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James Goll is an incredible teacher in the Body of Christ. He is full of rich revelation and unfolds great mysteries which we get to glean from....in his God-given knowledge!
In James' recent article, he is absolutely confronting a spirit here and teaches us to do the same.
James opens with this:
God wants you to hear clearly and declare the Word of the Lord freely. But there are forces of darkness that you must confront in order to be effective in your mission. Jesus told His disciples as recorded in Matthew 13:43, "Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear!" You are called to confront and dislodge the demonic power that hinders you from hearing the Holy Spirit and attempts to rob you of your capacity to speak clearly.
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"Confronting a Deaf and Dumb Spirit"
James W. Goll, Franklin, TN
God wants you to hear clearly and declare the Word of the Lord freely. But there are forces of darkness that you must confront in order to be effective in your mission. Jesus told His disciples as recorded in Matthew 13:43, "Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear!" You are called to confront and dislodge the demonic power that hinders you from hearing the Holy Spirit and attempts to rob you of your capacity to speak clearly.
What is a spiritual stronghold? Ed Silvoso of Harvest Evangelism defines it as, "a mindset impregnated with hopelessness that causes us to accept as unchangeable, situations that we know are contrary to the will of God." Note that the enemy does not work haphazardly. He has schemes, plans, goals, strategies and methods to carry them out (see Ephesians 6:11; 1 John 5:18-19).
A Look at Ephesians 6:12 from Various Translations
From the New America Standard Bible: "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places."
| "Always remember, on the Cross Jesus declared, 'It is finished!'" |
From the New International Version: "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."
From the Living Bible Translation: "For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against persons without bodies—the evil rulers of the unseen world, those mighty satanic beings and great evil princes of darkness who rule this world; and against huge numbers of wicked spirits in the spirit world."
From the Amplified Classic Version: "For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotism (an absolute ruler, absolute in power, a tyrant), against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere" (emphasis mine).
We are called to confront strongholds. We are born in the midst of a spiritual battle and we are born for battle as agents in the army of the Lord. Jesus said that He had given us "power and authority over all the power of the enemy."
Five Levels of Spiritual Conflict
• The conflict between God and satan.
• The conflict between the elect angels and the fallen angels.
• The conflict between satan and the saints.
• The conflict between satan and the unsaved.
• The conflict between the law of the mind and the law of the Spirit.
Six Classes of Spiritual Forces
Principalities/rulers (arche) – a ruler must have someone or something or somewhere over which to exercise its dominion or rule (Ephesians 1:21; 3:10; 6:12; Colossians 1:16; 2:10).
Authorities (exuosia) – again; "authority" demands a... (continue reading)
