SERPENTS
| Exodus 7: |
9: When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then
thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and
it shall become a serpent. 10: And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 11: Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. 12: For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods. |
THE NILE BECOMES LIKE BLOOD
| Exodus 7: |
20: And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up
the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of
Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in
the river were turned to blood. 21: And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. 22: And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said. |
| Matthew 7: |
18: A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree
bring forth good fruit. 19: Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20: Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 21: Not every one 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. 22: Many will say to me in that day, 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? 23: And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. |
We see here, the Savior rejecting these people; not because they had done miracles, they might well have, but, because they were workers of iniquity. Iniquity is wilfull wickedness. In other words, these professed believers were blatant sinners. They had wilfully broken the commandments of God. On the great day of judgment, their miraculous powers will avail them nothing, because they were law-breakers. The main law they persistently broke was the Sabbath commandment. That is the commandment, which millions brake with impunity today. If you were to check out this claim with miracle-working preachers, you will discover, it is true. They reject Yahweh's Sabbath commandments with impunity.
Well you may ask: Do they know about the Almighty's Sabbath commandments? We can tell you, they knew about the Sabbath laws before you did! Go and ask them about Yahweh's Sabbaths and you will be amazed at their reaction to them. They know all right; but they refuse to obey. They are blatant sinners, “workers of iniquity.”
Read This Amazing Warning By The Apostle Paul.
| 2 Thessalonians 2: |
7: For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth
will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8: And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10: And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11: And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. |
In the book of the Revelation, we are told the same thing in symbolic language of the world-wide activity of miracle-working evil spirits.
| Revelation 16: |
13: And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of
the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the
false prophet. 14: For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 15: Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. |
Can we see this taking place? Sure we can. Even now, all over the planet we are witnessing miracles on an unprecedented scale:
| Revelation 13: |
11: And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two
horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12: And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13: And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14: And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 15: And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
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| Revelation 19: |
19: And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies,
gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and
against his army. 20: And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. |
These are the “last days” and Bible prophecy is being fulfilled before our very eyes. Sabbath-breaking, miracle-workers abound in the churches. SO BEWARE! If you really want to be on the safe side, evaluate a believer by his life. Look for holiness and the fruit of the Holy Spirit. By far the most reliable test of true discipleship is obedience to the commandments of God. If obedience is absent in a believer's life, then be on your guard, because the chances are, you are witnessing a counterfeit! Remember, the unfailing litmus test found in scripture is obedience. If a miracle-working person fails to obey the Almighty's commandments, then his/her performance is nothing more than a lying wonder and the work of an evil spirit, however genuine it may, otherwise, appear to be.
| Isaiah 8: | 20: To the law and to the testimony, if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. |
