Psalm
112 delivers one from Poverty and increases their Spirit by Living
This way
Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in His commands. Their children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in their houses, and their righteousness endures forever. Even in darkness light dawns for the upright,
for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous. Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice. Surely the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever.
They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting the Lord. Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear; in the end they will look in triumph on their foes. They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor, their righteousness endures forever; His scattered (the peoples of the nations, the families of the earth which are greater in number than the stars of heaven) He has given their horn to be lifted high in honor.
The wicked will see and be vexed, they will gnash their teeth and waste away; the longings of the wicked will come to nothing (The wicked are the overly Religious).
Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in His commands. Their children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in their houses, and their righteousness endures forever. Even in darkness light dawns for the upright,
for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous. Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice. Surely the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever.
They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting the Lord. Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear; in the end they will look in triumph on their foes. They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor, their righteousness endures forever; His scattered (the peoples of the nations, the families of the earth which are greater in number than the stars of heaven) He has given their horn to be lifted high in honor.
The wicked will see and be vexed, they will gnash their teeth and waste away; the longings of the wicked will come to nothing (The wicked are the overly Religious).
Job
shares another very interesting thing for us to consider;
LEVIATHAN
SPIRIT (PREDATORY SPIRIT, another of the many tentacles of Religions
deceptive spirit as revealed in Revelation 15-18)...... being king of
the proud, Job 41 mentions other characteristics of this spirit:
You
cannot play around with this spirit; it would be dangerous to attempt
to do so. It cannot be tamed and has therefore to be renounced
completely.
You cannot enter in covenant with this spirit (v. 4). It encourages people to break covenant by encouraging those under its influence to **** LEAVE CHURCHES****. It can destroy marriages (LEAVE MARRIAGES) and break up friendships.
Leviathan twists the truth. It misrepresents what has been said, causing people to sometimes believe the very opposite of what was said. Those under its influence HEAR THINGS in a twisted way, and then pass on this twisted version, often believing it to be the truth. So this is definitely a spirit of deception. It is this twisting of the truth that makes it a difficult spirit to deal with.
You cannot reason with this spirit because it blinds people to the truth. In fact those under its influence can be so deceived that they do not appreciate THAT THEY ARE DECEIVED or are twisting the truth.
This spirit can only be overcome through the supernatural activity of God's Spirit (CAST IT OUT...CAST IT AWAY..'OPEN BLIND EYES), not by any human means.
"His breath kindles coals," meaning that their words have a destructive, negative effect. Those under its power become very critical, especially of those in authority. They become judgmental and their words have the effect of pulling down rather than building up (THEY ACCUSE YOU WITH JUDGING WHILE JUDGING YOU).
You cannot enter in covenant with this spirit (v. 4). It encourages people to break covenant by encouraging those under its influence to **** LEAVE CHURCHES****. It can destroy marriages (LEAVE MARRIAGES) and break up friendships.
Leviathan twists the truth. It misrepresents what has been said, causing people to sometimes believe the very opposite of what was said. Those under its influence HEAR THINGS in a twisted way, and then pass on this twisted version, often believing it to be the truth. So this is definitely a spirit of deception. It is this twisting of the truth that makes it a difficult spirit to deal with.
You cannot reason with this spirit because it blinds people to the truth. In fact those under its influence can be so deceived that they do not appreciate THAT THEY ARE DECEIVED or are twisting the truth.
This spirit can only be overcome through the supernatural activity of God's Spirit (CAST IT OUT...CAST IT AWAY..'OPEN BLIND EYES), not by any human means.
"His breath kindles coals," meaning that their words have a destructive, negative effect. Those under its power become very critical, especially of those in authority. They become judgmental and their words have the effect of pulling down rather than building up (THEY ACCUSE YOU WITH JUDGING WHILE JUDGING YOU).
This
spirit produces a hardness of heart (a callous shell like
covering) in people (v. 24, Romans 11:8, 25) making it even more
difficult to bring those beings used by this spirit to the repentance
they need.
Because of its pride, and because it has access into people's lives through their proud (and often self-rightous) hearts, this spirit wants to be in control. So those under its influence want to control situations in which they are placed. They resist submission to true spiritual authority.
This is a mocking spirit, and uses mockery as one way of attacking others. It will mock those who are walking in obedience to the Lord or who disagree with them, because for them are their own opinions are so important.
Not only do people become hard-hearted under its influence, they become thick-skinned in the wrong sense. The truth bounces off them!
Because of its pride, and because it has access into people's lives through their proud (and often self-rightous) hearts, this spirit wants to be in control. So those under its influence want to control situations in which they are placed. They resist submission to true spiritual authority.
This is a mocking spirit, and uses mockery as one way of attacking others. It will mock those who are walking in obedience to the Lord or who disagree with them, because for them are their own opinions are so important.
Not only do people become hard-hearted under its influence, they become thick-skinned in the wrong sense. The truth bounces off them!
However,
there is a big difference between those who inadvertently come under
the influence of this spirit and those who are carriers of this
spirit because of their continued pride and their refusal to repent.
Some serve Leviathan whether they realize it or not; others are
merely its unwilling victims.
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