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    TEMPTATION AND SIN

    It is amazing that a main clue to overcoming temptation is built right intothe Lord's prayer, particularly the statement, "lead us not into temptation butdeliver us from evil." It is Satan's job to tempt and it is the work of the HolyGhost to keep us from being led into temptation. So it is really a matter ofcommonsense to understand that first, we must know how the devil temptseach of us as individuals and to ensure that we do not grieve or quench theHoly Ghost as He protects us from yielding to temptation. Since He is ourHelper, we have to create and maintain conditions conducive to receiving Hisassistance.

    In Part One, I shared a personal testimony concerning my sin. I certainlyheard from some of you about this testimony. You've made some veryinteresting, and in some instances, your comments have been insightful and

    thought provoking. One wrote, "I am not questioning your salvation, BUT,"while others declared, "I can't believe that you have only sinned 5 times in 34years."

    Certainly, repeated sin should raise some eyebrows about ANYONE'Ssalvation because as the Apostle John stated, those who are born of Godcannot sin. In Part One, I point out that the only way the saved can sin, is ifthey deceive themselves into believing that what they do IS NOT SIN. As forcommitting only 5 sins, the Apostle Paul also declared that it is the law whichconvicts us of sin. Without a knowledge of the law, there is no sin. My

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    knowledge of the law today, reveals all 5 of those sins of yesterday.

    Today, I can look back and know that I sinned years ago, because myassumptions and understandings have proven to be in error over time. Infact, only one of those sins did I know was wrong at the time it was committed.In fact, I wept the entire time because the Holy Ghost had strongly convictedme of it, but I proceeded, nonetheless. Without the law, I have no knowledge

    of any other sins. If I have unknowingly committed sins beyond those 5, Godhas granted me grace on them. If it is needful for the future that thosesins that I am un-aware of be brought to my attention, the Holy Ghost will doso because I am open to correction and chastisement. So according tomy memory as it now stands, I know of no other sins.

    Since each of those 5 sins are interconnected, today I am aware of the rootfrom which they sprang. And because I know the root, the demon assigned tome has "almost" given up with the temptations he employed to serve as thefoundation of tempting me to sin. As I pointed out, each of the 5 sins areconnected to fornication, or resulted from the act of fornication. However, theroot cause of my being led into temptation was neither lust norlasciviousness. I was set up to sin by the enemy at least 20 years beforeI actually fell to sin. I was set up with visions, dreams and prophecies.

    THE BIG SET UP!

    1. The first thing the devil must do to set you up to be led into temptation isto lie about what God has or has not said. Satan did so with Eve and tried todo so with the Lord Jesus Christ. He will either out and out lie, or take ascripture out of its context and mis-apply it to your particular circumstances.

    2. The lie is skillfully planned to coincide with your major character defect. Inmy case, I was born with a lack of patience. So he set me up by giving me aso called "word from the Lord," and then caused me to have to wait so long,that I then took matters in my own hands to "make things happen." Aftermany, many mistakes, one of my virtues or fruits today is patience..

    3. False assumptions cause the enemy to "not have to work so hard." Forexample, if you are a woman who assumes that just because she has the

    desire and the need for a mate, that God is going to send you a man fit to beher husband, you are already "set up." No where in the bible does Goddeclare that every woman has a divine soul mate. There are plenty otherassumptions that God's people make from submitting their souls to thedoctrines, teachings and practices of false and or deceived prophets andministers. The devils purpose is to use these people to cause you to makethe falls assumptions necessary to "lead you into temptation." So examineyour dreams, visions and prophecies to find the set up.

    4. Another way of seeking the Father to "deliver you from evil," is to ask theFather to expose ALL of the darkness that is around you. He will not do sounless you sincerely desire to know the truth, wherever truth will take you.

    5. What keeps darkness from being exposed is our "rose colored glasses."As long as darkness is not exposed, we will not overcome sin. To remove theveil of deception, learning from the discipline of the Holy Ghost means thatafter a person has experienced the hand of the Lord dealing with him, he isgradually broken by the Lord. When this process is complete, you will bedelivered from your former state of murmuring, fretting, complaining, personalopinions, self interest, into a state of obedience.

    According to the Apostle John, We have 3 enemies that lead us intotemptation: the world, the flesh, and the Devil. According to experience, theworld is the first to be overcome. If you can overcome the temptationsbrought to you by the world, then you are on a path leading to your victory to

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    overcome sin. Next is the flesh. The Holy Ghost, through breaking andcrucifixion will lead you to walk in the spirit and not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.To deal with the devil, you will need to uncover his agenda, a specialized set-up that is specifically designed to cause YOU to sin.

    To do so, we need to always keep in mind that the demons assigned to youand I will resist us at every turn with the very elements of the world and our

    flesh that are already against us. Such elements are in the very makeup ofour personalities. Therefore, we need to constantly seek God in prayer inorder to know ourselves better than the devil knows us. We need tounderstand ourselves so that we know how to act and walk in humbledependence upon the Risen Lord for protection from the evil one--a protectionwhich can only operate as we look to the blood of Jesus.

    Certainly, I believe in the bible. However, those who claim a strict adherenceto it often misapply what they read and study, putting others in bondage. Wemust first realize the bible is a book that was written to others. Surely we areblessed to have an opportunity to read it. Just know that Christians in severalcenturies did not have the same opportunity. The fact that we HAVE thewritten word at our fingertips is both a blessing and at times, it can be a cursewhen it is not "properly divided" or in other words, misapplied. As long as youkeep yourself open to all truth that will give you light upon any possible ground

    that you may have given to the spirits of evil to be successful in leading youinto temptation. It is a constant check and re-check to see if the enemyhas gained admittance into your mind, your soul, your spirit and your body.

    Therefore, the Lord's prayer is actually an outline for not falling to temptationthat leads to sin, particularly, "lead me not into temptation, but deliver me fromevil or "the evil one." If you find that you have resisted and refused anyspecific ground and you still cannot get rid of it, you must seek light from Godregarding the cause. The cause can often be found in your past thoughts andbeliefs. When God exposes the darkness and you have repented by refusingto act and function in former ways, the enemy has to give up the ground.However, he won't give it up until you have disavowed it. Disavowing thetemptation is not only verbal descent. All ground is not necessarily removedat the moment that you have expressed your refusal. No! Your refusal mustbe reasserted by your actions or lack thereof, and you've got to stand your

    ground until each point of captivity is detected and refused. Faith withoutworks is dead.

    For example, your unsaved family---even those that insist that you go tochurch because it is a family custom---- is "the world." Very often, the enemywill use family and friends as the tools to "lead you into temptation." God hasshed light on your situation in His own way. The bottomline is that you haveto stand on what has been revealed to you and not the opinions andpromptings of the significant others in your life. Remember that even thoughwe wrestle not against flesh and blood but principal ities and powers, you mustresist the temptation to passively give in to those who can pull your emotionalcords and strings.. If you give in, you will remain deceived and even be ledinto sin by the temptation of other people's opinions and beliefs. It is importantto be aware that when the demons assigned to you see that their hold iscoming to an end, they do not let go until the cause is fully removed, and theywill attempt to "re-tempt" you if the thing through which they have attacked stillexists in any degree. The methods of demonic temptation are what I call "theIONS,"---attraction, seduction, deception, distraction, accusation, andcondemnation are but a few.

    In "Secrets of Spiritual Warfare," by Jessie Penn Lewis, the "fighting through"period is a very painful time:

    "There are bad moments of acute suffering and intense struggle, arising out ofthe consciousness of the resistance of the powers of darkness in their contest

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    for what the believer endeavors to reclaim. The moment he begins toadvance from weakness into strength, he becomes aware of the strength ofthe evil spirits resisting him; consequently, he feels worse when fightingthrough. This is a sign of deliverance, although the believer may not think orfeel it is so. The last thing given to the spirits of evil is generally the first thingremoved because light is given upon the experience of the moment anddeliverance from bondage of the moment is the most urgent need.

    Sometimes it is the advanced stage of terrible bondage that reveals aperson's condition to himself, and it is not until he starts, point by point, to fightback to his normal condition that he discovers the depth of the pit he hasfallen into and the slow work of regaining the liberation of his whole being fromthe power of the deceiving enemy. " (pg. 206)

    RELIGION: A STRONG TEMPTATION

    Religion is what we are all used to and religion is of the devil. With mostChristians, religion is an endeavor to be what we are not and to do what wecannot do. Religious people are always struggling not to love the worldbecause deep in their heart, they love the world. I am so far removed from theworld, that I sometimes need a wake up call as to "where I really stand."Recently, I was invited to participate in an African American Group called"Sisters," on Facebook. I thought it a good opportunity to reach churchgoing

    women of color. All of a sudden, I started to get loads of status posts on mycell phone. I discovered that the concerns the women on this group have as"hot topics" is so foreign to me, that I had to delete myself from the group.I would not allow myself to be contaminated by a group that is overcome withthe issues of this world.

    Then again, religious people are always trying to act humble, because deepin their hearts, they are really proud. The proud are recognizable becausethey always have a need to defend themselves, to have the last word, and toascend over others. The temptation that the demon assigned to you isdesigned to draw you out to vindicate your own integrity. So many are peoplepleasers, and therefore, they can't share their sins with other saints, becausethey expect to be judged and they actually care what others think of them. Iam able to share my sins with others because people pleasing is no longer apart of my character. We need to keep at the forefront of our minds that only

    the Holy Ghost can bear witness of who we are, as long as we leave thebuilding of our character in His hands. Self vindication is a sign of the subtlelife of self that only reveals itself AFTER we experience spiritual power, foreach stage of spiritual growth has its own temptations and perils.

    Consequently, religion is both a temptation and a peril that can lead us tosin for several reasons and in countless ways. Since religiosity takes the jobof the Holy Ghost into our own hands, those who are legalistic attempt to growthemselves and others by judgmental rules and standards that createbondage. Those in bondage through legalism will find themselves in a perilouscaptivity. The reason why I have memory of only 5 sins in 34 years isbecause I do not allow the legalism of man and the accusations of the devil toput me into condemnation. How I overcame religion is described step by stepin my book entitled "Come Out of Her God's People," with an excerpt in thenext reading within Pam's Book Corner. As I pointed out in Part One, sexualsin is no match for spiritual fornication which is a form of religion that leads toidolatry.

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    PAM'S BOOK CORNER

    An Excerpt from "Come Out of Her, God's People."

    If you have not yet gleaned in the preceding chapters my

    reason for self disclosure, bluntly put, in the likeness of the prophetJoel, I am blowing the trumpet and sounding the alarm in what Ibelieve to be very close to the last of the last days. I stand in a unique

    place because I could not blow the trumpet or sound the alarm whilestill a part of Zion myself. As a consequence, I am akin to awhistleblower or a defector from the ordained clergy, bellowing quite

    loudly with an urgent cry to churchgoers to COME OUT OF HER,

    LEST YE RECEIVE OF HER PLAGUES. To the un-churched, I

    simply say, STAY OUT OF HER.

    A benefit of longevity is the ability to look back at the pastwith new insight that were out of reach in days gone by. For example,

    when I consider my youth, undoubtedly I escaped the plagues thatlurked in both the spiritual and the natural alleys of inner city life. Sin,

    destruction and death set its deadly traps, yet without the shelter ofreligion or the protection of the organized church, I survived the ghettounscathed. Even the allure, domination and control of new age

    occultism couldnt keep me bound once the cross and the resurrection

    turned me into a new creation. Without a doubt, my three years in the

    occult were very dangerous. To say the least, the poltergeistoccurrences alone could have plagued me with a lifetime of mental

    illness. And lets not forget the manifestation of a being whoresembled the fallen angel who calls himself St. Germain. Seeing

    him manifest was enough to take anyone over the edge. Not even

    seeking after God or the church, the Holy Ghost sought me out. Not

    only did I escape occultism, I became born again.

    Yet the biggest shock to both myself and Satan is that I was

    able to escape the organized church. By now, the perceptive readerhas come to realize that fallen angels have fought long and hard over

    me for 25 years, to obtain just enough ground to keep me perpetuallydeceived. With every little bit of counterfeit guidance, manifestations ofvarious chills and thrills to my body, whispers in my itching ears ever

    so softly, the religious devil thought that he had firmly secured hisground. The beauty of the strategy is that without much effort on the

    devils part, both my faith and my sincerity, in point of fact, kept the

    deception alive.

    The chief avenue of attack was directed toward building a solid,impregnable bridge between my natural propensity toward signs andwonders and a busy, intersecting freeway of clever counterfeits of the

    divine presence and operations of God. Seemed foolproof. By meansof subtle suggestions, frequent, almost constant dreams, a few keyvisions, and with outstanding prophecies of a future ministry lodged in

    my mind, I personally validated the overall deception by my ownassumption that it all was from God.

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    So how did I escape? The road to freedom was as Jesussaid. My love for the truth consistently and continually shut down each

    and every road that led to the deception. First and most important, Ifaced truth about myself. I did as James advised. I resisted the devil

    by humbling myself and defeating personal pride. Afterward,moving toward freedom began by searching through my memory

    for every supernatural experience that I have had in 33 years. Mostimportant, as each experience proved to have been sent to me by thedeception of a fallen angel, I denounced it, not only verbally but in all

    of my actions and practices.

    Case in point, when I realized that my ministerial name hadbeen inspired by a prophecy sent to me by a fallen angel through a 9

    year old girl, I renounced the name and dropped it from my website,business cards, in short, every facet of my service for God. I lost

    hundreds of website visitors a day for more than a year. A name I hadardently used for 25 years, today I restrain myself from even

    making reference to it in casual conversation. Yet another example, Ipreached an average of 100 sermons a year for 20 years. Yet, when I

    discovered that sermonizing is both human and demonic and not at alldivine, as much as I love to preach, I stopped delivering sermons.Likewise, when it was revealed that a fallen angel had led me into

    deliverance ministry, I set casting out demons aside until I coulduncover some more answers.

    As it stands, once I realized that I had been duped, I rejectedall things supernatural including my own soul power. For example,

    when I sleep at night, Ive learned to place a stop sign that acts as a

    roadblock to the supernatural activities of my own soul. Very few

    dreams get through my roadblock. On rare occasions, when acommunication gets through, I will my mind to forget it and when I

    wake up, its gone. Without the dreams at their command, the demonsthen find someone they can use to speak through to get their

    message across to me. These human channels unknowingly come tome, sending me demonic messages. Ive been known to respond with

    a get thee behind me Satan.

    Regarding my own pastorate, on July 8, 2007, I was shownthat those who assembled in the church I founded in 1996 had beenliving double, even triple lives: a Christian face before me when weassembled and a worldly face at home, on the job and in the localcommunity. I attempted to immediately shut the church down. Eventhough I resigned, members continued to assemble in the house of myassistant pastor. I attended on Sundays, but I did not preach orteach. It took two years, but my assistant pastor finally came to realize

    that I was right. There was no fruit for Christ among us. As of thesummer of 2009, the doors of Healing Waters are closed.

    There are many who practice a professing Christian religionwho live under a curse because they have either added to or takenaway from the gospel of Jesus Christ. I have found from our studiesthat demons are having a field day with professing Catholics,Mormons,(Latter Day Saints) Jehovah Witnesses, Coptics, ChristianScientists and others. When you profess to be a Christian yet Jesus

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    is not Lord and the Holy Spirit is not God in your so called Christianfaith, demons will use this fact against you as an occasion to rule inyour life. The demons will be successful because you are practicing areligion that has "added to the gospel."

    Some claim to believe in Jesus Christ, yet they associatethemselves with cultish groups such as freemasonry or participate inoccult practices that are directly or even indirectly linked to thereligious rites and customs of non-Christian belief systems, like yoga,transcendental meditation, chanting, reincarnation and the like. In fact,some mainline denominational churches are rapidly embracing what isnow called "Christian Yoga." They have ignorantly opened themselvesto the evil side of the invisible world.

    Demons will undeniably bow at the name of Jesus Christ ofNazareth even among the heathen,--- those who have never believedon Him. Why? Because David declared it in Psalm 2. When JesusChrist was raised from the dead, the Father turned to Him and said"Ask of me anything and I will give to You, My Son, the heathen foryour inheritance." I believe that Jesus asked the Father to give Himthe heathen. So if you are lost and do not have the Lord in your life,

    Jesus Christ is still your God, whether you believe in Him or not. Theproblem for you, though, is that even though He has you, you cannotreceive Him until the Holy Ghost draws you to the cross and yourepent as an unclean sinner. As long as "you do not haveJesus", demons will wipe up the dirty streets of the world with youand those assigned to you will destroy you, despite the fact that Jesusowns you.

    Since Jesus is the one with the keys to hell and death, He willbe the one who will incarcerate you in hell for eternity in spite of thefact that He died for you. In fact, I can cast demons from youtoday and they WILL come out in fear of His name. Even so, Jesussaid that they will come back with a fury seven fold stronger than your

    original state if you do not receive Him as your Lord. (Matthew 12:45)The good news of the gospel is that we can set you free in the Nameof Jesus Christ of Nazareth also. In fact, it is easier to set the heathenfree from a non-religious demon than those who are worshipping afalse "so called Christian" god. Those who have experienced Hispower in setting them free will most often bow to His Lordship andbecome truly saved.

    A word of warning. Just because you have not yet felt theramifications of a plague, does NOT mean that you have escaped it.It may manifest at the end of your life or even in the lives of yourchildren and grandchildren. For example, freemasonry in the churchis a major example of how the Fake Jesus has established a seat incountless organized churches. In fact, many of mainlinedenominations were even founded by practicing freemasons, withfreemasons in the pulpits yet today. I suggest that you read a ratherunderstandable and concise teaching from an internet article:[1] Hereis an excerpt.

    "The Masonic temple is a temple ofwitchcraft! There is no doubt about that. Veiled

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    within its symbols are the deities and even theworking tools of witchcraft! The blazing star at thecenter of the lodge is the witch's pentagram, symbolof the god of Satanism, Set. The letter "G" stands forgenerativity, sexual potency."

    Both witchcraft and religious demons and devils are not easyto cast out because they require the captive to disavow the actions ofnot only their church families but also their own personal family. Mostcaptives refuse to do so and as a consequence, they remain bound.Even so, what is impossible with man is possible with God. What youneed to know is that God will give you grace, but as James points out,God resists the proud. As you draw near to God through the humilityof repentance, you can cleanse your own hands if you will disavowboth your Christian church and those family members who havetransgressed through the idolatrous practice of freemasonry and otherforms of witchcraft that have either added to or taken away from thegospel of Jesus Christ.

    Such an admonition is made to those who enter every church

    who has added to or taken away from the gospel. For example, thosein the word of faith movement have been adding to and taking awayfrom the gospel for the last 3 decades with the prosperity gospel,name it and claim it, and countless other doctrines andteachings. Denominational churches are known for acceptingfreemasonry, yoga, and forms of worship that counterfeit the HolyGhost. If you have "been there and done that," I warn you that thecurse is near you. So draw near to God by humbling yourself andadmitting your error, and God will give you grace and lift you up out ofyour bondage. ( James 4)

    At the present time, I need power to remove the veil ofconfusion and blindness that is causing churchgoers to be deceived

    into worshiping the Fake Jesus. I need Gods power to draw peoplewho are in bondage to religious angels---people trained in false

    doctrine and idolatry. The enemys mission is moving toward itsculmination. Yet even though I believe that fallen angels have

    empowered thousands of churches and ministries that preachprosperity to the exclusion of the gospel of Jesus Christ, my biblicalunderstanding tells me that those who are a part of the remnant in the

    last days shall be totally immersed in Gods power and therefore it isimperative that the elect be able to discern what is truly of Him from

    the supernatural manifestations of fallen angels. Since a remnant is apiece of an old garment, I suspect that implicit in the words meaning

    is a symbolic message that the last generation of believers shall be asempowered as the first one was, for they are cut from the same cloth.

    More on the remnant in the final chapter.

    If you have gleaned anything meaningful from my testimonythus far, you should now realize that no one can really demonstrateGod's power with his own goodness, human wisdom or intelligence.

    The truth is that there is no therapy, no method, no 12 steps, noapproach or technique that can contend with the might and strength of

    the devil and his fallen angels. The Bible records in Acts 10:38 howGod anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power,

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    who went about doing good and healing ALL that were oppressed ofthe devil, because God the Father was with Him. If God was with

    Jesus and the remnant are with Jesus and Jesus IS God the Son,then wherever the remnant go, God is going with them.

    That is why I had to examine myself, seek the Lords face, cry

    out in prayer for Him to expose the darkness that surrounds me. AndHe did so. I backed up and fell prostrate before Him. I backed up withmy intelligence, my personality, my beauty, my human wisdom and

    human know-how, with my opinions, interpretations and perceptionsbecause all these things are human power and human power is NO

    POWER against the devil. In fact, all the devil was doing was mockingme when my healings failed---when the demons I thought were cast

    out were still there---when the word I preached of righteousness andholiness fell on wayside, thorny and stony ground. It was sheer

    mockery until my eyes were wide open. Once I knew the real deal,

    the mockery suddenly stopped. I successfully resisted the devil with

    humility. Just as the Apostle James wrote, he has fled from me, with aquickness. (James 4:7)

    The bottom line is that any faith that does not preach thegospel of Jesus Christ as presented in the bible is participating in the

    worship of Satan in a different form. You may not be drawing apentagram and having a black mass, but you might as well. You are

    not worshipping the Father. The devil has tricked you into worshippinghim by seducing you with false doctrine. People in religious bondagecannot be drawn by human wisdom. We can't even draw them by

    arguing the scriptures. I look at the advice that was written to Titus."Avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions and strivings about

    the law. They are unprofitable and they are useless. (Titus 3:9) It isuseless to come against people about their faith with arguments and

    disputes--- trying to persuade them that Jesus is the only way. Whatwe have to do is demonstrate who Jesus is, that Jesus is in us, and

    that Jesus is alive.

    Without a doubt, my testimony has evolved as I have picked

    up my cross and followed Jesus. If I have learned anything at all, Ihave learned that in order to demonstrate power, I must die daily---in

    other words, be crucified with Christ, and thereby allow Him to live outHis life through me. Crucifixion comes before

    resurrection. Resurrection is the demonstration of power. Crucifixion isrealizing that as a human being, I have nothing that I can use to serveGod with that is going to be useful against the devil. Not by human

    power. Not by human might or strength but by His Spirit My

    personality cannot do it. My charisma cannot do it. My human abilitycannot do it. Paul was one of the most educated men of his day. Butwhen we look at the text, Paul wrote to the Corinthians, he exclaimed,

    "I didnt come to you in my human wisdom. I didn't come with myhuman abilities. But I came to you demonstrating the power of God. (I

    Cor 2:4)

    Beside preaching the gospel so that the Holy Spirit canconvict and convert, the most important responsibility of the church of

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    Jesus Christ is to tend the sheep. Jesus was very particular about themandate of safety and protection when He revealed to the Apostle

    Peter that the best way a minister can demonstrate love for Him is notonly to feed them but to tend them. (John 21:15-17) To feed is to

    teach, nurture and guide but to tend is to protect the sheep from allharm and danger, particularly from the wolves. Consequently, when

    the organize church can not protect its own people, this glaringweakness stands as clear and convincing evidence of a menacingplague .

    My own case is a glaring illustration of the plague in

    operation. A babe in Christ with serious background in new ageoccultism, what do I find operative in my first church with my first

    pastor? Charismatic witchcraft. Quite the opposite, church should be aplace where a babe in Christ can learn to walk in the spirit so as not ti

    fulfill the lust of his or her flesh. Yet, what did I find? Preachersoperating as sexual predators. One non-denominational preacher

    opened my eyes to the fact that my occult practices of necromancy,channeling, astrology and reincarnation were of the devil, yet that

    same man introduced me to the charismatic teachings of the non-denominational churches, which are also just another form ofwitchcraft. A root in dry ground, I thank God that when I walked into

    church doors for the first time, I had already been saved at home.

    My case aside, I observed the plagues operate within theDenomination from the very beginning. In fact, I have forgotten more

    instances of tragedy that befell Harriet Tubman members and evenpastors than I can remember today. In most cases, the suffering

    seemed almost an embarrassment for people who are supposed tohave a covenant with God. I couldnt understand it. Most of thepeople simply repeated the same ole platitudes of who can know

    God? Well all understand bye and bye.

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