Believers
Un-believers
Make-believers
One of the issues during the Age of Pentecost has been the make-believers. Those are the ones who operate under the subtlety of deception toward the Body of Christ.
Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
If you purpose to walk in Love and truth, you will cease your lawless acts. You will assume responsibility for your past lawlessness and repent. You will seek forgiveness and clean the slate. We must be careful to separate ourselves from those who would bypass the lawful access to the Spiritual. A false prophet will foretell whereas a true prophet will “forth tell”, that is to say he speaks only what he hears Our Heavenly Father instructs him to speak. “The Word of the LORD came to me saying”.
One of the “gifts” of the Holy Spirit is the “’discerning of spirits” in 1 Corinthians 12:10. This is a necessary gift as we reach the climax of the maturing of the vessels of dishonor. If it were possible, even the Elect would be deceived.
I truly believe that as we seek the fullness of the revelation of Love, we will operate in this gift. Why? We will be found worthy by Our Heavenly Father to properly execute its operation and respond properly when confronted by the make-believer who is walking in lawlessness. Our goal must be to expose the lawlessness with the intent of restoration, not decisive destruction of the person.
1 Corinthians 12:31 But earnestly desire the best (greater) gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.
The best gift is the one needed for the situation you are dealing with at the moment. This does not exclude you from operating in the other gifts. The more excellent way is to operate in gifts by operating from a position of Love thus Paul immediately discusses the “more excellent way” in the next chapter. The “gifts” are for use to minister to the ‘horizontal”, the world. You do not need the gifts for you relationship with Our Heavenly Father (the vertical). Attempting to operate in the “Spirituals” without Love places you in the classification of make-believer. The summation of the Law is Love. As you immerse yourself in Love, you become acceptable for a higher operation in the “Spirituals”… in a lawful manner. Beware of those who have signs and wonders but have no Love in their ministry. In the final analysis, they will be told by Jesus ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’. If you don’t walk in Love, you will ultimately be deceived. There is a great probability it will have to do with the “love of money”.