Beware of the Smiters — David Wilkerson

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It may not be as much for this church as for those who hear it on tape. The message I preach tonight is going to go out to our mating list. In fact, we're getting it ready for our very next newsletter to over 800 ,000 people around the world and I feel this is an admonition and a warning to the body of Jesus Christ.

Shepherds Who Protect the Flock

Now folks God sends pastors and shepherds to protect us. Remember David said a lion came and I killed the lion and a bear came and I killed the bear. He was watching his sheep. He wouldn't let a lion or bear touch his sheep he put his life on the line and God calls shepherds to do that and this is one of those kinds.

We want to keep you from the lion and the bear. We want to keep you from the wolves and we pray that you will receive tonight. Some of you may consider correction, whatever it may be. May the Lord Make his word real to our hearts father.

You gave me this word tonight. You gave this to me you spoke it to my heart. Sovereignly supernaturally. Lord, it's a simple message, but it's something Lord that has to be heard. So many things are going on in the body of Christ today so many things that are confusing multitudes.

Oh my God speak through your living word. Give me a spirit of mercy and love tenderness and grace that I can speak this Lord not out of my heart. But out of the mind of Christ that abides in me. Sanctify me let the word of the Lord come with might and power and anointing and unction in the name of Jesus.

I pray. Amen. My message tonight beware of the smiters. Beware of the smiters in Isaiah don't turn there, but in Isaiah the 50th chapter the sixth verse speaking of Christ He said I gave my back to the smiters and my cheeks to the pluckers off.

My cheeks to them that plucked off my hair. I hid not my face from shame and spitting. Now these smiters last on the back of Jesus Christ with vengeance and wrath. Until they afflicted such pain and they drew blood from his veins.

But who are these that were smiting? Christ across the face smiting his back because really smiting is to take vengeance to slap and to to to hit until Really with a vengeance trying literally to kill.

Who were these that were smiting hitting striking with vengeance on our Lord? This was all done in the name of religion remind remember it was done to defend the religion of the flesh. It was inflicted by a religious movement that felt threatened by one who had invited them to simply come and reason together.

He had the truth is I want to talk to you. I want to give you the truth. Jesus was literally murdered by a robed clergy. They instigated this whole business it was to protect a religious system a religious movement that couldn't afford to be told it could be wrong or in error and because they could not stand the truth because they could not stand the Criticism or they could not stand the light of the Holy Spirit cast upon it.

They rebelled against it and in the process crucified our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Look at the fanaticism and the anger of those who are slapping his face plucking off his beard. Think of it here the picking and plucking out his beer spitting in his face all to protect the religious movement a Religious movement people who are so indoctrinated in it so given to their movement.

They were beyond conviction. They could not be convicted. They would not hear anybody. This is it. Taken or leave it shut in completely protect a religious movement. Incredible. Jesus warned of this kind of religious smiting.

He said ye the time will come that whosoever killeth you will think he do with God's service. He said in fact, he's elaborating on the religious crowd. He's talking about the Sadducees and the Sanhedrin and the Pharisees.

He said they're going to come these men were religious men. They wore white robes. They they tithed they were devout in their religion but these devout men Were murderers. They had a smiting spirit. They do.

They will do these things on to you because they have not known the father and they've not known me. There are many religious movements in the land today religious works. Movements of God called movements of God that have a smiting Destructive spirit in it and the Lord says they will reach out and they will smite the reading because they don't know me because I'm Not a part of what they're doing.

The smiters are still with us and they're still smiting the back of Jesus. In Hebrews 6 6 it said of those who fall away. They have crucified to themselves the Son of God afresh and they put him to an open shame.

And what he's saying they are still smiting him daily. They're still smiting his back. When Christ apprehended Saul remember on the road to Damascus he said Saul, why are you persecuting me? Now he didn't even know anything about Christ at that time except that he believed he was a he was a fanatic and a false prophet.

But he was he was coming against the body of Christ. And he said Saul when you persecute my body you persecute me and beloved. I'm going to tell you the smiters who are smiting the body of Jesus Christ are smiting Christ himself.

That's how serious this message is tonight. There is today in the body of Christ a new and dangerous spirit of smiting. And I believe the Holy Ghost has given me. This is a warning to the body of Christ.

Itching Ears and the Search for New Teachings

And the warning is this listen closely now all of you who have itching ears. All of you who want to go someplace in here and see something new. You don't want to pay the price of digging into the Word of God.

You don't want to go through the discipline of the Holy Ghost because the Bible said whom the Lord loves he disciplines. And you want to go and have somebody lay hands on your head and you want to get zapped and you want to fall down.

And come up and say I am changed. You're not going to be changed by falling on the ground. I believe in falling on the ground when the Holy Ghost comes upon you. I've been smitten many times by the power of the Holy Ghost but folks if that's a shortcut to try to find some new touch of God you are sadly mistaken and People are running all over the world now trying to be a part of some new exciting thing and listen to me.

Please hear this in the spirit of the Living God it is possible to come so involved in a religious movement so taken up by it and Become so defensive of it as to become a smiter of the body of Jesus Christ.

You've become so wrapped up in it. So given to it so enamored by it that you will defend it with your life. And you will not stand to hear anybody cross you with what could be the truth and show you that you may possibly be in error.

What I'm about to say now can only be accepted. I believe by lovers of truth. You've got to love the truth. You know, we're living in the last of the last days and Jesus warned us that there would come new doctrines in the last days new teachings.

There would be new teachers that would appear with enticing Gospels. Ministers who would pose as angels of light with new messages and new truths and new doctrines. But who the Bible says in truth are agents of Satan.

And the Bible said is going to get so Powerful that the enemy will try to deceive even the elect the chosen of God. Now folks that is something that ought to get our attention. That we are going to see and we are in that place right now.

Paul warns the church the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine. But after their own loss so they heap to themselves teachers having itching ears 2nd Timothy 4 3 and They shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned to fables.

They will not want to hear the truth. They will not want to hear about sacrifice and suffering. They want some easy thing. Americans have become so Addicted to instant everything. Instant everything blame it on McDonald's blame it on on fast foods.

Blame it on advertising. Everybody wants instant cure of everything. But when it comes to the gospel of Jesus Christ There is a price. There is a price they shall turn away their ears from the truth. They shall be turned away to fables.

And folks that time has come and the Greek word here for Heaping up is a root word means going about trying to accumulate and you see people right now going around heaping to themselves new teachings and New things they want to heap it to themselves.

They want to accumulate all of these things and they and and the Greeks suggest travel or moving about to accumulate. Now the Word of God clearly instructs us to test every doctrine. Every religious movement and the spirits behind those movements.

Beloved. Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God. Because many false prophets are gone out into the world. You say well brother David who made you The judge of what is of God and what is not of God the Bible.

He made you a judge. He made me a judge. Help you. God helped at church if it will not stand on the criteria of the Word of God and judge every movement every revival everything that calls itself of God if You do not judge it than any high-spirited man.

Any man with a strong spirit can come and overrule your spirit and send you to hell. Beloved believe not every spirit. Try the spirits whether they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

It's the duty of every pastor. It's my duty to stand up here tonight and do what I'm about to do. It's your duty as a believer. Every new thing that you hear is to test it. Don't touch it until you've tested it by the Word of God till you've tried the spirit that's behind it.

Testing Doctrines by the Word of God

Okay. The Holy Ghost has never called for blind acceptance of even the gospel. No. Everything that Jesus has given to us will stand the test. He'll so prove me prove me prove me test me. Anything that's of God will cry out test me prove me.

Examine me. That's the ministry of the Holy Ghost. I want to be open Holy Ghost. Look at me the whole world. Look at me. I want no hidden thing. This is the cry of that which is of God test prove. There's nothing to fear.

There is no such thing as blind acceptance that's for cults. Peter warned There were false prophets also among the people. Even as there shall be false teachers among you who in secret shall bring in damnable heresies even denying the Lord that brought bought them and bring upon themselves swift destruction and Many shall follow their evil ways.

Now remember Peter is saying these were bought by the blood of Christ and now they are following evil ways. They were bought. They were Christians. They were under the blood. But they were led away by false doctrine because they didn't test the spirits behind those doctrines and those movements and those revivals.

This is a frightening warning. But for those who are truly of God. Those who tried the spirit the Apostle said ye are of God little children and you've overcome them. You were not swept away by it because you tested it.

You tried it and you were protected from these winds and waves of doctrine that are sweeping the land. Beloved you and I have not even seen the beginning of what is coming. What you see in here now is just mere A Just a mere image of what is about to appear on the American scene of such mixed doctrines mixed with The things of the world that the devil himself coming to pose as pious Godly men in the pulpit.

Oh Brother sister, this is a time. This is a time that you and I must Judge everything righteously by the living Word of God. Now God has given us a fail-safe test of all movements ministries and The spirit that motivates them.

And here it is 1st John 4 2 3 just listen. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God. Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God. And every spirit that confesses not that Jesus has come in the flesh is not of God.

Now here it is again hereby know you the Spirit of God every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is Of God. Now, wait a minute let me I Have had people Absolutely sold out to cults that have been to this church and been delivered and they will tell you to go back here and say.

But what's the reason I'm confused is because I put them to the test. I asked them Do you believe that Jesus is God look like? Oh, yes. Yes. Yes I believe that and they said brother Dave they exalt Jesus and when they talk about Jesus They talk about God coming in the flesh.

You see it's not. It's also not talking about mouthing the words. I Believe the devil himself can quote these words to achieve his purpose. It's not just speaking the word. I believe you can go out here in this city to most dead-dry Liberal church and you can have an atheistic minded past to get to oh, yes I believe that God Jesus was God in the flesh just so that he can get through to those with his false doctrine.

It's not just mouthing the words. The meaning here is deeper than a much deeper and the meaning is this if you're going to say that Jesus Christ is God in The flesh then he's got to be the Lord of your life.

He is Lord of my life. He is Lord. He is God in the flesh, but he's God in my flesh. He's here. He rules he reigns all my motives. Everything comes out of the Lordship of Jesus Christ in my life and my being Devil can quote scripture.

Don't be fooled by some just giving a word test. When what John is trying to show us with this if you come if you confess that Jesus is Lord and God. You must show the fruit of that in your life. Now here's the only way to truly test which is truly of God.

The Spirit and Fruit of Christlike Ministry

Listen to me, please. That which is of God must be permeated saturated with the spirit of Jesus Christ. That spirit of Christ is what it is gentle. It is loving it is kind it is easy to be entreated. If it's spring and fountain comes from heaven.

If it's of God. The fruit of it is going to be the spirit of Jesus Christ. Everything you see everything you hear will be Christlike if it's a genuine work of God. Then it will have with it in in it and through it the Spirit of Christ.

Now that any particular movement anything that calls itself a move of God anything that calls itself revival or a work of God's Spirit. It Has to have this now one of two things happens if there if there is a smiting spirit if there's a spirit of a Wrath if there's a spirit that lashes out.

Trying to protect itself. You see anything is of God is protected only by the Holy Ghost. In fact, God won't allow you to defend it. He won't allow you to have pick up your sword the sword of flesh anytime that flesh touches it the Holy Ghost Departs and he'll let you go ahead and try to defend it.

He'll let you fight it, but anything it's of God does not have to be defended by man. Nothing at all. It's defended by the Spirit of Living God and nothing no one else. No, that spiritual movement is false if it has a smiting spirit or let me Kindly suggest to you that I believe that there are some works and some revivals and some movements that started out with a genuine touch of God.

Because you see Americans, especially are hungry for God. I mean churches everywhere crying at all. God revive us again. People are so hungry. They need God. There's an emptiness. There's a hunger. There's a thirst people are so ready to grab it anything that looks like an awakening.

And folks that's the danger if you're not very careful. I give credit now I'll say this from the depths of my heart and in the love of Jesus Christ. There are some movements I believe they're started by By the Spirit of God and the Lord was generally working and generally moving but somewhere along the line flesh got in the way.

Flesh began to taint it. It became my work my movement my revival our revival. Don't touch it. This is ours and it became a personal thing and then the flesh began to rise and tainted and the Holy Spirit left and it goes on in The flesh and you can tell when the Spirit is left when that smiting spirit appears.

That's smiting period because that is not of Christ. That is not the Spirit of Christ. The Holy Ghost will not be a part of that which is of a smiting spirit. The Holy Ghost is departed and folks you can go for five ten years in the flesh.

And it'll look like it'll look like a move of God. But folks it will have a defensive spirit. It'll have a fighting spirit behind it. Let me give you some examples of some of the recent smiting spirits that They've come across my desk in my office.

Examples of a Defensive and Smiting Spirit

Smitings that I've heard about personally a pastor stood in a conference last year. He was a part of what is called a revival and He stood in front of this conference boasting every single person. Who resists this revival has committed blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?

He said this revival is like a mighty elephant and all the critics are like flies on his back and God's going to swat him. That's a smiting spirit. That's not of Christ. So you can immediately mark off that move.

Immediately anything that man is involved with has nothing to do with the Holy Ghost. Because that's a smiting spirit. Let me give you another example. This is a videotape I viewed two weeks ago in my office, and this was the leader of a particular movement in the land today his countenance Was was angry and he cried out.

I will know in essence. These were his words. I'll no longer listen to any preacher or elder who questions me or this work and as far as those who are Taking a stand publicly against this work. They've got 90 days to repent.

He castigated the elders and others who brought into question the move of God and folks I was frightened by what I saw and what I heard because so many have been enamored by what is happening in that particular movement now.

I Must say perhaps Somewhere along the line that which is of God became flesh because that was what I saw. What I heard was flesh. That is not the Spirit of God. There is no cursing that comes out of the Spirit of Jesus Christ against any man or woman on the face of the earth.

The disciples of Jesus Became enraged when the Samaritans would not receive the Lord. The word says they did not receive him and Peter James and John. The scripture says that when his disciples James and John saw this they said Lord Will thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them even as Elias did.

Jesus was aghast. He couldn't believe his ears. But he speak of Jesus. He turned and rebuked them and said, you know Not what manner of spirit you are of for the Son of Man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.

Jesus said that cursing smiting spirit in you is not of God. You desire to smite those who oppose you. He said just because they didn't receive my message. That's not of God. He said you don't know what spirit you're off.

Whatever spirit it is. It's not of mine. Lord said I've nothing to do with that. I Would be a smiter myself if I stood here in front of you right now it brought this message with anything but the love of Christ and I speak with love in my heart.

I Speak to those who are doing these smiting things in ignorance. There are many of them and I believe they're doing it in ignorance. But folks We are commanded by the scripture to show forth the loving tender mercies of the Lord Jesus Christ.

We're commanded as shepherds. To and believers to test these spirits if you do not judge according to this standard of the Lord that the spirit of Christ the spirit of love the spirit of Tenderness if that does not if that does not embody the message if that's not what it is beware.

You know if what has got if I were able to sit down with leaders of Religious movements and revivals throughout the land. And if they came to me and said brother Wilson, you're in your 60s. You've been around a long time.

You've got gray hair. Do you have a word for us. I would in humility the best I know how say yes, I Would say stop trying to defend What God is doing your midst if it's God you don't need any defense.

Leave it alone, but don't might don't strike out against people. Don't throw curses. Don't try to say. And folks have been so many now that are under terrible bondage because some preacher got up and said this is such a work of God if you deny it you blaspheme against the Holy Ghost.

That's trying to call fire down out of heaven and consume. Lord said that's not my spirit. The dear sister in this church stopped me in a rotunda a few days ago and she'd been somewhere in another state among a group of Pentecostal friends and they had just gone to what they call a great revival and They were talking about how Great this move was and this sister that's in the church.

It may be here right now begin to question according to the light of the scripture and just begin to to test it by the spirit and. A spirit rose up in them and and they began that smiting spirit. Well, you have no right to say anything like you were not there.

We were there and we know and that's it period believe it or not. She said brother looks and they wouldn't listen to a word. They didn't want to hear it and they they were as well as said that that I'm resisting the Holy Spirit.

That's a smiting spirit. God help you if you a part of Times Square Church and you go out thinking you have it all. And we have the best and only thing in America today. God help you. We don't. We're so far behind.

Thank God for what he's doing. Thank God what he's doing. But there ought to be a if God is here and God's Spirit is moving. I'll make us all humble. It ought to put a love in our hearts that we embrace people and we have an ear open to criticism.

We have an ear open to be corrected. I heard this one pastor is well. It said I don't want to hear any more. I don't want any correction or what anything even some of the people of his own church who loved and he wanted some of their Questions answers that I don't want to hear it.

He's still there. Now, let me show you something of the true spirit of Christ that must be demonstrated by true men of God. Let's talk about the Apostle Paul for just a moment. Now Paul is summoned from prison to stand before the Sanhedrin now Paul's life his ministry.

His theology his very lifestyle. Everything is called into question. Now. He's being mocked. He's being ridiculed. He faces a crowd of religious leaders. They're proud arrogant man men, especially the high priest Ananias.

According to Josephus Ananias is described as a violent man haughty gluttonous an evil man hiding behind a thin crust of dignity and The high priest commands a servant that's standing nearby. Smite Paul on the mouth smite him on the mouth.

A Servant reaches a wham right across his mouth. Now folks that hurts. I believe it hurt. Paul was a human being. He wasn't an angel. He wasn't God in flesh. He was a man of like passions just like Elijah.

And that stung his pride and he had just confessed before them. Paul had just.

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That's that. I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. And what he's trying to say. I have not committed adultery. I Have not sinned. I'm living an honest life. I'm not a. I Have nothing but God's eternal purposes in mind I'm standing before you a holy man and I want nothing but God's will in my life and you smite me you You smack my mouth.

Paul's Anger and Repentance

And folks, I'm going to tell you something as ministers of the gospel we do hurt when people say things and they stand against this and the criticism comes and comes and comes and Paul got in the flesh.

Paul got in the flesh. He struck back and he smoked a high priest. Then said Paul unto him God so smite thee thou waited wall. Whoo? In other words you hypocrite God's gonna get you. You got 90 days. Oh, no, no, no, no folks.

For sin is thou to judge me after the law and command us me to be smitten contrary to the law. Paul got into the flesh. Paul didn't need to defend himself. I'll tell you why because the moment the high priest said smite him on the mouth God made up his mind.

He already determined what he's gonna do. Because two years later according to Josephus King Agrippa removed him from his high office and He was slain by a dagger in ad -60. With the knife of sick arow according to history.

Sick girl took a dagger and stabbed him and killed him. You see God keeps records. God keeps the books. You don't touch God's anointed. You can't touch God's anointed and get away with it. You don't have to defend it.

Paul didn't have to defend himself and I'll tell you something. Here's the Spirit of Christ. Here's the difference. Rather than going on smiting and rather going on going after it was all said and done and gathering his men around him saying well.

That that he boys he gonna pay the price boys. God gonna get him. God is gonna get him folks. That spirits want on me. Sometimes I've wanted to call fire down out of heaven folks. There are some people I would love to see the ground just open swallow them up, but that wasn't Christ.

That wasn't of Jesus. How dangerous it is for any follower of Christ to wish the destruction of anyone who rejects or criticize them? There are some pastors and ministers who'd rather see people dead than saved.

God help us. God help us. Have you ever said anything you've ever said that anybody gotta get you. I'm a man of God. I'm a woman of God. I don't get you. Boy, I I did that this past year and I I had to go to the man apologize.

He's a street person. This guy has hounded me for five years. I mean he see me two blocks away. Yo, it's phony phony. Here comes brother Dave phony. Oh, you met him you met him you heard him, huh? I meet him everywhere go in this city and one day I Just was a little out of sorts.

He comes by me and he was he's just walking by me. I said, well, you're not gonna do it. I phony I Turned and said that's the last God gonna make you pay. You know what? He said some spirit. You better believe.

I apologized to him. Paul had the Spirit of Christ come on him and he. By the way, folks if you're gonna curse, let me tell you what the Bible says. Job said neither have I allowed my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

And he was talking about those who were speaking against him who hated him and rejoiced in his troubles. He said for those people. I didn't allow my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. Psalms 109 17 as he loved cursing so let it come upon him as he delivered as he delighted not in blessings.

So let it be far from him. God says if you're gonna curse the curse going to come back on you as He clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment. So let it come into his bowels like water and Into his bones let it be unto him as a garment which covers him and for a girdle wherewith he is clothed girded continually.

Romans 12 14 blessed now, but I bless them. That's persecute you and curse not. Let them curse but you bless. You bless let people curse you all they want. By the way any of these people around that are in to this Santerra and some of these other Demonic things if they've been trying to put voodoo dolls on you and curses on you.

Just stand up in Jesus name and begin to pray for him because that curse is coming back on themselves. Don't be afraid of it. Those of you here from Haiti and from Africa and where where this is so prevalent I've had many Christians come and say brother Wilkins.

It just puts a heavy burden. Yeah, you don't have to be afraid of that not at all. But you see with Paul the Spirit of Christ rose up in him and he repented. Immediately and publicly before the whole group.

He said I knew not that he was the high priest and I believe what he's saying. Because everybody knew who Ananias was. Paul knew everybody knew This high priest because it was a very high exalted office at the time and what I really believe is saying I did not respect him as such.

I didn't respect him as the high priest. I didn't give him the respect because Paul knew what Jude said of those who speak evil of dignities. Also Exodus 22 20 thou shall not curse the ruler of thy people.

He knew the law he was a master of the law. He knew that he knew it. He got in the flesh. Now Paul exhibited the true spirit of Christ who says I was wrong. This is not the spirit of my Christ. This is not a good testimony before the brethren.

And I would say to the leaders of movements if you want God to bless you and if you have been smiting Publicly apologize get before the people and say that's not the spirit of Christ and maybe and Prayerfully the Holy Spirit will do a new work.

Imparting a Smiting Spirit

Hallelujah now contrast this spirit of Christ this humble easily entreated spirit that Paul is expressing now with the spirit of those who defended this religious movement of the day of the Pharisees in the Sanhedrin.

Now listen to me closely before I close this message. You've got to hear and understand this part of because this is one of the most important parts. There were people who sat under the teaching and under the smiting ministry of these high priests.

Can you imagine? Rather than rejoice and Lazarus been raised from the dead. They're going to kill him. I read that that's it. I can't get it through my noggin. I can't get through my head. How blind these people were that rather that here's a man raised from the dead?

Everybody knows it and because he's such a testimony leading people to Christ. They're going to kill him as well as Christ and Folks this smiting spirit this angry defensive smiting spirit can be imparted.

Let's talk about impartation. This is what is truly imparted in movements that have been tainted by flesh. Even though many of them start right and then move into the flesh folks hear this warning and hear it well if you go and sit under a Ministry of any kind and you hear this defensiveness.

You hear this anger you you hear don't touch this don't say anything about it. Leave it alone. This is of God if it's of God. Why try to defend it? That's a smiting spirit reaching out against anybody if you hear a fighting spirit if you hear that at all.

Get out as quick as you can run run as fast as you can because that spirit can leap on you and You too will defend it with your life. You will become so enamored of and you'll get wrapped up in it and you will in turn become a smiter.

So that you will not listen to any and you will reach out and try to smite anybody that would speak against. What could be error that you're involved in? Now there were 40 men That heard and sat under this kind of teaching.

These 40 men come to the high priest and to the Sanhedrin and the scripture says they said we have bound ourselves under a great curse. That we will not we will eat nothing until we've smitten Paul. We're not gonna eat.

We're not gonna drink until we kill him. Where did they get that spirit? From the high priest. Who had a smiting spirit trying to protect? Something that they finally Acknowledged was their own. This is ours don't touch it and Ready to strike out at anybody Who had threatened?

Their world and If you go into that my friends, I tell you I as a Loving caring shepherd that fighting spirit. You'll find that in every cult. You'll find any but it's in a cult. You'll find the leader say you walk out of here and you're dead.

You leave us and God's going to get you you leave us and there's going to be Cadastro catastrophe disaster you're gonna die. Your children are going to die. There's nothing but threats. There's nothing but anger.

Folks that which is of God is easily entreated. It's defended only by the Holy Spirit and out of it comes humility and grace and love. Here are 40 men now infected by that that spirit had leaped upon them and they had.

Oh. They had this fighting hatred toward Paul the Apostle. If you're sitting in any of that kind of cult or you're sitting in there any kind of ministry like that I beg of you. I plead with you in Jesus name to flee it as fast as you can.