Closing the Door

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King Saul - 1 Sam. 16:14 Now the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD tormented him.

 

That seems like a tough verse to swallow or understand… what led up to this? Well God said King Saul go to battle, you will win and then destroy everything in the camp… but oh no, Saul couldn’t do that… he kept the good stuff for himself and made it sound like he was doing it for God…. 

 

When this happened God says… Im out… 

Some translations actually say that God sent a tormenting spirit to King Saul, or sent a demon to torment him… that he removed his spirit and sent a demon…

Why would God do this?

Well, it goes beyond what this one verse says.. context is everything. 

 

So the nation of Israel wants a king… everyone else has a king, why don’t we get a king. The cool kids have kings…Everyone makes fun of me because I don’t have a king, I sit alone on the bus because I don’t have a king… 

God tells the prophet Samuel… let the people know this is not what I want for you, this is not what is best for you.. but they are relentless and demand God to give them a king…. So what Does God tell Samuel to tell the nation of Israel…

“i will give you a king, but he will use your daughters for his pleasure, your sons for his wars and you as people to serve him… AND

 

GOD SAID IF YOU DENY ME (WETHER ITS THE KING WHO DENYS ME OR THE NATION) you will be ruled by other kings, nations and spirits.

AND THAN WHAT HAPPENS….

Saul tried to deceive God by lying to Samuel, he disobeyed Gods command and he rebelled against God 

God says…. Rebellion is (the sin of witchcraft) 

 

So now back at the ranch… God sends a demon? No… what God said was if you deny me, disobey me, turn from me… I will remove my spirit from you and you will have not opened up the door to other evil spirits. 

LOOK, lets break it down to the street… if my gate is locked, and I say stay out here in the yard, you got everything you need right here… the gate is locked, the gate has a sign on it that says beware attack dog… Do NOT ENTER… but you kick down the gate… I did not send that dog to attack you- you invited that dog to attack you. When King Saul turned away from God he invited demonic attack into his life.

Do you think that we blame God for a lot of pain and demonic attack when in reality we have invited it into our lives by our sinful behavior?

When you make sin a pattern, a habit an addiction… without repentance you are inviting demonic attack.

So step up, confess your sins, seek Godly counsel, get some people to pray some Holy Spirit fire breathing prayers over you to renounce any demonic influence you have opened yourself up to and shut the door once and for all.