The Holy Spirit

What or who is the Holy Spirit and where does the Holy Spirit reside?

When Jesus was about to go to heaven to be with God the Father, He told His disciples in John 14:14-15, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.”  “If you love Me, keep My commandments.  Jesus is preparing the disciples to do the work of the Father.  This very important in ministry.  When we pray, we start off with “Father God, in Jesus Name.”  Jesus is the spiritual link to God Almighty who gives us power and authority. Jesus did not say to pray to Him which I see people doing quite a bit.  But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly, Matthew 6:6.  Jesus tells us how to pray: In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name Matthew 9:9.  Why do we pray in this order?  The answer is in 1 Corinthians 11:3 But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.  It is God’s authoritative command that must be followed

John 14:16 is where Jesus tells us about the Helper, “And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever,” John 14:16. Jesus was the first Helper and God is sending another in place of Jesus.  Ten verses later in verse 26 identifies who the Helper is, “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.”  The Holy Spirit took the place of Jesus here on earth when Jesus went to be with Father God.  The Holy Spirit resides here on earth for us. The Holy Spirit reside in us believers.

The function of the Holy Spirit is to help us as Jesus’ helped those in His ministry.  The Holy Spirit is for us here on earth as we battle against the forces of evil, Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places, Ephesians 6:11-12.  We cannot do this without accessing the Holy Spirit to help us in the spiritual battle.

The Holy Spirit has one other important role and that is to give believers spiritual wisdom by which we can understand God. But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.  For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God, 1 Corinthians 2:10–11. Since we have been given this amazing gift of God’s Spirit inside ourselves, we can comprehend the thoughts of God, as revealed in the Scriptures. The Spirit helps us understand. This is wisdom from God, rather than wisdom from man. No amount of human knowledge can ever replace the Holy Spirit’s teaching and direction, Now, we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.  These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. (1 Corinthians 2:12–13).

The Holy Spirit in The Church

Unfortunately, the Holy Spirit in the church is lacking in that the Holy Spirit is not given the rightful place in God’s church here on earth and in the body of Jesus Christ.  Very few times do the worship teams or the pastors call on the Holy Spirit.  Calling on the Holy spirit and praying must be the opening of every church function, and Christian gathering (ministry, missions, Bible studies, fellowshipping, conferences).  We are quenching the Holy Spirit when we fail to call or rely on the Holy Spirit,

1 Thessalonians 5:19 Do not quench (extinguish) the Spirit.  Not calling on or ignoring the Holy Spirit is quenching the Holy Spirit and all the power of the Holy Spirt.

Ephesians 1:13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise

Galatians 5:16–18 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.  For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.  The Spirit is contrary to the flesh, our sinful ways.

The Triune God

The triune definition consists of three entities in one with reference to the Trinity or the triune Godhead.  This is the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead. The Holy Spirit resides in heaven on earth.  Why is this important?  I will explain.  There are three heavens and is referenced in 2 Corinthians 12:2, 4 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a one was caught up to the third heaven, verse 4 how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.  There is only one paradise currently and that is where Jesus and God reside in the third heaven. 

The second heaven is where the spiritual battle is taking place with Gabriel and Michael against the prince of Persia.  Daniel 10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia.  The prince of Persia is a demonic power in Satan’s army.  Daniel 10:20 Then he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? And now I must return to fight with the prince of Persia; and when I have gone forth, indeed the prince of Greece will come.  The fight with Persia will include the fight with the demonic prince of Greece.

The first heaven was created by God for mankind when He created earth.  God created Adam and Eve there as well.  The Bible says God walked in the garden, And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden, Genesis 3:8. Ultimately, those who are going to heaven will reside in heaven here on earth.  The same as where Adam and Eve first resided.  It was a beautiful paradise until they sinned.

Getting back to the Holy Spirit.  As we discussed earlier God sent a Helper and the Helper is the Holy Spirit.  It is the most powerful entity here on Earth.  God commands us to call on the Holy Spirit. I like the following scriptures when I pray.  Five from the Old Testament and one from the New Testament.

Psalm 50:15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”

Psalm 86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, For You will answer me

Psalm 91:15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.

Jeremiah 33:3 Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.

Isiah 58:9 Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer;

Luke 11:13 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly          Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him.”

How do we use the Holy Spirit?

·         We call on the Holy Spirit to be present prior and during any Godly gathering or function.

·         We call on the Holy Spirit as we are praying for those in church

·         We call on the Holy Spirit to show us how to pray

·         We call on the Holy Spirit for every import decision we make

·         We call on the Holy Spirit to lead us

·         We call to the Holy Spirit to develop an ongoing conversation with the Holy Spirit throughout the day

·         We call on the Holy Spirt to know how to pray for those who are sick and diseased

·         We call on the Holy Spirit to reside in us.

·         We call on the Holy Spirit when we and others are in trouble

·         We call on the Holy Spirit for our individual prayer

·         We call on the Holy Spirit for wisdom, understanding, and knowledge

We call or ask for the Holy Spirit because the Holy Spirit will answer us according to scripture, Jeremiah 33:3 Call to Me, and I will answer you.   Luke 11:13 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him.”

I call on the Holy Spirit for any important decision I need to make.  The Holy Spirit is never wrong.  Mankind makes the wrong decisions all the time. Why would I trust myself or anyone else?  Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.

Why has the body of Jesus Christ minimized the Holy Spirit?  There are several reasons, but the main reasons are because we have not taught ourselves by reading the Bible.  We are not being taught by the church and leadership at all levels. We are not being taught by fellow Christians.  We minimize the power of the Holy Spirit by not calling on the Holy Spirit.

It is very difficult for me to understand why we continue to ignore the Holy Spirit.  How can we fight Satan and his evil demon spirits without the Holy Spirit?  The battle with Satan is a spiritual battle, 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.  For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.  We cannot fight a spiritual battle in the physical. Showing up to church for one hour a week is just your physical presence if you do not pray and fight together.  We must come to church ready to fight a spiritual battle with prayer.  It is imperative for the leadership and the congregation pray out loud in unison each service. 

We have authority in Jesus Name and help from the Holy Spirit.

Luke 9:1 Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.

Luke 10:19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

This teaching sets the stage for the battle at hand and we cannot win the war without the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, and God Almighty, Matthew 12:30, He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.  Going forward, who are you with?

Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”  When the Holy Spirit resides in you.

Amen and Amen!                                                                                                                                                            Tony Sanchez 8-22-2024

Unloving Spirit

 

Unloving Part 1

If you look into the mirror and you do not think you are the "fairest of them all," you may have an Unloving spirit looking back at you!  An Unloving spirit attaches itself to you to make you feel rejected and cause you to reject yourself.  It makes you feel unclean, unworthy, and like you do not measure up.  It makes you feel that you are no good.  When you look in the mirror, you do not like what you see.  When you hear your voice, you do not like the way it sounds.  When people look at you, you think they hate you.  You can see it in their eyes.  So, you spend all your time debating with yourself as to whether you belong on this planet or not.  You stand in front of the mirror and comb your hair this way and then that way.  You look at this wrinkle; you look at that sag.  You look at those eyes... the same old eyes that stare at you every morning in the mirror.  You spend your whole day in a world of "not measuring up."  This person does not like me.  That person does not like me.  God does not like me.  I do not even like myself.  Why was I born?  You start replaying the same old unkind messages that were spoken to you in the past and they become your life.  The evidence that an Unloving spirit has come to make its abode within you is that you are constantly struggling with yourself.  That is its nature and it needs you as a medium of expression.  When you have an Unloving spirit, it wants to go on stage.  You are the puppet and it is the hand that moves you.  You are like a puppet going through the motions by the hand of someone or something else that is making you say, do, and think.  Unloving is one of the greatest bondages known to mankind.

An Unloving spirit comes because you have been rejected, usually beginning in your own families.  Especially the dad whose responsibility is to shower the children and mother with God’s love.  Specifically, saying these words “I love you” over and over throughout their lives.  When someone who is supposed to represent God to you treats you badly, it creates a breach that only God can heal.  Many times, an Unloving spirit comes into you because you are a victim.  The people victimizing you will tell you it is all your fault and they would not be victimizing you if you had not been bad in a certain way.  This happens in marriages, in families and in any relationship.  God intended the man (father/husband) to be in charge and represent Him as Father to the family, as Christ is to the church.  Any violation of that produces an Unloving spirit.

Hebrews 4:13 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.

You must identify that part of you that is not of God and make it your enemy.  Identify those feelings you have when you cannot look someone in the eye, those feelings that cause you to withdraw in Fear, those feelings that come when someone says you are beautiful and you think, "No, I am not."  Identify those feelings that are within you that constantly accuse you to yourself.  Those feelings are your enemy because they are not from God and they are not even from you.  They are the voices and the presence of the Unloving, unclean spirit, and every spirit that answers to them.  They have invaded your spirit and your soul and have become part of your nature.

Unloving Part 2

Romans 2:1   Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.                      

This talks about pointing a finger at another.  "You, you, you….ou are no good.  If it were not for you...you, you, you."  When people are coming at you, accusing you in the victimization role that will allow the Unloving spirit of Rejection to come, they themselves have the same problem.  You become the outlet for their frustration and Bitterness.  The hatred they have for themselves and the unlovingness they have concerning themselves is vented on you, so they do not have to deal with it themselves.  You become their own Self-hatred and Self-bitterness, and unlovingness.   You take it into yourself and now you become an extension of it.

To gain freedom from the Unloving spirit, you must first deal with Bitterness, Envy, Jealousy, Rejection, self-rejection, self-bitterness, and anger.  You must deal with Rejection by others and forgive those who rejected you.   You also must forgive yourself and accept yourself.   Next to God, you ought to be your own best friend.  If you are not prepared to accept yourself, that is Fear.  It negates God's faith for you. 

Deuteronomy 32:10 He found him in a desert land and in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye.

God is saying, "From the foundation of the world, I knew you would be here.”  I do not care what someone said to you.  I do not care who cursed you with their tongue.  You are mine.  You are loved.  I love you and you are accepted.  "You are the apple of my eye."  You are the object of God's love.  You are the apple of His eye.  He has called you out of the desert of life because He loved you.  In the Hebrew language, when it says you are the apple of His eye, it means the very focus of His attention is right on you.  It does not make any difference what anyone has said.  When you are born again, that is over with.

Who you are in love can be complete, and you do not need to receive it from anyone.  If who you are is dependent on someone being nice to you, it will not work.  You should be complete in yourself and in God and out of that strength you give unto others.

Unloving Part 3

Iniquities (sin) are passed to the next generation when family members vent their "stuff" on you and you accept it.  If you decide that you are going to walk in the statutes of God, you can go free from the curse that is coming into you from your ancestry.  You do not have to die because of your ancestral sins.  You no longer have to live with the Unloving spirit that has been in your family tree that has been transferred from generation to generation breaking down the family tree in rage, anger, verbal abuse, physical abuse, drivenness and separation from love.

In many cases, in your life as a child, if you obeyed the law of your mother or father, whether it was righteous or unrighteous, they would love you.  But you needed to receive love whether you obeyed them or not.  Love has nothing to do with your disobedience; love is unconditional, constant, standard, moving straight ahead.  Children must hear these words from their parents, “I love you” continuously throughout their lives. Especially, form the dad.

Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

 It does not say that you shall obey the Lord thy God.

 John 14:15 If you love me, keep My commandments.

 It does not say if you obey my commandments, I will love you.  God is going to love you whether you obey His commandments or not.

To defeat the Unloving spirit, you must leave the spiritual dynamics of your family if you are of the years of understanding because you have inherited things that are not of God.  If you are going to be a spiritual man or woman in your own right, you must get away from the things that are not of God.  You must make the separation spiritually.  No longer should you be the victim of your family iniquities that still want to become part of your thinking.  At the same time, you do not abandon your family.  You must be diligent towards your family even when they are in sin.  So, you pray for them and ask God to deal with them and then you live your life before God in purity.  You can be free and the issues between your mother and your father and your family do not have to be resolved but they must be resolved between you and God.  

We also need to take time to teach our children.  Most of the time our children are oppressed by our own ungodly spirituality and our own hatred is extended to them.  They become an object of our own spiritual problems. 

Unloving Part 4

The Unloving spirit is an antichrist spirit sent to steal, kill, and destroy You!  An antichrist spirit rules over the Unloving spirit because it refuses to let you accept the love of God, the love yourself, and the love your neighbor.  An antichrist spirit is any modality or spirituality or statement or existence or belief that changes any dimension of the Godhead and changes in any dimension what the Scriptures have said. 

Luke 11:21-22 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace. But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.

The Unloving spirit uses armor to reinforce himself.  I want to help you identify some of the armor that causes the Unloving spirit to stay in your "palace" and I want to bring it to the light.  It cannot stand the light of the Word.  It cannot stand the truth because the truth exposes evil spirits.  Satan is the father of lies, You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it, John 8:44.  Satan destroys us with his lies.

"I" and "I will" are all part of the armor of an Unloving spirit.  An antichrist spirit will always protect itself, develop itself and look into itself.  A spirit that is not antichrist will look past itself and look at the overall picture around it.  Constantly thinking of yourself is an indication of an Unloving spirit.  Self-Idolatry is present. The nature of Satan is that of self-exhalation.  The Unloving spirit will always exalt itself.  It will seek to destroy Godly love.   

All spirits of Self-Bitterness come out of the evil Unloving spirit.  Self-hatred wants you destroyed.  It produces suicide.  It says, "I need to eliminate myself; I do not belong here."  That is an antichrist mentality.  It is an antichrist thought coming out of the armor of an Unloving spirit.  You do belong here.  You must accept the fact that you belong here.  When God saved you, He said you belong here.

Self-Pity produces another dimension of the Unloving spirit called the kingdom of Self, your realities, your perception, your sickness/diseases, your pain, your theology, your decision about what is right or wrong.  The kingdom of Self begins with the kingdom of something called Self-introspection which causes inversion, looking inward.  When Jesus came and died for you, He had that moment when he said, "If it be possible, Father, take this cup from me.  Nevertheless, not my will but thy will be done," Luke 22:42.  He looked outward as servant of all.  Jesus did not get caught in Self-Pity.  Jesus did not have an Unloving spirit.

Unloving Part 5

The Unloving spirit and Fear are linked together side by side.   Both are antichrist.  An Unloving spirit is deeply rooted in Fear.  When you do not like yourself, you are afraid of yourself and what others may think about you.  Fear projects possible failures in how you think and how you act and constantly attacks self.  Fear projects into the future.  Then there is Self-rejection that accuses you to yourself and says that you are a mistake.  Self-hatred and Self-rejection in the Unloving spirit produces one of the strongest evil principalities in mankind because we are hating and rejecting and refusing that which God made in His image and that which Jesus Christ died for.  We are special.  We are His beloved and we are eternal.

The need for approval is part of the armor.  Your approval is not from man.  If you are following the Word of God and you have a right spirit, then only God is your judge.

 "Not necessary" is another part of the armor.  "I am not necessary.  I am not important.  I am not needed." That is part of the Unloving profile.  "Life could go on without me and no one would notice that I am missing."  Get a hold of the fact that you are incredibly important.  You are what makes God happy because you have been created for His pleasure.

1Corinthians 12:22-23 No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.  And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty.

Never discount yourself in any area of your life.  It is time to take your place in the land of the living and in the body of Christ.  You are important!  God needs you because you are part of his corporate body on the earth, but the Unloving spirit does not want you to function in the body.  The Unloving spirit wants to separate you from yourself and others.  Part of the Unloving spirits' armor is division.  An Unloving spirit will not allow you to flow with other people and especially in family.  It will divide and conquer you.  It is not interested in unity.  It is interested in separating you from yourself, others, and family.

More of the armor of the Unloving spirit is unbelief and doubt, Self-Doubt, and Self-Unbelief.  People who have an Unloving spirit cannot look into the pupil of another person's eye for very long because they get nervous.  You must be able to look in another person's eyes and force the Unloving spirit aside so you can get into a place of fellowship despite it.   To get rid of an Unloving spirit, you must be in fellowship with others.  Fellowship with God is the beginning.

Unloving Part 6

Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, but who can bear a broken spirit?    

The Unloving spirit produces the deepest, deepest breaking of the human spirit.  The Unloving spirit can produce pain physically, neurologically, and spiritually.  In the Unloving spirit, one of the first things that happen to the endocrine system is a reduction in the secretion of serotonin.  When you have a decreased serotonin level, you do not like yourself, and if you do not like yourself, it will stay there.  The Unloving spirit triggers the underproduction of serotonin, and that feeling of unloveliness is reinforced.  Now, it is not just reinforced by a spirit projecting those thoughts into your consciousness or through your spirit.  It is reinforced by a chemical imbalance that produces a physiological response as well as an emotional and spiritual one.  An antichrist spirit will always produce pain.  Pain comes with the breaking of the heart, the kingdom of Self.  When you start to concentrate on your spiritual and soulish and biological processes and you become so inverted that all you can see is yourself, then your body responds accordingly and you have a manifestation of self.

Self-Mutilation is a fruit of the Unloving spirit.  Piercing cutting, bulimia, and anorexia are rooted in Self-Mutilation.  When you have an Unloving spirit that has attached itself to you, it tells you that you are not the nicest thing God ever created.  If you listen to this long-term, that spirit becomes part of your life.  It becomes one with you.

You must separate yourself from the antichrist spirit in you that is not really you.  Your issues must be confronted.  An Unloving spirit will keep you from being changed.  It will interfere with everything that God has for you.  Just as Bitterness will keep you from forgiveness of sin in your own life, an Unloving, unclean spirit will separate you from the love of God.  You need to be forgiven of your sins, so that you will not be separated from the love of God.  If you are separated from the love of God, you cannot possibly love yourself, and it is impossible for you to receive or love your neighbor.  You cannot accept your neighbor if you do not accept yourself.  The spiritual dynamics are in place that will keep you from walking in the fulfillment and the freedom of that reality.

Love God first, love yourself second and everything will fall into place.   These principles are from Scriptures and they will help you recover yourself from the snare of the devil, to bring you to a place of understanding, of discernment, and to a place of focus.  The Bible says you are to work out your own salvation daily.  You must grab hold of these principles.  You must make up your mind that the Unloving spirit must go.

Philippians 2:12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

 Unloving Part 7

Paul says, "I find then a law that when I would do good, evil is present with me, for I delight in the law of God after the inward man." Romans 7:21-22

Romans 7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

Paul is saying that there are two laws working within him.  Law means precepts, concepts, the Word of God.  The Unloving spirit is banking on the fact that, with his armor, you will never be who you were created to be.  He is banking on the fact that something is screaming in your ear’s day and night about who you really are.  You are being programed with an Unloving spirit.  Will you believe the voices of Self-Pity, self-rejection, self-bitterness, competition, self-pride, self-enthronement, false piety, self-exaltation, attention getting, excessive talkativeness, insecurity, drivenness, self-mutilation, excessive eating and bingeing, self-comparison, self-idolatry, perfectionism, self-torment, defending oneself, self-doubt, unbelief, self-bitterness, self-resentment, self-unforgiveness, self-retaliation, self-anger, self-hatred, self-violence, anger, and suicide?  When all of that is screaming in your head and you are listening to it, you are saying that the law of God is a lie.

You must come to a place of perfect peace in four dimensions.  The first dimension of peace you need is with Father God according to truth.... not feelings, not religion, not emotion, but truth.  You need peace in your doctrines of God and not what man has said.  Secondly, you need perfect peace in your relationship with yourself.  Unloving spirits working in you keep you from peace with yourself.  Thirdly, you need perfect peace with others, regardless of their mentalities or spiritualities.  Forth, you must declare your love out loud for God and yourself many times each day until the Unloving spirit is minimized and defeated.   

You have not been taught to love yourself, but you have been taught to hate yourself. If someone did not tell you that you were lovely and wanted, they may have abused you to the point that you finally believed it anyway. Once that happens, you are programmed physically and emotionally to abuse from having been abused.

It is time to stop being tormented by the Unloving spirits that were in your ancestors and that are in you and your children.  It is time to stop being antichrist yourself and begin to tell the Satan and his kingdom you are not going to listen to lies anymore.  Do not listen to the voices of the past.  You do not have to continue to hear the voices of those who hurt you. If you listen, it is an evil spirit that is tormenting you with self-rejection and self-hatred and that is the Unloving spirit.  You must fall out of agreement with them and prepare to walk away from them.  Become aggressive in Jesus name reclaiming your life and tell the passivity of uncleanness and unloveliness, and Rejection to leave and not come back.

Unloving Part 8

All the evil things that were said or done to you in the past will scar you and make you feel unlovely but you must understand that in the new birth you became a new creature.  You are not a biological seed of your ancestry anymore.  If you keep hanging onto your biological ancestry you negate the sonship and daughtership of the living God. 

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

You are a new creature by faith.  You must believe that and accept it.  When you became born again, your spirit came alive to God and you made God the Father your own "Abba, Father."  You must realize and say to yourself before God, "I am not expendable.  God saved me because I am important.  I am not going to listen to lies anymore." 

God said in Psalms 139:14 that you, you personally are “fearfully and wonderfully made.”  Before you were ever conceived, God saw your parts and pieces as they were curiously wrought in the bowels of the earth, out of the dust of the earth.  He fashioned them in his mind and in his creativeness and the genetics of your ancestry from Adam and Eve and He saw you before you ever came, uniquely individual, uniquely separate.  So separate that your name is written down in heaven. 

You are the bride of Christ.  God loves you no matter what anyone else said or did to you.  If you cannot believe it and receive it, then you have an antichrist spirit because you are telling God He is a liar, and you are going to believe the lies of Satan before you believe the living God who has spoken to you from His Word.  Combine His Word with your faith.  Let God be true and every man a liar.

To be free of the Unloving spirit you are going to have to be very subjective in receiving the love of God your Father, in Jesus Christ, so that your perspective will be that if anyone smiles at you today, it is just a bonus.

If you are constantly struggling with yourself, it is time for you to be you. Tell that Unloving spirit that you do not need it.  You can stand on the stage of life yourself.  It is time for you to take back your identity.  If someone does not like you, it just does not matter.  God loves you and there is no one greater than Him.

Prayer:

Father God, in Jesus’ name, I renounce and cast out the unloving spirt and all the evil spirits tied to the unloving spirit.  I cancel the Unloving spirit curse from the past generations and I cancel the Unloving spirit curse as a partaker of the Unloving spirit.  I cancel the Unloving spirit curse in my children.  I declare that God loves me, I love myself, and God loves my children. 

The prayer must be repeated every time you have that unloving spirit overtake you or your children.  Eventually, the unloving spirit will be defeated.  It is a process.

Pride

 Pride definition – a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own sense of achievements, the achievements of others whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.  Similar words: gratification, fulfillment.

To me, man’s pride is false sense of security.  It requires one to seek the feeling as a way of showing the world one is worthy to be recognized.  Pride leads to an addictive behavior of boasting.  Boasting becomes a contest of who is the greatest.   Pride and boasting are closely tied together.  Most often pride requires a person to boast about their achievements and the need for recognition from others.    Pride without a doubt is worldly.

Boasting definition – excessively proud and self-satisfied talk about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.  Similar words are: brag, gloat, show off, blow one's own trumpet, pat oneself on the back, and exaggerate. Exaggerate is a dangerous word. The definition is representing something as being better, or worse than what it really is.  Exaggerating is stretching the truth.  It is not fact.  It is a lie.

God’s Position on Pride

Pride was the reason Satan was thrown out of heaven.  It was Satan’s pride that caused the downfall of mankind due to Satan’s sin and Adam and Eve’s sin. Ezekiel 28:15-16 You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, till iniquity (wicked) was found in you. 16 “By the abundance of your trading you became filled with violence within, and you sinned; Therefore, I cast you as a profane thing out of the mountain of God; and I destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the fiery stones.  God hates pride.

Isaiah 14:12-15 How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!  How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations (mankind). 13 For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven; I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation. On the farthest sides of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’ 15 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol (the abode of the dead), To the lowest depths of the Pit.  This sets the tone for mankind’s pridefulness due to sin.

Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom.

Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, and before honor is humility. Haughty – Blatantly and disdainfully proud. Having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior.  No person is greater than another person.

Proverbs 29:23 A man’s pride will bring him low, but the humble in spirit will retain honor.

1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.

Daniel 4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.

Hosea 13:6 When I fed them, they were filled. And when they were filled, their heart became proud and they forgot Me.

 

What Are We Proud of That Causes Us to Boast?

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Arrogance can be tied all of these because of Pride. It is an overbearing sense of pride and haughtiness. Arrogance comes from the Latin arrogans, which means overbearing.  It is overbearing to hear one who boasts about everything in their lives.  Most do not even know they are boasting because they have become one with pride.  Arrogance, like pride and boasting can control us in many areas of our lives.

Luke 14:11 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

Matthew 23:12 And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

Let us review words tied to Pride.

1.      Boasting – 2 Corinthians 10:17-18

2.      Shame – Proverbs 11:2

3.      Haughty – Proverbs 18:12

4.      Brings you low - Proverbs 29:23

5.      Pride of life is not from God – 1 John 2:16 

6.      God will put you down – Daniel 4:37

7.      Their heart became proud and they forgot Me – Hosea 13:6

8.      He who exalt himself will be humbled – Matthew 23:12 

9.      Arrogance – Proverbs 8:13

10.  Exalted – Matthew 23:12

I do not have to expound on how prideful this world is. The world has thoroughly programed us to be prideful.  God hates pride and it is sin, Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate.  Pride is exulting ourselves above God.

But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends. 2 Corinthians 10:17-18.

I am not saying the things listed above cannot be a part of your existence, but beware of the pride, boasting, and Idolatry.  Do not allow these things to become your idols, 1 John Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

God does not want pride to define you. What defines you in God’s eyes is obedience to Him and what you do for His kingdom!   “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound Isaiah 61:1          

Prayer: Father God, in Jesus’ name, I renounce and cast out all pride, boasting, haughtiness, and arrogance.     Thank you, God!  Amen!  This prayer is ongoing until we are delivered from pride.

Demons

 Every sin has an evil spirit behind it.  The first sin was by Adam and Eve and Satan, who is an evil spirt, tempted them to sin. 

The first sin – Genius 3:1-6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ” 4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”  Satan set the standard for all the other evil spirits to tempt mankind to sin.

Just what are demons and why are we afraid to teach about demons in the church of today?

Demon definition – an evil spirit or devil, especially one thought to possess a person or act as a tormentor.  They are evil spirits sent to destroy believers and unbelievers.

Demons are fallen angels – Revelation 12:9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 

The earth was without form. Genesis 1:2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.  It is safe to say all the fallen angels were on earth when God created man as mentioned in Genisis 3:1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

Demons, are evil spirit beings.  They can cause pain and suffering that can lead to captivity. Satan and his demons work to destroy the work of God and deceive anyone they can. 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil (evil spirit) walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour (destroy). 2 Corinthians 11:14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.

The demons are described as evil spirits Matthew 10:1 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.

Unclean spirits Mark 1:27 Then they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority, He commands even the unclean spirits (demons), and they obey Him.”

Lying spirits 1 Kings 22:23 Therefore look! The Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the Lord has declared disaster against you.”

They are fallen angels of Satan Revelation 12:9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 

Satan and his demons deceive the world 2 Corinthians 4:4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.

Promulgates (promotes) false doctrine 1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons

Attacks Christians continually, 2 Corinthians 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

What Demons (evil spirits) Do We Struggle With?

The list of evil spirits is immense and they affect every part of our existence.  We can start with the number one evil spirt because this spirt is mentioned 365 times in the Bible.  FEAR!

How do I know fear is an evil spirit?  The Bible tells us in 2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.  Who gives us a spirit of fear?  Satan!  God goes on to tell us we have power (authority) and a sound mind. God is telling us Satan gives us an unsound mind.  Fear goes hand and hand with an unsound mind.  Dementia definition: a usually progressive condition (such as Alzheimer's disease) marked by the development of multiple cognitive deficits (such as memory impairment, aphasia, and the inability to plan and initiate complex behavior). Fear causes an unsound mind.

There are a many other evil spirits afflicting us that we do not consider. 

Unloving Spirit      Abandonment Spirit   Bitterness Spirit    Anger Spirit   Familiar Spirit   Unforgiven Spirit  

Familiar Spirit   Spirit of Divination   Spirit of Jealousy   Lying Spirit   Perverse Spirit   Sprit of Haughtiness

Spirit of Heaviness   Spirit of Whoredoms   Spirit of Infirmity   Death and Dumb Spirit   Spirit of Bondage

Seducing Spirits   Anti-Christ Spirit, Spirit of Poverty   Spirit of Death   Vagabond Spirit, and Generational Spirits

The Demon possessed man had a legion of evil spirits in him, Luke 8:26-27 Then they sailed to the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. ²⁷ And when He stepped out on the land, there met Him a certain man from the city who had demons for a long time. And he wore no clothes, nor did he live in a house but in the tombs.  Verse 30 Jesus asked him, saying, “What is your name?”  And he said, “Legion,” because many demons had entered him. 31 And they begged Him that He would not command them to go out into the abyss.  A legion is 6000.  The legions of spirts had possessed this man.

The demon possessed a child.  Mark 19-21 He answered him and said, “O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me.” 20 Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth. 21 So He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?”  And he said, “From childhood. 22 And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

In many cases demons can be very difficult to cast out according to Jesus.  Jesus described the demon as a death and dumb spirit.  It resembles the autistic illness because they are so familiar.  Mark 25-29 25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!” 26 Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, “He is dead.” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.  28 And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”  29 So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.”  Fasting that is pleasing to God is in Isaiah 58 and it has nothing to do with food.

Romans tells us how many angels are in existence since God created them in Hebrews 12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels.    Innumerable means countless or too numerous to be counted. One can assume innumerable to be billions, trillions or more.  We must take into consideration that many of the innumerable angels were cast out of heaven.   The Bible explicitly and implicitly teaches that Satan fell from his position in heaven and many angels fell with him.  The passage that best supports the idea that Satan took one third of the angels with him in rebellion is in Revelation 12:3-4 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.

Again, one can assume innumerable to be billions, trillions or more.  Fallen angels are evil spirits or demons.  They are here to destroy God’s children whether they are believers or not.  For we are all made in the image of God, Revelation 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God, he created him; male and female He created them.

Evil spirits (demons) play a huge part in our physical and emotional health.  Demons are here to destroy us.  That is why Jessus in the Great Commission calls us to cast out demons, Mark 16:17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons.  Key point is those who believe.  Do the vast majority in the body of Christ believe?  NO!  Do you know anyone who casts out evil spirts?  Does your church teach this?  No?  Are they afraid to teach?  Yes.  If they did, we would not be so sick and diseased. 

Again, lets look at this scripture: Matthew 10:1 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power (authority) over unclean spirits (demons), to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.  Key point here is casting out unclean spirts that will lead to healing from sickness and disease.  This is straight from the mouth of Jesus Himself.  If we have sickness and disease, we must cast out evil spirts to be healed.  This is called the ministry of deliverance.  Why does the Body of Christ fight this concept?  Is it so hard to comprehend and believe?  Apparently so, because the Body of Christ are sick and diseased going into church and leaving sick and diseased.

I listed a few evil spirts previously, but I want to discus two extremely evil and damaging demons that are uncontrollable.  They are anger and fear spirits.  They are very, very powerful and can be uncontrollable.  We must understand that each anger or fear spirt are not singular.  A person can be angry and fearful at a multitude of people or things.  Each is a separate evil spirit. Fact is fear is a more dominate because the Bible tells us so.  Fear is mentioned in the Bible 365 times as I said earlier.  Reality is, evil spirts are waiting to bust out of you and do damage to you and others.  Yes, you may keep evil spirts at bay most of the time, but eventually they will bust out.  The frequency will increase as people allow additional evil spirits infiltrate you.    Evil spirits that will control you if you do not do something about them.

Sin is not from God.  We know this from 2 Timouthy 1:7, For God has not given us a spirit of fear.  Fear is a spirit and an evil spirit at that. Every sin has an evil spirt or demon attached to it. We must cast every evil spirt out of us or someone you are praying for says Jesus in Mark 16:17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons.  Folks, this is not an option.  Do not wait for the church, pastors, believers, or anybody else to teach this. Identify demons and cast them out in Jesue name.

Embrace what Jesus taught us in the Great Commission in Mark 16:15-18. This has been around for over two thousand years and we fail to do this as Believers in Jesus Christ and God Almighty.  We fail to bring people out of captivity as we are instructed to do in Isiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound.  This is not an option to ignore what God tells us to do.

                                                                                                                                                          Tony Sanchez 6-21-2024

The Church of Today

 

The church of today does not resemble the church of Jesus Christ in the first century. Why not?

There are two main groups of churches. Denominational and non- Denominational.  What is the difference?

Denominational Church - A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worship style and, sometimes, a founder.  They all have a governing body.

Non-Denominational Church – A non-denominational church is a Christian church that does not affiliate with any established denominations or mainstream churches, such as Baptist, Catholic, Presbyterian, Lutheran, or Methodist. Church denominations are larger entities that possess a distinct identity, set of beliefs, and traditions.  Each church has a governing body in the form of pastors and elders.

Looking at these definitions, one could surmise that they are very similar.  Both have a distinct worshiping body and both have a governing body.  Would a non-denominational then be considered a denominational church by definition?

Unfortunately, the church of today does not resemble the church of Jesus Christ as was taught to the disciples in the first century church.  Again, I ask, why not? The Bible is very clear as to how the church must conducted.  I will outline a few points that are concerning to us all.

1.       Nowhere in the Bible does it say to worship at a church building.  The original place of worship was mostly in a person’s house.  We have been programed to meet at a building and if we do not make it to the church building, we most often feel guilty for not attending. 

2.      The church has a hierarchy with the pastor at top of the hill, followed by elders or a governing body.  The pastor has been put on a pedestal as being more important than the flock. Yet, Scripture tells us different story.  Ephesians 4:11-16 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.  Nobody is greater than the other in the body of Christ.  We all have an assignment in God’s church.

3.      What is being taught in church service of today?  Pastors have become story tellers, counselors, and in many cases, jokesters. Yet, we still are sick and diseased before, during, and after service.  Ask yourself, others, and your pastor why?  God has given us all the answers in His Word.

4.      The children are separated from the church service.  This is not Biblical.  Jesus taught all ages at the same time. The Bible is for all ages.  Does the Word of God say to separate the children from the mothers and fathers?  So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it Isaiah 55:11.

5.      Very few times have I seen the pastor or worship leader call on the Helper/Holy Spirit, John 14:16, 26 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever, 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things.  The Holy Spirit is the most powerful entity here on earth sent by God himself.  Why is the Holy Spirit left out of any gathering of God’s saints, especially at church services?  Why do we fail to call on the Holy Spirit before any decision we make?  We make bad decisions all the time, but the Holy Spirit makes all the right decisions every time if we only call on the Holy Spirit.  Jeremiah 33:3 ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’ Luke 11:13 You are sinful and you know how to give good things to your children. How much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”  Why are we not having on ongoing conversation with the Holy Spirit throughout the day?   Why is this not being taught and why are we not calling on the Holy Spirit? 

6.      I have never seen a pastor put a prayer on the screen and had the congregation pray out loud in unison.  Prayer is very powerful spiritual declaration against the dark kingdom.  1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.  Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

7.      Why do you think people come into church service sick and diseased and leave sick and diseased when God promises healing?  Ask yourselves, pastors, leadership why?

8.      Where does sickness and disease come from?  Have you ever had anyone show you what causes sickness and disease in the Bible?  Deuteronomy 28 tells us sickness and disease comes from disobedience. Disobedience definition: The failure or refusal to obey rules or someone in authority.  In our case, it is God.  Disobedience is another word for sin.  Adam and Eve were sin free until they disobeyed God.  Jesus healed a man who had an infirmity (physical or mental illness).  Jesus identified the cause of the infirmity (illness) as sin.    John 5:5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” 7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” 9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.  And that day was the Sabbath. 10 The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”11 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk. ” 12 Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 13 But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.” Again, in John 8:3-11 Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, 4 they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” 6 This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear.  7 So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” 8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 Then those who heard it, being[g] convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”  Her illness was an emotional issue and Jesus healed her of adultery.  This confirms what Deuteronomy 28 tells us about the causes of sicknesses and diseases.

9.      Why isn’t there effective prayer for the sick and diseased in church service? James 5:16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.  Effective prayer is not praying for the symptoms.  Rather, we must look at the causes the symptoms.  Example: Would you pray for depression which is a symptom of anxiety (stress and fear) or would you pray and cast out the cause?  Proverbs 12:25 Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression.  Which is more effective?  Going to the doctor who gives drugs for the treatment of depression or simply casting out the anxiety/stress/fear?  Doctors cannot heal depression.  God through His children heals depression.  Key is finding the causes of sickness and disease.  Science and doctors are very good at diagnosing symptoms, but batting zero when it comes to healing.

10.  After his resurrection from the dead, Jesus spent forty days with his disciples. Before ascending to heaven, he gave the apostles important instructions before He left to be with His Father.   This is referred to as “the Great Commission.”  Mark 16:15-18 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”  Key points for them and us is to spread the gospel, cast out demons (evil spirts), and lay hands (pray) on the sick so they will be healed. Is this commission being taught by your church? Have you seen pastors, leadership, elders, or anybody cast out demons?  Jesus did (When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, Matthew 8:16).  Demons are evil spirits.  Fear, bitterness, and anger to name a few are evil spirts.  They need to cast out until they are not an issue. 

The Great Commission has been my ministries’ backbone for the past 20 years.  I challenge all of you to go deeper in the Word of God and do what He calls us to do which is to bring people out of captivity, especially yourself and your family. Let us all be accountable before our Lord God, Amen!

Isaiah 61:1-3 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me (Us) To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn. To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness (depression); That they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”

Luke 10:19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power (authority) and of love and of a sound mind.

Folks, when are we going to wake up?  Let us all bring those in captivity out of captivity in Jesus Name.                                                                 Tony Sanchez, 5-18-2024