Prophetic Teaching by Glenice Mills
My previous word dealt with our politicians hoodwinking us with what appears as a Godly alliance. The sad fact is, religion also hoodwinks us into believing something is true, when on further searching out, we find what we thought was truth is in fact distorted lies. Religion has literally ‘pulled the wool over our eyes’. We have been duped!
Scripture has a lot to say about falsehood. If we take the picture of a hood, a piece of head covering that covers our head, we see we can also have a spiritual hood. This hood causes us to become deceived, thus blinding and stopping us from hearing truth. Sadly there are many doctrines that have been twisted and distorted and led the body of Christ off track. We are in a time of truth being restored. However for truth to be restored we must first have the lies exposed. Sadly it is a result of the mixture of man’s misunderstanding because of fear and compromise, and the enemy’s lies, blinding and deceiving God’s people. When we hear something said or done enough times we tend to believe it and walk in it until it becomes a way of living and being. It becomes enmeshed in the fabric of society, and in the fibre of our being. This is how culture takes root with its doctrines, rules and regulations and patterns of behaviour.
This brings deception, and a false hood covers our thinking that become mindsets. It is outworked in our day to day attitudes and behaviours. It is subtle. So what is falsehood? Falsehood is spoken of in two attributes in Scripture: man’s deceptive speech and his deceptive character.
Job 31:4-6
Does He not see my ways,
And count all my steps?
“If I have walked with falsehood,
Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,
Let me be weighed on honest scales,
That God may know my integrity.”
This talks about how we can walk with honesty and integrity, or falsely, deceiving ourselves by choosing to go down wrong paths.
Ephesians 4:25
Therefore, putting away lying (falsehood), “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbour,” for we are members of one another.
We are told to put away falsehood as we are each accountable one to another with what we say. Instead of speaking and coming in agreement with lies we are told to speak truth. Truth is about being honest with one another, even if it hurts or makes us feel uncomfortable. When lies are spoken (preached), falsehood takes root. I feel to speak about one important area where deception has put a false hood on women. Women have come under a ‘Christian culture’ that has deceived and bound women because of false doctrine.
The truth is, women have been hoodwinked into believing some of the greatest lies of the enemy, and the church through time has happily endorsed it. The time for these lies to be exposed is now! The Lord is raising up a mighty army of men and women ready to go into battle against the enemy. However this cannot happen until the lies that both men and women have been entrapped in are truly exposed. That is the battle!
My question at this time is: Why is it that when Eve sinned, her sin was somehow deemed as more evil than Adam’s? Why are women still being subjected to the lie that we are to blame for Adam’s sin? Why do we still have to carry the yoke of this lie to this day even though Jesus took all sins and curses on the cross at Calvary? Why is it still being preached in the church that Eve caused Adam to sin. That lie is being outworked to this day by a thinking and being that women should be treated as inferior beings. They are held back in ‘safe’ positions in the church so they do not cause ‘man to sin‘. The tragedy of this is, it is a lie, that men have also bought into and they too carry the guilt of this. Again Jesus took all our sin on the cross: that is, both men and women’s sin. Have we women not also been forgiven too? I think so!!!
Sadly this ungodly burden on women has kept them ‘in their place’ so when any women appear to show leadership qualities, they are often quickly squashed, and sent back to kitchen duties or looking after the Sunday School. They are often seen as trouble makers and often accused of being Jezebels. In fact this oppressive hood is a ‘Christian burqa’ (as well described by Lynne), though not often seen in the natural (though head covering is still worn in some Christian sects), but is seen in the spirit of most women. It is not obvious, but it is there!
It is not a shameful thing to be a woman!!! The truth is we carry a unique aspect of the Father Heart of God. The Father needs both male and female in His body of believers, because, together we are a full expression of Him.
Christianity has a culture, and that which is not by the Spirit of the Lord, must be confronted in these days and time. There are ones God is calling to come forth, both males and females, because there is much to do. Speaking and bringing truth is vital in these days. Women and the church is one area where Scripture has been twisted to compromise truth, and there are many more areas.
We need to come back to the truth of God’s Word. When we read Scripture it is very clear what the Lord is saying. Sadly religion only sees what it wants to see, and so long as it is convenient for those in positions of authority to not want to rock the boat, and upset the status quo, things won’t change. However things will change if a few bold, courageous ones, both male and female will challenge these falsehoods.
Genesis 1:27
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
This verse lays out clearly that we are all created in God’s image and as we know He was well pleased with what He had made.
As we see in Genesis chapter 2 God created Adam who walked in a close, intimate relationship with Father God. Eve was not made at this time, but as we see the creation of woman was always in God’s plan seen in the above verse.
Genesis 2:16,17
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
As we see Eve was not there when Adam received this command - note the word command. Not an instruction but a command! Eve had not yet been created, therefore it was up to Adam to make God’s command known to Eve. This he did not do well if at all, as there was clearly some miscommunication along the way that allowed Eve to be lured by the serpent. My question at this point is: why is it therefore more acceptable for Adam to have ‘blown it’ by not being clear with his instruction with Eve, than it is so unacceptable when Eve became deceived by the serpent? There appears a discrepancy here as to the level of ‘blame’ attributed to each. The truth is they were both in error and they were both responsible for their choices. However the greatest truth is the curse here in the Garden of Eden was taken by Yeshua, who shed His blood for our sins so we could come into freedom. This word is about freedom for you, whether you are a male or a female, we have all been under the deceptive ‘hood’ of these lies of the enemy. We are told to put off falsehood, and this is one area of many that we can all come into a greater revelation of the truth: His truth!
I am only scratching the surface of a very profound truth that has insidiously wound itself around both men and women, and is outworked in the subtle ways we treat one another, and the cultural doctrines that the church has spoken, and the resulting behaviours that have kept us all in bondage. We all have varying degrees of ‘indoctrination’ depending on our Christian heritage, upbringing, and what was modelled to us by our parents, culture and church teachings.
The way of deception is so secretive and hidden, because that is what deception is.
The only one who can bring you and I into greater truth is the Holy Spirit.
He wants us all to come out from under these lies and deception. It is only by His healing power that the ‘false hood’ can be removed and the eyes of our hearts be opened so greater revelation and understanding can come. All the Lord is looking for is a willing heart for Him to expose these lies. It is a process, and it is line upon line and precept upon precept as we come out from under this hood and into who He created us to be.
Revelation 22:14,15
Blessed are those who do His commandment, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.
But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices lies. (Falsehood, untruth, error, deception, cheating.) (Amplified version)
Lord expose the lies so greater truth can come into my innermost being. You Lord are the Way, the Truth, and the Life. We need your Truth like never before Lord.
Help us to receive it I pray.
