False Faiths and Beliefs

e are going to study the many false beliefs taught by many pastors today. Let us study the belief of those who say that they are invulnerable with guns, by sword, and those who are saying that they can’t be penetrated by any deadly weapon. They will just shout Hallelujah Praise the Lord and the bullet will be moved back.

To give them the benefit of the doubt, let us read and digest the verse for us to see if it is true that their basis is really meant for them. In Isaiah chapter 54, here is what was written:

“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.”

God speaks through prophet Isaiah in Israel, to the nation that is a servant of God in the older days. God said concerning Israel, no weapons that were made against you shall prosper. Including the bad statements of the tongue against you, it will not prosper, as God said. This is the legacy of the servants of God.

Who is the servant being referred to that says any weapon made against you will not prosper? Who are those servants of God that are referred in Isaiah?

“Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;”

Who served God in the older days? The Israelites. Theirs is the covenant, the commandments; also theirs is the service to God, also theirs is the promise. They were the ones referred by God in the statement that there are no weapons created against you that will prosper. Including the sharpness of the tongue—the destructives will not penetrate. That is the promise of God. But the question is to whom was that told? Let us know whom God said that, “To them who claims that they are the true church” was this said?

For us not to be misled in reading the Bible and in getting the verse, we need to analyze first to whom this was said. Let us know from the Bible to whom God referred it? Let us just read Isaiah 54:4-5, 17

“Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.”

“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper...”

The spouse of God is the one being spoken with here. This is addressed to the spouse of the creator. The one being told to with this promise is the spouse of God. Who is the spouse of God in Biblical terminology? In Hosea, chapter 2, here is what we can read:

“And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.”

The one referred here to be the spouse of God is none other than Israel. Spouse in the sense that God will take them as companion, and God will unite with them in Israel because the meaning of spouse is companion. In a simple sentence, the spouse is a companion, to be beside with. With whom God promised this is to Israel. And the proof that God will accompany Israel; Israel will never be ashamed, which will be read in chapter 2 verse 27 of Joel:

“And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.”

The one promised that will not be put to shame is the nation of God—that is Israel. “And ye shall know that I [am] in the midst of Israel …” That is the one referred to in 54:4 and 54:17 that will never be ashamed because that is the known spouse of God. He will accompany Israel. “And the God of Israel said, there are no weapons created against you that shall prosper.”

What God means there, Israel will not be hit by bullets and stabbed by swords? Israel will not be penetrated by any weapon, is that the meaning of it? Has God spoken of material weapons of war? Is that the meaning of it, countrymen?

When the Lord Jesus came, Jesus explained all the things about the promise of God to Israel. Is the meaning of it, Israel will not be penetrated by bullets, that even if crushed by a truck at the speed of 120 the truck will be ruined but he (the person in the truck) will not have any bruises even a bit?

Because others say if you read the Bible, you will get crazy. No. This creates minds. Those that become crazy are those who were already crazy even before reading the Bible because there are no things coming from the Bible that could make men crazy. Nothing from the Lord will harm a person who fears the Lord. There is nothing from God that is evil for his servants.

Does the Bible makes minds crazy? There are really crazy minds that read the Bible so they are really just crazy. But if you are not crazy, you are reading the Bible, you will not get crazy, if you are not crazy, you are reading the Bible, you will not get crazy, it will truly complete your faith in God if you read the Bible.

For it to be said that the interpretation to the verse we read that you will not be penetrated by bullets as said, 45 people shot him, all the bullets moved back while the three persons who shot him were penetrated. They gave an interpretation to the promise of God that there is no weapon made against you that is beneficial and so the tongue will not succeed on you, they gave that a literal interpretation.

Let us see if it can be interpreted literally. Was Israel penetrated by literal or material ammunition? Was Israel penetrated? Let us read if they were penetrated. Let us again read chapter 9 verse 4 until 5 of Romans and study if the Israelites were penetrated.

“Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.”

What generation or race is Christ if we are going to talk about flesh? Christ is an Israelite. In the tribe of Judah, came Christ that is why He is Israelite. We can read that from Heb. 7:14:

“For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.”

Judah is an Israelite. Christ came there. That is why He is an Israelite.

The question whom did God promised the verse, “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper...” to Israel, right? Christ is an Israelite, a great Israelite because He is our Lord, our savior. The question now: was Christ penetrated by a literal weapon, was He penetrated or not? Let us read if He was penetrated. In John 19:33-34 here is what we can read:

“But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.”

Pierced or not? Pierced. When pierced by a spear, what happened? In John 19:34:

“But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.”

Was Christ pierced? He was already dead when pierced, right? They were testing if He was already dead. They pierced him. But before that, before He died, what was the first to pierce him? Nail. Where was he nailed? Let us read John 19:18:

“Where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.”

Was Christ pierced? Let us continue, reading John 20:27:

“Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, be believing.”

Pierced or not? If there was, it was prophesied … in Psalms 22:16

“… they pierced my hands and my feet.”

In prophesy He was pierced already. Was He pierced? Feet and hands were nailed. Penetrated or not? Penetrated. Literal weapon pierced the greatest Israelite that appeared on earth—who is none other than Christ.

It will be remembered that God promised not an individual. The one promised concerning the weapons that shall never prosper, the one promised to is a generation of man. Let us read again the paragraph, Isaiah 54:17:

“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.”

Is Christ a servant or not? Let us read from the Acts of the Apostles if He is a servant. If He is a servant, why was he pierced by a weapon? Is Christ a servant of God or not? Let us read Acts 3:13:

“The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our father, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.”

Is Jesus a servant or not? Servant! God said, this is the heritage of the servants of God. Which is that? No weapon formed against you will prosper. The question, was Christ pierced by a weapon? Pierced. What weapon pierced Christ? Literal weapon. That is why it can not be interpreted literally like the interpretation now of those who are saying that they can’t be penetrated by an armalite (M-16 rifle), of guns, why? The greatest of all the servants of God was pierced, can you not be?

Was it only Christ who was penetrated? Here is another servant of God who was penetrated too. Let us read what happened to John the Baptist. Mar. 6:21-27

“When a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;

And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,”

Penetrated or not? Is John the Baptist servant of God? Was John the Baptist penetrated? To Christ, nail and spear; to John the Baptist, sword. Will armalite penetrate? Let us read Acts 7:59-60, let us see if armalite will penetrate to the servant of God?

“And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.”

Died or not? Dead! What pierced? Stone. Was it not the armalite, it is also a stone? But it was a lead stone. It is a stone. A pressurized stone. The principle of gun come from stone, right? But pressurized. Did it pierce? If the stone penetrated them, wasn’t it that an armalite will become more piercing to Stephen? He died. He fell asleep, according to the Bible.

I want to show you something, the promise of God, God does not break promises. It is not God who breaks promises but we should not interpret literally what God said. There are no weapons formed against you will prosper. Including the tongue of the one to say same thing against you by judging will be judged, God said.

It can’t be literal because if literal, why do the Israelites got pierced, John the Baptist is an Israelite, Christ is an Israelite, Stephen was Israelite; these Israelites were pierced right? So it is not literal. What is the meaning of the statement of God that weapons formed against you will never prosper? And why do the enemies have weapons and that is the weapon of the Christians? It is because there is a battle. What is the weapon? Let us read Ephesians 6:12:

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
What battle do the servants of God do? Our battle is spiritual. Because our battle is spiritual, the battle for the evil spirits up above is also spiritual, the higher authorities.

You know, in the world, we can’t only realize the reason why people do not become good because we have enemies in the higher authorities called by the Bible, the evil spirits up above that turned bad and became devils.

Our enemies are spirits. That is why our battle is spiritual, not the battle with guns and armalite. Not that. That is not the fight of the Christians. I don’t expect that the promise of God that you won’t be pierced by weapons is material weapon because that fight is not material.

This is the heritage of the servants of God as said. Is Christ a servant of God or not? Was he pierced? Pierced. John the Baptist, can you question his being God’s servant? Pierced or not? Pierced. And you, you won’t be pierced? Meaning, you are greater than Christ? Or you have a wrong interpretation? Really Wrong. Why? The battle is spiritual. Because the enemy is spirit. Our enemy is the devil, the spiritual leader of the darkness of this world including the angels. It is called the power of the wind, right? Let us read on Ephesians 2:2:

“Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.”

That is why man keeps on disobeying. So what should be fought is the highest power of the devil. That is the truth that cannot be denied.

There was this teacher which I pity. She was proven to have amassed P32,000 and she was jailed. Almost 20 years or more? She confessed she was tempted because of the difficulty in life. For that measly amount of P32,000 she was jailed. But ironically, there are those who are amassing billions and billions of pesos and never got imprisoned or jailed. Why? Others have higher stature in our society.

That is why me, if I don’t see complaints on a high-ranking official, I really respect him so much. So if his name is cleared, okay. But as long as it is not clear my chest thumps.

Will I vote this, when it is known that he is connected with drug-dealing? What if this wins and put to position? All Filipinos might become drug addict, right? That is why I don’t want to be linked to drug addicts. They say drug addicts has glaring eyes. It kills mothers and father. Does an addict have sin? No. It is not the addicts who have the greatest sin. The one at fault there are the protectors of those drug syndicates.

Others are the ones at fault but cleared are the ones under. Clean first the ones on top and there will be no dirt to fall down if the top most part is clean. Is it not my countrymen?

What do I mean? For Christians what we fight against is not man, not flesh and blood. Our enemy is the one that makes a man evil, the evil spirit in high places, according to Paul. As said in Ephesians 6:12:

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

We don’t wrestle against flesh and blood. That is not our battle. Our battle is spiritual.

If you put in spiritual—God said to his apostles. There is no weapon formed against you that will prosper—will the evil created by satan pierced? Is there an evil created by satan to pierce if you are a servant of God?

Call all sorcerers. Make a doll that exactly looks like a servant of God, then pierce the throat, see if it will take effect. Use all types of superstitious healing, all the devices of devils, do them, those are the weapons of evil, those are already black magic, has love charms, etc. Will that affect the servants of God? Will that affect? Let us read if it will affect. In 1 John 5:18:

“We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.”

Will it pierce? You will not be touched by devil if you are a servant. He will not be touched by evil.

What is the proof that although there are weapons made by enemies against the children of God they are not affected? Let us read the testimony of Paul in 2 Timothy 4:16-18:

“At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.”

I was saved from the mouth of the lion. Who is that lion? The lion which is roaring and wandering, none other than satan. In 1 Peter 5:8 it said:

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour;”

Paul said that he was saved from every works of the devil. So nothing affected Apostle Paul.

The devices of the devil and devices of the spirit world become futile against the spirit of Christianity. But the early Christians were hit by sword, nail, they are pierced. They were pierced by stung, hit by stone, but they were not affected by the devices of devil. Those did not affect the servants of God in the olden days.

So if you use the verse just to say that you will not be affected by armalite, you are misleading people with that. Why am I saying this? Is it because I am injuring your reputation? My concern is the person you will mislead. I will never injure your reputation. Why will I injure your reputation? I just would like to save my fellow Filipinos from your fooling them. Your foolishness will be discovered anyway. This starts already. The Filipinos will understand that the promise of God is not literal that no weapon will pierce you. Why? That is the weapon of the enemy, the devil, his weapon, his evilness—you will not be pierced by it if you are a servant of God even if you are enchanted by 50 sorcerers, you will not be affected by it.

If you are a servant of God, will it affect you? As St. John said, let us read why it will not pierce … I John 4:4:

“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”

Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. Who is he that is in you, to the Christians?

Let us read who is He with the Christians who is greater than that is in the world (Mat. 28:20):

“Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”

What is the promise of Christ if you follow the law? “I am with you even up to the consummation of the ages. Christ is greater than the demons. So will the weapons of evil win against Christians? Whatever defamation you do, whatever evil words you say to someone in Christ, accused them of various lies, Christ said you are lucky, if you are told of all manner of evil for my sake. (Matthew 5:11)

“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.”

That is the meaning of that. That is spiritual weapon. Because the word of the tongue is also like a weapon right? It is in the Bible that their tongue is like piercing of swords (Proverbs 12:18), it is like dueling with swords. That is why the preachers of the devil when he speaks, wrong things are said. But if you are a preacher of God and you believe the Bible and God, well, whatever they say will not affect you.

With God’s mercy, their weapons have not pierced me yet. None of their weapons have pierced. There are legal cases made against me, the enemies of our faith. But until now with God’s mercy none has pierced yet.

I may be jailed. If the judge will believe right? Like Christ. He was sued. Pilate was forced. Judged. Like John the Baptist. Herod’s daughter danced. Herod was really fascinated. Herod said go ahead, wish for anything even half of my kingdom, I will give to you. I promise that whatever you wish for I will give you. She asked her mother what she will wish for. Because Herodias is mad at John the Baptist for his attacking her because Herodias is a concubine, she told her daughter to ask for the head of John the Baptist. That is what was wished. Was he pierced? Pierced.

But the evil devices used by the evil spirit, will never pierce. To whom? To the servant of God. The servants of God are not touched by evil.

That is what we have to understand. The meaning of that is spiritual. If you will give material meaning, it will come out wrong. Christ was pierced. John the Baptist was pierced. Stephen was pierced by just stones. Will Stephen not be pierced by armalite?

There are those who are saying that he will not be pierced by an armalite. Think, you will not be pierced by an armalite? Drinking medicine is said to be forbidden because it is for non-believers. But his wife has false teeth. Will think how can you have false teeth? You have the dentist do it. How was your teeth extracted? Don’t tell me medicine was not used in you? You were injected with anaesthesia?

You are just fooling many people. Fooling with your false testimonies. So if you are joining a church, choose the one that speaks of sensibility, one that is credibly basing on the Bible, and knowledge and not based on anywhere.