Satan Attempts To Divide And Conquer

By now, many of us are familiar with the web of deception that seeks to entangle Christians whether it is via such earthly pursuits as politics or such spiritual ones as within the hallowed walls of a church.

I guess it should come as no surprise then to find out that Satan has attempted to sow discord and dissent within the Body of Christ on the Internet too.

Hence, cyberspace -- yes, even in well-meaning Christian forums like this one -- is not immune to becoming a Web of deception if Satan has his way. Heck, just take a look at any Comments Section or Message Board to discover that ugly truth.

For example, I received a disturbing email today via Facebook. Here it is below in its entirety.


We Were Not The Source of This Article! And My Husband Has Never Even Read It!
from Nicole Payne Hadley

Hello Jeffrey,

I hope I got the write address to write? This is Nicole Hadley, Pastor Steve Hadley's wife from Harvest Family Fellowship in Reno. We have been trying to figure out why on earth, we have been sent the article, 'Why the Non Event of Rosh Hoshannah had to happen...' Or some such title, by many people who have seen it on websites, as an 'article by Steve Hadley!' And then? Some even site our website, as it's 'achknowledgement' or source! Would you be able to please remove our name and church as any 'source' of this article? My husband, Steve, has never even READ this article! And? Is not in agreement with some of it.

Some time, many, many months ago, in response to someone emailing us, asking if we had, or had 'heard' of any info regarding Rosh Hoshannah and the rapture. I simply forwarded that article, (as someone had recently sent it to us at that time) on to the person in response to anything we'd recieved on the subject. Purely for their interests sake- and NOT in ANY way- connected to Steve, OR our church! Steve had never even read it, and would not agree with some of it. Thus, that article was not written by Steve, nor endorsed by Steve, nor ever read by Steve! I never dreamed in a million years, someone would take that article, and send it on, or others pick it up, linked to Steve or our church in any way. That article, was not written by Steve- and we are NOT, NOT, NOT the 'source' of that article. It was simply an email I myself, personally forwarded to someone in response to their request of anything we'd recieved...

As there are a lot of websites that have actually posted that article falsely, as being written by Steve, or being connected to our church- and it was NOT, could you please remove anything to do with our name, or church in any connection to that article, or as it's 'source?' That causes people to think we agree with it, and many to believe Steve wrote it! No doubt the person who wrote it, would not be happy. To post the article is one thing- it just is NOT connected to us, our church, Steve, or his beliefs, in ANY way. I alone, passed it along to someone who asked if we had recieved any other info... That is ALL. Thank you so much Jeffrey. Again, if you like the article, absolutely share or post it- but it had NOTHING to do with us or our church, or Steve's views. May the Lord greatly bless your week! Nicole and Steve :)


My Response:


Mrs. Nicole Hadley,

Please note that I have received you email. More importantly, I apologize for the error and will gladly remove your name, your husband's name, and your church name from the article wherever it appears.

Of course, many of us are familiar with the web of deception that seeks to entangle Christians whether it is via such earthly pursuits as politics or such spiritual ones as within the hallowed walls of a church. I guess it should come as no surprise then to find out that Satan has attempted to sow discord and dissent within the Body of Christ on the Internet too.

Hence, cyberspace -- yes, even in well-meaning Christian forums like my own -- is not immune to becoming a Web of deception if Satan has his way. As you suspected, that 'source' that was attributed to you was sent to me as an email forward from a trusted brother in Christ who, in turn, had it forwarded to him. Regardless, the proper actions will be taken immediately. Although it was an honest mistake, please accept my since apologies for the error.

I do not take my Lord, His Word, His servants, His ministries, or His role for me here lightly by any stretch of the imagination. I will make the changes immediately. You might also want to contact the Webmaster for the Grow And Know website as his was where I first learned about that email you sent out (http://growandknow.blogspot.com/2008/12/he-is-coming-in-short-time-will-not.html).

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. My apologies once more.

God Bless,
Jeffrey K. Radt
Look Up Fellowship


The article in question, which mentions the Hadleys and their church as being the 'source', was the foundation for writing a commentary on the Rapture -- get this! -- almost a year ago to the day called "They All Slumbered And Slept".

The piece was first published on December 10, 2008 (again, not exactly one year ago since 'a full year' would be 2 days from today obviously). Being as spiritually-minded as I am, I can't help but consider our Heavenly Father's providence in bringing that column to the forefront at this precise moment in history.

I mean, with everything else that's going on in the world that's prophetically relevant I have to wonder if there's a divine purpose behind all of this even if Satan intended to use such a discovery to sow discord and discredit and tarnish some within the Body of Christ.

Either way, please note my since apologies for the error even if it was an honest mistake. Like I wrote to Mrs. Hadley, I do not take my Lord, His Word, His servants, His ministries, and His role for me here lightly by any stretch of the imagination so I have already removed mention of the Hadleys and their ministry from that entry.

Also, I'm praying that this column today will not invite another fierce Rapture debate let alone cause other Brothers and Sisters in Christ to see this as an opportunity to rebuke and pile on your humble blogger for writing what I wrote a year ago.

That's in no way meant to suggest I'm above reproof -- God help me if I ever become that type of person! -- but simply meant to communicate how I wanted to publicly cite this occurrence with the Hadleys as opposed to write an article regarding my beliefs on the Rapture and its possible timing once more.

If nothing else, I pray that those who take the time to re-read that December 2008 piece referenced above will come away with a renewed sense of excitement and urgency for God's Word. When I went back to re-read it myself I was inspired by the level of passion I exhibited. Just do your own little experiment at home and count up all the exclamation points I used for proof. HA!

You wouldn't have known this, but that is EXACTLY what I needed most today and the good Lord answered my prayers and provided! So, what Satan intended for evil, the Lord used for good (perhaps in more ways than we currently know).

Of course, we already knew that though:

Romans 8:28 (KJV) And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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