Walking In the Spirit 6.5 Withcraft
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Exposing Witchcraft
Exposing Witchcraft
17 [For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him,
18 By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones),
19 And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength,
20 Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places],
Paul is praying for spiritual sight and Knowledge. He is, in essence asking God to open the spiritual eyes and minds of the Church of Ephesus so that they may both see and know the will of God.
In the realm of the spirit, we have eyes, ears, minds, and senses that mirror our five natural senses.
We can receive communication from God through a variety of means. This is important to the prophetic development of our lives. We Must learn the How.
How Does God communicate to you?
Is it through Dreams, interpretation of Dreams, Visions, Does he speak through the studying of the Word, Is it audible?
We must learn to identify the How.
We need to know how God can and does speak to his people.
This is learned through solid biblical education. We must then press further to examine the dominant way or ways God speaks to us. This assists us in capturing the message and the heart of the Lord
What you believe is Gods Voice Must Line Up With Gods Word....
After successfully examining the realms of communication, we need then to go deeper and press into the Motive.
The Why Behind the How?
Paul was sincerely seeking God for the Church to both See and know, for them to move in a prophetic spirit and have wisdom and ability to steward what God was saying.
This is true Apostolic desire...
An Activated Church with Prophetic purity and accuracy becomes an unstoppable force in the earth..
24 But if everyone is prophesying, and an unbeliever or one without the gift enters your meeting, he will be convicted by all that he hears and will be called to account,
25 for the intimate secrets of his heart will be brought to light. He will be mystified and fall facedown in worship and say, “God is truly among you!”
Paul says the gift of prophecy in action revels the secrets of mens harts. This is the part that opens realms of trust and intimacy. In many ways, the Prophetic ministry is the administration of the secret things.
Prophets will know difficult things about others, including those they love and admire. Prophets can also see impeding tragedy or difficult situations that will come. Prophets may discern attacks long before they unfold. Prophets can see into the future.
One of the ways that prophets gain access into the heart and lives of people is through the word of Knowledge. This gift, along with discerning of Spirits and the Word Of Wisdom, is common gifts.
The Word Of Knowledge is a revelation gift, the revelation of a current situation or circumstance. It contains details. At times it can be a name, birthdate, the description of a physical sickness or a mind attack.
When the gift is in operation, secret details are revealed to access that part of a persons life so God can minister to them.
It’s never for the sake of information alone but the purpose of divine encounter, course correction, and life-changing ministry.
The revelatory ministry created an openness so that a person experiences life-changing power and accuracy.
For this Purpose alone, the vessel that is being used by the Master must be pure.
When we think of Purity, we often think of particular sinful practices or shortcomings in the life of a person but its far beyond that.
Purity is the heart of a man or women. It is the motive of the vessel and then the actions.
The right action with the wrong motive becomes a breeding ground for evil!!!
1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
17 The pastors who lead the church well should be paid well. They should receive double honor for faithfully preaching and teaching the revelation of the Word of God.
18 For the Scriptures have taught us: “Do not muzzle an ox or forbid it to eat while it grinds the grain.” And also, “The one who labors deserves his wages.”
This is an old testament affirmation of a biblical principle. We are to honor the gifts of God. including Monetary support. In the Old testament people were constantly blessing the prophets.
They where so affected by their ministry they wanted to bless them back. This type of love and support is a holy thing and needs to be stewarded with fear of the Lord. Gods people are not bank acounts. They are precious and valuable people that Jesus died for. While they may sow and support we must never view them through the Lens of monetary value.
10 Certainly, the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some people who have set their hearts on getting rich have wandered away from the Christian faith and have caused themselves a lot of grief.
Witchcraft can enter easily when money becomes the primary aim of a prophet, musician, Worship leader, Preacher, Pastor & ministry, kingdom service, speaking, praying or prophesying to people. When it becomes all about money, error will arise quickly
For The Love Of Money is the root of all evil. -1 Timothy 6:10
Witchcraft is a spirit that seeks to bind and control people for demonic purposes.
It is vital to understand that there are multiple manifestations of witchcraft and evil spiritual practices, engaging supernatural realms through demonic gateways
These People know they are openly operating in satanic power.
Then there are the more veiled forms of witchcraft that seek to deceive people and entice them away from Jesus, promising peace and tranquility.
This includes any spiritual pursuit that seeks power, supernatural experiences, or encounters without the honor and worship of the One True Living God.
The list of undercover witchcraft activities in the western world is rapidly growing as people seek spirituality without consecration and salvation.
1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Evaluate every Christian brother and Sister.. In NBM And Out..
How many have you fasted with?
How many of them have mentioned how excited they are for the shut in?
How many of them don’t entertain your foolishness, pettiness and stubborn behaviors and call it what it is?
How Many encourage you to go deeper spiritually and encourages you in the Word Of God?
How Many of them actually Honor the marriage vows?
The Church is being lulled to sleep about the seriousness of modern-day witchcraft.
11 To keep Satan from getting the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his wiles and intentions.
11 so that we would not be exploited by the adversary, Satan, for we know his clever schemes.
15 Witchcraft is the use of sorcery or magic by means of objects or sayings to control people or forces of nature.—
The Apostle Paul was teaching the church at Corinth as he made this statement. Satan can get an advantage when we are ignorant of his devices.
The word device means schemes and mode of operation.
Its not only biblical to educate Gods people on demons, deliverance and spiritual warfare, but its vital for successful living.
We quote scriptures like
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
12 Your hand-to-hand combat is not with human beings, but with the highest principalities and authorities operating in rebellion under the heavenly realms. For they are a powerful class of demon-gods and evil spirits that hold this dark world in bondage.
But do we understand what this means?
12 This is no afternoon athletic contest that we’ll walk away from and forget about in a couple of hours. This is for keeps, a life-or-death fight to the finish against the Devil and all his angels.
3. The WHAT
What Must I Guard At All Cost?
Your Heart
Stage #1: Spiritual Infiltration
If People infiltrate a place or organization they enter it secretly in order to spy on it or influence it
synonyms: penetrate, pervade & creep
Guard you hart from being infiltrated darkness & wickedness
How would you Know if something has the potential to be a product of darkness?
Stage 2#. Spiritual Infection
A Dis-ease caused by germs or bacteria
The act of affecting with ones feelings or beliefs
Stage #3 Spiritual Amputation
The Removal of Limbs
The enemies Job isn’t complete until he disconnects us from the body of Christ.
The cause of amputation is not paying attention to warning signs.
Loss Of Love ,Loss Of Grace ,Loss Of Forgiveness ,Self righteous spirit ,Spiritually deep , Truce Breaker & Producer of Discord
16 There are six things the Lord hates. There are seven things he cannot stand:
17 a proud look, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people,
18 a mind that thinks up evil plans, feet that are quick to do evil,
19 a witness who lies, and someone who starts arguments among families.
16 These six things the Lord hates, indeed, seven are an abomination to Him:
17 A proud look [the spirit that makes one overestimate himself and underestimate others], a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 A heart that manufactures wicked thoughts and plans, feet that are swift in running to evil,
19 A false witness who breathes out lies [even under oath], and he who sows discord among his brethren.