Jeremiah 23:15 (NIV)
Therefore, this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets: "I will make them eat bitter food and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land."

Have you ever noticed that some people who say that they have a prophetic gift on their life are very bitter people, very judgmental and don't seem to drink from the river of mercy and grace? It reminds me of that old song; 'In my heart there is a melody', but instead some people sing; 'In my heart there is a lemon tree'.

I remember sitting down with a person one day and he was telling me about some of the things that the senior ministers were doing in his church and that God had shown him that this was taking place and was giving him this revelation. These things may very well have been taking place but God, in His word is not an exposer, he is a coverer. He who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter but an evil spirit exposes.

If God shows these things He desires that we would be on our faces on the floor crying our eyes out about it, praying with such a dramatic, immense Spirit of deep intercession by us on behalf of the individuals involved because we would have such a fear of them being lost. But instead pride comes and we think that God has thought us so special that we have been sent in there to clean that place up but the bible tells us that "Satan is the accuser of the brethren." He who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter. For the love of Christ covers a multitude of transgression. We need to be very careful that we are not tittering right on the edge of losing everything, our call, our stature, and everything with God and if we think for one moment that we might be in that place we must go and repent. We can be worried so much about immorality which is motivated by a spirit of lust, yet we need to be more concerned about division which is motivated by a spirit of death and exposing is divisionary and is much worse. Powerful isn't it?
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