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29 Signs of the Jezebel Spirit — Transcript

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  43. 1:52all right
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  45. 2:09everybody said in me you have a greater
  46. 2:12wisdom that
  47. 2:14is
  48. 2:15he said you're blind you cannot see the
  49. 2:18truth your death and you cannot give the
  50. 2:21truth he said I am the truth I'm the
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  52. 2:28but
  53. 2:29all right best night of the weekend man
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  60. 2:49people gentlemen here are the
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  63. 2:56right my name is Pastor Mark so excited
  64. 2:58to have you and we're in the middle of a
  65. 3:00sermon series on Elijah and so what I'm
  66. 3:03doing is a little four-part series and
  67. 3:05we're looking at this case study of this
  68. 3:08relationship between a man named Ahab
  69. 3:10and his crazy hot wife Jezebel so uh
  70. 3:14today's talk is 29 signs of the
  71. 3:16Jezebel's fair so we're going to put up
  72. 3:17a number and if you'd like to send in a
  73. 3:19photo of your girlfriend or ex-wife
  74. 3:21we'll pick 29. amen
  75. 3:25I mean no I'm just kidding we're not
  76. 3:26gonna do that some of the dudes are like
  77. 3:28I got it okay so here's the background
  78. 3:31of the story of Isaiah if you want to
  79. 3:33know more we're in it every weekend
  80. 3:34there's a full study guide First Kings
  81. 3:3617 through second king stew and the case
  82. 3:39study is this there is a king he's
  83. 3:42passive his name is Ahab he's got a wife
  84. 3:44she's seductive and controlling her name
  85. 3:47is
  86. 3:48Jezebel and they're up against the
  87. 3:51prophet of God Elijah and so we're
  88. 3:53saying that these are not just three
  89. 3:55people who used to live but the spirits
  90. 3:58that empowered them continue their work
  91. 4:00in new days today the Ahab Spirit would
  92. 4:03cause people but especially men to be
  93. 4:06passive indifferent silent it causes
  94. 4:09people but oftentimes women to be like
  95. 4:11Jezebel domineering and high controlling
  96. 4:14and what happens is if you tolerate they
  97. 4:17will dominate that's how the
  98. 4:18relationship works and then there is
  99. 4:21Elijah filled with the spirit of God up
  100. 4:23against the spirit of Jezebel and the
  101. 4:25spirit of Ahab we've established as well
  102. 4:28some people are fully possessed meaning
  103. 4:31their personality and this Spirit are
  104. 4:33indistinguishable this Spirit starts to
  105. 4:36overtake their personality and decision
  106. 4:38making sometimes this will be clinically
  107. 4:41diagnosed dissociative identity disorder
  108. 4:43multiple personality disorder people
  109. 4:45will talk about hearing voices and
  110. 4:47sometimes it is just medical or hormonal
  111. 4:50or chemical but sometimes it's spiritual
  112. 4:52second phase people are not possessed
  113. 4:54and controlled but oppressed they got
  114. 4:56going to get disoriented when they're
  115. 4:58around these Spirits they lose their
  116. 4:59bearings they get exhausted they get
  117. 5:01confused they get brain fog it's a bit
  118. 5:03of spiritual warfare third
  119. 5:06some people just have these proclivities
  120. 5:07and tendencies some of you would be more
  121. 5:10Ahab if you don't pay attention and have
  122. 5:12just an intentionality about your life
  123. 5:14you're going to be more passive you're
  124. 5:16going to go backward now forward you're
  125. 5:18going to avoid conflict not say and do
  126. 5:20what should be done others of you your
  127. 5:22personality is going to be domineering
  128. 5:24overbearing right you're going to be the
  129. 5:26one who is in control and not going to
  130. 5:29be controlled that can be a personality
  131. 5:31or a tendency we're going to look at all
  132. 5:33of this and two things by way of preface
  133. 5:36and then we'll jump in number one a man
  134. 5:39or a woman can have an Ahab or a Jezebel
  135. 5:41spirit or tendency
  136. 5:43some women are controlling some men are
  137. 5:45controlling some men are passive some
  138. 5:46women are passive in my experience it's
  139. 5:49oftentimes men who are more Ahab passive
  140. 5:51those women in relationship with those
  141. 5:53men more domineering overbearing and
  142. 5:56controlling number two Jezebel is a lot
  143. 5:59harder to get rid of
  144. 6:01more difficult to defeat for this reason
  145. 6:03it's about what control
  146. 6:07and so Christianity is about being under
  147. 6:10Authority not being in authority
  148. 6:12it's about being controlled by the Holy
  149. 6:14Spirit not controlling others
  150. 6:16and it's not about dominating it's about
  151. 6:19surrendering that's how you become a
  152. 6:21Christian say God you're in charge not
  153. 6:23me you're in control not me you tell me
  154. 6:26what to do I don't tell everybody else
  155. 6:28what to do
  156. 6:29because the Jezebel tenancy is about
  157. 6:32control it's more difficult to get rid
  158. 6:35of something that is jezebelian than
  159. 6:38something that is Ahab
  160. 6:40that being said I want to start in
  161. 6:42Revelation Chapter 2 and uh Jezebel was
  162. 6:46a woman that lived in the Days of Elijah
  163. 6:48Jesus rebukes a church in thyatira in
  164. 6:51Revelation 2 it's a thousand years later
  165. 6:54so we know it's not the same person but
  166. 6:57it's the same Spirit working through a
  167. 7:00different person so here's what Jezebel
  168. 7:02says our Jesus says rather to Jezebel I
  169. 7:04Jesus have this against you Jesus
  170. 7:07confronts Jezebel
  171. 7:09just like Elijah in the old Covenant
  172. 7:12confronted Jezebel Jesus confronts
  173. 7:14Jezebel just like Ahab was tolerating
  174. 7:17enduring passive toward Jezebel here in
  175. 7:21the church at thyatira apparently the
  176. 7:23men
  177. 7:24passive they were tolerating and so
  178. 7:28Jesus has to be the Elijah you tolerate
  179. 7:31that woman Jezebel if you tolerate they
  180. 7:34will dominate if you don't speak they
  181. 7:36will speak if you don't lead they will
  182. 7:38lead if you do not activate they will
  183. 7:40dominate
  184. 7:42she calls herself a prophetess she says
  185. 7:44she's very spiritual oftentimes The
  186. 7:46Jezebel spirit is very spiritual and
  187. 7:48very sensual
  188. 7:50loves church loves to weaponize the
  189. 7:52Bible loves to misquote the scriptures
  190. 7:55loves to use even God's word to
  191. 7:57manipulate and control others
  192. 8:00calls herself a prophetess and is
  193. 8:02teaching and I always say if they can't
  194. 8:04teach they try to block that's just how
  195. 8:06this works but they're going to make
  196. 8:07sure to tell everyone what they think
  197. 8:10seducing my servants we'll get into this
  198. 8:13for you single guys
  199. 8:14you single guys need to know you meet a
  200. 8:16guy you meet a girl immediately you're
  201. 8:18like she's hot so is hell
  202. 8:20you know hit the brakes hit the brakes
  203. 8:23hit the brakes okay you're like oh she's
  204. 8:26gonna take me to bed her bed's in hell
  205. 8:28you don't want to go there okay she's
  206. 8:30seductive she's seducing she's
  207. 8:32flirtatious she's cute she knows how to
  208. 8:36flatter
  209. 8:37yeah she looks She's like you're amazing
  210. 8:39and you know you're not but it sounds
  211. 8:40good so you're gonna go with it you're
  212. 8:43so handsome no one's ever said that
  213. 8:44because it's a lie okay because it's a
  214. 8:47lie that's a lie
  215. 8:49and seducing my servants to practice
  216. 8:52sexual immorality to eat food sacrifice
  217. 8:55to Idols to do evil God's patient he
  218. 8:57says I gave her time to repent but she
  219. 8:59refuses to repent of her sexual
  220. 9:02immorality so here's what it usually
  221. 9:05looks like someone who is domineering
  222. 9:08overbearing highly emotional
  223. 9:10manipulative flattering controlling if
  224. 9:13it's a woman seductive wants to get as
  225. 9:15close to the leadership as possible and
  226. 9:18wants you to compromise your integrity
  227. 9:20and wants you to tolerate their attitude
  228. 9:22so they can dominate your life
  229. 9:25seven things that the Jezebels hate are
  230. 9:27you ready
  231. 9:28okay some of you are like no but I'm
  232. 9:31sending this to my wife great oh that's
  233. 9:32fine too so seven things Jezebels hate
  234. 9:35and then 22 things Jezebel's control
  235. 9:37number one Jezebel's hate Authority
  236. 9:40in the story of Elijah Ahab is in
  237. 9:45control and she hates him and dominates
  238. 9:47him
  239. 9:48there are eight there are prophets of
  240. 9:50God she murders them
  241. 9:52uh Elijah is the man of God with the
  242. 9:55Holy Spirit and she absolutely opposes
  243. 9:57and attacks him
  244. 9:59there's a guy named naboth who's got a
  245. 10:01uh a piece of land and and he has legal
  246. 10:04right so she murders him to take it if
  247. 10:07you are in Authority she hates you
  248. 10:09because she hates Authority she wants to
  249. 10:12be in Authority will not be under
  250. 10:14Authority in fact the Holy Spirit
  251. 10:16reminds me the name Jezebel means
  252. 10:17without husband
  253. 10:19now she's married but she doesn't act
  254. 10:22like it she's fiercely independent
  255. 10:25in addition hates the word no
  256. 10:27oftentimes you're not aware that you're
  257. 10:30dealing with someone who leans more
  258. 10:32Jezebel until you say this really very
  259. 10:36controversial word
  260. 10:38no
  261. 10:40all of a sudden their personality
  262. 10:42changes
  263. 10:43everything's fine as long as you say yes
  264. 10:45everything changes as soon as you say no
  265. 10:47some of you know exactly what this is
  266. 10:49like we were doing fine until I said no
  267. 10:51and then wow I lit the wick and there
  268. 10:54was an explosion
  269. 10:55they don't like being told no and if you
  270. 10:58tell them no they are going to threaten
  271. 11:00you intimidate you attack you malign you
  272. 11:03form an alliance against you and if that
  273. 11:05doesn't work cry say they're a victim
  274. 11:07and manipulate you
  275. 11:09the goal is to get their way
  276. 11:11in addition they do not like to lose
  277. 11:14so there's an occasion you'll see it
  278. 11:16coming up in the story of Elijah there
  279. 11:19is a showdown between the 850 paid
  280. 11:22profits of bail and Astra versus the
  281. 11:24anointed man of God Elijah Elijah calls
  282. 11:27down fire from heaven God smokes 850
  283. 11:30false prophets they all were employed by
  284. 11:33Jezebel it says that they ate at her
  285. 11:34table meaning she provided for all of
  286. 11:36their income
  287. 11:38and though she lost she couldn't handle
  288. 11:40it so what does she say First Kings 19
  289. 11:43I'm putting a bounty on Elijah's head
  290. 11:47the demons can attack me if he's not
  291. 11:49dead by this time tomorrow she puts a
  292. 11:5124-hour bounty on his head
  293. 11:54if you in business or in a divorce or in
  294. 11:59a custody agreement or even just an
  295. 12:02argument or a Bible study sort of have a
  296. 12:05victory over a jezebel it ain't over
  297. 12:08they're coming back they do not take
  298. 12:10losing well also they do not number four
  299. 12:13take a rebuke or correction
  300. 12:16throughout the entire life of Jezebel
  301. 12:18not one time is she ever confronted with
  302. 12:22her wrongdoing and agrees every time she
  303. 12:25disagrees Elijah the prophet keeps
  304. 12:28telling her here's what God says she
  305. 12:30doesn't care
  306. 12:31there's no repenting there's no
  307. 12:33relenting there is no recognizing of
  308. 12:36wrongdoing
  309. 12:38and if you rebuke them you're not going
  310. 12:40to get a response from them that they
  311. 12:42are acknowledging that they have done
  312. 12:44wrong they will shoot the messenger they
  313. 12:46will change the subject they will make
  314. 12:49an excuse they will get emotional they
  315. 12:52will say that you're being mean-spirited
  316. 12:54anything other than your right I'm wrong
  317. 12:56I'm sorry
  318. 12:58in addition they hate the grace of God
  319. 13:02they hate the grace of God
  320. 13:04she hates the grace of God that is at
  321. 13:07work in and through Elijah
  322. 13:09and over and over and over this is how
  323. 13:12these people work especially those who
  324. 13:14are more religious and in the church
  325. 13:17I like to call it law for you Grace for
  326. 13:19me
  327. 13:21law for you Grace for me meaning I'm
  328. 13:23going to judge you and I have a problem
  329. 13:25with you and I didn't like this and you
  330. 13:27did that wrong and this hurt my feelings
  331. 13:29and this wasn't said right and I don't
  332. 13:31think your heart was right and that if
  333. 13:33you confront them well Grace for me
  334. 13:36nobody's perfect you should be more
  335. 13:38loving that's not very kind
  336. 13:41well it's Grace for everybody law for
  337. 13:43everybody but if it's Grace for me and
  338. 13:47law for you that's weaponizing and
  339. 13:49abusing the word of God that's how these
  340. 13:52people work in addition they hate men
  341. 13:56Again The Jezebel tendency can be in a
  342. 13:58man or a woman but how many men how many
  343. 14:02men does Jezebel in the story respect
  344. 14:04and honor zero
  345. 14:06she dominates her husband she attacks
  346. 14:09Elijah she murders the prophets of God
  347. 14:12she closes the Bible teaching schools in
  348. 14:16addition there's a guy named naboth and
  349. 14:18she wants to steal his land so she
  350. 14:20murders him
  351. 14:22every man she comes in contact with
  352. 14:25she's a black widow
  353. 14:27she is unsafe and dangerous she hates
  354. 14:30men
  355. 14:32oftentimes this takes root in a woman's
  356. 14:36life I'll talk about it a little bit at
  357. 14:37the end through trauma or abuse
  358. 14:40this is one of the reason why men
  359. 14:43tolerate women who are more like Jezebel
  360. 14:47I'm not saying they have the Demonic
  361. 14:49Spirit maybe it's demonic possession or
  362. 14:52oppression or tendency
  363. 14:53but if you know a woman you know that
  364. 14:55she's had abuse or trauma you know why
  365. 14:58she's so controlling because she doesn't
  366. 15:00want to be hurt again
  367. 15:01and or you know why she's so controlling
  368. 15:04that someone controlled her and she's
  369. 15:06never going to be in that position again
  370. 15:08she's made it in her vow I will not be
  371. 15:10controlled I will be controlling I will
  372. 15:13not be dominated I will be dominant
  373. 15:15that's the inner vow and if you love
  374. 15:18this person maybe it's your wife
  375. 15:20maybe it's your daughter
  376. 15:22if you love this person maybe it's your
  377. 15:24mother maybe it's your grandmother
  378. 15:27or he could just feel the air
  379. 15:28conditioning come on got so chilly
  380. 15:31you know that they've had some trauma or
  381. 15:34abuse so you understand why they are the
  382. 15:37way they are so you tolerate it but
  383. 15:40here's the point that doesn't heal them
  384. 15:43that doesn't heal them
  385. 15:45they need help
  386. 15:47they need healing
  387. 15:49I'll talk about this a little more at
  388. 15:51the end but just because you understand
  389. 15:53the problem doesn't mean you're helping
  390. 15:55until you provide a solution
  391. 15:58I know you've been through a lot I know
  392. 16:00your first husband did this I know your
  393. 16:02boyfriend did that I know your dad was
  394. 16:04like this I know your grandfather was
  395. 16:06like that I know you were molested when
  396. 16:08you were little I know that horrible
  397. 16:10things happen to you in college when you
  398. 16:12had too much to drink I I understand I'm
  399. 16:15sorry but we need to get you some help
  400. 16:19because what happened to you there
  401. 16:21changed you and it wasn't for the better
  402. 16:25these women they really struggle with
  403. 16:27men
  404. 16:28the woman in the story Jezebel she hates
  405. 16:32Elijah the most she is committed to his
  406. 16:35destruction
  407. 16:36he's the godliest safest man in the
  408. 16:40story and she thinks he is the biggest
  409. 16:42threat and the gravest danger
  410. 16:45number seven truthfulness
  411. 16:47Jezebel through the story she is
  412. 16:49consistently dishonest
  413. 16:52because if your goal is control you will
  414. 16:56do or say whatever allows you to be
  415. 16:58dominant and in control
  416. 17:00including lie
  417. 17:02so a jezebel doesn't live in the world
  418. 17:04of right and wrong and true and false
  419. 17:07and good and evil they live in the world
  420. 17:09of winning and losing
  421. 17:11and in the name of winning they're
  422. 17:13capable of saying and doing almost
  423. 17:15anything
  424. 17:16so there's a guy again his name is
  425. 17:19naboth he's got this piece of land her
  426. 17:21husband wants it NABA tells him no
  427. 17:23Jezebel goes and she comes up with a
  428. 17:26tremendous lie she says naboth cursed
  429. 17:29the king and God
  430. 17:31so they murdered him as she took the
  431. 17:33land
  432. 17:34for those of you know the story is any
  433. 17:36of that true no
  434. 17:39he was an innocent man he said and did
  435. 17:42nothing wrong she just lied and had it
  436. 17:44murdered and stole his lamb
  437. 17:48you know you're up against something
  438. 17:50that is more jezebelian when they'll say
  439. 17:52or do anything for the victory there's
  440. 17:55not much conscience if any
  441. 17:5822 things Jezebel's control let me just
  442. 18:00summarize it if I could break it down to
  443. 18:03two categories these are the two
  444. 18:05categories that Jezebel tries to control
  445. 18:06everyone and everything those are the
  446. 18:09two categories
  447. 18:11and what you'll find is if you tolerate
  448. 18:14a jezebel in one area they're moving on
  449. 18:16to the next
  450. 18:18some of you have dated these gals been
  451. 18:19married to these gals done business with
  452. 18:22these gals like well I'll just let them
  453. 18:24control the schedule they move on to the
  454. 18:26checkbook I'll let them have the
  455. 18:27checkbook great then they're going to
  456. 18:29take the kids
  457. 18:30they just keep going
  458. 18:32their goal is like Satan to rule and
  459. 18:35Reign to be Sovereign to operate over
  460. 18:38everyone and everything and as long as
  461. 18:40you tolerate they will continue to
  462. 18:42extend their Rule and Reign it is
  463. 18:44spiritual warfare
  464. 18:46number one they will control
  465. 18:47relationships
  466. 18:49if you're going to have a relationship
  467. 18:50with them it's on their terms
  468. 18:53if you're going to have a friend group
  469. 18:54they're going to control the friend
  470. 18:55group you can't talk to them you need to
  471. 18:57side with me you guess them if they're
  472. 18:59in your family there's all this
  473. 19:01triangulation in politics
  474. 19:03are you with that side of the family or
  475. 19:05our side of the family are you for or
  476. 19:07against and holidays and birthdays and
  477. 19:10events you're like this just became so
  478. 19:12complicated why because someone is
  479. 19:14controlling all the relationships and
  480. 19:16they keep pitting one side against
  481. 19:18another in battle
  482. 19:19number two they control the money
  483. 19:22they control the money
  484. 19:24in Israel this was the king and the
  485. 19:26Queen
  486. 19:27she opened churches
  487. 19:29she ran events she had a staff she
  488. 19:33controlled the money
  489. 19:35if you let Jezebel get in control of the
  490. 19:38checkbook they will control everything
  491. 19:40if you have a jezebel in a company
  492. 19:42they're not the leader but they make
  493. 19:45themselves the leader they control
  494. 19:47through the finances and the spending
  495. 19:49Jezebel loves to get their hands on the
  496. 19:52checkbook this is like Judas
  497. 19:55Jesus is doing Ministry Judas has his
  498. 19:58hands in the cookie jar
  499. 20:00got to be very careful you get an Elijah
  500. 20:02in the finances not a jezebel
  501. 20:05in addition number three Jezebel's
  502. 20:07control governance
  503. 20:09says that she was a queen of Israel in
  504. 20:13the Old Testament and she called herself
  505. 20:15a prophetess in the New Testament she
  506. 20:18likes titles where she's the boss
  507. 20:20these people love titles
  508. 20:23they love Authority they love to be in
  509. 20:26charge they want to govern
  510. 20:28if they're in the church they want to
  511. 20:30get as close to the leader and have as
  512. 20:32much voice as possible
  513. 20:34if this is in your family even if
  514. 20:37they're an extended relative not even
  515. 20:39immediate family they're going to try
  516. 20:42and rule over your family they're going
  517. 20:44to tell you what to do with your
  518. 20:45marriage and your money and your kids
  519. 20:47and your grandkids and education and
  520. 20:50housing and church you don't have to
  521. 20:52invite them in they'll just start
  522. 20:54bossing you around
  523. 20:55and if you tolerate they will dominate
  524. 20:59they love governance they want to be in
  525. 21:03control they need to be in charge
  526. 21:07and so they and this is a religious
  527. 21:09spirit it's where Jesus says it showed
  528. 21:12up at the church at thyatira man have
  529. 21:14you ever been in a church where a
  530. 21:16jezebel showed up
  531. 21:18like they've been there 15 minutes
  532. 21:19they've already made their way to the
  533. 21:21senior pastor got an email into the
  534. 21:23board posted something on social media
  535. 21:25called in a blogger and then declared
  536. 21:28war and you're like we you didn't even
  537. 21:30fill out the greeter form yet like you
  538. 21:33you don't do Jesus you do Jihad you're
  539. 21:36going right for the throat day one
  540. 21:39that's how these people and oftentimes
  541. 21:40they're well we'll talk about this
  542. 21:42they're very spiritual the Lord told me
  543. 21:44I had a vision oh a demon told you and
  544. 21:46you had a nightmare
  545. 21:48in addition number five
  546. 21:50um I'll tell you what I think uh number
  547. 21:52five they hate preaching
  548. 21:55what Jezebel did in the Old Testament
  549. 21:57there was a whole bunch of Bible
  550. 21:58teachers she slaughtered all of them
  551. 22:01there were schools to Train bible
  552. 22:03teachers she closed them
  553. 22:06there's one guy left who's preaching
  554. 22:08Elijah and she puts a bounty on his head
  555. 22:12they don't like to be preached at
  556. 22:15they don't like to be under Authority
  557. 22:17they don't like to learn they don't like
  558. 22:19to repent and the preaching of God's
  559. 22:21word triggers them
  560. 22:23it triggers them
  561. 22:25in addition they control information
  562. 22:28giving it back to the story of naboth
  563. 22:30he's got a piece of land her husband
  564. 22:31Ahab wants it he goes to negotiate the
  565. 22:34deal he doesn't get the deal he goes
  566. 22:36home he throws a fit like a petulant
  567. 22:38child
  568. 22:39what Jezebel does is then she forges his
  569. 22:42signature
  570. 22:44falsely accuses naboth has him killed
  571. 22:48steals his land
  572. 22:50orges her husband the king's signature
  573. 22:53and he has no idea
  574. 22:55she controls information
  575. 22:57these people are more covert than overt
  576. 23:01it's all of a sudden you think you know
  577. 23:05them and then you realize oh you've been
  578. 23:07reading my text you've been reading my
  579. 23:08emails you've you've hacked our company
  580. 23:10server
  581. 23:12you wouldn't talk to a bunch of other
  582. 23:13people to kind of do an investigation on
  583. 23:17me you've met with relatives or
  584. 23:19co-workers
  585. 23:21and they have a lot of information but
  586. 23:23it's like a poker player they don't
  587. 23:24share it till it benefits them
  588. 23:26they love to hold information
  589. 23:29and and let me say this if you give a
  590. 23:31piece of information to a jezebel guess
  591. 23:34what they're going to do they're going
  592. 23:35to weaponize it against you
  593. 23:37got to be very careful
  594. 23:39they love to control data and
  595. 23:41information because it's a way to
  596. 23:43control
  597. 23:44these are the people that like to get
  598. 23:46themselves into the center of gossip
  599. 23:48these are the people who spend their
  600. 23:50life on social media gathering
  601. 23:52information and peering in on other
  602. 23:53people's lives these are people who in
  603. 23:56discussions open really nefarious
  604. 23:59open-ended questions well tell me about
  605. 24:01so-and-so where do they live how much do
  606. 24:04they make what's their marriage like
  607. 24:06they're always gathering information and
  608. 24:08they hold it
  609. 24:10and they're very covert this was Judah
  610. 24:12saskarian he was very covert
  611. 24:15the the opposite of that is Peter in the
  612. 24:18disciples Peter's overt you never asked
  613. 24:21you zero times you got to ask Peter what
  614. 24:23are you thinking he's telling you
  615. 24:25know he's just telling you Judas you
  616. 24:28don't know
  617. 24:29if you would have looked at the story of
  618. 24:31Jesus and said okay one of these 12 guys
  619. 24:34is going to murder him I don't think any
  620. 24:36of us would have picked Judas like that
  621. 24:38dude never said or did anything
  622. 24:40he was just off in the corner
  623. 24:42controlling the money gathering
  624. 24:44information covertly making plans
  625. 24:48sometimes you don't know that these
  626. 24:49people are plotting against you until
  627. 24:51the day comes when they destroy you
  628. 24:54in addition number seven they'll have
  629. 24:55access to the senior leader
  630. 24:58if you're a leader in your business if
  631. 25:00you're a leader in your community if
  632. 25:01you're a leader in our church if you're
  633. 25:03a leader in your home or family
  634. 25:05this Spirit wants to get as close to the
  635. 25:07top as possible
  636. 25:10Ahab is the king Jezebel's the queen
  637. 25:12say it another way Ahab is the head
  638. 25:15Jezebel is the neck
  639. 25:17he's the figurehead but she's the
  640. 25:19control
  641. 25:20and they like to get to leadership I'll
  642. 25:22tell you this I've been doing this job
  643. 25:2427 years
  644. 25:26as soon as I just uh this will be fun
  645. 25:30this will be like therapeutic for me so
  646. 25:33I'll never forget the first time we had
  647. 25:35a very tiny little Core group I was in
  648. 25:38my 20s young Pastor didn't know what I
  649. 25:41was doing I mean our church is like the
  650. 25:43size of a Mormon family it's like not a
  651. 25:45big deal you know
  652. 25:47um
  653. 25:48and uh and so we finally get a gal comes
  654. 25:52to the ministry she's a really great
  655. 25:54gifted talented musician and she walks
  656. 25:58right up to me
  657. 25:59my wife's standing there ignores my wife
  658. 26:02completely ignores my wife comes up
  659. 26:04grabs my hand looks me in the eye and
  660. 26:06introduces herself
  661. 26:08Jezebel
  662. 26:11he said the Pastor I just would really
  663. 26:12love to get a cup of coffee my wife is
  664. 26:15an Elijah
  665. 26:16right so she got in the middle she's
  666. 26:18like you need to leave forever uh that's
  667. 26:21my wife you know I so and I was like
  668. 26:24honey how did she said I know those
  669. 26:25women
  670. 26:26they go right up to the leader they get
  671. 26:29real close they tell their sad tale they
  672. 26:33suck you in to rescue them and then they
  673. 26:36seduce you I was like thanks for telling
  674. 26:38me thanks for not looking like Elijah
  675. 26:40but thanks for acting like Elijah's
  676. 26:42sweetheart I if you're a leader you know
  677. 26:45exactly what this is like
  678. 26:47you're like wow they are dangerous and
  679. 26:50seductive that's what she's trying to do
  680. 26:53with access to not only Ahab but also to
  681. 26:56Elijah in addition uh Jezebel's rather
  682. 27:01like to control the conversation
  683. 27:03as you read the story First Kings 17 to
  684. 27:05Second Kings 2
  685. 27:07she does all the Talking she gets the
  686. 27:09first word she gets the last word most
  687. 27:12of the words are her words
  688. 27:14you know you're in a conversation with
  689. 27:17someone that is unhealthy when
  690. 27:19they dominate the conversation they set
  691. 27:22the conversation they drive the
  692. 27:24conversation
  693. 27:25and if you try to get a word in unless
  694. 27:27you agree with them they're going to run
  695. 27:29you over in the conversation and then at
  696. 27:31the end if you try to get a word in they
  697. 27:33always
  698. 27:34I always get the last word in
  699. 27:36is every competition is really in the
  700. 27:39form of a conversation
  701. 27:42some of you I could just sense it I love
  702. 27:44you but some of you are married and
  703. 27:46you're like my wife she's she just
  704. 27:50women do talk more than men true
  705. 27:53yeah they do but if you're in a
  706. 27:55situation you're like she dominates all
  707. 27:58the conversations I can't get a word in
  708. 27:59edgewise if I disagree with her then I
  709. 28:02got hell to pay and if I say something
  710. 28:04she disagrees with me walks away and
  711. 28:06gets the last word that's not a healthy
  712. 28:08conversation that's a war
  713. 28:11they also control platforms a platform
  714. 28:14is a point or position of leadership
  715. 28:16from which someone exercises Authority
  716. 28:20so they have these Bible teaching
  717. 28:22schools she closed them that's literally
  718. 28:24cancel culture she canceled the
  719. 28:27Christian Schools
  720. 28:29Elijah is a preacher
  721. 28:31he's trying to kill him
  722. 28:33literally de-platform and silence him
  723. 28:37her goal over and over and over
  724. 28:40is to control platforms anywhere there
  725. 28:43is a leadership position she's either
  726. 28:46going to take it over or she's going to
  727. 28:48tear it down that's what they do either
  728. 28:51I'm in charge or it's getting burned to
  729. 28:54the ground
  730. 28:55these people will burn a church to the
  731. 28:57ground they'll burn a Ministry to the
  732. 28:59ground they'll burn a business to the
  733. 29:01ground they'll build they'll burn a
  734. 29:02family to the ground if they don't get
  735. 29:04to be in control of the platform
  736. 29:06if I'm not the boss there will be no
  737. 29:08boss
  738. 29:09in addition they control the narrative
  739. 29:13controlling the narrative is a form of
  740. 29:15spiritual warfare
  741. 29:16how the story is told it determines how
  742. 29:19the people will respond
  743. 29:22okay and so what happens in a what
  744. 29:24happens in a an unhealthy situation is
  745. 29:28someone will try and say what I like to
  746. 29:29call a negative narrative
  747. 29:31set a negative narrative and then all
  748. 29:34the data is interpreted through the
  749. 29:35negative narrative
  750. 29:37it's a form of lying and it's a form of
  751. 29:39dominating and controlling
  752. 29:41Proverbs says the first person to tell
  753. 29:44their story sounds right till we hear
  754. 29:45the other side how many of you have
  755. 29:47learned this as a dad you got kids what
  756. 29:49kid runs in tell me what happened you're
  757. 29:51like well let me check let me check with
  758. 29:52the other kid
  759. 29:53it's just because you heard one side of
  760. 29:55the story it's not always the same side
  761. 29:57of the story
  762. 29:58I'll give you an example that comes to
  763. 29:59mind some years ago my son I had a kid
  764. 30:02in our house kid came running in our
  765. 30:04kids were little and the kids cried
  766. 30:06thrown a fit
  767. 30:08all hurt mom looks at him what happened
  768. 30:10uh Pastor Mark's kid punched me
  769. 30:14mom looks me sick your kid hit my kid
  770. 30:16what are you gonna do I said let me go
  771. 30:18ask why
  772. 30:22I gotta research
  773. 30:24I go in
  774. 30:25and uh my son is there and his little
  775. 30:28sister is crying very big tears she's
  776. 30:31physically hurt not just emotionally
  777. 30:33physically emotional
  778. 30:35I said what happened he said that big
  779. 30:36kid kept picking on my little sister hit
  780. 30:39her shoved her yelled at her I told her
  781. 30:41you stopped picking on my sister or I'm
  782. 30:44gonna punch you
  783. 30:45and he can't pick an honor so I punched
  784. 30:47him
  785. 30:48hey so so I told so so yeah so his name
  786. 30:53is Jezebel and um so anyways
  787. 30:57um so then the mom looks at me she's
  788. 30:59like your kid hit my kid what are you
  789. 31:01gonna do I said I'll be back in a minute
  790. 31:02I'm gonna get him ice cream
  791. 31:05yeah see it's like they get a reward
  792. 31:08see we we build men up to bless women
  793. 31:10and children and that starts with little
  794. 31:12men
  795. 31:13okay and so what happens is if you
  796. 31:15control the narrative everybody runs to
  797. 31:18a conclusion but actually the person
  798. 31:19who's innocent could be the one who gets
  799. 31:21punished
  800. 31:23this happens all the time it just comes
  801. 31:25to mind again there's another story in
  802. 31:27the Old Testament a guy named Joseph
  803. 31:29okay you see Ahab Jezebel or Elijah he's
  804. 31:32Elijah
  805. 31:33Potiphar's wife Ahab Jezebel or Elijah
  806. 31:36Jezebel
  807. 31:38every day I mean they you know he's in
  808. 31:41the castle she shows up she's like let's
  809. 31:43do it and uh he's uh no I can't do that
  810. 31:46I love God and I love your husband so
  811. 31:48then she says he
  812. 31:50raped her he goes to prison
  813. 31:54that's the narrative
  814. 31:56he was innocent he was Elijah she was
  815. 31:59Jezebel
  816. 32:00he didn't do anything she lied about
  817. 32:02everything
  818. 32:04what a jezebel likes to do is get very
  819. 32:07emotional very loud tell their story
  820. 32:10first get on social media make sure
  821. 32:14they're setting the story because it's a
  822. 32:16form of control
  823. 32:18she does this with naboth again back to
  824. 32:20the story in First Kings
  825. 32:23naboth cursed God and the King therefore
  826. 32:26he needs to die that's not the story but
  827. 32:29that's the story that she told
  828. 32:32they also love to control a mob
  829. 32:35they like to get as many people in as
  830. 32:37possible it's a true build up for the
  831. 32:39battle
  832. 32:40if you have a conflict with a jezebel
  833. 32:42next thing you know you're like man they
  834. 32:43called all the relatives they sent out
  835. 32:45emails they posted on social media like
  836. 32:48man they just set this thing on fire
  837. 32:49like they did we didn't even talk about
  838. 32:52it or work it out they just immediately
  839. 32:54went 0-60 in public
  840. 32:56well that's what Jezebel does
  841. 32:59she goes out and she literally pays
  842. 33:02850 false prophets
  843. 33:05of Astra and bail she gets a mob
  844. 33:08together
  845. 33:09and then what she wants is that mob to
  846. 33:12have a larger mob of those who are
  847. 33:15watching join them in all attacking
  848. 33:18Elijah so she's like I'm going to get my
  849. 33:20big mob and I want them to go get a
  850. 33:22really big mob so we can all destroy
  851. 33:24Elijah
  852. 33:26it's controlling the mom
  853. 33:27in addition a jezebel will control the
  854. 33:30agenda
  855. 33:33if you're dealing with a jezebel if you
  856. 33:35go to talk to them about something
  857. 33:36they're going to change the subject and
  858. 33:38set the agenda
  859. 33:39if you're trying to do Christmas with a
  860. 33:41jezebel and their extended family
  861. 33:45they are going to tell you what you're
  862. 33:46going to do you're going to be here at
  863. 33:48eight rocket open guess and we're gonna
  864. 33:49have ham and we're gonna we're gonna do
  865. 33:51this we're gonna be like well can we
  866. 33:53talk about it no I've got this you know
  867. 33:54here it is I wrote it down do it's told
  868. 33:58oh
  869. 34:00huh
  870. 34:01this question that comes to mind how
  871. 34:03many of you moved here
  872. 34:04to Arizona from another state
  873. 34:07okay now put your hand down don't put
  874. 34:09your hand up but how many of you it's
  875. 34:10because you had to Jezebel in your
  876. 34:12family and you've moved
  877. 34:14okay some guys just put their hand up so
  878. 34:17those are the Elijah so now we know what
  879. 34:18the truth is but sometimes you're like
  880. 34:20if I'm around they just control control
  881. 34:23control
  882. 34:24they control the agenda they call me
  883. 34:27we're going to talk now we're going to
  884. 34:28meet now we're coming over it's the
  885. 34:30holidays it's like you don't get to
  886. 34:32control the agenda of our relationship
  887. 34:34you don't get to control my calendar you
  888. 34:37don't get to control my budget you're
  889. 34:39not God you're not sovereign I I didn't
  890. 34:42surrender my life to you
  891. 34:45this is Antichrist
  892. 34:47this is someone who's saying you know I
  893. 34:50read in the Bible about a sovereign and
  894. 34:51I thought I should nominate myself
  895. 34:54in addition they will control time
  896. 34:58these are all ways to control
  897. 35:01they will intentionally be late to a
  898. 35:03meeting
  899. 35:04or they'll set it show up early to set
  900. 35:07the environment to control it
  901. 35:09or they will cancel at the last minute
  902. 35:13or they will say that they need to go
  903. 35:15they will control time to control you
  904. 35:18you're like I've been wanting to talk to
  905. 35:19them about that a schedule appointment
  906. 35:21they cancel I schedule appointment they
  907. 35:23show up late I schedule another
  908. 35:25appointment they leave early it's
  909. 35:26control
  910. 35:27in addition to controlling time
  911. 35:30they will control decisions
  912. 35:33they will want to make any and every
  913. 35:35decision that you will let them
  914. 35:38any because here's what will happen the
  915. 35:40worst thing you can do if someone is
  916. 35:42more Jezebel ask their opinion
  917. 35:45as soon as you do it's like you've
  918. 35:47invited them to be Lord of your life
  919. 35:50and I'll tell you what sometimes people
  920. 35:52with a Jezebel spirit you don't even
  921. 35:54need to know them for them to make
  922. 35:56decisions for you
  923. 35:58they will just tell you what to do
  924. 36:00they're they're bossy beyond belief
  925. 36:02again I'm just verbal processing I
  926. 36:05should have probably prepared but this
  927. 36:06just comes to mind I was at the grocery
  928. 36:08store some years ago
  929. 36:10and uh we had all of our kids and I
  930. 36:12don't think we had all five at the time
  931. 36:13we had like three or four and uh there
  932. 36:16was two gals in the line behind us and
  933. 36:18they were talking negatively about our
  934. 36:19kids
  935. 36:27I said their ears are little but they do
  936. 36:29work you know this is very rude this one
  937. 36:31looks at me she said you shouldn't have
  938. 36:33any more children
  939. 36:36I was like your attitude is birth
  940. 36:38control
  941. 36:41so I mean you know I was like nobody's
  942. 36:43going to sleep with that you know so
  943. 36:46um
  944. 36:48but at that point it's like yeah I
  945. 36:49probably shouldn't have said it I'm not
  946. 36:51saying it was the Holy Spirit but it
  947. 36:53just came to mind
  948. 36:54um
  949. 36:56but at the end of the day it's like who
  950. 36:58who at the grocery store walks up and
  951. 37:00makes fertility decisions for strangers
  952. 37:10you know we're at Safeway
  953. 37:13but if you let these people make
  954. 37:15decisions they'll make decisions you
  955. 37:18know why you chuckle you've had the same
  956. 37:20experience all right the next one they
  957. 37:22will control environments you got to go
  958. 37:25to their house for the meeting
  959. 37:27no no if we're going to have a conflict
  960. 37:28you come to my house
  961. 37:31and they will show up early to set up
  962. 37:33the environment
  963. 37:35no we're going to meet at this
  964. 37:36restaurant we're picking the restaurant
  965. 37:38well if we're gonna do Christmas we're
  966. 37:40picking where it's they're always
  967. 37:41controlling the environment because it's
  968. 37:43another way to control you
  969. 37:45if you allow them to control the
  970. 37:47environment they're not just physically
  971. 37:49controlling the environment they're
  972. 37:50spiritually controlling the environment
  973. 37:53so there's a trend
  974. 37:55that is now happening and I think it's
  975. 37:57large part ahabs and Jezebels in
  976. 37:59marriage
  977. 38:00the trend is called living alone
  978. 38:01together
  979. 38:03what's just the name doesn't sound like
  980. 38:05Alone Together
  981. 38:07that's like Christian Science it's like
  982. 38:09both of those aren't true you know
  983. 38:13you know Alone Together living alone
  984. 38:15together
  985. 38:16and what it is it's a husband and a wife
  986. 38:19that stay married but they live in two
  987. 38:22homes
  988. 38:25they have two homes two bank accounts
  989. 38:28two schedules two routines two lives and
  990. 38:32they only come together when she says
  991. 38:35it's okay
  992. 38:38we've now got an entire growing family
  993. 38:41structure marital structure to
  994. 38:43accommodate Ahab and Jezebel
  995. 38:45relationships we actually have a name
  996. 38:46for it living a part together and what
  997. 38:48that is is this is my environment you're
  998. 38:51not welcome you get your own environment
  999. 38:54and if I say so you can come to my house
  1000. 38:56even though we're married
  1001. 39:00ah
  1002. 39:04yeah I'll just be honest with you so for
  1003. 39:06some of you guys this is why I have a
  1004. 39:07man cave
  1005. 39:10this is why you have a bass boat
  1006. 39:12this is why you go to the golf club this
  1007. 39:14is why you join the country club this is
  1008. 39:16why you hunt a lot
  1009. 39:17and none of those things is a sin but if
  1010. 39:20it is my domineering overbearing sort of
  1011. 39:24emotional wife drives me crazy and I
  1012. 39:26don't like to be around her I need to
  1013. 39:27get a different environment
  1014. 39:30then what I would tell you is you need
  1015. 39:32to figure out how to fix that
  1016. 39:33environment
  1017. 39:34some years ago I'll never forget there
  1018. 39:36was a guy in my neighborhood we moved a
  1019. 39:37lot so you don't know what guy this is
  1020. 39:38but he he was we thought he was the nice
  1021. 39:40guy in the neighborhood
  1022. 39:42he would Leaf blow everyone's yard in
  1023. 39:45the whole neighborhood and all we had
  1024. 39:47the most beautiful Street
  1025. 39:49this guy Leaf blow smile big huge
  1026. 39:53earphones I'll never forget one day I
  1027. 39:55went after I said thank you so much for
  1028. 39:57leaf blowing
  1029. 39:58I said just I'm just curious why do you
  1030. 40:01Leaf blow the whole neighborhood he said
  1031. 40:04quote it's louder than my wife
  1032. 40:09[Applause]
  1033. 40:10laughs
  1034. 40:13Ahab the landscaper hey man they have
  1035. 40:16the landscape
  1036. 40:18okay
  1037. 40:19how about are we having fun
  1038. 40:21okay so okay I got a few more a few more
  1039. 40:24uh they will control leaders as I told
  1040. 40:27you she tries to control her husband
  1041. 40:28Ahab she tries to control the profits
  1042. 40:31she tries to control uh Israel the whole
  1043. 40:34nation she tries to control Elijah but
  1044. 40:37really what they like is leaders
  1045. 40:39because leaders are the shortcut to
  1046. 40:41power and control
  1047. 40:43leaders if you are a leader you will
  1048. 40:46deal with a jezebel
  1049. 40:48I promise you
  1050. 40:50in addition they love to control
  1051. 40:53families
  1052. 40:55her family is cursed for Generations
  1053. 40:57their family is cursed for Generations I
  1054. 41:00told you on the weekend Second Kings 11
  1055. 41:03Jezebel has a daughter her daughter's
  1056. 41:06more controlling than she is
  1057. 41:08she has a son who becomes king he rules
  1058. 41:10for a year his mama controls him he dies
  1059. 41:13in battle she then Slaughters all the
  1060. 41:16male relatives so there is no heir to
  1061. 41:19the throne Jezebel's daughter rules and
  1062. 41:21Reigns in Israel Second Kings 11 for six
  1063. 41:24years the only woman in the history of
  1064. 41:27the nation to rule as a queen without a
  1065. 41:30king
  1066. 41:31control control
  1067. 41:33families for Generations
  1068. 41:36hear me in this man let's say there is a
  1069. 41:40woman and it could be a man as well but
  1070. 41:42let's say there's somebody in your
  1071. 41:43family that has more of a jezebel
  1072. 41:45tenancy
  1073. 41:47if you let them they're going to control
  1074. 41:49you your life your marriage guess what
  1075. 41:52happens when you have kids
  1076. 41:54they're going to control your kids
  1077. 41:56guess what happens when your kids have
  1078. 41:58kids that's where my mom and dad are now
  1079. 42:01my mom and dad are awesome and I love
  1080. 42:02them so I'm grateful for them but they
  1081. 42:05will control the whole family
  1082. 42:07extended family as many people as
  1083. 42:10possible for as many generations as
  1084. 42:12possible
  1085. 42:14if you tolerate that you're letting the
  1086. 42:16least healthy person determine your
  1087. 42:18legacy
  1088. 42:19the least healthy person should never
  1089. 42:21determine the Legacy it should only be
  1090. 42:23the most healthy person the Elijah
  1091. 42:26they also control gifts
  1092. 42:28and the reason that a jezebel will give
  1093. 42:31a gift is why
  1094. 42:34now you
  1095. 42:35you owe them
  1096. 42:37this is never Grace based giving this is
  1097. 42:40always strings attached
  1098. 42:43okay I'll give you money if you go to
  1099. 42:45college where I tell you if you send the
  1100. 42:48kids to school where I tell you if you
  1101. 42:50buy the house that I tell you if you
  1102. 42:53move to the city that I tell you if you
  1103. 42:55live in the home that I tell you
  1104. 42:57if you marry who I tell you
  1105. 43:01and some of you
  1106. 43:02you received what you thought was a gift
  1107. 43:04it wasn't it was a bribe
  1108. 43:07later on they're like remember what I
  1109. 43:08gave you you owe me
  1110. 43:10or now I need to speak into your life I
  1111. 43:13gave you money for a house now I get to
  1112. 43:14decide the house now they're in it's
  1113. 43:16control
  1114. 43:18this is why again in the story of naboth
  1115. 43:22she murders him steals the land gives it
  1116. 43:24to her husband it's something that her
  1117. 43:26husband really wanted now
  1118. 43:28he owes her
  1119. 43:30now he owes her
  1120. 43:33anytime she wants to pull out that card
  1121. 43:35she could be like honey here's what I'm
  1122. 43:36telling you to do
  1123. 43:38or to say
  1124. 43:40no I don't want to do that you owe me I
  1125. 43:42murdered naboth and got the land you owe
  1126. 43:44me
  1127. 43:46in addition they will control their
  1128. 43:49image how they appear matters great to
  1129. 43:52them it's not on the inside it's the
  1130. 43:54outside
  1131. 43:55these people love social media
  1132. 43:58they love to portray a life that is an
  1133. 44:02illusion and a delusion
  1134. 44:04they want to appear like they are Godly
  1135. 44:07and beautiful and successful and they're
  1136. 44:10dangerous
  1137. 44:12it says this in Second Kings 9 20.
  1138. 44:13there's a dude named jehu jehu is a dude
  1139. 44:16he's going to murder Jezebel
  1140. 44:19Jezebel here Second Kings nine jehu is
  1141. 44:22coming
  1142. 44:23here's what it says Jezebel painted her
  1143. 44:26eyes and adorned her head
  1144. 44:28her thought was I get my makeup on I
  1145. 44:31turn my underwear to outerwear get my
  1146. 44:33hair done maybe I could sleep with jehu
  1147. 44:35and he won't kill me
  1148. 44:37image Beauty seduction leads to control
  1149. 44:42in addition they will control your
  1150. 44:46energy
  1151. 44:47one Jezebel will wear out a family
  1152. 44:51one Jezebel will wear out a church one
  1153. 44:54Jezebel will wear out a business
  1154. 44:57you'll reach the point where you're like
  1155. 44:58do they ever stop do they sleep
  1156. 45:02like I I make I don't they're so active
  1157. 45:05causing damage and chaos and harm I
  1158. 45:08don't even have time to catch up
  1159. 45:10here's why
  1160. 45:13human beings have limitations
  1161. 45:18demons don't
  1162. 45:20demons don't get the flu
  1163. 45:23demons don't get dehydrated
  1164. 45:25demons don't need a good night's sleep
  1165. 45:29demons don't need a Sabbath day
  1166. 45:32the Bible says of angels that they
  1167. 45:35worship God day and night it says in
  1168. 45:37Revelation 12 the accuser of our
  1169. 45:39Brethren which is Satan
  1170. 45:40he accuses the children of God
  1171. 45:43day and night how many of you can't work
  1172. 45:46three shifts
  1173. 45:48a demon can work three shifts and they
  1174. 45:50can work three shifts 365 days a year
  1175. 45:53if somebody is working by a demonic
  1176. 45:55power they are overwhelming and
  1177. 45:57exhausting I don't even know where they
  1178. 45:59get the energy for that I can't even
  1179. 46:00keep up
  1180. 46:02this happens to Elijah
  1181. 46:05he gets oppressed by the Demonic attack
  1182. 46:07of Jezebel
  1183. 46:09in First Kings 18 he calls down fire
  1184. 46:11from heaven defeats the 850 prophets of
  1185. 46:14Baal First Kings 19 Jezebel puts a curse
  1186. 46:17over him as she makes an inner vow to
  1187. 46:20the Demonic realm says the demons can do
  1188. 46:22harm to me if I don't murder Elijah in
  1189. 46:26the next 24 hours
  1190. 46:28Elijah is so spiritually emotionally
  1191. 46:31physically exhausted
  1192. 46:34he runs he's a man of God just cold down
  1193. 46:37fire from heaven he ran a hundred miles
  1194. 46:40and then he went into the woods and then
  1195. 46:42he laid down and he said I just want to
  1196. 46:45die
  1197. 46:48I'd rather die than continue fighting
  1198. 46:50with this woman and the spirit through
  1199. 46:52this woman
  1200. 46:54he's exhausted
  1201. 46:56God comes to him doesn't rebuke him but
  1202. 47:00instead restores him over the course of
  1203. 47:0240 days God says here's a bite to eat
  1204. 47:04something to drink take a nap take a
  1205. 47:07break he literally is in ICU with God
  1206. 47:11for 40 days
  1207. 47:13because Jezebel wore him out and he's a
  1208. 47:16man of God
  1209. 47:17they will control your energy last two
  1210. 47:21they uh will control your sexuality
  1211. 47:24Revelation 2 says that she calls herself
  1212. 47:27a prophetess a teacher and seduces my
  1213. 47:31servants to sexual immorality
  1214. 47:35every man has got a hook
  1215. 47:39and every man has got a certain bait
  1216. 47:41that Satan will put on that hook
  1217. 47:44for some men it's Fame for some men it's
  1218. 47:47power for some men it's money for most
  1219. 47:49men
  1220. 47:50it's pleasure
  1221. 47:52especially sexual pleasure
  1222. 47:55if a beautiful woman will flirt with you
  1223. 47:57that's
  1224. 47:59if she will
  1225. 48:00initiate with you that's amazing
  1226. 48:04if she will undress for you
  1227. 48:07incredible
  1228. 48:08and if she will do exactly what you want
  1229. 48:11every time
  1230. 48:14you think to yourself that is the most
  1231. 48:17tasty bait I've ever beheld and just
  1232. 48:20know this there's always a hook
  1233. 48:22she's fishing
  1234. 48:25she's fishing for you
  1235. 48:28she's fishing for you
  1236. 48:30and that's what she does with Ahab and
  1237. 48:33that's what she does
  1238. 48:34in Revelation
  1239. 48:37whatever your pleasure is she will bait
  1240. 48:40your hook and what you think is man she
  1241. 48:43must really care about me she's giving
  1242. 48:44me what I want
  1243. 48:47you've been fishing she's going fishing
  1244. 48:52she is going to bait your hook with what
  1245. 48:54you want
  1246. 48:55so she can get that hook in your mouth
  1247. 48:57and reel You In and Club you to death
  1248. 49:01that's how she operates true or false
  1249. 49:04older men would you testify for the
  1250. 49:06younger men
  1251. 49:07true or false true true
  1252. 49:10and then lastly a Jezebel spirit it
  1253. 49:12wants to even control God
  1254. 49:15I mean Jezebel she literally says no
  1255. 49:18more worship of God
  1256. 49:20Elijah says God has something he wants
  1257. 49:23to do God's not allowed to do it
  1258. 49:26Again The Jezebel spirit very spiritual
  1259. 49:29loves church weaponizes the Bible quotes
  1260. 49:31verses very emotional Very sensual
  1261. 49:34But ultimately they won't submit to God
  1262. 49:38let me give you two closing examples you
  1263. 49:40can be a male Jezebel or a female
  1264. 49:42Jezebel
  1265. 49:43male Jezebel
  1266. 49:46patrolling domineering overbearing
  1267. 49:49threatening ruling through fear
  1268. 49:53women and children are afraid of you and
  1269. 49:56sexually
  1270. 49:57you're capable
  1271. 50:00of really gross abuse of a woman or a
  1272. 50:04man
  1273. 50:06assault can go to either gender
  1274. 50:10you can be a male Jezebel
  1275. 50:13what does this look like well there's a
  1276. 50:15guy named Andrew Tate in our culture
  1277. 50:16he's exactly what this looks like
  1278. 50:19he was a big influencer on social media
  1279. 50:21whole generation of young men followed
  1280. 50:24him it was like a demonic parade of
  1281. 50:27disciples
  1282. 50:28he literally calls himself a misogynist
  1283. 50:31which means I use and abuse women and
  1284. 50:33children we build men up to bless women
  1285. 50:35and children
  1286. 50:36he started in a Christian Home became an
  1287. 50:39atheist then said he converted to Islam
  1288. 50:41he's a kickboxer domineering overbearing
  1289. 50:44physically violent sexually assaulting
  1290. 50:46women right now he's sitting in a prison
  1291. 50:48I don't know if he's guilty or Innocent
  1292. 50:50but he's accused of forcing women into
  1293. 50:52prostitution sexual slavery and rape
  1294. 50:54crimes
  1295. 50:57there are certain men they run drug
  1296. 50:59trafficking and human trafficking and
  1297. 51:01cartels and prostitution and I'm telling
  1298. 51:04you right now male Jezebels have taken
  1299. 51:06over the southern border of Arizona
  1300. 51:08and the problem is because we have an
  1301. 51:10Ahab
  1302. 51:12what does it look like to have a female
  1303. 51:14Jezebel well it's probably a little
  1304. 51:16clearer from my talk
  1305. 51:19but what happens is domineering
  1306. 51:22overbearing highly emotional
  1307. 51:24manipulative controlling seductive and
  1308. 51:26sensual
  1309. 51:29what happens then is the Ahab he
  1310. 51:33tolerates so that she dominates
  1311. 51:36and the way this works practically is
  1312. 51:41um let me just say something to the
  1313. 51:43single men
  1314. 51:45single men our world is filled with
  1315. 51:48these women
  1316. 51:50and let me say this if you're a guy
  1317. 51:52who's a Christian you're like I like to
  1318. 51:54help people I like to rescue people I
  1319. 51:56like to see people get delivered be
  1320. 51:59careful
  1321. 52:00a jezebel doesn't want you to save her
  1322. 52:03she wants to drown you
  1323. 52:06if you're a lifeguard saying I'm going
  1324. 52:08to go save the princess she's saying I'm
  1325. 52:10going to drown the Lifeguard
  1326. 52:13let me say this to you single men you
  1327. 52:16young men
  1328. 52:17sometimes these women they're attractive
  1329. 52:20they're aggressive we live in a weird
  1330. 52:23day when I was young you had to work for
  1331. 52:26a woman to sleep with you
  1332. 52:28you men who are young today you have to
  1333. 52:30work not to sleep with those women
  1334. 52:33men men have now got to be on defense if
  1335. 52:35you love Jesus like I'm not trying to
  1336. 52:37have sex with everybody I want to get
  1337. 52:39married and have a family
  1338. 52:42these women are very
  1339. 52:46powerful and they're very present and
  1340. 52:48they're very persistent in our culture
  1341. 52:51these are the gals that'll pursue you
  1342. 52:53they'll flirt with you they'll sleep
  1343. 52:55with you they'll seduce you they'll
  1344. 52:58initiate with you and let me tell you
  1345. 52:59gentlemen
  1346. 53:01it's all about control
  1347. 53:04it's all about her taking away your
  1348. 53:07authority to lead your anointing from
  1349. 53:10God
  1350. 53:11and the destiny that God has for you
  1351. 53:14most of the men that I know who are
  1352. 53:16married to a jezebel started with a
  1353. 53:18dating relationship where she was
  1354. 53:20aggressive seductive sensual enjoyable
  1355. 53:24and then deadly
  1356. 53:27and you're not looking for a good time
  1357. 53:29you're looking for a good wife
  1358. 53:32and you're looking for a good wife with
  1359. 53:33whom you can leave a good Legacy
  1360. 53:36be careful
  1361. 53:38be careful
  1362. 53:39lastly a Jezebel spirit in a female
  1363. 53:42knows that they are in a strategic
  1364. 53:45position because if they attack a man
  1365. 53:48he's in a lose-lose scenario
  1366. 53:50if he goes Ahab and takes it he loses
  1367. 53:54if he pushes back she says he's
  1368. 53:57domineering overbearing unloving
  1369. 53:59controlling hurt her feelings and she's
  1370. 54:01a victim and he's a jezebel
  1371. 54:04and he loses
  1372. 54:06the key in the story is this
  1373. 54:09Jezebel controlling
  1374. 54:12aggressive Ahab passive tolerant Elijah
  1375. 54:17assertive Godly
  1376. 54:19the only way to overcome being in Ahab
  1377. 54:22or dealing with a jezebel is by the
  1378. 54:25power of the Holy Spirit like Elijah
  1379. 54:27he's willing to say no to Jezebel he's
  1380. 54:30willing to say no to Ahab
  1381. 54:32Ahab wants Elijah to tolerate so that
  1382. 54:36she also will dominate and he says no
  1383. 54:39my question to you would be is this and
  1384. 54:42I'm a little bit over
  1385. 54:44um but here's what I want you to talk
  1386. 54:45about the tables what were your mom and
  1387. 54:47dad like we talked about this last week
  1388. 54:49but I want to revisit it
  1389. 54:51your mom or dad was one passive like
  1390. 54:53Ahab controlling like Jezebel or
  1391. 54:55assertive like Elijah what kind of
  1392. 54:57family did you grow up in number two
  1393. 54:58what are you and your spouse if married
  1394. 55:00like is one of you passive like Ahab
  1395. 55:02controlling like Jezebel or assertive
  1396. 55:04like Elijah and what changes do you need
  1397. 55:07to make for your life and family lastly
  1398. 55:09how can we pray for you and I'll close
  1399. 55:12to this and I will close
  1400. 55:16um
  1401. 55:18we all start
  1402. 55:20or Jezebel or more
  1403. 55:23okay
  1404. 55:24nobody starts Elijah
  1405. 55:27nobody just comes out of the womb
  1406. 55:30Elijah
  1407. 55:31we all start Jezebel controlling Ahab
  1408. 55:35Hassan
  1409. 55:36the goal is to be honest and say okay
  1410. 55:37how do I get to Elijah
  1411. 55:40how do I have assertiveness not
  1412. 55:42passiveness or aggressiveness
  1413. 55:45how do I act like Jesus and manifest the
  1414. 55:48fruit of the spirit and if you are
  1415. 55:50married to someone who is unhealthy or
  1416. 55:52unwell
  1417. 55:53how do you get her the help she needs to
  1418. 55:57deal with the trauma she has that causes
  1419. 55:59her to be a person who is maybe not
  1420. 56:03possessed but more
  1421. 56:06prone to become like a jezebel
  1422. 56:08some of you men you've been working
  1423. 56:10around your wives like grenades with a
  1424. 56:12pencil
  1425. 56:13there's certain things you won't talk
  1426. 56:14about
  1427. 56:15there are certain things you won't do
  1428. 56:18you can't even get her to come to this
  1429. 56:19church because
  1430. 56:21of me
  1431. 56:25you're here
  1432. 56:27she's not
  1433. 56:28because you know
  1434. 56:30that if you're going to be Ahab and I'm
  1435. 56:32going to be Elijah then you're going to
  1436. 56:33go home to Jezebel
  1437. 56:35the question is how do you not control
  1438. 56:38your wife
  1439. 56:39and not tolerate your wife let lead your
  1440. 56:42wife to heal your wife
  1441. 56:45so that you can get the best version of
  1442. 56:47her for you and your kids and your
  1443. 56:49grandkids that's what we're going to
  1444. 56:50talk about next week Lord a lot of the
  1445. 56:52lot to cover here Lord
  1446. 56:55and uh Lord we say that the the word of
  1447. 56:57God is Not
  1448. 56:58what used to happen it's what always
  1449. 57:00happens and and God as we look at these
  1450. 57:04three people
  1451. 57:05Ahab Jezebel Elijah God we see ourselves
  1452. 57:09we see relationships we see our spouse
  1453. 57:11we see our parents
  1454. 57:13God we all lean one way or another I
  1455. 57:15Pray by the power of the Holy Spirit you
  1456. 57:17would help each of us men to become more
  1457. 57:19like Elijah filled with the Holy Spirit
  1458. 57:21and more like Jesus
  1459. 57:23God we know that passive men allow harm
  1460. 57:27we know that controlling men cause harm
  1461. 57:30we don't want to watch harm or cause
  1462. 57:32harm
  1463. 57:33we want to build men up to bless women
  1464. 57:35and children to keep them from harm
  1465. 57:38Lord God I pray for these men I pray for
  1466. 57:40their marriages I pray for the single
  1467. 57:42men Lord
  1468. 57:43I pray that they would take this to
  1469. 57:44heart I'm a father with three sons I
  1470. 57:46care very deeply
  1471. 57:48I want these men to not just have a good
  1472. 57:51weekend but a good Legacy
  1473. 57:53and Lord God I pray against the enemy
  1474. 57:55his servants their works and effects we
  1475. 57:57know that these same demonic powers are
  1476. 57:59at work in our day and we can see it God
  1477. 58:01as we put this lens over our culture and
  1478. 58:04our world we can see it
  1479. 58:05we could see seductive satanic sexual
  1480. 58:09sensual spirits
  1481. 58:11and we could see men who are passive
  1482. 58:14and the hook is going in their mouth and
  1483. 58:16they're being controlled and dominated
  1484. 58:17until they're killed and gutted God I
  1485. 58:20pray for these men to have the courage
  1486. 58:21to be like Elijah and God I just pray
  1487. 58:24that we would begin taking steps in the
  1488. 58:26direction of the spirit
  1489. 58:27and Lord God for those men who have
  1490. 58:30learned a little bit would they help
  1491. 58:31pull up the next guy and God for the
  1492. 58:33guys that are just really struggling to
  1493. 58:35hear this because they got to go home
  1494. 58:36and have a conversation I pray that
  1495. 58:38first they'd have a conversation with
  1496. 58:40you hear from you and have a plan to
  1497. 58:43love their wife to lead their family and
  1498. 58:45if she's had trauma and she's
  1499. 58:46controlling and unhealthy that they
  1500. 58:48would get her some help in Jesus name
  1501. 58:50amen love you guys thanks

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