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Patiently Waiting—continued from previous page
ENDURING
ENDURE TEMPTATION
Blessed is the man that endureth
temptation: for when he is tried, he
shall receive the crown of life, which
the Lord hath promised to them that
love him. (James 1:12)
ENDURE HARDNESS
Thou therefore endure hardness,
as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
(2 Timothy 2:3)
ENDURE AFFLICTION
But watch thou in all things,
endure afflictions, do the work of
an evangelist, make full proof of thy
ministry. (2 Timothy 4:5)
ENDURE SUFFERING
And whether we be afflicted, it is
for your consolation and salvation,
which is effectual in the enduring of
the same sufferings which we also
suffer: or whether we be comforted,
it is for your consolation and
Apostasy—continued from page 36
A current river is flowing, which many
believe to be of God. Removed from
its proper setting in the 47th chapter of
Ezekiel, which speaks of a stream gushing
out from the Temple of God, this passage
in Scripture is used today to promote
a last-days vision for the church. In its
proper context in Ezekiel, this wonderful
prophecy is an encouragement that God
has not forgotten His covenant people
of Israel. But overstepping the sanctity
of scriptural boundaries, this passage
has been reshaped into the comfortable
doctrines of sensual manifestations that
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salvation. (2 Corinthians 1:6 )
For this is thankworthy, if a man for
conscience toward God endure grief,
suffering wrongfully. For what glory
is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your
faults, ye shall take it patiently? but
if, when ye do well, and suffer for it,
ye take it patiently, this is acceptable
with God. (1 Peter 2:19-20)
ENDURE PERSECUTIONS, TRIBULATIONS
So that we ourselves glory in you
in the churches of God for your
patience and faith in all your
persecutions and tribulations that ye
endure: Which is a manifest token
of the righteous judgment of God,
that ye may be counted worthy of
the kingdom of God, for which ye
also suffer. (2 Thessalonians 1:4-5)
ENDURE ALL THINGS
Therefore I endure all things for
the elect’s sakes, that they may
also obtain the salvation which is
in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
(2 Timothy 2:10)
mark a massive shift in the church. As
believers, we have taken a hairpin turn
from the preeminence of the Word of
God to a relative, experiential, and ter-
ribly apostate faith.
The River Revival movement—encom-
passing the Toronto Blessing, Browns-
ville Revival (or Pensacola Outpouring),
Dominion, Latter Rain, Word of Faith,
Rodney Howard-Browne’s laughing re-
vival, the Kansas City prophets, Bethel
Church in Redding, and an arbitrary mix
of all or some of the aforementioned—is
flowing into congregations worldwide.
Given impetus by these major doctrinal
tributaries, this movement’s teachings have
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR
THOSE WHO ENDURE
Behold, we count them happy which
endure. (James 5:11)
A Prayer
Charity suffereth long, and is kind;
charity envieth not; charity vaunteth
not itself, is not puffed up, Doth
not behave itself unseemly, seeketh
not her own, is not easily provoked,
thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in
iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Beareth all things, believeth all things,
hopeth all things, endureth all things.
(1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
Warren B. Smith is a former New Age fol-
lower and the author of seven books (pub-
lished by Mountain Stream Press), numer-
ous lecture videos, articles, and Lighthouse
Trails booklets. You can learn more about
him at www.warrenbsmith.com. His You-
Tube channel is https://www.youtube.
com/c/warrenbsmith.
led multitudes away from the truths of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ into a dangerous
realm of subjective experiences, mysti-
cism, and blatant heresy. Closely follow
the curves of this river, and you’ll find
spiritual deviations at first overlooked.
After all the hype, the wild manifestations,
the wonderful testimonies, the flamboyant
prophecies, and the earth-shaking visions,
the discerning eye will gaze upon a farther
shore, where an entirely different, frighten-
ing story unfolds–a story of broken lives
and shattered faith, of rebellion and of
merchandising a substitute “anointing.”
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Volume 7—No. 5
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019