There are those, especially online, who are weary of all the reporting on ministry exposures. I can understand why. Emotions are charged and allegations are suspect, especially when aimed at a recognized and seasoned leader. Every week seems to bring more things to light revealing systemic problems that are overwhelming. And as much as we want to stand with any victim of abuse and help them find resolution, there comes a saturation point where we just need some good news. We just want to hear what is going right instead of going wrong.
We know by default that this is a spiritual battle. The enemy loves to divide and conquer. He knows what happens when we splinter and fall back due to weariness and discouragement. This is why I have been seeking the Lord and asking how we can cut through the muck and rally for a cause we can all agree upon. The fact is, until our hearts are united by a common conviction, our corporate authority will be weakened, our prayers will be hindered, and the process of healing and reformation will take much longer.
I would like to suggest one conviction that every God-fearing believer should agree upon. I believe there is one rallying cry that can help to unite our hearts and prayers to override the noise and clamor of the enemy. That is God’s standard for purity and holiness within His House. It is God’s standard for righteousness in the people of God. I believe this is the cause and conviction that should be our focus and our rallying cry in order to see some breakthrough.
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
When all these exposures started, the primary focus was on sexual immorality. This was the blatant sin and compromise that the Lord was exposing and highlighting. But then it quickly morphed into questioning prophetic integrity. Because a number of the exposures involved ministers and ministries who practiced the gift of prophecy, the issue of prophetic integrity began to take center stage. Ever since, these two issues have been running side by side. But instead of bringing more clarity, the unending questions and doubts about prophecy have only muddied the waters.
As I was praying into this I realized that though prophetic integrity is critical and an issue that needs to be addressed, it has complicated the process. Not only are we considering sexual immorality and abuse, now we’re questioning and scrutinizing anyone who operates in the prophetic. And though this issue has certainly contributed to the toxic environments of some of these ministries, I felt the Lord calling us to prioritize our battle plan. Until we agree on His righteous standard concerning holiness in His House, we will not have the unity needed to tackle subsequent issues.
But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing My servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
The Lord is clearly telling us the problem and showing us where to focus our prayers and collaboration. We have tolerated a spirit of sexual immorality and idolatry in the House of God. Not only have we been duped by spiritual seduction, we have yielded to fleshly pursuits and unsanctified passions. We must repent, turn from our wicked ways, and ask God to bring healing to His House.
“I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.” (Revelation 2:21)
Notice that He asks us to repent of the sexual immorality. The prophetic ruse is only a cover for these demonic spirits of perversion to gain access. Though this spirit camouflages itself through prophecy, it is the resulting sins occurring within the Body that is the primary charge. It is this sin that He is calling for us to deal with, both personally and corporately.
I sense the Lord is going to sharpen our focus in the days ahead. As if seeing things through a camera lens, I see Him zooming in, past those who have blatantly practiced these sins, to those who have also TOLERATED them. That means those that have put up with, excused, “given grace” to, or even ignored these practices within the Church. It doesn’t matter that we’ve done good works or loved our neighbor. It doesn’t matter that we’ve “endured” or that our “latter works have exceeded our first” (Revelation 2:19). The collective charge before us is that we have allowed this spirit to operate in the Church and it must be expelled. He is giving us a chance to repent and make things right.
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Here is the appeal. Regardless of your involvement in the process or your engagement in the online discussions, we can all remain steadfast in prayer. We can agree to appeal to heaven through our collective repentance and acknowledgement of our sin. Instead of bemoaning the ongoing investigations and litigation, we can stand in the gap for all those involved and pray that God would do whatever He needs to sanctify His Bride and clean up His House. We must allow His sanctifying knife to do the painful operation that is required.
Even as I am writing this word, I am hearing “This process will only take as long as we allow it.” Do you hear that? Let me say it again. This process will only take AS LONG AS WE ALLOW IT. I believe this is the word of the Lord in this issue. The sooner we address this issue head-on and do the necessary work to rid Jezebel from our midst, the sooner we will see justice for the victims, consequences for the perpetrators, and restoration in the House of God.
So, for those who are weary – remain faithful in prayer. For those who are discouraged – remain faithful to His Word. For those who are frustrated in the process – surrender your will to His and determine to do your part. Let us all come before the throne of grace in humility of heart and rid ourselves of anything that could be a hindrance to His work. If we remain steadfast to the end, we will reap a just reward.
Only hold fast what you have until I come. The one who conquers and who keeps My works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I Myself have received authority from my Father.
Wanda has been in ministry for over 35 years as a worship leader, teacher, author, deliverance counselor, and speaker.
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Wanda, my book on the seven letters is soon being published. My Letter to You is expected to be on Amazon early April. As you have written about the church at Thyatira, there is so much revelation on each letter to the churches that the Holy Spirit has given me that mirrors this word you have written.
Yes, Mrs. Wanda, I would like to send you $15 by mail to receive the online teaching series re: Jezebel principality. I do not use credit or debit cards. Would you reply and let me know where to send. I will be mailing to you on Monday, March 31. This one email is so very rich in teaching and thank you so much!!!
Gail – you can mail the check to Alger Publications, PO Box 65, Clearbrook, VA 22624.
Be sure to include your email address as that’s how the notification will come – and how you will access the series.
Blessings!
Yes, AGREEMENT!
Holiness in our repentance. Holiness in our forgiveness. Holiness in our rebuke. Holiness in our goal of restoring the bride of Christ (church). Holiness in use of ALL the gifts, including prophecy.
Holiness cleansing our hearts will bring the “symptom” of unity, because when we are “holy because HE is holy”, we are after HIS HEART, we are all of the same heart.
Holy fear of the LORD come!
Amen!
The only way that I know of to expel this spirit of corrosive tolerance to sin is to have a sanctified place that is willing to RECEIVE our collective Revelation Story, so that we don’t repeat it again. The Holy City coming down out of heaven from God is supposed to be one of transparency and honesty. In my world that will not be a reality until the Word becomes flesh and not just an enfleshment of words that sound good from far away. Even as many confirm the story online (and more so every day,) there is no safe place to anchor it.
GOD is fulfilling HIS promises. We were told and warned how it would be in the later days. HE said HE will start HIS cleansing in HIS house. We are seeing prophecy fulfilled in front of our eyes. Why act shocked or surprised. We have been told specifically to pay attention. HE has been long suffering and merciful. We have been given another chance. It is up to us how we use it. The letter to the last church is to us. Neither hot nor cold. He will spit us out of HIS mouth if we don’t change. The choice is ours. Rejoice in the joy of the LORD. HIS truth is being proven every day. I praise and thank HIM for the revealing and the fulfillment of HIS word.
Amen!
Wanda: thanks for your teachings, especially alerting us to the evils of Freemasonry.
Is the Jezebel spirit The same Spirit in operation in Freemasonry or is the the spirit of religion also in operation there?
My husband and I are to take the leadership of a small Anglican Church in Wisconsin, and we have become aware that there is quite a masonic influence in the area.
Thank you, Wanda. I’m in agreement with you and praying for the strongholds to be corporately addressed and dealt with quickly.
One thing I’ve had on my heart that also plays a part in these things is both the way many women dress and also the way men (even Christian men) are looking at them.
Oftentimes, many men will feel that if they are not actively thinking a lustful thought then it’s okay to look. But to even glance below the neck of a woman and notice anything at all about her figure is still in that lustful category. Only the eyes of her husband are to see glances of her body.
Women are wearing leggings, for example, without covering their areas below the back-which is no different than a pair of tights.
If men wore leggings and a short top, other men in the church would say something about it. But those same men remain silent to what women are wearing.
This is only one example of inappropriate outfits-we know there are many. As long as men are scrolling on social media and seeing the bikini photos and everything else, and as long as women continue removing their clothes in every ways, the problem will not end.
I am not on social media any longer due to various reasons, but pray that it will be clean one day. I’m also praying with you for there to be a cleansing in all of our hearts, minds, bodies, and souls. May it be soon!
Laser focused..”Be ye holy for I am holy” says our Lord🌎✝️🌍
May our Lord continue to use you and many others in these last days for His glory..
God bless you as never before Wanda,
thank you 😊
There are too many things the Lord is revealing to me in regards to this post that I can’t share all of it here. The Lord has recently been giving me understanding about eating food sacrificed to idols. I plan on sharing a little bit about that this Sunday during our Communion time. In these scriptures about Jezebel and in the letter to the church in Pergamum sexual immorality and eating food sacrificed to idols are linked. I believe some in the church haven’t honored these warnings. We have chosen to idolize some who are prophetic and sexual immorality has been the result. Wanda you have warned us before not to only use words from modern day prophets as our source for hearing from God but that we should learn to hear and discern the Word of God for ourselves. This could be how some have been victimized by Jezebel; they have only used prophets for their source of hearing from God and have been seduced into worshipping a prophet and then Jezebel has used that worship to seduce the prophet into believing things about themselves that aren’t true and that has led to sexual immorality which is a defilement of our bodies that are supposed to be a place of worship for Jesus, not Satan and demons; our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. And those who remain silent and tolerate these demonic things are leading the church into being lukewarm like the church in Laodicea in Revelation 3 which results in being spewed out of the Lord’s mouth. The call in verse 19 to repent is a repentance from being lukewarm or as it says in the NLT to turn from indifference; indifference, tolerance and being lukewarm go hand in hand. Our baseline for the church regarding purity and righteousness is the work of the Holy Spirit to sanctify us and make us holy; 1 Thessalonians 4:3, “For this is the will of God, your sanctification [which leads us to holiness]; that you abstain from sexual immorality [which defiles our bodies and is the exact opposite of holiness];” (brackets are my addition). 1 Thessalonians 4:7, “For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.”