Ellen Gonzalez (16 Sep 2004)
"Discernment"


 I have no agenda other than to have people's eyes opened. There is nothing for me to gain but criticism, ridicule, and alienation. God has called me to be a watchman, not a prophet, nor a preacher, nor anything else, but to sound the alarm when I see the enemy aproach. God will equip each of us for our jobs. Just as the numbers guys have a gift in that area, so we watchmen have a gift to discern what the sheep do not see for themselves: the approaching enemy.   The Bible tells us that many will be deceived, even the elect, and if they all had discernment and could see the enemy approaching there would be no need for watchmen on the walls. I suppose the watchmen of the old days were called fearmongers at times.
 
  Matt. 24:24 "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect."
 
  2 Thess. 2:8-12 "  And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."Isaiah 62:6 "I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence."
 
  Ezek.3:17 "Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me."
 
  Ezek. 33:1-19 "Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby."
    The Lord allowed the evil in the world during the time before the flood, as we know. Since Noah and his wife and their three sons and their wives were the ONLY righteous ones saved out of the entire world, then ALL the rulers of the world were also evil and corrupt. Satan was the ruler of the world then also. The Lord allows him limited power to deceive and corrupt  the world to ultimately accomplish the Lord's purpose.
 
  Ps. 24:1 "The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein."Ps 75:6-7 "For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another." 
 
  God destroyed the world then, and He will allow the same evil to continue today up to the point that he begins to unleash His wrath upon a world that is more evil today than before the flood. Jesus foretold that as it was in the days of Noah, so it should be again. Noah was mocked, and up until the day of the flood, was ridiculed. I'm sure there were many pounding on the door of the ark as the waters began to rise.
 
  Matt. 24:37-39 " But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."
    For those who truly desire to know the truth, and would like to read information that will allow the reader to discern and decide, please email me at the link embedded with my name above. I will be happy to provide links. For those who continue to scoff in the face of evidence, some of which I have seen personally, then nothing will serve to wake you up. We know there will be scoffers, and some of those profess to be Christians.
 
   I Tim 4:1  "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils."2 Peter 3:1-6 "This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
    All those in Sodom and Gomorrah scoffed and perished. Jesus warned the people that as it was in the days of Lot, so shall it be again.
 
  Luke 17:28-30 "Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed."
     Lot, who personally entertained two angels from the Lord who were sent to destroy the cities, told his sons in law they were to leave. They ignored his advice, and were destroyed with the other inhabitants of the cities. Only Lot, his wife and two unmarried daughters left the city.
 
  Gen 19:14 "And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law."
 
     Even Lot had a hard time leaving, so the angels had to literally grab hold of him to drag him out before destruction began.
 
  Gen 19:15-16 "And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city."
 
     One would think that with all these events happening before their very eyes that Lot and his wife and daughters would believe the angels sent from God, and would be quick to obey.Yet we are told that when Lot was told to head for the mountain, he wanted to make excuses. His wife refused to obey and was destroyed.
 
  Gen. 19: 17- 26 "And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD: Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt."
 
     The apostles were told by Jesus to preach the gospel, but were warned that many of those who heard them would not receive them. The Lord also told them what to do in this event.
 
  Luke 9:1-6 "Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece. And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them."
 
     I have been told to keep my eyes on Christ, which I do. I have been praying daily for about the past five years for discernment, putting on the mind of Christ. Without the instruction of the Holy Spirit, spiritual things cannot be discerned. Simply being saved does not guarantee discernment.
 
  1 Cor.2: 1-16 "And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ."
 
     I am not afraid of the things which are being put into place to usher in the final one world ruler. I am afraid for those who will be left behind and wonder why we did not warn them. I am not ashamed to be ridiculed, as I believe I am being obedient to the Lord to sound the warnings.
 
    2 Tim 1:7-14 "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God: Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us."
 
     I am not surprised that many, including believers, look the other way as prophecy is being fulfilled before our very eyes. After all, Nazi Germany was filled with believers who refused to believe the atrocities that were being committed even as the ovens belched forth the smoke of burning flesh. Things didn't suddenly happen overnight there either, as their commander in chief, who professed to be a believer, gradually implemented his evil plan. Hitler was a member of the secret Thule society, from which the Skull and Bones society evolved. You can read about that here:
 
  http://www.cephasministry.com/nwothule.html