No More Toleration, It's Confrontation Time!!! Part 13, We Must Never Forget The Characteristics Of Jezebel !!!!

2 Corinthians 2


No More Toleration, It's Confrontation Time!!! Part 13, We Must Never Forget The Characteristics Of Jezebel !!!!

Teaching from the book:  Unmasking the Jezebel Spirit, by John Paul Jackson

Witness ignorance throughout the Bible:  H7684 shĕgagah spelled shin, gimel, gimel,
hey--sin, sin of error or inadvertence, inadvertent sin, error, from the root H7683 shagag--to go astray,
err, commit sin or error

Psalm 119:67
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

Torah: Leviticus 4:2, 4:22, 5:15; Numbers 15:24-25,
Prophets
Writings: Psalm 119:67, 119:176; Ecclesiastes 5:6

Proverbs 5:23
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

2 Corinthians 2:11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.


The characteristics that accompany the work of the Jezebel spirit:

1. While it’s almost unrecognizable at first, such individuals are threatened by a prophetic leader, who is the main target of concern. Although such people will seem to have prophetic gifts, their aim is to actually control those who move in the prophetic realm.

2. To increase their favor, such individuals often zero in on a pastor and church staff, and then seek to find the weakest link in order to subdue them. Their eventual goal is to run the church.

3. Seeking to gain popular and pastoral endorsement, such individuals will form strategic affiliations with people who are perceived by others to be spiritual or influential with others.

4. To appear spiritual, such individuals will seek recognition by manipulating situations to gain an advantage. Such individuals often conjure up dreams and visions from their imaginations, or they borrow them from others.

5. When these individuals receive initial recognition, they often respond with false humility. However, this trait is short-lived.

6. When confronted, these individuals will become defensive. They will justify their actions with phrases like, “I’m just following God” or “God told me to do this.”

7. These individuals will often allege having great spiritual insight into church government and affairs, but they will not appeal to proper authority. Rather they first appeal to others. Often their opinion becomes the “last word” on matters, thereby elevating their thoughts above the pastor’s.

8. Having impure motives, these individuals will seek out others, desiring to have “disciples,” needing constant affirmation from their followers.

9. Desiring to avoid accountability, these individuals prefer to pray for people in isolated situations—in a corner or in another room. Thus, innuendoes and false “prophetic” words cannot be easily challenged.

10. Eager to gain control, these people will gather others and seek to teach them. While the teachings may begin correctly, “doctrine” is often established that is not supported by the Word of God.

11. Deceiving others by soulish prophecy or by giving words that someone wants to hear, these individuals seek to gain credibility. They prophesy half-truths or little known facts, as though they were from God. Such individuals may also take advantage of someone else’s poor memory by twisting their previous prophecies to make it seem as if their words have come to pass.

12. Although the “laying on of hands” is biblical, these individuals like to impart a higher level in the spirit—or break down walls that have held someone back—by the “laying on of hands.” However, their touch is actually a curse. Instead of a holy blessing, an evil spirit may be imparted.

13. Masking poor self-esteem with spiritual pride, these individuals want to be seen as the most spiritual ones in the church. They may be the first to cry, wail, or mourn—claiming a burden from God. However, they are no different from the Pharisees who announced their gifts in order to be seen by men.

14. Usually such individual’s family life is shaky. These individuals may be single or married. If married, their spouse is usually weak spiritually, unsaved, or miserable. They begin to dominate and control everyone in the family.


FUNDAMENTALS OF STRONGHOLDS
A stronghold is an area of the mind where darkness reigns. It is a system of logic, rooted in a lie, that an individual has come to accept. This system of thought is formed behind any habitual response, addiction, fixation, compulsion, obsession, and/or inordinate fear. As such, a stronghold is any thought pattern alien to the Word of God. It serves as a mental or emotional “command post” to which the enemy has access.


1. Strongholds are a primary strategy of hasatan’s work around the world and in our lives.

2. Strongholds form presuppositions that distort our perceptions of everything we encounter.

3. Everyone has strongholds in their lives.

4. None of us are as free as Yeshua’s death on the Cross was purposed to make us. Remember, the blood of Yeshua cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:7). His blood is a weapon that disables strongholds.

5. As my friend Jack Taylor says, “If you are as free as you want to be, then you are as free as you’re going to be—until your desire changes.”

STRONGHOLDS IN OPERATION

1. Strongholds prevent or retard our emotional and spiritual growth and maturity.

2. Strongholds cause conflict, separation, and divorce in marriage. In the church, strongholds cause division. They provoke bitterness, jealousy, anxiety, and depression.

3. Strongholds empower hasatan and his demons, while grieving the Holy Spirit and God’s angels.

4. Strongholds keep individuals from accepting what Christ has made them to be and thus keeps them from fulfilling their personal destiny in God.

5. Strongholds are a foothold or a place of operation that the devil possesses in us (Ephesians 4:22).

6. Strongholds produce financial disorder and will bring about spiritual disorientation.

7. Strongholds weaken our body and make us vulnerable to diseases.

8. Strongholds provoke us to respond to others in ways that even we do not understand. They fragment attempted friendships and steal our joy and hope.

9. Strongholds stifle our faith and distort Scripture. They cloud and darken our minds and imprison our spirit.

10. Strongholds can only be killed at the root. They cannot be removed simply by addressing the manifestation.

11. Strongholds allow us to give only a begrudging love, at best. They keep us from forgiving others. 

The Most High, I humbly admit that I have mental strongholds in my life. These strongholds distort my perception of what You are doing. I ask You to tear down these strongholds so that I can perceive You, clearly. Today, I loose myself in the Holy Spirit and to walk in the fullness of Your purpose for my life. I know that I am capable of living according to Your instructions as You walk along side of me.  Thank You for this walkalong, talkalong mentorship!! Therefore, I walk in the steps order by You from on high for the Torah is a light unto my path and a lamp unto my feet!  Thank You for retostoring truth to my life!! Amen.
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