EXPOSING FALSE 'LOVE'
Posted by: prophetic <prophetic@...>
Date sent: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 23:36:11 EDT
Exposing False 'Love'
-by Clo DiPilato.
Early this morning, I had a dream after being up in prayer
much of the night. This dream was not deep at all, and very
easy to understand. The dream itself is it's own interpretation.
In my dream, I was in a city that sort of reminded me of
Market Street in Philadelphia... I think that's the street
where there are lots of little shops, and the "in-crowd" goes
to hang out, if I'm remembering the city right. (Interestingly,
Philadelphia does mean 'Brotherly Love .') I saw three
shops that had their door opened to the streets. In one
shop, it was obvious something of religion was going on
that had nothing to do with the Lord Jesus Christ. It was
very blatantly some pagan religious service going on,
even though it was just a small shop.
In the next shop, I saw three men sitting. One looked just
like Jesus, like any picture you might see in a Christian
store of Jesus. He even had a "glow" about Him (if it was
truly Him.) He was sitting off on a little couch looking very
"Jesus" like. At a desk was a distinguishedly dressed
man, like a well-honored, scholarly Bible teacher. I was
aware of another man in the room, but don't recall his
appearance, and don't think I ever really saw him clearly.
But he was there. The third shop, I was aware of, but
didn't know much about what was going on there.
I stood there wondering if the people in that shop were truly
the Lord's people, and if that was truly the REAL Jesus. My
heart was searching for the answer as I felt like I wanted to
worship the Lord, and bring my friend that was with me to
worship the Lord, too. I didn't want to connect her to
something that was not truly God.
On the outside of this shop, and suddenly in front of my face,
these words began to appear:
"For there shall arise false Christs..... [the part about false
prophets was not in my dream] and shall show great signs
and wonders... (from Matthew 24:24.)
In the dream, I felt myself then more furiously and pensively
within searching for the right answer to satisfy my need for
discernment.
And then, as if it were the most natural thing in the world,
and yet with a sudden and holy unction, I said to the woman
I was with.... someone I was apparently "discipling", and I
looked her in the eye, and I said to her:
"The true followers of Jesus Christ, the true disciples of
Jesus Christ, will be known for the love they have one
toward another."
It was such a simple little word, void of flashing lightening,
or thunderbolts, or appearances of angels... but I knew I
had spoken the Word of the Lord, and the feeling that filled
my inner being was one of great satisfaction that I had
broken through to revelation every bit as much as if I had
given a word of the Lord for any "deeper life" website or
publication. I looked this woman in the eye, and I felt the
fire of God that I was imparting TRUTH to her.
Suddenly the scene changed. I found myself in what
appeared to be a "storefront" church. I was on the front
row waiting for the service to begin, and people were
walking in off the street, and the front of the church was
near the entrance into this church. A young couple came
into be part of the service. They seemed not to be able to
agree on where they would sit.
This couple also had with them a very active little two year
old girl. There was no way this child would be still. I began
to envision her running back and forth between them in the
service, whining, giggling, carrying on, not able to be still.
That little thing would end up being a great interruption and
annoyance to my being able to concentrate on the service.
And then I woke up, and the Spirit spoke to me to consider
how I would deal with that situation if I were in it in reality.
How would I react toward that young couple that had come
to church with a feisty two-year old, obviously by their
dress not regular "church" people. They were in jeans,
heavy jackets, he had a motorcycle helmet, and she looked
just plain rough and unrefined in every way.
I would go directly to the mother, and in the most syruppy-
sweet and understanding way, offer to take the baby to the
nursery so that the mother could "enjoy the meetings."
Certainly better than other attitudes, but still somewhat
"phony". I"m not really thinking of that mother. I am
thinking of my own convenience, and getting rid of the
annoyance of a distracting child.
So, I've spent my day pondering, how would the TRUE
LOVE that the TRUE SAINTS have one toward another
handle such a situation? And here is what I'm getting
from the Spirit now. And remember, I'm preaching to the
mirror!!
God's people are so taken up with making good
impressions when they have conferences and special
meetings. People come to your "love feasts" and "oooh"
and "aaah" about how much "love" you show, and what
great servants you are one to another. You drip with honey
sweetness and gooey mushy love words of acceptance
toward your visitors. Yes, you are very impressive, and
people leave your conferences and they cannot say enough
GOOD about your church and your ministry. But what
happens when the "show" is over? What happens when the
special meetings are over, and the visiting preachers and
conference attendees go home? You fast and pray for the
glow of the glory and the beauty of holiness to be all over
you when you know "someone special" is coming. But
rarely do you make any such special effort for those ones
who are faithful to you week by week and are the true
reason you can even SAY you HAVE a ministry!!
The Lord is looking at how we treat each other, the people
we must LIVE with, day by day. He is seeing our attitudes
and judgments of one another. He is seeing when we leave
someone out of the party, and just don't care. He sees
when we go with the "herd mentality" against one poor little
saint who has been singled out to receive the "refrigerator"
treatment. He sees when we are checking to see which
way the "wind is blowing" when we decide who will be our
friends. God is not fooled. These are the "spots" in your
"feasts of charity". When there is one face for the people of
God who come to visit and a different face for the people of
God whom you live with and fellowship with week by week,
my dear friends, SOMETHING IS WRONG!!
The Lord is grieved, and VERY GRIEVED, and it's time for
the saints to learn how to truly love one another, and it's
NOT starting at your next conference. It's starting in your
midweek service, and in your Lady's Bible Study, and in
your "Men's Fellowship"meeting, and how you treat another
struggling little mother with a difficult child.... it's time for
the TRUE LOVE OF GOD to be manifested!!
God is going to start tearing up some carpet, and pulling
back the covers, and the way you treat the people of God
"in secret" is going to be exposed for all to see... The Holy
Ghost is saying strongly, the covers are being pulled OFF
of how life REALLY is "at home" when you think no one
else knows or cares. You can even look at some of the
"reality" tv shows where they show people in real-life
situations as prophetic of what is coming in the Spirit in
His Church . God is saying the REAL YOU and the REAL
ME is coming out for all to see, and there is not going to
be any hiding behind impressive gifts and ministries and
talents and connections.
Beloved, I cannot fake the love of God if I don't really have
it. And I had best not even try. It's time to dig into the
Word, and get a revelation of the love of God, of the deep
love of God because we are coming into a time of strong
and horrible delusion even more than what we are now in,
and THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL IDENTIFY THE
LORD'S TRUE PEOPLE!!!
It's not going to be our revelations that will prove we are of
God. It won't be our amazing "open visions". It is not going
to be our hands dripping with oil when we pray over people...
It won't be the "blue glory cloud" hanging low in a meeting
where everyone is getting slain in the Spirit (and I"ve
actually seen such a thing.) The devil can imitate every
last one of those things. But, he will never be able to imitate
the true love of God which is shed abroad in our hearts by
the Holy Ghost!!
Beloved, I want the REAL JESUS who is the HEAD of the
REAL CHURCH that has the REAL HOLY GHOST!!!
It's the HOLY GHOST that makes us LOVE ONE ANOTHER!!
There is a MOVE OF GOD COMING ABOUT THE LOVE OF GOD!!
They will KNOW we are Christians by our love!!
All Glory and Praise to His Name,
Clo DiPilato.
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