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Earlier yesterday, the Lord led me to go back and to search some papers which I have stored for over twenty years. You see, I have been completely ignored through my entire time of being a Christian. And although I have fearlessly gone into many of these “Streams,” knowing that I would be rejected by all for what I were to expose, I still obeyed God. Nonetheless, in the beginning all that I was trying to do was to find a decent church in that I could be accepted and to live out my Christianity as someone who just wanted to be a friend to Jesus.
Well, then one day God suggested to me to purchase some domain names and to open some web sites where I could make sure that “my words,” were heard despite the efforts of all those other minister’s which only tried to silence me through decades of preaching the “Truths,” and not the false narratives in which many of these leaders operated under.
Well, as I wrote and published all sorts of papers which many were just recorded incidents of “wrongdoing,” in the churches, the Lord put it on my heart to “SAVE,” every single paper which I ever published.
So, it soon just became ‘habit’ and then I was writing about things which I wasn’t going to post online, but I did it, so I would have a record of all things which were pertinent or harmful in the “Kingdom,” also known as the church.
You know, one of the things which I noticed in the history of certain “Streams,” or churches was that so much of the mistakes, errors and in some cases felonies, were all buried.
Nevertheless, most all are instead remembered for being so sincere, so perfect, so full of false narratives, yet God was well aware of every skeleton in their closets. You see, God was not happy as some suggest in these “Big Cover Ups.”
God would rather you be honest with the next generation, so they wouldn’t make the same mistakes as the previous generations.
Nonetheless, all of these old fogey washed out leaders in many cases only want to remember their “Hero Memories,” and instead of presenting truthfulness” they fill the coming church with old fabricated war stories and of how they were alone responsible for the lifelong ‘success,’ of their respective churches.
Well, I guess nobody told them that we haven’t had any successful churches in America.
And although they are considered great successes in the board room of “Arc,” or of Wall Street, they are complete “wash ups,” in terms of God’s idea of a successful church.
And so, as is always the case, we have another generation that gets all excited and on fire for God because that is the God who we serve. Nonetheless, there is no one who is ever there to warn these new prospective ‘leaders,’ or ‘Streams,’ the mistakes which happened in the past. And that is why I have always kept an accounting of the American church, not to glorify it, not to tear it down, but to give an honest account of soooo many screwed up leaders it had to deal with over the years.
The following is a teaching that I was given while I found myself especially recording the antics of one of the worse church leaders in human history. It was in this “cult,” where I was to spend a total of four years observing the most disgusting and perverted things that I could have ever imagined that I would see in a church.
Anyway, I just pulled this paper from 8-28-2009. It is a syllabus teaching from the cult IHOP .
Fore Runner School of Ministry -Mike Bickle
How To Discern False Teachers and Cults: 7 Characteristics
I. Jesus warned about false prophets and cults
A. When Jesus taught on the end times, He warned us to beware of false teachers who could gain a large following, thus starting new cults. A cult is a group with an unusual devotion to one leader and his set of beliefs that are not found in Scripture (as affirmed in historic Christianity).
4 Take heedthat no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many…11 Many false prophets will rise up and deceive many…24 False christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. (Mt. 24:4-5, 11, 24)
B. The conflict in the end times will be a battle for truth. Satan’s weapon will be deception and our defense will be love for the truth. This battle will focus on defining who Jesus is and how we are to love Him. We must love God on His terms. Our love for God must be expressed in allegiance to Jesus and the Bible. The Spirit exalts Jesus by guiding us into all truth about Him.
13 The Spirit of truth…will guide you into all truth…He will tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. (Jn. 16:13-14)
C. Truths about Jesus that offend humanists include His right as God to establish absolute standards to which the nations will be held accountable to Him for. Second, Jesus is the only way of salvation.
Third, Jesus possesses the wisdom and love to judge sin in time and eternity.
D. Paul warns us of a falling away in the end times that can be avoided by loving the truth.
3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day (Jesus’ return) will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin (Antichrist)is revealed…9 according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth. (2 Thes. 2:3-10)
E. Love for the truth is more than adherence to it. We take a firm stand for it regardless of what it costs us. Loving truth requires that we commit to accept any new ideas as long as they are substantiated in the Scripture regardless of how different they are from our religious background.
F. Some will fall away in the end times as people pay attention to doctrines inspired by demons.
1 Now the Spirit expresslysays that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy… (1 Tim. 4:1-2)
G. Paul spoke about false teaches who would start cults by drawing people after themselves. He admonished the elders to be alert to this (1 Tim. 1:3-11; 4:1-8; 6:2-7, 20-21; 2 Tim. 3:1-17).
29 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perversethings, to draw away the disciples after themselves. 31 Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears. (Acts 20:29-31)
H. Peter warns of the dangers of false teachers who deny the main tenets of our faith. They can be detected most easily by their covetousness and immorality (2 Pet. 2:9-14; Jude 8-10).
1 There will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord…2 Many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed (ridiculed). 3 By covetousness they will exploit (manipulate) you with deceptive words…14 having eyes full of adulteryand that cannot cease from sin…They have a heart trained in covetouspractices…18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness… (2 Pet. 2:1-18)
I. False teachers do not hold to the main and plain doctrines of Scripture. They pervert the teaching about the grace of God by either legalism or lewdness. Legalism seeks to earn the grace of God. Lewdness reduces the message of grace to receiving forgiveness without turning from our sin. The true grace message inspires us to deny lust and empowers us to walk godly (Titus 2:11-12).
4 For certain men (false teachers) have crept in unnoticed…ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny…our Lord Jesus Christ. (Jude 4)
J. We must accept the main historical Christian doctrines which include:
Jesus as God’s only son who is fully God and fully man, born of virgin birth, without sin
Jesus’ death and bodily resurrection and ascension to the Father’s right hand
The one true God exists in three persons (Trinity) as Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Salvation is by faith alone, through grace alone and in Christ alone
The infallibility of Scripture as our final authority for all matters of faith and practice
The unity and diversity of the Body of Christ
Author of Paper:
So, do you see how they establish themselves to the rest of the “Body of Christ,” as being a legitimate and honorable church?
Well, in the next section they go on and explain what defines “Cultic behavior,” among the leaders and what does not. Now remember the teaching could have been from five years before, yet I attained it in 2009 after I observed all of these attributes being displayed by almost every leader in the “Cult.” And the way that these had all crept into the cult was very similar to placing a frog in a pot of water and then slowly increasing the temperature until the ‘poor bastard’ was cooked and we were having “Frog Legs dipped in Garlic Butter,” for dinner that evening.
“Oh, and I am sorry for calling all of you “Bickle-ites “poor bastards,” but if the shoe fits wear it.”
…it continues:
(In the following syllabus right after the statements “Cults Teach, they are all followed by a next statement which reads “The Bible Teaches.” )
II. Seven characteristics of cults
A. If a group embraces one of these characteristics, then they are a cult or have cult tendencies….
1. Cults teach: Their members must accept what they believe without challenging their doctrines. They do not want their members to think critically for themselves….
2. Cults teach: People will be judged by God or will lose God’s best if they leave. Rejection, shunning and warnings of judgment are given. People are taught to make lifelong commitments to the group and/or to seek permission to join another ministry.
3. Cults teach: Cults emphasize the special revelations of their “anointed” leader who presents himself as having unique insights that no one else has.
4. Cults teach: Cults require loyalty to the leaders instead of to Jesus. Faithfulness is defined as supporting the leader instead of obeying Jesus. This loyalty is expressed in forbidding them to correct the leader (who does not freely admit his faults or errors). They warn the people to “not touch God’s anointed”.
5. Cults teach: The children are taught to be more loyal to the leaders than to their parents. The women are taught to be more loyal to the leaders than to their husbands and the husbands are taught to accept this as normal behavior.
6. Cults teach: Cults emphasize special revelations that especially allow their leaders to cross biblical boundaries in areas of immorality. They usually insist on owning the money and property of their members who “join the community”.
7. Cults teach: Cults criticize and exclude the larger Body of Christ and claim to be the only ones truly saved. They separate from the wider Church with an elite spirit.
III. How to discern a false prophet or teacher
15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits….17 Every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit…20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them. (Mt. 7:15-20)
Author of Paper:
So, as I observed this community I began to hear of certain sexual scandals, as well as observing many other literal crimes being committed, yet all were covered up by this leader’s “close devotee disciples.” And as I brought myself to actually report on these incidents by many times publishing the facts in the hope that someone would be as concerned as I was. It soon, caused the top maybe hundred leaders and lifelong cult members to classify me as ‘anathema’ to the cult.
Nonetheless, as I lived and moved among some of the lower members who were not part of the upper echelon, none had a clue as to my web sites where I was recording the daily incidents in which I was observing from the top members.
Therefore, for years, I was allowed to go in and out of the Prayer Room or perhaps a Sunday Service, without any of my housemates knowledgeable concerning my web sites which were openly recording questionable incidents of these top level Cult leaders. Nor did I speak of the things which I knew because my fellowship was mostly with the very lowest members of the group. Many of these were devoted IHOP devotees, nonetheless.
Also, although the top membership all had known of my stance and how that I was exposing all of these individuals openly as “Cult members,” none of them could say or do anything other than to kill me, and at the time, I didn’t feel as if their hatred had gone that far.
Well,,,,,,,,,,,perhaps another time!
Anyway, the reason why I am writing this and posting this paper in May of twenty six, is that just recently I have felt the Lord to move me and to shed a little more light on the subject matters which are turning the “You Tube,” covers from exploding.
There is nothing but scandal after scandal and I do not plan to “feed into all that,” but to give some honest and truthful observations of one, “Who has seen and been a part of it all.”
And not only that, but I can bring to light things which others cannot because I have literal documentation from the beginning, as well as having spent four years of my life right in the center of it all.
Nonetheless, as I was going over the “Fore Runner syllabus’ which I am posting I can tell you that where it states”
Cults Teach: ……..each one is followed by a “The Bible teaches..”
Nevertheless, I don’t feel there is a sense to record that part of the syllabus because what these leaders were doing was teaching and ingraining into these kids were the attributes of a cult member, not of a disciple of Christ.
I can attest that I never heard IHOP teach those things, I mean, I saw them ‘walked out every day by those top leaders as part of their learned attributes…Thanks Mike….but I never saw them teach them directly. No, they had much more devious methods in controlling their subjects to follow them.
This next paper is a copy of an “Open Letter,” that I posted on the internet after something like four years of observing this cult. Nonetheless, this paper is barely showcasing some of the extreme antics of these “IHOP cult members.
Also, let me mention that both of these papers were taken from a folder which was from a folder entitled Papers 8-29-2009.
There were maybe thirty other papers in that folder and the folder that it was taken from was from a folder entitled “Papers to 3-11-11. One of maybe thirty other folders which were also under a USB external drive.
And as usual, I only need to open one folder, go to another folder and I find two papers that are still pertinent and interesting to today’s church.
In other words, these were taken from the first folders I opened, there be a whole lot of others I can testify too.
Who knows, perhaps I will release a book, nevertheless, every time I get to thinking like that the Holy Spirit will bring to my remembrance a passage concerning Jesus.
John 21:25 New Living Translation
25 Jesus also did many other things. If they were all written down, I suppose the whole world could not contain the books that would be written.
Then I get this little voice into my head,
“If all of the screw ups were recorded in which the American church was involved in, I suppose the whole world could not contain the books that would be written.”
“Man, I just couldn’t afford the paper alone…”
The following was posted on 10- 15- 2009.
An open letter to Mike Bickle:
Mike, do you remember when I came here four years ago? I do, and now I am about to leave, so I just wanted to write you a letter to let you know. But of course, you already know, right? Well, I have been here these last four years in the good times, and the bad.
No, wait a minute, they have all been bad, sorry!
Anyway, I was thinking about you earlier, and your recollection brought to mind the apostle Paul.
You are gonna say, "I remind this guy of the apostle Paul?"
No, quite frankly, not at all, but I did think of him after pondering your life.
You see, you know as well as I do how the Lord, has shown me your various "sins" and "crimes" these last four years, right?
Remember, when I appealed to you and the other leaders, because you were letting a drug addict perform and flaunt her immorality in the pulpit?
Do you remember when the Lord, told me exactly "how the woman had …. … ……..?
"Yes, I am quite sure you remember," and yet there she was flaunting her immorality with another, in the pulpit, mocking the Holy Spirit, still wearing ………………
I was ashamed for the church, but that was nothing of what was to come
Do you remember when the Lord spoke to me about the "fifty thousand dollars" that was taken from the offering for Myanmar, and used for other purposes?
How about when the Lord revealed to me and spoke to me on two separate occasions concerning an abortion, among the leaders?
Well, what about when the Lord gave me the discernment concerning your four immoral, .. …… … …….worship leaders, who attacked a woman in the church.
I mean, even I was shocked that none of your people still "neither cared or were concerned that that had happened in your 'church.'"
I must say, Mike you have trained and discipled your people well. They are so perverse that they have excepted this as common behavior in the supposed church of our Lord Jesus Christ.
No, this cult, has nothing to do with "church of the Lord Jesus Christ," no matter how much you worship, pray or sing in tongues.
The other day, a man was punched in our house. I am not going into circumstances, but he was an active member of IHOP. The man felt that it was his duty to call the police on the gentleman who he had an altercation with.
I thought, "surely this is odd, because I know that IHOP just paid a victim 'Hush Money' who was sexually and physically abused?"
"Thousands of dollars."
Yes, that's the one, the one who also had her hair cut off by your …….., after being drugged, and then filmed in order to later "blackmail her."
Unfortunately, the attackers couldn't blackmail her, because I exposed the entire episode on my web site, and even named the guilty by name.
But, do you see why I thought that it was funny, this man would call the police?
He was a part of this cult, and is fully aware of the crimes committed in your cult.
Can you explain this to me, Mike?
Most people would be worried about a slander or libel law suit, but I am quite comfortable in knowing that you would never do it. You see, it is all truth and there are too many people that know this truth.
Personally though, I have discerned the character of "most all" the people that do know these things, and if I were you, "I really would go ahead and bring suit, or at least have my web sites shut down."
These men and women are of the lowest character imaginable and I am quite sure that none would come forward.
Furthermore, my guess is that three quarters of them would lie, as well, just to save your "great temple of worship."
Well, I write this because I sincerely got the impression yesterday, that you thought that we were at odds, against one another or something?
You are quite wrong, in your assumption, because we are not at odds, but Satan and the Lord are at odds.
This is why I am confident that I should write you and let you and all your little hordes of demon possessed disciples know that "we won."
Yes, quite plain and simple "we won," although, at the moment it may not look as if I am on the winning side, but I can guarantee you, "we won."
I am on the side of justice, righteousness and truth, so "we won."
You see, it is a "win, win" situation for me. Whether it is the victim that turns you in or perhaps one of the attackers, the truth will come out and you and all your co horts will be exposed before the nation.
And yes, "I will explain to the entire world, how each and every one of your co horts, covered it all up, name by name."
"I will especially tell of the leaders, and about each part they played in the scheme of things."
Your names will be a like "vomit" in the mouth of those who hear the truth.
Yes, unless I am dead, the entire world is going to know about your story Mike. Who knows, perhaps …… or one of the others, will have a baby dying in the hospital, and then they will have a "Pang" of conscience?
It doesn't matter, how it happens, it is going to happen Mike.
Until then, I am just as "free" as can be, while every one of you, "are going to live under your guilt, shame and condemnation."
None of you, are going to ever have a right relationship with the Lord again, because of what you did and continue to cover up. Perhaps, a few of you will be able to leave the ministry, and get a little respite, but you will never be "free" of it.
Nope, you will all be in condemnation, as well, as you should be.
"Oh, you may still be able to play your little instruments and move the people to jump and dance, but deep down you will always feel the displeasure of the Lord, until things are made right."
Lastly, don't think that I haven't forgiven any of you, "Jesus forgave every single one of those who crucified Him, and left Him on a cross to die," but he still told the story afterwards.
Or do you think that since "Jesus forgave them, that we ought to throw away the Bible?"
"Yes," I would've expected that answer from you Mike.
Now, could I tell you why I thought about the apostle Paul today, when I thought of you Mike?
It wasn't because of his integrity, or his truthfulness, or his righteousness, far be that from you, "you perverted heretic."
No Mike, it was because I remembered something, I heard in Bible School, thirty years ago, while studying the "Prison Epistles."
Did you know that there was a Roman custom to chain a prisoner to a corpse, while he awaited his trial before Caesar?
"Yes, this is why I thought of you Mike."
Many theologians believe that Paul was actually in a dungeon awaiting his trial while being "chained to a corpse."
Well, actually, it shouldn't remind me of you Mike, because "he never had sex with it!"
"Oh, and that reminds me, ….. is getting married this week."
"Congratulations, may your god bless you and yours!"
Go ahead, and take these blessings into your marriage, this "grace" is free!
Romans 7:24 (Amplified Bible)
24O unhappy and pitiable and wretched man that I am! Who will release and deliver me from [the shackles of] this body of death?
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