The Code of the Holy Spirit: Uncovering the Hebraic Roots and Historic Presence of the Holy Spirit by Stone Perry

Author:Stone, Perry [Stone, Perry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, Pneumatology, Christian Life, Christianity, Religion, book, Spiritual Growth, Pentecostal & Charismatic, Christian Theology
Publisher: Charisma House
Published: 2013-03-05T03:00:00+00:00

Common Deceptions

There are more common deceptions being accepted in the name of Christian liberty, when, in reality, they are appealing to the fleshly desires of the persons. Below is a list of some common deceptions impacting Christians and churches.

“God told me to leave my wife for this more spiritual woman.”

There have been ministers in churches who have literally moved from one wife to another and eventually to a third wife, using the excuse that “God had not put me with my previous wife.” He was seeking out a woman who would be more spiritual and could be a better helper in the ministry. However, according to the New Testament, the only scriptural grounds for a divorce for believers is if one of the partners commits fornication or adultery (Matt. 5:32). Marital unfaithfulness is not to be used as an excuse just to get rid of your companion, whom you really didn’t care about to begin with, so you can now have a legal right to replace him or her for someone you have been looking at for some time. The highest level of spirituality is not to divorce and replace, but to be able to forgive, if the offending person is humble and desires to remain in the marriage.

“God told me tithing is wrong and under the Law, and we are not under the Law.”

There are entire Internet blogs that are designed to discourage believers from tithing to their local church. The reason they give is that according to their “in-depth research,” tithing is under the Law, and we are not under the Law. Therefore we are not required to tithe. These individuals don’t know the Scriptures. The tithe is the tenth, and Abraham paid the tithe to Melchizedek more than four hundred years before the Law was given. (See Genesis 14.) It was about three hundred years before the Law that Jacob also promised to give the tithe to the Lord if the Lord would bring him back safely in the land (Gen. 28:22).

In the New Testament Christ instructed people that tithing was a good thing (Matt. 23:23). Long after Christ was resurrected from the dead, the writer of the Book of Hebrews said, “Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives” (Heb. 7:8). Thus tithing is also a part of the new covenant practice and not just part of the Law.

“God told me to stay home and not go to church.”

More Americans today than ever before no longer attend church. I have heard people say how they drink their coffee and watch their favorite minister on Sunday morning or log on to the Internet, as through this is the same as being in God’s house. There are some who are physically unable to attend church because of infirmities or age, and at times older believers may not be able to drive; thus gospel programming serves them well. However, for those in good health and with a car and

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