Leviathan No More
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What is the Leviathan spirit and how do we get rid of it?
A “Leviathan Spirit” Hebrew word liw’yā’tān to the concept of “twisting” or “coiling.”
“twisting the meaning of people’s words, turning people against each other, and instigating unrest.”
“A truth they have believed for many years that is a lie”
Narcissism is a common word of our time that relates to the Leviathan spirit.
8 Signs of the Leviathan Spirit:
Pride
Always right, Not teachable, false identity, self worship, jealousy, narcissistic…
Pride is thinking you did it right so you deserve the blessing.
Humility is knowing what you have was given to you by God. You did not deserve it but He gave it to you.
2. Twists the truth
Miscommunication, about God, yourself, and others, has truth in it but not true…
Misreading texts. Swearing you heard them say, but they did not, Dropped calls,
Swear you read something or heard something but that is not what was said.
3. Doubt God
Twisting of prophecies, thinking God is Mad, Cant hear God, God is silent, when leaders fall God is not who you thought He was…
Prophetic words that did not happen the way you thought they should.
4. Stiff neck
Stubborn, stuck on lies, comes back to lies, carries the weight themselves,
When they hear the truth for a little they go right back to that lie again.
Back and neck pains…
5. Breaks Relationship
Covenant relationship break, deception about who people are so much so that they end up leaving,
6. Numbness
Cold heart, no passion, lack of motivation, why bother…
They don’t want to do the hard things God has asked of them because it wont have the outcome they want.
7. Victim
Powerlessness, depression, Anxiety, gossip, blaming everyone else.
Victims always need an enemy and rescuers.
8. Attack Leaders
The leader could mean someone leading the way by becoming a solution to the problems at hand.
Attacks Leader, Agitated for no reason, looks for faults, rallies people to attack,
The person who is likely sent to you to help you overcome is now your enemy.
Finally finds a reason wrong enough to make him their enemy so they can leave or defeat him.
Signs of the Leviathan Spirit:
Pride
Twists the truth
Doubt God
Stiff neck
Breaks Relationship
Numbness
Victim
Attack Leader
The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary Leviathan
LEVIATHAN [Heb liwyātān (לִוְיָתָן)]. The name of a mythological sea serpent or dragon, personifying the chaos waters, mentioned in the Ugaritic texts, in the OT, and in later Jewish literature. Etymologically the name means “twisting one,” as befits a serpent.
How to Defeat Leviathan:
Looking to Jesus on the cross heals all curses of sin and darkness.
John 3:14–15 (NASB95)
14 “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; 15 so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
When we look at Jesus it is always the begining of our healing and deliverance of all of the judgment of sin.
My dad had a vision of a stronghold down town Bellingham right in front of the museum building. In this vision he sees a giant spirit in three very large chains touring over the building and bringing darkness to our city. He started to pray to tear down this spirit, and then he heard God say, “I dont want this stronghold down, I want it out of here.” Dad turned and started to worship Jesus. It was not long before hundreds of young people joined him worshiping Jesus together. They all heard the sound of chains breaking and they looked over and the stronghold was gone.
It does not matter what kind of spirit, demon, or stronghold we face, we are to look to Jesus the real Stronghold who has already defeated all darkness.
Spirits of darkness look for dark and dry places. (Matt 12:43)
This gives us a clear strategy to let Jesus fill those dark and dry places with light and living water.
Colossians 2:14–15 (NASB95)
14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.
Jesus took the things that give the right of any spirit to latch on to us on the cross with Him. He defeated all darkness with His light.
We give him our pain, suffering and dark places so we can be transforming by Light.
(1 Peter 5:9) says to resist the devil and he will flee.
We resist the devil by being steadfast in faith.
To be steadfast in faith is to be constant and consistent in listening to the voice of God in our hearts.
This is not the voice of our will, but the voice of our Father’s will in all things.
We must seek His kingdom and not our own.
Isaiah 27:1 (NASB95)
1 In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, With His fierce and great and mighty sword, Even Leviathan the twisted serpent; And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.
God is the one who defeats the spirit of Leviathan in your life.
He does this by using His sword.
Sword is His Word
His word to you is fierce, great, and mighty.
Isaiah 51:9 (NASB95)
9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; Awake as in the days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces, Who pierced the dragon?
Based on these two scriptures is God who defeats this spirit with His sword and His arm.
Sword is His Word
What is the arm of the lord?
The first arm of the lord is a word picture describing Moses setting Israel free from Egypt.
Jesus was the arm of the Lord that set us free.
The arm of the Lord is a son being used by God to set free those captive.
Isaiah 49:2 (NASB95)
2 He has made My mouth like a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He has concealed Me; And He has also made Me a select arrow, He has hidden Me in His quiver.
You are His arm and his arrow that has been sent to defeat the spirits that torment you and your family.
In James 3 it talks about the power for good and or evil is in our tongue.
First we must stop complaining about what we feel trapped in.
Victims complain about their enemy so they will be rescued.
Our mouths are how we partner with God to defeat the Leviathan Spirit.
We must use our tongue and mouth for declaring the truth about God and others.
The Truth Jesus has given each of you is more powerful than what is true.
The Truth in the mouths of sons is what will defeat the spirit of Leviathan.
When you hear a lie about you or someone you love, declaring what God says about them breaks them free.
Sometimes it takes several times until the feel free.
James 3:17 (NASB95)
17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.
We must speak the truth in love.
We must boldly declare what God says when facing lies that appear to be true.
Closing:
Signs of the Leviathan Spirit:
Pride
Twists the truth
Doubt God
Stiff neck
Breaks Relationship
Numbness
Victim
Attack Leader
God is the one who defeats the spirit of Leviathan in your life.
God defeats this spirit with His sword and His arm.
You are His arm and his arrow that has been sent to defeat the spirits that torment you and your family.
Our mouths are how we partner with God to defeat the Leviathan Spirit.
The Truth in the mouths of sons is what will defeat the spirit of Leviathan.
Spirits of darkness look for dark and dry places. (Matt 12:43)
This gives us a clear strategy to let Jesus fill those dark and dry places with light and living water.
To be steadfast in faith is to be constant and consistent in listening to the voice of God in our hearts.
Activation:
Jesus, would you fill every dark and dry place in my heart with your light and living water?
Jesus, what do you want me to hear in my heart today?
Jesus, forgive me for partnering with any lies about You, Myself, and others.
Jesus, what is the truth you want me to declare about You?
Jesus, what is the truth you want me to declare about Myself?
Jesus, what is the truth you want me to declare about ?
34 “He looks on everything that is high; He is king over all the sons of pride.”
Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon 3882 לִוְיָתָן
3882 לִוְיָתָן [livyathan /liv·yaw·thawn/] n m. From 3867; TWOT 1089b; GK 4293; Six occurrences; AV translates as “leviathan” six times. 1 leviathan, sea monster, dragon. 1A large aquatic animal. 1B perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown.
Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon 3867 לָוָה, לָוָה
3867 לָוָה, לָוָה [lavah /law·vaw/] v. A primitive root; TWOT 1087, 1088; GK 4277 and 4278; 26 occurrences; AV translates as “join” 10 times, “lend” seven times, “borrow” three times, “borrower” twice, “abide” once, “cleave” once, “lender” once, and “lender + 376” once. 1 to join, be joined. 1A (Qal) to join, be joined, attend. 1B (Niphal) to join oneself to, be joined unto. 2 to borrow, lend. 2A (Qal) to borrow. 2B (Hiphil) to cause to borrow, lend to.
Isaiah 51:9–16 (NASB95)
9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; Awake as in the days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces, Who pierced the dragon? 10 Was it not You who dried up the sea, The waters of the great deep; Who made the depths of the sea a pathway For the redeemed to cross over? 11 So the ransomed of the Lord will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, And everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away. 12 “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies And of the son of man who is made like grass, 13 That you have forgotten the Lord your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth, That you fear continually all day long because of the fury of the oppressor, As he makes ready to destroy? But where is the fury of the oppressor? 14 “The exile will soon be set free, and will not die in the dungeon, nor will his bread be lacking. 15 “For I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea and its waves roar (the Lord of hosts is His name).
16 “I have put My words in your mouth and have covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’ ”
Psalm 74:14 (NASB95)
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
26 There the ships move along, And Leviathan, which You have formed to sport in it.
13 Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. 18 And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.
8 Therefore it says, “When He ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, And He gave gifts to men.” 9 (Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.)
8 the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.
31 “Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. 32 “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.” 33 But He was saying this to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die. 34 The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard out of the Law that the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?” 35 So Jesus said to them, “For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. 36 “While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light.” These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them.
8 Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world. 10 After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you. 11 To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen.