
Author:
Apostle Paul Odendaal
Paul serves as a called and confirmed Apostle in the restored government of God, and he is an IDCCST Spiritual Life Coach. Apostle Paul helps you break the cycle of falling short of faith’s potential with new discipleship instruction. View my profile.
False apostles, Christian journalists, and podcasters refusing God’s one real apostolic voice are working hard to normalize the many ministry voices heard in the wilderness.
John Eckhardt recently reminded believers, “All of us came through Christ through different ministers.” And that’s true for the false church body which accepted Satan’s splintered gospel. But let’s look at what Eckhardt hides: his disbelief in God’s one foundation of truth.
Eckhardt joins forces with other wilderness ministers to maintain Satan’s Christianity, the one that says, “God’s truth cannot be known, so we have to accept a wilderness faith that allows us to wander in search of truth.”
God is overturning this very deceptive lie that the devil has been promoting.
If believers are taught to keep receiving conflicting truths from many voices, how will God’s command for one foundation of truth forming one mind of Christ and one mouth ever be fulfilled?
Romans 15:6
That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The devil wants to keep the church in the covenant void where everyone can write their own faith formulas and “learn from each other” while dining at his table. Satan shaped the wilderness mind and wilderness ministry around this lie.
God has declared that this open season of deception has ended, and Jesus is now leading His church back to His covenant knowledge, apostolic stewardship, and priesthood that He governs to oversee our spiritual growth.
- God is removing the idea that conflicting, self-referencing truths are His voice.
- God is uprooting the lie that says His one foundation of truth cannot be known.
Eckhart says, “Learn from others.” But God says, “Learn only from My restored apostolic stewardship.”
The Lord gave me a dream vision on June 18, 2026, that illustrates His correction. I saw a soccer player strike a ball with such precision and certainty that the defender did not even attempt to move. He stood still, as though he already knew the outcome had already been determined before the ball was touched.
Immediately after this scene, I heard the Lord say:
“Watch me. I’m taking back the church.”
The Lord used this dream vision to show that His action toward the church is direct, unstoppable, and already determined. He is addressing thousands of wilderness ministers born out of the Charismatic-Evangelical movement.
God is correcting the wilderness mindsets and what’s being dished out as the gospel. The enemy’s ministers cannot intercept what God has set in motion
What is Being Dished Out as the Gospel?
God is now exposing the very system Satan set in motion to feed the church a fragmented gospel. The greatest compromise is in the rejection of apostolic stewardship because that’s how God planned to deliver truth to the body of Christ.
The enemy’s formula has been accepted without question, the formula that says no single minister, church, or ministry network has the “full picture.” Meaning that Jesus’ covenant truth that is full and complete in Him cannot be known because we don’t want to know it.
Instead of Jesus’ whole covenant, believers are being taught to remain open to hearing God through many pastors, prophets, teachers, conference speakers, authors, podcasters, and influencers. Each offering their own gathered truths and partial truths that do not reflect Jesus.
An entire wilderness system was accepted that said: “Divided voices show us the way.” The Lord overthrows the false system and judges the imitation. His one voice is again heard through His real apostles.
- Eckhardt speaks into the covenant void about his own wilderness problems: “idolizing pastors” and “latching on to personalities” and “isolation”.
Growing up in the wilderness trains believers to manage division rather than follow Jesus.
The Fractured Gospel Fights for Balance
Let’s look at another example of what teaching becomes when it is removed from Jesus’ covenant. In a recent podcast, John Bevere attempted to define holiness within the fractured gospel he preaches, offering a curated blend of relevance, encouragement, and correction as though holiness can emerge from the hands of man.
This is the structure of a faith built without apostolic stewardship. When the foundation is missing, the minister manufactures balance to hide the covenant void.
Bevere said, “Holiness isn’t the end goal. It’s a doorway into intimacy and communion with Almighty God.”
But you cannot define holiness in the covenant void. Holiness is Christ Himself. God’s goal is that we touch the holy things He sanctified with Jesus’ blood for fruit bearing. It is God’s purpose for us we touch Jesus and only Jesus to reflect Him in our faith.
So why is Bevere touching the unholy things? Doing so has consequences. He feels naked—he feels his own wretchedness—and he tries to find his own peace. He assumes everyone must be in the same condition, feeling what he feels. The vinegar he is drinking sets his teeth on edge, and he imagines everyone else is tasting the same bitterness. (Rev. 3:17)
Bevere, like all ministers caught in the covenant void, is groping his way through the fog of fragmentation, taking a little from this person and a little from another person until he convinces himself he has pieced together something that honors God. In reality, he is smiting himself, using his own struggles as a record. This is the heart of the hypocrite. And that state places him outside of Christ, not in Christ.
God’s way is different. His real apostles speak as one voice to unite the body of Christ to bring all believers into the unity of the faith. Each believer is led into Jesus’ covenant environment where they are equipped with His tools to function in their own priesthood to steward the grace of God to one another.
While each believer contributes to the whole body of Christ through their priesthood, God is cutting off the idea that wilderness believers and ministry leaders are part of His body.
This leaves us with a very important question: where does your faith stand? Is it in the wilderness or in Jesus’ covenant? They are not the same.
God is crushing the head of Satan and his fragmented gospel. The one that says that truth is unknowable and therefore we cannot expect to know it.
Man’s Disbelief in God’s Ability to Provide One Foundation of Truth
I want to get into the myth God is shattering. The one that says that truth is unknowable. Let me share a portion from Apostle Eric vonAnderseck’s new book, Apostles Restore the Lost Foundation.
In the following excerpt, Apostle Eric reveals Satan’s mindset: he persuaded Christians to believe that because truth as a whole—one complete foundation—could not be known during the 6th Week of darkness, they can’t expect it now and should accept defeat. Let’s get into that section now:
There’s no sense denying it. Fake ministers have taken a stand against truth for generations, insisting that God’s ONE truth cannot be known. They said man’s nature is the greatest unforeseeable obstacle, that he simply cannot get out of his own way, and therefore we have to accept a truth that is not whole. We have to accept many progressive truths that morph and change over time.
- God is breaking the myth of “unknowable truth”
We’ve heard the same old line for decades: “We can’t be perfect, so our doctrine can be flawed.” As if human weakness gives permission for spiritual confusion. As if God’s design must bend to man’s instability. As if the gospel must be splintered because people are splintered.
But the Apostle Paul does not agree. In his instructions to the saints at Corinth, he confirmed that God planned to give us only ONE unchangeable foundation and that foundation is the living person—Jesus Christ and His covenant knowledge.
1 Corinthians 3:11
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.The complete foundation of knowledge must be laid in the heart of each Christian as one whole foundation. This knowledge is God’s building material. Because you need to draw from it to build with God, none of it can be substituted, and no part of it can be omitted.
God identifies the fracture at the heart of a broken church: the absence of the real apostolic character. In the absence of real apostles, the foundation of truth is never laid in the heart. And in this void Christians accept many truths that shift and evolve as ideas are tested against scripture—rather than measured against the blueprint of Christ’s covenant.
The devil persuaded Christians to believe that because truth as a whole—one complete foundation—could not be known during the 6th Week of darkness, they can’t expect it now and should accept defeat.
- And what is Satan’s consolation prize? He persuaded believers that the pursuit of truth is equal to possession of it.
The surrender of God’s authorized and sanctified truth to biblical convictions is a swap that seems to fit because it lays the groundwork for soul searching observations, but this path is Satan’s lie, and this lie is catastrophic. The absence of Jesus’ covenant is not without consequence.
Do you believe in Jesus?
As this lands on your ear, it might sound like I’m saying you don’t believe in Jesus. And that’s exactly right. God’s correction lands where it needs to land. The disbelief in God’s one covenant foundation of truth means you don’t believe in Jesus.
Believers are now being equipped to see behind Satan’s deceptions: ministry leaders have been working under the pretense of needing to learn from each other because they don’t want God’s one foundation of truth.
As the Lord dismantles Satan’s structured deception, we see how the devil normalized the pattern of not knowing truth and therefore needing to “learn” through many conflicting voices. Satan’s scheme was to circulate a deliberate wilderness narrative that keeps believers searching for what God freely gives in Christ.
And now, as God reintroduces believers to the lost foundation of truth, we witness another miracle: He is restoring the expectation of truth as a full, functioning foundation of knowledge and functioning priesthood. Not the fragmented truths Satan offers, but Jesus’ complete truth that reveals the full dynamics of His house and kingdom.
- But when you’ve lived your entire Christian life with the expectation that God’s whole truth is not possible, not desirable, and not God’s will, it does something to your head and your heart.
Jesus’ covenant is God’s spiritual compass. Remove Jesus’ covenant, alter it, or compromise it and you lose your bearing in God’s kingdom. Satan trained his ministers to navigate without God’s covenant compass and led them into the wilderness where they settled for gut impressions instead of apostolic instruction.
Why Cherry‑picking Becomes the Preferred Method of FaithThe Lord ministered a word of knowledge for this section of the teaching: “cherry-picking”. To cherry‑pick your way through something means you only take the parts you like and ignore the parts you don’t, even if the whole thing is meant to be taken together.
It’s the idea of walking through an orchard and picking only the cherries that look good to you, leaving the rest behind. God uses this term to describe why He brands independent ministry styles as harmful even though the minister feels true to themselves, their scripture selection, and hence true to God.
- The Lord says, “They want to cherry-pick what they want to believe about Me.”
The whole of God’s covenant is not accepted because it is preferred to pick and choose between various teachings depending on what the current situation seems to call for. Let’s look at a few examples.
1. When God’s promises don’t feel real
People gravitate toward ministers who talk about “claiming promises”, “standing on the word”, or “activating faith”. They cherry-pick a message that soothes their current discomfort rather than submitting to God’s design in Jesus’ covenant.2. When vulnerabilities repeat
If someone keeps hitting the same emotional, mental, or behavioral patterns, they look for a minister who will address that specific struggle. They cherry-pick deliverance teachings, inner healing practices, or “breakthrough” rituals because it feels targeted.3. When they feel blocked or spiritually stuck
They look for someone who will diagnose the blockage—demons, curses, trauma, habits— and offer a technique to remove it. They cherry-pick a solution that promises movement without covenant submission.In every case, the person is not rejecting God outright. They’re rejecting God’s covenant through Jesus while believing they’re being faithful. Do they believe in Jesus? No. Not according to God’s pattern.
God unmasks a pattern of spiritual self-direction that feels sincere to the person but is actually rooted in Satan’s counterfeit, not Jesus’ covenant.
Cherrypicking feels spiritual because it was presented as spiritual
For over fifty years, the false church body has resisted God’s apostolic stewardship and framed cherrypicking as:
- freedom
- personal calling
- spiritual individuality
- finding what works for you
- following the Spirit as you feel led
But in reality, it’s a survival mechanism.
So even though Christians suffer under the false religious system: endless confusion, instability, dryness, lack, severed from how God works—they don’t question the system itself. They only question themselves.
This is why God’s challenge is necessary.
Cherry-picking is not the kind of open rebellion that so many picture when they think about walking contrary to God and denying Christ. Its selective obedience disguised as sincerity. It feels spiritual because the person is choosing things that sound biblical, feels comforting, or seem relevant to their struggle. But the selection process is driven by:
- personal study
- inner promptings
- situational pressure
- familiar vulnerabilities
- the desire for resolve
The Lord’s correction reveals how far the church has drifted from Him. As He removes Satan’s mask, you see the mechanism behind independent ministry styles: they allow believers to assemble their own version of faith from pieces they prefer, rather than receiving the whole covenant God authored. They teach believers to follow their example and that’s why we hear so many say: “I prefer my own spiritual autonomy.”
Cherry-picking became a survival strategy in a broken system. And that’s why God gave the word of knowledge; He’s using his real apostles to dismantle that system.
Once the gospel is fragmented, people feel free to “shop” between compartments depending on what they think they need. This is the disbelief in one foundation of truth —the covenant of Jesus Christ.
- Ministry leaders, spiritual influences, Christian authors, and podcasters don’t actually want the whole foundation of knowledge because the whole structure requires direction through living apostles today.
They prefer to cherry-pick. It’s not about ignorance. It’s not about lack of desire for God. It’s about preferring self-directed spirituality over the covenant submission God is calling for.
But self-direction always produces a self-referencing gospel. When the Lord connects self-direction with self-referencing, He’s identifying the exact point where the gospel stops being Christ’s covenant and becomes a mirror of your own desires, vulnerabilities, and interpretations.
Since Satan’s lie took hold of the church in his scholastic trickery that says truth cannot be known and we shouldn’t expect it—it bears repeating: God is restoring the expectation of truth. Not as scattered bits and pieces that echo your own nature, but as the full reality of Christ.
We accept God’s counsel that His knowledge cannot be broken. His complete doctrine represents Him in His fullness—where nothing of Jesus is missing and nothing of man is added.


