The The Error of Balaam And The Doctrine Of The Nicolaitans

Numbers 19:19-20

19 “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?... 20 Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it."

(Balaam hired Balaam to curse Israel.)

Those whom God has blessed cannot be cursed.  That's the message in the story of Balaam.  Believers, you and I, fall into this category of those blessed by God by virtue of the fact that Jesus has FULLY taken upon Himself ALL our curse!  Anyone, ANYONE.....I don't care if they have a PhD.....who preaches or even HINTS that a Christian can either be cursed or under a curse, generational or otherwise, IS PREACHING A LIE.  

If you happen to be hearing this kind of message from the pulpit, be assured of the: IT IS NOT THE GOSPEL.  It is the Error of Balaam spoken about in Revelation chapter 2.

Then, there is the not-so-little matter of the false teaching called "the doctrine of the Nicolaitans."  Both doctrines of demons. 

12 “And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, ‘These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword: 13 “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. 

14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. 15 Thus you also have those who hold the DOCTRINE OF THE NOCOLAITANS, WHICH THING I HATE.

"16 Repent, {metanoia-change your mind} or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth. {spoken word of God} 

17 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat.  And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.”’

Paul wrote about the doctrine of the Nicolaitans to the church in Galatia.  Galataianism, also known as "mixture or balance," is the false teaching which tells you that, though you are saved, you must also keep the Ten Commandments, ADDING your "right doing" to Jesus' finished work.  

AS IF!!  Trying to do that not only avails NOTHING it, sadly, adds the curse below to those who follow that teaching:

Revelation 22:18 

"For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone ADDS to these things, God will ADD to him the plagues that are written in this book;"

YIKES!

Turn to Deuteronomy 28 and read all about them if you like nightmares.  It's an exhaustive, not to mention "frightening, list.

Those who preach this error think that grace must be "balanced" with the law.  Let me tell you something, Church; God's GRACE doesn't need any so-called "balancing."  To go back to the law is to "FALL FROM GRACE."

Galatians 5:4 says, "You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; YOU HAVE FALLEN FROM GRACE."  

Why is it called, "The doctrine of the Nicolaitans?"  Nicholas, for whom the error is named, was actually one of the elders of the early church. He was taught the true gospel but then went off on some tangent, creating a whole satan-inspired movement which is still deceiving much of the Church to this day.   

Well, FLUSH IT!  You and I, Church, can neither be cursed nor are we under the Ten Commandments because God has written His laws on our hearts.  (See Hebrews 10 and/or follow this link for more on that topic:  https://emmausroadministries.wordpress.com/2016/07/06/the-laws-of-the-new-covenant/)

Does that mean we are "law-less?  Far from it!  We have The Holy Spirit leading us from within.  That's a much better deal. 

It's crystal clear that if you do try to "do the WORKS of the law," even if you are a Christian, YOU ARE UNDER A CURSE....but it was never meant to be your heritage.  God's plan for us is PURE GRACE: No law mixed in.....PERIOD! 

But you don't have to take my word for it; read it for yourself in Hebrews 8.  The Sinaitic covenant, the Ten Commandments, HAS BEEN REPLACED!  Jesus fulfilled it ALL.  That's what He meant when He cried out with a LOUD voice, "FINISHED."

So remind yourself LOUDLY AND OFTEN that you are the righteousness of God in Christ, especially when you sin.  That way you won't fall prey to either to the Error of Balaam or the Doctrine of the Nicolaitans.