5 SPIRITS THAT LIMIT GOD
INTRODUCTION:
PS 78:41
I COR 10:6-13
THESE ARE THE 7 SPIRITS THAT LIMIT CHRIST
JAMES 3:13-15
DEMONS DON’T JUMP ON YOU FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT. – LIKE FLEAS
THE PROCESS OF THE DEVIL’S INFLUENCE ON YOU IS BY INVITATION.
THE DEVIL DIDN’T MAKE YOU DO ANYTHING – YOU INVITED HIM IN.
BEGAN BY:
1. EARTHLY REASONING – THINKING, RATIONALIZING LIKE THE WORLD – “EVERYBODY IS DOING IT”
2. SENSUAL REASONING – MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON 5 PHYSICAL SENSES.
EX – LOOKS GOOD, SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
I HAVE A FUNNY FEELING ABOUT THAT –
KEEP ON 5 SENSES.
3. DEMONIC WISDOM – JAMES 3:13
1) PRIORITIES OF THE WORLD
2) PLEASURES OF SENSES
3) PERVERSITY OF DEMONIC POWERS
ALL CONFUSED
THEN YOU FOLLOW I COR 10:6-12
THEY SAW THE MIRACLES OF GOD
EX –
THEY DIDN’T WAKE UP THINKING THEY WOULD REBEL
THEY BEGAN LIKE YOU AND ME.
EVEN BETTER THAN US.
THEY PLAYED THE HARLOT
HOS 4:6 – 2 COR 2:11
SHOW US THE METHODS OF SATAN:
7 SPIRITS:
SATAN NEVER SAYS “DON’T LISTEN TO GOD”
HE WILL LIMIT CONTACT WITH HIM.
FROG IN KETTLE – CAJUN – BOILED IN ECSTACY
I. SPIRIT OF COMPARISON –
EX – TV – TEENAGERS – MICHAEL JORDAN, BRITTANY SPEARS,
SOAPS – GOOD LOOKING MEN AND WOMEN.
NUM 13:27-29 – READ
GOD NEVER ASKS US TO COMPARE OURSELVES – WITH SATAN – V31-33
EX – THERE IS NO WAY I CAN :
1. TAKE THIS LAND
2. KICK SMOKING HABIT
3. STOP DRINKING
COMPARISON: = PRIDE – ONLY SIN THERE IS NO GRACE FOR
A. PERSON OF CHRIST
B. PRIORITIES OF CHRIST
C. PRIDE – SETS IN
I DON’T HAVE TO BE SO ON FIRE
WHAT COMPARISONS DO?
2 COR 10:12 – COMPARISON = SIN
1. TAKE FOCUS OFF GOD – ONTO SOMETHING ELSE
2. TAKES FAITH FROM GOD
3. TAKES FIRE FROM LIFE
EX – YOU SIT IN FRONT, THEN MIDDLE, THEN BACK.
COMPARISONS
1. DISTRACTION
2. BREADS DISCONTENTMENT – UPSET THAT THINGS AREN’T WHAT THEY SHOULD BE
3. BRINGS DOUBT
4. BRINGS DECEPTION =
DISTORTED VIEW OF REALITY....YOU DON’T NEED THIS....
5. LEADS TO DESTRUCTION
EX – PASTOR DOESN’T NOTICE YOU LEAVE
II. COMPLAINT – WHEN YOU MOUTH
EX – WHEN YOUR MOUTH DISRESPECTS GOD AND AUTHORITY – PR 18:21
GOD RATED COMPLAINT UP THERE WITH IDOLATRY AND ADULTERY.
EX – NUM 14:1-5 – 2 ½ MILLION ADULTS BOOHOOING ALL NIGHT.
SELF PITY – “NOBODY LOVES ME”
EX 15: BITTER WATER – THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO CLEAN OUT PARASITES.
GOD NEVER LEADS YOU TO A BITTER EXPERIENCE UNLESS HE HAS A CLEANSING AND PURGING IN MIND.
EX 16:1-8 – POT ROAST
EX 17:1-7 – NO WATER – 1 COMPLAINT AFTER THE OTHER
YOU WILL NEVER PROGRESS IN GOD WITH A MOUTH THAT COMPLAINS – CRUCIFY IT!
EX – LADIES – STOP ABOUT HUSBAND – YOU MAY NOT HAVE HIM TOMORROW.
EX – MEN – MY WIFE – YOU MAY NOT HAVE HER TOMORROW
III. COVETEOUSNESS – LED BY YOUR EYES, EARS, APPITITES.
“I WANT IT – BAD!”
SATAN WILL ACCOMADATE YOU!
NUM 11:4-6
CRAVE FOR ONLY GOD’S PRESENCE
NUM 11:31-34 – QUAIL
PS 78: - MEAT AND LEANNESS TO THEIR SOULS
GOD SENT PLAGUE BECAUSE THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE QUAIL.
DO NOT INTERPRET SO CALLED ANSWERS TO PRAYER AS BEING IN THE WILL OF GOD.
GOD DOES NOT ALWAYS SMILE ON US WITH ANSWERED PRAYER
IV. COMPROMISE – EX 32:1-5
DELAY – IT’S NOT HAPPENING FAST ENOUGH
ROOT OF COMPROMISE = IDOLATRY AND STUBBORNESS
I SAM 15:23 – READ
TOO MUCH WITCHCRAFT IN THE HOUSE OF GOD!
STUBBORNESS AND REBELLION =
BOTH ATTEMPT TO MANIPULATE THEIR AUTHORITY IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET WHAT THEY WANT.
BOTH WHEEL AND DEAL, MANIPULATE AND INTIMIDATE IN ORDER TO GET WHAT THEY WANT!
ONE CALLS ON DEMONS, THE OTHER CALLS ON POLITICS.
EX – TEENS – CRY LONG ENOUGH TO GET YOUR WAY.
STUBBORNESS – IDOLATRY – EXALT YOUR THOUGHTS ABOVE GOD AND HIS AUTHORITY.
WHAT YOU SAY IS MORE IMPORTANT! –
WHY DID THEY MAKE A GOLDEN CALF? – DEMONS CAME IN!
DELAY – EX – “IT’S NOT HAPPENING FAST ENOUGH!”
COMPROMISE OPENS YOURSELF UP TO THE REALM OF THE DEMONIC.
COMPROMISE IS THE PERSON IS IN CHARGE OF THEIR FUTURE AND DESTINY AND NOT GOD
WHO’S IN CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE?
SD GORDON – “EVERY HEART HAS A THRONE AND A CROSS. IF JESUS IS ON THE CROSS, SELF IS ON THE THRONE AND YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY TO HELL.
IF SELF IS ON THE CROSS, JESUS IS ON THE THRONE THEN YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN.
COMPROMISE – SWITCHES FROM THE THRONE TO THE CROSS AT WILL
V. CARNALITY – EX 32:6-7, 25
= ABSENCE OF CONTROL AND RESTRAINT
= NO BOUNDARIES
WITHOUT A VISION THE PEOPLE CAST OFF RESTRAINT.
GOD LOVES BOUNDARIES AND RESTRAINT BECAUSE WITHOUT IT HE KNOWS WE WILL GO WILD!
EX – TEENAGERS – PROBLEM WITH CURFEW – YOU WILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH LIVING FOR JESUS.
IF YOU DON’T WANT BOUNDARIES, DEMONS ARE WAITING TO ACCOMODATE YOU.
CLOSE: WE CAN UNTIE GOD’S HANDS TO DO HIS WORK AS WE ARE SET FREE FROM ANY OF THESE 5 SPIRITS THAT HOLD US HOSTAGE.
