Vision or False Vision - Revelation from God or Deceit of the Human Heart
We need to be aware of the fact leaders can (err in vision, and stumble in judgment pp Isa. 28:7)?
Much that is passed off as vision by leaders of churches in today's religious atmosphere is little more than a human instituted pipe dream that has its source in the heart of someone who has erred in vision, and stumbled in judgment.
A pipe dream is any idea or plan whose outcome will probably never reach initial expectations. Pipe dreams are fantastic hopes or plans that are generally regarded as being nearly impossible to achieve. A plan, desire, or idea that will not likely work; a near impossibility.
Don’t get me wrong I believe that God can and will do the impossible. But in order for God to do the impossible our dreams and visions must be dreams and visions that have their roots attached to the heart of God and they must be allowed to materialize through the Spirit of God,
If a leader has dreams and visions whose roots are attached to the human heart and are dependent upon human initiative for their source of materialization then those dreams and visions are little more than a pipe dreams and distorted visions. Their source is in the heart of the dreamer and not from the heart of God.
La 2:9 PP The law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.
Leaders who violate the word of God and make human substitutions for any and all parts of their programs and declare that their vision is from God are deceived
When the Word of God is forsaken and the Law of the Lord is abandoned by a leader who feels that he has been given a mandate to substitute human reason for divine revelation then that leader has strange fire in his censor and his offering will be rejected by God.
Eze 13:7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD says it; albeit I have not spoken?
Jer 14:14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, (Hebrew Meaning: (good for nothing, worthless) and the deceit of their heart.
Jer 23:16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
Jeremiah makes some startling statements when he says the prophets prophesy lies in my name. I sent them not neither have I commanded them. Neither did I speak unto them.
He instructs us to refrain from listening to them. Jeremiah says that a vain vision spoken by a prophet of vanity makes you vain.
They speak a vision of their own heart. God has not sent them. he has not commanded them. Neither has he spoken to them.
Zec 13:4 And it shall come to pass in that day that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
Mic 3:6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
Ez.12:24 For there shall be no more any vain vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
God will cut off from the house of Israel the vain vision of the false diviners. There are several reasons why God will eliminate the false visions of these lying prophets who speak from their deceitful hearts.
First: They prophesy unto you a false vision which has its roots in the spirit of divination. True prophets speak from the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and they always seek affirmation from others to confirm that the word they speak is from God.
God warns us not to listen to these prophets who speak a false vision and divination
Second: They speak a thing of naught. They speak a vision of their own heart.
Meaning of Nought: good for nothing, worthless
Foolish diviners are the source of much of the senseless, good for nothing, worthless teachings that are so prevalent among our so called present day cutting edge churches. These diviners are blind and cannot discern the difference between the clean and the unclean. Neither do they understand the difference between the holy and the unholy. They have fire in their fire pots but it is not Divine Fire which has its origin in the Holy Spirit. It is fire of their own making and like the strange fire of Nadab and Abihu it will cause the anger of God to be stirred up at the perpetrators
Ex 30:9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
Le 10:1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
Nu 3:4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.
Nu 26:61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
False diviners always carry strange incense in their incense pots and strange fire in their fire pots. The mixture is always deadly; please consider what happened to Nadab and Abihu. Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD
Third: Their words are from their own deceitful hearts. Their words are not out of the mouth of the LORD.
The Message: Eze 22:26 Your priests violated my law and desecrated my holy things. They can't tell the difference between sacred and secular.
Secular or sacred you be the judge. God hates mixture. The sacred and the secular must never be blended together and offered as worship to God.
The Music and lyrics of groups such as Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Rolling Stones and others is secular and should never be mixed with true worship of God.
These leaders lead their people and coach them to participate in music that is profane and unclean. They are Leaders who don't have a clue as to what real spiritual worships is about. They put no difference between the holy and profane, the unclean and the clean, and they profane God among themselves. Their philosophy is the same as Aaron’s philosophy throw in a little Skynyrd or Zeppelin and make a strange fire as they lead their flock in an idolatrous dance around the Golden Calf of idolatry.
Eze 22:26 Her priests leaders)have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and I am profaned among them.
Spiritually Blind Leaders who fail to discern the difference between the holy and the profane and between the clean and the unclean cannot have a vision from Lord. God's word is as Eternal as God himself is. Once God calls something unclean or profane it is forever unclean or profane.
Those who would to mix the sacred with secular are violating the law of God and desecrating His holy things. They are self styled visionaries and their vision is not only vain it is a stench in the nostrils of God.
17 When Joshua heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moses, "There is the sound of war in the camp."
The Message: Ex 32:18 Moses replied:
"It is not the sound of victory,
It is not the sound of defeat;
"It is the sound of singing that I hear."
19-20 And that's what it was. When Moses came near to the camp and saw the calf and the people dancing, his anger flared. He threw down the tablets and smashed them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. He took the calf that they had made, melted it down with fire, pulverized it to powder, then scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it.
21 Moses said to Aaron, "What on Earth did these people ever do to you that you involved them in this huge sin?"
Two men Joshua and Moses hear the same sound. Joshua thinks its holy. Moses thinks it stinks in the nostrils of God. Joshua says its war against the enemies of God. Moses says its strange worship. Listen to Moses "It is not the sound of victory, it is not the sound of defeat; "it is the sound of singing (worship) that I hear."
Exodus Chapter 32 is the story of a Godly leader Aaron who allows himself to be influenced by people who had little if any spiritual vision. These malcontent's were unable to wait for a real heaven birthed move of God so they like many in today's misinformed church decided that they needed to add a few things to God's divine program and the results were disastrous.
Fourth: God says that I did not send them. They are running without a message.
I Samuel 18 Tells the story of two runners on is commissioned to deliver a message the other is running for the sake of running. We must choose whether we are pursuing the message that brings us into the true will and vision of the church. Watch that you don’t get sidetracked and end up chasing false vision and divination.
Fifth: God says they do not have my words in their mouth.
Every true vision is backed up by strong biblical evidence and is witnessed by others. If a person tells you that he and he alone has the vision of God for a church that person is not speaking the truth. God always uses this fool proof way of determining whether a person is speaking the truth. Here is the test “one witness shall not stand by the mouth of two or more witnesses ever word and vision shall be established.
Finally: God says that he will eliminate the false diviners from the house of Israel.
He says that these false diviners make you vain (strongs 01891 habal {haw-bal'}
they fill you vain hopes)
Vision casting demands biblical theological perspective. A vision caster cannot work in a vacuum. Vision casters must look deeply into heir heritage before the chart a course in pursuit of their destiny. Casting vision outside of real biblical theology will lead followers into emptiness as they tread the shallow waters of despair.
Any leader who seeks to cast vision before he has fully surrendered his life at the foot of Calvary, by taking up his cross to follow Jesus, will be doomed to utter failure. Vision casting that comes from an un-surrendered heart always takes the same path of arrogance, self centered carnality, which seeks to manifest human creativity as a substitute for Holy Spirit direction. All of these will lead to failure because they are birthed in the human heart which is desperately wicked and deceitful above all things.
Pr 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
NIV Pr 29:18 Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the law.
Leaders who follow in the path of Aaron who cause the people they to cast off restraint by introducing he profane into the holy and mixing the sacred with secular are blind and they also blinding those whom they lead. When the blind lead the blind the only thing that awaits them is the ditch.
Mt 15:9 But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.
Joh 4:22 Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the
Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers.
Joh 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
God is a Spirit that can only be worshipped in the Spirit and in the Truth. In my humble opinion I do not think that the Music and lyrics of groups such as Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Rolling Stones and other secular groups are either Spirit or Truth.
Any leader who thinks that God can be worshipped by mixing the profane and the holy or by inserting the secular into the sacred needs only to ponder the above 4 scriptural references. If he is so blind as to ignore these scriptural references as too who God is and how God is worshipped my prayer is for mercy on him and his followers. The following scripture would then apply to that leader and the people who follow his false teachings and his vain pipe dreams and visions
1Co 14:38 But if any man is ignorant, let him be ignorant.
A. False visionaries offer (strange) music and singing
B. False visionaries offer (strange) worship
C. False visionaries offer (strange) incense
D. False visionaries offer (strange) fire
E. False visionaries created their own (strange) god
F. False visionaries attract control and manipulate the helpless, the hopeless, and the thoughtless blinding them to the real truth of God’s word
HM!!!!!!!!!!! My conclusion.
A Strange god,
Approached through Strange music
Creating Strange worship
Associated with Strange incense
Attracted to Strange fire
Results: Strange People
People who are unable to discriminate between the clean and the unclean and the holy and the unholy truly are a strange people.
One Man’s Opinion
