Enchantmt
Progress...not perfection
Koffie said:Ephesians 6:12 - For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places
This is a verse that I always seem to wrestle with. I have always that that those 'spirits' that are in men to make them do bad things was a 'weird' concept.
i.e. If I was raised in church and decided I now wanted to be the church harlet, then I could just blame a 'spirit' who got into me and made me do it? Or if a man raped a woman, then it's a spirit, and the man is a really great guy once that spirit is out of him?
'Cause then I could point out versus like, "The wicked are brought down by calamity" but, I thought there was no wicked, just evil spirits.
Forgive me ya'll, but in my mind it seems like an excuse for people who do wrong, and yes I know I need to overcome this thinking, but this is solely MY opinion and I am not going to blame a spirit for my mode of thinking.
Men have free will but we also need to be aware that people can be influenced by demonic forces. An example I read once is that if someone throws a hammer at you are you going to attack hammer or the person who threw it? If you attack the hammer you are an idiot. The one that threw the hammer is just going to sit back and laugh and continue to throw more hammers.
That doesnt mean not to confront people who do you harm or to not seek justice against them. This doesnt mean that the folx Satan is able to maniuplate arent held accountable for their actions, but we need to step back and see what the real issues are and address the REAL enemy.
There is a spiritual hierarchy in place that Christians need to be aware of to be victorious. Things we need to address in prayer and on a spiritual level. There is more to life than what our 5 senses can perceive. When you are feeling depressed, it could just be something physical but it could also be a spirtual attack, one that could possibly lead you into isolation and a downward spiral hard to recover from, when you should be out being a light for someone.