Have you ever felt that tug in your spirit—a deep, unsettling sense that something is wrong in your church, even when everyone else seems to agree with the pastor? You speak up, gently pointing out a contradiction, and the response isn’t a prayerful discussion of Scripture. It’s a label: “You’re being divisive.” Or worse: “You’re rebelling against God’s anointed.”
That accusation is meant to silence. It equates questioning a human leader with defying God Himself. It shuts down discernment by invoking fear.
But what if the very act of testing—of holding leadership accountable to a clear, biblical standard—isn’t an act of rebellion, but the deepest form of obedience?
This is the heart of The Sovereign’s Litmus Test. It is not a weapon against faith, but a forensic tool for biblical fidelity. Let’s dismantle the accusation and reveal the truth beneath it.
The Biblical Command They Hope You Forget
The most powerful weapon against spiritual manipulation is the Scripture that manipulators rely on you not knowing in context.
The core of the Litmus Test is not a new, radical idea. It is built on one of the Bible’s clearest prophetic judgments:
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord… “You have not strengthened the weak, you have not healed the sick, you have not bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.” — Ezekiel 34:2-4 (NIV)
God Himself issues this “woe.” He defines a failed shepherd not by doctrinal error first, but by moral and practical failure: neglecting the weak, ignoring the hurting, and ruling with harshness instead of compassionate service.
The Litmus Test’s “Shepherd Audit” is simply a series of binary questions derived from this passage. It asks:
· Does this leader strengthen the weak or exploit them?
· Do they pursue the lost for restoration, or dismiss them as problems?
· Is their rule marked by the fruit of the Spirit, or by control and brutality?
To use this test is not to rebel. It is to apply God’s own diagnostic checklist to those who claim to speak for Him.
The Real Rebellion: Choosing Man’s Comfort Over God’s Command
When you apply a biblical test and are accused of rebellion, a profound spiritual reversal is happening. Your accuser is asking you to make a choice:
Option A: Obey the clear prophetic standard of God (Ezekiel 34).
Option B: Protect the reputation and comfort of a man (or institution).
Choosing “B” is the true rebellion. It is the age-old sin of idolatry—elevating a human leader, institution, or tradition to a place of untouchable authority that belongs to God alone.
The early church faced this directly. When commanded by human authorities to stop preaching, Peter and the apostles replied:
“We must obey God rather than human beings!” — Acts 5:29 (NIV)
This is the precedent. Obedience to God requires disobedience to human authority when that authority contradicts the character and commands of God. The Litmus Test exists to provide the evidence for when that moment has arrived. It turns a feeling of unease into a documented, scripture-based verdict.
A leader who is a true undershepherd, submitted to Christ, should welcome examination in light of Scripture. As Paul wrote: “Test everything; hold fast what is good.” (1 Thessalonians 5:21). Fear of testing is not a mark of godliness; it is a red flag of fragility.
The Litmus Test: Your Tool for Biblical Obedience
The goal of this work is not to create cynics, but to empower discerning, sovereign believers. It is for those who love the Church too much to let it be destroyed from within by wolves in shepherd’s clothing.
The Sovereign’s Litmus Test is a 10-page field manual. It distills these biblical principles into a practical, binary protocol. It doesn’t deal in vague feelings but in clear, answerable questions.
When you use it, you are not a rebel causing division. You are a faithful witness conducting an audit based on the highest authority. If the leader passes, their integrity is confirmed. If they fail, the verdict is not yours—it is the echo of God’s own “woe” in Ezekiel.
The next time someone warns you about “rebellion,” ask them this: “Are you siding with our pastor, or are you siding with the plain command of Scripture in Ezekiel 34 and Acts 5:29? My test sides with Scripture. Whose side are you on?”
The silence, or the anger, will be your answer.
You are not alone in seeing the gap between what is preached and what is practiced. The first step to closing it is to see it clearly.
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THE SELF-INCRIMINATING FOOL
You argue against the Litmus Test and call me a fool.
Let’s be precise. The Litmus Test is binary Scripture. Ezekiel 34. James 2. Acts 5:29. No commentary. No twist. Just the ancient plumb line dropped onto modern power.
So when you call this work foolish, you are not insulting a person.
You are calling the Bible’s own forensic protocol foolish.
You are calling the Shepherd Audit of Ezekiel 34 a fool’s errand.
You are calling thePoverty Audit of James 2 naive.
You are calling theUltimate Authority test of Acts 5:29 rebellious.
And in doing so, you have confessed the core failure this test was designed to expose:
The shepherds were meant to teach you this.
They were meant to arm you with these very tests—to make you so biblically literate that no wolf could wear wool in your presence.
Their failure to do so is the original fraud.
Your resistance to learning it now is the perpetuation of that fraud.
You are not protecting God from me.
You are protectingyour ignorance of God’s standards from the very tool that would set you free.
The fool isn’t the one handing out the Owner’s Manual.
The fool is the one who would rather die with the engine seized than read the troubleshooting guide.
The test remains. The verdict is yours.
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God gave you a brain; you're a fool not to use it regularly and often.
Let's examine your statement."God gave you a brain; you're a fool not to use it." Agreed. So when I use it to compare a leader's actions to Ezekiel 34, that is wisdom. When you reject that comparison to protect the leader, what is that? You've created a paradox: obeying the idea of using your brain, while rejecting its primary God-given function—discernment. The Litmus Test resolves the paradox. It is the brain's God-given tool. To refuse it is to fulfill your own accusation. #Logic #Discernment #Ezekiel34