July 5, 2024 • 29 mins
Grace and peace. God bless you. This is Soteria Prophetic Ministries. In this episode, we delve into the topic of witchcraft and its impact on believers. Many Christians feel they are under attack or cursed, and this message aims to address those concerns with biblical understanding.
We start by examining Proverbs 26:2, which teaches that a curse does not come without a cause. As believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, we cannot be cursed by witches. Our spiritual authority changes when we accept Jesus as our Lord, making it impossible for the enemy to curse us without cause.
The episode explains what a curse is and discusses the concept of 'charismatic witches' in the church. These individuals, who may have once walked with the Lord, open themselves up to evil spirits by breaking fellowship. We emphasize the importance of maintaining deliverance and the role of a strong spiritual community in this process.
We also explore biblical examples, such as Balaam and Balak, and discuss how curses can manifest through sin and disobedience. The importance of discernment and being cautious about who we allow into our lives is highlighted, along with the need to guard against both intentional and unintentional harm from others.
Finally, we encourage believers to remain strong in their faith, maintain a disciplined prayer life, and seek God's wisdom and guidance. We are reminded that, as children of God, we have the power to overcome any attacks and should not live in fear of witchcraft.
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Grace and peace. God bless you. This is Soteria Prophetic Ministries.
I'm going to talk to you a little bit about the topic of witchcraft.
I often hear believers talk about they're under attack or the witches have said
this or the witches have done that.
And I want to speak to some of those concerns.
I want to add some biblical understanding to that.
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And it's my goal that you'll walk away with, you know, with a greater understanding
of how you can be cursed and how witchcraft works and what you can do to protect yourself.
So let me just leave. Let me let me just start here.
The Bible says in Proverbs 26 and 2 that the curse does not causeless.
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The curse does not causeless come. In other words, if you are a believer.
So that's just, let's start there.
This message is targeted toward believers.
If you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, you cannot be cursed by a witch.
You cannot. You belong to the Lord Jesus Christ. When you ask the Lord to come
into your life and ask him to be your Lord, then you've changed spiritual authoritative figures.
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And so the enemy or witch or warlock or devil cannot just curse you.
You may remember in early in the Bible when Balaam and Balak tried to conjure
a curse over Israel and Balaam said, you cannot curse what God has blessed.
So if you belong to the Lord Jesus Christ, and let me just put this in here,
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you are walking in obedience.
You cannot be cursed. I just want to say that because the curse cannot causeless
come. There has to be a cause.
There has to be a litigating, mitigating reason for some type of sinister operation in your life.
So let me just lay that as a baseline, as a foundation, and then I'll try to build from there.
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Now, when you think about a curse, a curse is a evil or wicked pronouncement.
Some people call it a spell or a hex or a vex, you know, and they all fall basically
under that same definition.
It is a spoken word that has ill-meaning intentions or evil intentions toward
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the target, toward that victim.
Victim so when you say that i'm under a witchcraft
attack then that means a person and believe
it or not we have and i hate to use this term but it is what
it is we have what we call charismatic witches i
did a teaching on that a long time ago i've got to dig it up and find it and
share it out but we do have individuals in the church who are not saved or who
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were saved and were walking with the lord at one time backslidden open up the
door again remember doesn't cause us come so they open up themselves by breaking fellowship.
And now instead of the spirit of God leading them, we have evil spirits that
are leading them, right?
Remember the Bible says, when a spirit has gone out of a man,
he comes back when he finds that place swept and garnished, he brings seven
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more unclean spirits than himself.
And the latter end of that man is worse than the beginning.
This is why if you are a deliverance minister or you have a deliverance church.
Be very careful about ministering deliverance because you want to make sure
that the person you're ministering to can maintain their deliverance.
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I also did a whole website on that. Free of charge, I'll share it to you a little bit later.
The woman from Canaan, the Canaanite woman, remember she went to Jesus and said,
my daughter is vexed with devils.
And Jesus said, woman, what have I to do with you? It's not my time.
And she kept contending. She kept pleading. She kept interceding.
And then Jesus spoke the word over the woman's daughter.
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It wasn't that Jesus didn't want to heal her. He came to heal and save that
which was lost, but he also understood that she was not of the house of Israel.
In other words, when he redeemed, they respond to the name of Jesus,
but he knew, Jesus knew, because see, we don't get the backside of the story.
Jesus knew that there was nothing that woman had at home or in her community
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that would help her daughter maintain her deliverance.
And so there are some cases and i'm speaking to you as a pastor with over 20
years experience And not only that i'm i'm a pastor's kid preacher's kid.
So from eight years old and i'm almost 50 So you're talking about over 40 years.
The church experience. I've seen a lot. I've seen a lot and there's not too
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much that impresses me because there's just a lot going on.
But this is why sometimes you'll have people who come to the altar for prayer
and the minister will pray with them and they'll shed a few tears and they'll
go home and then they may say, well, I didn't really get anything from the Lord
or I didn't get what I was looking for.
And it could be, it could be, which is not always the case, as my apostle says,
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it could be that that minister who has to give, should have the gift of discernment
of spirits and operation knows that you or the person may not have a spiritual
community to keep them covered.
And so as opposed to a full-fledged deliverance, you may only receive a measure of deliverance.
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Another Bible reference, when the 10 lepers came to seek healing,
The Bible says only one came back to say thank you, but then the Bible said
they were healed as they went. And so deliverance is progressive.
Healing is progressive to the degree that you are submitted to someone who can
watch over you, cover you, pray, and stand by you and support you.
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Let me give you another example. I'm full of them.
The man at Gadara, the tombs of Gadara, right?
He was filled with demons. Jesus said, what is your name? The demon said,
my name is Legion for we are many.
Legion, I think Legion is what, 12,000 demons, six or 12,000.
I can't forget. I can't remember.
But anyway, it's either six or 12,000 demons that this person had.
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So just think about that for a minute.
Now, after the man received his deliverance, what did he tell Jesus?
Let me follow you, which was nothing wrong with that. Of course you want to
follow the man who set you free. But Jesus said, no, go back to your family.
So again, we see that when a person is receiving or has received deliverance, it is unsafe.
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For them to wander around, remain unchurched, or not in a strong fellowship
with Bible-believing people, people who have the power of God,
anointed people of God, because these spirits will return.
Okay? So I just want to get that out the way. So if you are in a strong relationship
with the Lord, you cannot be cursed.
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Okay? But you can open doors to allow the enemy to attack you.
For example, let's just say god forbid you're driving down the street And now
you've got your driver's license and all of your registration.
Everything is legal and up-to-date and current Let's just say you start speeding
for no reason you're running through the red light.
You're driving recklessly You're recklessly endangering other people and you
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get pulled over Well, you can say well you can't write me a ticket or you can't
arrest me because my license is valid And I have my registration and my insurance is up to date Yeah,
all of that is true. However, you violated protocol.
You violated a kingdom principle. You violated the laws of the land.
This is what lands a lot of believers in trouble.
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A lot of people, you know, oh, this is deep. Hope I can do it justice.
But there's a lot of folks who are suffering because of ignorance.
My people perish for lack of knowledge.
And just because you're in church, just because your pastor can prophesy to
you, just because you sing on the choir or you're a real good deacon and an
usher, or you got strong prophetic words, you still have to abide by the word
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of God here a little, there a little, right?
You have to align with the word of God because that's where your protection
is. That's where you're covered.
So you can open doors for a curse if you've come out from under that covering,
you are misaligned with the word of God.
And a biblical reference for that is when When Balaam and Balaam,
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when Balak understood he couldn't curse Israel, he, Balaam, you know,
said, I can't curse them because they're blessed, right?
And so what did they come up with? Well, let's get them to curse themselves.
And so the enemy found out, they discovered what Israel's, the men of Israel,
which were the leaders at the time, found out what their weaknesses were.
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And it was women, sensual, voluptuous women, the Midianite women.
And so they sent the women into the camp.
Guess what? They started having intimate relations in the broad daylight,
like the spirit was so strong of sexual immorality. They didn't wait to get a hotel room.
They were like literally out in the open having relations.
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That's how strong these spirits were.
And the enemy sent that into the camp.
He sent that into the camp and because they found a weakness, they found an open door.
And so as a result of that, then the sin of infirmity and bacteria and German
disease, folks started becoming sick. I think leprosy ran through the camp.
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And the only way that they could stop it was they had to deal with the sin.
So when you say or when you are in the company of someone who says,
I'm under a witchcraft attack,
then before you start praying, you know, before you start bonding and loosing,
let's have a conversation because apparently they have been dealing with that matter for some time.
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So surely a 30 minute conversation, if you need that much time,
is allowable and justifiable.
You need to find out what's really going on. Why do you say you're under witchcraft
curse? What makes you think you're under witchcraft curse?
What is happening in your life that would lend you to believe that have some
conversations because many times you may find out that that a devil or witch
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or warlock had nothing to do with that person's bad look or what have you.
They were, they opened some doors.
They committed some type of sin or some type of injunction was placed against
them because of something God told them to do.
They didn't do it or the enemy took advantage of an area in their life that
was not submitted to Christ.
All right. So just kind of wanted to lay that foundation.
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So yeah, witchcraft is real. Don't get me wrong. And you don't have to have
a hocus pocus one or a black hat.
Let me tell you something. It actually causes a lot of people to marvel.
When I was in seminary, I went to two seminaries. I graduated from one,
but I started out going to one here in Charlotte on campus.
And in my class were witches, well, they're Wiccans. and many of them worked
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as nurses in our local hospitals.
They would come straight to class with their nurse's uniform, the scrubs on.
And at that time I was, gosh, maybe I was in my 20s.
And I didn't understand that because I'm thinking you're in seminary.
So that means you're saved and that means that you want to minister to people.
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And I found out, which is, and I'll be honest with you guys,
that's why I went a different route with my theological schooling.
And this is not always the case. And I'm not bashing seminaries at all.
This is just my, Delisa, my experience, okay?
But what I found out is that you did not have to be saved. You didn't even have to believe in Jesus.
And so in class, there were a lot of arguments. And let me just be honest with
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you. Y'all know I love the word.
I would argue with people over the word because their perspectives and their
revelation and their whole take on the scripture was off.
And I didn't know that I was an apostle at the time. I knew I was a prophet,
but I didn't know I was an apostle.
And I just could not sit in class and tolerate the things that were being said
from the instructor to my classmates.
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But anyway, I don't want to get into all that. that, but I just,
I want to venture to say that not everybody graduating seminary or has a,
you know, an advanced religious degree is saved.
And I'm telling you that, I'm telling you that.
I know it for a fact. There were Wiccans in my class and they enjoyed,
because they look at the Bible as a book of fiction, a historical document.
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They don't believe in the power of God. They don't believe that Jesus is the only son of God.
They don't, I mean, you know, son of God, they don't believe in that.
They love the history. They love the stories.
It's very intriguing and fascinating, but they don't see salvation.
They don't see holiness. They don't see that.
And these folks are graduating and they are being interviewed and are hired
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for pastoral leadership jobs in some of our local churches.
But that's not what I'm here to talk to you about, people of God.
Witchcraft is real. And again, you don't have to have the black hat and the black pot.
This can be somebody working next to you. Because in order for someone to who
operate in witchcraft like Jezebel did, it is witchcraft is a craft or a practice
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of wizardry or tricks or mind manipulations.
That's all that it is. They don't have any powers other than what you allow
them to have over you. Okay.
And especially as a child of God, but whatever you have faith in,
you empower and you give it life.
Whatever you have faith in. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of
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God. But listen, faith comes by hearing.
So whatever you're hearing and whatever you're subscribing to or whatever you're
believing, you're going to build a faith in that, whether it's the faith in
God's word or the faith in some other thing that's happening.
So witchcraft does, it is real, it is happening.
It is impacting the lives of frustrated, backslidden and ignorant.
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And I use that term loosely, believers who are not submitted to Christ,
who are not covered, right? Who are not walking in alignment.
My sheep hear my voice. A stranger's voice they will not follow.
Well, some of these people are following other voices and this is what opens doors for this attack.
Now, let me move on and talk a little bit about.
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I talked about witchcraft being the practice of wizardry or the practice of
mind control. It's all manipulation, okay?
But what can happen, remember I mentioned earlier to you about charismatic witches in the church.
And it's a real thing. From the leadership down to the person at the door can
operate in charismatic. And charismatic, it just means a church witch.
And a church witch, again, will dress like you, look like you.
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As a matter of fact, let me give you an example. apple. Remember in Acts chapter,
I think it's 16 verse nine, when apostle Paul and the men of God were going
to pray and a woman came alongside with them, the Bible says,
and she prophesied accurately.
She said, these are the servants of the most high God. These are the men of
the most high God. And she had joined them to go to prayer.
She would be considered a charismatic witch. She was a church witch operating
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within that apostolic movement.
And Paul realized it, But he
knew that it wasn't the right time Remember what I said that you cast these
spirits out and if that person is not strong enough To fight and resist the
bible said resist the enemy He will flee and they don't they don't have that
that self-efficacy or that you know Spiritual resilience to fight against and
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stand against the wiles of the enemy.
You my gosh lord.
I wish I could talk about it. You want to set that person up for failure?
And yes, they got free. Yes. Yeah, they coughed demons up or they They screamed
and hollered, but do a follow up a week later, two weeks later, check in on them.
Or if you're that person and you are deeply demonized, in other words,
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if you got things in you, some people have things demonically rooted from the
bloodline, things that have attached from the mom, you know, straight to the navel.
So you're not going to be able to deliver that person with a greasy cross and
a two minute prayer at the end of service. It's going to take time.
And that's what Jesus understood.
He understood, woman, this is not your time. This is not it,
because he knew that she had no support system to help her maintain a daughter's deliverance.
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But when you are in company, here's something that you want to,
and listen, you all may want to sow a seed.
And you know what? Yeah, hashtag TLC Charlotte, right?
Because I really want you to put, I want you to put a demand on this word and
I want you to invest in this word.
I'm not charging you anything, but I'm just saying, you know,
just put some value on the word.
So many times we just hear things and we just keep moving, but I want you to
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put some value here because I'm about to say something that's going to really
bless your life and help you. that sometimes in your family or in your friendship
circles or your business circles, you can have people who don't mean you well.
They will shake hands with you. They will amen with you. They will shun those
speaking tongues, just like the damsel with divination in Acts chapter 16.
But inwardly, they have envy against you. They're jealous of you.
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There's some type of, maybe you all had a disagreement and you never resolved
the conflict, or this person just may be a babe in Christ and they're easily
offended by everything. You would be amazed.
And it doesn't matter how old a person is chronologically, excuse me,
but in the realm of the spirit, there are some people that look real grown.
They've been around church or they know church antics and church politics,
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but if you would measure them by age, measure them by maturity,
they are still babes in Christ.
And so when you are in a circle or in a connection or a friendship or what have
you, relationship with a babe in Christ, everything you say is offensive.
Everything you say causes a problem.
Everything you say causes some
type of riff. Why? Because they can't understand the spiritual things.
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And so, you know, they will constantly, well, why you say that?
Well, why you did that? Why? Like they don't understand.
And, and, and it's because there are still areas that they need to grow in.
So I, and I, I'm going to fault you for that or put accountability on you.
You got to know the Bible says, know who labors among you.
Like, if you know that your friend is a babe in Christ, I don't care how old she is or how old he is.
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If you know that they are a babe in Christ and you ask him to fast with you
or pray this warfare, you're setting your friend up for failure.
They don't understand. They're not even praying for themselves.
Why would you put that on them?
The other thing that you want to be concerned about, well, let me go back to this point.
So let's say you've got folks in your corner that don't really have your back
like that. They're just there for the fishes and loaves or for whatever they can get out of it.
And, but all the while, and as the song says, you know, stabbing you in your back.
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And so because you allowed this person in your space, remember only what you
allow, A curse does not causeless come, but because you are allowing it,
you are giving your ear to it, you're giving your heart to it,
you're giving your time to it.
And so you have given that person access to speak into your life.
You have given that person access to speak into your life. And so if you've
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got someone in your corner who's envious and jealous of you and their speaker,
I wish that wouldn't work for her.
I wish that wouldn't. And then
you oblivious to it, like you're not even watching and praying over it.
Then you can start to see some things begin to manifest because there is power in the in words.
Life and death is in the power of the tongue. So I wouldn't call it a witchcraft
attack, but I would say that, you know, yes, I would.
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It is a witchcraft attack because that person is speaking an evil pronouncement against you.
Now, let me explain why I said I wouldn't call it and then corrected myself and said that I would.
The reason why I said that I wouldn't call it a witchcraft attack,
because in some cases, y'all, not always the case, but in some cases,
they may not be doing it with intentional harm.
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It may be coming out of just being jealous. For example, here's what I mean
by not speaking against you out of intentional harm.
Man, why she always get a car? I don't ever get a car.
I'm sick and tired of her getting a car. It's my time, right?
Now, the feelings that person had, yeah, they felt jealous for what you have,
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but it was because of what they don't have.
So it wasn't so much to intentionally harm you. It was to complain about something
that they don't have. So that's why I kind of corrected myself because that's
still a witchcraft attack But they're they don't always come through intentional harm. Now.
Here's an example of witchcraft through intentional harm Why does she got to get a new car?
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It's gonna break down just like the last one matter of fact,
it won't last her Two two months watch it get repo just watch Now you see the
difference first example the person said why you get a new car?
Why I don't get a new car that's jealousy operating celebrating but now the
second example i said watch your breakdown watch it won't last watch it tear
up on her that's speaking against your blessing against your breakthrough that
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is intentional witchcraft words again now your job is to be sensitive to who's in your circle.
Because if you're picking up in the realm of the spirit that this person is
speaking against you god is showing you that hey watch don't let don't let your
right hand know what your left hand is doing and you continue to allow them, then guess what?
The curse has a cause because you have opened the door and you've given it license
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and ground to operate in your life as opposed to having a conversation.
Let me give you an example. I'm an educator. That's what I do.
So let's say you're feeling in your spirit. The whole spirit is impressing upon
you. Hey, this person's vibe is what you are off.
They're speaking some things against you. You need to deal with it, right?
Deal with it. So here's what happens. Hey, sis, bruh, cuz, uncle,
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when you get a minute, Can we talk? Sure.
I feel, I feel right. We always want to, you know, use the I words not,
well, you know, you seem like you're jealous.
Now you're going to start a fight because you're going to place that person on defense.
I feel like there's some kind of issue between me getting the car and how you
feel about it. Let's talk about it.
And you know what I'm saying? Now, the person may, again, if it's unintentional
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harm, may say, you know what?
I did say that, you know, why do you always get a car? I don't get a car.
And, you know, I didn't realize that I was speaking against you,
but I was just also acknowledging what I don't have.
Okay. You can resolve it. Move on.
God is good. But let's say this person that is intentional. Well, what do you mean?
What do you mean? So who told you I said that? See right there.
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Then you need to have some common sense to cut it off Because they don't have a heart to repent.
They don't have a heart to be honest with you And you're going to continue find
yourself continuing back and forth So how do you guard yourself against witchcraft
attack attack from intentional or unintentional harm?
You got to be discerning people of god Everybody smiling in your face is not
for you and i'm sorry if it's that sounds like a broken record But it is the truth truth.
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Stop thinking everybody is for you. Jesus chose 12 and he knew one was a devil.
He said, you are a devil from the beginning.
And even though Jesus continued to do ministry with him, he always knew it's
just a matter of time before he bounced on me.
It's just a matter of time before he betrays me. So you got to know those that
are laboring among you. Don't be naive.
Keep the faith. Be strong in the faith.
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Cultivate an ear to hear God, to know what to share with people and what not to share.
And then make sure that you're not saying the same thing about somebody else.
Because let me tell you something.
Sometimes people get their spiritual technology from listening to others.
And so if you've been in conversation and somebody gets a new car and you said,
child, that car's not going to last. It's just a matter of time.
Well, guess what? You're teaching them to do the same thing to you.
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So you have to make sure that you're not engaging in that same type of behavior.
Because it could be you're harvesting the fruit of your own words.
So there are many biblical examples of of curses and witchcraft and so forth
But it for example the the illustration with king saul and which indoor he went
to the witch In other words, she didn't just rise and say hey i'm looking for saul.
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Anybody sees he went to her right? He had god had had abandoned him and that's
a whole nother topic y'all.
That's a whole nother topic I can't even touch it right this minute But there's
a whole lot to first samuel 28 when people break fellowship with you Saul broke fellowship.
Well, God broke the fellowship, but Saul didn't see it that way.
God broke the fellowship between Saul and Samuel.
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Saul got offended. Watch out for the offended folk.
Offended people are dangerous people. I'm telling you.
So King Saul was offended. He needed a word. And he went to the witch and said,
I need you to help me. I need you to bring Samuel back.
Like Saul was infatuated. He could not get Samuel out of his mind.
If you think infatuation only belongs in romantic relationships,
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my friend, you are sadly mistaken.
Someone who worked with you and they learned from your work ethics,
someone who was in business from you and they profited from your investments,
someone who was in a friendship with you and they were able to grow as an individual
and then God break or, you know, the relationship suffers a breach.
They can't get past the benefit you were to them and you're no longer accessible.
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Watch that. So you got to be careful. Know them which labor among you.
All right, and I told you about how Balaam tried to curse Israel That's in Numbers 22 through 24.
Please read it in the King and Saul King Saul was first time in 28.
Gosh, time is running out on me with this one, but I just want to leave some
thoughts with you, people of God, that as a blood-washed, Holy Spirit-filled,
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walking in obedience believer, you should never fear a witch.
As a matter of fact, the Bible says, I suffer not a witch to live.
You don't fear a witch. You don't feel false prophets or false prophecy.
They have no power, right?
There's no power. Oh, I feel like somebody's speaking against my finances. Why?
How can somebody speak against your finances and you're a giver?
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You are a tither. You are a kingdom partner.
God owns your money. Tell me how that can. Somebody take anything out of God's hands.
So those types of conversations, we need to draw back from that,
y'all. That's not wise, okay?
Those words and things have no power. Don't fall prey to it.
Don't listen to it. They have no power. I don't care what they say.
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That's why when David was at the battle with Goliath, Goliath talked big trash.
He's like, okay, all right, we'll see.
He was not moved by what Goliath had to say. All right.
Ephesians 6, 12. Know that our warfare is not against flesh and blood,
but against the powers and authorities and spiritual weakness in high places.
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So, yeah, there are. I told you I went to school with these people.
That's why I came out of seminary. And I went and God led me to Tripp Institute
and the people were blood washed believers.
And I mean, it was a wonderful experience. Now, that's just my experience.
I'm not not to pass the trip has since passed away, but I'm just saying that's why I came out.
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That all schools are not like, well, I can't say because I don't have the experience
with all schools, but I know what I saw and I know what I experienced and I know what's happening.
So you want to have strong faith. You want to be disciplined with who you talk
to, who you communicate with, who you allow close in close proximity.
You want to be disciplined in your prayer, especially when you're in a season of industry.
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You want to engage in prayer so that you're watching, okay?
Not just watching on the outside, but watch your own heart too,
because Because again, you can do some crazy stuff and open yourself up and
the enemy will fight because he's looking, he's seeking whom he may devour.
Build a community with strong, faith-filled believers. If you've got a good
Bible-based, Bible-teaching church, you are blessed.
Every church has its issues because it's full of people. But if you've got a
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good, strong, Bible-based church, wonderful.
If you need to connect with a virtual ministry, you can always connect with
mine. I'd love to have you. The Love Church Charlotte.
Seek God's wisdom. Seek the Word of God. Seek guidance from the Holy Spirit.
Listen to the Holy Spirit.
Pay attention to your dreams. Pay attention to your visions.
Pay attention to those impressions that God has given you. You pay attention
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to the feelings you get when you're around people, right?
Those sensations, you know, when something is off and trust what God says.
If God, the word of God said, he has no sorrow to his blessing.
God is not going to give you something. And then, you know, I mean,
come on, he wants you to have it, but then you also have to steward it, right?
So I want you to be encouraged. I pray that this message has been very enlightening
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and informational, revelational, and empowering for you.
Stop saying the witch cursed me, the witch, the witch. Stop being scared of the witch, friends.
Let's not do that, right? Jesus Christ gave us power to tread over serpents
and scorpions, and he gave us power in Jesus' name.
You know, we cast those devils out. We cast down strongholds, right?
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So we're not afraid of witches. We're not afraid of what people are praying
against. So we're not afraid of that, right?
Remember, let me say this. When Agabus the prophet was demonstrating through
a prophetic exercise, prophetic drama, how Paul would be bound.
He said, I'm not ready to just be bound. I'm ready to die.
In other words, he said, and I'm not saying Agabus was operating in witchcraft,
but I'm saying that, you know, as people of God, we're not afraid.
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Now that doesn't mean we go out and do crazy stuff because God is on our side and still use wisdom.
But I'm saying we don't, God has not given us the spirit of fear,
friends, but a power, love, and guess what? A sound mind.
Mine. So I want to thank you. Go ahead and put some comments,
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We pray for them. We pray for God to deliver and heal them, but we're not afraid of them, okay?
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But hey, my money is God's money. If he wants to get something done,
it's going to get done. Praise God.
We love you. Pray that God richly blesses you and keeps you in his care. God bless.
Grace and peace. God bless you. This is Soteria Prophetic Ministries.
I'm going to talk to you a little bit about the topic of witchcraft.
I often hear believers talk about they're under attack or the witches have said
this or the witches have done that.
And I want to speak to some of those concerns.
I want to add some biblical understanding to that.
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And it's my goal that you'll walk away with, you know, with a greater understanding
of how you can be cursed and how witchcraft works and what you can do to protect yourself.
So let me just leave. Let me let me just start here.
The Bible says in Proverbs 26 and 2 that the curse does not causeless.
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The curse does not causeless come. In other words, if you are a believer.
So that's just, let's start there.
This message is targeted toward believers.
If you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, you cannot be cursed by a witch.
You cannot. You belong to the Lord Jesus Christ. When you ask the Lord to come
into your life and ask him to be your Lord, then you've changed spiritual authoritative figures.
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And so the enemy or witch or warlock or devil cannot just curse you.
You may remember in early in the Bible when Balaam and Balak tried to conjure
a curse over Israel and Balaam said, you cannot curse what God has blessed.
So if you belong to the Lord Jesus Christ, and let me just put this in here,
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you are walking in obedience.
You cannot be cursed. I just want to say that because the curse cannot causeless
come. There has to be a cause.
There has to be a litigating, mitigating reason for some type of sinister operation in your life.
So let me just lay that as a baseline, as a foundation, and then I'll try to build from there.
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Now, when you think about a curse, a curse is a evil or wicked pronouncement.
Some people call it a spell or a hex or a vex, you know, and they all fall basically
under that same definition.
It is a spoken word that has ill-meaning intentions or evil intentions toward
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the target, toward that victim.
Victim so when you say that i'm under a witchcraft
attack then that means a person and believe
it or not we have and i hate to use this term but it is what
it is we have what we call charismatic witches i
did a teaching on that a long time ago i've got to dig it up and find it and
share it out but we do have individuals in the church who are not saved or who
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were saved and were walking with the lord at one time backslidden open up the
door again remember doesn't cause us come so they open up themselves by breaking fellowship.
And now instead of the spirit of God leading them, we have evil spirits that
are leading them, right?
Remember the Bible says, when a spirit has gone out of a man,
he comes back when he finds that place swept and garnished, he brings seven
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more unclean spirits than himself.
And the latter end of that man is worse than the beginning.
This is why if you are a deliverance minister or you have a deliverance church.
Be very careful about ministering deliverance because you want to make sure
that the person you're ministering to can maintain their deliverance.
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I also did a whole website on that. Free of charge, I'll share it to you a little bit later.
The woman from Canaan, the Canaanite woman, remember she went to Jesus and said,
my daughter is vexed with devils.
And Jesus said, woman, what have I to do with you? It's not my time.
And she kept contending. She kept pleading. She kept interceding.
And then Jesus spoke the word over the woman's daughter.
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It wasn't that Jesus didn't want to heal her. He came to heal and save that
which was lost, but he also understood that she was not of the house of Israel.
In other words, when he redeemed, they respond to the name of Jesus,
but he knew, Jesus knew, because see, we don't get the backside of the story.
Jesus knew that there was nothing that woman had at home or in her community
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that would help her daughter maintain her deliverance.
And so there are some cases and i'm speaking to you as a pastor with over 20
years experience And not only that i'm i'm a pastor's kid preacher's kid.
So from eight years old and i'm almost 50 So you're talking about over 40 years.
The church experience. I've seen a lot. I've seen a lot and there's not too
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much that impresses me because there's just a lot going on.
But this is why sometimes you'll have people who come to the altar for prayer
and the minister will pray with them and they'll shed a few tears and they'll
go home and then they may say, well, I didn't really get anything from the Lord
or I didn't get what I was looking for.
And it could be, it could be, which is not always the case, as my apostle says,
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it could be that that minister who has to give, should have the gift of discernment
of spirits and operation knows that you or the person may not have a spiritual
community to keep them covered.
And so as opposed to a full-fledged deliverance, you may only receive a measure of deliverance.
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Another Bible reference, when the 10 lepers came to seek healing,
The Bible says only one came back to say thank you, but then the Bible said
they were healed as they went. And so deliverance is progressive.
Healing is progressive to the degree that you are submitted to someone who can
watch over you, cover you, pray, and stand by you and support you.
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Let me give you another example. I'm full of them.
The man at Gadara, the tombs of Gadara, right?
He was filled with demons. Jesus said, what is your name? The demon said,
my name is Legion for we are many.
Legion, I think Legion is what, 12,000 demons, six or 12,000.
I can't forget. I can't remember.
But anyway, it's either six or 12,000 demons that this person had.
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So just think about that for a minute.
Now, after the man received his deliverance, what did he tell Jesus?
Let me follow you, which was nothing wrong with that. Of course you want to
follow the man who set you free. But Jesus said, no, go back to your family.
So again, we see that when a person is receiving or has received deliverance, it is unsafe.
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For them to wander around, remain unchurched, or not in a strong fellowship
with Bible-believing people, people who have the power of God,
anointed people of God, because these spirits will return.
Okay? So I just want to get that out the way. So if you are in a strong relationship
with the Lord, you cannot be cursed.
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Okay? But you can open doors to allow the enemy to attack you.
For example, let's just say god forbid you're driving down the street And now
you've got your driver's license and all of your registration.
Everything is legal and up-to-date and current Let's just say you start speeding
for no reason you're running through the red light.
You're driving recklessly You're recklessly endangering other people and you
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get pulled over Well, you can say well you can't write me a ticket or you can't
arrest me because my license is valid And I have my registration and my insurance is up to date Yeah,
all of that is true. However, you violated protocol.
You violated a kingdom principle. You violated the laws of the land.
This is what lands a lot of believers in trouble.
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A lot of people, you know, oh, this is deep. Hope I can do it justice.
But there's a lot of folks who are suffering because of ignorance.
My people perish for lack of knowledge.
And just because you're in church, just because your pastor can prophesy to
you, just because you sing on the choir or you're a real good deacon and an
usher, or you got strong prophetic words, you still have to abide by the word
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of God here a little, there a little, right?
You have to align with the word of God because that's where your protection
is. That's where you're covered.
So you can open doors for a curse if you've come out from under that covering,
you are misaligned with the word of God.
And a biblical reference for that is when When Balaam and Balaam,
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when Balak understood he couldn't curse Israel, he, Balaam, you know,
said, I can't curse them because they're blessed, right?
And so what did they come up with? Well, let's get them to curse themselves.
And so the enemy found out, they discovered what Israel's, the men of Israel,
which were the leaders at the time, found out what their weaknesses were.
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And it was women, sensual, voluptuous women, the Midianite women.
And so they sent the women into the camp.
Guess what? They started having intimate relations in the broad daylight,
like the spirit was so strong of sexual immorality. They didn't wait to get a hotel room.
They were like literally out in the open having relations.
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That's how strong these spirits were.
And the enemy sent that into the camp.
He sent that into the camp and because they found a weakness, they found an open door.
And so as a result of that, then the sin of infirmity and bacteria and German
disease, folks started becoming sick. I think leprosy ran through the camp.
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And the only way that they could stop it was they had to deal with the sin.
So when you say or when you are in the company of someone who says,
I'm under a witchcraft attack,
then before you start praying, you know, before you start bonding and loosing,
let's have a conversation because apparently they have been dealing with that matter for some time.
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So surely a 30 minute conversation, if you need that much time,
is allowable and justifiable.
You need to find out what's really going on. Why do you say you're under witchcraft
curse? What makes you think you're under witchcraft curse?
What is happening in your life that would lend you to believe that have some
conversations because many times you may find out that that a devil or witch
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or warlock had nothing to do with that person's bad look or what have you.
They were, they opened some doors.
They committed some type of sin or some type of injunction was placed against
them because of something God told them to do.
They didn't do it or the enemy took advantage of an area in their life that
was not submitted to Christ.
All right. So just kind of wanted to lay that foundation.
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So yeah, witchcraft is real. Don't get me wrong. And you don't have to have
a hocus pocus one or a black hat.
Let me tell you something. It actually causes a lot of people to marvel.
When I was in seminary, I went to two seminaries. I graduated from one,
but I started out going to one here in Charlotte on campus.
And in my class were witches, well, they're Wiccans. and many of them worked
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as nurses in our local hospitals.
They would come straight to class with their nurse's uniform, the scrubs on.
And at that time I was, gosh, maybe I was in my 20s.
And I didn't understand that because I'm thinking you're in seminary.
So that means you're saved and that means that you want to minister to people.
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And I found out, which is, and I'll be honest with you guys,
that's why I went a different route with my theological schooling.
And this is not always the case. And I'm not bashing seminaries at all.
This is just my, Delisa, my experience, okay?
But what I found out is that you did not have to be saved. You didn't even have to believe in Jesus.
And so in class, there were a lot of arguments. And let me just be honest with
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you. Y'all know I love the word.
I would argue with people over the word because their perspectives and their
revelation and their whole take on the scripture was off.
And I didn't know that I was an apostle at the time. I knew I was a prophet,
but I didn't know I was an apostle.
And I just could not sit in class and tolerate the things that were being said
from the instructor to my classmates.
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But anyway, I don't want to get into all that. that, but I just,
I want to venture to say that not everybody graduating seminary or has a,
you know, an advanced religious degree is saved.
And I'm telling you that, I'm telling you that.
I know it for a fact. There were Wiccans in my class and they enjoyed,
because they look at the Bible as a book of fiction, a historical document.
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They don't believe in the power of God. They don't believe that Jesus is the only son of God.
They don't, I mean, you know, son of God, they don't believe in that.
They love the history. They love the stories.
It's very intriguing and fascinating, but they don't see salvation.
They don't see holiness. They don't see that.
And these folks are graduating and they are being interviewed and are hired
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for pastoral leadership jobs in some of our local churches.
But that's not what I'm here to talk to you about, people of God.
Witchcraft is real. And again, you don't have to have the black hat and the black pot.
This can be somebody working next to you. Because in order for someone to who
operate in witchcraft like Jezebel did, it is witchcraft is a craft or a practice
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of wizardry or tricks or mind manipulations.
That's all that it is. They don't have any powers other than what you allow
them to have over you. Okay.
And especially as a child of God, but whatever you have faith in,
you empower and you give it life.
Whatever you have faith in. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of
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God. But listen, faith comes by hearing.
So whatever you're hearing and whatever you're subscribing to or whatever you're
believing, you're going to build a faith in that, whether it's the faith in
God's word or the faith in some other thing that's happening.
So witchcraft does, it is real, it is happening.
It is impacting the lives of frustrated, backslidden and ignorant.
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And I use that term loosely, believers who are not submitted to Christ,
who are not covered, right? Who are not walking in alignment.
My sheep hear my voice. A stranger's voice they will not follow.
Well, some of these people are following other voices and this is what opens doors for this attack.
Now, let me move on and talk a little bit about.
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I talked about witchcraft being the practice of wizardry or the practice of
mind control. It's all manipulation, okay?
But what can happen, remember I mentioned earlier to you about charismatic witches in the church.
And it's a real thing. From the leadership down to the person at the door can
operate in charismatic. And charismatic, it just means a church witch.
And a church witch, again, will dress like you, look like you.
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As a matter of fact, let me give you an example. apple. Remember in Acts chapter,
I think it's 16 verse nine, when apostle Paul and the men of God were going
to pray and a woman came alongside with them, the Bible says,
and she prophesied accurately.
She said, these are the servants of the most high God. These are the men of
the most high God. And she had joined them to go to prayer.
She would be considered a charismatic witch. She was a church witch operating
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within that apostolic movement.
And Paul realized it, But he
knew that it wasn't the right time Remember what I said that you cast these
spirits out and if that person is not strong enough To fight and resist the
bible said resist the enemy He will flee and they don't they don't have that
that self-efficacy or that you know Spiritual resilience to fight against and
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stand against the wiles of the enemy.
You my gosh lord.
I wish I could talk about it. You want to set that person up for failure?
And yes, they got free. Yes. Yeah, they coughed demons up or they They screamed
and hollered, but do a follow up a week later, two weeks later, check in on them.
Or if you're that person and you are deeply demonized, in other words,
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if you got things in you, some people have things demonically rooted from the
bloodline, things that have attached from the mom, you know, straight to the navel.
So you're not going to be able to deliver that person with a greasy cross and
a two minute prayer at the end of service. It's going to take time.
And that's what Jesus understood.
He understood, woman, this is not your time. This is not it,
because he knew that she had no support system to help her maintain a daughter's deliverance.
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But when you are in company, here's something that you want to,
and listen, you all may want to sow a seed.
And you know what? Yeah, hashtag TLC Charlotte, right?
Because I really want you to put, I want you to put a demand on this word and
I want you to invest in this word.
I'm not charging you anything, but I'm just saying, you know,
just put some value on the word.
So many times we just hear things and we just keep moving, but I want you to
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put some value here because I'm about to say something that's going to really
bless your life and help you. that sometimes in your family or in your friendship
circles or your business circles, you can have people who don't mean you well.
They will shake hands with you. They will amen with you. They will shun those
speaking tongues, just like the damsel with divination in Acts chapter 16.
But inwardly, they have envy against you. They're jealous of you.
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There's some type of, maybe you all had a disagreement and you never resolved
the conflict, or this person just may be a babe in Christ and they're easily
offended by everything. You would be amazed.
And it doesn't matter how old a person is chronologically, excuse me,
but in the realm of the spirit, there are some people that look real grown.
They've been around church or they know church antics and church politics,
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but if you would measure them by age, measure them by maturity,
they are still babes in Christ.
And so when you are in a circle or in a connection or a friendship or what have
you, relationship with a babe in Christ, everything you say is offensive.
Everything you say causes a problem.
Everything you say causes some
type of riff. Why? Because they can't understand the spiritual things.
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And so, you know, they will constantly, well, why you say that?
Well, why you did that? Why? Like they don't understand.
And, and, and it's because there are still areas that they need to grow in.
So I, and I, I'm going to fault you for that or put accountability on you.
You got to know the Bible says, know who labors among you.
Like, if you know that your friend is a babe in Christ, I don't care how old she is or how old he is.
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If you know that they are a babe in Christ and you ask him to fast with you
or pray this warfare, you're setting your friend up for failure.
They don't understand. They're not even praying for themselves.
Why would you put that on them?
The other thing that you want to be concerned about, well, let me go back to this point.
So let's say you've got folks in your corner that don't really have your back
like that. They're just there for the fishes and loaves or for whatever they can get out of it.
And, but all the while, and as the song says, you know, stabbing you in your back.
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And so because you allowed this person in your space, remember only what you
allow, A curse does not causeless come, but because you are allowing it,
you are giving your ear to it, you're giving your heart to it,
you're giving your time to it.
And so you have given that person access to speak into your life.
You have given that person access to speak into your life. And so if you've
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got someone in your corner who's envious and jealous of you and their speaker,
I wish that wouldn't work for her.
I wish that wouldn't. And then
you oblivious to it, like you're not even watching and praying over it.
Then you can start to see some things begin to manifest because there is power in the in words.
Life and death is in the power of the tongue. So I wouldn't call it a witchcraft
attack, but I would say that, you know, yes, I would.
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It is a witchcraft attack because that person is speaking an evil pronouncement against you.
Now, let me explain why I said I wouldn't call it and then corrected myself and said that I would.
The reason why I said that I wouldn't call it a witchcraft attack,
because in some cases, y'all, not always the case, but in some cases,
they may not be doing it with intentional harm.
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It may be coming out of just being jealous. For example, here's what I mean
by not speaking against you out of intentional harm.
Man, why she always get a car? I don't ever get a car.
I'm sick and tired of her getting a car. It's my time, right?
Now, the feelings that person had, yeah, they felt jealous for what you have,
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but it was because of what they don't have.
So it wasn't so much to intentionally harm you. It was to complain about something
that they don't have. So that's why I kind of corrected myself because that's
still a witchcraft attack But they're they don't always come through intentional harm. Now.
Here's an example of witchcraft through intentional harm Why does she got to get a new car?
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It's gonna break down just like the last one matter of fact,
it won't last her Two two months watch it get repo just watch Now you see the
difference first example the person said why you get a new car?
Why I don't get a new car that's jealousy operating celebrating but now the
second example i said watch your breakdown watch it won't last watch it tear
up on her that's speaking against your blessing against your breakthrough that
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is intentional witchcraft words again now your job is to be sensitive to who's in your circle.
Because if you're picking up in the realm of the spirit that this person is
speaking against you god is showing you that hey watch don't let don't let your
right hand know what your left hand is doing and you continue to allow them, then guess what?
The curse has a cause because you have opened the door and you've given it license
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and ground to operate in your life as opposed to having a conversation.
Let me give you an example. I'm an educator. That's what I do.
So let's say you're feeling in your spirit. The whole spirit is impressing upon
you. Hey, this person's vibe is what you are off.
They're speaking some things against you. You need to deal with it, right?
Deal with it. So here's what happens. Hey, sis, bruh, cuz, uncle,
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when you get a minute, Can we talk? Sure.
I feel, I feel right. We always want to, you know, use the I words not,
well, you know, you seem like you're jealous.
Now you're going to start a fight because you're going to place that person on defense.
I feel like there's some kind of issue between me getting the car and how you
feel about it. Let's talk about it.
And you know what I'm saying? Now, the person may, again, if it's unintentional
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harm, may say, you know what?
I did say that, you know, why do you always get a car? I don't get a car.
And, you know, I didn't realize that I was speaking against you,
but I was just also acknowledging what I don't have.
Okay. You can resolve it. Move on.
God is good. But let's say this person that is intentional. Well, what do you mean?
What do you mean? So who told you I said that? See right there.
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Then you need to have some common sense to cut it off Because they don't have a heart to repent.
They don't have a heart to be honest with you And you're going to continue find
yourself continuing back and forth So how do you guard yourself against witchcraft
attack attack from intentional or unintentional harm?
You got to be discerning people of god Everybody smiling in your face is not
for you and i'm sorry if it's that sounds like a broken record But it is the truth truth.
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Stop thinking everybody is for you. Jesus chose 12 and he knew one was a devil.
He said, you are a devil from the beginning.
And even though Jesus continued to do ministry with him, he always knew it's
just a matter of time before he bounced on me.
It's just a matter of time before he betrays me. So you got to know those that
are laboring among you. Don't be naive.
Keep the faith. Be strong in the faith.
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Cultivate an ear to hear God, to know what to share with people and what not to share.
And then make sure that you're not saying the same thing about somebody else.
Because let me tell you something.
Sometimes people get their spiritual technology from listening to others.
And so if you've been in conversation and somebody gets a new car and you said,
child, that car's not going to last. It's just a matter of time.
Well, guess what? You're teaching them to do the same thing to you.
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So you have to make sure that you're not engaging in that same type of behavior.
Because it could be you're harvesting the fruit of your own words.
So there are many biblical examples of of curses and witchcraft and so forth
But it for example the the illustration with king saul and which indoor he went
to the witch In other words, she didn't just rise and say hey i'm looking for saul.
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Anybody sees he went to her right? He had god had had abandoned him and that's
a whole nother topic y'all.
That's a whole nother topic I can't even touch it right this minute But there's
a whole lot to first samuel 28 when people break fellowship with you Saul broke fellowship.
Well, God broke the fellowship, but Saul didn't see it that way.
God broke the fellowship between Saul and Samuel.
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Saul got offended. Watch out for the offended folk.
Offended people are dangerous people. I'm telling you.
So King Saul was offended. He needed a word. And he went to the witch and said,
I need you to help me. I need you to bring Samuel back.
Like Saul was infatuated. He could not get Samuel out of his mind.
If you think infatuation only belongs in romantic relationships,
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my friend, you are sadly mistaken.
Someone who worked with you and they learned from your work ethics,
someone who was in business from you and they profited from your investments,
someone who was in a friendship with you and they were able to grow as an individual
and then God break or, you know, the relationship suffers a breach.
They can't get past the benefit you were to them and you're no longer accessible.
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Watch that. So you got to be careful. Know them which labor among you.
All right, and I told you about how Balaam tried to curse Israel That's in Numbers 22 through 24.
Please read it in the King and Saul King Saul was first time in 28.
Gosh, time is running out on me with this one, but I just want to leave some
thoughts with you, people of God, that as a blood-washed, Holy Spirit-filled,
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walking in obedience believer, you should never fear a witch.
As a matter of fact, the Bible says, I suffer not a witch to live.
You don't fear a witch. You don't feel false prophets or false prophecy.
They have no power, right?
There's no power. Oh, I feel like somebody's speaking against my finances. Why?
How can somebody speak against your finances and you're a giver?
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You are a tither. You are a kingdom partner.
God owns your money. Tell me how that can. Somebody take anything out of God's hands.
So those types of conversations, we need to draw back from that,
y'all. That's not wise, okay?
Those words and things have no power. Don't fall prey to it.
Don't listen to it. They have no power. I don't care what they say.
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That's why when David was at the battle with Goliath, Goliath talked big trash.
He's like, okay, all right, we'll see.
He was not moved by what Goliath had to say. All right.
Ephesians 6, 12. Know that our warfare is not against flesh and blood,
but against the powers and authorities and spiritual weakness in high places.
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So, yeah, there are. I told you I went to school with these people.
That's why I came out of seminary. And I went and God led me to Tripp Institute
and the people were blood washed believers.
And I mean, it was a wonderful experience. Now, that's just my experience.
I'm not not to pass the trip has since passed away, but I'm just saying that's why I came out.
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That all schools are not like, well, I can't say because I don't have the experience
with all schools, but I know what I saw and I know what I experienced and I know what's happening.
So you want to have strong faith. You want to be disciplined with who you talk
to, who you communicate with, who you allow close in close proximity.
You want to be disciplined in your prayer, especially when you're in a season of industry.
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You want to engage in prayer so that you're watching, okay?
Not just watching on the outside, but watch your own heart too,
because Because again, you can do some crazy stuff and open yourself up and
the enemy will fight because he's looking, he's seeking whom he may devour.
Build a community with strong, faith-filled believers. If you've got a good
Bible-based, Bible-teaching church, you are blessed.
Every church has its issues because it's full of people. But if you've got a
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good, strong, Bible-based church, wonderful.
If you need to connect with a virtual ministry, you can always connect with
mine. I'd love to have you. The Love Church Charlotte.
Seek God's wisdom. Seek the Word of God. Seek guidance from the Holy Spirit.
Listen to the Holy Spirit.
Pay attention to your dreams. Pay attention to your visions.
Pay attention to those impressions that God has given you. You pay attention
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to the feelings you get when you're around people, right?
Those sensations, you know, when something is off and trust what God says.
If God, the word of God said, he has no sorrow to his blessing.
God is not going to give you something. And then, you know, I mean,
come on, he wants you to have it, but then you also have to steward it, right?
So I want you to be encouraged. I pray that this message has been very enlightening
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and informational, revelational, and empowering for you.
Stop saying the witch cursed me, the witch, the witch. Stop being scared of the witch, friends.
Let's not do that, right? Jesus Christ gave us power to tread over serpents
and scorpions, and he gave us power in Jesus' name.
You know, we cast those devils out. We cast down strongholds, right?
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So we're not afraid of witches. We're not afraid of what people are praying
against. So we're not afraid of that, right?
Remember, let me say this. When Agabus the prophet was demonstrating through
a prophetic exercise, prophetic drama, how Paul would be bound.
He said, I'm not ready to just be bound. I'm ready to die.
In other words, he said, and I'm not saying Agabus was operating in witchcraft,
but I'm saying that, you know, as people of God, we're not afraid.
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Now that doesn't mean we go out and do crazy stuff because God is on our side and still use wisdom.
But I'm saying we don't, God has not given us the spirit of fear,
friends, but a power, love, and guess what? A sound mind.
Mine. So I want to thank you. Go ahead and put some comments,
give us some feedback, share, share, share, and let your friends and your family
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know that, hey, you don't have to be afraid of that witch, right?
We pray for them. We pray for God to deliver and heal them, but we're not afraid of them, okay?
So be blessed. If you feel led to sow into the ministry, again,
our cash tag is TLC Charlotte.
I want you to go ahead and just begin to partner with us financially so that
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we we can continue to launch and do some great things.
God has given me great vision, but it takes money. It takes money.
And a lot of what I do, I fund it, and several key others, just a handful really
of partners and supporters.
But hey, my money is God's money. If he wants to get something done,
it's going to get done. Praise God.
We love you. Pray that God richly blesses you and keeps you in his care. God bless.
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