Our battle is not with people but spiritual entities! The Bible calls them demonic principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, and spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12
Partnership
God always, always alway work out of partnership. Creation was build upon the foundational principle of partnership. God created the heavens and the earth to follow a set of laws and processes. For example, the human body is a prime example of the systems of the earth. Our bodies were created to maintain itself. The heart beats and our lungs breathed by themselves, automatic response. Your body has a voice of its own and if it recognize a problem, it will react on its own to protect itself. The human body at conception starts out as small as a dot above “i” and multiplies millions and millions of times become a fully functioning adult.
The seed time harvest process is build into creation. Partnership is build into the system of creation. You can only have one spiritual head. It’s either God or Satan. There is nothing in the middle.
“What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doth is without the body, but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:16-20 (KJV)
In the final harvest, there is no middle ground, it’s either/or! In the parable of the ten virgins, there was no middle ground, five were foolish and five were wise! The five foolish virgins were denied entry into the wedding feast although they were numbered among the five wise virgins.
“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other, Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life…” Matthew 6:24-25a (KJV)
Satan needs your resources
If Satan cannot use your resources, he prefers your neutrality. He loves your silence and especially your ignorance of reality.
Satan needs human beings to advance his agenda. People in political offices passing laws that enable prostitution and petty crimes to flourish. Cartels strategically moving their merchandise into communities to create new markets.
I want to share videos over the next few days that highlight this strategy of wickedness!
These videos are powerful stories of people who were solicited to become pimps and others use their authority as law enforcement officers to become agents of drug cartels.
There are many prophetic images of judgment in scripture
People reap what they sow. Prosperity and increase comes because it is build into the system. If you sow you will reap!
the Bible describes judgment this way, “He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.” Revelation 13:10 (KJV)
God is saying to believers, ‘be patient and faithful until the hole is dug for the enemy.’ God wants us to know, that those who allow themselves to be used by the enemy to create bondage for others shall themselves go into bondage. The person that is killing people shall themselves be killed.
You might not be able to see the reward of the wicked, but the Bible says:
“Then I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones.” Zechariah 5:1-4 (KJV)
Jesus was manifested to destroy the works of darkness.
“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.” 1 John 3:8 (KJ)
Sevenfold Return
“Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul BUT IF HE FOUND, HE SHALL RESTORE SEVENFOLD; HE SHALL GIVE ALL THE SUBSTANCE OF HIS HOUSE.” Proverbs 6:30-31
God’s has innumerable ways of getting back to you what the devil stole. Satan has many hands in your pocket. BUT God’s word is working on your behalf. God swore that in blessing he would bless. Creation is working to restore you, to make you whole.
“These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.” Genesis 2:4-5
Wonderful thought, the heavens and the earth were not created in a series of six single 24 hour days. Yet, scriptures describes these things as created in the day, meaning it was, “a time for the foundations of the earth to be laid.”
Genesis 2:4, “These are the generations of the heaven and the earth in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.”
There was not a man
“And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.”
So God created a man from the dust of the field and breathed the breath of life into nostrils and man became a living soul.
God said to the first man, Be fruitful, multiply, replenish the earth, subdue it have dominion over everything that has life in it. He said, I have given you every seed upon all the face of the earth and every trees bearing fruit!
If you think seed doesn’t matter, wrong! God uses seed on many different levels. For example, He told the Serpent, the seed of the woman shall bruise your head. He gave Abraham a seed that becomes a nation that birth the Messiah. Then He uses the seed to given the gift of eternal life to whosoever believes
“If ye be Christ, then are you Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promises.”
God uses fruit trees! The first sacrifice was the fruit of a fruit tree. The first gift of eternal life came from a fruit tree. Jesus was crucified on a tree. The Tree of Life is in the midst of the paradise of God.
“And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.”
Partnership
Partnership as it relates to God, is probably the most elusive principle of creation. The system of the earth is based on partnership. This concept flows from Genesis through to Revelation. We understand partnership in bits and pieces.
God has been the greatest victim of theft. Man has never fully render to God his due fruits of the partnership. However, God stills holds people responsible for their share of the harvest of the earth.
God asked the question will a man rob God? You have robbed me even this whole nation. You are cursed with are curse!
Parable of the Wine Press (Matthew 21:33-46 KJV)
The parable pf the wine press illustrates the principles of failed partnership. Jesus told the story of a householder who planted a vineyard. He placed a fence around it and rigged a wine press in it. He build a tower in it. He put the responsibility of managing the vineyard into his employees. Last of all he took a long trip to a far country.
When it came time for the harvest to come in, he sent his servants to the managers of the vineyard to collect its fruits. The Managers beat up one servant, stoned one and killed another. The Householder continued to sent messages to collect the fruits of vineyard. The managers continued to treat each messages the same way.
Finally the Householder decided to send his Son, thinking the managers would respect his son more than his messengers. The managers decided to kill the son and take ownership of the vineyard.
Jesus asked the question of his audience, “When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?” His audience responded,
“They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.” Matthew 21:41
Partnership has always been about man rendering God the fruits of partnership. Yet, man took the fruits that were due God and consumed them upon his own desires. Genesis 6:2, “…They took them wives of all which they chose.”
“But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.” Jeremiah 5:23-24
Jesus quoted scripture,
“Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?”
Jesus said,
“Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruit thereof.”
The parable is about rendering to God his due fruits. People think this parable just applies to the Pharisees. No, it applies to followers of Jesus Christ as well.
The Parable of the talents! (Matthew 25:14-30)
Jesus tells a parable about three servants of a householder. For clarity let change the titles of subjects of this parable. Let make the man traveling to a far country, the president of a company. Lets make the servants employees. The president of this company is about to tell a long business trip. He called his chief employees together and committed the companies resources into their hands.
The first employee was given five pieces of gold. The second employee was give two pieces of gold. The third employee was given one piece of gold. After a long period of time, the president of the company calls his employees to give an account of their stewardship.
The first employee came to the president and said, ‘You committed to me five pieces of gold, I have gained five more.’ The president of the company said, well done good and faithful have you been, I will make you ruler over many things, come let’s celebrate together.
The second employee came to the president and said, You committed to me two pieces of gold, I have gained two more. The president said, well done good and faithful have you been, I will make you ruler over many things, come let’s celebrate together.
The third employee came to the president and said, You gave me one piece of gold and I was afraid of losing it. I knew you as a hard man reaping where you have not sown. So I took the companies resources and buried them in a hole in the backyard, here is your one piece of goal. The president said, You wicked and slothful employee, you should have put my money in the bank at lease I could have gained the interest. Take the talent from him and give it to the employee which gained the most of the resources entrusted to him.
The principle of accountability
“For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Many people are in a dark place simply because they didn’t take advance of seed time and harvest. They ate their seed. They neglected their fruit trees. They slept during harvest times. They were not conscious of the process.
God reserves the harvest! In other word, there is a harvest of increase in your future, simply because that is ow the system was designed to function. Sow seed, plant water and be patient unto God gives rain and increase.
God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.” Seed is for provision. Seed is pro (for) the vision. God’s vision!
You can’t limit seed to physical food. Seed will/can benefit you in every area of your life.
The power of sowing seed
In Second Corinthians 9:6-15, the apostle Paul encourages the Corinthian Church concerning making provision for the ministry to the saints. He said,
“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 (KJV)
If you sown little, you will reap on the same scale. If you sow abundantly, you will reap abundantly. I learned this early in ministry. I learned this valuable principle. I deliberately found as many serving opportunities and started pouring into these field.
I served as a chaplain in the Wayne County Jail, Dickerson Detention Facility, the Detroit Rescue Mission and the Detroit Police Department of which I receive no salary. I also prayed with a group churches called the Detroit Regional House of Prayer as well as pastoring a church.
In my serving I recognized seasons of blessings. I was able to share these lessons with people I ministered to in prison and the homeless shelter. I enjoyed the grace of God in so many ways. The season that I am walking in today, as debt free, came out of those seasons of sowing into others.
Another amazing benefit is the level of your authority and dominion increases as well. What I mean by that, I master money instead of money mastering me. I experience the blessings of God in my body, marriage, home and finances. Why? Not because I am a good person. I have learned the principles of the Garden of Eden and I applied them to my daily life.
(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruit of your righteousness;).”
God gives seed to everybody, to the poor
He is righteous always and all the time. He is good to all. He opens his hands and desires the desires of every living thing
-He ministers seed to you
-He multiplies the seed you sow
-He increase the fruits of your righteousness. When God increase the fruit of your works, simply means what you harvest becomes so much that your barnes will break out with abundant increase. He increases it to the point that there is an overflow of abundance. Remember, Satan didn’t create prosperity. God created prosperity as a way of manifesting his glory. All things were made by him and they were created for his pleasure (Revelation 4:11).
The Sower Sows the Word
Matthew 13:2-11 & 14, Mark 4:1-20; Luke 8:4-15
The parable of “the sower sows the word” is based on the same principles of all the other revelations regarding rendering to God his due fruits. Jesus came to reveal mysteries of creation that had been hidden or lost from the beginning of time.
“All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.”
Jesus spoke the mysteries in parables. His disciples asked him, why speak in parables? Jesus spoke in parables because the people continually rejected God. There was a pattern in the nation of people continuously rejecting God’s counsel so the prophesy of Isaiah 6:9 was fulfilled in that generation. The prophesy was
“By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive.”
People receive the blessings of God as they are able to hear, receive and keep the Word God ministered to them. Jesus said,
“He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.”
Of the four groups of people who hears the Word of the Kingdom of God:
The group who hears the word by the wayside
The group who receives the word into stony places
The group who receives the word among thorns
The group who receives the Word in good ground
There is loss of growth in the first 3 groups. The last group who hears, receives, and keeps the word of God in their hearts, reaps a harvest of 30, 60, and a 100 fold more than what was sown. What is the Word of the kingdom? It is the Word of Life, the message of life which was manifested in the life and ministry of Jesus according to 1 John 1:1-5. Jesus healed all who came to him in faith! Jesus said to Martha and Mary concerning their brother Lazarus who had died, “I am the resurrection and the life.”
“One sow and another waters but God gives the increase!”
“And he gave gifts unto men”
The Message of the Ten virgins
Five were foolish and five were wise. Both groups fell asleep while waiting on the marriage feast to start. When the cry came forth, “The bridegroom cometh.” All ten woke up, the five foolish didn’t have oil to light their lamps and asked oil of the five wise virgins. The five wise virgins counseled them to go to the market place and purchase oil. While the five foolish virgin were gone to the market place to buy oil; the bridegroom show up and takes the five wise virgins into the marriage feast. When the five foolish virgins show up, knock on the door and say, “Lord, Lord open up.”
“But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.”
Again the principle is, understand the purpose for seed! Work it, Apply it. Reap harvests intentionally! Become a master of seed time and harvest!
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ” 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (KJV)
“A stronghold– A fortified place. A place of security or survival. A place dominated by a particular group or marked by a particular characteristic.” Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary
Bible with Strong’s #H4685, defines, “Strong hold” as, “Fortification, castle, or fortified city, fenced”
Ed Silvoso defines strong hold as,
“A spiritual stronghold is a mind-set impregnated with hopelessness that causes us to accept as unchangeable, situations that we know are contrary to the will of God.”
The apostle Paul was dealing with a strong hold in the Corinthian Church. It was a stronghold of opinions that undermined his leadership. His detractors said, ‘”his speech is contemptible and his bodily presence is weak.”
The New Living Translation quotes, “For some say, “Don’t worry about Paul. His letters are demanding and forceful, but in person he is weak, and his speeches are really bad.” 2 Corinthians 10:9 (NLT)
Our Warfare
The apostle Paul said, he would not fight such with human weapons but spiritual weapons that were mighty through God for the pulling down of strongholds. He said,
casting down imaginations and
every high thought that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,
bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.
What should we know about a stronghold
A strong man lives in a strong hold and he will talk to you from a place of strength. His stronghold is fortified. A strong man will talk to you and it will control your life. The dumb spirit of Luke 11:14. This dumb spirit rendered his victim speechless. In Mark 9, what was probably a spirit of suicide, threw its victim into fire and water.
The demonic spirit called Legion, Mark 5:6-20
The unclean spirit called Legion caused his host to live in a graveyard. No man could bind him. No restrains could hold him. No man could tame him. Day and night legion caused his victim to cry out in pain cutting himself with stones.
One thing about the spirit called Legion, they knew Jesus was the Son of the most high God, they ran bowed down and worshipped him. They also knew Jesus had power to torment them. They asked him not to send them away out of the country. This Legion of demonic spirits were so afraid of being without a host that they asked Jesus to send them into a herd of pigs.
“And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.” Mark 5:12 (KJV)
The devils recognized Jesus’ authority. They talked to Jesus, worshipped him, sought his leniency. The strong man will talk to you out of a strong hold.
Presence Day Strong holds
There are presence day strong holds in the financial industry, medical pharmaceutical fields, prison systems, drug gangs, gun rings, motorcycle clubs, sex trafficking rings and the list goes on and on. Sometimes the demonic spirits ruling behind the scenes don’t readily reveal themselves and other times their behaviors is evident.
I had to deal with the stronghold of debt. I got myself into debt. It started out innocently, The first time I got into credit card debt, I saw all the wonderful things I could buy with a credit card. Once I got out debt, I went back into debt because I saw what a credit card could do for me? I could rent a car or rent a hotel room. This second time around, I stay in bondage to Citi-bank visa for twenty-two years. This time, I built stronghold into my own financial life. When a financial need came up, I already had the money set aside to meet those needs.
“And Tyrus build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.” Zechariah 9:3 (KJV)
How is a strong hold constructed
Dealing with a wiles,
The apostle Paul said, ‘we are not ignorant of the devil’s devices.’ He also said, ‘take the whole armor of God that you might be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.’
Wiles– Defined as, “deceit, a trick or stratagem intended to ensnare or deceive; also a beguiling or playful trick; skilled at outwitting; to lure by or as if by a magic spell; entice.” From Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary
I was sitting in the front room of my house. I kept hearing these thoughts rush into my mind, “You ain’t nothing. You are a nobody.” The same thoughts kept coming in rapid succession being repeated over and over again. I said, I rebuke that thought. I plead the blood of Jesus, then the next thing I heard with my ears, the sound of a record player, when the arm is this dislodge from the groves of the old vinyl disc record. I knew in that moment that I was under a demonic attack. Something I had not recognized before but in that moment and until this day, every thought that exalts itself or undermines me, I exercise authority and dominion over it and cast it out. I pleaded the blood of Jesus Christ over my thought life.
“When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, searching for rest. But when it finds none, it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from. So it returns and finds that its former home is all swept and clean. Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before.” Luke 11:24-26 (KJV)
This is called relapse. Person could be set free but if there hasn’t been a renewal of mind, that person will get pulled back into that lifestyle. Jesus gave us a perfect example of what goes on in the spirit realm. A demonic spirit that was cast out, goes seeking another host but finds none and he goes back to previous host, find them clean and their lives put in order. This demonic spirit gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself who are probably looking for a new host, overwhelm the person’s will, retakes their new home.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, Proverbs 18:21. Your words are very powerful and your adversary needs you to agree with his words. His words are powerless until you agree with them and begin to speak those words and act upon them.
Ephesians 4:27, says give the devil no place. How does one give the enemy a place or foot hold? Through negative self talk, that is done on a repetitive daily basis. Your words becomes seed that will produce a negative harvest.
When a demonic spirit has gained access to a person’s heart and mind, it will continue to speak the same words over and over until it gains access to the person’s will. Once it gains access to the will, that demonic spirit will make the person self harm themselves. Satan comes to steal, kill and destroy.
How do you overcome an attack of the enemy?
Be renewed in the spirit of your mind, Ephesians 4:23-24, put on the new man. The end goal of the faith is to become like Jesus Christ. Ephesians 4:13, coming into the unity of the faith, of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.
“Finally, brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye might be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” Ephesians 6:10-11 (KJV)
The apostle Paul says, our warfare is not against flesh and blood but an enemies in the spiritual realm. A highly organized system designed to steal, kill and destroy. He said,
“Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore…” Ephesians 6:13-14a (KJV)
Case in point, the man who was possessed by the demonic spirit called Legion, who lived in the tombs, cut himself with stones, strip off his clothes and constantly cried out. No one could tame him. Once Jesus cast the devil out of this man, he was sound in mind, seated and clothed.
“And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possess with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind, and they were afraid.” Mark 5:15 (KJV)
If you want to pray biblical correct prayers that give the enemy no place, go to http://www.peopleofpraiseministries.org look for the confession tab. I’ve included several prayers and continue to update with new content.
“But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace. But when a stronger than shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.” Luke 11:20-22 (KJV)
“But if I am casting out demons by the power of God, then the kingdom of God has arrived among you. For when Satan, who is completely armed, guards his palace, it is safe- until someone who is stronger attacks and overpowers him, strips him of his weapons, and carries off his belongings.” Luke 11:20-22 (New Living Translation)
“A strong man is one who leads or controls by force of will and character or by military methods.”
Jesus said when a strong man armed keeps his palace, his good are secure. The New Living Translation says the strong man of Luke 11, is Satan.
Our battles are not with flesh and blood but principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, spiritual wickedness in high places. The prince of the power of the air works in and through the children of disobedience.
The spiritual and natural works together in the sense that in the beginning in the garden of Eden, you had the spiritual (the river of life) flowing into the earth (natural). When the flow of the river of life was cut off, then the earth began to experience droughts and famine.
The Satan had to use the body of the serpent to communicate to the woman. The same is true when Satan’s kingdom is the spiritual head of a home, company, city, state, or nation. Spiritual darkness is working in the atmosphere of that home and family. Usually dealing with a person under the influence of demonic spirits is difficult unless the person wants deliverance.
Jesus had to defeat the strong man before he could spoil his kingdom. Jesus and Satan faced off in the wilderness in Luke 4:1-43. Jesus won the contest. He announced his ministry to the world, Luke 4:18.
There was another contest in Luke 10, Jesus trained his disciples to replicate his works.
“And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: and heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come unto you.” Luke 10:8-10 (KJV)
Jesus told them to heal the sick and say the kingdom of God is come unto You! Healing the sick had something To do with the kingdom of God coming unto them. When the seventy returned, they said to Jesus,
“And seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.” Luke 10:17-21 (KJV)
This is an example of the strong man being put down, first on earth and then in heaven, see Revelation 12:1-17.
There is also strong men or strong women in our midst. There was a man, who had graduated from West Point Military Academy, who after retirement from the military service became the head of the company that was the main supplier of gas and electric service to my city. This man ran the company like he was in the military service. I learned a lot in not letting a company or man control the way I see things. Satan will work through people to intimidate and control you. You must speak to the strong man and not let the strong man intimidate you!
In Luke 11:14-26, Jesus was casting out a devil. The devil was a “dumb spirit.” Once the dumb spirit was cast out, the person that was made dumb spoke. A dumb spirit seeks to make a person unable to communicate. A dumb spirit seek to aggravate, frustrate, disappoint, deny and delay action. Usually, you are not dealing with a person but a spirit that is seeking to influence how you respond to it. The dumb spirit tries to talk you through the way you interpret a given situation. It makes you freeze in a battle.
Speak back to the strong man
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” Proverbs 18:21 (KJV)
According to Luke 10:19, Jesus gave his disciples power to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy. Cast it out!
“For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; TO EXECUTE UPON THEM THE JUDGMENT WRITTEN: THIS HONOUR HAVE ALL HIS SAINTS. PRAISE YE THE LORD.” Psalms 149:4-9
Examples of the Strong man
Examples of the strong man in action
Spirit of Infirmity
“And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.” Luke 13:11-13 (KJV)
Jesus said this woman had a spirit of infirmity. She was bowed over for eighteen years and could not in no way lift herself up. Jesus said her problem was a spirit of infirmity. The Greek definition of infirmity according to Strong’s with the Bible #G769 from #G772 is feebleness (of body or mind) ; disease infirmity sickness weakness.”
Jesus said Satan had bound her for eighteen years.
“And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?” Luke 13:11-13
Satan had this woman bound with a demonic spirit of infirmity. Jesus also called the infirmity, “this bond”
The Biblical definition for bond is,
“A band that is ligament (of the body) or shackle (of a prisoner); figuratively an impediment or disability:-band bond chain string.” From Strong’s with the Bible #G1199
So it is possible that a demonic spirit forced this woman into a folded down position? Jesus, with words, loosed this woman from a spirit of infirmity.
“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressedof the devil; for God was with him.” Acts 10:38 (KJV)
“He that committed sin is of the devil; for the devil sinners from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.” 1 John 3:8 (KJV)
–Pharaoh, King of Egypt, kept the children of Israel in bondage for about 400 years, Exodus 12:40-42 & Acts 7:6-7 (KJV)
–Goliath of Gath, a military champion the giant kept Israel in fear for forty days
“And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.” 1 Samuel 17:8-11 (KJV)
“And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself for forty days.” 1 Samuel 17:16 (KJV)
Goliath spoke these same words, 1 Samuel 17:23 (KJV)
All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were “sore afraid” 1 Samuel 17: 24 (KJV)
Goliath challenged Israel for forty days UNTIL someone who knew the power of God accepted his challenge. That someone was David, a teenage shepherd boy. David said to Goliath:
“Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. AND ALL THIS ASSEMBLY SHALL KNOW THAT THE LORD SAVETH NOT WITH SWORD AND SPEAR: FOR THE BATTLE IS THE LORD’S AND HE WILL GIVE YOU INTO OUR HANDS.” 1 Samuel 17:45-48 (KJV)
David put his hand in his bag took out a stone, slang it and smote the Philistine in the forehead and he fell on his face. David took Goliath’s sword and cut his head off. The Philistine army fled in fear when they saw their champion was dead.
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