a counterfeit proves it's real…

one way GOD speaks to people is by giving them a mental picture. there is a visual element to prayer.

some of you are saying, "i thought visualizing was new age."

the counterfeit type is. satan has never had an original thought in his life. he can't create because he's not the creator. only GOD is the creator. satan can only copy, pervert and counterfeit what GOD already does. so whatever GOD does, satan tries to counterfeit it.

for instance, GOD gives gifted, GODly teachers and preachers so satan comes along with false teachers and false preachers. GOD creates real miracles. satan comes along and he does phony miracles.

GOD creates genuine fellowship. that's what HE made the church for so that there is support, love and people helping each other, genuine koininia, genuine fellowship.

now satan comes along and tries to create false fellowship such as beer commercials – "it doesn't get any better than this!" if you think it doesn't get any better than that you've got a lot to learn. that's false fellowship.

beer commercials, folks, don't sell beer, they sell fellowship. they show people having a good time and people think if they drink that then they'll have a good time. everything that GOD does, satan tries to counterfeit.

GOD in the book of psalms, teaches us how to tune into him through biblical meditation and biblical visualizing. what does satan do? he comes along and creates counterfeits of it. new age channelers are simply trying to counterfeit communion with GOD.

a counterfeit of anything is simply proof that the real exists.

have you ever seen a counterfeit three dollar bill? no, nobody's dumb enough to counterfeit one because there isn't a real three dollar bill.

what about a counterfeit plastic bag? no because a plastic bag has no value. counterfeit is proof that something exists and that it has value.

it bothers me that satan has robbed many believers from the joy of intimately knowing GOD in a personal way by getting them to believe that all meditation and visualizing is new age and that's just not true. GOD thought it up first and anything that GOD creates can be perverted or misused.

just a thought from the front porch…