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When I look at some social media posts, watch some church services online & even listen to how Christians communicate, it leaves very little to the imagination as to why we see the body of Christ as powerless as it is in these last days. You may think that I have no love for the church because I keep picking on them & pointing out her faults. It’s the exact opposite, really. If I didn’t love God’s bride, the church, I wouldn’t bother wasting my time with these podcasts. We need to understand that two thirds of the Bible is correction. The early church was an extension of the Ministry of Jesus on the earth and when we read in the book of Acts we see that happening. The modern church is to be an extension of the very same thing, but today’s church is far from being as impactful as it was called to be. As a matter of fact we are seeing the church becoming more like the world. A lot of churches today don’t see a need for people to repent, turn from their sin & enter into an intimate relationship with God through Christ. We have lowered the bar from that which Christ has set high expectations for His people. In one of my previous podcasts, The Liberal Christian, I make this point very clear. Today churches are using worldly style entertainment in an attempt to bring in the lost at the expense of a genuine move of God. A genuine move of God is preceded ONLY by prayer & repentance. By those who have, or are, crucifying the flesh. In today’s podcast I discuss the walking dead in this 21st episode of The VINE.

This is a message to wake up the church. It's NOT a message of condemnation.

In His love,

Pastor Shawn

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It’s no mystery. The Scriptures clearly states that in the last days the church of Jesus Christ will suffer persecution. Heck, we don’t even need to be in the end times before the church experiences persecution & tribulation. 2 Tim. 3:12 states, “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution” (KJV). Websters dictionary defines persecution as hostility and ill-treatment, especially on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation or political beliefs. Certainly this was witnessed recently in the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The greek word - dioko - in the New Testament defines persecution as: to put to flight, drive away; to pursue. It is a prolonged and causative form of a primary verb dio (meaning to flee) where the base of it originates from the word deos meaning timid (by implication) faithless - fearful. What does this mean? It gives the impression of pursuing someone, driving them away and rendering them faithless through the tactic of fear. So…to simplify it let me paint a picture for you to help you understand it better. The kingdom of Satan is ruled by fear. If you choose to live a godly life in Christ Jesus, the Bible is telling us that Satan will pursue us & try to drive us away, with the goal of putting us in flight, getting our eyes off of Christ, succumbing us to the spirit of fear that is caused by threats of such things as: physical harm, physical harm resulting in death, ending of relationships, cast out of families, and getting fired from our jobs. Basically, if the devil fails in stopping us from preaching the good news of Jesus Christ to a lost, perverted & dying world, he result in threatening us with violence & death…and this is exactly what happened to Charlie. People have asked, But why didn’t God stop this from happening to Charlie? I ask that with another question: Why didn’t God stop Paul from getting his head cut off? Why doesn’t God stop all the murders of unborn children? You see, God loves us enough to give us a choice. He told us things like this were going to happen if we choose to live as Jesus did when He was on the earth. Today, a further breakdown on the persecution of the body of Christ, in this 20th episode of The Vine!

Blessings in His Name!

Shawn

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Holy Spirit, speaking through Paul, educates the church in regard to spiritual warfare in the book of Ephesians chapter 6 verses 10-18. Paul even tells us in 2 Cor. 2:11, “…for we are not ignorant of his (Satan’s) devices’. God told Isaiah that His people had gone into captivity because of lack of knowledge. God speaks through the prophet Hosea and stated, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…” (Hosea 4:6, KJV). A lot of what Jesus spoke in the gospels referred to Satan & his kingdom. Folks, I am not advocating that the total focus of our time & energy needs to be on guarding ourselves against the kingdom of darkness. What I am saying is that we cannot be ignorant of the devil’s schemes & therefore must recognize what is & is not an attack of Satan. Like Mario Murillo says, “I am here to arm you, and not to harm you”.

Today I feel led by Holy Spirit to expose what I believe are three chief ruling spirits in these end times…the spirit of Anti-Christ, the spirit of Religion and the spirit of Jezebel in this 19th episode of The VINE!

Bless you,

Shawn McNeaney