The video of this post is from the YouTube site: Pastor Michael Grant
As you watch the following video, consider these verses from Ephesians:
Ephesians 2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
Also:
Jude 1:3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
[To read commentaries by John Calvin and John MacArthur on the verses above from Ephesians and Jude, scroll down to bottom of post.]
Video-page link to the YouTube site, Pastor Michael Grant: https://www.youtube.com/@Pastor_Grant/videos
False “Apostle” Kathryn Krick is the “pastor” of 5F Church. She claims divine revelation and the power to cast out demons. Her followers bow in front of her & show her veneration calling her “Mama”. Others have recognized the cult like nature of her ministry – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV9rJ…
Highlights on Pastor Michael Grant’s video:
- 5F church = Five-fold church; Charismatics believe that Ephesians:
- Eph 4:11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ
- They believe all of these offices are still in operation. [See verses and commentary from Ephesians 2 and Jude, in this post]
- Pastor Michael Grant (PMG) shows a video clip of a man speaking to Kathryn Krick (KK) like the Bible describes people addressing / worshiping Jesus; e.g.; “Thank you for laying down your life for us…”
- Another clip shown wherein an older female follower of KK calls her Mama and also exhibits loud laughter [like Charismatic ‘holy laughter’ I’ve seen in other videos on YouTube]
- PMG noted: Matthew 23:9 And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven
- He noted that some call the Pope papa; and also reminded listeners that the apostle Paul stated that no woman should be teaching men, preaching
- [Regarding KK receiving worship, it occurred to me what happened to King Herod when he did not correct the people who called him a God:
- Acts 12:21 On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them. 22 And the people were shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!” 23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last]
- PMG read from the bio of KK that she came to LA in 2013 to practice acting; he noted that she was ‘acting out a role, portraying a female Jesus’ in the video; in her ministry
- At the 6 minute 14 second mark, PMG showed a clip of KK exorcising a demon from a man on stage before many people [in her church?]
- [I was reminded of the following verses:
- Acts 19:13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.” 14 Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. 15 But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?” 16 And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded ]
- PMG spoke about an article from Protestia that reported KK and another false delivery ministry of having hired an actor to portray a demon-possessed individual, they each ‘delivered’ that person on stage in front of two different audiences
- PMG noted that one could have a demon exorcised over Skype for $295 – which he said was an obvious scam
- [Early on in his video, PMG noted that the entire history of the Charismatic church is very questionable, or he implied that. I was reminded of Pastor John MacArthur’s book, Strange Fire, wherein he goes through that history in the opening chapters. I listened through that book several times on Audible, and I was reminded of the divided kingdom of Israel, the worship established under Jeroboam 2, he set up a golden calf in Bethel and Dan: NONE of their worship was received by God because it’s very foundation was a lie – that is the Charismatic church, as JM demonstrates from historical facts, newspaper articles…]
Pastor Michael Grant’s narrative and links:
Article from Protestia: https://protestia.com/2021/08/06/expo…
Other resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdr0I…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn9gU…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOWvi…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU-C0…
Tags Charismatic Pentecostal 5 fold ministry Five fold ministry Continuationism Cessationism
End Michael Grant’s links
For more on Kathryn Krick and Deliverance Ministries, see:
Justin Peters Ministries
Link to 6 videos about deliverance ministries and more:
https://www.youtube.com/@JustinPetersMin/search?query=kathryn%20krick
POST IN THIS BLOG ON MACARTHUR’S STRANGE FIRE CONFERENCE:
COMMENTS BY JOHN CALVIN AND JOHN MACARTHUR ON EPHESIANS AND JUDE:
Jude 1:3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
Ephesians 2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
John MacArthur’s commentary on verse 20 above:
the foundation of the apostles and prophets. For a discussion of these gifted men, see note on Eph_4:11. As important as they were, it was not them personally, but the divine revelation they taught, as they authoritatively spoke the word of God to the church before the completion of the NT, that provided the foundation (cf. Rom_15:20).
cornerstone. Cf. Psa_118:22; Isa_28:16; Mat_21:42; Act_4:11; 1Pe_2:6-7. This stone set the foundation and squared the building.
John MacArthur on Jude, verse 3:
once for all delivered … saints. God’s revelation was delivered once as a unit, at the completion of the Scripture, and is not to be edited by either deletion or addition (cf. Deu_4:2; Deu_12:32; Pro_30:6; Rev_22:18-19). Scripture is complete, sufficient, and finished; therefore it is fixed for all time. Nothing is to be added to the body of the inspired Word (see notes on 2Ti_3:16-17; 2Pe_1:19-21) because nothing else is needed. It is the responsibility of believers now to study the Word (2Ti_2:15), preach the Word (2Ti_4:2), and fight for its preservation.
saints. Believers are identified as holy, since they are set apart from sin to God. See note on 1Co_1:2.
John Calvin’s Commentary on Ephesians 2 at Bible Hub; you will have to scroll to verse 20 [it is pasted in for your convenience]:
https://biblehub.com/commentaries/calvin/ephesians/2.htm
John Calvin’s commentary Ephesians 2:20 [underscoring and emboldening are mine; some paragraphs were divided for ease of reading]:
- And are built. The third comparison illustrates the manner in which the Ephesians, and all other Christians are admitted to the honor of being fellow-citizens with the saints and of the household of God. They are built on the foundation, — they are founded on the doctrine, of the apostles and prophets. We are thus enabled to distinguish between a true and a false church. This is of the greatest importance; for the tendency to error is always strong, and the consequences of mistake are dangerous in the extreme. No churches boast more loudly of the name than those which bear a false and empty title; as may be seen in our own times. To guard us against mistake, the mark of a true church is pointed out.
Foundation, in this passage, unquestionably means doctrine; for no mention is made of patriarchs or pious kings, but only of those who held the office of teachers, and whom God had appointed to superintend the edification of his church. It is laid down by Paul, that the faith of the church ought to be founded on this doctrine.
What opinion, then, must we form of those who rest entirely on the contrivances of men, and yet accuse us of revolt, because we embrace the pure doctrine of God? But the manner in which it is founded deserves inquiry; for, in the strict sense of the term, Christ is the only foundation. He alone supports the whole church. He alone is the rule and standard of faith. But Christ is actually the foundation on which the church is built by the preaching of doctrine; and, on this account, the prophets and apostles are called builders. (1 Corinthians 3:10.) Nothing else, Paul tells us, was ever intended by the prophets and apostles, than to found a church on Christ.
We shall find this to be true, if we begin with Moses; for “Christ is the end of the law,” (Romans 10:4,) and the sum of the gospel. Let us remember, therefore, that if we wish to be reckoned among believers, we must place our reliance on no other: if we wish to make sure progress in the knowledge of the Scriptures, to him our whole attention must be directed. The same lesson is taught, when we consult the word of God as contained in the writings of the prophets and apostles. To shew us how we ought to combine them, their harmony is pointed out; for they have a common foundation, and labor jointly in building the temple of God. Though the apostles have become our teachers, the instruction of the prophets has not been rendered superfluous; but one and the same object is promoted by both.
I have been led to make this remark by the conduct of the Marcionites in ancient times, who expunged the word prophets from this passage; and by that of certain fanatics in the present day, who, following their footsteps, exclaim loudly that we have nothing to do with the law and the prophets, because the gospel has put an end to their authority. The Holy Spirit everywhere declares, that he has spoken to us by the mouth of the prophets, and demands that we shall listen to him in their writings.
This is of no small consequence for maintaining the authority of our faith. All the servants of God, from first to last, are so perfectly agreed, that their harmony is in itself a clear demonstration that it is one God who speaks in them all. The commencement of our religion must be traced to the creation of the world. In vain do Papists, Mahometans, and other sects, boast of their antiquity, while they are mere counterfeits of the true, the pure religion.
Jesus Christ, himself is the chief corner-stone [130] Those who transfer this honor to Peter, and maintain that on him the church is founded, are so void of shame, as to attempt to justify their error by quoting this passage. They hold out that Christ is called the chief corner-stone, by comparison with others; and that there are many stones on which the church is founded. But this difficulty is easily solved. Various metaphors are employed by the apostles according to the diversity of circumstances, but still with the same meaning.
In writing to the Corinthians, Paul lays down an incontestable proposition, that “no other foundation can be laid.” (1 Corinthians 3:11.) He does not therefore mean, that Christ is merely a corner, or a part of the foundation; for then he would contradict himself. What then? He means that Jews and Gentiles were two separate walls, but are formed into one spiritual building. Christ is placed in the middle of the corner for the purpose of uniting both, and this is the force of the metaphor. What is immediately added shews sufficiently that he is very far from limiting Christ to any one part of the building.
Other commentaries at Bible Hub on Ephesians 2:20:
https://biblehub.com/commentaries/ephesians/2-20.htm
John Calvin on Jude, verse 3:
Link to Calvin’s whole commentary on Jude at Bible Hub: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/calvin/jude/1.htm
- When I gave diligence. I have rendered the words spouden poioumenos, “Applying care:” literally they are, “Making diligence.” But many interpreters explain the sentence in this sense, that a strong desire constrained Jude to write, as we usually say of those under the influence of some strong feeling, that they cannot govern or restrain themselves. Then, according to these expounders, Jude was under a sort of necessity, because a desire to write suffered him not to rest.
But I rather think that the two clauses are separate, that though he was inclined and solicitous to write, yet a necessity compelled him. He then intimates, that he was indeed glad and anxious to write to them, but yet necessity urged him to do so, even because they were assailed (according to what follows) by the ungodly, and stood in need of being prepared to fight with them. [190]
Then, in the first place, Jude testifies that he felt so much concern for their salvation, that he wished himself, and was indeed anxious to write to them; and, secondly, in order to rouse their attention, he says that the state of things required him to do so. For necessity adds strong stimulants. Had they not been forewarned how necessary his exhortation was, they might have been slothful and negligent; but when he makes this preface, that he wrote on account of the necessity of their case, it was the same as though he had blown a trumpet to awake them from their torpor.
Of the common salvation. Some copies add “your,” but without reason, as I think; for he makes salvation common to them and to himself. And it adds not a little weight to the doctrine that is announced, when any one speaks according to his own feelings and experience; for vain is what we say, if we speak of salvation to others, when we ourselves have no real knowledge of it. Then, Jude professed himself to be (so to speak) an experimental teacher, when he associated himself with the godly in the participation of the same salvation.
And exhort you. Literally, “exhorting you;” but as he points out the end of his counsel, the sentence ought to be thus expressed. What I have rendered, “to help the faith by contending,” means the same as to strive in retaining the faith, and courageously to sustain the contrary assaults of Satan. [191]
For he reminds them that in order to persevere in the faith, various contests must be encountered and continual warfare maintained. He says that faith had been once delivered, that they might know that they had obtained it for this end, that they might never fail or fall away.
Other commentaries on Jude 1:3: