- [Narrator] In these days,
there are numerous operations of the evil one
against the people of God.
In these days, forces are being released
against the children of God
in greater increase and strategically.
You can find yourself doing many things
that you never intended to.
There are forces that are taking advantage
of our ignorance.
These forces are the rulers of darkness in this world.
They operate in the spiritual realm
and have a mission of destroying our beautiful destinies.
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In this video, we will cover four
of these spirits that we must avoid by all means.
Number one, the spirit of the world.
"Now, we have received, not the spirit of the world,
but the spirit which is of God.
And that we might know the things
that are freely given to us of God."
1 Corinthians 2:12.
The spirit of the world
is also a direct opposer of the things of God.
What this spirit command?
1 John 2:15-17 gives us an answer to this question.
"Love not the world,
neither the things that are in the world.
If any man loved the world,
the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh
and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life
is not of the Father but is of the world."
We can clearly see here that the spirit
of the world commands activities
of the lust of the flesh.
It monitors and organizes the lust of the flush,
the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.
The spirit has caused the destruction
of many families on Earth.
That is why a person wants everything money can buy
until the individual wears the marriage out.
That is the lust of the eyes.
A man or woman can also be wearing clothes
that they cannot afford.
Sometimes these clothes obtained through debt,
that individual is under the captivity
of the spirit of the world
with the lust of the flesh and the eyes.
These things work so subtly.
You never hear the footsteps of a serpent.
The spirit of the world puts people in bondage
by these lusts.
Some people are searching for capital for their business,
while the items they own add up
to more than the capital they need.
Have you heard that godliness with content is great gain?
When you look at what is in the world,
the lust of the eyes,
the lust of the flesh and the pride of life
and when you're captured by it,
you become an enemy of God.
"Know ye not the friendship of the world is enmity with God.
Whosever therefore will be a friend of the world
is the enemy of God."
James 4:4.
No enemy of God has a future.
Number two.
Spirit of bondage.
"For ye not received the spirit of bondage again to fear.
But ye have received the spirit of adoption
whereby we cry abba father."
Romans 8:15.
The spirit of bondage gets people tied down,
locked up and chained down.
This spirit is responsible
for all manner of afflictions
that people suffer regarding the woman
that was under affliction for 18 years.
In Luke 13:16, Jesus asked,
"And ought not this woman,
being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan hath bound be loosed
from this bond."
That's the spirit of bondage.
It is a spirit of captivity.
For instance, somebody's coughing and is still smoking,
yet he has been told at the hospital
that he has tuberculosis.
He doesn't want to die yet he keeps smoking
and is coughing.
He's under arrest of the spirit of bondage.
The spirit that causes addiction to evil.
Everything binding to what you don't want
is a spirit of bondage.
Number three.
The lying spirit.
"And the Lord said unto him, 'Wherewith?'
And he said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit
in the mouth of all his prophets.'
And he said, 'Thou shalt persuade him,
and prevail also.'
Go forth and do so."
There is a lying spirit.
This might seem like an unthreatening spirit,
however, that is how the Devil subtly deceives.
The spirit of lying is very deceptive.
He may even look righteous and anointed
under its influence.
It is one of the reasons why Jesus said some
will spend eternity in hell.
It is written that all liars will go there.
"But the fearful and in believing and the abominable
and murders and war-mongers and sorcerers
and idolaters and all liars
shall have their part in the lake
which burneth with fire and brimstone,
which is the second death.
This is the second death."
Revelations 21:8.
Number four, spirit of disobedience.
"And you hath he quickened,
who are dead in trespassers and sins
wherein in time passed ye walked according
to the course of this world.
According to the prince of the power of the air.
The spirit that now worketh
in the children of disobedience."
Ephesians 2:1-2.
There's a spirit of disobedience.
The ministry of that spirit is fulfilling the desires
of the flesh and of the mind.
That is where the spirit works, the mind.
This spirit works disobedience in people,
going through the flesh and the mind
to take people off God's presence
so that they can be afflicted and tormented.
It works through the flesh and the mind
to bring the wrath of God upon your life.
However, Jesus gave us the power
to fight against these wicked spirits.
Once we hold onto our rights in Jesus,
we break free from all bondages of these spirits.
Prince of the Air, hear my voice.
I am not subject to your authority.
Your influence will no longer find access to my life
nor my flesh, nor my mind.
No, no more.
This list is by no means exhaustive
and we will also offer a book recommendation
at the end of this video
if you want to dive further into this topic.
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