True, there is no new revelations being given by God to the world. They were all finalized by Jesus and his Apostles. But there is revelation of spiritual things that were finalized.
When the Apostles went into the world to preach the original Gospel to the nations, they had perfect knowledge and understanding of the revelations of God for the Church age. What they did not have was later revealed by the Holy Spirit. Jesus did predict the Holy Spirit would lead and guide them into all truth and righteousness.
Even before the deaths of the Apostles there arose false teachers, false prophets, and false apostles. They brought into the world damnable heresies and false interpretations. This led to division and disunity among the early Christians. This was the intent and purpose of these false brethren. They wanted to lead people away from the Apostle's doctrine. And so the beginning of spiritual darkness descended upon the world. Those who continued in the original doctrine of the Apostles had the true light. The others went into spiritual darkness. Out of the darkness was born several sects. The one that rose to take control of the world was the Catholic church. This group has perverted more doctrine, faith, practice, conduct, and order than any other religion except Islam and Judaism. The knowledge of Truth has been hidden because of traditions and false doctrine for centuries.
Since it is the work of the Holy Ghost to lead into Truth, we can expect when someone comes out of darkness their eyes will be opened. They will begin to have things revealed to them. Little by little they will get more and more revelation. The revelation of spiritual things will begin.
The problem with this revival of personal revelation is the quick spiritual attack that comes to lead such persons aside into vain jangling and then chasing after alleged revelations until they are snared, captured, and taken into some cult or apostate group. While they have escaped one darkness they soon enter into another one. And as soon as they enter, they shut themselves off to any additional revelations of true Spiritual things.
I knew a brother who came out of darkness. Was born again the Acts 2:38 way. The Holy Ghost began to reveal things to him. Some were personal, some were doctrinal, and some were Church related. He had great joy in his revelations. Excited, he would often call me and tell me what God had revealed to him. I was amazed he was learning so rapidly. Then one night he did not show up for Church. He had slipped off to visit another one. At this meeting the Pastor told him he did not need to be under me, he had his own calling and he could go out and do what ever he wanted. This little lie caused his feet to slip. He was never faithful after that. Then about two months later he slipped off with a woman preacher and went with her to her brother's church up in Panama City, Florida. There he was ordained. See, I would not ordain him because he was not spiritually ready. But he wanted so bad to be equal to me and be ordained. As if a piece of paper or some other renegade minister can give him something. Well, the spiritual revelations ceased. He started getting all these alleged revelations about bondage and legalism. That holiness was bondage and legalism. He allowed his wife to cut her hair and put on pants. He started running around in shorts. They dressed their little girl in pants. Of course by this time he had long quit my Church. But the day he took advice from a lying preacher was the day his spiritual revelations died.
I have seen other men and women who have remained humble. They have not let blind leaders lead them into the ditch. They have kept themselves from evil and trying to become famous by trying to destroy other ministers. And these have matured into great men of God. Many of the others have gone off into all manner of falsehoods from baptizing babies, to circumcision of males, to law-keeping, to joining trinity churches, to utter and apostate backsliding. Some of these I pray for and others I have no prayer to offer.
Last night I had a vision of a former member who went astray many years ago. Claimed to be an evangelist. Today he is a trinitarian. He totally apostated on everything Apostolic he ever learned or knew. In my vision he was sitting on the outside of my Church door looking in. His heart was so broken like he wanted to go inside. But he would not make the move. I approached him in the vision. I said to him: "Brother ____" won't you come inside? He looked at me and said: "Brother Reckart I once loved you but I do not any more." In my vision I cried for him. I tried to love him. I tried to talk to him. But he walked away. My heart went after him in my vision but it was like I was frozen. I could not chase after him. He walked away and into the darkness and was gone.
There are some who come here from time to time just like this man. They look in but won't come in. They want what is on the inside but will not come in. They come here and to my other web pages to check in from time to time. But at last they turn and walk into the darkness. I hope that darkness he walked into was not death. I hope it did not mean he had sealed his eternal fate. But this I know, he walked away from the Truth. He walked away from the light of the revelations of spiritual things.
From my early days as an infant born again believer I have been attacked by the devil to lead me astray. I have defeated this enemy every time he has tried to sweep me away with his flood of lies, deceit, false doctrines, false interpretations, and even false revelations.
A few years back I had another young man in Church. He ate the Word of God like a little bird with open mouth. One day he asked me how I could get such revelation of the Word? I told him it was by my faithfulness and the Holy Spirit guiding me. He then said he had the Holy Spirit and wanted to know why he could not get out of the Scriptures what I did? I told him it came with faithfulness and maturity. Well he was not satisfied that he was not getting any special revelations. Next thing I knew he had some revelation that Adam was a god, that we are all gods. His theory went like this: The Word was God. The earth was made by the Word therefore the world was a part of God. Adam was made from the earth which was by the Word, therefore Adam was made from the Word and he was then a God. When I heard this nonsense I told him it was not a revelation from God but a delusion. I explained how many who have delusions call them revelations and this is the root of all false doctrine. But he would not take my counsel. He soon left to go off into other vain janglings of his own making. When men will not follow the true revelation of spiritual things they curse themselves into being deceived and accepting delusions. They make these delusions into doctrine and then claim by teaching them they are trying to bring unity to the body of Christ? Unity? Even thieves join together but this is not true unity. Neither will any collection of false teachers who rally around their delusions which they call their spiritual revelations.
In these last days, it is important that we do not follow cunningly devised delusions. And it is important we follow men who are solid in doctrine. If we do not, then the Catholic church is just as good as all these other delusion groups now spreading abroad upon the face of the earth.
The revelation of spiritual things is not given to every man. But they to whom they are given are men of mature minds and who have a legacy of faithfulness.
Bishop Reckart
A Man Who Has The Revelation Of Spiritual Things
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