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The beginning of the journey bore confirmation. The lady who took my bags
at Newark International Airport was a Ghanaian who turned out to be a
Christian. When she asked the reason for my trip, I gave explanation. Her
response was a proclamation that I would be greatly loved and received in
Ghana. That would turn out to be overwhelmingly true. As I found my seat on
the plane, a Nigerian Lady with a baby was seated in the adjoining seat. As I
proclaimed the words of Robert Burns that the birth of a child is God’s opinion
that the world should go on, I found her to be a Christian as well. We prayed
together as the plane took off.
The Prophetic Word of John Lennon
When I boarded the plane in London for the journey to Accra Ghana, I
discovered that the man seated next to me was a Christian from Ireland. God had
sent a third Christian to confirm his comfort in my journey. This man was given
the name John by his parents and it happened that his last name was Lennon. We
had rich fellowship on our flight and he prophesied that the sum total of many
years of ministry would richly and profoundly affect Ghana .His word would
turn out to be remarkably true. This John Lennon was not imagining a vain
world without sovereignty of nations, but rather seeking the sovereignty of
Almighty God.
“Pastor Murray has taken us into very, very deep things, bringing out very
deep revelation. It is not all about emotion and excitement, but it is discovering
the key issues of God’s heart and dealing with them. God bless you Pastor.”
-Sister Comfort
“One of the most powerful statements given in the conference is that satan is
energized against the believer when the Word of God is changed….If the devil
can change any part of the Word of God, he can seduce us. We must be very
careful. We must read the Bible cover to cover every year. This conference has
made me go deeper into the Word of God. God bless you Pastor Murray.”
-Pastor Mike
“I do not see this as a conference, but as a holy convocation…. God told Moses
to bring 70 elders unto the mount…. God said that he would take what was on
the spirit of Moses and place it upon the elders….I believe Pastor Murray has
been sent here to release upon us a hunger for the in-depth revelation of the
Bible. I told Pastor Murray that he has really blessed us. His response to me
was that there is blessing and formation. Formation is greater than blessing; for
when Christ Jesus dwells in us in formation there is an empowerment of
revelation.” -Pastor Lord
“I believe Pastor Murray was sent for the leaders of this nation. Pastor
Murray has been mandated to move us forward. There is an in-depth weight that
has empowered us in this conference. We need to organize this and bring real
leadership to the church in Ghana. This man has been a gift to us and we need
him to come back for a larger conference.” -Pastor David
“I have realized that we must deeply read the scriptures. We learned about
the seven spirits of darkness that occupied Israel. We learned about the seven
Spirits of God in the book of Revelation. We are in need of the revelation
knowledge that was in this conference. The eyes of my understanding have been
opened with great encouragement.” -Pastor Phillip
While in Ghana I witnessed what came from America on the television and
had another kind of impact. I do not believe that the naming of false brethren is
an unbiblical practice. The Apostle Paul as well as the Apostle John openly
named the names of those who sought to bring man’s purpose to the church.
They had no problem naming those who bore false doctrine to the slaughter of
God’s people. The taking out of context of the words of the Lord Jesus “Judge
not less ye be judged” is a classic example of handling the Word of God
deceitfully. Jesus, the Apostles, and the Prophets had no problem naming
names.
The American church that has been trained by Rick Warren through the
Purpose Driven Life and the accompanying seminars is at a place where it has
lost all discernment. I will probably have more people upset with me for
mentioning this than upset with Rick Warren for using the Lord’s name in vain
before the entire world.
II Kings 24:4: “And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled
Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.”
For those of you who threw your conscience out so that your pocketbook
might be stimulated, you might ask yourself how are tax payer dollars that shed
innocent blood throughout the nations going to stimulate this bankrupt
economy?
In one of the sessions that I taught on being wise master builders by the
administration of the mysteries of the Gospel, I had occasion to teach on the
mystery of iniquity. The mystery of iniquity can be very simply defined in this
simple way. When the last great falling away comes upon the church (just
before Jesus comes) the church will violate the Scriptures (that is remove or add
to) and stop convincing the world of sin by the Holy Spirit. This will cause the
antichrist to arise in the world. There must come a falling away and the rising of
the son of perdition sitting in the temple as God before the Day of the Lord
comes. This is clearly stated in the 2nd chapter of Thessalonians. The great
falling away is especially energized when the Scriptures are violated by being
removed or added unto. This is how Eve was seduced into bringing about the
fall of the world. The fall of the world came about with the removal of one word
“not”. This phenomenon of changing the Scriptures has been kept out of the
church for centuries until recently. What has been rejected for centuries has now
gained great acceptance within the church. God’s people are largely ignorant of
this and are busy having their ears tickled by the false teachers. This is how the
spirit of antichrist will come out of the midst of the church.
I would remind you that only two people in the Bible are called the son of
perdition. One is Judas who betrayed our Lord at His first coming; the other is
the antichrist who will manifest before our Lord’s second coming. Judas is of an
apostate antichrist spirit. It is interesting to note that recently a leading Word of
Faith teacher, Jesse Duplantis, was teaching that Judas Iscariot was Jesus’
favorite disciple because he handled the money. I have to ask, does this man
and his many followers have any Biblical knowledge at all? How interesting it is
to see last day Christians looking upon Judas favorably.
Final Thought
Has the church in America, which is losing its testimony to the nations,
become a Saul? Saul was a man with much stuff, which stood head and
shoulders above the people. Does this not describe America among the nations?
But Saul committed a fatal mistake. He changed the God given sacrifice.
Changing God’s perfect thought will always bring God’s rejection. It was then
the Spirit of God left him and sought out David in the wilderness. The Scripture
records that the prophet Samuel wept and interceded for Saul all night long but
he could not change the Lord’s mind. The Spirit of God left Saul and an evil
spirit came upon him which would lead to his suicide. As I watched what was
broadcast from USA to Ghana and saw how the church is presented to the
nations of the world, I wanted to weep. Has America become like Saul? Have
we reached a place where even Samuel’s prayers could not bring God to spare?