Dutch Sheets and Dominion Theology
READING TIME: 28 MINUTES
The following are the notes to the discussion found at this link (https://www.facebook.com/tammy.cheetham.77/videos/581779202321792/?id=100014819433180) for anyone who would like to study the subject more in depth.
Yes, today we want to discuss Dutch Sheets and share some things he has written in a few articles, mainly sharing from his article entitled, "Find Your Voice and Make a Stand!" Additionally, we wanted to remind listeners about Dominion Theology as we give some information about him.
So, let’s first present some biographical information about him for those who are unfamiliar with him. The following information is from one of his Elijah List articles:
Dutch Sheets is an internationally recognized author, gifted teacher and conference speaker. He travels extensively, challenging Believers for passionate prayer and societal reformation. Seeing America experience a sweeping revival and return to its Godly heritage is Dutch's greatest passion. He is a messenger of hope for America, encouraging Believers to contend for awakening. Dutch has written over 23 books, many of which have been translated into over 30 languages. His international bestseller, “Intercessory Prayer”, has sold over 1 million copies worldwide. Dutch has pastored, taught in several colleges and seminaries, and served on the board of directors of numerous organizations. He is fondly known to many as Papa Dutch. (And, that word Papa there is a big clue as far as him being in the NAR. Many people also refer to Bill Johnson as Papa; that’s just one of those little red flags. But, true believers will recognize that when one has a false foundation it affects everything they believe. We see nothing about preaching the gospel, pointing lost souls to Jesus, but rather his focus is on the here and now. So many in the NAR camp such as Dutch have their focus on the present day with only a passing glance given to Jesus, what He has done, and that He is returning to rule and reign. It is so obvious that he is not following the precepts of the New Testament because it does not provide any instructions for preachers to bring in societal reform. Additionally, there is no indication in the New Testament we will “experience a sweeping revival” but rather that we should expect perilous times and evil men waxing worse and worse. We are warned about false teachers, false prophets, lying signs and wonders, and one would have to be totally asleep to not recognize the proliferation of such today).
And, anyone who wants to see America “return to its Godly heritage” is confused. Many have believed the idea that United States was founded as a Christian nation. However, any nation claiming to worship the One True God of the Bible would never have made provision for the worship of false gods as the first amendment of the Bill of Rights does. What we really have is a pagan nation and we can say that due to its worship of many gods. But, sadly, many are blind to this understanding and are convinced the founding fathers were Christians due to their mention of God and scripture in various messages and letters and other writings. Some will point to records of their church attendance. However, George Washington, for example, was a regular church attendee, but never took the Lord’s Supper. He would either not attend on the Sunday they had it, or leave before. Additionally, he was a freemason as was Benjamin Franklin. We don’t have time to discuss the system of freemasonry, but I will make this statement: All prospective Masons will bow down before “The Worshipful Master” and say the following, “I am lost in darkness, and I need the light of Freemasonry.” (https://www.christianministriesintl.org/article/should-christians-join-the-masonic-lodge/) (However, no true believer would say that because Jesus said He is the light of world in John 8:12 and He is the only light we need).
Now, others were deists and maintained the philosophical position which states that god does not interfere directly with the world. In a sense, He created everything but then said hands-off. Still others were Unitarians who base their religious beliefs on reason and experience. Thomas Jefferson’s beliefs included deism and Unitarianism. He compiled his own version of the four Gospels which became known as The Jefferson Bible. He removed from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John every passage that mentioned Christ's virgin birth, His deity, His miracles, and His resurrection. Jefferson considered the teachings of Jesus as having "the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man," yet he held that the pure teachings of Jesus appeared to have been appropriated by some of Jesus' early followers, resulting in a Bible that contained both "diamonds" of wisdom and the "dung" of ancient political agendas. So, he obviously didn’t believe all scripture was given by inspiration of God as 2 Tim. 3:16 says.
You know, when filling out forms, for example, the majority of Americans will check that they are Christians versus Buddhists or Muslims. But, we have to ask which Jesus do they believe in, do they serve, do they worship? There are actually many false beliefs about Jesus that turn the Jesus they believe in into another Jesus as mentioned in 2 Cor. 11:4. For example, some teach and believe Jesus is not the only Mediator.
- Some would say He was beaten up for three days in hell
- Others say He is okay with homosexuality
- Still others say He is Michael the archangel
- Many more believe He is Lucifer’s brother
- And, then we have those in the dominionist camp who believe they have to “Christianize” society before He will return
And, then for one more reason we can say the United States is not a Christian nation and that is the Treaty of Tripoli states that the United States was not founded on Christianity. Article 11 says the following: “As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion,-as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen,” (referring to Muslims). This treaty was ratified by the United States Senate unanimously without debate on June 7, 1797, taking effect June on 10, 1797, with the signature of President John Adams. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tripoli)
And, then for a little more background on Dutch Sheets we want to mention he orchestrated an event called the Turnaround Gathering and before this event took place in February of 2018, the following announcement for it appeared on Dutch Sheet’s Facebook page, and at Eventbrite.com.
“Gather with Dutch Sheets, Chuck Pierce, Cindy Jacobs, Lou Engle and many other leaders, as we shift America into its turnaround next February 22-24, in Washington, D.C. This could prove to be one of the most historic prayer gatherings in America's history. Together we will fill the atmosphere over Washington D.C. with intercession and biblical decrees, shifting our nation into the breakthrough Father desires to give us. And we will re-launch the next phase of the worldwide prayer movement! We will see a shift!”
Followed by this quote: “Let it be said of our generation that when a nation teetered on the edge of destruction, having lost the ancient path of truth and righteousness, we answered the divine call to war for its restoration.” That is from Dutch Sheet’s book, “An Appeal to Heaven.” (Well, right away we see some major red flags. There is no mandate in God’s Word for new covenant Christians to restore nations. We are told to preach the gospel and make disciples. Then, we have the phrases, “filling the atmosphere, shifting our nation, and worldwide prayer movement.” These phrases are examples of the language used by dominionists).
And, for those who are unfamiliar with this teaching here is a short description: In Dominionism the gospel of salvation is achieved by setting up the “Kingdom of God” as a literal and physical kingdom to be “advanced” on Earth in the present age. Dominionists assign to the Church duties and rights that belong scripturally only to Jesus Christ. An inordinate emphasis is placed on man’s efforts and the doctrine of the sovereignty of God is diminished. And, then, Dominion Theology promotes the Seven Mountain Mandate which says there are seven mountains, or spheres, in every society and individual Christians are to bring the Kingdom of God down into the sphere over which they have influence. These spheres are government, education, religion, business, media, arts and entertainment, and family. They say a new company of “kings and priests” is being activated in every sphere of culture to bring forth a testimony of the kingdom. However, the Word of God says this in Daniel 7:18 concerning believers and the Kingdom of God: "But the saints of the most High shall take the Kingdom, and possess the Kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever." The time setting for this occurrence is after Christ's return according to verses 13 and 14 of Daniel 7 which say, “I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. And there was given him Dominion, and Glory, and a Kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him: His Dominion is an everlasting Dominion, which shall not pass away, and His Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.” (So, we would warn people about anything connected to Dominion Theology because it distorts the Bible's Words concerning end time events, gives man authority now he does not possess, and gets people's focus off God's coming physical Kingdom and places it on the here and now).
Additionally, at his conferences Dutch Sheets often unfolds a copy of the Appeal to Heaven flag which was flown during the Revolutionary War. He says during this war the Founding Fathers acknowledged they couldn’t break away from Britain and become a free nation without God’s aid. So they put this flag over the battlefields, over the ships. He says, people don’t know it, but this nation was born under a prayer movement — Appeal to Heaven. And, of course, we prevailed by the grace of God.” (https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2018/february/dutch-sheets-says-turnarounds-coming-that-will-save-billions-of-souls) (Well, we would have to ask why would God have orchestrated the founding of a pluralistic nation? That is one that allowed for the worship of all false gods as we’ve already mentioned. God has only established one nation and that is Israel. Now, we know that Israel ended up worshiping many other false gods, but with the first amendment in the Bill of Rights. America allowed for the worship of false gods and that is right from its start! You know, members of the true ekklesia are strangers and pilgrims on this earth and we are looking for a city whose Builder and Maker is God! We are not focused on establishing, ruling and reigning, the dominion, here and now, but so much of this is just, the evil heart of man really likes all this talk and it’s sad to say. In the Word of Faith we have the little gods idea. So much in the NAR they have taken a lot of that philosophy from the WOF. And, just given us this stature, this position, that we don’t have. So we need to be very careful whenever we hear any of this talk).
Now, with that background in mind, let’s discuss the article entitled, “Find Your Voice and Make a Stand!" (http://elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=21701)
Dutch Sheets says, “For various reasons, most spiritual leaders in America have chosen not to speak out on abortion, elections, and many other important moral issues of our day. These reasons include:
• a belief that spiritual leaders should remain separate from the political realm because it is "evil" and "divisive." (To this we would just say do we see Paul getting involved in politics? Do we see him encouraging believers or pastors to do so? We have Paul’s clear words to Timothy concerning the subject matter he was to preach, and by extension these are instructions for all other pastors as well):
2 Timothy 4:1-2 “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.”
• a belief that spiritual influence in peoples' lives does not give them a right to speak into their followers' social, moral, or political views. (Well, if the pastors were preaching against sin then their followers would have proper moral views as in being against abortion, for example. And, again, concerning politics, the pastors should be pointing people to Christ and not man’s wicked and corrupt governmental systems. People have always known these systems are rigged. Bribery and theft occur. No one can ever be assured the votes were counted properly. In trying to obtain votes or to encourage other legislators to support one’s initiatives, the phrase, “I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine” is often put into practice. And, on and on we could go).
• a theological belief that this is not their responsibility. (Well, we just read 1 Tim. 4:1-2 and heard the responsibilities of pastors. You know, pastors are shepherds and should be guarding their flocks. They should be pointing their members to Jesus since they actually are Jesus’ sheep according to John 10:14).
• a fear of losing congregants and a fear of losing financial support. (But, most pastors already don’t speak out against sin due to fear of both of these things).
• a fear of the IRS. (But, churches should not even have the 501c3 status. They look to the government to give them their right to speak when it is God who gives us such rights).
Dutch continues: “Not only does the disengaged Church fail to vote or actively involve itself in social issues, most do not even pray regarding the challenges we face in America. A recent experience of mine in the Sunday service of a prominent mega-church exemplifies this fact. It occurred on the weekend during which President Trump would be making his decision regarding retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's replacement. This decision had the potential of shifting the balance of power on the Supreme Court to a conservative, pro-constitutionalist, pro-life majority, something America has desperately needed since the 1960s. The decision was so monumental that it would doubtlessly affect the lives of the children, and even the grandchildren of those present that day. Indeed, President Trump's appointments to the court will undoubtedly be two or three of the most significant decisions of our lifetime.
And, then he went on to say that he expected there would be a time of prayer for the president to make the right decision and he even said perhaps this imminent decision was more important than the sermon that day. And, he was stunned, grieved and angered that the people weren’t even encouraged to pray about this decision on their own. (Well, I would say I am stunned that anyone would suggest anything replace a sermon, but since I have listened to and read about many services where the sermon time was pushed to one side with the excuse that a move of the Holy Spirit is taking place and the pastor didn’t have time to give the message that day so I really am not surprised. Rom. 10:17 says, “Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God” so the Word should always be preached. Additionally, the Holy Spirit always points to Jesus. But, as we will learn in just a minute this business about being so concerned that certain people will be nominated as Supreme Court justices so all societal ills can be fixed and/or avoided is a waste of time.
Now, many people assume Republicans will be pro-life and Democrats pro-abortion and I assume this is what Dutch believes when he discusses Pres. Trump and his possible Supreme Court appointments. However, such was not the case with the court that decided Roe v. Wade. In preparing this discussion, I thought it would be interesting to research the religious and political beliefs of those on this court and also which presidents nominated them. And, just to note one of the men was a Catholic and the other eight all belonged to Christian denominations. You know, we hear so much about putting Christians into the “mountain of government,” these days as if this will solve so many problems, but it didn’t help in this situation, did it?)
And, just to mention, the court case was decided with seven justices in the majority and two dissenting. The court held that a woman's right to an abortion was protected by her right to privacy under the Fourteenth Amendment.
So, let’s go down the list of the men:
William Douglas – He was a Presbyterian and a Democrat, and was nominated by Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat. He voted with the majority.
Thurgood Marshall – He was Episcopalian and a Democrat. He was nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. He voted with the majority. (So, these two voted the way most would assume they would have since they were Democrats and were nominated by Democratic presidents).
Potter Stewart – He was Episcopalian and a Republican, and was nominated by Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican. But, he voted with the majority.
Warren Burger – He was a Presbyterian and a Republican. Pres. Nixon, a Republican, nominated him and he voted with the majority.
Harry Blackmun – He was a Methodist and a Republican. He was nominated by Richard Nixon who was also a Republican as I just mentioned. He voted with the majority. (So, here is an example to show that no matter if Christians vote for a president they think will nominate Supreme Court justices who will do the right thing morally, there is never any guarantee of such. These Republican presidents nominated Republicans for the Supreme Court, the Senate confirmed these nominees, and then they voted FOR Roe v. Wade).
William Brennan – He was a Catholic and a Democrat. Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican as I have mentioned, nominated him. He voted with the majority.
Lewis Powell – He was a Presbyterian and a Democrat. He was nominated by Richard Nixon, a Republican as I have mentioned. He voted with the majority. (So, for those thinking if I vote for a Republican president he surely will nominate Republicans for the court and they will do the right thing morally speaking, which we already saw they didn’t, but it didn’t work out so well in this case, did it? And, who is to say it will in the future?)
Then, we have the only two who voted against it. William Rehnquist – He was a Lutheran and a Republican. He was nominated by Richard Nixon, a Republican as I have mentioned several times. He dissented with the majority. (This one justice voted the way believers would have expected (or the people who are caught up in politics, which I am hoping believers aren’t), the rest of the Republicans to, but obviously this one vote is going to make the difference when you have nine people voting).
Byron White – He was Episcopalian and a Democrat. He was nominated by John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. He dissented with the majority. (And, this justice voted opposite of the way most would have expected. But, obviously he voted the correct way, but again with just two dissenting it didn’t make any difference).
(You know, sister Tammy, we heard the argument that the current president could possibly nominate two or three Supreme Court justices from one particular ministry many times during the last election season. We heard it was so important that a conservative president would win so conservative justices would be nominated. But, it is obvious that we cannot always predict how court cases will go before they are actually decided. And, sadly, this ministry and many others have stayed on the Trump bandwagon no matter what he says or does).
Continuing with the article by Dutch Sheets, based on the facts, any honest deduction must conclude that the American Church's silence and withdrawal from the public square has allowed those who do not espouse Biblical values nor honor our Christian heritage to take over much of America's leadership. Obviously, the opposite could have occurred: had the Body of Christ been engaged we could have prevented abortion, infanticide, the rejecting of America's Christian roots, the taking over of our education system by humanists and secularists, God's expulsion from the public square and more. By default, we helped create that which we loathe. (Well, concerning abortion, the church couldn’t have prevented it. Preaching the gospel and preaching that abortion is sinful could have had an effect, but this isn’t what Dutch is talking about because he doesn’t mention either one. We have to assume he means if the church told their members to always vote for a presidential candidate who was against abortion these presidents would have nominated Supreme Court justices who would never have decided Roe v Wade as they did, but we just debunked that idea).
And, then the truth is that banning abortion does not reduce it. Countries that restrict abortion the most have the highest rates of abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
And, this is a quote by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: “Historical and contemporary data show that where abortion is illegal or highly restricted, women resort to unsafe means to end an unwanted pregnancy, including self-inflicted abdominal and bodily trauma, ingestion of dangerous chemicals, self-medication with a variety of drugs, and reliance on unqualified abortion providers. Today, approximately 21 million women around the world obtain unsafe, illegal abortions each year.”
In the U.S. before Roe v. Wade, ACOG says an estimated 1.2 million U.S. women got illegal abortions every year (https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/abortion-u-s-five-key-facts-n889111). (As we have said many times a heart change is required in these cases and that only comes through salvation.
And, concerning rejecting America’s Christian roots, we already asked why would God orchestrate the founding of a pluralistic nation that allowed for the worship of false gods? I truly believe people who have been worshiping this nation, its political system, its leaders, and so forth, need to really think about that question.
And, speaking of God’s expulsion from the public square is quite ironic because Dutch and all the others who believe in the toleration of false gods, i.e., religious liberty, have made provision for the inclusion of many false gods in the public square. So, this means you are upset about God being pushed out of the public square, but you care not at all that many false gods have overtaken it. This makes no sense. You know, we talk about it all the time, that with religious liberty you’re saying okay anybody who wants to come in and worship their gods and then later we’ll come back around the backdoor and we’ll have to try and convince them about the true gospel. That’s just ridiculous).
Dutch continues: Can the fruit of America's sin and the Church's silence be reversed? Yes and no. Just as those who were killed by the Nazis could obviously not be brought back, we obviously can do nothing to undo the deaths of 60 million aborted babies. But we, like the allied forces of WWII, can stop the senseless killing and heal the land (2 Chronicles 7:14). (Well, the information I just gave concerning abortions shows that they can be made illegal again, but this won’t stop people from having them. Whatever the wicked heart of man wants to do it’s going to do. Even with the threat of any type of punishment people will still. Oh, the law says this and that; we’re just going to see if we can get away with something. We’re going to try and go around the law and so forth. But, then he says we can heal the land and I thought that was quite interesting. This is the first time I have ever heard anyone say the Church can heal the land. We know the second part of this verse says, “…then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land,” and God is speaking in this verse so I don’t know what Dutch is thinking here. But, even if he quoted it correctly it cannot be applied today; we’ve mentioned this many times in our discussions because so many people quote this verse. A study of this verse in context indicates that the promise of 2 Chronicles 7:14 is based on the covenant between God and Israel; it is not based on God and any other nation or people. Again, we are not looking to make things better now and, as Christians, we don’t have land here that needs to be healed. Again, we are looking for a city whose Builder and Maker is God!)
And, he goes on to say: This pro-death scourge on our nation's history need not continue. I believe God is offering the American Church – and consequently our nation – an opportunity for a historical course correction.
And, at this point I want to include part of an article Dutch wrote for Charisma magazine that was published on Dec. 16, 2016. In this article he said, “The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States was part of God's mercy.” He said someone shared a vision with him and its interpretation was that in answer to the prayers of the church, a great awakening and reformation—a "new birth"—would begin for America on Nov. 8 of 2016, and that, of course, was the day Donald Trump was elected.
He went on to say this: "I certainly don't see President-elect Trump as fathering this movement, but I do see him as an agent of change who, in some ways, will prepare the way ... a forerunner of sorts. I also believe the mercies of God spared us from Mrs. Clinton and her incredibly liberal ideologies—a leadership which would have moved us farther away from the turnaround we so desperately need. I shudder when I think about the 30-40 year tenure of the liberal Supreme Court she had planned to appoint. America may never have recovered from such devastation." (https://www.charismanews.com/politics/opinion/61909-dutch-sheets-president-elect-trump-s-victory-was-god-s-mercy) (Well, how many times have we had the thought, or said, that if Hillary Clinton had gotten in; you know, she is the obvious evil, she is the “big scary monster.” And, Christians, I don’t know how many, but you know, would have recognized that. Some of the things she was trying to bring in; I truly believe they would have been praying more, would have just been more in the Word, recognizing that we are so close to Christ’s return, we are in the end times. But, when you get someone like Donald Trump who has this advisory board of “evangelical pastors,” who has all these people lifting him up, and has people who I believe are sincere and love the Lord, but I quite regularly see posts by people, and I know they love the Lord, and they’re talking about what he’s doing for the economy. We’re not supposed to be concerned about that. We know God is going to take care of our needs. That’s not supposed to be something we’re all concerned about. We’ve said it many times; someone like Donald Trump is coming in as an angel of light. And, people have fallen asleep to this. They’re just going along like, boy, isn’t everything wonderful, isn’t everything coming up roses, just dandy. And, they’re not awake to the evil that is going on.
You know, also, we have absolutely no guarantee from God concerning the type of government we might live under. So many people think God blessed this nation from its founding and it’s His nation or something when God actually has only had one nation and that is Israel as I stated earlier. God expects believers to be faithful to Him no matter what form of government under which we live. We are seeing people attempting to change a nation, change society to conform to morals, but leaving out the preaching of the gospel. And, as we have stated many times there is no indication in God’s Word this nation or any other will have a “historical course correction” in the form of a great awakening and reformation as Dutch Sheets, and many others in the NAR, believe. In fact, in an article at Charisma magazine from 2015, he stated the Lord told him a couple of decades ago He was sending a great awakening to America, so that would have been in 1995 or thereabouts). (https://www.charismanews.com/us/49958-prophecy-third-great-awakening-is-coming-to-america) (But, as we often state in these discussions when we hear people say they heard from God, or saw angels, or signs and wonders, why should we just take these people’s words at face value? You know, there are many, many verses that would steer us away from believing in a great revival and that there rather will be many false teachers, false prophets; we will see perilous times and evil men waxing worse and worse as I stated at the beginning of this discussion).
(Well, that is all I have to for this time, sister Tammy, except to say that so many are attempting to hold onto a political system and we have never told to be concerned with such and then they are inserting these religious ideas in with this and this is absolutely laying the groundwork for the one world order).
Sister Tammy: You know like you have already stated, that no law can change the sin sick heart of man; you know all it will do is show people how they fall short. Sin is rife because of the heart of man is wicked, you know, this is what the Bible says and there is only one way to be saved and it is through Jesus Christ. There is only one way to be really truly free from the dominion of sin and that what drives the lost, the unsaved of this world, you know. Jesus Christ, He came to this earth, fully God, fully man, born of a virgin, died for the sins of the world so that we could all be redeemed and the Bible clearly tells us that not all are going to go this way because there is a broad path that leads to destruction and there is many on this path. There is a narrow path that leads to life and only few there be that find it, you know. Today I want to put out to you this narrow path because when all is said and done politics can’t change the heart of man, man can’t change the heart of man. It’s only the blood of Jesus Christ that can and He is love, because for God so loved the world that He gave us His only begotten Son that whomsoever believes on Him shall not perish but have everlasting life, you know, what is more important? Here and now, changing this and that and getting more money, improving the health care system, you know, don’t get me wrong, some things like feeding the poor, taking care of one another, these aren’t wrong things but we will always have the poor amongst us and will always have these problems in this world because it is tainted by sin. We go back to the root of it all and the only remedy is Jesus Christ for the heart of every person and this is what He desires. He doesn’t desire that any be lost, but that all would come to repentance. And again, Jesus died and was buried and rose again after three days so that people can be forgiven of sin; so that they could have eternal life, a hope that this world can’t give, a peace that this world can’t give and a joy that this world can’t give. He will give us His righteousness.
Ours, I mean, anything we try to do, I mean let’s say things improve for a little time; it’s still going one direction and like you’ve already stated, sister Connie, evil men and seducers are going to wax worse and worse and they are going to look good. Even the Antichrist, when he appears on the scene, when he does come out of this political, religious, one world order that’s going to merge all together, he is going to be very charismatic and he’s going to bring a false peace and safety and he is going to look very good, you know. The world will marvel after him, they will take his mark, the 666 and will think it’s a wonderful thing; he’s come to save this world and even he will be worshipped as though he is God. This is what he desires, and people will give him this. I mean people having the wrong focus and if we don’t have our affections on things above like the Bible clearly tells us, not on things of this earth then we could easily be deceived if we are not looking to the right place and keeping things in perspective and that we are in a world where people have problems. Things go off all the time and that sin entered the world and yes, there is nothing wrong with helping somebody; there’s nothing wrong with being kind to people, but getting caught up in all this as though we are to be world changers, that we are an army rising up to kind of to defeat Satan and you know, Satan will be put into the bottomless pit when Jesus comes back. He is now allowed to do certain things and that is all within God’s perfect plan, so are we going to trust the Lord or are we going to just go with our own selves kind of thing and think we can achieve really we can’t and at the end of it, you know, it will be according to your faith. So, I just pray that people would take heed, that they would listen and avoid anything connected to Dutch Sheets and anything connected to dominionist theology and what they put out there because it is false teaching, it is false doctrine and it will lead people in the end to accept what they are actually trying to defeat and this is what they are not seeing. The antichrist system is all part of this and they think they are out there to stop it all when they are joining with it and they don’t see what they are doing.
So, just keep in the Word, keep close to the Lord and if you are not a believer then I just pray that you would come to know Jesus Christ, that you would repent, that you would believe like the Word says, know that God loves you and He wants you to be free. He wants you to turn from your sin and He wants you to be forgiven and only He can do that. You can’t achieve salvation on your own; it’s the blood of Jesus that saves and the blood of Jesus that keeps, so, and if you are a believer then just keep pressing on in the faith, avoid all of this, turn from and just ask the Lord to show you and study the Bible and keep pressing on and be encouraged. I just want to thank you, sister Connie, for taking the time and getting these notes together and all the diligent study. Just praise the Lord for the gifts that He has given, that they can be used to edify and encourage the brethren and obviously for the lost that they could come to the knowledge of the truth so we just give Him all the praise and glory and just thank you again and God bless you.
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The following are the notes to the discussion found at this link (https://www.facebook.com/tammy.cheetham.77/videos/581779202321792/?id=100014819433180) for anyone who would like to study the subject more in depth.
Yes, today we want to discuss Dutch Sheets and share some things he has written in a few articles, mainly sharing from his article entitled, "Find Your Voice and Make a Stand!" Additionally, we wanted to remind listeners about Dominion Theology as we give some information about him.
So, let’s first present some biographical information about him for those who are unfamiliar with him. The following information is from one of his Elijah List articles:
Dutch Sheets is an internationally recognized author, gifted teacher and conference speaker. He travels extensively, challenging Believers for passionate prayer and societal reformation. Seeing America experience a sweeping revival and return to its Godly heritage is Dutch's greatest passion. He is a messenger of hope for America, encouraging Believers to contend for awakening. Dutch has written over 23 books, many of which have been translated into over 30 languages. His international bestseller, “Intercessory Prayer”, has sold over 1 million copies worldwide. Dutch has pastored, taught in several colleges and seminaries, and served on the board of directors of numerous organizations. He is fondly known to many as Papa Dutch. (And, that word Papa there is a big clue as far as him being in the NAR. Many people also refer to Bill Johnson as Papa; that’s just one of those little red flags. But, true believers will recognize that when one has a false foundation it affects everything they believe. We see nothing about preaching the gospel, pointing lost souls to Jesus, but rather his focus is on the here and now. So many in the NAR camp such as Dutch have their focus on the present day with only a passing glance given to Jesus, what He has done, and that He is returning to rule and reign. It is so obvious that he is not following the precepts of the New Testament because it does not provide any instructions for preachers to bring in societal reform. Additionally, there is no indication in the New Testament we will “experience a sweeping revival” but rather that we should expect perilous times and evil men waxing worse and worse. We are warned about false teachers, false prophets, lying signs and wonders, and one would have to be totally asleep to not recognize the proliferation of such today).
And, anyone who wants to see America “return to its Godly heritage” is confused. Many have believed the idea that United States was founded as a Christian nation. However, any nation claiming to worship the One True God of the Bible would never have made provision for the worship of false gods as the first amendment of the Bill of Rights does. What we really have is a pagan nation and we can say that due to its worship of many gods. But, sadly, many are blind to this understanding and are convinced the founding fathers were Christians due to their mention of God and scripture in various messages and letters and other writings. Some will point to records of their church attendance. However, George Washington, for example, was a regular church attendee, but never took the Lord’s Supper. He would either not attend on the Sunday they had it, or leave before. Additionally, he was a freemason as was Benjamin Franklin. We don’t have time to discuss the system of freemasonry, but I will make this statement: All prospective Masons will bow down before “The Worshipful Master” and say the following, “I am lost in darkness, and I need the light of Freemasonry.” (https://www.christianministriesintl.org/article/should-christians-join-the-masonic-lodge/) (However, no true believer would say that because Jesus said He is the light of world in John 8:12 and He is the only light we need).
Now, others were deists and maintained the philosophical position which states that god does not interfere directly with the world. In a sense, He created everything but then said hands-off. Still others were Unitarians who base their religious beliefs on reason and experience. Thomas Jefferson’s beliefs included deism and Unitarianism. He compiled his own version of the four Gospels which became known as The Jefferson Bible. He removed from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John every passage that mentioned Christ's virgin birth, His deity, His miracles, and His resurrection. Jefferson considered the teachings of Jesus as having "the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man," yet he held that the pure teachings of Jesus appeared to have been appropriated by some of Jesus' early followers, resulting in a Bible that contained both "diamonds" of wisdom and the "dung" of ancient political agendas. So, he obviously didn’t believe all scripture was given by inspiration of God as 2 Tim. 3:16 says.
You know, when filling out forms, for example, the majority of Americans will check that they are Christians versus Buddhists or Muslims. But, we have to ask which Jesus do they believe in, do they serve, do they worship? There are actually many false beliefs about Jesus that turn the Jesus they believe in into another Jesus as mentioned in 2 Cor. 11:4. For example, some teach and believe Jesus is not the only Mediator.
- Some would say He was beaten up for three days in hell
- Others say He is okay with homosexuality
- Still others say He is Michael the archangel
- Many more believe He is Lucifer’s brother
- And, then we have those in the dominionist camp who believe they have to “Christianize” society before He will return
And, then for one more reason we can say the United States is not a Christian nation and that is the Treaty of Tripoli states that the United States was not founded on Christianity. Article 11 says the following: “As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion,-as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen,” (referring to Muslims). This treaty was ratified by the United States Senate unanimously without debate on June 7, 1797, taking effect June on 10, 1797, with the signature of President John Adams. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tripoli)
And, then for a little more background on Dutch Sheets we want to mention he orchestrated an event called the Turnaround Gathering and before this event took place in February of 2018, the following announcement for it appeared on Dutch Sheet’s Facebook page, and at Eventbrite.com.
“Gather with Dutch Sheets, Chuck Pierce, Cindy Jacobs, Lou Engle and many other leaders, as we shift America into its turnaround next February 22-24, in Washington, D.C. This could prove to be one of the most historic prayer gatherings in America's history. Together we will fill the atmosphere over Washington D.C. with intercession and biblical decrees, shifting our nation into the breakthrough Father desires to give us. And we will re-launch the next phase of the worldwide prayer movement! We will see a shift!”
Followed by this quote: “Let it be said of our generation that when a nation teetered on the edge of destruction, having lost the ancient path of truth and righteousness, we answered the divine call to war for its restoration.” That is from Dutch Sheet’s book, “An Appeal to Heaven.” (Well, right away we see some major red flags. There is no mandate in God’s Word for new covenant Christians to restore nations. We are told to preach the gospel and make disciples. Then, we have the phrases, “filling the atmosphere, shifting our nation, and worldwide prayer movement.” These phrases are examples of the language used by dominionists).
And, for those who are unfamiliar with this teaching here is a short description: In Dominionism the gospel of salvation is achieved by setting up the “Kingdom of God” as a literal and physical kingdom to be “advanced” on Earth in the present age. Dominionists assign to the Church duties and rights that belong scripturally only to Jesus Christ. An inordinate emphasis is placed on man’s efforts and the doctrine of the sovereignty of God is diminished. And, then, Dominion Theology promotes the Seven Mountain Mandate which says there are seven mountains, or spheres, in every society and individual Christians are to bring the Kingdom of God down into the sphere over which they have influence. These spheres are government, education, religion, business, media, arts and entertainment, and family. They say a new company of “kings and priests” is being activated in every sphere of culture to bring forth a testimony of the kingdom. However, the Word of God says this in Daniel 7:18 concerning believers and the Kingdom of God: "But the saints of the most High shall take the Kingdom, and possess the Kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever." The time setting for this occurrence is after Christ's return according to verses 13 and 14 of Daniel 7 which say, “I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. And there was given him Dominion, and Glory, and a Kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him: His Dominion is an everlasting Dominion, which shall not pass away, and His Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.” (So, we would warn people about anything connected to Dominion Theology because it distorts the Bible's Words concerning end time events, gives man authority now he does not possess, and gets people's focus off God's coming physical Kingdom and places it on the here and now).
Additionally, at his conferences Dutch Sheets often unfolds a copy of the Appeal to Heaven flag which was flown during the Revolutionary War. He says during this war the Founding Fathers acknowledged they couldn’t break away from Britain and become a free nation without God’s aid. So they put this flag over the battlefields, over the ships. He says, people don’t know it, but this nation was born under a prayer movement — Appeal to Heaven. And, of course, we prevailed by the grace of God.” (https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2018/february/dutch-sheets-says-turnarounds-coming-that-will-save-billions-of-souls) (Well, we would have to ask why would God have orchestrated the founding of a pluralistic nation? That is one that allowed for the worship of all false gods as we’ve already mentioned. God has only established one nation and that is Israel. Now, we know that Israel ended up worshiping many other false gods, but with the first amendment in the Bill of Rights. America allowed for the worship of false gods and that is right from its start! You know, members of the true ekklesia are strangers and pilgrims on this earth and we are looking for a city whose Builder and Maker is God! We are not focused on establishing, ruling and reigning, the dominion, here and now, but so much of this is just, the evil heart of man really likes all this talk and it’s sad to say. In the Word of Faith we have the little gods idea. So much in the NAR they have taken a lot of that philosophy from the WOF. And, just given us this stature, this position, that we don’t have. So we need to be very careful whenever we hear any of this talk).
Now, with that background in mind, let’s discuss the article entitled, “Find Your Voice and Make a Stand!" (http://elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=21701)
Dutch Sheets says, “For various reasons, most spiritual leaders in America have chosen not to speak out on abortion, elections, and many other important moral issues of our day. These reasons include:
• a belief that spiritual leaders should remain separate from the political realm because it is "evil" and "divisive." (To this we would just say do we see Paul getting involved in politics? Do we see him encouraging believers or pastors to do so? We have Paul’s clear words to Timothy concerning the subject matter he was to preach, and by extension these are instructions for all other pastors as well):
2 Timothy 4:1-2 “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.”
• a belief that spiritual influence in peoples' lives does not give them a right to speak into their followers' social, moral, or political views. (Well, if the pastors were preaching against sin then their followers would have proper moral views as in being against abortion, for example. And, again, concerning politics, the pastors should be pointing people to Christ and not man’s wicked and corrupt governmental systems. People have always known these systems are rigged. Bribery and theft occur. No one can ever be assured the votes were counted properly. In trying to obtain votes or to encourage other legislators to support one’s initiatives, the phrase, “I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine” is often put into practice. And, on and on we could go).
• a theological belief that this is not their responsibility. (Well, we just read 1 Tim. 4:1-2 and heard the responsibilities of pastors. You know, pastors are shepherds and should be guarding their flocks. They should be pointing their members to Jesus since they actually are Jesus’ sheep according to John 10:14).
• a fear of losing congregants and a fear of losing financial support. (But, most pastors already don’t speak out against sin due to fear of both of these things).
• a fear of the IRS. (But, churches should not even have the 501c3 status. They look to the government to give them their right to speak when it is God who gives us such rights).
Dutch continues: “Not only does the disengaged Church fail to vote or actively involve itself in social issues, most do not even pray regarding the challenges we face in America. A recent experience of mine in the Sunday service of a prominent mega-church exemplifies this fact. It occurred on the weekend during which President Trump would be making his decision regarding retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's replacement. This decision had the potential of shifting the balance of power on the Supreme Court to a conservative, pro-constitutionalist, pro-life majority, something America has desperately needed since the 1960s. The decision was so monumental that it would doubtlessly affect the lives of the children, and even the grandchildren of those present that day. Indeed, President Trump's appointments to the court will undoubtedly be two or three of the most significant decisions of our lifetime.
And, then he went on to say that he expected there would be a time of prayer for the president to make the right decision and he even said perhaps this imminent decision was more important than the sermon that day. And, he was stunned, grieved and angered that the people weren’t even encouraged to pray about this decision on their own. (Well, I would say I am stunned that anyone would suggest anything replace a sermon, but since I have listened to and read about many services where the sermon time was pushed to one side with the excuse that a move of the Holy Spirit is taking place and the pastor didn’t have time to give the message that day so I really am not surprised. Rom. 10:17 says, “Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God” so the Word should always be preached. Additionally, the Holy Spirit always points to Jesus. But, as we will learn in just a minute this business about being so concerned that certain people will be nominated as Supreme Court justices so all societal ills can be fixed and/or avoided is a waste of time.
Now, many people assume Republicans will be pro-life and Democrats pro-abortion and I assume this is what Dutch believes when he discusses Pres. Trump and his possible Supreme Court appointments. However, such was not the case with the court that decided Roe v. Wade. In preparing this discussion, I thought it would be interesting to research the religious and political beliefs of those on this court and also which presidents nominated them. And, just to note one of the men was a Catholic and the other eight all belonged to Christian denominations. You know, we hear so much about putting Christians into the “mountain of government,” these days as if this will solve so many problems, but it didn’t help in this situation, did it?)
And, just to mention, the court case was decided with seven justices in the majority and two dissenting. The court held that a woman's right to an abortion was protected by her right to privacy under the Fourteenth Amendment.
So, let’s go down the list of the men:
William Douglas – He was a Presbyterian and a Democrat, and was nominated by Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat. He voted with the majority.
Thurgood Marshall – He was Episcopalian and a Democrat. He was nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. He voted with the majority. (So, these two voted the way most would assume they would have since they were Democrats and were nominated by Democratic presidents).
Potter Stewart – He was Episcopalian and a Republican, and was nominated by Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican. But, he voted with the majority.
Warren Burger – He was a Presbyterian and a Republican. Pres. Nixon, a Republican, nominated him and he voted with the majority.
Harry Blackmun – He was a Methodist and a Republican. He was nominated by Richard Nixon who was also a Republican as I just mentioned. He voted with the majority. (So, here is an example to show that no matter if Christians vote for a president they think will nominate Supreme Court justices who will do the right thing morally, there is never any guarantee of such. These Republican presidents nominated Republicans for the Supreme Court, the Senate confirmed these nominees, and then they voted FOR Roe v. Wade).
William Brennan – He was a Catholic and a Democrat. Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican as I have mentioned, nominated him. He voted with the majority.
Lewis Powell – He was a Presbyterian and a Democrat. He was nominated by Richard Nixon, a Republican as I have mentioned. He voted with the majority. (So, for those thinking if I vote for a Republican president he surely will nominate Republicans for the court and they will do the right thing morally speaking, which we already saw they didn’t, but it didn’t work out so well in this case, did it? And, who is to say it will in the future?)
Then, we have the only two who voted against it. William Rehnquist – He was a Lutheran and a Republican. He was nominated by Richard Nixon, a Republican as I have mentioned several times. He dissented with the majority. (This one justice voted the way believers would have expected (or the people who are caught up in politics, which I am hoping believers aren’t), the rest of the Republicans to, but obviously this one vote is going to make the difference when you have nine people voting).
Byron White – He was Episcopalian and a Democrat. He was nominated by John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. He dissented with the majority. (And, this justice voted opposite of the way most would have expected. But, obviously he voted the correct way, but again with just two dissenting it didn’t make any difference).
(You know, sister Tammy, we heard the argument that the current president could possibly nominate two or three Supreme Court justices from one particular ministry many times during the last election season. We heard it was so important that a conservative president would win so conservative justices would be nominated. But, it is obvious that we cannot always predict how court cases will go before they are actually decided. And, sadly, this ministry and many others have stayed on the Trump bandwagon no matter what he says or does).
Continuing with the article by Dutch Sheets, based on the facts, any honest deduction must conclude that the American Church's silence and withdrawal from the public square has allowed those who do not espouse Biblical values nor honor our Christian heritage to take over much of America's leadership. Obviously, the opposite could have occurred: had the Body of Christ been engaged we could have prevented abortion, infanticide, the rejecting of America's Christian roots, the taking over of our education system by humanists and secularists, God's expulsion from the public square and more. By default, we helped create that which we loathe. (Well, concerning abortion, the church couldn’t have prevented it. Preaching the gospel and preaching that abortion is sinful could have had an effect, but this isn’t what Dutch is talking about because he doesn’t mention either one. We have to assume he means if the church told their members to always vote for a presidential candidate who was against abortion these presidents would have nominated Supreme Court justices who would never have decided Roe v Wade as they did, but we just debunked that idea).
And, then the truth is that banning abortion does not reduce it. Countries that restrict abortion the most have the highest rates of abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
And, this is a quote by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: “Historical and contemporary data show that where abortion is illegal or highly restricted, women resort to unsafe means to end an unwanted pregnancy, including self-inflicted abdominal and bodily trauma, ingestion of dangerous chemicals, self-medication with a variety of drugs, and reliance on unqualified abortion providers. Today, approximately 21 million women around the world obtain unsafe, illegal abortions each year.”
In the U.S. before Roe v. Wade, ACOG says an estimated 1.2 million U.S. women got illegal abortions every year (https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/abortion-u-s-five-key-facts-n889111). (As we have said many times a heart change is required in these cases and that only comes through salvation.
And, concerning rejecting America’s Christian roots, we already asked why would God orchestrate the founding of a pluralistic nation that allowed for the worship of false gods? I truly believe people who have been worshiping this nation, its political system, its leaders, and so forth, need to really think about that question.
And, speaking of God’s expulsion from the public square is quite ironic because Dutch and all the others who believe in the toleration of false gods, i.e., religious liberty, have made provision for the inclusion of many false gods in the public square. So, this means you are upset about God being pushed out of the public square, but you care not at all that many false gods have overtaken it. This makes no sense. You know, we talk about it all the time, that with religious liberty you’re saying okay anybody who wants to come in and worship their gods and then later we’ll come back around the backdoor and we’ll have to try and convince them about the true gospel. That’s just ridiculous).
Dutch continues: Can the fruit of America's sin and the Church's silence be reversed? Yes and no. Just as those who were killed by the Nazis could obviously not be brought back, we obviously can do nothing to undo the deaths of 60 million aborted babies. But we, like the allied forces of WWII, can stop the senseless killing and heal the land (2 Chronicles 7:14). (Well, the information I just gave concerning abortions shows that they can be made illegal again, but this won’t stop people from having them. Whatever the wicked heart of man wants to do it’s going to do. Even with the threat of any type of punishment people will still. Oh, the law says this and that; we’re just going to see if we can get away with something. We’re going to try and go around the law and so forth. But, then he says we can heal the land and I thought that was quite interesting. This is the first time I have ever heard anyone say the Church can heal the land. We know the second part of this verse says, “…then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land,” and God is speaking in this verse so I don’t know what Dutch is thinking here. But, even if he quoted it correctly it cannot be applied today; we’ve mentioned this many times in our discussions because so many people quote this verse. A study of this verse in context indicates that the promise of 2 Chronicles 7:14 is based on the covenant between God and Israel; it is not based on God and any other nation or people. Again, we are not looking to make things better now and, as Christians, we don’t have land here that needs to be healed. Again, we are looking for a city whose Builder and Maker is God!)
And, he goes on to say: This pro-death scourge on our nation's history need not continue. I believe God is offering the American Church – and consequently our nation – an opportunity for a historical course correction.
And, at this point I want to include part of an article Dutch wrote for Charisma magazine that was published on Dec. 16, 2016. In this article he said, “The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States was part of God's mercy.” He said someone shared a vision with him and its interpretation was that in answer to the prayers of the church, a great awakening and reformation—a "new birth"—would begin for America on Nov. 8 of 2016, and that, of course, was the day Donald Trump was elected.
He went on to say this: "I certainly don't see President-elect Trump as fathering this movement, but I do see him as an agent of change who, in some ways, will prepare the way ... a forerunner of sorts. I also believe the mercies of God spared us from Mrs. Clinton and her incredibly liberal ideologies—a leadership which would have moved us farther away from the turnaround we so desperately need. I shudder when I think about the 30-40 year tenure of the liberal Supreme Court she had planned to appoint. America may never have recovered from such devastation." (https://www.charismanews.com/politics/opinion/61909-dutch-sheets-president-elect-trump-s-victory-was-god-s-mercy) (Well, how many times have we had the thought, or said, that if Hillary Clinton had gotten in; you know, she is the obvious evil, she is the “big scary monster.” And, Christians, I don’t know how many, but you know, would have recognized that. Some of the things she was trying to bring in; I truly believe they would have been praying more, would have just been more in the Word, recognizing that we are so close to Christ’s return, we are in the end times. But, when you get someone like Donald Trump who has this advisory board of “evangelical pastors,” who has all these people lifting him up, and has people who I believe are sincere and love the Lord, but I quite regularly see posts by people, and I know they love the Lord, and they’re talking about what he’s doing for the economy. We’re not supposed to be concerned about that. We know God is going to take care of our needs. That’s not supposed to be something we’re all concerned about. We’ve said it many times; someone like Donald Trump is coming in as an angel of light. And, people have fallen asleep to this. They’re just going along like, boy, isn’t everything wonderful, isn’t everything coming up roses, just dandy. And, they’re not awake to the evil that is going on.
You know, also, we have absolutely no guarantee from God concerning the type of government we might live under. So many people think God blessed this nation from its founding and it’s His nation or something when God actually has only had one nation and that is Israel as I stated earlier. God expects believers to be faithful to Him no matter what form of government under which we live. We are seeing people attempting to change a nation, change society to conform to morals, but leaving out the preaching of the gospel. And, as we have stated many times there is no indication in God’s Word this nation or any other will have a “historical course correction” in the form of a great awakening and reformation as Dutch Sheets, and many others in the NAR, believe. In fact, in an article at Charisma magazine from 2015, he stated the Lord told him a couple of decades ago He was sending a great awakening to America, so that would have been in 1995 or thereabouts). (https://www.charismanews.com/us/49958-prophecy-third-great-awakening-is-coming-to-america) (But, as we often state in these discussions when we hear people say they heard from God, or saw angels, or signs and wonders, why should we just take these people’s words at face value? You know, there are many, many verses that would steer us away from believing in a great revival and that there rather will be many false teachers, false prophets; we will see perilous times and evil men waxing worse and worse as I stated at the beginning of this discussion).
(Well, that is all I have to for this time, sister Tammy, except to say that so many are attempting to hold onto a political system and we have never told to be concerned with such and then they are inserting these religious ideas in with this and this is absolutely laying the groundwork for the one world order).
Sister Tammy: You know like you have already stated, that no law can change the sin sick heart of man; you know all it will do is show people how they fall short. Sin is rife because of the heart of man is wicked, you know, this is what the Bible says and there is only one way to be saved and it is through Jesus Christ. There is only one way to be really truly free from the dominion of sin and that what drives the lost, the unsaved of this world, you know. Jesus Christ, He came to this earth, fully God, fully man, born of a virgin, died for the sins of the world so that we could all be redeemed and the Bible clearly tells us that not all are going to go this way because there is a broad path that leads to destruction and there is many on this path. There is a narrow path that leads to life and only few there be that find it, you know. Today I want to put out to you this narrow path because when all is said and done politics can’t change the heart of man, man can’t change the heart of man. It’s only the blood of Jesus Christ that can and He is love, because for God so loved the world that He gave us His only begotten Son that whomsoever believes on Him shall not perish but have everlasting life, you know, what is more important? Here and now, changing this and that and getting more money, improving the health care system, you know, don’t get me wrong, some things like feeding the poor, taking care of one another, these aren’t wrong things but we will always have the poor amongst us and will always have these problems in this world because it is tainted by sin. We go back to the root of it all and the only remedy is Jesus Christ for the heart of every person and this is what He desires. He doesn’t desire that any be lost, but that all would come to repentance. And again, Jesus died and was buried and rose again after three days so that people can be forgiven of sin; so that they could have eternal life, a hope that this world can’t give, a peace that this world can’t give and a joy that this world can’t give. He will give us His righteousness.
Ours, I mean, anything we try to do, I mean let’s say things improve for a little time; it’s still going one direction and like you’ve already stated, sister Connie, evil men and seducers are going to wax worse and worse and they are going to look good. Even the Antichrist, when he appears on the scene, when he does come out of this political, religious, one world order that’s going to merge all together, he is going to be very charismatic and he’s going to bring a false peace and safety and he is going to look very good, you know. The world will marvel after him, they will take his mark, the 666 and will think it’s a wonderful thing; he’s come to save this world and even he will be worshipped as though he is God. This is what he desires, and people will give him this. I mean people having the wrong focus and if we don’t have our affections on things above like the Bible clearly tells us, not on things of this earth then we could easily be deceived if we are not looking to the right place and keeping things in perspective and that we are in a world where people have problems. Things go off all the time and that sin entered the world and yes, there is nothing wrong with helping somebody; there’s nothing wrong with being kind to people, but getting caught up in all this as though we are to be world changers, that we are an army rising up to kind of to defeat Satan and you know, Satan will be put into the bottomless pit when Jesus comes back. He is now allowed to do certain things and that is all within God’s perfect plan, so are we going to trust the Lord or are we going to just go with our own selves kind of thing and think we can achieve really we can’t and at the end of it, you know, it will be according to your faith. So, I just pray that people would take heed, that they would listen and avoid anything connected to Dutch Sheets and anything connected to dominionist theology and what they put out there because it is false teaching, it is false doctrine and it will lead people in the end to accept what they are actually trying to defeat and this is what they are not seeing. The antichrist system is all part of this and they think they are out there to stop it all when they are joining with it and they don’t see what they are doing.
So, just keep in the Word, keep close to the Lord and if you are not a believer then I just pray that you would come to know Jesus Christ, that you would repent, that you would believe like the Word says, know that God loves you and He wants you to be free. He wants you to turn from your sin and He wants you to be forgiven and only He can do that. You can’t achieve salvation on your own; it’s the blood of Jesus that saves and the blood of Jesus that keeps, so, and if you are a believer then just keep pressing on in the faith, avoid all of this, turn from and just ask the Lord to show you and study the Bible and keep pressing on and be encouraged. I just want to thank you, sister Connie, for taking the time and getting these notes together and all the diligent study. Just praise the Lord for the gifts that He has given, that they can be used to edify and encourage the brethren and obviously for the lost that they could come to the knowledge of the truth so we just give Him all the praise and glory and just thank you again and God bless you.