God never stops teaching us and lifting us up. One particular lesson took about thirty years for me to learn and I think there is even more still to learn. Recently I listened to Pastor Marcus Rogers speak about the first time he encountered a python spirit and he didn't know such a thing existed. But he was able to pull it out of a woman. Thank God he had faith and was obedient.
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Coincidentally or by God's design 😉 I started listening to deceased Pastor Derek Prince's messages around the same time Pastor Rogers had his encounter. About fifteen years earlier I read about an Indian folklore about the serpent spirit. I wondered if this could be the same. Then I remembered a dream I once had another fifteen years prior to that concerning the same spirit. There seemed to be two strong characteristics about this demon that can be traced back to the Bible.
I think it is important to recognise and to renounce it. The impact of this demon seems to be on two levels. The ground level and the atmosphere level. Perhaps this is why God has been taking the time to teach me about it. Here I will focus on the demon as a manipulator or seducing spirit. In part two I will focus on the anti-Christ nature of it.
The Indian story is about a woman who would marry a man. For ten years they would stay married but after this time the man would wake up and look at the woman and wonder who she was. Now don't be fooled there is a lot more to this demon than you think. From this I understand that it can cast spells and over a lengthy period of time, enough to change a person's life completely.
It is sometimes called the python spirit. It has been part of the plot for the fall of man even from the days of Adam and Eve. Yes that's right. It was a serpent that appeared to Eve and enticed her with flattering words. It tempted her to break the order of God by imagining herself to be like God. The result was life changing for both of them and for mankind.
Scholars have speculated about the sexuality of Eve and have suggested Eve had sex with the serpent. Eww! Gross! However, the scope of this blog will not include this topic as it will not take anyone to heaven nor will it teach about Jesus. Back to our main topic the python demon.
While this demon preys on our sexual urges it is really a seducing spirit. In Proverbs and elsewhere we will read about the harlot. Proverbs 7:21, 'With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.' Proverbs 7:26b, '...many strong men have been slain by her'.
It is the false state that tempts Eve and then Adam. It is to pull down the man, using Eve, access was given to Adam. This demon usually uses women and usually uses manipulation or intimidation 'forced' to slay the 'strong men'. Adam being the means by which mankind lost dominion by giving into the temptation.
I want to add that the false state or promises comes through lying lips of false prophets just the same. The diving spirit, fortune telling, and sorcery are all witchcraft (Galatians 5:20). Not forgetting the false prophets. Often God condemns false prophets. From my understanding false prophets serve the same purpose and are rooted in lies and manipulations to serve the will of the devil. They function in the same way as the seducing spirit.
They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. Ezekiel 13:6
In Acts 16, there is the account of the slave woman who did fortune telling or divining for money. This example shows us how powerful the demon is and how manipulative and deceptive. A spirit was put in the slave girl, she was 'forced', she was used to bring money to her masters not herself. This is the devil's trademark, domination, enslavement, and force. God gives us choice, truth and life.
When the demon saw Paul and Silas, the strong men of God, the demon tried to convince them that she had a revelation from God and was therefore, like them. For days! Acts 16: 17b, '...These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.' Paul saw right through the tactic being used. He did not get weary or weakened.
According to Pastor Prince, had it been in a more modern setting they may have fell for it and allowed her to be a leader in the church. Thank God it was not. Now the entire city was indeed in an uproar. The legal system was used to punish Paul and Silas. It seems that this demon has friends as it can manipulate within the realm of economics and law. It is violent if it does not get its own way as Paul and Silas were beaten. According to Pastor Prince it can use men and when it does, it is very violent in dealing with it.
Witchcraft exists where there is rebellion. Rebellion is in defying God's order or God's will. I have learnt that rebellion is found when the order of God is being changed or defied. In fact the meaning of 'satan' in the Hebrew means 'to act as an adversary' or 'to oppose'. Additionally, Pastor Prince associates divining to the same demon that abuses or murders children. That would be the demon that Jezebel served.
Changing the natural order of procreation and family structure has long been an obsession of the devil. It is common knowledge that in some cultures, fertility is believed to be a result of snake worship or some sort of ritual or potion involving snakes. The irony is that the devil wants children to be sacrificed. A practise that can be found to this day in satanic worship and even in abortion. Abortion is today a money making industry and in some nations legalised.
As you can see this demon has been around for a very long time and is cunning and able to use our own systems against us on a national or community level and an individual level.
That is quite a lot to digest so I will stop here. I hope you take time to read part two of this blog. Please pray this prayer: I renounce any demonic activity I took part in knowingly or unknowingly. I command any demonic spirit in my life to go in Jesus name.
If you have not asked Jesus to be Lord over your life you can pray the following prayer and attend a full gospel church near you:
Dear Heavenly Father,
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