1 John 3:16


"By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."

Wednesday 31 March 2010

False Ministers

Those who teach that a pastor should not make love with his wife the night before he preaches, or that husband and wife should separate sexually for some other reason, or a lady during her period should not enter the church, or that we should not eat this particular type of food, or any doctrines like this, are preaching doctrines of demons.

Laws against pork, or any similar food laws, are doctrines of demons (Acts 10:15). We may not eat certain things for health reasons and that is fine. We may choose our food for medical reasons, but this has nothing to do with righteousness.

It is against God’s word for us to instruct a man and wife to abstain from relations for prayer and fasting. None of the apostles instructed people in the churches to do so. Rituals and fastings to cast out demons are also not of God. Those who practice such things or instruct them are not speaking for God.

Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving head to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from meats…(1 Tim 4:1-3).

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