Binding Kings ..Defeated by Midgets
For some reason we define our spiritual
authority in being able to pick a fight with a demonic king. When we
are oppressed we run with our tail between our legs screaming, “Help.
I am being spiritually attacked!”
In the chapter on Authority, in my
book, A Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare. I mentioned
how the pulpit has dropped the ball in teaching spiritual authority.
I have visited or been called to churches where the pastor was binding principalities,
and yet when a member of the congregation manifests a spirit, the pastor's
first reaction is for the individual to seek psychological counseling.
The pastor has allowed his authority to be challenged by a spiritual
midget. Authority has been compromised. Many times in our ministry, we find ourselves in a spiritual rescue mission because the leadership of the church didn't walk in their authority. By the grace of God we were allowed to work with these individuals who were on the verge of leaving the church altogether. Because the pastoral leadership didn't offer the assistance they needed nor have the ability to discern the nature of the attacks were truly spiritual.
It doesn't matter how many books you
buy and read on spiritual warfare, if you don't walk in your
authority, you will be a punching bag to spiritual midgets. I have
had people contact me and tell me our chapter on spiritual authority
in my book was an eye opener. One gentleman who refused to be pushed
around by midgets purchased the books on routing demons and spiritual
warfare. These books were all useless until this man learned to stand
in his spiritual authority.
When Jesus completed His work on the
cross we were handed dominion over everything on this earth. When the
rebelling angels were tossed out of heaven they were cast down to
earth. Heaven is in a spiritual war. These are God's enemies the war
is waged against. We know from scripture, Ephesians 6:12,
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, our battle is against the spiritual demonic midgets that attack the mind, and thoughts, and seek total manipulation and control of who? You and me! The demonic midgets are here on earth, the principalities -the authorities, are the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Not all spirits here on earth a spiritual midgets, we have demons that liked to be worshipped, like Hinduism, and Buddhism, to name a few. The midget spirit is usually the familiar spirit that wages war on people and tries to gain control of an individual. When the midget gains control the other homies start moving their junk in.
The heavenly realms? Are there demons in heaven? In 2 Corinthians 12:2, Paul mentioned the 3rd heaven. This the realm where God resides. The 3rd heaven is our eternal destiny for those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Now heavenly realms suggests a layering of heaven. Some ancient Hebraic traditions suggest there can be as many as 7 layers in the heavenly realms. Are there 3 layers or are there 7? No one on earth knows.
There is a 2nd heaven and this is the realm where the demonic authorities and rulers reside. This is a realm up above and beyond our dominion here on earth. To re-emphasize, the 2nd heaven is outside the scope of our dominion. There are demons here on earth, we have dominion and spiritual authority over these demons. The rulers in the second heaven we don't have authority over. Second heaven is commonly misunderstood to be our physical outer space. 2nd heaven resides in the spiritual heavens, not ours. When an intercessor goes out and wages war with a regional <ruling> spirit or a principality, they are literally stepping outside the protective covering of Jesus. This is a VERY BAD spot to be in.
Lisa and I spoke at one conference on spiritual warfare, afterwards, a pastor brought his intercessor over to meet us. He asked us to pray for her because she was under severe demonic attack. Lisa and I prayed for the woman and Lisa received a prophetic word that this woman was binding rulers over her city. When you launch an attack you will get a response. If you want a simple understanding of how demons work, look no farther then city gangs. You want to rumble, they'll oblige you with a fight. A really nasty vicious fight!
As the truth was revealed about the root of the spiritual attacks on this intercessor she started to scream out in pain as the demon broke free of her stomach. God healed the woman through prayer, but she put her self in a defenseless position because she stepped outside the protective covering of Jesus and the authority He gave us.
I have an audio box set healing seminar by a popular conference speaker and this person has been on Sid Roth's Supernatural show. In the first minute of the healing seminar this pastor starts telling people to go after the demonic kings. The pastor goes on to state that you carve out your spiritual authority by warring with the kings in the heavenly realms. This is a VERY BAD teaching! Then the individual gives out their anointing to everyone listening to be conquerors of kings. I heard enough and stopped listening to the lesson. That is an irresponsible teaching and the person clearly doesn't understand spiritual warfare. This pastor also interpreted the 2nd heaven as being in our physical outer space. NO! 2nd heaven is a hood in the heavenly realms.
The idea alone to pick a fight with a demonic king just to sharpen your own skills in spiritual warfare is madness. In my battles, I have crossed paths with principalities and spirits assigned to carry judgement. It wasn't because I was picking a fight with them. It was because the Holy Spirit revealed them to me and they were on a short leash by God's will and beckoning. I was shown the power these spiritual creatures have. These are my God's enemies and He engages them. Not me! Our job is to clean up the trash here on earth. Not by going out and picking a fight with them. Which is insanity in itself. But to remove the midgets here on earth as they surface and wage their warfare with God's people. Remember the reason we were given authority is to build the KINGDOM! Not to seek power and sharpen our swords in the 2nd heaven. In focusing on warring against the 2nd heaven rulers you may unknowingly be worshipping them by giving constant attention. Which is an interesting scheme of the enemy. Another clever scheme of the enemy is the deception we can command angels. Angels are God's creation and we don't command them. The Lord of Hosts commands them!
Many times in prayer gatherings, the prayers revolve around bringing down giants. 99% of the time that giant is a demonic midget staring in someone's face and they're doing nothing about it. When a spirit has convinced you you're cursed – that is a demonic midget -or your first giant to defeat. There are weapons God gave us to defeat the midget. There are also some great deliverance ministries churches should use, like Cleansing Streams. There are other cases where the battle is so great, where a spirit manifests, it must be evicted. A spirit can be evicted in one sitting, in several sittings of prayer of liberation, or over a period of time like a year or more. Many Christians are defeated by midgets in deliverance ministry because the demon doesn't leave after the first two sessions of prayers of liberation. We have seen pastors give up after a month of battle and have the person seek counseling. I am speaking about the severe cases where people are truly under demonic attack and not demonic obsession cases.
Your Goliath may actually be a midget. Defeat that spirit first and use wisdom when you pray. You can't remove a ruler from the heavenly realms. But you can pray for change in the hearts of people in your region that will weaken the rulers hold.
Go forth and pray wisely!
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, our battle is against the spiritual demonic midgets that attack the mind, and thoughts, and seek total manipulation and control of who? You and me! The demonic midgets are here on earth, the principalities -the authorities, are the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Not all spirits here on earth a spiritual midgets, we have demons that liked to be worshipped, like Hinduism, and Buddhism, to name a few. The midget spirit is usually the familiar spirit that wages war on people and tries to gain control of an individual. When the midget gains control the other homies start moving their junk in.
The heavenly realms? Are there demons in heaven? In 2 Corinthians 12:2, Paul mentioned the 3rd heaven. This the realm where God resides. The 3rd heaven is our eternal destiny for those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Now heavenly realms suggests a layering of heaven. Some ancient Hebraic traditions suggest there can be as many as 7 layers in the heavenly realms. Are there 3 layers or are there 7? No one on earth knows.
There is a 2nd heaven and this is the realm where the demonic authorities and rulers reside. This is a realm up above and beyond our dominion here on earth. To re-emphasize, the 2nd heaven is outside the scope of our dominion. There are demons here on earth, we have dominion and spiritual authority over these demons. The rulers in the second heaven we don't have authority over. Second heaven is commonly misunderstood to be our physical outer space. 2nd heaven resides in the spiritual heavens, not ours. When an intercessor goes out and wages war with a regional <ruling> spirit or a principality, they are literally stepping outside the protective covering of Jesus. This is a VERY BAD spot to be in.
Lisa and I spoke at one conference on spiritual warfare, afterwards, a pastor brought his intercessor over to meet us. He asked us to pray for her because she was under severe demonic attack. Lisa and I prayed for the woman and Lisa received a prophetic word that this woman was binding rulers over her city. When you launch an attack you will get a response. If you want a simple understanding of how demons work, look no farther then city gangs. You want to rumble, they'll oblige you with a fight. A really nasty vicious fight!
As the truth was revealed about the root of the spiritual attacks on this intercessor she started to scream out in pain as the demon broke free of her stomach. God healed the woman through prayer, but she put her self in a defenseless position because she stepped outside the protective covering of Jesus and the authority He gave us.
I have an audio box set healing seminar by a popular conference speaker and this person has been on Sid Roth's Supernatural show. In the first minute of the healing seminar this pastor starts telling people to go after the demonic kings. The pastor goes on to state that you carve out your spiritual authority by warring with the kings in the heavenly realms. This is a VERY BAD teaching! Then the individual gives out their anointing to everyone listening to be conquerors of kings. I heard enough and stopped listening to the lesson. That is an irresponsible teaching and the person clearly doesn't understand spiritual warfare. This pastor also interpreted the 2nd heaven as being in our physical outer space. NO! 2nd heaven is a hood in the heavenly realms.
The idea alone to pick a fight with a demonic king just to sharpen your own skills in spiritual warfare is madness. In my battles, I have crossed paths with principalities and spirits assigned to carry judgement. It wasn't because I was picking a fight with them. It was because the Holy Spirit revealed them to me and they were on a short leash by God's will and beckoning. I was shown the power these spiritual creatures have. These are my God's enemies and He engages them. Not me! Our job is to clean up the trash here on earth. Not by going out and picking a fight with them. Which is insanity in itself. But to remove the midgets here on earth as they surface and wage their warfare with God's people. Remember the reason we were given authority is to build the KINGDOM! Not to seek power and sharpen our swords in the 2nd heaven. In focusing on warring against the 2nd heaven rulers you may unknowingly be worshipping them by giving constant attention. Which is an interesting scheme of the enemy. Another clever scheme of the enemy is the deception we can command angels. Angels are God's creation and we don't command them. The Lord of Hosts commands them!
Many times in prayer gatherings, the prayers revolve around bringing down giants. 99% of the time that giant is a demonic midget staring in someone's face and they're doing nothing about it. When a spirit has convinced you you're cursed – that is a demonic midget -or your first giant to defeat. There are weapons God gave us to defeat the midget. There are also some great deliverance ministries churches should use, like Cleansing Streams. There are other cases where the battle is so great, where a spirit manifests, it must be evicted. A spirit can be evicted in one sitting, in several sittings of prayer of liberation, or over a period of time like a year or more. Many Christians are defeated by midgets in deliverance ministry because the demon doesn't leave after the first two sessions of prayers of liberation. We have seen pastors give up after a month of battle and have the person seek counseling. I am speaking about the severe cases where people are truly under demonic attack and not demonic obsession cases.
Your Goliath may actually be a midget. Defeat that spirit first and use wisdom when you pray. You can't remove a ruler from the heavenly realms. But you can pray for change in the hearts of people in your region that will weaken the rulers hold.
Go forth and pray wisely!
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