One Lord One Faith

Gaslighting The Gospel: Ruler Of All

132nd BDS – 7/11/2024

Remember that: Gaslighting is a form of mental, emotional and in some cases physical abuse or manipulation in which the abuser tries to plant seeds of self-doubt and confusion in their victim’s mind. Oftentimes, gaslighters are bent on gaining power and control over another individual, by twisting reality and causing them to question their own beliefs, motivations and what they know to be true.💡

Scripture Reference: Exodus 4:21, Exodus 5:2, Exodus 6:1-8

We are living in a day and time where much like Pharaoh’s heart was hardened against the Children of Israel and the authority of GOD Himself, so are the hearts of mankind towards GOD’s Word and all that is righteous in obeying His Word. You can literally and physically see that there is no fear of GOD as basic morals have been flipped upside down by a societal culture embracing a Sodom and Gomorrah mentality and lifestyle.

“And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭18‬:‭20‬-‭21‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The LORD our GOD destroyed the 2 cities and everyone in them save Lot and his family because of the same things we currently see now.. lawlessness, violence, immoral acts and behavior, corruption and an overall lack of reverence for GOD.

“Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?”

‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭6‬:‭6‬ ‭KJV‬‬

GOD’S Word reminds us of the attitude of Pharaoh and the Egyptians and what not to allow our hearts to become like. Our GOD being the Supreme Ruler of all that He is after sending down the plagues on Egypt, completed what He started with a show of His mighty power, forcing Pharaoh to release the Children of Israel from 400 plus years of oppression and enslavement. Yet Pharaoh in his arrogance still decided to chase GOD’s chosen people into the wilderness.

“But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; while it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭3‬:‭13‬-‭19‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Final Thought: GOD’S written instructions to us through the Holy Scriptures specifically details how we should learn from the ignorance of those like Pharaoh who refused to believe in the power of a GOD that they could not see. Today, we see those in authoritative positions still doing the exact same thing. They aren’t alone not by a long shot.. so to are the hearts of mankind as a whole filled with the pride of life failing to see that our days are numbered like the very hairs on our heads. Just because GOD allows us to have freedom of choice, doesn’t mean that His power overall every living creature is diminished in anyway. Our GOD is the first and the last with no other god that could nor can ever rival Him. So as His Word says: “O come, let us worship and bow down: Let us kneel before the LORD our maker. For he is our God; And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your heart, As in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: Unto whom I sware in my wrath That they should not enter into my rest.”

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭95‬:‭6‬-‭11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

-Minister Marchand, Founder and Overseer of JESUS IS GLOBAL MINISTRIES-JIGM and JESUS IS GLOBAL MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY