Are False Christian Websites putting you in bondage?

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Since we are in the last days, we must be discerning about where we go to discuss religious topics. Some sites are very deceptive, either intentionally, or unintentionally. Although they claim to have a Christian focus, things can quickly deteriorate into a very harmful situation.

Not everyone who claims to be a Christian, is one. The Bible predicts that there will be a great falling away in the last days, and not everyone that claims they belong to the Lord, will be acknowledged by Jesus when the judgment comes.

Some discussion sites focus on “exposing false teachers.” This can be a noble mission.

Some sites do well with this topic, and some sites are traps.

The proper approach to exposing false teaching:

To do a good job exposing falseness or error, the site should:

state what the false teacher has said

show proof that it is wrong, or how inconsistent it is with scriptures

conclude that this is wrong/or heretical because of the proof

explain what is true instead

Wrong approach:

ranting, bloodthirsty attacks expressing personal opinion, no proof, or inappropriate connection between their “proof” and what the person said. Obsession with the person, sarcasm, hatefulness, gossip, ridicule, generalizing specific mistakes, and condemning everything about the person. attacking others who disagree, who may have a more balanced view. False accusations, unsubstantiated remarks, assigning evil intent to teaching errors.

Remember that not everyone with a false teaching is 100% wrong in ALL their theology. They may only have 10% that is wrong, or one teaching that is wrong, but the other 90% is valuable. If the site condemns everything about the person and denies what is correct about the person’s teachings, then you will fall into the trap of condemnation. I have seen sites accuse the person of being demon possessed, and that everything that happens in the ministry is evil. This is unfair.

The trap:

One or both of 2 things will happen

(1) If you happen to have a critical nature yourself, you will find yourself agreeing with them, and will end up doing an injustice to the person criticized, as well as contaminating your own spirit with negative remarks. We must always evaluate something fairly. We can argue with people and disagree, but we must be careful that we do not harm people personally. We must not let our passion for the truth hurt anyone.

(2) You will spend an endless cycle of self defense as you are constantly attacked and condemned. They will always want the last word, and as you try to give a good conclusion or answer, they will bind you with many confused arguments, and you will feel trapped, into constantly responding to them. This is a huge waste of time, and spiritual energy. It will drain you, and you will never convince them of your perspective.

Negative Behaviors:

they will attack, and attempt to destroy any true witness you have

they launch attacks at you for innocent remarks

Positive testimonies are rejected as doubtful, so if God helped you, then you are “lying,” or “deluded.” They do not believe you, since they “see” no proof from you. (They have no trouble lying themselves, however.)

your words are twisted into the wrong meanings, and they consistently, and intentionally come to the wrong conclusions, since they have already made up their minds.

They will put words in your mouth, and claim you said things that you did not say. Then they will attack you for saying these things. (insane !!)

they will gang up on you (typical of religious spirits)

they will claim to have “knowledge” of you that they can use to threaten you with

instead of objectively addressing specific issues, they attack you as a person

no evidence of Christian love

they are only nice if you agree with them

they are mean, cold, condescending, critical, condemning

argumentative, full of strife, relentless, harassing, unforgiving

they are spiritually blind to anything you tell them, narrow-minded

you never get their approval

they are falsely “objective”

they can be quite savage in attacks

they speak curses over you to influence and control your opinion

they do not believe anything you say. spirit of unbelief present

they are spiritually superior to you – you have to take their advice and conclusions since you are in sin and they are right

they will tell you to repent, since you are guilty

they will focus on, and point out, all your “personal faults,” since they have no truth to fight back with.

if you fight back and say they are lying when they falsely accuse you, they will become the victims of your sinfulness, and then YOU will become the “false accuser. (***they are the false accusers to begin with, then when you say they are lying, then that makes YOU the false accuser.)

they display delusions of religious superiority and authority one minute, and delusions of persecution (by you) the next

they will confuse every issue badly, to get you to concede, or to confuse things into looking like they “won”

they tend to be sensational in expressing their views

Your biggest clue will be when they block your comments, responses, and participation on their sites, because appealing to fairness, righteousness, and Christian charity (love) will offend them. One clever trick is for someone to take what you said, add to it or change it, then secretly forward it to the moderator of the site, to misrepresent you. You do not get a copy of the “complaint.” This is commonly known as “backstabbing.”  You are then condemned or blocked, but remarks about you are still being permitted on the site. That is, comments are being manipulated so that only the antagonistic view is presented about you. When it gets this bad, just leave and don’t worry about it. This is their sin, not yours.

Spiritual weapons need to be updated:

In the Bible, how to identify the bad from the good was based on how well the devil had progressed up to that point. But since then, the devil has read the bible also, and has adapted his methods to update his spiritual weaponry. ( For example, he has the internet now, and the new testament to twist around). Now, contrary to what many expect, ungodly people will declare that Jesus is Lord, that the Christ has “come in the flesh,” that they are Christians, they will praise God, and then turn around and act like the devil. This is nothing but witchcraft and control. It feels like you are the prey of demonic creatures out to get your blood.

If the devil has updated his lies to deceive us, then we must be wise and update our awareness of his devices to protect us.

Best approach – leave them to themselves – let God deal with them – they will not listen to you anyhow.

What else to do:

See other topics here about witchcraft,

https://heavenawaits.wordpress.com/charismatic-witchcraft/

jezebel spirits,

https://heavenawaits.wordpress.com/category/jezebel/

and religious spirits.

https://heavenawaits.wordpress.com/religious-spirits/