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“They strengthen the hands of the evildoers.”

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“They strengthen the hands of the evildoers.” I heard those words from the Lord as He talked to me about the titheing congregants of churches where false doctrine is taught. Not only are they complicit with the false teaching but they are strengthening the hands of the evildoers who teach false doctrine by contributing money to their cause.

Of course, God is always examining the hearts of every action to determine motives. That never changes. But He also knows when He has spoken to your heart about the false doctrines. So He knows that you are ignoring spiritual turmoil while you sit in those church pews hearing contrary doctrines to His heart.

Recently God told me that He hates one of the five pastors that He previously assigned to me. I questioned Him over and over if He really meant that He hated the pastor. Every time God answered that He hated the pastor. What? Is that even allowed? I questioned God did He mean that He hated the false doctrines being taught by the pastor. Oh yes, He hates the false doctrines but in the case of the pastor in question, God said He hates his heart towards God and the Kingdom. The pastor has continually refused God.

I reminded God that all of the pastors that He assigned to me still teach falsely on certain subjects. Again, God reiterated that He hates the false doctrines but that the hearts of the other four pastors are aimed to please God. But the one pastor does not have a heart for God, and God chooses to turn against him. Now this may not materialize obviously in the physical realm (and it may) but in the spiritual realm, the pastor will certainly be punished for grieving the heart of God. … And then, there were four!

Isaiah 63:10 NIV
“Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned and became their enemy and he himself fought against them.”

Proverbs 29:1 NIV
“Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.”

Proverbs 1: 23-33 NIV
“Repent at my rebuke! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you, I will make known to you my teachings. But since you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand, since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke, I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you—when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you. Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me, since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD. Since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke, they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes. For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.”

Sin Responsibility

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As a mother, it was important for me to teach my children their responsibility to know God, hear His voice, and obey Him. As soon as I understood how to hear God for myself, I wanted them to learn also. But even before that we had what most would consider a godly home. From infancy, my children went to church with their parents. They grew up with Christian friends. They were taught to read the Bible and care about their place in the Kingdom.

My children probably got more Bible knowledge than most because I led community Bible studies at my church, at the YMCA, and at the public Library throughout their formative years. I facilitated DVD studies by leading female evangelists and teachers for more than a decade. Beth Moore, Priscilla Shirer, and many others taught us to draw near to God. As I grew in the Lord, I wanted everyone else to have the same opportunity to grow too. I gave much of myself to include others on the journey with me.

As a prophet, I have been trained by God to bring a word from Him. That training required that God take me away from my former married status, my children, my home, my family and friends. Very much like a military man or woman who trains/serves at a military base away from home or in a foreign land. The need to help others grow in their relationship with God is the same as it was with my children or the ladies in the community Bible studies. As a prophet, I’m tasked with bringing a message directly from God rather than from a human teacher.

As a deliverance minister, it is most imperative that I teach of the need to know God. Without an unbroken covenant relationship with God, the devil, demons, and evil spirits have access to potential loved ones. God will allow it if we don’t have the right heart towards Him. He only agrees to be our God if we agree to choose Him (in all decisions) as our God. If we are ignoring God in choices, then He will ignore us in our rebellion. It’s not complicated to understand. It’s not that different than the marriage relationship. If a spouse chooses to cheat, there are consequences that are tied to the severity of their unfaithfulness. It’s that way with God too. If we cheat on the covenant relationship, God allows us to have the little “g” god of our desire. He removes His hand of protection because there is no room for two gods on one throne. Who is on the throne of your life?

The attached page explains sin responsibility. Our family line is important when God’s justice is being expressed. We have a personal sin responsibility, a sin responsibility tied to our parents’ sins against God, and responsibility for our children’s sins too. But don’t believe me … ask God yourself.

Dwellers in Unity?

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The word “unity” gets tossed about quite a bit in the Christian community. It seems that some think it means a unity of opinions or a unity of picking a pastor or a unity of acceptance. Rarely do I hear unity being referred to as unity of the Spirit. That’s largely because so few actually walk with the Spirit of God.

The ONLY way that the churches can reach unity of the Spirit is to have SOUND DOCTRINE. If all the churches are teaching differently on most every topic there is obviously no unity of the Spirit. It happens because the church orators are teaching their own fleshly interpretation of Scriptures rather than hearing God teach them the truth of His heart. Every person on the planet can give a different interpretation of Biblical texts if they are not INTENTIONALLY taught by the Spirit of God. The devil loves to manipulate interpretations to create whole new denominations (or demonizations). Those are the divisions that destroy unity.

Is it so crazy that God would send His prophets to antagonize (warn, caution, and rebuke) the false teachers into seeking God about true doctrine? It is the false doctrines that destroy unity, not God’s anointed prophets. Or do you believe that God would rather that all the churches teach differently and contradictory to God’s will to yet another generation? Why would you try to build God’s Kingdom on a foundation of untruth and half-hearted pursuit of God’s specific will?

Unity of the Spirit is certainly NOT about getting as many people as possible to follow a false theology and naming it a church. If you love your brothers and sisters in churches that are teaching falsely, then you should do everything possible (as led by the Spirit) to address their false doctrines and teach them truth. It may seem like antagonism but in reality it is love. Love does uncomfortable things when necessary. The Master Gardener does PRUNE the branches so that they bear good fruit.

Unity of the Spirit requires knowing God, seeking Him for all truth, and following Him wherever and whenever He leads. Nobody can do that without hearing His voice. Nobody!

Do No Harm?

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There is a vast difference in being helpful or being harmful. If you are tasked with confronting the hard stuff it requires attacking the problem without attacking the person.

If any one of you thinks that you can do my job, then prove it. Show me how you confront the false theologies of another pastor that you are sure is teaching falsely. First, you have to be certain of their error. You can only do that by talking with the Lord at length about it. You must know that you are not the one with false theology in that area. Then, you must have direction from God to address the false theology. When you have the insight, courage, and permission to move forward, you must do it wanting to rid the person of the false theology more than to prove something else.

It takes care and strategy to dissect the error from the person without wounding them unnecessarily. Now, listen, if they aren’t willing to deal with their false theology and expect to go on teaching it to another generation, then you will have to approach things with more emphasis. That’s where I am with most of you pastors. I’m still following God’s direction carefully but don’t be surprised if He decides to unveil things in a way that exposes you more publicly. I think each of you knows that I tried to address the issues privately many times first (exactly as God led me to).

Prove to me that you’ve got what it takes to do my job. Show me how you disprove false doctrine. Steve Yuke, how would you explain to the false teachers that women in ministry are not inferior to men? How would you explain that they are wrong in a way that convinces them that everything that they have taught on the subject has faulty foundation? Show me that you can be the antagonist when God sends you. It’s not as easy as you think.

Listen, most of you guys have plenty of things that I could mock you about to defame you. I’m not trying to do that. I’m trying to fix what is broken. If you won’t listen to me, please listen to God. Seek Him and know true doctrine. It’s easier to learn from Him than to be burdened by me. But He knows if you are doing that or not. Mostly not!

Conversation With God (082625)

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God: Child, are you not pleased with your assignment?

Me: God, I love working with you and hearing your voice. I would not ever want to change that. But, the assignment feels like a heavy burden. Not because of your expectations but because the truth that you want carried is rarely met with acceptance. It feels like I’m at odds continually with the people that you send me to.

God: Child, they are not rejecting you. They are rejecting me. It’s me that they refuse to seek. It’s me that they refuse to listen to. You have their attention, and you are always reminding them to seek me with priority. Beloved, I am your encourager. You don’t need their approval. I love you and am with you always. I will not leave you or abandon you.

Me: God, it doesn’t seem like they are making any progress against their false doctrines. It’s been a lot of work on my part and it doesn’t seem to be making a difference. How much of my life must be sacrificed to reach the stubborn pastors for them to change?

God: Child, you have done my will completely. You are not responsible for the outcome. I am. I will affect the change needed in one way or another. Just keep doing your job with expectation of my righteous justice. But, you should know child, that you have made a difference. You’re too close to the subject to see clearly the changes that are happening.

Me: Will you tell me who has improved and who has shut me out?

God: Child, not one of the pastors that I have assigned you to oversee have shut you out. Each one of them is watching closely to see what you are writing. They respect you for your wholehearted pursuit of truth and for sharing it so willingly. Not one of them has sacrificed more or worked harder to communicate my will. Please Jasmine, don’t carry this as a burden but as a high honor. You hear my voice in a way that they could only hope to know. Their improvement may be slow, but it is happening in very subtle ways.

Me: Lord, I don’t want to complain about the assignment. I want to be wholeheartedly devoted to your will. But it hurts to constantly be pushed away and rejected.

God: Jasmine, you are not being rejected. They are jealous and greedy for power. You, my beloved, are everything that they hope to be. You are gifted in every way. You have courage that they admire. You have strength against persecution. You are beautiful while they have ugliness that needs to be dealt with. I love you Jasmine. Don’t focus on their hateful ways. Focus on me.

Me: Thank you God. You always make me feel better. I needed that peace that only you can afford.

Note: The Lord gave me a new name at the beginning of this journey together. The name Jasmine is pronounced Yaz-meen when He says it. He rarely ever calls me Tammie.

Agent of Change or Compliance

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I’ve already confessed to being an analytical thinker. It’s who I am and I blame God for it 😉 He’s also responsible for the huge gift of sarcasm that has landed with me.

What He hasn’t given me enough of is the gift of hospitality. Perhaps it is because I’m too busy assessing my surroundings or off in a “what if” scenario to give adequate attention to comforting people to make them feel welcome and invited. But just because I have been seemingly overlooked by God with that gift doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate it when I see it in others.

When a gifted person is put in the right situations to express their giftedness, it is a beautiful thing. (Except of course when it comes to being a prophet. That’s only beautiful to God as evidenced by how often the prophets were persecuted throughout history.)

I have a bit of a dilemma that I’m willing to share with you. Know that it requires me to be vulnerable so give me a break going into this dialog. As a prophet, God usually sends me to a church as an agent of change. That agenda can be awkward for everyone. God will not allow me to be a member of a church where false doctrine is being knowingly taught. But I so miss Christian community and family. As you might imagine, I spend a lot of time alone until God sends me for a specific purpose.

There is a ladies’ Bible study starting this week that I would like to attend with God’s permission. It is at a church that seems to not treat women as less-than beings. I want to attend as a woman, not as a prophet, but God has cautioned that it may place me in a conflict-of-interest position. Can I blend in when God wants me set apart? It’s easy to follow God’s instructions when He sends me, but very difficult when He later holds me back from the people that I have formed a connection with. I’m not sure that I know how to do this.

The dilemma is do I attempt to do this thing or should I just stay in my own lane. I can certainly study the Bible with God alone at home. Should I risk my heart in community or just be content where things are? Do I risk possible punishment from God for wanting to be silent when I should speak? Is it silly for me to be so apprehensive about being truly welcomed. Perhaps it will take God telling me that I must go before I can step confidently in that direction. He has no problem with that technique at most other times. Could He want me to be reluctant? Am I being too analytical when I should just accept hospitality?

Perhaps I should just keep talking to God about this until there is peace. Why isn’t there peace?

Visions To His Prophet

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There have been many times in my years as a prophet when God has given me visions. I even once had a vision of the Rapture and Jesus ascending on the clouds. While that may or may not actually happen in my lifetime, it doesn’t change God’s choice to use me as His prophet.

The apostle Paul believed that the return of Christ was imminent. That belief did not cause Paul to be a false apostle even though it did not take place in his lifetime. God often works with His apostles and prophets vastly different than He does with other Christian leaders. There are times when He wants us to have an urgency to deliver the message. At times, He wants us to inspect our standing with Him and how it affects the current generation. While visions can be very clearly seen, their meaning is often meant to spur the apostle or prophet forward more than to predict the future.

The book of Revelation was a vision delivered through John. He saw things that would actually come to pass but not in his lifetime. Some of those things were happenings in the spiritual realm rather than the physical realm. That those things didn’t happen in his lifetime, did not disqualify the message as being from God. Isaiah’s prophecies about the coming Christ were hundreds of years before Jesus appeared in flesh. It did not invalidate Isaiah’s standing as a prophet that Christ did not appear in his lifetime.

God often talks to me about President Trump, not because I will effect the outcomes of what Trump will do or ever even speak to the man. God wants me to be aware of what He is doing through the president of our country. Many of the prophets of old did deliver messages to the kings of Israel. And God has had me deliver a few messages to President Trump in the form of letters, emails, and workbooks that I created. Whether or not Trump ever actually saw those things doesn’t have anything to do with what God was doing through me. He told me to do something specific and I did it. That’s where my responsibility ends until God tells me to pursue it further or to do something additional. (I have received a few short typed letters with Trump’s signature, but that doesn’t mean anything necessarily.) One email from me with a message from God warned Trump of a betrayal that was coming … and it did happen.

When God asks you to do something, it’s often more about you learning to obey God, to be right where He wants you, or to demonstrate an ability that He has given you. God saw everything about your life before He even created you to live it. He knows the beginning from the end.

A prophet never really knows at the time if God is giving future insight or checking the heart of His prophet. God has told me that Trump will not serve for his entire second term and it haunts me because I have grown to highly respect and even love the man. That may not be a future prediction. It may be about causing my heart to stay involved in what Trump is accomplishing. That’s what I hope it is. Either way God chooses what He tells His prophet and how He tells the prophet to deliver the message. Whether it is a warning that comes to pass or not isn’t what is important to God. We can assess in hindsight some of the behind the scenes things that could have been going on. Read about Jonah. Jonah delivered a message that was meant to change hearts, not to predict the future.

Women Or Not?

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How can you know your church’s doctrine about women in ministry? Most denominations have a position either for or against women in leadership. There are a few questions that you can ask to determine where your church or denomination stands on the subject.

Does my church allow for a women’s ministry leader?

Does my church allow for women ministers to teach adult men?

Does my church ever have a woman teaching from the pulpit if men are present? (Not the same thing as a woman giving announcements or reading a Scripture. However, some denominations refuse for a woman to do those things or to lead prayer if a man is present in the audience.)

Does my church expect that men are superior and head the household rather than Jesus as the head of the household?

Does my church allow for women pastors and elders?

You might be surprised at how many churches locally do not allow for women to be equal to men in ministry. God sees everything. He will withhold His supernatural anointing on men in those churches and pour them out the women who honor Him. It’s no wonder that those pastors don’t hear God and why God has to send a woman prophet to point out their false teaching. I’m just saying that those men need to get their head out of their own butt long enough to realize that God is not playing games with this. Seek God and know His will.

I will put a link below as an example of how to google search certain denominations and their doctrinal stance. Check and see if your church sees you as a less-than because you are a woman. Who would want to be part of that? Why would you give money in the offering to a church that teaches falsely?

(I typed into Google search “Does Calvary Chapel allow women pastors?” and the AI response was: “No, the official position of the Calvary Chapel Association and CGN is that they do not permit women in the senior leadership offices of pastor or elder, as they interpret scripture to reserve these roles for qualified men. While women can hold other leadership positions, evangelize, and disciple others, they are not allowed to serve as the public, doctrine-setting, governing authority over a mixed-gender congregation.”) The link is on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/tammie.edwards.100

Pearls or Pigs?

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What is being communicated to us in this passage of Scripture?

“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.” (Matthew 7:6 NIV)

If you read the passage in context, it takes on a slightly different tone than when it stands alone. Can you always judge what are the pearls and what are the pigs? God can adequately judge heart motives, but can we?

Is anything sacred to the wrong people? I don’t feel like I can even enter a church service with any level of privacy these days. There are phone cameras everywhere as if God had ordained some to be videographers of tender moments of intimacy. In my opinion, it desecrates the sacred spaces and makes a spectacle of worship. But does God see something different when He looks at the individual heart motives of those same people? Maybe they just don’t understand boundaries, or maybe the culture has skewed their idea of privacy.

The passage mentions dogs. I love dogs in the right setting. But are you going to put your precious newborn baby alone in the same room with an animal that is known to bite when they are anxious? Probably not. That leads me to another boundary that people constantly cross with their dogs. Please, people don’t bring your dogs into a restaurant. Last night, my daughter and I went to eat at a local dining establishment. At the table right beside us was a family with a dog. The pet was positioned under the table and on a leash but he had its eyes on us during the entire meal. That’s not comfortable. But if you have no sense of compassion for other diners, then who cares?

In a society that seemingly has few boundaries, we can be positioned right next to someone who has severe hygiene issues, or who talks loudly on their phone in a public setting, or even one who is as high as a kite on street drugs or alcohol. At the laundromat yesterday, a mother ignored that her 4-year-old daughter was screeching every few seconds for the entire time. How is that being a good citizen to the other people who need to also use those facilities. It drained me of energy. I don’t even need to get started about people who play loud obnoxious music as if the whole world were their audience. I get it. You like crappy music but please go listen to it somewhere that I’m not.

Another thought. Is it right for a woman to wear revealing clothes around your teenage son or your husband? Yuck, I saw a woman walk into McDonalds wearing what could have passed for lingerie and there was absolutely nothing left to the imagination. She walked right in as though it was perfectly normal. I could see her bare breasts through the thin netted swimsuit coverup. What the heck?

Do you think that God has an opinion on any of those scenarios that I just described? Is He judging the heart motives to see if those are acts of selfishness or does He see a different picture that goes deeper? Does God see the heart of the ignorant false teacher? Does He excuse their stupidity because He can see beyond their current circumstances? Does He love them beyond their own vision of themselves and their surroundings? Or does He want them to change? What are the pearls and what are the pigs?

Listen, there are pastors that are going to tell you that God loves everyone exactly the same, or that God doesn’t have favorites (which is completely contradictory to what the Bible communicates, but oh well). The truth is that God wants us all to change. He wants us all to be mindful of His will. He wants us all to grow in maturity of character, even those of us who know we are His favorites.

“But, Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord. For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.” (2 Corinthians 10:17-18 NIV)

Prophetic Conundrum

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“But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.” (Ezekiel 33:6 NIV)

This Scripture doesn’t afford the watchman much room to refuse to warn the idiots that habitually won’t listen. If the people would actually listen to the words from the prophets AND ask God about it themselves, then God would not need to warn through storms, floods, fires, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and other weather events. But here’s the thing, whether the people listen to God’s prophets or not, the prophet must answer to God to deliver the message.

I’ve gone through a few very humbling events since I first started hearing God’s voice in prayer. There have been times, even recently, when God had to adjust my attitude because I didn’t want to keep bringing the same message over and over again to the same stubborn pastors who refuse to listen. It doesn’t seem fair, but evidently it doesn’t have to be. I just need to do what God tells me to do and ignore the idiots who ignore God’s messages through me. I’m guessing that God is withholding some of His wrath against them while He delivers messages through me. When He stops sending me to deliver the messages then that’s when He will unleash His judgment against them. But I don’t get to choose when that is or what that looks like. I’m just the messenger and I don’t have influence with God or a right to have compassion when He exacts His punishment against the false teachers.

I got the message loud and clear. Refusing God comes with consequences. Evidently though, He doesn’t have a problem with me calling them idiots. So that’s a win!

“The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn. Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says.’ And whether they listen or fail to listen—for they are a rebellious people—they will know that a prophet has been among them. And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people. You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious.” (Ezekiel 2:4-7 NIV)