SWEET INFLUENCES OF THE ANOINTING: THREE EVIL INFLUENCES

Scripture: James 3: 15

Topic: Sweet influences of the anointing: three evil influences

In this series of our Quiet Time, we shall study the influences of the anointing, which is the Holy Spirit, in the life of a Christian. The Holy Spirit can influence and transform all areas of a believer’s life and is vital for the survival of the believer on this earth.

 “This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual and devilish”

James 3: 15

The ultimate effect of the sweet influence of the Holy Spirit is to make you a spiritual person. The New Testament speaks highly of spiritual people. Spiritual people are the most important people in the church. But every human being has four options to choose from. He will either be earthly, sensual, devilish or spiritual. Businessmen are important in the business world, and Doctors are important in the health world but in the church, spiritual men are the important ones. Apostle Paul subjected his writings to spiritual men because he knew that it was only spiritual people who know whether what he was saying was from God or not.

“If any man think himself to be a prophet or SPIRITUAL, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord”

 1 Corinthians 14: 37

You must aim to be a spiritual person who lives under the influence of the Holy Spirit. The sweet influences of the Holy Spirit will turn you into a spiritual person. On the other hand, if you do not live under the influence of the Holy Spirit you will definitely come under other influences.

You will either be under the influence of an earthly influence, a sensual influence or a devilish influence. It is not difficult to pick out an earthly man or a devilish person. We see them around all the time. Instead of being spiritual, many Christians are earthly, sensual or devilish.

·       Sensual person: A sensual person is ruled by his senses and feelings. He follows his appetites and pursues anything he sees and likes. A sensual person will eat a lot, sleep a lot, have lots of sex and engage in any kind of pleasure that is available. Many young people start their lives following their senses. The discos, the nightclubs, and the parties are filled with people dancing away their lives and following their sensuality to its ultimate conclusion.

·       Earthly person: an earthly person has his sights set on this earth. Many sensual people metamorphose into what they think is a better version of a human being. These sensually minded people simply get converted into earthly-minded people. These people have no thought of either heaven or hell. He sees no life beyond this earthly life. All his plans and pursuits reveal short-sightedness and blindness towards eternal things. Such people have no thoughts of judgment; that their acts and deeds will be brought to light that they will pay the price for their sins

·       Devilish person: A devilish person is someone who is influenced strongly by evil spirits. All unbelievers are influenced by evil spirits. However, some unbelievers speak and act under the greater influence of demonic spirits. Many people graduate from being sensual and earthly and begin to look for other meanings in life. Unfortunately, they begin to find the wrong spirits.  Christians who are not spiritual can open themselves to demonic influences. Every time you open yourself to earthly and sensual sins you can be exposed to evil spirits.

·       Spiritual persons: A spiritual person has broken out of sensual influences, earthly influences, and demonic influences. For sure, a spiritual person is not earthly, not sensual, and not devilish. A spiritual person bears the fruits of the spirit that are evidence of the long-term influences of the Holy Spirit. A spiritual is someone who has lived under the influence of the Holy Spirit, after being under the influence of the Holy Spirit for a long time you become spiritual. A spiritual person is therefore a mature Christian. A spiritual person can be spoken to in a particular way. Paul said, “And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ”. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

 

“For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and decisions, are ye not carnal and walk as men?

1 Corinthians 3: 1-3 

Indeed, the fruits of the spirit of spirituality. They are the fruits of the long-term influence of the Holy Spirit. Love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, meekness, and humility are all evidence of spirituality. Divisions and carnality are evidence of sensuality, earthliness, and demonic influences.

 

Credits: Excerpts from

Sweet Influences of the Anointing

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills

  

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  1. Ebrahim asega28 September 2022 at 10:26

    Ameen may I be a spiritual person 🙏 so help me God

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