The Devil You Do Know
Would you let a stranger in your home? Of course not! Why you would you invite someone into your home that you do not know? It makes no sense. In fact, for many of us, we wouldn’t invite some that we do know in our home! Some people, are better left outside of your four walls for so many reasons.
So, why does it come as a surprise when Jesus is going to say to you, “depart from me, you workers of iniquity, for I never knew you!”
Matthew 7:21-23 New King James Version
I Never Knew You
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
You wouldn’t let someone in your home that you don’t know and never knew. Same holds true with The Lord and His Heaven. You are a stranger to Him.
Just because you attended church, said the religious buzz words, and was even on occasion nice, is not even close to the scriptural instructions on maintaining your salvation. And as a result, you will not be let into His House, you are a stranger.
And yet for many, they think they are saved. And nothing could be further from the truth. How do I know? Because the scriptures tell us such, and if you have sat in any of our assemblies, read any of my blogs, or read any of my books, this is not new information to you and you are well versed in the fact that once saved, always saved is a fallacy that is why so many will perish in Hell.
Let’s go over it yet again: I am a didactic prophet. That is to say that some prophets sing prophetically, some evangelize prophetically, we have many categories in which our prophetic mantle is displayed. Mine is didactic, not limited to, but mainly through a scribal anointing. That is to say through explicit, and in-depth teaching I explain in a simplistic written manner the Bible, what was otherwise difficult to understand.
I am not an apologist and I am not dogmatic, I am a servant of The Lord, walking in her calling. And as such, I am a lover of souls. To my sadness, I watch daily, as “saved” people are lost and dying and don’t even realize it.
I have decided that what is not going to happen is that my name will be called out in Hell, (because trust that I will not be there) by souls saying “but Wendy knew…she knew…why didn’t she tell me, or why didn’t she try harder to win my soul, to stop me from the bad choices I was making?!”
That is reason alone, but not the only reason, why I take my gift and calling seriously. You will be without excuse if you choose to pawn your salvation to your flesh. It certainly hasn’t been that I have not done all that I could do to share, teach, and preach the good news of Jesus Christ and the scriptures. But no one should have to make you or force you. Father gives you a choice. Even He will not make you.
I can tell you it is exhausting going over the same foolishness with people because they can’t grow in The Word and mature spiritually. And wanting me to pray and minister deliverance for the same vices that trip you up. Many, and I do mean many, of you are not willing to obey the scriptures. For example,
Luke 14:25-27 New Century Version
The Cost of Being Jesus’ Follower
25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to me but loves his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters—or even life—more than me, he cannot be my follower. 27 Whoever is not willing to carry his cross and follow me cannot be my follower.
The Scriptures did not say you had to leave your family, just be willing if your calling conflicts with your relationship with them. Many followed and traveled with Jesus while He was here on Earth, but in show only. They were not willing to sacrifice nor forsake all to be a true follower. It was for appearances only. As many reading this are doing today.
Can you even subjugate your flesh to stop running your mouth for the work of evil? What about you open your ears and your spirit to anything. Somebody comes with gossip and/or a lie about someone, and you are ready to receive it as truth. Both of you have what the Bible calls a talebearing spirit. You for listening and the speaker for speaking it. I know several people who had this problem of gossiping and speaking business that was not theirs to speak, and always gendering strife, and before they left this earth, they were stricken with something that left them unable to speak. Their last days were spent unable to use their mouths as an instrument of unrighteousness. And by comparison to Hell, that was a small price to pay.
Proverbs 11:13 English Standard Version
13 Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets,
but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.
You want to hear the gossip and the lies, never mind whether it is true or not, and you are quick to spread it. And sadly, for you, you do not walk in the gift of discernment, so you are just as guilty as the one that spoke it. Rest assured your reaping that talebearing seed is a small price to pay as it relates to it ensuring you are sowing into your eternal death. (Hell) You won’t be in Father’s House (Heaven) having that as your fruit on Earth. Beloved, talebearing is not fruit of The Holy Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-25 English Standard Version
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
Let’s keep going and see if at the end of this blog if it’s the devil you know, not the Living God you know and have a relationship with.
Another example of spiritual immaturity is those that profess to be “saved” and still struggle with tithing. Saying, they cannot afford it. Trust me, you cannot afford to not tithe and give offerings.
Question your salvation if you struggle in this area and understand that if you do you most likely will not see eternal life. And your existence here on Earth will be a struggle. You can’t pray to the God you serve to move on your behalf and you are robbing Him! Read Malachi 3 again, and this time pay close attention to verses 16-18. It will be remembered in Heaven if you robbed God.
I didn’t make the rules, just the messenger. Beloved, I tithe! For me to do otherwise would make me a God-Robber and among other things a hypocrite. And no, I do not tithe to this ministry.
As a believer, or to be a saint of God, something so simple as tithing should not trip you up. Remember, there are blessings for you on this Earth if you do tithe, and if you don’t tithe you are cursed with a curse is what the scriptures tell us:
Malachi 3:6-18 English Standard Version
Robbing God
6 “For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.
7 From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
8 Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions.
9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you.
10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
11 I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts.
12 Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.
13 “Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. But you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’
14 You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?
15 And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.’”
The Book of Remembrance
16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name.
17 “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
And to be clear tithe is a tenth of any funds you come into (income). Please grow up spiritually and stop believing and saying you tithe your time or your prayers. If you read and understood the scriptures, you would understand Father mandated the Tribe of Levi (The Levites in the Book of Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Joshua) to be the priests, and therefore, they didn’t receive any land to raise livestock and cultivate crops to sell. Their income came from the tithes which were required by The Lord (YAHWEH).
Tithe where The Spirit of God is moving in YOUR life, it does not have to be this ministry. Believe me when I tell you, you are not and never will be my - or any member of JITA Ministries - source. If you sow into this ministry or into me as the Apostle and Prophetess, I thank you for your obedience and being a resource. But most likely you have fed and ate really good off this gift and this ministry, and what you learned is more valuable than all the money on this planet:
1 Corinthians 9:11 English Standard Version
11 If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?
Because your soul is my motivation. Not your money, not controlling you, not growing followers. Teaching you the scriptures to equip you to be prepared when Jesus cracks that Eastern Sky open and comes for His Bride. Many of you should be eternally thankful and grateful that has not yet happened, for surely you would be left behind to contend with the devil you do know and know very well. Your fruit says you are living for him.
I move under an apostolic mantle, that is to say spiritual authority and power of The Holy Spirit to tear down strongholds, and set the captives free. And I am not self -anointed nor self-ordained – these are real lives and souls that belong to The Lord, so woe unto those that play with these gifts and callings and pretend to be anointed of The Lord when they are not. There is a hefty price to be paid for doing such:
Jeremiah 10:21 New King James Version
21 For the shepherds have become dull-hearted,
And have not sought the Lord;
Therefore they shall not prosper,
And all their flocks shall be scattered.
Jeremiah 12:10 New King James Version
10 “Many rulers [shepherds or pastors] have destroyed My vineyard,
They have trodden My portion underfoot;
They have made My [desired portion of land] pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
If the scriptures tell us such, why would you leave your salvation to that of a pastor that isn’t even called to pastor and those that are, do not understand that their job description far exceeds what the pastors of today are doing, and their calling scripturally doesn’t even call for them to stand up every Wednesday and Saturday or Sunday to teach the scriptures. They are supposed to so shepherd and guide you. How do they know what Father (The Lord) wants to speak to you? He desires a personal relationship with His people. You are not a Pastor’s people. You had better find a true Apostle or a true Prophet to listen to and follow as they follow Christ.
Luke 11:49 New King James Version
49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’
You see The Church, that is The Body of Christ is not a building, it is not four walls. It is His people (Saints the scriptures call us – you may call us Christians, but the correct scriptural term is Saints):
Romans 1:7 New King James Version
7 To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 14:33 New King James Version
33 For God is not the author of [disorder]confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
Revelation 8:3 New King James Version
3 Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
Revelation 14:12 New King James Version
12 Here is the [steadfastness, perseverance] patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
Ponder this message in your heart Saints. Recommit your life to The Lord if you need to. Read some of the previously posted blogs – they are free, costing you nothing but your time - and gain an understanding of the scriptures. Know your salvation and what it means to be saved. Eternity is forever, and that is a very long time to have gotten it wrong for this short time here on Earth.
I tell you what, every Sunday or Wednesday when churches often meet, go to www.jitapub.org and read at least one blog, and go to the contact us page and pray the prayer of salvation if you need to. And if you are getting fed spiritually, please go to our donate page and sow your tithe or offering into this ministry. Unless Father tells me otherwise, you won’t hear from me much about tithes and offering, I walk in this calling out of obedience to my Heavenly Father, not to try to get rich off of His people. Trust me, I work hard for the Work of the ministry, and if I have ever prayed for you, your loved ones, someone you know; or if you have ever been in one of our assemblies and been taught, or received deliverance than I don’t have to tell you - you already know.
However, my obedience may very well be what is saving you from the devil you do know eternally.
In His service, grace and peace be unto you.
Apostle and Prophetess Wendy Connor
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