Flattery Will Get You NOWHERE
April 12th, 2008
Via Priscilla Van Sutphin
Ezek 12:24-25 AMP For there shall be no more any false, empty, and fruitless vision or flattering divination in the house of Israel. 25 For I am the Lord; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be performed (come to pass); it shall be no more delayed or prolonged, for in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and will perform it, says the Lord God.
Job 32:21-22 AMP I will not [I warn you] be influenced by respect for any man's person and show partiality, neither will I flatter any man. 22 For I know not how to flatter, [wasting my time in mere formalities, for then] my Maker would soon take me away.
Rom 16:18-19 AMP For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites and base desires, and by ingratiating and flattering speech, they beguile the hearts of the unsuspecting and simpleminded [people]. 19 For while your loyalty and obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, I would have you well versed and wise as to what is good and innocent and guileless as to what is evil.
“ I am going to cut off all the flattering words leading to destruction. I will no longer permit the silver tongued flatterers to connive their way into the hearts of the innocent. There has been so much deceit, that it has reached putrid levels of perversion. People are calling good evil, and saying that evil is good. It should not be so in the House of the LORD ! People have been so vulnerable to this for too long. I am going to OPEN THE EYES and open the ears to the truth that so easily evades those under the spell of such charlatans in My house that is called by My name.
People have twisted the word to their advantage for way too long, and the outcry has come up to my ears for too long now. NOW you will see Me ARISE and NOW you will see ME speak through My prophets with consequence. I will increase authority for those who have not given themselves over to bitterness , judging or criticism, but those who have clung to humility and wish to move in LOVE. You who want to move in love, and know the balance of My judgments, will now be given commissions to reach into certain places and to speak what I tell you to speak. I will give you the Spirit of Might, and as you obey me to go, I will bring confirming signs and wonders. People who were closed and prideful will be reduced to repentance. Those who choose to cling to their OWN KINGDOMS will find themselves walking on sandy ground.
Those who choose the narrow road will find GRACE and MERCY in their time of need, if they will OBEY MY leading about making restitution for their sins.
I am not going to allow PLAYING with the hearts of My people, and delusion to continue. Pray for the eyes of the blind to OPEN, and for the ears of the DEAF to hear. And know that if they don’t open and don’t respond, that it is because they CHOOSE DEATH over life and it is because of their OWN WILL.
I am raising the bar and only the humble, only those who are willing to BOW to My WILL in their lives will be able to cross into the land of promise. THOSE who choose their life over MY LIFE, will not enter into the REST I have for them. There will be no safety from fear. There will be no safety from what is coming. There will only be desert like Nebuchadnezzar until their wills yield to ME. The one who HUMBLES themselves under My mighty hand will save themselves. Those who wish to continue in deluding others will be filled with their own ways and worse.
Life is precious, yet many have been so ignorant of the damage they have done to others, and will find themselves in turmoil from the consequences of their own decisions. Watch beloveds that you only help those I TELL YOU TO HELP. BE discerning. I do not say be suspicious. I say be DISCERNING. COME to ME and ask ME about that person and ask Me what you need to know. I will show you. Trust that when you ask for bread I will not give you a stone. THAT is NOT My way to punish you when you humble yourself. I am forgiveness. I AM LOVE. I AM PATIENCE. I AM FORBEARANCE. But there is a limit with those who refuse to humble themselves. To those who adamantly refuse My counsel I will withdraw grace so they will see that apart from ME, they can do NOTHING. Trust the discernment I have given you. But be sure your heart has no bitterness blocking true discernment. Listen not to flattering lips !
Suspicion is a fruit of witchcraft control, not love. Love is kind. Love is PATIENT. Love is willing to YIELD. Love prevails over darkness and brings a light that cannot be snuffed out !
It is the most powerful weapon in your arsenal. WORSHIP is another that will quench all the firey darts of the enemy. Be abundant in thankfulness and gratefulness, and realize the blessings you have been afforded in this land. USE THEM NOW TO BLESS OTHERS. Do not hoard them any longer and store up treasures that you don’t need, or that will be destroyed in coming judgments. Live frugally and BUILD UP ONE ANOTHER. Love one another as I have loved you and forgive others as I have forgiven you much ! “
Ps 5:8-9 AMP Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way level (straight and right) before my face. 9 For there is nothing trustworthy or steadfast or truthful in their talk; their heart is destruction [or a destructive chasm, a yawning gulf]; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter and make smooth with their tongue. [Rom 3:13.]
Ps 12:2-4 AMP To his neighbor each one speaks words without use or worth or truth; with flattering lips and double heart [deceitfully] they speak. 3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and the tongues that speak proud boasting, 4 Those who say, With our tongues we prevail; our lips are our own [to command at our will] — who is lord and master over us?
Prov 26:28 AMP A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Jude 16-18 AMP These are inveterate murmurers (grumblers) who complain [of their lot in life], going after their own desires [controlled by their passions]; their talk is boastful and arrogant, [and they claim to] admire men's persons and pay people flattering compliments to gain advantage. 17 But you must remember, beloved, the predictions which were made by the apostles (the special messengers) of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). 18 They told you beforehand, In the last days (in the end time) there will be scoffers [who seek to gratify their own unholy desires], following after their own ungodly passions.
