COME OUT OF HER MY
PEOPLE
By
Jim Paris
"And
I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye
be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plaques." Rev.
18:4
The title of this article, which is an
excerpt from Revelation 18:4, is a call that I personally believe is going
forth at this time, at least to an effective degree. Based on Jeremiah 23 and Ezekiel
34, in light of the past forty years, I believe God has said that enough is
enough. No more will the so-called pastors, who are not pastors at all, keep
God's "sheep" in spiritual and emotional bondage, feeding themselves,
clothing themselves and living the "good life" all at the expense of
those called of God.
They have built shrines to themselves and
sat on the throne of JESUS CHRIST. They have unlawfully usurped the rightful
position of the HOLY GHOST. They robbed God's people of the ability to hear the
SPIRIT of ALMIGHTY GOD. They have labored in vain because the Lord did not
build the house. Now, their works are beginning to crumble, from the least to
the greatest.
You, who are familiar with these cults of
the past dispensation, know that several of the leaders have passed on. But,
there are several others jockeying for position in these vacated high places.
They are seeking the prestige, wealth and power of which it consisted.
Around thirty years ago when these
organizations began splitting, each faction said they were the "body of
Christ" and all the others were "Babylon." Then when you asked
one of the other factions, THEY were the "body of Christ" and all the
others were Babylon. They have been in total derision and confusion the biggest
part of this past dispensation. As most of you already know, God is NOT the
author of CONFUSION.
Their three major weapons of rule were FEAR,
GUILT and CONDEMNATION. They totally forsook God's LAW of LOVE and substituted
their own demonic rules and traditions. (Read Mark 7:6-13). They totally
obliterated the image of God and His Son. God, in our eyes, was the instrument
of punishment for those who dared question or disobey their burdensome, ungodly
commandments.
Their pattern of recruitment was common
among all. First there was spiritual and emotional SEDUCTION, then
MANIPULATION, then INTIMIDATION, and finally, DOMINATION. (Read Song of Solomon
5:7) You, or I, were not allowed the liberty to even have an opinion unless we
first asked them what it was. We had very heavy burdens of legalistic rules
laid on us and were told that if we disobeyed them, "God was going to get
us."
These "shepherds" were well versed
in scriptures taken out of context to use as their scepter, e.g., Eccl.10:4;
Rom.13:1-7; Heb.13:7&17, I Pet.2:13,14, etc. They demanded instant and
complete obedience, without question. They took from and added to the Word of
God to further their own carnal, demonic desires.
If you have been involved in such a cult,
and that is exactly what it is, you know that the list could go on and on, but
I won't. Some of the things are so absurd that they are almost unbelievable
unless you, yourself, have experienced them.
I feel, what I believe is an UNCTION from
the Holy Ghost, to return to the pure Word of God and allow the Holy Ghost to
interpret it for us. God is raising up Pastors of the same mind who not only
are willing, but strongly desire that the Church again be ruled by the Spirit
of God and His Commandment of LOVE. As we are led by God through this transition,
we will experience a lot of mixed emotions. We will gradually be transformed by
the renewing of our minds (Rom.12:2). Considering that we have become
"institutionalized" by the demonic manipulators of the past, this
transition will come about, "not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,
saith the Lord of hosts." (Zech.4:6).
Many of us hated the conditions, but our
fear of leaving was much greater than our hate for the system. But, we read in
I John 4:18, "There is no fear in Love, but PERFECT LOVE casteth out fear;
because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect (complete) in
LOVE."
We who are coming out of that system are
going to have to abide in brotherly love and the AGAPE LOVE of GOD. We are
going to have to allow other "sheep" into the fold who have different
viewpoints. (Read Rom.14) In other words, we are going to have to go back to
the unadulterated Word and Spirit of God and let Him lead us. We are going to
have to realize WHO we are in the eyes of a God who IS LOVE. "Til we all
come in the UNITY of the FAITH, and of the KNOWLEDGE of the SON of GOD, unto a
perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of CHRIST. That we
henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every
wind of doctrine, by the SLEIGHT of men and CUNNING CRAFTINESS, whereby they
lie in wait to DECEIVE. But speaking the TRUTH in LOVE, may grow up into HIM in
all things, which is the HEAD, even CHRIST." (Eph.4:13-15).
God, Himself, has said in Isaiah 45:2,3,
"I will go before thee and make the crooked places straight; I will break
in pieces the gates of brass and cut asunder the bars of iron, and I will give
thee the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that thou
mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of
(Spiritual, also) Israel."
"Beloved, I wish above all things that
ye PROSPER and be in HEALTH, even as your SOUL PROSPERETH." (III John 2.)
