The title of this article may seem
to some as a little extreme or slightly strange, others may even think it is
not sound perhaps somewhat unorthodox, but I assure you this article is neither
extravagant or unscriptural.
When a believer first receives the Holy Spirit at
conversion there is a definite change is his behavior, there is a positive modification of manners, he rightly notices that his attitude is
changing, the way in which he used to think about this or that or the way he thinks
about certain people is slowly becoming different, his outlook on life begins to see beyond the physical and slowly but
surely perceives the spiritual aspect;
his spiritual eyes have mercifully been opened to the heavenly kingdom from which he has been
born-again.
Years go by, spiritual growth has
been evident, but then the former life creeps
up from behind with a vengeance and piles on with great force, the kingdom of
darkness from which the believer has been redeemed is relentless, two kingdoms
are in opposition, the believer has been blessed with power to go through a
spiritual transformation, the spiritual conversion is a process and will not be
fully realized until the transition is in complete metamorphosis; the believer
receives his glorified body at the rapture of the Church when his redemption is
concluded.
Contrary to what many think and
teach, some discard the power and cannot make it, they fail to continue after the transformation begins to take place,[1] the
believer must stay grounded and never move away from the truth, he must stand
firm to the end of salvation, keeping the law of God is paramount and adhering to his words is key so that the believer can remain in his love, he
must stay true to the faith, it can be hard but the Holy Spirit will assist the
Lord’s followers so they can hold firm their confidence in Christ, the believer
must not let go of his original conviction holding on until the end of
salvation, he has to take a stand and not become entangled again in the corruption of the world—a friend of the world becomes hostile toward God.
Lovers of the world are obedient
to the world, they are driven by the spirit of the world, they love what the
world has to offer, the world and those that chase after it have the same
spirit, they that love the world are possessed by the spirit of the world, they
love the world and cannot get enough of it, the world’s lover craves for more,
his eyes lust for more and he continually brags of his possessions and rants
over his exploits; hot air is his aura.
The believer will suffer much if
he truly belongs to the Lord, if he is an heir of God then he will certainly
know what it is like to suffer as Christ suffered, it is predicted that if you
believe in Jesus you will suffer because you have faith, I absolutely in no way
mean that you will suffer God’s wrath for if you are God’s children you will
never experience his indignation, rather you will suffer the control of the spirit of this world, the
god of this age will scheme against you knowing he may disable your body and possibly
drive you mental.
The spirit of this world will
attack you in your body, the god of this age will attack your mind, the Apostle
Paul experienced the former on numerous occasions and I highly expect he
suffered the latter likewise, or he
would not have practiced taking every thought captive, it is no coincident that
the demons strike the areas where Christ
endured death and pain for our provision, the Lord assumed our sickness and
disease and carried our mental and physical pain, the enemy works to incapacitate
they that have the seal of ownership, the people that have received the Spirit of God as a deposit that guarantees an
inheritance, the devil works hard to impair the redeemed even to convince them
to give up.
Words are like seeds, once they
are planted they will grow, it does not matter whether a word is true or a word
is false, all words will take root and grow if they are planted and fertilized,
words of truth will bring freedom while words masterminded in deceit will bring
bondage, they will produce either liberty or subdue you into darkness, false
words are too often believed while truth is usually up for debate, truth is typically
not trusted as deception frequently gains the upper hand, the god of this age
is a master deceiver, the spirit of this world has gained a wider audience than
the Spirit of truth.
The people of the world are bound
by words and they do not even know it, the spirit of the world keeps them in
submission by continually planting and fertilizing words he speaks through
different types of communication, especially through mass communication mediums
like radio and TV, film is huge while even newspapers and books are used by the
devil to plant his thoughts in peoples minds, this is why it is important that
the believer has discernment and knows the truth because they are susceptible to having the lies of the enemy
planted and fertilized within their minds just like those that have no faith;
the believer can also believe the lies of the enemy just like the person of the
world.
The spirit of this world has
filled the minds of its audience, it possesses the hearts of they that love the
world, the invitation has gone out, get what you can, love your life as you
live it to the full, some that believe have been ensnared and their mind is too
dull to understand, the wayward one is tepid, he is neither hot or cold; he
cannot live in two kingdoms.
The world is a battle ground, the
two opposing forces are the kingdom of heaven and the kingdoms of this world, the
kingdoms of this world are darkness whereas the kingdom of heaven is light, we
know in the end which kingdom will prevail but until then the battle continues,
people can choose which kingdom they will be in, people can either live in the
light or live in the darkness, the believer has the advantage over they that do
not have the Holy Spirit, the people without the Holy Spirit only have the
spirit of the world to guide them while the believer has the Spirit of God to
lead and discern, this is why the believer speaks truth so the people of the
world can receive it and believe.
Meanwhile, the god of this age
attacks the believer, his greatest weapon is words, he continually bombards the
believer with lies, he speaks them into the minds of believers all the time
especially when the believer sleeps, when the believer wakes from sleep sometimes
his mind is full of pulsating fiction that mentally and emotionally weakens the child of God, through the day the believer
suffers attack and because he is busy with work or special activities his
prayer is nonexistent, after so many bad seeds have been planted into the
believer’s mind the words begin to grow as they are fertilized by the
supernatural power of the devil, after time the believer turns soft, he becomes
feeble, he ends up spiritually delicate, he gets spiritually and physically
disabled because the power of the enemy has been continuously injected similar
to daily medication.
The disciple is to be strong in
the Lord, be strong in the Lord’s mighty power by putting on the full armor of
God, the devil knows how to make the follower of Christ ineffective and he does
it usually by filling the believer with his words, they that are devoted to Jesus must know how to put on the armor of
God which when all summed up is being filled with the Holy Spirit, absolutely he
must be possessed by the Spirit’s power, the child of God must understand that the
Father has certainly equipped him with the authority of Christ which means he
can be prepared against the devil schemes, the believer has divine power to be
fit when the schemes develop and strength to destroy the devils strongholds,
the god of this world uses his words as a stronghold over the mind of the
believer, you defeat the power of this world by taking every thought captive,
everything that comes into your mind you confine it like you would a criminal
that breaks through your front door and then submit these thoughts to Christ,
if the word is true than let it grow but if it is a lie than command it to die,
cast it to the ground and kill it so that the thought ceases to exist, do it as
many times as it takes; it is an ongoing process in the life of the redeemed.
The believer hears a word in church
and expects God to speak to him through it, the biblical practice is to be like
the Berean Jews who checked to see if the preaching was scriptural, if it is
scriptural than the believer is safe but if it does not meet the scriptural
test than the word has come from the god of this world, the spirit of this world
pretends to be an angel of light and he uses people even in church as willing instruments
of deception, Satan has been doing this ever since the first bible studies were
conducted, words that come from a false angel of light are meant to disable the
Church and have the whole congregation go in the wrong direction, even in the
assembly of believers every word must be confined and put under the spotlight
of Christ’s truth.
"Casting down imaginations,
and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing
every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ" (2 Cor. 10:5,
ASV).
