A Sad Commentary on the 'Church'
The Apostle Paul said that when he left ravenous wolves would come in and they would not spare the flock. In Ephesians we are also told that we are being tossed about by every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of man and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.
Considering this has been going on for about 2000 years it is little wonder that there are great numbers of Christians and 'leaders' who have been taken in by all manner of deception. Leaders who think they are leaders because they have a diploma on the wall and members of the flock who equate the time they have warmed a pew with maturity.
Unfortunately this large number of people who purport to be the Church are unable to know when it is actually the Holy Spirit who is moving as opposed to some devil.
Forums are full of these deceived people who are gleefully cheering what they see as the death of the revival at Lakeland!
These pitiful folk are actually cheering the quenching of the Holy Spirit and some of them think that their prayers have 'saved' us from great deception. Some of these deluded souls think people who came to Lakeland received 'strange fire' and are now in need of deliverance. These same people obviously can not discern the Holy Spirit from an unclean spirit and yet they go about acting as if they were all grown up and mature, when in fact they need a fresh bottle.
Pray for those real members of the Church who have been taken in my their own arrogance and who have used their intellect to try and judge the spiritual. Pray the LORD will forgive them for any part they are playing in trying to quench the Holy Spirit at Lakeland.
