Introduction to Spiritual Warfare:
· Not all
demonic entities are of the same magnitude, power, and authority/jurisdiction…
This understanding is vital to effective Spiritual Warfare… There are ruling spirits, which are demonic
entities of the highest magnitude… These
spirits all come with supporting demons (often hundreds)…
· Daniel
7:27 “And the
kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven,
shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is
an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey Him.”
· Colossians 1:16
“For by him were all things created, that are in
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be
thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by
him, and for him.”
· Ephesians
6:12 “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.”
Spirits are named by their roles/characteristics
and works.
· Mark
5:8-9 – this man is possessed by Legion (for there were
“many” demonic entities in him)
o A
Roman legion typically contained between 4,200 and 5,240 fighting men,
supported by 120 cavalry, at the height of its power.
Spiritual Warfare needs to be specific, similar to
how the confession of sins needs to be specific…
Spiritual Strongman: Divination
·
Spirit of Divination – Acts 16:16-18
o
Manifestations, fortune-telling,
soothsaying, warlock, satanist, witch, wiccan, druid, pagan, zodiac,
horoscopes, rebellion, hypnotism, enchantment, pharmakos (mind-altering drugs)
o
Water witching, magic
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Micah 5:12
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Isaiah 2:6
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Exodus 7:11; 8:7; 9:11; 22:18
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Isaiah 19:3; 47:13
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Leviticus 19:26
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Jeremiah 10:2
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1 Samuel 15:23
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Deuteronomy 18:11
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Galatians 5:20
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Hosea 4:12
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Revelation 9:21; 18:23; 21:18; 22:15
o
The Roots… “The Works of the Flesh” – Galatians 5:19-21
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Galatians 5:19-21
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest (shining,
publicly witnessed, external, appearance), which are these:
adultery
fornication
(to
engage unlawful [outside of marriage] lust, harlotry [prostitution], idolatry])
uncleanness
(moral
lewdness [the state of being crude, overtly sexual, offensive], specifically
demonic)
lasciviousness
(wantonness
[the state of being unrestrained, reckless and/or excessively indulgent])
idolatry (worship of heathen gods, image worship)
witchcraft (pharmakia,
medication [mind-altering], magic)
hatred
(hostility,
to have strong hatred)
variance
(“picking
fights”, quarrelsome)
emulations
(to be “hot”, malice, jealousy)
wrath
(to rush, to breathe “fire”, passion, fierceness, indignation
[rage], immolate – to kill or destroy something or someone, usually by burning
them as a sacrifice)
strife
(to faction, intrigue [whispering suggestions that create factions],
to stimulate to anger)
seditions
(to create dissension and disunion [in the family or Body of
Messiah])
heresies
(to take for oneself, to make a choice for disunion [from the Body
of Messiah])
envyings
(ill will, jealousy, spite, to shrivel or wither, to spoil and ruin)
murders
drunkenness
(intoxication)
reveling
(carousal as in letting loose, rioting, to lie outstretched [as in partying
till you pass out])
...and such
like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time
past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.”
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