Author Archives: Tammie Edwards

Slaves Obey Your Masters

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“Slaves obey your masters” may seem like a strange title to lead into a discussion of marriage. The writer of the letter to the church in Ephesus wrote that command just one chapter over from “wives submit to your husbands”.

In the Christian religion, marriage is a partnership where both Christian wives and Christian husbands submit to God’s authority in a covenant relationship. Christians choose God as the head of their household.

“Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” (Ephesians 5:21 NIV)

Paul, in his letter to the Ephesians, often used cultural norms to express spiritual truths. For example, it was normal during that time for there to be slaves and masters. Most women were intentionally kept illiterate. Because they could not read or write, women were forced into submissiveness. Christians don’t use the “slaves and masters” verse to condone slavery.

The Christian religion is very different from pagan religions, like Islam, where males dominate females requiring themselves as lord over them. Christian women submit to Christ as Lord. The Ephesians, chapter five passage is summarized by the following verse depicting the Bride of Christ (the church) submitting herself to the Lord’s sovereignty.

“This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.” (Ephesians 5:22-33 NIV)

It’s a common mistake of immature Christians to take a verse out of context and build a false theology around it. Unfortunately, that ignorance can lead to spiritual captivity and refusing God as Lord.

The first thing we do as we become a Christian is to create a covenant with God to obey Him. Obeying God means hearing His voice in prayer and following Him. Married ladies do not have a valid excuse for ignoring God or being lazy in service to Him just because they are legally tied to a man. The covenant with God is individual, not corporate.

Paul further gives this advice (earlier in the same chapter).
“Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.” (Ephesians 5:6 NIV)

Another important verse to remember.
“For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people.” (1 Timothy 2:5 NIV)

Ladies, submissiveness can become a form of idolatry when we place any relationship above our relationship with God.

Let’s talk about the book of Enoch

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I’m writing this post to put my own opinions out there regarding the book of Enoch (which is intentionally NOT in the Christian Bible) and one verse that is in the Bible that some people want to use to build a theology about alien beings. That verse is found in Genesis, chapter 6, verse 4. “The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.”

First, let me say this. Anyone with a one-verse theology needs to take their verse and seek God with it. The purpose of the Bible is for us to understand relationship with God. Genesis 6:4 is in context with God wiping mankind from the face of the earth. So reading this verse in context, you must consider verses 7 and 8, which read: “So the LORD said, ‘I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.’ But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.”

“The Nephilim were on the earth in those days” may just be a statement declaring that those people were the cause for God’s wrath to remove people from the earth. It doesn’t mean that they came from another planet. The term “sons of God” throughout the Old Testament refers to the men of Israel or men of faith. “Nephilim” could just be a label to describe the men of Israel (or in this case the sons of Seth) who refused to exclusively marry women of Israel (women of faith or Daughters of Zion). It cannot be angelic beings or fallen angels because spirits do not have reproductive seed. There is no reasonable assumption that God would have chosen to give us only one verse of Scripture to identify that He made alien beings to live on other planets. We have absolutely zero scientific evidence to prove that there are alien beings even with mankind’s space travels. If you substituted the word “Nephilim” with the word “Democrats” and read the sentence again, you might have a closer truth than substituting the word aliens. You could insert the words “pedophile” or “human trafficker” and get another thought process. Wouldn’t we all want those people wiped off the face of the earth?

Listen! Please hear me. If you are spending time foolishly being led astray by the devil’s cunnings schemes, you are missing the heart of the Biblical message. God’s heart is for you to know Him, listen to His voice and obey Him. It’s simple if you want it to be.

I’m including a Gotquestions.org article and video link here so that you will understand that the book of Enoch is not from God. The book of Mormon is not from God. The book of Islam is not from God. Again, the book of Enoch is not from God. https://www.gotquestions.org/book-of-Enoch.html

New developments

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Hi friends,

You may have wondered why there were few posts over the previous several months. It may seem that I have been slacking, but that is not the case. The Lord has directed me to start a publishing company for all the publications that I have created and will produce in the days ahead. While I’m still creating teaching pages, I need to have the required copyright licensing in order to provide printed magazines, workbooks, and study guides.

While I have not made much progress on the business side of things, I am steadily working on new materials. The business requires startup money that I just don’t have at the moment. It’s been difficult for me to not provide new pages quickly because I often feel an urgency to get the word out. So please bear with me as I continue to listen to the Lord’s direction. I’m hoping that the final result will be a Kingdom product that will disciple this generation and the next.

As always, you can contact me at my email on this website at TammieEdwards@therogueprophet.com. If you have questions, constructive feedback or suggestions, I would like to hear from you.

Blessings and Happy Thanksgiving!
Tammie

The Covenant Oath Worksheet

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I have listened to many altar call pledges over the years. Most of them sound more like a belief statement than an oath to obey God. This worksheet will hopefully help new believers understand the commitment that they are making to God. I provided space for each person to write out their own personal vow to God. What do you think?

When God Is Vague

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If you feel like God has given you vague or incomplete instructions, sit with Him, ask as many questions as you need to in order to understand exactly what He wants in a next step of faith. At times God is intentionally vague to get you to question details and perhaps even your own willingness to obey. He doesn’t have a problem with you analyzing and discussing it with Him. It’s possible that God draws out the conversation just so He can enjoy the fellowship and create intimacy. Conversation with God is how we get to know Him. He invented humor so He knows how to use it to make you laugh. You can relax and enjoy your time talking with Him. You will know when He wants concentrated listening. Be sure to be respectful as you would want to be respected. Don’t forget politeness. Use “please” and “thank you” when talking with God. He will honor that in your life.

God does want you to understand and walk faithfully in the direction of obedience. Remember that Abraham walked faithfully in the direction of obedience when he was told to sacrifice his son. Abraham fully expected that God would provide an alternative but he walked a faith walk until that happened.

Your conversations with God are NOT intended to be a constant list of “give-me”. How would you feel if the only time you heard from your child was with their hand out wanting something? Perhaps that is how prayer is demonstrated in the church – but it is not the prayer life that pleases God. He wants conversation and to lead you on the path that He has chosen for you. He wants to be known by you.

And yes, He will flex His muscles when He needs to. So be aware of how you are treating Him. Are you ignoring Him or including Him? He is jealous for your attention especially when ignoring Him can get you off the destiny path. Sometimes one wrong turn can create a complicated redirection that could have been avoided if you had consulted Him. Remember that Jonah found himself in the belly of a whale when he tried to deviate from the path that he was meant to follow.

Listen, God may need to work some things out of you like greed, arrogance, and selfishness. He may do that in uncomfortable ways but know that it is to improve your character for the Kingdom. He may need to work some things into you too. We all may need more humility, courage, fearlessness, boldness, kindness, gentleness, and the list goes on. Take the time to ask God about your strengths and weaknesses from His perspective. You might even ask about faith steps to improve in areas specifically needed for your earthly journey.

In summary, don’t assume anything except a stance to obey God wholeheartedly. Guess who obeyed God by writing this?

New Teaching Tool

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This edition of The Rogue Prophet Magazine is a discipleship tool that churches could use in their new membership classes to explain the covenant relationship with God. Unfortunately most Christians, young and mature, don’t understand the covenant expectations. The covenant oath is a one-God contract with God. Yet many salvation pledges are a pledge of belief that Jesus is the Son of God. That just is not a Biblical oath of allegiance. Jesus is God. There is only one God. The oath of allegiance is to have only one God. But don’t believe me … ask God yourself. If you don’t hear God, it could be that you have not made a true oath instead of a statement of belief.