.
You're listening to the Ambassadors Voice podcast. Bless you and welcome to the Ambassadors Voice podcast, the show centered around Christian behavior and revealing the truth of God's word. I am Pastor Michael Pedrozo and I want to thank you for joining me in this podcast episode. I have a I don't know if I want to call it a confession to make or or just to get some things off of my chest. Just because of different things that I've seen, different things that I've heard whether it be social media or visiting another church, or just being out in the world, out in my everyday travels and everything that I do throughout my day, seeing and hearing a lot of things it has really brought a lot of vexation to me. It's really vexed my spirit, so much so that even with this episode, I'm not even sure what to call it, what to name it, but I'm going to be reading the scriptures and there's just things that I've seen and I don't really even know where to go with this because it's just so much. But I want to start in Matthew, chapter seven, verse 23, starting at verse 21. We're going to start at verse 21. And it says not everyone that saith unto me, lord Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my father, which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day Lord, lord, have I not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils, and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them I never knew you depart from me, you that work in equity. Now, that's a lot said coming from Jesus in just those three scriptures. It's because in those three scriptures he explains to you what those who have or who believe in it may be by mistake. I don't, I don't even want to say by mistake. It may be just because the way things are and the way things have been out in the world, in the way a Christian life is being portrayed out here in our modern day society that we have today, so many of our brothers and sisters in Christ, true men and women of God, have got to speak up. They've got to start standing up for holiness, standing up for truth, standing up for the righteousness of God, because there is so many different things that's going on in the house of God because those standards have been lowered. Holiness, true righteousness of God being filled with the Holy Ghost, those things have been lowered down to where it doesn't even matter anymore. It's all about a form and a fashion, it's all about being in an entertainment setting. It says that in verse 22,.
Speaker 1:Many will say to me in that day, lord Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? Let's just start there. I may be wrong. This is of my own opinion and what I know by reading the word, but I'm always known by reading the word and you as well should know by reading the word and hearing the gospel, whether if you listen to it by audio or if you're reading it yourself. You should know that whenever you read about a prophet in the Bible, most of the time those prophets traveled alone. The one prophet that I knew that traveled with someone was Elijah, because he had Elisha with him.
Speaker 1:Now, a lot of the prophets, or supposed to be prophets or prophetess that are out there today, most of them, do not even want to be known as a prophet or a prophetess. They want to be called prophetic. They don't want to be known as a prophet. I know that a lot of times that when the prophets spoke, god was precise and he was straight to the point. I heard somebody say that we miss being a prophet or prophesying or speaking. Sometimes we miss. If you're prophesying and this is and, like I said, this is me speaking from my own opinion If you are prophesying and God is using you to prophesy, using you to speak, then if he's a God that knows all things, he won't miss because he watches over his word to see that it performed what he sent it out to do.
Speaker 1:He won't miss, god will not miss something that he already knows is what's going to happen. So how you can say that we miss means you must not have the spirit of God if you miss when God is using you to speak to someone. Because God don't miss, god don't fail. He's not a man that he should lie, neither the son of man that he should repent. God is not going to miss, but he's going to be right on point when he is using you to, whether if it's to prophesy in someone's life or whether if it's to prophesy about a coming event that's gonna come to pass, whether if it be earthquake or storms or just some type of calamity.
Speaker 1:I know in the Bible that they didn't even like to see Samuel coming in their direction, because God will not let that man word fall to the ground. And if you were saying that God is using you to prophesy but then you turn around and say you miss, sometimes we miss, you're basically saying that God is letting the word that he's given you to speak fall to the ground. So I'm trying to understand this. When he says that many will say to me in that day, lord, lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? Then he turns around and says and in thy name, have cast out devils. I think I'm at a loss for words because some of the things that I've seen from around the world, whether it be on social media, I've come across certain things and have heard people say certain things, like I heard a woman prophesy and she was speaking out into the congregation and she told everybody to call on the angels of light. Now, if I'm not mistaken and I know that I'm not in the Bible, when the Bible talks about angels of light, it's referring to Satan transferring himself to an angel of light.
Speaker 1:How can Satan cast out Satan? How can be Elizabeth cast out Beelzebub? Now, in Matthew 12, verse 25 through 27, it says, starting at verse 25 and Jesus knew their thoughts and said unto them every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand. And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself. How shall then his kingdom stand? And if I be Beelzebub, and if I buy Beelzebub, cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges.
Speaker 1:So maybe you wondering why I read this scripture. It's because God said that he would send a strong delusion. And I believe that right now, in this day, in this hour, in this time that we are living in, a lot of us are in and walking in and under a strong delusion. Because in 2 Thessalonians, chapter 2, verses 9 through 12, it says even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish because they receive not the love of the truth that they might be saved for this cause, god shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie, that they all might be damned, who believe not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Speaker 1:We have to realize that and maybe a lot of us as believers don't know this and don't understand this is that we have pastors that are out here that are wolves in sheep clothing. They are wolves in sheep clothing because they didn't take the time to get before God and pray. They didn't take the time to get before God and seek his face. They didn't take the time to grab a hold of the altar and cry out to God to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. But instead, you know what they did? They sought out sorcery. They sought out witchcraft to be able to have the power to do just as it says, to have all power and signs and lying wonders. I believe they call it black magic. So it will look like God, it will look like the Lord is using them to perform a miracle, to perform a wonder, to send signs. But in all reality it's magic, it's sorcery, it's psychic ability. These are things that are being used right now in the house of God and we as God's people he said it in Matthew, chapter 24 and saints, I believe that if we don't seek God, if we don't know what our word says, know what the word of God says, if we don't pay attention to what the scriptures say Matthew, chapter 24, verse 22 through 24, is gonna happen to some of us.
Speaker 1:So we need to pray that God Does this, so this don't happen to us. Because it says in verse 22 of Matthew, 24 and except those days should be shortened. There should no flesh be saved, but for the elect's sake, those days shall be shortened. Then, if any man shall say unto you, low, here is Christ or there, believe it not, for there shall arise false Christ number one and false prophets number two and Shall show great signs and wonders, in so much that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. So what is this saying? If we are not careful About who we listen to and if we don't check these people out pastors, prophets, teachers, whoever it may be, even myself if we don't check them out by the word of God, we are gonna be deceived by false Christ, by false prophets, who are going to show great signs and Wonders and have all power. According to this, these two scriptures that I just read, second Thessalonians, chapter 2, verses 9 through 12, and Matthew, chapter 24, versus 22 through 24 if we are not paying attention and Lining God's word up with what these people say, with what these pastors, these prophets, these preachers say, we are going to be deceived.
Speaker 1:People of God, remember when you go back to the Bible with Moses. When you go back into the Bible with Moses, when God sent him and Aaron to Pharaoh and they cast down that Rod and the rod turned into a snake, what did Pharaoh do? He called for his magicians. He called for all of his false prophets and magicians and and Sorcerers and they stepped out and they created the same Thing that the staff or the rod that Moses and Aaron threw down created. It created a snake. But what happened to it? The snake that Moses and Aaron created, that God created by using the staff or the rod that Moses and Aaron put down, it devoured the other snakes. So that shows me that God's power trumps what Satan will ever try and imitate or will ever try and Copy what God will do. But it does not mean that he won't be able to create something that mimics or looks just like something that God will do. Remember this is after the working of Satan, with all power and Signs and lying wonders and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness.
Speaker 1:I want to ask like why do we think God says Depart from me you that work iniquity? Think about that. You have to think about what he means by that because, as a true and you hear me putting emphasis on true, because a True man of God, a true believer in Christ, is going to do everything within them to not willfully sin, because there's gonna be so much conviction that's gonna come up on them that they will, as the Bible says, repent quickly if they fall into a snare or a trick of the enemy. They will repent quickly because they understand and they have a fear and a reverence of God within themselves because of the Holy Ghost. But those that work iniquity, as he says to depart from me all ye workers of iniquity, there's no conviction within them when they stand up in the pulpit and Supposedly prophesy or supposedly speak into someone's life or speak the word of God or whatever they're doing. Because you remember, satan knows the word as well, remember he spoke it to Jesus. So you go back to where the word says Angels of light, and you wonder why I'm saying or why I brought up that I heard someone Speak or was prophesying, or supposedly prophesying to a body of believers or a body or a congregation of people and in their Prophecying told the congregation to call on the angels of light to come to their posts. And why I am not in agreement with that because in second Corinthians, chapter 11, verses 14 and 15, says this and no marvel, for Satan himself is Transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness whose in Shall be according to their works. That says a lot right there within itself. So we have to be careful, be aware of Satan devices.
Speaker 1:I heard a man of God say that we must know our enemy Because he know us, he knows who we are, he know the things that we used to do before we became a man or God, before we became a woman of God. He knew what we were out there doing before we got saved, so he knows how to bring temptation our way. Of course it's going to be things that we used to do before we got saved and it may even be some new things that we may be dealing with in our life. It makes it that much more easier for him to deceive us, as the word says, when he has ministers of righteousness or ministers that have transformed themselves as the ministers of righteousness. So basically, paul is saying it's no big thing for him to have ministers that have also transformed themselves into ministers of righteousness.
Speaker 1:So a lot of the people that we sit and listen to that preach the word of God. We have to check them out by the word, to make sure that we're not listening to a wolf in sheep clothing, to make sure that we're not listening to Satan himself, who is transformed into an angel of light. So in his name, they're going to prophesy. In his name, as they said in thy name, have we not prophesied, lord, lord, have we not prophesied? In thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils, and in thy name, done many wonderful works.
Speaker 1:I just read all of these different scriptures to you. That shows you a strong delusion that we're walking in, that some of us have been placed in. That also shows you that there will be many false Christ, many false prophets that will show up on the scene to deceive the very elect, to deceive the people of God. Why? Because Satan know he ain't going to be able to make it in the heaven. He don't have another opportunity to make it into heaven.
Speaker 1:So what is he, on the job, trying to do? Trying to make sure that those of us that have given our life to Christ and we are sincere, we are dedicated, we are committed to living for Christ and living in Christ and saving and wanting to save others, have a heart and a desire to save others, that his job is to try and get us off of our posts so that that young man or that old man or that young woman or that old woman that we met or that we came across will not hear the word of God. We don't ever know when God is using us to plant the seed. We don't ever know when God is using us to water the seed that had been planted. It's God that gives the increase, but as men of God, as women of God, we have to be aware of Satan devices, because if we are not paying attention, if we are not aware, if we are not discerning the signs of the time, we ourselves, as the scripture said, if it were possible, the very elect would be deceived.
Speaker 1:I want to read a scripture that speaks to those of us that are looking for sign and wonders. It says in Matthew, chapter 16, verses two through four. He answered and said unto them when it is evening, ye say it will be fair weather, for the sky is red, and in the morning it will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and lowering. Oh ye, hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the time. A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign, and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas, and he left them and departed. So while we're out here seeking for somebody to prophesy to us, seeking for someone to give us a word from God, we have to be careful with that, because we don't realize and don't know. And also, who pays for a prophecy? It is my understanding that they're out there charging now for prophecy, for them to prophesy to you.
Speaker 1:That sounds to me like witchcraft. It sounds to me like a psychic, but instead of you going to a place where a psychic may be, they have now infiltrated the House of God, and God is not pleased with this. You have so much I call it foolishness so much foolishness going on in the House of God, and God is not pleased with it. He said in his word that my house shall be called a House of Prayer, but we have no reverence, no fear of God. The fear of God has left the building, because now anything and everything just about goes on in the House of God or takes place within the supposed to be men and women of God, bishops of God, those that are prophets and prophetists or being prophetic, and they're supposed to be men and women of God, but they have so much wickedness going on in their life that none of us know anything about. But when you have, god said that he would expose them, he said that he would expose them.
Speaker 1:And when you have someone who may run in these circles with these people, because they connect with one another, they can't walk in true holiness because some of these people have made oaths to other gods, they have made pledges to other gods and if we are not careful we will fall up under that same spirit that they have on them and we'll find ourselves worshiping other gods or not giving ourselves 100% commitment and 100% dedication to God. We will find ourselves worshiping the man more than the Creator. If we are not careful, we will find ourselves in that place of worshiping a man more than the Creator. God spoke about it in his Word In Romans, chapter 1, verse 25,. It says who changed the truth of God into a lie and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Speaker 1:But when you go back up in those scriptures, he says in verse 21,. Because that when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations and their foolish hearts was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to uncorruptible man and to birds and to four-footed beasts and creeping things. Verse 24 says Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts to dishonor their own bodies between themselves, who changed the truth of God into a lie and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. And God says in verse 26, that for this cause God gave them up unto vile affection, for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature. Verse 27 says and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman burned in their lusts one toward another, men with men working that which is unseemly and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, god gave them over to a reprobate mind to do those things which are not convenient. That's a mouthful, that's a lot.
Speaker 1:But these are the type of pastors, leaders, bishops supposed to be apostles that we are dealing with in this day and age. They are being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity and whisperers. They are backbiders. They're haters of God. Despiteful, they're proud, they're boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding. They are covenant breakers without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful, who, knowing the judgment of God that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same but have pleasure in them that do them. These are the type of leaders that we are dealing with. These are the type of leaders that we have standing in the pulpit speaking to you.
Speaker 1:We must be aware, we must pay attention to the things that are coming into our ears, that we are taking into our spirit, that will cause us to be in a place of being tossed by every wind of doctrine, because we are giving ourselves over to so many of these things and listening to so many different people preachers, pastors, prophets, whatever you want to call them. They are deceiving God's people On a weekly basis. They are deceiving God's people and standing before you as wolf and sheep clothing because they're with their mouth. They say that they love God, but their hearts are far from Him, because once they leave that pulpit, once they leave from in front of you doing their performance or for as many of them it's a nine to five job. So when they leave and they clock out of work, they go do what they do and sometimes they don't even have anything to do with God.
Speaker 1:So all I am saying here is that be aware of what the enemy is doing in this hour. Be aware of the tricks and the schemes and the plots that the enemy has out there to deceive the people of God. Be aware, pay attention to the things of God, to the word of God. Find men and women of God that are true men and women of God, that are pastors that are speaking the truth and they will not deviate from God's word. They will not stand up in a pulpit and tell you some kind of out of left field story and try and mix the word of God into it, but they will give you what you need to make it into the kingdom of heaven. They will give you what your soul needs to repent of a lifestyle that you don't realize that you are living in because the pastor that was up in that pulpit made you feel like what you were doing is okay. We have to think about when they are talking about the love of God, just as we were when we were parents, or why we are parents, even if you don't have children. Think about when your parents Raised you and how they chasing you when you done things that were wrong. That didn't mean they didn't love you, but it was a form of correction to make sure that you stayed on straight street.
Speaker 1:God is the same way he loves us, but that does not mean he's not gonna chasing us, because he said in his word he chasing those whom he love and that if you are without chest Heisman, you are a bastard and not a son. In Hebrews, chapter 12, verse 6 through 11, and says for whom the Lord loveth, he chasing it and scourges every son whom he receive it. If you endure Chasing in, god dealeth with you as sons. For what son is he whom the father chasing, then not. But if ye be without chest Heisman, where of all our partakers? Therefore, then are you bastards and not sons that's God's word as Children of God, god is gonna chest Heisman when we step out of line from his word when we profess and say that we love him. But if you are without chest, heisman, as some of these leaders are, they are bastards and not sons.
Speaker 1:Some of them have been turned over to a reprobate mind because they choose to have it their way rather than walking in the spirit of God. They already, from the beginning, chose. Some of them started out Well, they did run Well, but who hindered them? They ended up in a place to where they sought other things to get power, and it wasn't from God. And this is what we are being taught and Spoken to and prophesied to. We're being spoken to by another spirit. We're being prophesied to by another spirit because these leaders, these people, decided to go out and Search out and seek out black magic. You don't have to take my word. You can do your research yourself and find out how many pastors have gone out and sought out Sorcery and witchcraft to have power, to be a powerful man of God, to be a powerful woman of God, because they felt like God was taken too long again. All I'm saying is be aware of Satan devices, be aware of the schemes and the plots and the tricks that Satan has of his sleeve that if we are not careful, as the word says, even the very elect would be deceived.
Speaker 1:God tells us in Luke, chapter 13, to strive to enter in, starting at verse 24, to strive to enter in at the straight gate for many. I say unto you will seek to enter in and shall not be able. Why? Because verse 25, 26, 27 says it, 28 says it. When, once the master of the house is risen up and have shut the door and you begin to stand without and To knock at the door saying Lord, lord, open unto us. And he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence you are, then shall you begin to say we have eaten and Drunk in thy presence and thou has taught in our streets. But he shall say I tell you, I know you not whence you are. Depart from me, all Workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and Nashing of teeth when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves Thrust out. Keep in mind, saints. In Matthew 24, 11 through 13, it says and many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many, and Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold, but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Continue to strive, saints. Continue to strive to enter in at the straight gate that you won't find yourself on the outside after the door has been shut, but endure until the end, because the word of God says that the same shall be saved. That's all we have for this episode.
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