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PERVERTING THE SCRIPTURES IN THE SERVICE OF DOMINIONISM AND 
THE "GOOD LIFE"  

Now it should be noted in connection with all this - i.e., with the 
way the "new dominionists" think that the "Good Life"
is their due 
in the "here and now" because they are "sons and daughters of the 
Most High" - that the word "intercede" that is used here by 
Wentroble and others like her in connection with prayer means 
"DEMAND." According to Wentroble, then, we have the right to 
"DEMAND" riches from God because we are His children, and the 
very riches we receive from Him prove that we are His children. 
After all, God is Jehovah Jireh, the God of all abundance - and if 
that is so, wouldn't it be His desire to share that wealth with His 
children?  

Isn't that what Philippians 4:19 says - that He "...shall supply 
all our needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;" 
that if we are walking in obedience to Christ, we shall have a 
life of abundance? [Hagin and Copeland go further. They say that 
because we are "sons and daughters of God" - and by that, they 
mean that we are INTRINSICALLY "sons and daughters of God;" 
that we are co-equal with Christ - we have CREATIVE power; that, 
as a result, we can actually "call riches into existence;" that 
we can be rich because we can - by our word (by our speaking) - 
create wealth like Harry Potter. Again, this is LUCIFERIC, and 
God help those who get involved in it.]  

The Scriptural problem with such an interpretation, however, is that 
just seven verses before verse 19 (i.e., Philippians 4:19 referenced 
above), Paul says:  

"I know both HOW TO BE ABASED, and I know how to abound: 
every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full AND 
TO BE HUNGRY, both to abound AND TO SUFFER NEED." (Phil. 4:12)  

In other words, "being abased," "being hungry," and
"suffering 
need" were common experiences for Paul - and not only that, but 
Christ had taught him (i.e., instructed him) how to endure these 
conditions. Indeed, Paul says:  

"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." (Phil. 4:13)  

Finally, if riches were the sign of one's sonship with God, than what 
does that say about Christ? - after all, Christ said of Himself:  

"... Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the 
Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." (Matt. 8:20)  

According to Wentroble's logic (and the logic that Hagin, Copeland, 
Hinn, etc. posit), Christ must have failed in His sonship. Come on 
now! - isn't that the logical extension of what she is saying here? 
Of course it is.  

And that's why He further said:

"Do not love the world, or ANYTHING in the world. If anyone loves 
the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For EVERYTHING in 
the world ... comes not from the Father ..." (1 John 2:15-16)  

Satan is called the "PRINCE OF THIS WORLD" (John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11). 
What is meant by the term "world?" The word "world" is
the translation 
of the Greek word kosmos, which means an harmonious order or arrangement, 
and it is used in three ways in the New Testament:  

1. First, it means the MATERIAL UNIVERSE (Acts 17:14; Matt. 
13:35; John 1:10; Mark 16:15).
2. Second, it means -
(a) THE INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD as whole (John 1:10; 
3:16; 12:19; 17:21);
(b) THE WHOLE RACE OF MAN ALIENATED FROM GOD AND 
HOSTILE TO THE CAUSE OF CHRIST (Heb. 11:38; John 14:17; 
14:27; 15:18).

3. Third, it means the whole circle of WORLDLY goods, endowments, 
riches, advantages, pleasures, which though hollow and fleeting, 
stir our desires and seduce us from God, so that they are obstacles 
to the cause of Christ (I John 3:17; Matt. 16:26; I Cor 2:12; 3:19, 
7:31; Titus 2:12; II Peter 1:4; 2:20; I John 2:15-17; James 1:27). 
It is the world of our split level homes, two cars, good careers, 
good educations, bank accounts, vacations, etc. It is when these 
pleasures and even so-called necessities of life "possess our hearts" 
and crowd out our commitment to the Lord and to His people that 
they have in reality become part of the kosmos.  

Moreover, the word kosmos, taken in conjunction with the three 
meanings described above, implies that behind all this there 
is a mind - the PRINCE OF THIS WORLD - which gives order and 
arrangement to it all. Again, John says:  

"The whole KOSMOS [as described above] lieth in the evil one." John 5:19)  

He is the KOSMOKRATER or world-ruler - a word which, however, appears 
only once, and is used in the plural of his lieutenants: "the WORLD 
RULERS OF THIS DARKNESS" (Eph. 6:12). The world [kosmos] is Satan's 
grand creation and he has directed all his strength and ingenuity 
into causing it to flourish. To what end? To capture man's allegiance 
and draw him to himself. He has one object - to establish his own 
dominion in human hearts worldwide! 
WHOSE PURPOSE, THEN, DO THE "NEW DOMINIONISTS," THE PROMISE KEEPERS, 
GEORGE BUSH, JOHN ASHCROFT, CARL ROVE, DON EVANS, ETC. SERVE WHEN 
THEY ATTEMPT TO SET UP A "NEW WORLD ORDER?"  

Is this such a hard thing to see? If you don't see it, it's because 
you have chosen NOT to see it - so that in you -  

"... is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing 
ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, 
and shall not perceive ..." (Matt. 13:14)  

I tell you the truth! I somberly warn you: Those who involve 
themselves in a PROMISE KEEPERS-kind of Christianity have 
involved themselves in LUCIFERIC sin! [One needs to remember 
what lies at the core of PROMISE KEEPERS thinking - again, 
it's not without reason we spent so much time on that matter!]  

Again, I plead with you - LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING! OPEN UP 
YOUR EYES! We have now reached the cusp of the "end of the 
age." The events of September 11th have changed everything 
for us. 
PROPHECY NO LONGER HAS MUCH TO DO WITH THINGS FUTURE, BUT WITH 
THINGS PRESENT!  

GET OUT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

Listen dear brothers and sisters in Christ, irresistible forces 
are now "in play" - both in this country and in the world at large 
- that are propelling us in a direction from which there may be 
no return. The "War on Terrorism" is growing in intensity and 
the people in charge of this war have no thought of stopping 
with Afghanistan. What's next? - Iraq? the Sudan? Syria? Iran? 
- the whole world? And what about this country? There are already 
five thousand people in jail (not just the 1,000 that is commonly 
reported), and they are being kept in secret detention with no 
one able to contact them - and, I repeat, not all of them are 
non-citizens. Where will it end? Indeed, how many of you who 
are reading this material right now would dare to speak out 
in your community and in your churches against what's happening? 
Not many, I would imagine. 

And why not? - BECAUSE YOU ARE AFRAID! BE HONEST HERE! - ISN'T 
THAT THE CASE? OF COURSE IT IS! THAT SHOULD GIVE YOU SOME IDEA 
OF HOW FAR DOWN THE ROAD WE HAVE TRAVELED IN RECENT MONTHS.  

Listen, brothers and sisters, eternity is at hand - YOUR eternity! 
What you do now will affect you for all time. You will never get 
away from it. Your actions today will follow you into the "Kingdom 
of Heaven," and will determine whether you are known as the 
"greatest" or the "least" in that glorious realm.
(Matt. 5:19) The 
fact is, we can't pretend that we don't know what's happening. We 
do know! - and this knowledge hangs like some kind of biblical sword 
of Damocles over our heads. To do nothing is to invite it to fall on 
us. The Bible says:  

Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, 
When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take 
a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: If when he 
seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn 
the people; Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and 
taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood 
shall be upon his own head. He heard the sound of the trumpet, and 
took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh 
warning shall deliver his soul. But if the watchman see the sword 
come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if 
the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken 
away in his iniquity; BUT HIS BLOOD WILL I REQUIRE AT THE WATCHMAN'S 
HAND.  

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