Page 280 - Lunacy and the Age of Deception

Brothers and sisters, it is a true statement that among the hundreds of millions of people who profess
to be Christians today, there are very few disciples. This does not bode well for the body of Christ
in coming days, for it is only the disciples to whom Christ discloses His privy counsel. To
“disciples” he said, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but
to the rest it is in parables, in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not
understand.”

To those who would complain that this sounds elitist, take heed to what the Scriptures declare. Every
person who has been born of the Spirit of Christ has set before them the invitation to be a disciple
of Christ. If you have been born of the Spirit but are not a disciple, the fault is your own. You are
hindered by your own will and affections.

In the city of Corinth there was a group of believers who lived in a very affluent and pleasure focused
society. This church in particular had problems with carnal desires and a lack of devotion to Christ.
The apostle Paul wrote much to them, confronting and reproving their deficiencies. He told them that
the riches of Christ were set before them, but they were not partaking of them. Why? It was not
because Christ was playing favorites. The reason is disclosed in the following words.

II Corinthians 6:12
You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.

If your love and commitment to Christ is less than your commitment to experience ease and comfort
and success in this world, the consequences will become evident. Your life will be marked by an
inability to discern deception and error when you encounter it.

There is one thing which will provide the ultimate safeguard against deception in this world, and that
is to walk closely, intimately, in daily communion with Christ. You must be able to come to Him as
the disciples did and ask Him to give you understanding. To have the privileges of a disciple you
must pay the cost of discipleship. Yahshua testified the following of those disciples who walked with
Him.

Luke 22:28-30
And you are those who have remained [throughout] and persevered with Me in My trials; And as My
Father has appointed a kingdom and conferred it on Me, so do I confer on you [the privilege and
decree], that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom...
[Amplified Bible]

To be a partaker of Christ’s counsel, to eat and drink at His table, you must also be a partaker of His
suffering. Let me provide a real life example to illustrate this matter.

In numerous writings I have taught on the pagan origins of Christmas and Easter. I have set forth the
call of the Spirit of Christ to separate ourselves from that which is spiritually unclean and to not
participate in holidays which are a corrupt mixture of the holy and the profane. The Son of God was
the Passover Lamb, not the Easter ham.

Many Christians have read these writings, even acknowledging the truth in them, but they have