Then it's got a bigger aspect, that has to do with the legacy of the next generation of soul winning and discipleship. New souls that come in… the devil will try to hinder whatever he can - try to hinder evangelism; and try to stop you having a voice, so there's no voice of witness, no testimony, no reaching out to the next generation. If you got saved, and stay in church, but you never win a soul, never do anything, then he's quite happy with that, because there's no legacy, spiritually, for your life with God. That’s why, when it comes to evangelism, there’s always a warfare around evangelism.
The church has got to be stirred, because we're always only one generation from extinction.
#3 – To destroy the prophetic, and the supernatural.
1 Kings 18:4 – “While Jezebel was killing off the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water”
Jezebel viciously attacked the prophets, killing everyone she could find. She was determined to stop the voice of God being heard in the nation - to shut down the voice that would have the power to unseat her, to shut down the supernatural power of God.
I look and see the supernatural power shut down in most churches around in the west. Why is it shut down? Fear! What are you afraid of? Are we afraid that God might do something? Are we afraid that there might be something a bit messy? Are we afraid that things won't all look nice?
Our God is a supernatural God. We misrepresent Him, if we're not strong advocates for the supernatural. Why is it, that we're not strong advocates for the supernatural? Fear! That fear leads to control; and shutting it down. We're in agreement with the spirit while in church, offering. This is a serious issue!
The prophetic voice - every person can flow in the gift of prophesy. Every person, who is the sheep of Jesus Christ, can hear His voice. The devil wants to shut down the voice of God. If you stop hearing the voice of God, the prophetic in your life is shut down. The voice that brings life, brings revelation, inspires, and guides… he wants to steal that voice out of your life!
That's why there's a fight for the prophetic - to either stop it, or to make it so weird, that no one wants it. Either way, it shuts it down. We must keep ourselves stirred, so we can stay in prophetic flow. One thing I like about this church, is that there's a prophetic atmosphere here. It's just easy to flow, easy to hear God. Even while I'm worshipping, I'm hearing Him tell me this and that, and I write it all down straight away, so I don't lose that word. This is the warfare you have!
Timothy was told: “war a good warfare, by the prophetic word”. In other words, what God says to you, is a weapon of war, that will destroy the devil; that will bring down the resistance in your business, the resistance in your family. It brings down things, in the spirit. That's why it's so precious. That's why the devil wants to shut it down. Stop the prophetic voice, and you stop the flow of revelation - you stop the church advancing.
Her first thing - shut down all the prophets. Kill them all! Except she didn't get them all - there was still a remnant who were hidden - and they came out in the right time. When Elijah stood up… this is the hatred against the prophetic - she said: I'm going to kill you! You see, the hatred for the prophetic was very intense. When you're dealing with the spirit realm, you're dealing with pure hate, like you've never seen before. I've encountered it. I've seen it; I've confronted it; and it is full of hate and violence - and it's against you. The fact you don't see it, doesn't mean it isn't there, and doesn't hate you.
That's why you can't entertain these things, you cannot allow access. We've got to actually stand up and learn how to fight in the spirit; learn how to stand, as sons and daughters, in the position that Christ won for us; and to war a good warfare, where we came to a victory. Amen!
#4 - To seduce people's heart away from God. To seduce.
When Elijah confronted the people, he said: why do you halt between two opinions? Why are you double-minded?
Why is it, that you come into church, but you're living another double life? Why is it, that there's not a consistent commitment to Christ, throughout your life? Why is it, you've got a piece of God, but you've also got a piece of something else?
He said: if God is Lord, then serve Him; but if Baal is lord, then serve him. Now I'm going to show you who the true one is, and he brought fire down from heaven! So whoa, okay, we got it!