Let’s talk about THE CLOWN in the room…

People have been asking me for a while to address Richie the barber.

And that's what I'm going to do in this video.

I featured him in episode 190 of the Holy Nope, and we're going to take a closer look at that clip.

Before we do, I just want to say that I am not making any judgments based upon his appearance.

To believe the best of him in regards to his appearance, it is my assumption that his look with all of the

tattoos and piercings were before his supposed conversion.

That being said, he obviously embraces the clown look and continues to wear his piercings,

paint his eyes, wear little clown hats, and have clown hair.

But his looks are not the subject of this video.

Let's break down this clip.

I don't say this lightly. The Lord spoke to me very clearly.

So already there's a major red flag, right?

God spoke to me very clearly.

This is Luke Holter, a prophetic messenger and evangelist, and right now he is claiming to have

received new revelation from God that he is going to dare to speak on behalf of God.

About God's authoritative word.

And said that Richie is a litmus test.

It's a test for the body of Christ.

Now let's not gloss over those words and assume that we know what a litmus test is or that Luke

knows what a litmus test is.

It is a test in which a singular factor is decisive.

So, for example, it's used in politics wherein a political candidate's position on a single issue

like gun control, for example, is the decisive factor by which voters deem him acceptable or

not.

Okay, so this man is saying that Richie is a litmus test for the body of Christ, meaning that if you don't accept

Richie, you're out.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Surely that's not what he's actually saying.

He is a wedding invitation.

The word says that the king sent out invitations to the wedding.

So this man, Luke Holter, is speaking new divine revelation in the name of God and is saying

that Richie is a wedding invitation.

What he's referring to is the parable of the wedding feast in Matthew 22.

Do you know what this parable is about?

I encourage you to take your Bible, if you have it, and read it now so that you can really comprehend

the absurdity of what this man is saying.

This parable is about how the Jewish people, right, those who were supposed to be the heirs of the kingdom, are

rejecting the gospel so that now it is going out to the Gentiles, verse 8 and 9.

Then he said to his servants, the wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy, that is,

unbelieving Israel.

Go therefore to the main roads and invite as many as you find, that is, Gentiles.

The wedding invitation is the gospel.

And I'm telling you, if you do not receive.

What's on Richie's life, you're going to miss the invitation to the wedding.

What does he mean by.

What's on Richie's life?

Well, I'm sure that he means the anointing that's on his life, and of course, I could nope a whole bunch of

Richie's videos, especially his so -called deliverance videos,

but this right here is a big deal.

This is very sobering and important for the church of America.

To understand.

It's not about Richie the person.

It's about Richie the invitation.

He just.

Equated the very gospel of our salvation with this dude's ministry, with the anointing that's on

his life, and he applies it to the whole of the church in America.

Like, there's a whole bunch of people who don't know who Richie is, but if you don't accept Richie, you missed the invitation

because Richie is the invitation.

What?

Bro, what are you talking about, man?

Nope.

When we consider what the text actually means, this is blasphemy.

The scripture never means what it never meant.

Matthew 22 is not about Richie.

It's not about the anointing on his life.

It's not about his ministry, nor can it be applied to those things, and it is a blasphemous abuse of

the text about the hope of the gospel extending to the Gentiles to twist it to mean that if you

don't affirm.

Richie, you're going to miss the invitation to the wedding feast.

What?

I mean, the implication.

Is that you're not a part of the body of Christ because he's a litmus test, and this is what happens when these so -called

prophetic messengers just start talking.

It's just a whole bunch of nonsense that you cannot reconcile with the plain teaching of scripture.

Now, my understanding is that Richie has not been a Christian for very long.

My understanding is that he lived a pretty wild lifestyle, and that when he was converted, he immediately

found himself in charismatic circles, immediately given a platform, immediately given the green light to

go and do deliverance ministry.

All of this is very unwise.

The word instructs us not to be hasty with the laying on of hands, and that we should not appoint recent converts to

leadership positions.

Richie, my friend, I'm afraid you're being deceived by false prophets, and if you left whatever meeting that was that this

clip we just broke down took place in, thinking, you know, wow, what a great and humbling prophetic word,

please realize that that man twisted scripture, and take that as a sign that what you need to do is escape these false

prophets and sit under sound biblical teaching at a solid local church for some time.

Resist those who will say to you that if you are not regularly casting out demons, you have a lifeless Christianity,

and realize, my friend, that the New Testament never puts such a requirement upon believers, nor

do the epistles give any instruction to the church on deliverance ministry, which is claimed by

those in your circle to be so fundamental to the Christian life.

It is not biblical.

Stop running with those who blaspheme the Lord and twist his word, and realize that's a huge, holy no.