Jezebel Spirit?
Continued from previous entry.
I wanted to talk to someone about what had been happening, but who? The people who might have insight weren't available. I knew that somehow the door had been opened at the point of the troubling matter at the conference. But how? Why? I sat down and began to write everything down, trying to figure it all out. I couldn't. What I could do was confess to God and ask His forgiveness and His protection.
Finally, I got a chance to talk to a friend knowledgeable in these matters. She had a number of things to say but one, which she didn't have time to elaborate on, stuck with me. She mentioned the Jezebel spirit. I’ve heard of this before but never had anyone explain what it is so I went to do some research.
The idea of this spirit comes from Revelation 2:20. “I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads, seduces my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.” That’s exactly what happened! I was seduced into sexual immorality! Seduced by lies I accepted as truth. I need to do more studying and I want to examine how/if this connects to what was taught at the conference but for now I'm just applying it to what happened to me personally and the choices I made.
The Jezebel spirit seduces. It comes "...to draw us away from God and His Truth, by seductive means! Seduction is subtle. It does not blatantly state, 'I come to draw you away.' It comes in disguise. It seems to be ok. It desires to convince one that it too is of God, and hence, can be trusted...."(1) That's what happened to me.
The research I did retold the story of Ahab, Jezebel and Naboth's vineyard. “Ahab, used to having his own way, (and this is the root of the entering in of this spirit) went home and pouted.”
…There is no place for this Jezebel spirit to work, when people only want what God wants! It is only when self-will enters the equation that "Jezebel" has a place! She used lies, intimidation, and people, to get Ahab his way! Truth played no part in what she did.
“She could have done nothing if Ahab had not allowed her to USURP his authority! He was in fact, KING. He could have stopped her, but closed his eyes to what she was doing, in order to have his own way!”(1)
This Jezebel spirit can’t do anything with me either if I don’t allow it to usurp my authority in Christ. I can stop it if I don’t close my eyes to what it is doing in order to have my own way.
Another site said, "It is a product of the flesh that opens the door to an evil spirit. It is behaviour that operates through a person to control by the use of manipulative, domineering and intimidating tactics. When it is in the church it is to disrupt the flow of the Spirit."(2)
The troubling matter at the conference and my resultant, critical attitude disrupted the flow of God's Spirit in me. Having cut off the flow of God's Spirit in me, I was open to attack with no protection.
The solution? “…the person must be willing to ruthlessly face truth and be willing to let God crucify his flesh. The flesh and its patterns must be subjected to the Holy Spirit daily in order for the person to be permanently set free…. A true explanation of Jezebel can clearly be described as the worship of self-will.”(2)
I had already confessed my sin to God so I asked my friend, the next time I was talking to her, what else I needed to do. Repent, Renounce, Break, Bless. I've done this process before for different things but this time I got an insight. When I renounce the lies I accepted and acted on, I'm saying I don't plan to ever pick them up again. I think I'm going to start an entry in my palmtop where I keep track of the things I renounce. It might be good to renounce them (or remind myself of having renounced them) on a frequent basis.
To be continued.
(1) Cunningham, Paul. “Exposing the Wicked Spirits of Korah and Jezebel.” http://www.revlu.com/Jez.html
(2) Ryden, Vassula. “Beware the Jezebel Spirit.” http://www.tlig.org/jezebel.html
I wanted to talk to someone about what had been happening, but who? The people who might have insight weren't available. I knew that somehow the door had been opened at the point of the troubling matter at the conference. But how? Why? I sat down and began to write everything down, trying to figure it all out. I couldn't. What I could do was confess to God and ask His forgiveness and His protection.
Finally, I got a chance to talk to a friend knowledgeable in these matters. She had a number of things to say but one, which she didn't have time to elaborate on, stuck with me. She mentioned the Jezebel spirit. I’ve heard of this before but never had anyone explain what it is so I went to do some research.
The idea of this spirit comes from Revelation 2:20. “I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads, seduces my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.” That’s exactly what happened! I was seduced into sexual immorality! Seduced by lies I accepted as truth. I need to do more studying and I want to examine how/if this connects to what was taught at the conference but for now I'm just applying it to what happened to me personally and the choices I made.
The Jezebel spirit seduces. It comes "...to draw us away from God and His Truth, by seductive means! Seduction is subtle. It does not blatantly state, 'I come to draw you away.' It comes in disguise. It seems to be ok. It desires to convince one that it too is of God, and hence, can be trusted...."(1) That's what happened to me.
The research I did retold the story of Ahab, Jezebel and Naboth's vineyard. “Ahab, used to having his own way, (and this is the root of the entering in of this spirit) went home and pouted.”
…There is no place for this Jezebel spirit to work, when people only want what God wants! It is only when self-will enters the equation that "Jezebel" has a place! She used lies, intimidation, and people, to get Ahab his way! Truth played no part in what she did.
“She could have done nothing if Ahab had not allowed her to USURP his authority! He was in fact, KING. He could have stopped her, but closed his eyes to what she was doing, in order to have his own way!”(1)
This Jezebel spirit can’t do anything with me either if I don’t allow it to usurp my authority in Christ. I can stop it if I don’t close my eyes to what it is doing in order to have my own way.
Another site said, "It is a product of the flesh that opens the door to an evil spirit. It is behaviour that operates through a person to control by the use of manipulative, domineering and intimidating tactics. When it is in the church it is to disrupt the flow of the Spirit."(2)
The troubling matter at the conference and my resultant, critical attitude disrupted the flow of God's Spirit in me. Having cut off the flow of God's Spirit in me, I was open to attack with no protection.
The solution? “…the person must be willing to ruthlessly face truth and be willing to let God crucify his flesh. The flesh and its patterns must be subjected to the Holy Spirit daily in order for the person to be permanently set free…. A true explanation of Jezebel can clearly be described as the worship of self-will.”(2)
I had already confessed my sin to God so I asked my friend, the next time I was talking to her, what else I needed to do. Repent, Renounce, Break, Bless. I've done this process before for different things but this time I got an insight. When I renounce the lies I accepted and acted on, I'm saying I don't plan to ever pick them up again. I think I'm going to start an entry in my palmtop where I keep track of the things I renounce. It might be good to renounce them (or remind myself of having renounced them) on a frequent basis.
To be continued.
(1) Cunningham, Paul. “Exposing the Wicked Spirits of Korah and Jezebel.” http://www.revlu.com/Jez.html
(2) Ryden, Vassula. “Beware the Jezebel Spirit.” http://www.tlig.org/jezebel.html
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