Wolves in Sheeps Clothing and the Charismatic Movement

So, the Lord has heard their cry's. The cry's of those traumatized, spiritually, physically and mentally and emotionally, by the false prophets of the Charismatic movement. I'm not sure if He's exposing them, or in their pride, narcissism, and arrogance, they have simply undone themselves. 'But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, (narcissists) lovers of money, (unfettered greed) boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, (no empathy for those they use/abuse) unforgiving,(persecuting those who expose or question them) slanderous, (accusing them by twisting scriptures or repeating gossip) without self control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God - having a form of godliness but denying its power. (The power of God is for transformation, it's to change our hearts.) Have nothing to do with such people. They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over (gullible)* women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires. (The perps, not the women) always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. (The disqualify themselves) But they will not get very far because as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone." 2 Tim 3 So much to unpack there, I leave you to Jesus to do it. We're talking about the church here, not the world. Our own. The wolves we have allowed to be among the sheep because to out them might cause us what? Pain? Discomfort? Embarrassment? Scandal? Or loss. Of Ministry. Power. Control. Paychecks. Influence. Position. I confess I ran away. I came out of cover culture. Anytime I tried to hold people accountable, I was either laughed at, despised, accused or judged. I felt powerless. And sometimes I felt crazy. When everyone is going one way, and your the only one who seems to be going the other. ( it appeared that way at the time, but there were others, but because we a shamed into silence it took a while to find each other.) I tried to care for the abused, but in the end, I should have turned that church upside down publicly, when I saw they were not going to do the right thing. Honestly, at the time, I wasn't even sure they were wrong. I was so used to submitting. I just couldn't live with it myself. So, I left. Lots of reasons, none good enough, without confrontation. I loved many people there. The good and not so good, in retrospect. But just people, thinking they were serving Jesus. Twisted in theology due to teachers, pastors and prophets like these, and in some cases these exact people. Bethel, IHOP, Daystar. I'm thankful to be free. Free to think, question, and engage Jesus without the hoops of religion. If anyone wants to process the journey, I'm happy to come alongside. What I'm not interested in is argueing or trying to convince people of what I've seen and experienced. Happy to let you believe whatever you want. But if the cognitive dissonance is loud, and you have questions, be free. No shame and cover culture here. And the Father isn't afraid of questions either, nor does it make him angry. Stop, relax into his love, and let him gently untangle you. His Perfect love casts out fear. Praying for you all. I have an asterisk by the word gullible. In the KJV it says silly. I wondered what the root of these meanings were, or if it was simply derogative because of the time these were written, when women weren't highly valued. As near as I can tell, one is literal "wife" but to take the idea back further, the root word, which means foolish, which in one iteration is the word captive, or enslaved. This makes sense because as we now know, pyschologically, these men and women in some cases end up having a psychological hold on their victims, even when they are exposed. It can take years of therapy, and deprograming to get free of this psychological bondage. It doesn't make sense to those looking at the outside, but to those of who have experienced it, it is very real and difficult to overcome. Some never recover. Gullible to me is not a word I would use today. Vulnerable might be. Undiscerning, or ignorant even, in the truest sense of the word. Prime reason to learn to guard your heart. There are wolves out there. And they look harmless and more...they can look Godly. Beware.