Topic: The Destructive Spirits of Jezebel, Korah, Absalom
and Adonijah that Attempt To Hinder the Building of the City Church
Spirit of Absalom (2 Samuel 14:19-15:6)
Beware of this spirit in building the city church. It is a son who seeks to usurp the authority
of the set man by trying to appease the congregation by giving or planning to
give them what they want, not what they need.
They seek the audience and plants seeds of doubt about the
leadership. In by doing so, they turn
the hearts of the congregation against the set man. Beware of this spirit.
Spirit of Korah (Numbers 16:1-35)
Korah was the leader of the rebellion against Moses and
Aaron in the wilderness when they came out
of Egypt. The spirit of Korah seeks to
usurp the set man rebelling against authority and submission to authority. These people are well-liked persuasive and
charismatic. They seek to get people to
submit to them and desire to restore the old order of things. They discontent with their position in the
church and jealous. They will try to get
others to rise up against someone in leadership and campaign their ideas and recruit others before approaching leadership which creates a
groundswell of favor and opinion for the idea so if it is reject the leadership
looks incompetent. They place themselves
and their counsel above leadership and the assembly.
Spirit of Adonijah (1 King 1)
This spirit seeks to take advantage of the set man in his
most vulnerable position. They seek to
be the leader at all costs and they wait for the most opportune time to jump at
the opportunity. Even though God has a
plan and a establish His successor as leader.
The spirit of Adonijah ignores the plan of God for selfish gain and
pride. Those who are truly covenantly
bonded will stay with God’s plan. But
those who are not will side with those who have no vision for personal gain.
Spirit of Jezebel (Revelation 2:20; 1 Kings 16)
This spirit is very destructive to the building of the city
church. And the fact that it was seen in
the Old and New Testament let’s us know that this spirit is still seeking to
destroy all that is in true authority.
Some of the characteristics of spirit of Jezebel are:
1. Seeks control through manipulation
and has a deep hatred for true spiritual authority. Uses emotional pressure, witcraft and
sensuality (sexual and non-sexual) in
the pursuit of power to gain control.
2. Likes to use the power and influence
of others to accomplish its goals.
3. Seeks complete dominance and will
attempt to cause leaders to be suspicious of the true prophetic message which
bears the testimony of Jesus.
Leaders must show no mercy when this
spirit tries to rear its head. We must
give not ground
These are the spirits that will seek
to undermine and destroy the work of the Lord within the city. In building the city church, it is not about
numbers but about the quality of the people coming. They must recognize the grace of the set
man, they must give themselves to him in understanding how to carry the
vision. The doctrine of Christ must be
to doctrine of the church within the city.
The leaders must be discerning and wise to prevent such spirits from
destroying the church. Let us mature
that we may see with the Lord’s eyes and rule as He would have us to rule. Show no mercy to those spirits that seek to
divide and destroy.
Peace, Mercy and Grace:
Calvin Calhoun Jr.
