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Are You Standing In Hot Coals?

Lesson Five: by turtle

The other day I was thinking about how much I love I John. It kind of one of those books that set a lot
of things in order for a believer. Yet it also speaks of accountability of us as a believer. John was one
of the twelve disciples of Jesus. He walked and talked and knew Jesus first hand. He was responsible
for his knowledge he had of God.

1 John 1:1-4 KJV
(1) That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,
which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
(2) (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that
eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
(3) That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with
us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
(4) And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

John could only bare witness of what he saw and knew first hand about the Father and the Son. Over
the years I have come to understand some people understand quite well who God the Father is and
some understand only who God the Son is. No where does it say when John first began his spiritual
awaking, how old he was. He may of known of God from early years before He meet Jesus. Yet we
know after He meet Jesus he was taught who the Father was as well as knew who the Son was. His
testimony is written down in the gospel of John telling us just that. Yet has he sits and writes he
clarifies this fact that he knows who God the Father and the Son is.

The last four lessons we been dealing with spirituality and adultery and idolatry. And with dealing with
this subject there are some rules we can go by on knowing who knows God and who does not. The
issue though is not so much does someone else know God but do you know God. How exactly do you
know you know God. In a since we will be going between the knowledge of knowing if one is a
deceiver or a believer.

1 John 1:5-7 KJV
(5) This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and
in him is no darkness at all.
(6) If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
(7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood
of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

First thing a believer will know is that God is light. In other words light meaning absolute truth and no
deception. Darkness is often thought of as being deceptive.

John 1:5 KJV
(5) And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

If you ever talk to someone at any length who is bent on being deceived, you know first hand that
seldom does the truth ever bring understanding to them. It is like having a kid in trouble for stealing
and hearing the parents say but he is a good boy. He may have the ability to be good, but he is not
good. He stole that bike and was bad. The deception is not seeing the truth of the problem and denying
the problem. Most people can not handle truth or complete truth. The deny ability clause. It is easier
for people to say God is not just then to see God has being just.

Verse six says if we walk in darkness we do not walk in fellowship with God. Idolatry, witchcraft and
paganism is just that a deception. It is believing that an object can change your life. Playing with Ouija
board, or a crystal ball. Are deceptive tactics. King Saul consulted the witch of Endor

1 Samuel 28:6-20 KJV
(6) And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by
Urim, nor by prophets.
(7) Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to
her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar
spirit at Endor.
(8) And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and
they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and
bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
(9) And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off
those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for
my life, to cause me to die?
(10) And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment
happen to thee for this thing.
(11) Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
(12) And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul,
saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
(13) And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul,
I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
(14) And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is
covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the
ground, and bowed himself.
(15) And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I
am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and
answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou
mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
(16) Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee,
and is become thine enemy?
(17) And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of
thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David:
(18) Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek,
therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.
(19) Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to
morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the
hand of the Philistines.
(20) Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of
Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

This is an odd story to have in the Bible you might say. Why tell of the art of witchcraft in the Bible.
Why even show the reality of it. Several things to understand that the devil is real. Saul had disobeyed
God and the Spirit of God had departed from Saul. If you got time read this whole chapter in I Samuel
I am only posting part of it.

1 Samuel 15:22-35 KJV
(22) And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying
the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
(23) For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou
hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
(24) And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the
LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
(25) Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the
LORD.
(26) And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the
LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
(27) And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
(28) And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and
hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
(29) And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
(30) Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and
before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
(31) So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
(32) Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto
him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
(33) And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless
among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
(34) Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
(35) And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned
for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

God had rented the kingdom from Saul for his disobedience to God. Then when Saul gets into trouble
instead of waiting on the Lord he seeks a witch for answers, because no prophet could give him a
solution. We can not seek man for an answer. Many people are falling into witchcraft and do not know
it. There are people that seek minister more then God. There is a movement that has been going on
across our land, whether the ministers of these groups are innocent they maybe. Saul biggest problem
was he sought man over God. There are people looking to preachers for the answer instead of God. It
is fine to ask a minister to pray for you. It fine to seek a minister for advise and counseling. What is
not fine is when you choose the person over God. If you ask a minister to help you in a particular area,
they often can give good advice or knowledge based on things they know, but that does not make them
have a solution for everything.

There is a show called Ghost hunters on Television. There are things I do not like about the show and
things I do like. One of things that the show is about is proving deception techniques. It actually
reminds me of the old Scooby dos, which is a cartoon proving the deceptions to commit a crime. Some
people buy into these things and do not realize it. Sometimes the cause is not so easy to figure out, but
with knowledge the deception can be proven. Is there evil spirits? Did the witch of Endor conjure up
the spirit of Samuel? My question to you is do you believe Satan is real. If you do then you got your
answer. Did the prophecy of Samuel ghost gave true. David defeated and conquered in the next two
chapters. Take time to read I Samuel 29-31. The prophecy was a deception. In order for a prophecy to
be true it all must be true or none of it.

Something else that must be told is knowledge of event or understanding does not mean prophecy.
Which can mean there is a deception in a fact if it is based on knowledge. Now what else can we learn
God says stay away from devils. Lets look at some scripture.

Deuteronomy 18:10-13 KJV
(10) There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through
the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
(11) Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
(12) For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these
abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
(13) Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.

Galatians 5:19-21 KJV
(19) Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness,
(20) Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
(21) Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I
have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

These people will not inherit the kingdom of God. That not what I say that what God’s word says.
The deception and darkness is not of God. God is truth. Do Christians lie. Yes Christians lie.

1 John 1:8-10 KJV
(8) If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
(9) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
(10) If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Christians that believe that they do not sin are deceived, for the very word declares it. The best part of
this scripture is that if we confess our sins Christ cleanses us from all our sin. You can take it to the
bank, the fact that God is truth and in Him is no lie.