Demoniacal doctrines have been generally tabulated as either belonging to the Church of Rome, because of the two marked results of demon teaching mentioned by Paul, which characterize that Church; or later cults of the twentieth century, with their omission of the fact of sin, and the need of the atoning sacrifice of Christ, and a Divine Savior. But there is a vast realm of doctrinal deception by deceiving spirits, penetrating, and interpenetrating Evangelical Christendom, by which evil spirits, in more or less degree, influence the lives even of Christian men, and bring them under their power; even spiritual Christians being thus affected on the plane described by the Apostle, where believers united to the Risen Christ meet spiritual wickedness in heavenly places. For the Satanic forces described in Eph. 6: 12, are shown to be divided into (1) Principalities - force and dominion dealing with nations and governments; (2) Powers - having authority and power of action in all the spheres open to them; (3) World- rulers - governing the darkness, and blindness of the world at large; (4) Wicked spirits in the heavenly places - their forces being directed in, and upon the Church of Jesus Christ, in wiles, fiery darts, onslaughts, and every conceivable deception over doctrines which they are capable of planning. The peril of the household of God is therefore not of a few, but all, for obviously none can fall away from the faith but those who are actually in the faith to begin with. The peril is from an army of teaching spirits poured forth by Satan upon all who would be open to teachings from the spiritual world, and through ignorance of such a danger, be unable to detect the wiles of the enemy. The peril assails the Church from the supernatural world, and comes from supernatural spirit-beings who are persons (Mark 1: 25) with intelligent power of planning (Matt. 12: 44, 45), with strategy (Eph. 6: 11) the deception of those who give heed to them.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 16:07:28 +0000
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