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SPIRITUAL GIFTS:
Without a spiritual connection to God, a person cannot experience the supernatural anointing from God. The adversary wants to manipulate and confuse what it means to be a child of God.

“So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.”
(Galatians 5:16 NIV)

As you walk with the Spirit, you hear God’s voice and receive His anointing.  You will learn your strengths and weaknesses and come to understand your spiritual identity. If, however, you don’t walk with the Spirit and recognize God’s voice, you will be susceptible to the enemy’s voice and manipulations of your identity. The adversaries’ interpretation of who you are is contrary to God’s plans for your life.

The enemy is clever and can fool even religious people who don’t walk with the Spirit of God. Listen, the psychological warfare used by the devil is cloaked in selfish desires of the flesh. You must know your spiritual identity which is intricately tied to how God uniquely designed you. Do not be deceived.

“There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.”
(1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NIV)

SPIRITUAL BATTLE:

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” (Ephesians 6:12 NIV)

Secular psychiatrists will discount psychological warfare in the spiritual realm and label gender dysphoria as mental illness. Christian deliverance ministry vastly differs from secular psychiatry. Secular psychiatry expects for each person to decide their own fate and to be their own “god”. Christian deliverance ministry investigates the warfare/disconnect in the spiritual realm, helps to assess the spiritual battle elements, and works to restore/improve the spiritual connection to God. 

DON’T BELIEVE ME … ASK GOD YOURSELF!

If evil spirits can convince someone that they are the opposite sex from who God created them to be, then the adversary has succeeded in polluting the identity of the person and his/her connection to God. The way to reverse the enemy’s success is to submit yourself to God: 1) Ask the Lord to silence and bind the enemy so that you can have a sincere forgiveness conversation with God without interference from the evil one; 2) Ask God to identify the sins that you need to ask forgiveness for and humbly seek His forgiveness. This needs to be a specific sin acknowledgement versus “forgive me for everything”.  You can’t learn from your mistakes if you don’t know exactly where you have gone wrong.  Learn from your conversation with God. Ask God to expose the enemies’ lies and deception so that you can walk free; 3) Ask the Lord to take back any spiritual authority that you gave away when you weren’t walking with God; 4) Seek direction from God going forward.

“Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.” (Ephesians 6:13-18 NIV)

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Flesh vs. Spirit

“For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.”
(Galatians 5:17 NIV)

On the following page we will study the subject of spiritual warfare, but before that, let’s look at how the spirit and flesh are two separate bodies. The physical body is visible while the spiritual body is unseen. The physical body is temporary, and the spiritual body is eternal. The spiritual body is created in God’s image. God is Spirit. (God made Himself visible in temporary flesh over 2,000 years ago to be the final priest and final atonement sacrifice so that we can have direct access to God for covenant restoration conversation.)

Parents don’t need to teach the physical body how to grow. They can guide nutritional eating and healthy lifestyle habits, but they are not involved in choosing the physical attributes of their offspring. Parents can however aid in the spiritual growth of their children. They can encourage spiritual connection to God and be an example by listening to God in prayer, studying the Bible, and living in obedience to the will of God. They can display the fruit of the Spirit that is evident when walking with the Spirit of God and under His anointing.  But, if instead, a child is raised to prefer worldly ideas to God’s will, they will not mature spiritually and will likely abandon any connection to God.

“Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.” (Romans 8:5-8 NIV)

Invisible Spirit (God’s Image)

•“God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:24 NIV)

•“Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image…’” (Genesis 1:26 NIV)

•“and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to the God who gave it.” (Ecclesiastes 12:7 NIV)

•“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV)

•“So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.” (1 Corinthians 15:42-44 NIV)

Breath of Life Scriptures: (from adjacent page)
Genesis 1:30, 2:7, 6:17, 7:15, 7:22; Job 12:10, Job 27:3, 33:4, Isaiah 42:5; John 20:22

“You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.  And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.” (Romans 8:9 NIV)

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The Gender Reveal:
God knits together the physical body in the mother’s womb using the parents’ DNA. The decision of male or female gender is exclusively God’s to make as He creates the child in the mother’s womb. God sovereignly chooses the key identity characteristics of each person. It’s not by chance. It’s by design.

“Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” (Psalm 139:16 NIV)

With sonogram and blood testing technologies available, expectant parents can know the sex of their unborn child even before the baby is fully formed. However, the gender of the child is never a surprise to God. God chooses the physical and spiritual body of every individual. He doesn’t make mistakes nor is He ever unsure of His plans.

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.” (Psalm 139:13-15 NIV)

Flesh Versus … :
“See now that I myself am he! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.” (Deuteronomy 32:39 NIV)

God is sovereign over life and death, both physical and spiritual. Let’s look at the physical body first where male and female characteristics are most obvious. The physical body is created by God in our parents’ likeness while the spiritual body is created in God’s image. God is Spirit. The spiritual being will either go to Heaven or Hell (as determined by God) when the physical body dies.

God breathes the “breath of life” or the spiritual being (created in God’s image) at birth. The spiritual being is separate from the physical being and is not part of the reproduction process. The physical body dies but the spiritual body is eternal.

•“The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.” (Job 33:4 NIV)

•“This is what God the LORD says—the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out, who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it:” (Isaiah 42:5 NIV)

•“But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them.” (Rev. 11:11 NIV)

•“And with that he breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit’”. (John 20:22 NIV)

“Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.” (Genesis 2:7 NIV)

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Why Catholics Are Not Christian

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*Christians would never bow down to Mary or dead saints. We are expressly told to bow to only God. (Please don’t try to tell me that Catholics aren’t actually bowing to Mary when they pray to her. They are actually talking with the dead when they ask her or other dead saints to intercede.)

*Christians confess their sins to God and receive forgiveness from Him. Catholics get absolution from priests. Completely the opposite of going to God directly as afforded by the cross.

*Christians do not call pastors “Father”. Catholics call their priests “Father”. I can only imagine how that offends God.

*Christians do not participate in Ash Wednesday rituals. There is no mention in the Bible about that cultish practice.

*Christians do not believe that the communion emblems actually become the body and blood of Christ. All of the bread/cracker or juice/wine elements are bought (can you say “Walmart”?) not handed down from Heaven. Yet, the Catholic church and the denominations founded from it, believe that a priest must bless the emblems and personally feed it to the congregants. Christians believe that the emblems are symbolic and take Communion as memorial pieces to the price paid to give us direct access to God.

*Even the Christian Bible is different from the Catholic Bible.

*The Catholic cross still has Christ hanging on it while the Christian cross depicts Christ’s resurrection with an empty cross.

Let’s add to this. What other differences are there between Christianity and Catholicism?

Cheaters’ Access

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Nobody wants a cheater. Can we all agree on that?

If you’re resolutely unhappy in marriage, get a divorce. Don’t stay married while having a mistress on the side. And for those mistresses out there, know this if he will cheat with you, he will cheat on you. And please don’t quote Scripture that “God hates divorce” for your reasoning for all your garbage justifications. The real reason that you are staying with that bogus marriage is that you can’t afford to lose half of your material belongings or income. I get it that you want your children to have both parents in a stable home life. Please, kids can see through all the stuff sometimes better than you can. If you are unhappy, either resolve the problems effectively, or set yourself and your partner free in the most mutually agreeable terms. You have to live with yourself and truth for the rest of your life.

Why am I saying all this? Is it meant for you? I’m saying this to remind you that you are in a marriage-like relationship with God if you have sworn an oath of allegiance to Him. You don’t get to have your fake god on the side. You don’t get to pretend that you’re really a Christian while ignoring God. Your children will see that for exactly what it is. (And it’s probably why many youth today want nothing to do with God — they see how well it worked for you.) If you don’t want the relationship with God, then don’t fake it. Either work with determination to get things right with God or walk away. You can fool some people some of the time, but you can’t fool God. He see’s everything! He owns everything! He has power over life and death!

Communion is a symbolic reminder that you are in a covenant relationship with God. In some ways, it’s like wearing a wedding ring. God wants you to remember that He stepped down into human history, endured the cross, so that you know that you can come to Him, restore a broken covenant through having a conversation to make things right between the two of you. If you have broken intimacy with Him through what you know was wrong (sin), you have access to God to ask for forgiveness. He agrees to giving you that access even when you have sinned. That’s what the cross provided for you. It did not provide for a Christian-in-name-only brand. What kind of inheritance is that for your children?

Christians think that they’re supposed to be comfortable, provided for, and happy because God is their God. But, that’s not what being a Christian is about. God doesn’t want you to be selfishly comfortable. He doesn’t want you to have material things that you don’t need while others of His children go without. God doesn’t want for you to be happy while you choose opposite of His will. And I can promise you this, God will always know when you have a little g “god” on the side.

Happy Communion Sunday!

Church Leadership Thoughts

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There have been many changes in church leadership in the last year or two locally. It seems bratty of me to think that it’s a good thing. It’s certainly not that I want ministers to lose their livelihoods. Those who have a good understanding of true doctrine are very much needed. 

Too often, though, I have seen false teachers spewing their garbage theologies from pulpits and being accepted by congregations full of people who don’t walk with the Spirit. The church is in a mess! It’s a travesty, that most don’t even understand that there is only one God. God is His title. Jesus is His name. Unfortunately, pastors today refer to Jesus as the Son of God rather than as the one and only God. 

I’ve done my part at God’s direction to educate the local ministers on true doctrine. The Mark of Excellence Newsletters were mailed to 24 local senior ministers every month for one year. I listened to God, studied the issues, prepared the newsletters, paid for printing, addressed the envelopes and paid for postage. Listen, I’m invested. I am one that God repeatedly awakened morning after morning at 3:00 or 4:00 am to receive His messages. If God were angry with a specific pastor, He would engage me in His heart towards their false teaching. Believe me, on my own, I would rather that God would speak to them directly and leave me out of His feelings of displeasure towards them. But He is God and I’m not. 

Then God started having me create The Rogue Prophets Magazines to expand on certain topics. Every two months for two years, I worked on creating full magazines and posting them digitally on social media platforms. Some of the magazines were printed so that I could hand deliver them to the ministers that God identified. 

Most likely, every pastor involved would rather not receive a teaching or rebuke from me. It hasn’t been comfortable for me either. But I don’t have a choice. I don’t get to decide that my ministry is done. I don’t get to just walk out of the pulpit and take on another life. Obviously, I feel that it would be good for those who cannot learn true doctrine to walk away from ministry. It’s what needs to happen. Still there is some compassion that creeps in that I would rather push away. They didn’t want to hear the message from God. They didn’t want to seek Him to learn from Him. They didn’t want to make their congregations uncomfortable by changing doctrines. I can’t regret when the wrong ones walk away. 

This year, I see God doing something slightly different with me. The messages that I will deliver are somewhat political. The first Mark of Excellence Newsletter that I created this year was on “Chains of Injustice”. The next one, already in the works, is “Carbon Tyranny”. God wants to dispute the propaganda media on subjects that are being shoved on us by those who oppose God. My true hope is that the Church globally will learn to seek God and hear His voice. Until that happens though, He will likely continue to send messengers to bring a word from Him.

Justice Warriors or Wimps?

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It’s only recently that God has revealed to me how completely ineffective the church is on matters of justice. The churches often paint God out to be incapable or unable to demonstrate anger or wrath. Obviously, that is contrary to the Biblical characterization of God. But it’s not only God’s justice that the churches are missing the mark on. They also refuse to target injustices going on in our world today.

Where is the church when Christian patriots are falsely accused and jailed, like on January 6, 2021? Why isn’t the church (corporately) making their voices heard? Why are they funding shoe boxes full of dollar store toys for kids when God’s money should be going to save people willing to stand up and make a difference against a fraudulent election? This nation, a nation whose motto is “In God We Trust“, is a Christian nation. Why is the church so watered down that it can’t take a true stand against injustice? Listen, if it is because they’re 501c3, that’s not acceptable!

Isaiah 58:6 NIV
“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?”

A Nation In Decline

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 Words delivered from God’s prophet, Tammie Edwards, on 1/21/2024. It’s between you and God what you do with this. Each numbered item was a separate post in sequence, delivered real-time on Truth Social.

1) If revival is going to happen, we must be risk-taking truth-tellers. We cannot accept the herd mentality that is so prominent in churches today. We cannot sit back and accept false teaching for the sake of maintaining a fake unity. God expects us to stand against the devil’s schemes, not to accept them in a feigned peace-keeping bravado. Have courage to speak God’s truth even if it hurts. That’s revival!

2) Hear God, speak truth, fight for justice, war against evil, expose lies, walk in the Spirit, don’t blend in. The devil wants to weaponize your compassion into accepting less. Isn’t that why revival doesn’t happen? Status quo isn’t cutting it! Stand in the destiny calling that God ordained for you. RISE UP!

3) Who wants the falsely accused and wrongly imprisoned January 6 hostages to be freed? I do! Will you and I use our voices to defend America and her patriots? Or will we sit back, blend in, and let someone else speak up? Have we been trained to shut up and accept less?

4) If you want to send shoe boxes full of dollar store toys over to other countries more than you want to free the January 6 hostages held by our own fake-elected government, then you’re not a justice and truth warrior. You’re a country club Christian. Wear that label. It suits you well!

5) Three years! They’ve been sitting in a jail cell waiting for patriot Christians to rescue them. The fake government threatens to arrest thousands more people who traveled to protest a fraudulent election. Meanwhile evil protesters can vilify Israel for defending herself on the same streets. They’re mocking you and threatening you to not rise up for freedom and integrity. Oh church how have you sat back and celebrated your own defeat?

6) Oh church, you’re pathetic. You choose to ignore injustice while you fast and pray for selfish wants. You don’t deserve to live in a nation where freedom reigns. You want captivity as long as it affords you comfort. You know that you have picked out your favorite seat in the aisle where you can smile affectionately at the pastor as though there is no injustice or evil. Yep, sit down and shut up. It suits you, ignorant fool!

7) They’re raping this nation, destroying her beauty and majesty, while the church sits idly by refusing to seek God. I want to vomit when I see your religious games and foolishness. You want to fast, then do it. You fat, lazy, ineffective captives. Take a selfie!

Isaiah 58:1-10 NIV: “Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the descendants of Jacob their sins. 2 For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them. 3 ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?’ “Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers. 4 Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high. 5 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves? Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD? 6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? 8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. 9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, 10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.”