The spirit of Witchcraft perverts Rightfully Exercised Legitimate Authority into Illegitimate Authority
The spirit of witchcraft is the spirit that seeks to dominate other people. To dominate other people means to exercise illegitimate authority over others. Exercising authority over another means to determine for another person whether what he does is right or wrong, and is acceptable. The determination by the former binds the latter.
Providing counsel, advice, guidance, rebuke, correction or feedback is not the exercise of authority. For example, a mentor who provides guidance and counsel to a mentee is not exercising authority over the mentee. A author who writes books to rebuke, correct and even confront people about an evil of our age is not exercising exercising authority of his readers.
The exercise of authority over another requires the person over whom authority is exercised to be bound to that decisions or determinations of the person making the decision or determination. The essence of the exercise of authority is that the person subjected to the authority is not to have liberty or freedom in relation to that decision or determination. He must comply with or obey it. For example, a citizen of a country is generally as a matter of principle bound of the laws passed by the government. Failure to comply or obey amounts to rebellion against that authority, and ultimately against God.
Rebellion and lawlessness lead to illegitimate authority. Rebellion is the rejection of God-given authority. Lawlessness is the defiance or opposition to what is right and the endorsement or commission of that which is wrong. Authority was intended by God to impose order on ensuring lawfulness. Authority is therefore to be respected . Hatred against authorities or attempts to undermine rightful authority is rebellion.
Lawlessness is a defiance against the law as set down by God. This includes the Moral Law of God, as well as the laws of earthly governing authorities which do not oppose the Moral Law of God, but are in accordance to it.
The spirit of witchcraft loves rebellion and independence from God because she is full of pride. She seeks liberty for herself, a liberty that is illegitimate and lawless. Her liberty is illegitimate and full of lawlessness because she seeks to be independent of God. She loves rebellion and lawlessness because she is rebellion and lawless, and is proud, in thinking that she is never wrong in her ways.
She is always seeking to legitimise her lawlessness because she is lawless and despises all manner of righteousness. So, she seeks to manipulate, intimidate and dominate those who exercise legitimate authority in a rightful and lawful way to pervert their authority. As a result of loss of legitimate authority exercised in a rightful and lawful way, illegitimate authority arises.
That is exactly what happens in the household where the man, who is the head of the household (Ephesians 5:25-27) fails to exercise his authority is a rightful and lawful way. He fails to exercise his God-given authority where he has a wrong understanding of what this means to love his wife. What this means is that he is to sanctify her for the sake of Salvation, not buy her nice presents, take her out to fancy restaurants, accommodate for her career, or let her decide how to decorate the house.
On the other hand, loving her in exercise of his authority does not mean that he can impose restrictions or rules on her that God has never imposed. Imposing restrictions or rules on a person that God has never imposed on anyone amounts to domination, because it is the exercise of authority that goes beyond one's God-given authority. The purpose of a husband's authority over his wife is to sanctify her (Ephesians 5:26-27). So, where he exercises such authority for any purpose other than sanctifying her, such as to stop her from church work or her vocation where she does not neglect her obligations to her family, it is evil.
Likewise, a government that exercises its authority beyond that which God has given it is evil (Romans 13:1-7). An example of a government's exercise of illegitimate authority would be the creation of fiat money, and charging usury, waging imperialist wars, punishing genuine refugees, and restricting immigration racial grounds.This is because God gives government authority to punish evil and reward good, not support evil or perpetuate evil. All such acts are evil.
There are two key ways where a husband fails to exercise his legitimate authority in a rightful way, leaving his wife to be in a position where she has to take up his role, despite not being capable of, or wanting to. The first is where he has become too busy chasing mammon. He himself does not submit to God fully, which is itself the failure to obey God. The second way is where he tolerates or compromises with sin. It is not simply that this leads him to tolerate the sin of his wife. It is that he is in rebellion against God. As a result of his own rebellion against God, he loses his spiritual authority over his wife, for he has not rightfully exercised authority to ensure that his wife is sanctified. For how can a person have the authority rebuke and correct the sins of another when he himself compromises with sin?
The result is a chaotic home where the wife is usually one who is driven, takes charge and power-hungry. She is driven, takes charge or becomes power-hungry, not necessarily because she wants to, but because she has to exercise authority to ensure lawfulness. A mammonised husband usually, if not always, has rebellious and unbelieving children. These children are not necessarily openly rebellious. Rebellion in such children can be unbelief towards God. It is not simply that they learn rebellion from their mother. It is that they have not been disciplined and taught the ways of righteousness.
The Church in the west today loves to place the blame on the wives for exercising illegitimate spiritual authority. This is evident in their imposition on legalistic rules on wives and women in general, as to what non-sinful things they can and cannot do, owing to their misguided concern.
However, this spirit of Jezebel, which is that spirit that uses witchcraft, has emerged as a result of the spirit of Ahab in the man. A Jezebel always needs an Ahab. Without an Ahab, the spirit of Jezebel cannot arise. Where there is an Elijah present, the spirit that hates all unrighteousness and seeks to destroy all manner of unrighteousness, the spirit of Jezebel not only cannot arise, but will have no chance of doing so. She will be utterly stomped on, thrown out the window, and eaten by dogs. She false appearance of strength which comes from her quest to exercise authority will crumble. Her weakness, pitifulness and regretable life will be revealed.
Now when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she put paint on her eyes and adorned her head, and looked through a window. Then, as Jehu entered at the gate, she said, “Is it peace, Zimri, murderer of your master?”
And he looked up at the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” So two or three eunuchs looked out at him. Then he said, “Throw her down.” So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses; and he trampled her underfoot. And when he had gone in, he ate and drank. Then he said, “Go now, see to this accursed woman, and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.” So they went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. Therefore they came back and told him. And he said, “This is the word of the Lord, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel; and the corpse of Jezebel shall be as refuse on the surface of the field, in the plot at Jezreel, so that they shall not say, “Here lies Jezebel.” ’ ”
(2 Kings 9:30-37)
The fear of Jezebel by much of the professing Church in the west is foolish and misguided. Jezebel is nothing but weak, pitiful, foolish woman with a regretable and sad life. She is nothing but a fool. She only has the mere false appearance of power which is the result of her rebellion and lawlessness.
Providing counsel, advice, guidance, rebuke, correction or feedback is not the exercise of authority. For example, a mentor who provides guidance and counsel to a mentee is not exercising authority over the mentee. A author who writes books to rebuke, correct and even confront people about an evil of our age is not exercising exercising authority of his readers.
The exercise of authority over another requires the person over whom authority is exercised to be bound to that decisions or determinations of the person making the decision or determination. The essence of the exercise of authority is that the person subjected to the authority is not to have liberty or freedom in relation to that decision or determination. He must comply with or obey it. For example, a citizen of a country is generally as a matter of principle bound of the laws passed by the government. Failure to comply or obey amounts to rebellion against that authority, and ultimately against God.
Rebellion and lawlessness lead to illegitimate authority. Rebellion is the rejection of God-given authority. Lawlessness is the defiance or opposition to what is right and the endorsement or commission of that which is wrong. Authority was intended by God to impose order on ensuring lawfulness. Authority is therefore to be respected . Hatred against authorities or attempts to undermine rightful authority is rebellion.
Lawlessness is a defiance against the law as set down by God. This includes the Moral Law of God, as well as the laws of earthly governing authorities which do not oppose the Moral Law of God, but are in accordance to it.
The spirit of witchcraft loves rebellion and independence from God because she is full of pride. She seeks liberty for herself, a liberty that is illegitimate and lawless. Her liberty is illegitimate and full of lawlessness because she seeks to be independent of God. She loves rebellion and lawlessness because she is rebellion and lawless, and is proud, in thinking that she is never wrong in her ways.
She is always seeking to legitimise her lawlessness because she is lawless and despises all manner of righteousness. So, she seeks to manipulate, intimidate and dominate those who exercise legitimate authority in a rightful and lawful way to pervert their authority. As a result of loss of legitimate authority exercised in a rightful and lawful way, illegitimate authority arises.
That is exactly what happens in the household where the man, who is the head of the household (Ephesians 5:25-27) fails to exercise his authority is a rightful and lawful way. He fails to exercise his God-given authority where he has a wrong understanding of what this means to love his wife. What this means is that he is to sanctify her for the sake of Salvation, not buy her nice presents, take her out to fancy restaurants, accommodate for her career, or let her decide how to decorate the house.
On the other hand, loving her in exercise of his authority does not mean that he can impose restrictions or rules on her that God has never imposed. Imposing restrictions or rules on a person that God has never imposed on anyone amounts to domination, because it is the exercise of authority that goes beyond one's God-given authority. The purpose of a husband's authority over his wife is to sanctify her (Ephesians 5:26-27). So, where he exercises such authority for any purpose other than sanctifying her, such as to stop her from church work or her vocation where she does not neglect her obligations to her family, it is evil.
Likewise, a government that exercises its authority beyond that which God has given it is evil (Romans 13:1-7). An example of a government's exercise of illegitimate authority would be the creation of fiat money, and charging usury, waging imperialist wars, punishing genuine refugees, and restricting immigration racial grounds.This is because God gives government authority to punish evil and reward good, not support evil or perpetuate evil. All such acts are evil.
There are two key ways where a husband fails to exercise his legitimate authority in a rightful way, leaving his wife to be in a position where she has to take up his role, despite not being capable of, or wanting to. The first is where he has become too busy chasing mammon. He himself does not submit to God fully, which is itself the failure to obey God. The second way is where he tolerates or compromises with sin. It is not simply that this leads him to tolerate the sin of his wife. It is that he is in rebellion against God. As a result of his own rebellion against God, he loses his spiritual authority over his wife, for he has not rightfully exercised authority to ensure that his wife is sanctified. For how can a person have the authority rebuke and correct the sins of another when he himself compromises with sin?
The result is a chaotic home where the wife is usually one who is driven, takes charge and power-hungry. She is driven, takes charge or becomes power-hungry, not necessarily because she wants to, but because she has to exercise authority to ensure lawfulness. A mammonised husband usually, if not always, has rebellious and unbelieving children. These children are not necessarily openly rebellious. Rebellion in such children can be unbelief towards God. It is not simply that they learn rebellion from their mother. It is that they have not been disciplined and taught the ways of righteousness.
The Church in the west today loves to place the blame on the wives for exercising illegitimate spiritual authority. This is evident in their imposition on legalistic rules on wives and women in general, as to what non-sinful things they can and cannot do, owing to their misguided concern.
However, this spirit of Jezebel, which is that spirit that uses witchcraft, has emerged as a result of the spirit of Ahab in the man. A Jezebel always needs an Ahab. Without an Ahab, the spirit of Jezebel cannot arise. Where there is an Elijah present, the spirit that hates all unrighteousness and seeks to destroy all manner of unrighteousness, the spirit of Jezebel not only cannot arise, but will have no chance of doing so. She will be utterly stomped on, thrown out the window, and eaten by dogs. She false appearance of strength which comes from her quest to exercise authority will crumble. Her weakness, pitifulness and regretable life will be revealed.
Now when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she put paint on her eyes and adorned her head, and looked through a window. Then, as Jehu entered at the gate, she said, “Is it peace, Zimri, murderer of your master?”
And he looked up at the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” So two or three eunuchs looked out at him. Then he said, “Throw her down.” So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses; and he trampled her underfoot. And when he had gone in, he ate and drank. Then he said, “Go now, see to this accursed woman, and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.” So they went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. Therefore they came back and told him. And he said, “This is the word of the Lord, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel; and the corpse of Jezebel shall be as refuse on the surface of the field, in the plot at Jezreel, so that they shall not say, “Here lies Jezebel.” ’ ”
(2 Kings 9:30-37)
The fear of Jezebel by much of the professing Church in the west is foolish and misguided. Jezebel is nothing but weak, pitiful, foolish woman with a regretable and sad life. She is nothing but a fool. She only has the mere false appearance of power which is the result of her rebellion and lawlessness.
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