HE DEVIL CAN PREACH THE GOSPEL?

Mario E. Fumero

When I found this picture on the internet left me thoughtful, and I remembered an earlier paper entitled "Demon in pulpit Gospel message" and I began to reflect on how God's enemy tries to imitate all that is true, wrapped misconceptions. Seeing him, I noticed the legend, for Jesus compared the doctrines of demons as little like the leaven of the Pharisees, because a small portion of 10 grams of yeast, can damage all the dough, fermenting (Gal 5:9 Mr 8:15).
Throughout Biblical history and humanity, the evil has been committed to plagiarize, imitate and deceive mankind with truths and imitations of supposed miracles that seem to be of God, but come from the depths of their evil. That was why Jesus warned that in recent times appear false prophets and apostles who would signs and wonders, so as to deceive even the elect (Matt. 24:24), and Paul said that Satan becomes an angel of light to deceive (2 Cor 11:14), mimicking what is of God, and even men appear with a form of godliness, but with their lives deny the power thereof (2 Tim 3:5) and to which we are to avoid or evade.
The devil is the father of plagiarism, lying and deceit. So this cartoon shows, so excellent, that brought these false ministers in churches and servants, claim to be bearers of a new revelation, and introduce covertly, destructive heresies (2 Peter 2:1).
If we knew the Scriptures thoroughly, and we had clear historical framework of the time and the mind of Christ and his disciples, hardly deceive us to exploit or manipulate religiously, to commit acts inconsistent as part of the divine. Sadly the people of God is so engrossed in the cult-show, pastors and apostles stars with fake messages, in a Gospel church offering a cheap, no strings attached, and a teaching methodology that allows the believer to meditate and analyze, with Bible in hand, what happens around them, so they are grazed and guided by wolves in sheep's clothing, because as said the prophet, "My people perish for lack of understanding" (Isa 5:13) and error are taken into captivity and slavery. But what it means to have understanding? It is worth analyzing in depth the etymological sense of the word.
The Spanish Royal Academy defines the word "understanding" as "soul power, under which conceives things, compares, judges them, and leads and follows other than those already known [1] ". This term comes a root of the Hebrew verb "bin" which describes the basic meaning of "separate" or "distinguish", thus establishing the ability to judge between a truth or a lie. Often translated "understand" or "discern". The same applies to the Greek term "ní ‧ ‧ s ‧ ē my" [1] , and that word has many synonyms, such as understanding , judgment, compromise , agreement , arrangement , agreement , sanity , wisdom . On the opposite side would be the negative of understanding, stupidity, ignorance , disagreement , discord .
The Bible talks a lot of understanding as a source of advice, wisdom, discernment, judgment, etc.. The same Jesus to his disciples blame for the lack of understanding (Mt 15:16). The psalmist asked God to know and understanding to keep the law of God and the Apostle Paul commands us to pray with understanding (1 Cor 14:15). This is equivalent to doing things knowingly. So fault that we preachers in sheep's clothing at the service of Satan is ours, for though we have many Bibles, and many wise doctrine, God's people have lost their ability of understanding and not reason according to the spirit of the Word .
This reality leads to the same conclusion, the churches are prey to deception by false ministers. In the scriptures there are hundreds of texts that talk about the importance of understanding to make one wise, and yet "my people perish for lack of it." The Bible compares the void of understanding as worse than an ox, and more gross than a donkey (Is 1:3), reflecting how important it is to have understanding on biblical teachings and purpose of God with his people. Sadly the disciples has set aside the Word, to embrace music CDs, concerts, dances, jokes and psycho-motivational messages, where even when quoting the Bible, the text is projected on a screen , not to let the wizard analyzes the context and pretext to manufacture non-doctrinal doctrinal environment of Scripture. In a church that recently I noticed that few brothers had Bibles, and I asked one of them the Why? The answer was simply that what was going to charge, if they worship the biblical texts projected on the screen. This completely undermines the ability to discern and judge in the context, if exposed by the preacher reflects the spirit of the biblical writer, so that almost no one makes an exegesis of how lessons are handled.
The Bible teaches us that the brethren of Berea, although as we had no Bible, listening to the Word in the mouth of Paul, went home to see if what was said by the apostle obeyed the spirit of the Scriptures (Acts 17: 10-15) before making a decision to convert. This analytical approach has been lost. Sadly we have a generation of believers who look more like sheep, that sheep thinking, and are slaughtered, thinking they are going to green pastures.
When preachers said there was anointed by the devil himself, I say nothing new. Anyone who does not preach the truth is a son of iniquity at the power of darkness. Distinguish them from the crowd is easy, we just need understanding, and complement it with the gift of discernment, and for this we need only a basic knowledge of the Word of God.
Jesus set the parameter to judge the ministers, as we said, "By their fruits ye shall know them" Matthew 7:20. Fruit is something that springs from the tree. Equivalent to their actions. Just look at how they live, how to dress, as preached and exalted, and lead their lives as family to know what kind of servant is. Because a shepherd smells of sheep and living in their midst.
The other principle is clear to distinguish the concept of shepherd (literally). A shepherd is one who has a herd and walk with him, going forward, leading them to green pastures, and defended with zeal and love, being willing even to give his life for his sheep (Jn 10, 11). The true shepherd is accessible, going forward, his sheep hear his voice and follow him because they show off the call. The false shepherd goes behind the flock, mistreat and leads to the slaughter. The squeezed and exploited, sticking out all milk, and takes all the wool even in the cold, and when you see the danger, flees because he does not feel responsible for the flock. Also when wage leaves the flock to find another pastorate more productive, especially when they do not pay what it claims (Jn 10:13). It is easy to distinguish at least biblical understanding which is the Christ-message and the message which is evil in the churches. We've taught in many other articles of this page, but it's worth a brief summary:

• The message of Jesus calls us to denial (Mt 16:24), the enemy we are motivated to self-exaltation and pride.
• The message of Jesus is confortativo with sin (Luke 16:13), Satan's message is motivational and persuasive.
• The message of Jesus calls us not to trust in riches (Mt 6:31), or WORRY about having (Mark 4:19). The message Satanic greed feeds and encourages the aim.
• The message of Jesus proposes not to seek greatness, nor titles, but be as a child (Luke 9:47 Mr 10:43). The Satanic message proposes an apostle, excellent and great among the brothers.
• The message of Jesus, like the whole Bible condemns greed born of greed that is idolatry (Col 3:5). The messenger of Satan encourages avarice and greed which they call prosperity.
• The message of Jesus calls us to suffering, distress, persecution, and we will be hated by the world (Jn 15:18, 16:33). Satan's message calls us to stop suffering, be happy and live like kings on earth.
• The message of Jesus establishes the separation of the kingdom of earth to the kingdom of God (Lk 20:25, Mt 6:24). The message looks Satanic alliance between the kingdom of God with earthly kingdoms.
• The message of Jesus promotes humility, simplicity and meekness (Matthew 11:29). The message promotes Satanic pride, boasting and arrogance.

As you can see there is a difference between the Biblical message right, and the false gospel infiltrated the churches by the messengers of Satan. We must learn to identify them, so that they can point and as the Word says "Now I beseech you, brother, to mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them. Because as such serve not our Lord Christ but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple "Rom 16:17-18.