SEDUCING SPIRITS & THE GREAT REVIVAL

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. I John 4:4-5

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart
from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.
1 Timothy 4:1

The apostle John said the Spirit of God in the believer is greater than the spirit of Satan in the world. Yet Paul said a time would come when believers would “depart from the faith” as a result of listening to seducing spirits and the doctrines of devils. This is what’s happening right now; it’s happening all around us. If “he that is in you” is greater than “he that is in the world”, then why are so many Christians being deceived and overtaken by seducing spirits in these days?

One reason is because they have been taught numerous doctrinal errors by religious leaders who have themselves been seduced and overcome. Seducing spirits always go for the leadership first because they know that if they can deceive the leadership, they have just gotten the victory over about 75 - 80% of the “sheeple” because that’s about how many will blindly accept the lies they are being taught.

Satan and his demons are spirits. That means they move on people’s hearts and minds much the same way that God moves on them. Did you ever witness to anyone and you knew the words coming out of your mouth were not your own words, but were the words of the Holy Spirit? Well, those who are deceived by seducing spirits do exactly the same thing. They speak words that are not their own.

Did you ever talk to somebody and you knew the anointing of God was on those words, and you could see they had a real affect on the person you were talking to? Well, the same thing can happen with seducing spirits. They have an anointing; they have real, supernatural power; and when someone is under their influence (whether they are a Christian or not, it makes no difference) they are doing the same thing for Satan through the power of those spirits that we do for God when we speak under the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

Right now, many Christian teachers and preachers—and many regular folks just like you and me—are moving and speaking under an anointing that is not God’s anointing. When preachers or teachers who have been deceived by seducing spirits stand behind a pulpit or get behind a mic, they are not really the ones doing the talking. Rather, deceiving spirits are speaking through them; and when they speak, supernatural powers are being unleashed over the audience through their words.

Contrary to what most of us assume or have been taught, doctrinal error is not harmless because many of these errors come from the minds of supernatural creatures. They didn’t come from the mind of man or from the mind of the flesh; and because they came from supernatural creatures, they contain supernatural power.


Why did Paul call these spirits “seducing” spirits? Because they have the power to seduce the mind. They come to us and try to wrongly divide the Scripture in our minds; or they try to impart false ideas or revelations to the mind. Once a person accepts the ideas or revelations of a seducing spirit, two things happen: (1) Their minds become enslaved to the power that gave them the idea or revelation; and (2) they become vessels through which these spirits can freely operate. They go forth and spread the teachings and ideas of these spirits among the people of God; and the same spirits that seduced them are present with them when they teach, in order to seduce the minds of those who are listening.

What we believe doctrinally is very important. Those who think doctrine isn’t important, and who remain confident that God will lead them to glory regardless of what they believe, are not moving in faith: they are living in unreality. The way God leads us to glory is by giving us His Holy Spirit—which is the Spirit of Truth—to expose and deliver us from those things (including false doctrines and concepts) which keep us from attaining that glory. This operation is the faithfulness of God.

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