© 19 Colin Melbourne, Transcribed and annotated from The Pentecostal Evangel 1923
Deceiving Spirits of Cults
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
1 Cor. 12:3 KJV
There are many evil, deceiving spirits sent forth in these last days who endeavor to rob Jesus of His Lordship, and of His rightful place.
Many are opening the doors to these latest devils, such as “New Theology and New Thought,” and “Christian Science.”
These evil cults deny eternal punishment, and all deny the Deity of Jesus Christ.
You will never see the Baptism of the Holy Ghost come upon a man who accepts these errors.
Neither will you see a Romanist receive. [ie. A Roman Catholic. See this testimony of an FGBMF leader about “Charismatic” Catholics Ed.]
Pope worshipping a “Fatima” idol
They put Mary in the place of the Holy Ghost.
I would like you to produce a Romanist who knows that he is saved.
No man can know he is saved by works.
If you ever speak to a Romanist you will know that he is not definite on the line of the new birth.
They cannot be. [Not least because it has always been, and remains, contrary to their Official Catechism and Vatican doctrine. Ed.]
Watch Tower JW Cult Magazine
Another thing, you will never find a Russellite baptized in the Holy Ghost [ie. A Jehovah’s Witness, a follower of C. T. Russell’s cult. Ed]; nor a member of any other cult that does not put the Lord Jesus Christ preeminent above all.
Jesus is LORD!
The all important thing is to make Jesus Lord [1]
Men can grow lopsided by emphasizing the truth of divine healing.
False teacher C. T. Russell of the American JW cult
Man can get wrong by all the time preaching on water-baptism.
But we never go wrong in exalting the Lord Jesus Christ, giving Him the preeminent place and magnifying Him as both Lord and Christ, yes, as very God of very God.
As we are filled with the Holy Ghost our one desire is to magnify Him.
We need to be filled with the Spirit to get the full revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Be Filled with the Spirit
God’s command is for us to be filled with the Spirit. [Eph. 5:18 KJV]
We are no good if we only have a full cup.
We need to have an overflowing cup all the time.
It is a tragedy not to live in the fullness of overflowing.
See that you never live below the overflowing tide.
“Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.” 1 Cor. 12:4 KJV.
Every manifestation of the Spirit is given that we might “profit withal.” When the Holy Spirit is moving in an assembly and His Gifts are in operation, everyone will receive profit.
A Warning
I have seen some who have been terribly switched. They believe in Gifts, in prophecy, and they use these Gifts apart from the power of the Holy Ghost.
Endnote [1] That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved .(Ro. 10:9 KJV).
For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. (Ro. 14:9 KJV).
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Phil. 2:8-11 KJV)
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Preached at Springfield Assembly of God in 1922
© 19 Colin Melbourne, Transcribed and annotated from The Pentecostal Evangel 1923
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