“The devil made me do it,” a lot of Christians bemoan when caught in a habitual evil which, after grasping for it as if it is life, makes them want to even die. These believers echo Adam’s excuse after eating the fruit of good and evil, “Eve made me do it.” They even point out that the devil not only waited for an opportune moment to possess Judas –so that he betrayed Jesus but Satan also manipulated Peter to try to tempt Jesus to opt out of the crucifixion — the reason Jesus told Peter, “Get behind me Satan for you are not concerned about things of God but things of man.”
The figure of ‘grand antagonist of mankind’ has obsessed people in different cultures, in different (and distorted) ways. The distortion about this entity has led some believers to even think Satan (and thus evil) is the human mind. However, Satan is an entity to himself. The human mind is neutral; it can either entertain demons or God — something which Peter illustrated when at one minute he was inspired by God and at the next one, he was inspired by Satan.
There are many teachings about the devil, and demon opression and possession; but the crucial thing about the devil, alongside demonic oppression and possession, is this: the Holy Spirit, the one who teaches all people(even pagans) about good and evil, has more power to obsess and possess the minds of humans than demons do. To teach about evil spirits first of all be in tune with the Holy (best) Spirit completely.
The greatest mistake you can make is to always preach about Satan, even when condemning him. This is why people who are wary about the devil in most cases are oppressed by demons of fear (after being toyed by spirits of lust), even when they shout, “I plead the blood of Jesus over my family, my business, my house, my possessions, my….” When we are in perfect love, when being possessed by the Holy Spirit, we not only cast out all fear, but we also make demons fear us.
Possession by the Holy Spirit is everything, because he is the best teacher. This is because the earth is ‘good’ becoming ‘worse’ — ‘evil’; heaven is not only way much better than the earth but it is also becoming better and better — aiming for the best ih God. The best is sitted on the throne, the reason only him deserves all the glory and honour.
When preaching, anointed preachers appropriate the mind and mouth of the Holy (best) Spirit; they thus present the best words in creation. The gospel is not good news but the best news possible. And even when Jesus was saying, ‘only God is good’, he was saying, ‘The testimony of goodness on earth is God’s manifestation of grace.’ Proud people (maybe because of money or position they possess) are blind to this fact: the only goodness in them, which grows worse (evil) over years, is divine grace; however God is best, the highest level of any niceness.
The creator who is un created is the most pure compassion, which because is is too intense for creation to experience all at once, has to be diluted in various intensities. God is love. We only fear him because we are hate. For the Spirit of God is also the listening ear in receptive souls. That’s why he is poured on all flesh — the mystery of creation.
Most flesh violently shrug him off (‘leave me alone’ inner shouts); whilst others wrestle with his voice until he slowly breaks their will — in Jesus. No one can listen to the gospel without a measure of this God on earth. That’s why you should be wary of any word which the Holy Spirit raises eyebrows at.
If you are sensitive to his voice, he can tell you (even audibly) whole conversations behind any action or ‘word’. The Holy Spirit knows what is in each person’s mind, and what is going to happen in each person’s future.
This is why he let’s all human cleverness look clever at the start but slowly wither away; but he does so because of love, for he is always merciful to the weak.
This is what prophecy is — mercy in Christ — which cannot be contaminated with carnality. True prophecy is God talking — not self rightous rants. When the Spirit of God is talking, he means what he says, for he cannot lie. If his tongue, the best in heaven and earth, has not possessed your tongue, you do the greatest evil by claiming you are prophesying.
This faithful God gives instructions which yield results at his own seasons. When you experience this, you start living. The future, and thus eternity, is guaranteed because the best spirit has already laid the best of all he is for us.
Guidance of the Holy Spirit is what love is. For deviating from the instructions or plan of the Holy Spirit is what is sin. It is what created the drama at the garden of Eden.
And simply, the reason the Holy Spirit arranges time or people or nations in a particular manner is what is conscience. Conscience, which is the essence of the heavenly father, is the rythm of all life, which all souls, when healthy, can just get in tune with.
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