FAMILIAR SPIRITS
VS.
A SOUND MIND
Brother James, OIC
Rom 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
2Ti 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
A dear friend asked me recently if I thought she was bi-polar? Heavens no not if you will only believe and do what Gods Will is for your life and not allow the Adversary entry into your thoughts to turn you again to the spirit of bondage unto fear from what God has called you to do.
Fear and confusion enters into your lives when you return again to bondage, a bondage usually from your past that God caused you to escape from. Familiar spirits that held you in bondage produce these thoughts. This return again to bondage occurs after someone has escaped in Christ and are facing trials of Faith that are unfamiliar to them that the adversary uses to delude them into turning t back to their familiar pasts:
2Pe 2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
Those who live in error are those who do not know the Truth of Gods Word. They may be in Church may say they are a believer but their doctrines are false. And in these perilous times these apostates are in abundance.
I believe many have a tendency to only remember the good and tend to forget the bad from their pasts. Then when they are tricked to returning to their pasts the deception fades and they are right back in what God had caused them to escape from.
More than anything else a life in Christ is one of determination. It is a determination that you do not run in fear from testing of faith. Familiar spirits are always ready to take opportunity to entice you again by a spirit of bondage again unto fear.
Eph 6:10-13 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 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. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Understand that your problem is not flesh and blood but you need to remember that familiar spirits will work through people from your pasts and those around you, if you remain rooted in Truth then you will recognize the schemes of the enemy and have a sound mind to stand against his tricks.
