Lest the enemy should get an advantage of us: for we are not 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 of his devices.
Came across this image that captures what I see in my mind and feel in my spirit (sometimes) when stumbling into a rabbit hole of information. It happens to the best of us. You don't have to be an expert on the enemy's plans. But we are instructed to be wise as serpents. We were also warned over and over and over by God to not be deceived. In order to fight in a battle, you have to know who the enemy is. Just don't get lost in the rabbit holes.
There's no light in them!! Make sure you bring a (the) Light with you when you venture down 🖤
Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12
1 Corinthians 2:2
For I determined not to know any thing among you,
save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
1 Corinthians 1:18-25 18For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” 20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. 22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
I am not a Bible scholar or a professional writer. Just a child of God who wants to help others. I will try to make these blog posts flow well on my corner of the internet so they are easy to read. AND....I will keep it simple!
My intended audience is not the ones who already know all the things. I barely skim the surface on most of these blog posts intentionally. It's up to you to dig deeper if you are led to. If the Bible seems boring to you, you're not doing it right! Haha. I'm telling ya...
I share about things that have helped me cling to the hem of Christ's garment over the past several years; so if these things helped me, surely there's someone else out there it may help. Even if it's just one 🖤
Please read all disclaimers on my home page. Remember, it's not about us. It's about Christ!
Some advice to those new to the faith, weak in the faith, or want to have faith: Read, listen to, and study things that will solidify your faith!
If you are reading, listening to, or studying something that is making your faith falter, DROP IT.
There may be truth to it, but it may be something you aren't ready for and you can pick back up at a later time. Let the Holy Spirit lead! I am speaking from personal experience on that. We need to be able to endure patiently until either we're called home or until Jesus Christ returns. Solidify your relationship with Christ first and foremost.
Some of the content I have, I debated putting it on my site. But where I see us all going presently, I can't go down without showing some of these things (Ezekiel 9:4).
Why, though? What's the point?
The point is, they will dumb us down, divide us, traumatize us into submission, and even kill us to further an agenda. That's blunt, but it's the truth. Your heroes. The ones being put on pedestals. Bush, Trump, Obama....all of them.
Many of us were into conspiracies, far down many rabbit holes, and far from Christ when we first started diving into seeking "the truth". Some of the content I've shared was so eye-opening that I realized none of these men/women are our heroes and none of them would "save us".
Many of us realized the only true Savior we have is Christ Jesus.
No man. No government. That's testimony! That's freedom.
And that's why all truth is important. Don't diminish anyone's testimony if the truth pulled them out of the pit.
Well said by my brother Aaron:
"If you are constantly on Facebook and YouTube watching videos about Jesus, The Gospel and the end times but yet you rarely spend time with God alone studying the scriptures for yourselves, you are opening the door to gross error.
So many of our questions concerning various biblical topics can be cleared up by simply receiving revelation and understanding from the Holy Spirit in your private time with God.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with being edified and equipped by other believers but if you FORSAKE INTIMACY WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, YOU WILL NOT BEAR THE FRUIT CHRIST IS LOOKING FOR IN YOUR LIFE.
You must know HIM for YOURSELF. No one can know HIM for YOU.
It is not God's will for us to be CONSUMED (key word) with 5G, Chemtrails, flat earth, Illuminati, celebrity deaths, etc.
You must know HIM.
EVEN JESUS UNDERSTOOD THE CONSPIRACY BEHIND HIS UPCOMING DEATH BUT HE CONTINUED IN THE WORK THAT HIS FATHER GAVE HIM TO DO.
He did not consume (keyword again) himself with how the Jews and Rome would conspire against Him.
I am not saying these things have no significance but it has no significance to the perfecting of the saints and the work of the ministry that Jesus began and that we must fulfill."
Truly a convicting word if you receive it. I know I did.
Don't forget to check the comment section below where I add even more edifying content.
Great reminders on taking "deep dives" on fringe topics. (10 minute video)
"It isn't just the secular world trusting in the narrative and systems of this world, brother Andre and it's professing "Christians" as well. Clinging dogmatically to Independent research online as if it all leads to the Bible, yet blind and deaf that the Bible specifically warns against such pride and tells Bible believers to avoid those stumbling blocks and spiritual snares of deception and to set our sights on things above, instead of relishing in the knowledge of this world, transhumanism in all our faces because of the internet... having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.
From such turn away and come out of her my people, thus saith the Lord! And I'm talking to the body…
𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫.
Sometimes we're presented with history, a storyline, or a news report and things just aren't adding up. 👀
Sometimes it's enough to just know, "𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧!"
When things aren't adding up and you KNOW somebody lyin, then you know not to trust that party 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.
As a person formerly very deep into conspiracy theories and making sure everyone knew about all of them, this is something I've come to understand. The simple fact that somebody lyin and we don't have all the answers as to why they are lyin and what the actual truth is.
It's not the most satisfying conclusion to come to for the "truth seeker", 𝐛𝐮𝐭…
Everywhere I look I see people chasing after their own tails... And it's time to stop.
The reason why anybody who seeks the truth concludes that the rabbit hole is endless is because it is.
Seek long enough and hard enough and even the truth starts to sound like lies. The lies go so deep that the only way to cover them up is to create more lies. One incredible narrative is buried by another incredible narrative which is then buried by another incredible narrative. Rinse and repeat until the truth is no longer recognisable.
Confabulate enough believable evidence to convince passionate researchers that what they believe could really be true and, with time, little green men (for example) become…