NB: From the 52nd minute, Apostle Gcabashe discusses infiltration specifically.
INFILTRATION OF THE CHURCH*
●Satan knows that his real threat in the world is the Church.
●The Church has been called to do the total opposite of what Satan represents.
●Satan "Steals, kills and destroys" (John 10:10)
●The Church restores, brings life and healing.
*Mark 16: 15 -16*
15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
●The Church possesses the Supernatural power of God. The power of the Holy Spirit
●The Church enjoys supernatural protection
●The Church models the supreme culture above all cultures in the world,...
....which is the culture of obedience and worship of the Creator
●Because of this, Satan does *two things* to try and *weaken the Church*
1) He weakens the Church through *sin*
2) He weakens the Church through *infiltration*
●The Church is deceived often from within than from without. (E.g false prophets, false teachers)
*WHAT IS INFILTRATION?*
●It is the process of secretly becoming part of a group in order to get to influence the way that group thinks or behaves.
●It is people who become part of the physical church, but not the spiritual church
●It is people who change their skin, but not their hearts
●They keep the wolf in them, and then wear Christianity as a costume
*NB*: Be careful of such brothers and sisters in the Church.
*NB*: Be careful of those who bring *strife and DIVISION* amongst abazalwane
*NB*: Be careful of that brother or sister who *often jokes about what was taught*
●He or she often *challenges what is taught* in the house
● *Walks in dishonor* and have their own *private interpretation of the teaching*
●Has a *critical spirit* and *speaks bad about leadership* .....Or certain individuals in the leadership
● *Challenges* doctrine
● *Never seems happy* in that church, but still does not leave (until their mission is accomplished)
● *Their presence in your life weakens you,* instead of strengthen you in the faith
●They *want their weakness to be yours as well.*
*NB*: Infiltrators in the house of God, awaken Egyptian cravings and appetite in you.
●What the Word and the Holy Spirit are killing in you, *they resuscitate it*. (Bring it back to life)
EXTRACTING GOD'S CHURCH FROM THE CHURCH
●One of the things that God does through the Word, is extract His Church from the church of men and marine spirits.
●The only true test to separate the true Church from the false church
●... and a true Christian from a false Christian, is "TO WHAT EXTENT ARE THEY ALIGNED TO THE WORD OF GOD"
●It is God’s Word that makes a Human being different
●"The Church is the physical evidence or proof, of the presence of the invisible God"
●The Church tastes like nothing else in our world but God
●The Church carries God's flavour
*NB*: So how does God separate His people from the world and infiltrators??
● He uses His Word.
