No Man's Gonna' Take My Crown

I believe that you could say Moses allowed man to take his crown, when he let the whining and complaining of the people make him angry, and he acted in disobedience, and struck the rock instead of speaking to it as commanded.

You see Moses let man take his crown. Man didn't take his soul. But he let human agencies take the crown of glory that he wore.

When God wants to bless you he puts the right people in your life. But when the devil wants to steal your crown, he puts the wrong people in your life.

Say it with me... No one is going to steal my crown.

By the words of Jesus we know that it is possible that our crowns can be stolen from us. And it is also clear from the words of Jesus that this theft is being perpetuated through human agency.

In otherwords, it's a member of the human race, not the devil or demons.

Now I will acknowledge that these human agencies are doubtlessly being used by the devil either willingly or ignorantly.

But the fact remains that Jesus said to hold on tight, and let no man take your crown.

Then the question must be, how can a man or a human agency, man or woman, take your crown?

The truth is there are many ways...

You need to know that anyone that can influence you to walk in...

Pride, or Self will, Stubborness, Rebellion, or Disobedience to God, has succeeded in taking your crown.

—Anyone who can deceive you into not believing, and trusting in God, has stolen your crown.

—Anyone who can distract you from following Jesus, has effectively stolen your crown.

I hope you are seeing how serious this is. Of course we know that we have to be on guard against the devil. But now we understand that we have to be very discerning, because the quickest way for you to lose your crown is through wrong associations.

I love the Jehova witnesses, and the Mormons, and I don't want any of them to go to hell. But I am not going to their church or their Bible studies.

Why? I've got to hold onto my crown. I can't afford to listen to their doctrine, lest I be led astray and lose my crown.

I have very little fear that the devil himself as himself is going to come to you, and rip the crown off of your head.

But I have great concern that the devil might send someone to you, that is off in their doctrine, and off in their faith, and is not walking in fellowship with the Holy Spirit, and not living a disciplined, consecrated and Holy Life, to try and influence you, and lure you away from the truth.

—This is not only my concern, it was also the concern of Jesus.

Matthew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

1 John 3:7... It was also the concern of Apostle John... Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

I have to tell you that I believe this subject is really important to the Holy Spirit right now. I even sense an urgencyin this.

According to Ephesians 4:11-14 He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; [12] For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: [13] Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: [14] That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.