“This know also, that in the last
days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves,
covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful,
unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent,
fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of
pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the
power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into
houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers
lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Now
as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men
of corrupt minds reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no
further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also
was.”
In this particular message I will
be focusing on a subject which has come up during recent times of prayer as
well as in a few conversations with some of my spiritual sisters. I first
heard of the term "Silly Women" in the early 1990’s when the
women's group at a former ministry I attended did a study on how not to become
a woman who is led away from God by participating in malicious and ungodly
talk about others. During this time the ministry had recently severed the cords
of religious tradition and had begun to open their hearts to embrace the bible
and its full teaching on the operation of the Holy Spirit. My family and many
of the young to middle aged men & women embraced with a hunger and thirst
what the pastor had introduced to our parched spirits. Because we each had a
desire for more of God, we were able to receive what was being taught in purity
because our spiritual man bore witness to God’s holy truth.
Interesting to note is the fact
that even with God doing such a great new thing in our midst there were some
who were sitting under the same anointed word who did not want to accept the
truth that was being presented. So in an attempt to stop the truth of God from
flowing, a “silly woman” revolt of sorts was staged. Using their tongues as the
weapon of choice, this group began to come against anyone who had accepted to
walk in the truth of God’s word. In the end, God’s truth prevailed because HIS
truth always trumps that which is false.
In this passage of scripture the
Apostle Paul writes to Timothy describing how this would become a huge issue
within the Body of Christ in the last days because men would become lovers of
themselves and would not be open to being held accountable to the truth of
God. In addition we also see in this
passage that many of the people who would be caught up in all of this
godlessness are actually professing Christians.
The term "silly women"
originates in the King James Version of the bible and is seen translated as “weak-willed”
women in later translations. Being a “silly” or “weak-willed” woman is someone
who will fall for anything false and accepts it as being truth. When God's
truth is made available many will resist truth because it causes people to not
only hear and accept truth but it also provokes them to become accountable as
well. When accountability to truth is activated in the person accepting the responsibility,
they are freed from the bondage associated with doing things outside the
established truth of God.
When hearing truth, what is your
normal response? Do you accept or reject it based on how you are feeling or
what you have previously heard? Or do
you take some time to analyze it before you can truly walk in it? No matter
what your response may be in the end when your ears first hear truth, the
spirit of God down on the inside of you will help to bear witness with the
truth being presented. Additionally, a life of prayer, consistent study and
meditation of the word of God also serves as a litmus test for you when God’s
truth is first presented.
This is the season of truth as it
has already been made known by many appointed men and women of God. Truth must
be revealed so we as the Body of Christ can live and operate as true
representatives of God in the earth. Truth must be revealed so the established
plans and purposes of God can manifest. Truth must be revealed so that the
captives of all things false can be set free from the hold of darkness. There
is an old song I love from the late Rev. Timothy Wright called, “Whose on the
Lord’s side.” When the truth of God is revealed in the earth the best place to
be is always on the side of the Lord.
Blessings & Love,
Arnita L. Fields
A Scribe of the Lord, a Scribe
for the Lord
Prayer of Salvation
If after reading this
devotional and you have a desire to know Jesus as your personal Lord and
Savior, please pray the following prayer:
I repent of all of my sins
and right now I do confess that Jesus is the Son of God and that He died for
the remission of my sins. I believe that Jesus died and was buried and rose
again, and is now seated at the right hand of God in Heaven. I receive Him now
as Lord of my life and I now commit to serve him for the rest of my days.
It’s in Jesus name I do pray,
Amen
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