FALSE PROPHETS ARE LIKE CHEATERS

                                                   

FALSE PROPHETS AND CHEATERS

 “…Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?...” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV).

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A FALSE PROPHET AND A CHEATER IS ONE AND THE SAME. THEY BOTH REPRESENT PEOPLE (CLERGY OR NON CLERGY) WHO ACT DISHONEST IN ORDER TO "GAIN" AN ADVANTAGE OVER OTHERS.

 Two oxen can be joined together with a wooden bar called a yoke and together they pull whatever load they are given as a team.

However if one oxen is stronger, taller, weaker, shorter, smaller, or bigger than the other oxen they will be unequally yoked.

If the oxen are unequally yoked they will not be able to fairly share the load or finish the task they’ve been given. The two oxen can end up being completely off balance or going around in redundant circles. “…Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together…” (Dueteronomy 22:10 KJV).

The bible says, “…Be ye not unequally yoked together. with unbelievers...” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV). An unbeliever (infidel) is the opposite of someone who believes, which means they have NOTHING in common. “…What part hath he that believeth with an infidel?...” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV). 

I WILL USE CHEATER AND FALSE PROPHET INTERCHANGEABLY. THEY ARE ONE AND THE SAME KIND OF PERSON.

A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) can be an unbeliever. A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) can be a believer who is NOT walking in God’s truth. . A victim can be a believer who is NOT walking in God’s truth.

An unbeliever is a condemned person who has NOT accepted Christ as savior. “…He that believeth on him is not condemned: but HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT IS CONDEMNED ALREADY, because HE HATH NOT BELIEVED in the name of the only begotten Son of God. …” (John 3:18-20 KJV).

A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) can also be someone who DOES NOT KEEP God’s commands AFTER they claim to have accepted Christ as savior. “….if ye LOVE me… keep my commandments…” (John 14:15 KJV). “…If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person IS A LIAR and is not living in the truth…” (1 John 2:4 NLT).  “…If we “SAY” that we have fellowship with him, and WALK IN DARKNESS (like a cheater), WE LIE, and DO NOT THE TRUTH…” (1 John 1:6 KJV).

A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) is NOT righteous and has NOTHING in common with a righteous person. “…what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness...” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV).

The CHEATER (FALSE PROPHET) is governed by carnal principles similar to those of Satan. One of those principles being a LIAR. “…You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies…” (John 8:44 NASB).

A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) has NOTHING in common with Christians who are walking in the light of God’s truth. “…what communion hath light with darkness?...” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV). Cheaters love the darkness. “….MEN LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT, because THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved…” (John 3:18-20 KJV).

The CHEATER (FALSE PROPHET) is usually masquerading as a believer. One of those masquerades is pretending to be servants of righteousness. “…Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness…” (2 Corinthians  11:14-15 NASB).

A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) CAN NOT and WILL NOT produce “good” (spiritual) fruit. “…A good tree CANNOT bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. WHEREFORE BY THEIR  FRUIT YE SHALL KNOW THEM…...” (Matthew 7:16-22 KJV).

The CHEATER (FALSE PROPHET) usually “performs” fruitlike behaviors, but it is something he or she PERFORMS only to gain an advantage. “…Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity…” (Matthew 7:22-23 KJV).

One of the fruitlike behaviors, of cheaters (FALSE PROPHETS), is lip-service. They are FAR from God and their heart is NOT right with him either. “…This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me…” (Mark 7:6 KJV).  “…for thy heart is not right in the sight of God…” (Acts 8:21 KJV).

God sees the Cheater’s heart (THE FALSE PROPHET'S HEART), which teaches people how we are to truly SEE people. “...God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart…”(1 Samuel 16:7 NASB). The “…hidden man of the heart…” (1 Peter 3:4 KJV). It is “…from within, out of the heart of man, proceed evil thoughts… wickedness…All these evil things come from within, and defile a person.” (Mark 7:21-23 KJV). The heart “…is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked…who can know it [except God?]…” (Jeremiah 17:9 KJV).  

A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) and a believer are “unequally yoked.” It doesn’t matter whether it is a engaged relationship, friendship, kinship, partnership, discipleship,  associationship, or courtship; the two have NOTHING in common. “….What concord (commonality) hath Christ with Belial?...” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV).

When a believer enters into an unequally yoked relationship the outcome will be disastrous (2 Corinthians 6:14 KJV). “…Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: ...” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV). This is NOT an optional command.

“….When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry… selfish ambition …and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life WILL NOT inherit the Kingdom of God. …” (Galatians 5:22-23 NLT).

Again, “….When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear…” (Galatians 5:22-23 NLT). Unequally yoked relationships, for believers, are also called adultery, fornication, co-habitation, any form of sexual immorality, bad company, or wrong fellowship 

Let's look at this through the eyes of sexual immorality. “…When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality…anyone living that sort of life WILL NOT inherit the Kingdom of God. …” (Galatians 5:22-23 NLT).

Other believers may NOT say anything to you about being “unequally yoked” and nonbelievers may totally condone or support your sexually immoral lifestyle, whatever it is, but your allegiance is to God, not man. “…what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36 KJV). “…ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. …” (Leviticus 20:26 KJV).

Compromising your faith to be in a relationship with a cheater (FALSE PROPHET) does NOT mean God will compromise his holy standards for you. God is ALWAYS HOLY and he doesn’t EVER change. “… I AM HOLY...” (1 Peter 1:14-16 KJV).  “There is none holy as the Lord…” (1 Samuel 2:2 KJV). “…be holy, because I am holy…” (1 Peter 1:16 KJV). “…I am the Lord, I change NOT…” (Malachi 3:6 KJV).  ^“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8 NIV).

Just because you still do religious things while in the relationship with the cheater (FALSE PROPHET), won’t make it right with God. Repent.  “…For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet OFFEND in ONE point, he is guilty of ALL…” (James 2:10 KJV). “….God …now commandeth all men every where to REPENT…” (Acts 17:30 KJV). “…REPENT and TURN TO God, performing deeds appropriate to REPENTANCE…” (Acts 26: 20 NASB). "…Therefore REPENT AND RETURN, “SO” that your sins may be wiped away…” (Acts 3:19 NASB).

A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) is unrepentant and will lie about their religious commitments. You will know whether they are telling the truth by their spiritual fruit. “…WHEREFORE BY THEIR  FRUIT YE SHALL KNOW THEM…...” (Matthew 7:16-22 KJV).

A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) will tell a believer he or she knows God, but they are not keeping his commandments. “…If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person IS A LIAR and is not living in the truth…” (1 John 2:4 NLT).  “…If we “SAY” that we have fellowship with him, and WALK IN DARKNESS (like an unChristlike cheater), WE LIE, and DO NOT THE TRUTH…” (1 John 1:6 KJV).

There is a tragic imbalance in the difference of worldviews, ethical codes, moral values, and biblical principles between cheaters (FALSE PROPHET) and believers. “…What concord (commonality) hath Christ with Belial?...” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV).

A cheater’s (FALSE PROPHET'S) daily decisions often reflect the true fruit of their actions. . “…They …serve ….their OWN belly…” (Romans 16:18 KJV). “…The one who does what is sinful is of the devil… …” (1 John 3:8 NIV).

Cheaters (FALSE PROPHETS) are usually NOT willing to change or abandon behaviors that impact the other person in the relationship. “But the people (including cheaters and/or false prophets) replied, “Don’t waste your breath. We will continue to live as we want to, stubbornly following our own evil desires…” (JEREMIAH 18:12 NLT).

When a Christian is in a relationship with a cheater (FALSE PROPHET); they will often feel pressured to compromise their own worldviews, righteous conduct, moral values, and biblical principles. “…Don’t do as the wicked do, and don’t follow the path of evildoers. Don’t even think about it don’t go that way. Turn away and keep moving…” (Proverbs 4:14-17 NLT). “…The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who CHOOSE that way. …” (Matthew 7:13-14 NLT).

Somewhere along the way, the believer can or will be manipulated or brainwashed by the cheater (FALSE PROPHET). “…Let no one deceive you with empty words…” (Ephesians 5:6 NASB).

The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) manipulates them into moving away from their own personal convictions for the sake of maintaining or sustaining a relationship with them.  “…associate with fools and get in trouble….” (Proverbs 13:20 NLT). “…Thus saith the Lord, ‘LEARN NOT the ways of the heathen….’” (Jeremiah 10:2 KJV). “…Make no friendship with an angry man….lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul…” (Proverbs 22:24-25 KJV).

 A cheater  (FALSE PROPHET) may know the ordinances or commands of God, but knows he or she doesn’t practice them. They also know the victim doesn’t practice them either. “…and although they know the ordinance of God, [and]… that those who [don’t]…practice [them]…are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who [don’t]…practice them [either]…” (Romans 1:32 NASB).

The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) draws and entices the victim away through their own lusts. “…But every man (or woman) is tempted, when he  (or she) is drawn away of his  (or her) own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it BRINGETH FORTH SIN: and sin, when it is finished, BRINGETH FORTH DEATH…” (James 1:13-15 NLT).

A victim’s OWN personal areas of unbelief can make them vulnerable to a cheater’s (A FALSE PROPHET'S) deceitful schemes and lies. “…See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God…” (Hebrews 3:12 NIV). “…My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…” (Hosea 4:6 NIV). “…The thief cometh  …to destroy…” (John 10:10 KJV).

Once a cheater (FALSE PROPHET) gains an emotional advantage over a believer through a close, intimate alliance, or the one-flesh connection they can influence them almost like a puppet master. “…[Cheaters, false prophets, etc.]… are such [that]… serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple…” (Romans 16:18 KJV). “…Let no one deceive you with empty words…” (Ephesians 5:6 NASB).

Having an emotional bond with a cheater (FALSE PROPHET) makes it nearly impossible to cut off the attachment even when a believer’s emotional health is in serious jeopardy. “…Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin (the cheater, false prophet, etc.)? …” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT).

A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) gains advantage through areas of weakness and need in the believer. “…They are the kind who work their way into people’s homes and win the confidence of vulnerable women who are burdened with the guilt of sin and controlled by various desires…” (2 Timothy 3:6 NLT).

A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) will gain his or her influence by mentally exploiting another person in order to win control, power, and privilege, over them, at their expense. “…by good words and fair speeches …[they]…deceive the hearts of the simple…” (Romans 16:18 KJV). “…Let no one deceive you with empty words…” (Ephesians 5:6 NASB).

Healthy influence is different from unhealthy manipulation. Healthy influence benefits both parties in a relationship. Manipulation benefits the cheater (FALSE PROPHET) in the relationship at the expense of the other party. “…In the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves …they ….creep into houses, and lead captive (enslave) silly women (men too)…” (2 Timothy 3:1-6 KJV).

A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) is usually a manipulator. A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) deliberately creates a relationship with another person to steal or rob them of their personal power and then exploits them emotionally to serve his or her agenda. “…The thief cometh  …to steal, and to kill, and to destroy…” (John 10:10 KJV).

A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) is only able to exploit another person emotionally when they have detected their weaknesses and then uses those weaknesses for dishonest gain. “…Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it…” (Proverbs 4:23 KJV).  “…do not give the devil an opportunity…” (Ephesians 4:27 NASB).

In addition, they will slowly, but surely begin to steal and rob you of your self-respect, self-esteem, self- honor, confidence, self-love, independence, dignity, etc.  “…by good words and fair speeches …[they]…deceive the hearts of the simple…” (Romans 16:18 KJV). “…The thief cometh  …to steal…” (John 10:10 KJV). Therefore, “…Let no one deceive you with empty words…” (Ephesians 5:6 NASB).

A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) will manipulate you into giving up more and more of yourself in order to keep you serving them, like a slave, and carrying out their own self-agendas.  “…See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ…”(Colossians 2:8 NASB).

 Once a cheater (FALSE PROPHET) has you in their clutches, they will take advantage of you over and over again; making you think and feel as if you have absolutely no power to stop them. “…[You]…can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth  (empowers)[you]….” (Philippians 4:13 KJV).

It makes the victim of the cheater (FALSE PROPHET) feel foolish, when they become aware of the wiles of the cheater (FALSE PROPHET). They feel helpless, for a variety of reasons, to do anything about it. “The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin (the cheater). I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.  And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t.

I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong.  I [am] …a slave to the sin (the cheater) that is … within me (a part of me). Oh, what a miserable person I am!…” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT).

Cheating manipulators (FALSE PROPHETS) are hard to deal with and it is best not to be “unequally yoked” with them at all. “…Be ye not unequally yoked together. with unbelievers...” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV).

Unfortunately, there are chronic cheaters (FALSE PROPHETS) who are chronic manipulators that have deep seated and complex issues. LET THEM GO and STAY AWAY FROM THOSE TYPES! “…I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people…” (1 Corinthians 5:11 NASB).

Once “unequally yoked” in an emotional bond with a cheater (FALSE PROPHET) it is NOT easy to untangle yourself from the emotional stronghold they have on you. BUT it can be done!  “…I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t….I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. …” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT).

A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) uses manipulation (satanic) tactics that they KNOW will work and secure their position of control over you. One of those tactics is FEAR. For instance, if the victim has problems with “worthiness” the cheater (FALSE PROPHET) will lavish them with emotional worthiness and then threaten to take it away if they don’t do what “they” want. “...And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him…”(John 13:2 KJV).

Another one of a cheater’s (FALSE PROPHET'S) tactics is NEED. For instance, if the victim has a DEEP-ROOTED need for “love,” “self-esteem,” “acceptance” or “whatever” the cheater (FALSE PROPHET) will lavish them in those places of emotional need and then threaten to take it away it they don’t do what “they” want. “But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost?...” (Acts 5:3 KJV).

The beautiful LIES of the cheater (FALSE PROPHET) FEEL good, emotionally, for the moment, but they don’t last. The victim has to sacrifice too much of themselves for so little. They die a little each day in the relationship with a cheater (FALSE PROPHET). “…There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of DEATH...” (Proverbs  14:20 KJV). “…There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways DEATH ….” (Proverbs 16:25 KJV). “…and sin, when it is finished, BRINGETH FORTH DEATH…” (James 1:13-15 NLT).

In addition, the cheater (FALSE PROPHET) will make them think and feel they can’t and won’t get their needs met from anyone else, but “them.” “….Don't put your confidence in … people (or a cheater); there is no help for you there….” (Psalms 146: 3 NLT). “…Trust [only]…in the Lord with all thine heart…” (Proverbs 3:5-6 KJV).

The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) DOES NOT have life-giving words, but Jesus DOES. “…Simon Peter answered him (Jesus), “Lord, to whom shall we go? “You” (not a cheater or false prophet) have the words of eternal life…” (John 6:25-69 NIV). 

The cheater  (FALSE PROPHET) does NOT want the “unequally yoked” believer to ever discover their freedom in Christ Jesus or that God is the one who supplies ALL their need. “….if the Son sets you free, you will be FREE INDEED…” (John 8:36 NIV).  “…God will supply all [your need]…” (Philippians 4:19 NASB). AND “…God will generously PROVIDE all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to “SHARE” WITH OTHERS…” (2 Corinthians 9:8 NLT).

Trying to figure out or change the cheater (FALSE PROPHET) is not the goal. He or she is NOT behaving as a child of God. “….You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord?” (Acts 13:10 NASB).

The goal is to recognize that you are “unequally yoked” and in an emotional bond with a cheater (FALSE PROPHET). You need to CHOOSE to GET OUT! LEAVE THEM IN GOD’S HANDS! “…God has shown us a way to be MADE RIGHT with him…. We are MADE RIGHT with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. …in his grace,  [God]…freely MAKES US RIGHT in his sight. …For God presented Jesus as the SACRIFICE for sin. People are MADE RIGHT with God when they believe that Jesus SACRIFICED his life, shedding his blood. ….HE MAKES SINNERS RIGHT (not people) in his sight when they believe in Jesus…” (Romans 3:21-26 NLT). “…the GOODNESS of God leadeth [the cheater]… to repentance?” (Romans 2:4 ASV). “…The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for [their]… SAKE. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent…” (2 Peter 3: 9 NLT).

The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) has manipulated you into becoming someone you DO NOT want to be and you GAVE them that power. “…Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour (consume, dispose of, lie to, etc.)…” (1 Peter 5:8 NASB), “…Submit therefore to God (not the cheater). Resist the devil and he will flee from you…” (James 4:7 NIV).

If you are a believer, you are allowing the cheater (FALSE PROPHET) to undermine you OWN self-worth. “…For in him (Jesus Christ) we live and move and have our being (self-worth).’  … ‘We are his offspring…” (Acts 17:28 NIV).

The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) needs God’s help NOT yours. “...HE (God) MAKES SINNERS RIGHT in his sight when they believe in Jesus…” (Romans 3:21-26 NLT).

If you don’t escape from the cheater’s clutches (FALSE PROPHETS); how can you help them anyway? “…Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, …” (Matthew 5:16 KJV). “…Opponents (like cheaters) must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their “senses” and “escape” from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will…” (2 Timothy 2:23-25 NIV).

Even if you believe the cheater (FALSE PROPHET) is a God-given assignment, you can’t help them if you participate with their sinful dynamics. “Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord. “And do not touch what is unclean…” (2 Corinthians 6:13-17 NASB).

For example, to wives, God says, “…if any (disobedient husbands) obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives. While they behold your chaste conversation….[So]…let it be the hidden man of the heart …that ...of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price…” (1 Peter 3:1-3 KJV).

The victim/believer is allowing the cheater (FALSE PROPHET) to quench the indwelling power within them. “…Quench NOT the Spirit…” (1 Thessalonians 5:19 KJV). “…And do not bring sorrow to God's Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, he has identified you as his own …” (Ephesians 4:30 NLT).  

Your OWN maladaptation is a result of being “unequally yoked” and emotionally bonded to the cheater (FALSE PROPHET). “…The Lord replies, “This has happened because my people have ABANDONED MY INSTRUCTIONS; they have refused to obey what I said….” (JEREMIAH 9:13 NLT). “…Be ye not unequally yoked together. with unbelievers...” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV).

It is also a result of ignoring the indwelling Holy Spirit within you that has set you free from ALL forms of bondage. “..The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death…” (Romans 8:2 NASB).

The cheater’s (FALSE PROPHET'S) whole purpose, in the relationship with you, is to gain an advantage. Therefore, your authentic self and personal power is totally and completely under attack as long as the cheater (FALSE PROPHET) is in control. “….have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.…” (Ephesians 5:11 -12 KJV)

A cheater  (FALSE PROPHET) is NOT trying to be fair to you. They are NOT trying to consider your standards of life and rise to the occasion. Their agenda is about their self-interests NOT yours and therefore, or most likely, they are NOT trying to “be better” for your sake. Therefore, “…let no man deceive you with vain words…be not ye therefore partakers with them…” (Ephesians 5:6-7 KJV).

A chronic cheater manipulator (FALSE PROPHET) needs to be completely CUT OFF by the victim. The victim should NOT engage in a lifelong effort to change them and thus should choose to STOP all communications. “Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord. …” (2 Corinthians 6:13-17 NASB).

Victims who attempt to CHANGE the cheater (FALSE PROPHET) end up going against their authentic self. “….have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness …” (Ephesians 5:11 -12 KJV). “…So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!” (1 Corinthians 10:12 NIV).

Victims will find themselves spending days, weeks, months, and years trying to actually manipulate, whether consciously or unconsciously, the chronic cheater (FALSE PROPHET) into changing while further deepening their own pain and hurts. “… [GOD]…MAKES SINNERS RIGHT in his sight when they believe in Jesus…” (Romans 3:21-26 NLT).

Trying to change the cheater  (FALSE PROPHET) through passive manipulation - at the risk of your OWN, ONGOING pain - and out of desperation for a different result, will STILL not get you what you want from the relationship. ONLY“…God will supply all [your need]…” (Philippians 4:19 NASB).

Work on changing and freeing yourself and NOT the cheating manipulator (FALSE PROPHET). “… [GOD]…MAKES SINNERS RIGHT in his sight when they believe in Jesus…” (Romans 3:21-26 NLT).

What does the cheater (FALSE PROPHET) USE to GAIN such control over you? They use YOUR FEELINGS and EMOTIONS. The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) LEADS or CONTROLS you by gaining advantage over your emotions. “…do not give the devil an opportunity…” (Ephesians 4:27 NASB).

God tells us two important principles to follow in order to avoid letting cheaters (FALSE PROPHETS) gain such control. 1. “…Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind…” (Romans 12:2 KJV). 2. “…let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. …” (Galatians 5 NLT).

The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) is NOT the Holy Spirit and he or she is NOT renewing your mind in a healthy way. The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) is NOT your SAVIOR. The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) is FLESH. “…THE FLESH SETS ITS DESIRE AGAINST the Spirit…” (Galatians 5:17 NASB). “…those who are ACCORDING TO THE FLESH set their MINDS ON THE THINGS OF THE FLESH…” (Romans 8:5 NASB). “…WHOEVER SOWS TO PLEASE THEIR FLESH, FROM THE FLESH WILL REAP DESTRUCTION; …” (Galatians 6:8 NIV).  “…The sinful nature (FLESH) wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature (FLESH) desires. These TWO FORCES are constantly fighting each other…” (Galatians 5 NLT).

The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) WILL NOT free you from his or her control. If you wait too long, you CAN NOT free yourself. Who CAN free you? “…Who will free me from this life that is dominated by SIN? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord…” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT).

The bible says, “…let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. …” (Galatians 5 NLT). Unfortunately, people let their “thoughts” guide their “feelings.” In addition, their “feelings” further guide or influence healthy or unhealthy behaviors.

The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) can gain control when they attempt and succeed in influencing the behavior of others through their “thoughts” and “feelings.” “…do not give the devil an opportunity…” (Ephesians 4:27 NASB).

The cheater  (FALSE PROPHET) USES your “feelings” and “thoughts” to manipulate you into doing something you may not really want to do, but they want you to. “…do not give the devil an opportunity…” (Ephesians 4:27 NASB).

The “feelings” and “thoughts” the cheater (FALSE PROPHET) USES are those that may be vulnerable, weak, hungry, needy, insecure, low esteem, desperate, and deprived. “….Don't put your trust in mere human beings ….” (Isaiah 2:22 NLT). “….Don't put your confidence in … people (especially cheaters); there is no help for you there….” (Psalms 146: 3 NLT).

These may be “feelings” and “thoughts” that were ignored or unattended in childhood and are still ignored or unattended in adulthood. “…Take no thought, saying What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Where withal shall we be clothed? …your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things…” (Matthew 6 KJV).

 Further, there is no “knowledge” or “awareness” of a significant or healthy relationship to get those needs met. “…God will supply all [your need]… according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus…” (Philippians 4:19 NASB). “…your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things…” (Matthew 6 KJV).

The cheater  (FALSE PROPHET) becomes appealing because he or she lavishes you with flattery. “….there is no help for you there….” (Psalms 146: 3 NLT).

They appear to fulfill the needs of those ignored or unattended “feelings” and “thoughts.” And like the dry ground soaks up the attention of the rain so do you soak up the LIES of the cheater (FALSE PROPHET). “…The bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”  “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.” Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry...” (John 6:25-69 NIV). 

The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) becomes a beautiful, poisonous, and dangerous emotional MAZE and STRONGHOLD.  However, “….Human [emotional]…desire is NEVER SATISFIED…” (Proverbs 27:20 NLT). “….THEIR APPETITE (emotional desire) IS NEVER SATISFIED….” (ECCLESIASTES 6:7 KJV).

Only God can satisfy the human emotions. “….THE BREAD OF GOD is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. And Jesus said unto them, I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE: HE THAT COMETH TO ME SHALL NEVER HUNGER…” (JOHN 6:33-35 KJV). “…The Lord is my shepherd; I SHALL NOT WANT…” (Psalms 23 KJV). “…Man shall not live by [HUMAN] bread alone, but by every word (SPIRITUAL BREAD) that proceedeth out of the mouth of God….” (MATTHEW 4:4 KJV). “…Whoever comes to me will never go hungry...” (John 6:25-69 NIV). 

This grandiose gesture of emotional fulfillment, from a cheater (FALSE PROPHET), becomes his or her open door to gaining dishonest control over you. “…do not give the devil an opportunity…” (Ephesians 4:27 NASB).

You DRINK in his or her charlatan offerings like a thirsty desert and allow the cheater (FALSE PROPHET) to set-up his or her stage for power, control, and privilege over your life. “When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you: And put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man (or woman) given to appetite. Be NOT desirous of his (or her) dainties:  for they are DECEITFUL meat.” (Proverbs 23:1-3 KJV).

The cheater  (FALSE PROPHET) repeats these grandiose gestures of emotional fulfillment, off and on, throughout the relationship to keep you in control, but they NEVER lasts. In physically abusive relationships they are called “honeymoon” phases. “…Do not crave his (or her) delicacies, for that food is deceptive...” (Proverbs 23:1-3 NIV).

During a “honeymoon” phase, the cheater is on his or her best behavior and is doing everything their victim wants in an attempt to regain control and power over them again. “…Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his (or her) delicacies; for he (or she) is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost. “Eat and drink,” he (or she) says to you, but his (or her) heart is not with you….” (Proverbs 23:6-9 NIV).

This wishy-washy, back and forth emotional roller coaster can create an atmosphere of confusion. “…God is NOT the author of confusion, but of PEACE…” (1 Corinthians 14:33 KJV). “…For where ….strife is, there is confusion and EVERY evil work….” (James 3:16 KJV).

The victim struggles with SEEING the cheater’s true INNER nature of deceit and manipulation verses his or her good deeds of meeting their emotional needs. “…if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, IT PROFITETH ME NOTHING…” (1 Corinthians 13:2-3 ASV). “…Do not be overcome by evil…” (Romans 12:21 NASB).

A victim will often say, about a cheater, but “…He or She is a “GOOD” person…” The cheater is ONLY acting like a “good” person to get what he or she wants. “…Their actions are never good…” (Psalms 36:4 NLT).

After the cheater has been so emotionally generous with you, by giving you something you’ve never really had; you feel you owe him or her something in return. “…OWE “NO” man anything, but to love one another…” (Romans 13:8 KJV).

The cheater wants you to feel emotionally obligated to them so he or she can use ANXIETY, GUILT, THREATS, EMOTIONAL ABUSE,  RISK OF ISOLATION, or FEAR if you DON’T give them want they want. “…the hireling (the cheater) fleeth, because he is an hireling, and CARETH NOT for the sheep….” (John 10:13 KJV).

Constant experiences of ANXIETY, GUILT, THREATS, EMOTIONAL ABUSE, RISK OF ISOLATION, and FEAR can eventually WEAKEN the mind of victims and deepen the claws of brainwashing or manipulating CHEATERS.  “…My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…” (Hosea 4:6 NIV). “…The thief cometh  …to destroy…” (John 10:10 KJV).

The good-cheater-bad-cheater-good-cheater cycle becomes a confusing routine; keeping the cheater in control and the victim complacent. “…For where ….strife is, there is confusion and EVERY evil work….” (James 3:16 KJV).

The cheater and his or her victim manages to stay in this wish-washy cycle for years, become complacent about it, and accept it as normal for them. However, God’s people need to “….PREPARE for war, WAKE UP mighty men …” (Joel 3:9 KJV). “…Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil…” (Ephesians 6:11 NASB).

The cheater  (FALSE PROPHET) unfairly benefits. The victim does NOT fairly benefit. The victim authentically GIVES whereas the cheater (FALSE PROPHET) only PRETENDS to GIVE. “…They …serve ….their OWN belly…” (Romans 16:18 KJV).  “…For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people…” (Romans 16:18 NIV).

The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) REALLY hasn’t GIVEN anything AT ALL. “…If you only give for what you hope to get out of it, do you think that’s charity? The stingiest of pawnbrokers does that…” (Luke 6:31-34 MSG). “…As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise…” (Luke 6:31 KJV).

They have, in fact, TAKEN or STOLEN or ROBBED from the victim the opportunity to be truly wanted, respected, honored, loved, or valued instead of being USED for someone’s exploitation. “…They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak…” (Psalms 12:2 NASB).  “…In their greed they will exploit you with false words…” (2 Peter 2:3 NASB). “…In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories…” (2 Peter 2:3 NIV).

The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) has STOLEN and ROBBED their victim of the opportunity to be truly wanted, loved, and needed verses being USED. “…love one another; as I have loved you …” (John 13:34-35 KJV). “…Love worketh NO ILL (harm) to his (or her) neighbor…” (Romans 13:10 KJV).

This cheater/believer’s “unequally yoked” relationship can go on for days, weeks, months, and years before the victim is finally worn out, tired, and resentful of being utterly exploited. “…Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals…" (1 Corinthians 15:33 NASB). “…He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm…” (Proverbs 13:20 NIV).

The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) manipulates him or herself into a relationship with another person through lies, deceit, brainwashing, by creating a dependency, fake religiosity, and dishonest gain. “…These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their backs on the truth. To them, a show of godliness is just a way to become wealthy.…” (1 Timothy 6: 3-5 NLT).

The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) DOES NOT love his or her victim no matter how often they say it. “…A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it …” (Proverbs 26:28 KJV). “…Every one that loveth …. KNOWETH God. He that loveth NOT KNOWETH NOT God; for God is love…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV).  

It is ONLY called a relationship because two people are interacting together to create an illusion that they are “relating” to one another. “…Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” (Amos 3:3 KJV).

The cheater  (FALSE PROPHET) is NOT “relating” to the victim and shows no signs of authentic, Godly love during the routine cycles of their interactions together. “…Love is patient, [Godly]…love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud… It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered….” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV). “…A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it…” (Proverbs 26:28 KJV).

The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) and the victim, however, can create an illusion of a relationship that eventually turns into a long-term abusive, one-sided, disagreeable liaison. “…Be ye not unequally yoked together. with unbelievers...” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV). “…Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” (Amos 3:3 KJV).

A cheater  (FALE PROPHET) is either an unbeliever or a believer who is NOT walking in God’s truth. A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) is a liar and a deceiver. A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) is extremely selfish and is interested in ways he or she can gain a dishonest advantage over you, your life, and your possessions.

A cheater (FALSE PROPHET) can perform good deeds, but is NOT a good person. A cheater will steal away your esteem, respect, honor, and other opportunities for dignified treatment. A cheater, most likely, does NOT love you. A cheater can ONLY be transformed by God and needs to be put into God’s hands.

If you are with a cheater (FALSE PROPHET) you are voluntarily participating with his or her sinful dynamics. The cheater (FALSE PROPHET) may have chosen you to deceive, but you also choose him or her to meet your need or needs; instead of God.

“…Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?...” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV).