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And he shall reign forever
His throne and crown shall ever endure
And he shall reign forever
And we shall reign with him

What a vision filled my eyes
One like a Son of man
Coming with the clouds of heaven
He approached an awesome throne

He was given sovereign power
Glory and authority
Every nation, tribe and tongue
Worshipped him on bended knee

On the throne forever
See the Lamb who once was slain
Wounds of sacrificial love
Forever shall remain

How awful are those words, which are the words of the great God. “I will tread them in mine anger, and will trample them in my fury, and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment” (Isaiah 63:3). It is perhaps impossible to conceive of words that carry in them greater manifestations of these three things, viz. contempt, and hatred, and fierceness of indignation. If you cry to God to pity you, he will be so far from pitying you in your doleful case, or showing you the least regard or favor, that instead of that, he will only tread you under foot. And though he will know that you cannot bear the weight of omnipotence treading upon you, yet he will not regard that, but he will crush you under his feet without mercy; he will crush out your blood, and make it fly, and it shall be sprinkled on his garments, so as to stain all his raiment. He will not only hate you, but he will have you in the utmost contempt: no place shall be thought fit for you, but under his feet to be trodden down as the mire of the streets…

“Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites” (Isaiah 33:14). Thus it will be with you that are in an unconverted state, if you continue in it; the infinite might, and majesty, and terribleness of the omnipotent God shall be magnified upon you, in the ineffable strength of your torments. You shall be tormented in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb; and when you shall be in this state of suffering, the glorious inhabitants of heaven shall go forth and look on the awful spectacle, that they may see what the wrath and fierceness of the Almighty is; and when they have seen it, they will fall down and adore that great power and majesty. “And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord. And they shall go forth and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me; for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh” (Isaiah 66:23-24).

CONCLUSIONS ON PAGE 27
FROM THE FIREFLY REPORT ON DR. MICHAEL BROWN

It is believed that any sexual misconduct within ministerial relationships represents a profound violation of sacred trust, undermining the moral and ethical foundations upon which such relationships are built. Such behavior, in any form, is entirely unacceptable in any setting, but particularly within church and ministry settings. These actions not only betray the confidence placed in these roles but also inflict significant harm on individuals and communities, eroding the trust essential for fostering spiritual guidance and support.

Based on gathered information and consistent accounts from multiple witnesses, it is evident that BROWN engaged in an inappropriate relationship with IS #1, as well as an inappropriate relationship involving sexually abusive misconduct with IS #2, Sarah. IS #2 Sarah was nineteen years old when BROWN first took notice of her, leading her to believe God was placing her in a place of favor under BROWN. Within a year, at the age of twenty, these interactions escalated to physical touch.

With IS #2 Sarah, BROWN was observed holding her hand on multiple occasions, and both BROWN and IS #2 Sarah acknowledged and admitted to BROWN kissing IS #2 Sarah and making contact with the back midsection of her body. The meaning and exact locations of the kissing and contact to the rear are in question between the two accounts but must be looked at through the external viewpoint of an adult male having physical contact with an adult female.

While it is impossible to definitively prove deviant intent behind these actions, as the only person who sent and/or received sexually related communication with BROWN is deceased, the patterns of BROWN’S actions suggest that BROWN knowingly contributed to the situation and created an environment where, according to IS #2 Sarah, she felt uncomfortable and, even if years later, acknowledges that their relationship was inappropriate. Although the lack of direct proof of intent leaves room for speculation, the numerous interviews and, in many cases, corroborating documentation, point to a deliberate involvement of sexual misconduct within BRSM or FIRE SCHOOL, which could also be viewed as sexual harassment and/or a hostile work environment, especially with BROWN holding a position of power within the school generally and more specifically, with IS #2 Sarah. 

Based on the provided information, it is notable that no credible evidence has emerged between 2002 and 2025 to suggest further inappropriate sexual behavior by BROWN. This strongly supports the belief that these were isolated incidents, confined to 2001 and 2002, as corroborated by consistent witness accounts and a comprehensive review of the available evidence.

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As a Spirit-filled believer, I personally question the sincerity of these charismatic NAR ministers: Bill Johnson, Jeremiah Johnson, Alexander Pagani, Patricia King, James Goll, and Todd White. And I would also question anyone who associates with them. While I wouldn’t necessarily say that all charismatics should absolutely run back to Assembly of God on their hands and knees–some of the AG churches might be okay. –J.B.

²⁵ I rebuked them and called curses down on them. I beat some of the men and pulled out their hair. I made them take an oath in God’s name and said: “You are not to give your daughters in marriage to their sons, nor are you to take their daughters in marriage for your sons or for yourselves. ²⁶ Was it not because of marriages like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was led into sin by foreign women. ²⁷ Must we hear now that you too are doing all this terrible wickedness and are being unfaithful to our God
by marrying foreign women?”
–Nehemiah 13:25-27 (NIV)–

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?”
–John the Baptist in Matthew 3:7 (NIV)–

¹³ “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. ¹⁵ “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are. ¹⁶ “Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’ ¹⁷ You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? ¹⁸ You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.’ ¹⁹ You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? ²⁰ Therefore, anyone who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. ²¹ And anyone who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it. ²² And anyone who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the one who sits on it. ²³ “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. ²⁴ You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. ²⁵ “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. ²⁶ Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean. ²⁷ “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. ²⁸ In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. ²⁹ “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. ³⁰ And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ ³¹ So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. ³² Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started! ³³ “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? ³⁴ Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. ³⁵ And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. ³⁶ Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation. ³⁷ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. ³⁸ Look, your house is left to you desolate. ³⁹ For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
–Jesus Christ in Matthew 23:13-39 (NIV)–

You stiff-necked people! 
Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised.
You are just like your ancestors:
You always resist the Holy Spirit!
–Stephen in Acts 7:51 (NIV)–

May your money perish with you,
because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
–Peter in Acts 8:20 (NIV)–

You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right!
You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery.
Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?
–Paul in Acts 13:10 (NIV)–

Because you are lukewarm,
and neither cold nor hot,
I will vomit you out of My mouth.
–Rich Laodicea Pastor in Revelation 3:16 (NKJV)–

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Dr. John R. Rice, Why Preach Against Sin? (Sword of the Lord Publishers, 1985).
An Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) evangelist.

Leonard Ravenhill, “Be Ye Angry And Sin Not” (Last Days Ministries, 1985).
An independent Wesleyan holiness evangelist. He’d probably affiliate with the InterChurch Holiness Convention (IHC) if he were around today.

—. Revival Praying (Bethany House, 1962), ch. 14: “Be Ye Angry.”

John Gill, Commentary on Ephesians 4:26: “Be ye angry, and sin not.” There is anger which is not sinful; for anger is found in God himself, in Jesus Christ, in the holy angels, and in God’s people; and a man may be said to be angry and not sin, when his anger arises from a true zeal for God and religion; when it is kindled not against persons, but sins; when a man is displeased with his own sins, and with the sins of others: with vice and immorality of every kind; with idolatry and idolatrous worship, and with all false doctrine; and also when it is carried on to answer good ends, as the good of those with whom we are angry, the glory of God, and the promoting of the interest of Christ: and there is an anger which is sinful; as when it is without a cause; when it exceeds due bounds; when it is not directed to a good end; when it is productive of bad effects, either in words or actions; and when it is soon raised, or long continues: the Jews have a like distinction of anger.

God is a Spirit:
and they that worship Him
must worship him in Spirit and in truth.
–Jesus in John 4:24 (KJV)–

Remain in me, as I also remain in you. 
No branch can bear fruit by itself;
it must remain in the vine.
Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
–Jesus in John 15:4 (NIV)–

Dr. Thomas C. Oden, John Wesley’s Teachings, 4 vols (Zondervan, 2014).

Adam Clarke, Clarke’s Christian Theology (Schmul Publishing, 1990).

P. C. Nelson, Bible Doctrines (Gospel Publishing House, 2009).

Ernest S. Williams, Systematic Theology, 3 vols (Gospel Publishing House, 1953).

Mack Tomlinson, In Light of Eternity: The Life of Leonard Ravenhill (Free Grace, 2010).

Gary Wilkerson, David Wilkerson (Zondervan, 2014).

Many cessationist evangelicals with an anti-supernatural, if not a fully deist worldview, will counsel people to ignore what they think is the devil acting on their minds. They’ll even say things like, “We can’t see demons, because that’s from the occult. Dreams and visions are from the realm of the occult. Just read the Bible, ignore the supernatural, and live in the realm of the intellect.” The Bible doesn’t say to IGNORE the devil through anti-supernatural deism and science, which is unbelief. It says to RESIST him after you recognize his presence (James 4:7). Big difference! What does the Word of God say? And what should you do if you have a demonic experience? The answer: JESUS! JESUS! JESUS! Just say it…even in your nightmares, say it. Works every time (Mark 16:17). –J.B.

¹⁹ Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, WHY COULD WE NOT CAST HIM OUT? ²⁰ And Jesus said unto them, Because of YOUR UNBELIEF: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. ²¹ Howbeit THIS KIND GOETH NOT OUT BUT BY PRAYER AND FASTING.
–Matthew 17:19-21 (KJV)–

I SAW THREE IMPURE SPIRITS THAT LOOKED LIKE FROGS; 
they came out of THE MOUTH of the dragon, 
out of THE MOUTH of the beast 
and out of THE MOUTH of the false prophet.
–Revelation 16:13 (NIV)–

I SAW SATAN FALL LIKE LIGHTNING FROM HEAVEN.
–Jesus in Luke 10:18 (NIV)–

The woman said unto Saul,
I SAW GODS ASCENDING OUT OF THE EARTH.
–The Witch of Endor in 1 Samuel 28:13 (KJV)–

RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU.
–James 4:7 (NIV)–

These signs will accompany those who believe:
IN MY NAME THEY WILL DRIVE OUT DEMONS; 
they will speak in new tongues.
–Jesus in Mark 16:17 (NIV)–

Whenever the spirit from God came on Saul,
DAVID WOULD TAKE UP HIS LYRE AND PLAY.
Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better,
AND THE EVIL SPIRIT WOULD LEAVE HIM.
–1 Samuel 16:23 (NIV)–

¹⁷ Then Micaiah answered, “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd, and the Lord said, ‘These people have no master. Let each one go home in peace.’” ¹⁸ The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he never prophesies anything good about me, but only bad?” ¹⁹ Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I SAW THE LORD sitting on his throne with all the multitudes of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left. ²⁰ And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?’ “One suggested this, and another that. ²¹ Finally, A SPIRIT CAME FORWARD, STOOD BEFORE THE LORD and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ²² “‘By what means?’ the Lord asked. “‘I will go out and be A DECEIVING SPIRIT IN THE MOUTHS of all his prophets,’ he said. “‘You will succeed in enticing him,’ said the Lord. ‘Go and do it.’ ²³ “So now the Lord has put a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours. The Lord has decreed disaster for you.”
–1 Kings 22:17-23 (NIV)–

¹ Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ² After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. ³ THE TEMPTER came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” ⁴ Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” ⁵ Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. ⁶ “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” ⁷ Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” ⁸ Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. ⁹ “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” ¹⁰ Jesus said to him, “AWAY FROM ME, SATAN! FOR IT IS WRITTEN: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’” ¹¹ Then THE DEVIL LEFT HIM, and angels came and attended him.
–Matthew 4:1-11 (NIV)–

Satan himself may put on
the appearance of an angel of LIGHT.
–2 Corinthians 11:14 (Mace’s NT)–

His appearance was like LIGHTNING,
and his clothes were white as snow.
–Matthew 28:3 (NIV)–

He makes his angels WINDS
and his ministers a flame of FIRE.
–Hebrews 1:7 (ESV)–

 To another discerning of spirits.
–1 Corinthians 12:10 (KJV)–

⁶ One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them. ⁷ The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.” ⁸ Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” ⁹ “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. ¹⁰ “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. ¹¹ But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.” ¹² The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
–Job 1:6-12 (NIV)–

Certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities,
Mary called Magdalene, OUT OF whom went SEVEN DEVILS.
–Luke 8:2 (KJV)–

Take heed, brethren,
lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief,
in departing from the living God.
–Hebrews 3:12 (KJV)–

⁹ When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. ¹⁰ Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in WITCHCRAFT, ¹¹ or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. ¹² Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord; because of these same detestable practices the Lord your God will DRIVE OUT those nations before you. ¹³ You must be blameless before the Lord your God.
–Deuteronomy 18:9-13 (NIV)–

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Athanasius, The Life of Antony (Paulist Press, 1979).

Gabriele Amorth, An Exorcist Tells His Story (Ignatius Press, 1999).

—. An Exorcist: More Stories (Ignatius Press, 2002).

Francis MacNutt, Deliverance from Evil Spirits (Chosen Books, 2009).

Herbert Thurston, Ghosts and Poltergeists (Burns Oates, 1953), “The Exorcism of Haunted Houses.”

John Wimber, Power Healing (HarperCollins, 1987), ch. 6: “Healing the Demonized.”

Daniel Jennings, The Supernatural Occurrences of John Wesley, ch. 2.

Pope Benedict XIV, Heroic Virtue, ch. 9: “Of Discerning of Spirits.”

James Beilby, ed. Understanding Spiritual Warfare: Four Views (Baker Academic, 2012).

Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Occult (Thomas Nelson, 2008).

Bob Larson, Larson’s Book of Spiritual Warfare (Thomas Nelson, 1999).

Graham Twelftree, Jesus the Exorcist (Hendrickson Publishers, 1993).

—. In the Name of Jesus: Exorcism Among Early Christians (Baker, 2007).

Ruth Brown, Destroying the Works of Witchcraft…Fasting and Prayer (Impact, 1994).