SPIRITUAL SICKNESS
SPIRITUAL SICKNESS
One of the greatest sicknesses isn’t a disease it’s a spirit which embraces other destructive spirits rendering sound decision making impaired, health restoration inhibited and attempts to destroy the same attributes in those we love and care about!
This spirit perverts, twists, manipulates, enforces tactics, methods, and protocols contrary to what is needed for restoration of true health. It can leave a person with feelings of hopelessness, destruction, abandonment, isolation, lack of self-worth, loss of strength, loss of motive and render complete paranoia and even the embracement of death.
Ultimately, its goal is to bring death to the soul and eventually to the life of the person and all those people exposed to this spirit. If this spirit were classified in human military terminology perhaps it would be called “friendly fire” because spirits work through people and affect other people. Its true spiritual purpose is to kill, steal and destroy every life possible!
There is no human antidote or medical cure because it is a spirit and not a disease! A disease can’t kill the soul only the flesh! Does this resemble what is transpiring across the globe now?
SPIRIT OF FEAR
2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
There is a very simple reality about the fear of death and I in no way in stating this attempting to undervalue a person’s life. Many fear death because the wages of sin is death. They are not in right standing with God and/or truly not “born again”. I am astonished at the number of professing Christians who fear death while openly proclaiming that the “Resurrection” dwells within them. How can you fear a disease when the “Resurrection” dwells within you? How can you embrace John 3:16 in faith and embrace death simultaneously? How can you truly preach Christ fearing death, were not the Apostles martyred?
I’d like to expound on what I have never heard preached, but the Lord revealed to me. When Jesus was in the garden of Gethsemane, He sweat drops of blood as the crucifixion drew near. Jesus then spoke not my will, but your will be done Father. Was that the son of man or the Son of God speaking? If flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of Heaven what was displayed and truly happening was the separation of the son of Man and the Son of God. The flesh (human soul) needed to die/surrender to fulfill the will of God! The last thing any person desires is to die so the conversion, sanctification and human will of the human soul is only overcome by the Spirit of God! The Son of God is eternal and cannot die so it was the Son of Man totally surrendered to the Son of God in the garden of Gethsemane.
Matthew 16:25 (NKJV)
25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Revelation 12:11 (NKJV)
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.
John 11:25 (NKJV)
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
If we reflect on Psalm 23 which is often quoted at funerals this Psalm is for those who live in Christ not for those who are not. The good news is the Gospel of Christ where redemption is available, and atonement has been in Christ Jesus!
John 3:16 (NKJV)
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Where is the “valley of the shadow of death”? I am not referring to a city, country or specific location but generally speaking it is the earth. We are surrounded by death, spiritual death. There are people dying spiritually and they don’t even know it because the enemy has them captive. Only through Christ are the captives set free!
Even though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death “I will fear no evil for thou are with me!”
The table that is prepared is symbolic of the last supper and we are able no matter how much darkness and death tries to consume us partake of the “BREAD OF LIFE”! Praise the Lord! Glory to God!
In these last days or as I see it last HOURS the professing body of Christ must overcome the fear of death! Why are so many Christians afraid of death, let each of us search our hearts humbly before the Lord on this. How will you be able to refuse the mark of the beast if you fear death?
Satan is likely laughing as humanity fights whether to wear a mask or not to wear a mask when in reality the mask is NOT the problem it is a diversion and smoke screen to what is really happening. A mask cannot save your life! There is an evil agenda at work and who is anyone to Lord over us saying we can’t buy food without a mask? How did they get to decide who lives and dies? Satan wants to make himself God, what spirits are at work? To simply say it is a mandate does not make it godly! Is abortion godly? It may be legal, but it is NOT GODLY!
Has the mask become an idol, is your faith in your mask? To be told you don’t love because you won’t wear a mask is absolute hypocrisy. Are we bowing to a mask? Do you believe in the Resurrection, have you encountered the Resurrection, or have you been conquered by the grave? If you choose to wear a mask that is a PERSONAL decision and should remain a PERSONAL decision.
Personally, I can’t imagine believing in the healing power of God and praying for someone’s health while wearing a mask. I am either delivered from death or I am not. Is sickness real, sure it is. Does sickness define me, definitely NOT! There is a separation of the flesh and the spirit!
Hebrews 4:12–13 (NKJV)
12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
For example, I NEVER force prayer on anyone, and I respect their personal decisions and boundaries. While in a store recently the Lord prompted me to pray for an elderly woman with difficulty walking. I sought the Lord then approached the woman telling her the Lord wanted me to pray for her and asked if she would like prayer. She said yes, I stated I am not wearing a mask does this make you uncomfortable and she said no. Both her and her husband were wearing masks. I laid hands on her and prayed. I then looked at her husband and the Lord gave me words of knowledge and through those words of knowledge came prophetic utterance. I said The Lord says you are a strong man and you do not wish to burden your loved ones with your troubles the Lord says that you need to cast those burdens upon Him as only the Lord can deliver you from your burdens. There were other words from the Lord, but I am merely giving this as an example.
Psalm 55:22 (NKJV)
22 Cast your burden on the Lord,
And He shall sustain you;
He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
Matthew 11:28–30 (NKJV)
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
His wife then spoke and said he was just diagnosed with dementia. I asked if he would like prayer. He said yes, The Lord had me break the curses of his diagnosis as lead by the Lord and spoke the mind of Christ over him and proclaimed that the Spirit of God is not ruled or subjected to the flesh but the flesh is subjected to the Spirit of God. I continued to pray as the Holy Spirit guided me. We continued to pray and fellowship for a while.
My point is that I respect your personal liberties and I merely ask the same in return. I believe in the resurrection and I believe my destiny is in Christ and in NOTHING else.
Psalm 23 (NKJV)
Psalm 23
The Lord The Shepherd of His People
A Psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever.
It would be good to remember that a house divided will not stand and that the foundation of TRUE faith is ONLY in Christ Jesus. My life is not my own but the life I live know is in the faith of Christ.
Galatians 2:20 (NKJV)
20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Daniel 3:16–18 (NKJV)
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. 18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.”
We know the story of Shadrach, Meshack and Abed-Nego and through meditation and perhaps the way the Lord has me process things I try to examine not only the truths of God’s word but also the consequences of God’s word. For example, why something happened following God and what happens or could happen not following God. There are consequences and I meditate on both sides for clarity.
An example would be who, what, when, why, how and why not. The why not has me question why didn’t the rest of the Israelites go into the fiery furnace after Jesus was in there with the three Jews? If you truly are seeking the Lord, HIS glory and to be one with the Lord why wouldn’t you go into the fire? Jesus is an “All Consuming Fire” and everything will be tested by fire. This question would also include the book of Exodus when they would not go up the mountain with Moses, but they made idols. When I say Israelites, I am not being specific regarding Israel or Jewish people but followers of Christ. If you are truly seeking and following Christ wouldn’t you want to dwell and abide in His presence?
I encourage all of us me included to continuously embrace these thoughts humbly in prayer. Will the Lord be glorified in my life and death (human death) for His glory and will I be a living witness unto death for His name sake?
John 14:27 (NKJV)
27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Fear is often used for manipulation, control, dominance and submission of a person’s personal liberties to life that is dictated by others. The forces behind fear is evil and demonic in nature.