THE PURSUIT OF SIGNS, WONDERS, AND MIRACLES
- Zanild Abarrane
- Jun 4
- 7 min read
While the cry for revival has been echoing vehemently through the church for the past decades...another phenomena has been happening right under our noses.
Scripture warns us that even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light (2 Cor 11:1-15) and that an evil generation seeks signs (Matthew 12:39). We are cautioned that false prophets will perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect. (Matthew 24:24)
What I see happening in church services and Christian meetings is shocking! False manifestations are prevalent. Satan and his demons are masquerading as angels of light and Christian leaders have taught the people these manifestations are from God.
Are our ears so deaf we cannot hear the deep cry of the Father for repentance to come back to our first love; and our eyes so blind we cannot see that lack of Holiness in our meetings? The heavily weighted glory that reveals the secrets of the heart and brings true repentance and transformation; has been diminished to the thrill of falling over backwards. What is troubling, is that leaders and so many believers seem to be happy about it.
I call it "Being Content with the Counterfeit!"
Most charismatic church services and meetings are guilty of this. This is not new...I have witnessed it for decades, but it's getting worse. Deception is at an all time high and the leaders have been unknowingly promoting this deception!
Don't be quick to say..."NOT MY CHURCH." → It is a mistake to assume any congregation or meeting is immune; most worship services and meetings continually hinder, grieve, or quench God’s Spirit while leaders remain unaware assuming all is pleasing to the Lord.
The sadness and even anger in the Lord's heart cannot be concealed any longer. God is sounding the alarm for repentance.
Read the dream encounter the Lord gave me about false angels appearing in church services. → https://www.ramahministries.org/blog/false-angels-and-the-glory
The Lord gave me this dream many years ago. I knew what church this was, but I was not given the freedom to expose it publicly. This church and all it's ministry connections, as well as those who followed them were in the thousands.
This mass deception ran through the ranks of ministry at maximum speed for decades affecting (especially young believers) like an unseen, undiagnosed terminal cancer. Now...it's all being exposed for what it truly is. DECEPTION sent as a strategically planned plot to destroy God's people!
False manifestations are symptoms of a much deeper issue. The addiction to the "thrill of signs and wonders" have replaced true intimacy with Christ. This lack of God's holy presence, combined with a failure in leadership to live in holiness and remain above reproach, is causing the sheep to scatter.
Leaders must learn and teach how to judge by the Spirit (discernment), AND by the Word of God --> Judging Fruit (examining the life of people in their daily lives).
Are these people we are allowing to minister behind our pulpits living above reproach, holy and blameless as scripture commands leaders to live? We do not live close to them so we don't know. We do not see into their daily lives....therefore we can not see (judge) the integrity or lack of, in their daily lives. BIG BIG BIG MISTAKE!!
The qualifications for Christian leaders are extensive.
The problem…if leaders are un-knowledgeable, they cannot teach what they do not know.
Believers must be taught to test EVERYTHING, and stop believing everything they are told. Yes, even testing every word from those calling themselves leaders that are online and standing behind pulpits every Sunday.
"Seeking the Lord "outside" the secret place...is spiritual adultery."
"Following men, their meetings and their agendas...is idolatry."
Like Jesus, we must press our ears to the Father’s Heart seeking with fervency His Kingdom (the desires of His heart and His ways). He will provide all we need and more.
God does not want us following people, He wants us following Him!! We learn to discern the true from the false by spending time with Him and reading His Word.
Knowing God's presence starts at home, ALONE within the secret place. We are made to have a deep relationship with God and to know Him intimately. This can ONLY be done in a personal, one-on-one, "intimate" on-going relationship with Him.
To Christian Leaders ↠↠ Stop trying to be the answer, stop provoking people to follow you, come to your church, your conferences and meetings. Your ministry, the call and the mandate on your life is "one" thing...to provoke people to follow and pursue the Lord Jesus Christ in an intimate, first-love relationship.
May the fear of the Lord overwhelm us all...We will stand before God and give an account why we exalted ourselves, our agenda and our meetings above a first love relationship with Christ.
The sounding of the alarm…is soon ending. In fact God is angry at having to repeat, repeat, repeat warnings that are falling on deaf ears. For the prophets that carry His heart for His people…It is grieving beyond words!
Leaders have strayed from the teachings of Jesus so the sheep are suffering spiritual starvation. This has caused believers to run from meeting to meeting in search of food and it's causing major problems.
Pastoral negligence has reached a critical point where some have even committed suicide because they were ignored by leaders who were too busy with their pulpit ministry to care for individual lambs. Pulpit leaders too often isolate themselves from God's sheep.
God is challenging pastors to come out from behind the pulpits and go into the "pastures" where the sheep actually live, as the current model of ministry has perverted God's design for the pastoral gift.
The reality of Ezekiel 34 is unfolding as leaders are being weighed, found wanting, now public exposure is happening at rampant rates. Leaders are being replaced and/or dying.
Pastors that are too busy behind the pulpit to go after the lambs that are desperate and dying…crying in silence. These lambs are attending church services, filling out visitors cards, then being totally ignored.
I’m telling you God is angry with pastors and leaders. They have forsaken the teachings of Jesus and are distant from His heart! They have left their first love and sheep and lambs are suffering because of it.
God is saying…”Do not my pastors know that sheep live in pastures? Yet they ignorantly continue to call them into church buildings. A true shepherd of sheep (livestock) NEVER “calls the sheep” into their house to care for them. They go OUT into the pastures, find them and care for ALL their needs. My design for the gift of the pastor that I have given to the church has been perverted and my sheep and lambs are being neglected. Where is the laying down of lives for My sheep and lambs? Where is the leaving the ninety-nine to go after just one? Pastors have been hiding behind their pulpits as my lambs are crying out to Me, suffering in silence and dying.” Read the full prophetic word here ->https://www.ramahministries.org/blog/crying-of-the-lambs
Ezekiel 34 is a vast reality today! We are seeing the removal and fall of leaders at alarming rates. Why? Because God is exposing the true motives of their hearts. For years now God has been weighing the hearts of leaders and they have been found wanting. God has repeatedly warned…sent witnesses to confront, now they are being exposed publicly. Who is next?
The focus must shift from chasing signs and miracles to pursuing Christ, walking in holiness, and testing every spirit and teacher by their fruit—a judgment that requires close, personal examination of their daily lives.
The Bible DOES NOT teach:
To Seek signs.
Chase miracles.
Follow people because they perform wonders.
Run from meeting to meeting.
Have everyone unqualified for ministry laying hands on you.
The Bible DOES teach:
Seek God in a First Love Relationship
Know His Word (scripture) and remember “Jesus is the Word” made flesh.
Test every spirit and every teacher.
Judge Fruit…this requires seeing the person’s daily life. Are they living above reproach and walking in holiness, taking care of their family?
Let signs, if God chooses to give them, confirm His work rather than become the focus.
Follow Jesus and seek to be transformed into His image and character.
Fellowship with like hearted believers that live in devoted covenant relationships.
Have only God-ordained elders that walk in holiness lay hands on you. If you don’t know…hands off for your protection. Demons are transferred by the laying on of hands.
We have recently seen a massive ministry, which touched the lives of thousands, collapse into a public scandal and chaos. This occurred because they lacked the knowledge how to effectively "judge fruit" in others lives, leading them to embrace deceptive signs and wonders—demons appearing as angels of light—while elevating immature and false prophets. This deception has run through the body of Christ like an aggressive virus!
Listen to me…Judging fruit CANNOT be done from a distance. This lack of knowledge on how to judge fruit has cost the church dearly, resulting in mass deception among believers. When believers and leaders fail to apply the biblical standard that Jesus taught on Judging Fruit, they leave the doors wide open for wolves in sheep's clothing to lead the flock astray.
Judging fruit cannot be done from a distance; it requires a close examination of a person's daily life, their walk in holiness, and whether they remain above reproach in their private conduct and family life.
Without this knowledge, the body of Christ remains vulnerable to deceptive signs and lying wonders that mimic the work of the Holy Spirit while actually drawing people away from the simplicity of Christ.
We need to be pursuing Christ, His holiness, and be obedient at all cost. When we seek Him with our WHOLE HEART and be desperate to draw near to His heart and remain in position at His feet…He is faithful to lead us into all truth.
When signs come from God, they serve Him; they do not replace Him.
If you love people and don't want them deceived...share this message!
Watch for my teachings about “The False Manifestation of Falling over Backwards” That one is really going to ruffle some feathers.
Blessings and Shalom,
Zanild Abarrane
Ramah Ministries Int'l
"Separating Holy from Profane"
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