TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL (Saturday 12th June 2021)
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;
for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13 NKJV
WELCOME TO THE 163RD DAY OF OUR YEAR OF HIGHER HEIGHTS.
It is a day the LORD has made! We shall rejoice and be glad in it. It is Him who has made us not ourselves. His mercies have been our sustaining power, that is why we are still alive and well.
Our ongoing Special Miracle School has been great and amazing. The teachings on the Miracle of God’s Mercy has open our understanding to so many things in scriptures about this precious package OF God’s kingdom.
Previously, when you hear the word “Miracle” you conceive very shallow thoughts about it. But with the mysteries of the Scriptures on the subject being unfolded, it has become clear to us that miracles in God’s kingdom hold greater meaning than what we have known and seen.
I believe with a better and brighter light from the scripture about the subject, we will be leading better and brighter lives in our walk and talk with God.
This morning, we want to look at the subject of deleting the witchcraft software. We have been looking at excerpts from our book OVERCOMING WITCHCRAFT BY THE GREATNESS OF GOD’S POWER, and the LORD has been helping is with fresh insights into the matter.
We discovered in previous devotionals that the witchcraft software is responsible for having us under the coverage area in the spirit where witchcraft attacks are possible. As we look at the next aspect of the software, it is my prayer that you find something to refresh your soul in Jesus precious name. Amen
DELETING THE WITCHCRAFT SOFTWARE – INIQUITY.
“He has not observed iniquity in Jacob, nor has He seen wickedness in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a King is among them. “Numbers 23:21 NKJV
In the previous devotionals we saw the first aspect of the witchcraft software. In this we will be uncovering the remaining two aspects – iniquity and Trespass.
God did not plant the software of witchcraft in us. I believed strongly that when Jesus said, “Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted (Matthew 15:13 NKJV), the witchcraft software was part of it.
God did not plant sin, iniquity or trespass in us. God planted Himself in us at creation. He superimposed Himself into the clay He formed and we became a living being. The Bible put it this way;
“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” Genesis 2:7 NKJV
So God never planted the witchcraft software in us. He planted Himself – His glory in us. Man was created full of His glory nothing else.
It was the fall that expelled His glory out of us and replaced it with the software – the very nature of Satan himself. But the death, burial and resurrection of Christ saved us from the fall and its consequences. That is why it can be uprooted. The promise of Christ can be executed. But it will require our co-operation. It was that co-operation that Paul meant when he wrote to the Church at Philippi saying;
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; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13 NKJV
We must accept the responsibility of cooperating with the Spirit of Grace to produce in our lives what Jesus has finished on the cross. That is what we call the works of grace. Part of it is not to continue in sin, iniquity and trespass after salvation. God has promised us victory over them – He said they will be uprooted.
WE MUST MAKE UP OUR MINDS TO GET THEM UPROOTED.
The Bible says,
Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2 Corinthians 7:1 NKJV
Sin is the filthiness of the flesh. The Bible calls it the works of the flesh; which we uncovered in the last chapter. But iniquity and trespass are the filthiness of the spirit. All are dangerous to our walk and talk with God; they are dangerous to our immunity against witchcraft attacks. Israel was immune when they were no sin, iniquity or wickedness found in them, and the shout of the king was among them. The Bible says,
“He has not observed iniquity in Jacob, nor has He seen wickedness in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a King is among them. “Numbers 23:21 NKJV
But when sin, iniquity and trespass were found in them, the shout of a king left them and they became defenseless to witchcraft attacks. That is the spiritual state of many in Church today. We are defenseless to witchcraft attacks because of the software in us.
Irrespective of how we pray, fast, give or run after anointed servants of God, the witchcraft software will destroy us and make us defenseless to witchcrafts attacks if we do not deal with it. It will kill our immunity to the satanic and demonic. That is why we must deal with it.
We must cooperate with the grace of God upon our lives and deal with it. If we clean ourselves from the filthiness of the flesh and spirit, we will see Christ perform His promise in our lives. Let’s see what iniquity is and how to deal with it.
DEALING WITH INIQUITY IN OUR HEARTS.
As earlier stated, iniquity is a filthiness of the spirit.
For instance, one may be sexually pure and chaste but if iniquity is found in him, witchcraft can still prevail over him. Iniquity is a sin of the spirit not a sin of the flesh. Sexual impurity is a sin of the flesh not a sin of the spirit. It is initiated by the lust of the flesh. But iniquity is a sin of the spirit. That is why it is the root of most sins. If we deal with iniquity in our hearts, we will not sin in our flesh!
Iniquity lies deep in a man’s heart or thoughts and it’s the root of most sinful acts. Another word or phrase for it is “wicked way.” It is that inherent ability to twist the ways of God lying in every un-regenerated human spirit.
David said unto God;
Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalms 139:23-24 AMP
In genuine Christianity, we are constantly searched by the LORD to make sure that iniquity is not found in us. That is why He expose us to His word and provoke repentance each time we are exposed.
You find yourself repenting each time you encounter sound doctrine. That is God transforming you from glory to glory until you are conformed to His image.
Like I have always taught, in the Christian faith, there is initial repentance and there is subsequent repentance. Initial repentance takes care of the PENALTY of sin, iniquity and trespass, but subsequent repentance takes care of the PRACTICE. If the practice is not taken care of, we can return to the consequence.
Like I taught recently, another word for iniquity mean to twist. It began from the spirit realm, and led to the birth of sin in the natural realm. So we cannot talk about it without going through the biblical history of how it began.
THE ORIGIN OF INIQUITY
Iniquity actually began in the life of a spirit being called Lucifer – who later became Satan (opponent of God and all that is God). Speaking about him in a prophetic parable, the prophetic Ezekiel said;
“You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering: the sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created.
“You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; you were on the holy mountain of God; you walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, till iniquity was found in you. Ezekiel 28:12-15 NKJV
The day iniquity or THE ABILITY TO TWIST THE WAYS OF GOD was found in him, everything about him became corrupt, polluted and profane. And since God does not live together with the corrupt, polluted and profane, he drove him away from His Holy Mountain.
That is why today, anything we do in iniquity stinks in God’s nostrils. A relationship or marriage that is rooted in iniquity will be a stench in God’s nostrils. Witchcraft can prevail against it successfully no matter how much you pray. A Church that is founded in iniquity will be a stench in God’s nostrils. An economic life prospered by iniquity is a stench in God’s nostrils. A life that is rooted in iniquity will be a stench in God’s nostrils.
Whatever Lucifer was doing in the eternal past became corrupt and profane when iniquity was found in him, and God could not keep him any longer.
You will lose the presence or glory of GOD if you begin to twist God’s ways or allow iniquity to be found in you, and when that happens, you will no longer see His marvelous helps against witchcraft or any other evil work in your life. In fact, what happened to Lucifer will begin to happen in your life.
CONCERNING THIS CREATURE, THE BIBLE SAYS,
“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.
“Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, that they might gaze at you.
“You defiled your sanctuaries by the multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of your trading; therefore I brought fire from your midst; It devoured you, and I turned you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all who saw you.
All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you; you have become a horror, and shall be no more forever.”‘” Ezekiel 28:16-20 NKJV
If you look at this scripture you can see over 8 things that will happen in your life if iniquity is found in you. I will like to call them symptoms of iniquity.
..TO BE CONTINUED….