Jesus het Sy dissipels gewaarsku vir wolwe in skaapsklere. Hy het 'n gedetailleerde oorsig gegee van die aard en kenmerke van 'n wolf in skaapsklere. Jesus het vir hulle gesê, how to recognize wolves in sheep’s clothing, how these wolves in sheep’s clothing would enter and the result thereof. Jesus couldn’t be more specific. Maar hoekom, that many wolves in sheep’s clothing enter the church undisturbed and are put in leadership positions in the church and lead the people astray and wreak havoc in the church? What does the Bible say about ravening wolves and sheep’s clothing who wreak havoc? How do the ravening wolves in sheep’s clothing wreak havoc?
The Door of the sheepfold
Voorwaar, voorwaar, Ek sê vir julle, Hy wat nie deur die deur in die skaapkraal ingaan nie, maar klim op 'n ander manier, dieselfde is 'n dief en 'n rower. Maar hy wat deur die deur ingaan, is die herder van die skape. Vir hom maak die portier oop; en die skape hoor sy stem: en hy roep sy eie skape by die naam, en lei hulle uit. En as hy sy eie skape uitbring, hy gaan voor hulle uit, en die skape volg hom: want hulle ken sy stem. En 'n vreemdeling sal hulle nie volg nie, maar sal van hom wegvlug: want hulle ken nie die stem van vreemdes nie.
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. Then said Jesus unto them again, Voorwaar, voorwaar, Ek sê vir julle, Ek is die deur van die skape. All that ever came before Me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: deur My as iemand ingaan, hy sal gered word, en sal in en uit gaan, en weiding vind. Die dief kom nie, maar om te steel, en om dood te maak, en om te vernietig: Ek het gekom dat hulle die lewe kan hê, en dat hulle dit oorvloediger kan hê.
Ek am the good Shepherd: the good Shepherd gives his life for the sheep.But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. Ek is die goeie herder, en ken My skape, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth Me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down My life for the sheep (John 10:1-15)
There are many shepherds, who are ordained in the church by people instead of God. Herders, who have not entered through the Door, but have entered another way.
There are shepherds, who have attended a Bible school or studied theology at a university and successfully completed it, making them, volgens die wêreldstelsel, eligible to stand in the pulpit, teach the Bible, and lead a church.
Then there are ordained shepherds, who are born as a son or daughter of the shepherd (Eerwaarde, prediker, pastoor, ens.) van die kerk. Because of their birthright, they have a privileged position and have inherited the role of pastor from the parent (Lees ook: ‘Die gees van Eli').
And there are shepherds, who are ordained from within the church, because of their knowledge of the Bible, pious ‘Christian’ gedrag, social attitude, fluency, charisma, and humanitarian works.
But many of these ordained shepherds have not entered through the Door and don’t know Jesus Christ personally and don’t have a living relationship with Him. They know the letter of the Bible, but they don’t know the Living Word.
These leaders are not born again and don’t have the Holy Spirit abiding in them. They are not spiritual, but they are carnal and in their daily lives, they live as enemies of God in rebellion against the Word.
On Sunday they speak a few words from the Bible but they adjust them in such a way that it doesn’t represent the will of God, but the opinion, begeerte, and will of the ordained shepherd, who knows exactly what carnal people want to hear.
Due to the fact that many shepherds don’t belong to Christ and don’t know the Word personally and have not yielded themselves to Christ and don’t live in obedience to the Word and don’t speak the words of God, but instead belong to the devil and go their own way and follow their own thoughts, begeertes, desires and will, and speak their own words, many souls of the church are led astray and are destroyed.
Siele, who could have been saved and remain saved, but because of the carnal messages, will never find the Door and the Life.
The ravening wolves in sheep’s clothing destroy souls, to get dishonest gain
And the word of the Lord came unto me, sê, Seun van die mens, say unto her, thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. Her priests have violated My law, and have profaned Mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. En haar profete het hulle met 'n onversorgde sterfling bedwelm, ydelheid sien, en waarsêery lê vir hulle, sê, So sê die Here God, wanneer die Here nie gespreek het nie (Esegiël 22:23-28)
These shepherds are wolves in sheep’s clothing, who look like they stand in the service of God, maar in werklikheid, they stand in the service of the ruler of the world, die duiwel, and speak perverse things.
Hulle is trots, self-righteous, and stand in the pulpit in honor of themselves and their own achievements as a god. They promote themselves and exalt themselves above the sheep and love the praises of the people and allow the sheep to exalt and worship them.
They don’t have a fear of God and don’t care about the wellbeing of the souls of the sheep, maar hulle gee net om vir hulself, hul wil, their status, their success, their finances, and fulfilling their carnal lusts and desires.
The more sheep follow them and the bigger the church, the more powerful they feel themselves and the more gain.
While they do things in their lives, that can’t stand the light of day. However the sheep let them go and accept their sinful behavior, because they have an awe for their pastors and worship them and put their pastor above God the Father, die Woord en die Heilige Gees.
And so many are misled, because they follow the words of the preacher above the Word of God.
The ravening wolves in sheep’s clothing who wreak havoc
Beware of false prophets, wat in skaapsklere na jou toe kom, maar innerlik is hulle roofsugtige wolwe. Julle sal hulle aan hulle vrugte ken. Maak mans druiwe van dorings bymekaar, of vye van distels? Tog so elke goeie boom na vore; Maar 'n korrupte boom bring bose vrugte uit. 'n Goeie boom kan nie slegte vrugte voortbring nie, 'n korrupte boom kan ook nie goeie vrugte dra nie. Elke boom wat nie goeie vrugte nie, word afgekap, en in die vuur gegooi. Daarom sal julle hulle aan hulle vrugte ken. Nie almal wat vir my sê nie, Here, Here, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; Maar hy wat die wil van my Vader wat in die hemel is, doen
Nie almal wat vir my sê nie, Here, Here, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; Maar hy wat die wil van my Vader wat in die hemel is, doen. Baie sal vir my op daardie dag sê, Here, Here, het ons nie in u naam geprofeteer nie? en in u Naam duiwels uitgedryf? en in u Naam baie wonderlike werke gedoen? En dan sal ek aan hulle bely, Ek het jou nooit geken nie: Vertrek van my af, Julle werk ongeregtigheid (Matteus 7:15-23).
Jesus didn’t say that you will recognize pseudo prophets; valse profete, by their appearance or by their words. Because they and their words may seem spiritual and may seem that it comes from God, while in reality they don’t belong to God and God has not spoken to them.
But Jesus says very clearly, that you will recognize false prophets, which come in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves, by the fruits they bear.
This means that by their works, you will know if they belong to God and are true sons of God and stand in His service or that they belong to the devil and are sons of the devil and stand in his service. This applies to every believer (Lees ook: ‘Die verskil tussen die skape en die bokke‘ en ‘Wie se slaaf is jy?').
Many Christians are deceived by the voice of the angel of light
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. En geen wonder nie; for satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Daarom is dit geen groot ding as sy dienaars ook verander word as dienaars van geregtigheid nie; wie se einde sal wees volgens hulle werke (2 Korintiërs 11:13-15)
But many believers are deceived by the voice of the devil, who presents himself as an angel of light and they hear and listen to his voice.
In plaas daarvan om aan Jesus Christus te onderwerp; the Word and follow the Word and therefore do what the Word says and watch and as soon as a pastor leaves the will of God and sin, they will recognize the wolf in sheep’s clothing by the fruits and remove the pastor from the office, they reject the words of Jesus and listen to the deceptive voice of the devil, because they still belong to him and follow their flesh.
They are deceived by their feelings and emotions and the doctrines of devils of false love and false grace and therefore they leave the pastor in the pulpit (Lees ook: ‘The false love', ‘Verlore in die see van genade’ en ‘Leerstellings van duiwels maak die kerk dood').
And so the devil has been given free rein in many churches and he can continue his destructive work undisturbed. Just because, believers refuse to be born again and die to the flesh but remain led by the flesh and rely upon their own insights, Begrip, gevoelens, and emotions instead of relying on the insights and words of Jesus Christ.
Fornicators, egbrekers, covenant-breakers, Diewe, leuenaars, ens…
But if a pastor commits fraud, the pastor is a fraudster and a liar. The pastor has a spirit of greed for money and a lying spirit, who tries to hide the evil works. These unclean spirits that operate in the pastor, will influence the whole church, because the church is one body.
If a pastor commits adultery, the pastor is an adulterer. Adultery is the work of an unclean sexual spirit, that has entered the pastor’s life and reigns in the pastor’s life. This spirit of adultery, who reigns in the pastor’s life shall come over the church and manifest in the lives of those, wat aan die kerk behoort.
And how can a pastor be reliable if the pastor is a covenant breaker and gets a divorce. It proves that the pastor is not faithful, lojaal, and perseveres, but a quitter. Being faithful is a fruit of the Spirit, divorcement is a work of the flesh.
These are just some of the many carnal works, which prove that a pastor is carnal and walks after the flesh and not after the Spirit.
The church has become indifferent towards sin
The church has already driven so far away and has become so world like that the church has become indifferent towards all these sins, and consider them normal, and therefore all these sins are accepted in the church.
But stealing, owerspel, hoerery, egskeiding, ongetroud saamwoon, homosexual realtionships, sexual misconduct, verslawing, lieg, ens. is not according to the will of God and is not normal for those, wat sê dat hulle Christene is; Seuns van God (beide manlik en vroulik) and followers of Jesus Christ, and especially for pastors and other leaders, who are ordained in the church.
'n Bietjie suurdeeg suurdeeg die hele knop
Die Woord sê, dat 'n bietjie suurdeeg die hele deeg suur maak. Paul spoke these words to the church at Corinth, where a believer commited a sin; hoerery, and commanded the leaders of the church to deliver the person unto satan, so that the evil wouldn’t affect the other believers.
Paul was the new man and was spiritual and saw in the spirit what happened in the church at Corinth.
Paul warned the church for grievous wolves
En nou, kyk, Ek weet dat julle almal, onder wie ek gegaan het om die Koninkryk van God te verkondig, sal my aangesig nie meer sien nie. Daarom neem ek jou om hierdie dag op te teken, dat ek rein is van die bloed van alle mense. Want ek het nie nagelaat om al die raad van God aan julle te verkondig nie. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, om die kerk van God te voed, which He hath purchased with His own blood. Want ek weet dit, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, die kudde nie spaar nie. Ook uit julleself sal daar mense opstaan, perverse dinge praat, om dissipels agter hulle aan weg te trek. Daarom kyk, en onthou, dat ek binne drie jaar nie opgehou het om elkeen dag en nag met trane te waarsku nie. En nou, broers, Ek beveel jou aan by God, en tot die woord van sy genade, wat in staat is om jou op te bou, en om jou 'n erfdeel te gee onder almal wat geheilig is (Handelinge 20:25-32)
Paul saw the spiritual dangers and prophesied to the elders of the church at Ephesus what would happen and to take heed and watch and keep preaching all the counsel of God and feed the church of God and warned them for grievous wolves; die valse profete, who would not spare the flock. There would arise men of their own selves, who would speak perverse things to draw the disciples away after them.
The prophecy and warnings of Paul became reality. Want in die boek Openbaring, we read that when Jesus spoke to John and commanded him to write to the angel of the church at Ephesus, how they could not bear them, who were evil, how they hated the deeds of the Nicolaitans, and how they tried those, who said they were apostles, but weren’t and found them liars (Openbaring 2:1-7)
The Holy Spirit still reveals to them, wat aan Hom behoort, what happens in the church and what unclean things take place.
A born again pastor is spiritual and lives according to the will of God
A born again pastor, who is spiritual shall have a prayer life and walk after the Spirit in obedience to the Word and do the will of God and is dead to sin and therefore shall not lie, egbreuk pleeg, hoerery, geld verduister, divorce and do all those other works of the flesh, wat teen die wil van God ingaan.
Since the pastor is born again and has the nature of God and belongs to God and loves God and therefore fears God and walk in His commandments (Lees ook: ‘Is die gebooie van God steeds geldig?')
'n Pastoor, who is born again has yielded to the Word and walks after the Spirit as a mature son of God and therefore discerns good and evil. The pastor stands in God’s service and is focused on Jesus Christ and shall preach the truth of God’s Word despite the consequences and feed the sheep, correct the sheep and raise them in the will of God, so that they spiritually mature and grow up into the image of Christ and be able to resist the devil (Lees ook: ‘Kan jy die versoeking weerstaan?')
An carnal pastor is unspiritual and walks after the will of the flesh
A carnal pastor, who is unspiritual and walks after the will of the flesh is focused upon himself and speaks words coming from his carnal mind and speaks about himself and his (bonatuurlike) experiences and miracles.
The pastor shall Onthaal and motivate the visitors of the church by giving them carnal (psychological) advise for their flesh to have a happy, wealthy and successful life on earth and provide methods and technics to walk in the supernatural and perform supernatural signs and wonders (Lees ook: ‘'n Tegniese geloof‘ en ‘Jesus volg vir die tekens en wonders').
Die Woord sê, that the signs and wonders shall follow the believers. But because we live in an age, in which the occult nuwe era gees is very active and has deceived many people and entered many people’s lives, the believers are not focused upon the Word of God, but upon signs and wonders.
They constantly want to hear new things and want to receive new technics, methods and strategies to have supernatural experiences and perform supernatural signs and wonders.
But God has revealed everything in His Word and that is sufficient for every believer.
Egter, the problem is that the words of God are hard for the carnal man and confronts the carnal man and oproepe tot bekering and the removal of sins and to live a holy life to honor and glorify the Lord.
But many people, insluitend leiers van die kerk, wat sê dat hulle glo, don’t want to lay down their own lives, and therefore they adjust the words of God so that their flesh stays alive and they can keep living after the flesh and persevere in sin, sonder skuldgevoelens.
Maar iemand, who is truly born again and in whom the Holy Spirit dwells is dead to sin and alive to God. The person is led by the Word and the Holy Spirit and shall not persevere in sin and shall never approve nor tolerate sin. Since God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are One and God hates sin.
Therefore it’s time for the church to wake up to righteousness and repent and submit to the Word and follow the words of Jesus and remove the spirit of the world and the sins from the church by removing the wolves in sheep’s clothing from the pulpit and from the church, so that the sheep will be protected, gevoed, nurtured, gekorrigeer, and stay saved and won’t be lost.
‘Wees die sout van die aarde’
