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re: Jezebel Spirit	stacey	Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Question: I don't want to accuse anyone of being a Jezebel spirit but this last post had alot of similarities to my friendship with a woman in the charismatic movement. When I first started attending her church, she immediately presented herself as a sort of mentor with all these special abilities. She would frequently give me many words of knowledge about my personal life-some which were amazingly accurate. One thing she told me was that my family didn't understand me spiritually because "they are not spirit-filled." She even sent a lady friend of hers to my previous job to check up on me. Supposedly she got a word of knowledge that I was in some kind of spiritual peril. She would pray very manipulative prayers as if she knew specifically what God's will in my life was. I started to question why would God being telling her my personal business anyways. I started to get suspicious when I realized that even though many of her so-called words were accurate, there were alot of false ones coming in too. She presents herself as being real sweet and super-spiritual. Many look up to her as a prophetess. I began to realize that underneath was a real arrogance that is not easily discerned right away. I began to feel real uncomfortable around her because I always felt like she was trying to invade my mind-kind of like being mind-raped if that makes any sense. She in some ways seems to have a real heart for God but there is also something there that made me really uncomfortable. I used to go visit her frequently but one day on the way over there I felt something tell me to turn around and don't go back. It seemed really irrational at the time but the following Sunday she completely snubbed me which was a total shock considering she had always been warm and friendly before. She does seem to be well-respected by the pastors though. In fact she was always following some ministry around and acting as some kind of right-hand counsel. She never presented herself as being very aggressive. She like I said before was always sweet and humble acting. Do these sound like some of the characteristics of a Jezebel spirit? Not that she is but I've wondered about that for a long time. I always thought that a person with those kinds of characteristics would present themselves as loud, bossy, and aggressive.
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear Stacey: What you are describing in her "word of knowledge" feats is common many Charismatics. Charismatics typically misinterpret the definition of the gift of the Word of Knowledge. The Word of Knowledge is not some pseudo-psychic feat. The Word of Knowledge, more properly understood, is the supernatural ability to discover, know, and communicate deep spiritual truths. We need to remember also that for any gift to be a genuine charism gift it must be building up the Church. It is not a parlor game of telling people trivial facts about themselves. Such an approach is not of God. In fact, this approach can be a form of divination, which is a sin against the First Commandment. The other aspect you describe of arrogance and a controlling nature is most likely a psychological flaw on her part based in insecurity and low self-esteem. That coupled with the ego-stroking charismatic "gift" and the general arrogance found in much of the Charismatic movement and the spiritual immaturity of much of the Movement, is most likely the explanation of her behavior. Demons most often are not the cause of problems -- we make problems readily all by ourselves -- but demons do love to hitchhike on problems that already exist. They will take advantage and will exploit are weaknesses and problems that we make for ourselves and try to make them worse than they otherwise would be. Thus, it is always possible that a demon is subtly egging her on. The Jezebel spirit, however, is usually more than arrogant and controlling, but is decidedly divisive and factional in nature and relentless about it. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

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I don't want to accuse anyone of being a Jezebel spirit but this last post had alot of similarities to my friendship with a woman in the charismatic movement. When I first started attending her church, she immediately presented herself as a sort of mentor with all these special abilities. She would frequently give me many words of knowledge about my personal life-some which were amazingly accurate. One thing she told me was that my family didn't understand me spiritually because "they are not spirit-filled." She even sent a lady friend of hers to my previous job to check up on me. Supposedly she got a word of knowledge that I was in some kind of spiritual peril.

She would pray very manipulative prayers as if she knew specifically what God's will in my life was. I started to question why would God being telling her my personal business anyways. I started to get suspicious when I realized that even though many of her so-called words were accurate, there were alot of false ones coming in too.

She presents herself as being real sweet and super-spiritual. Many look up to her as a prophetess. I began to realize that underneath was a real arrogance that is not easily discerned right away. I began to feel real uncomfortable around her because I always felt like she was trying to invade my mind-kind of like being mind-raped if that makes any sense.

She in some ways seems to have a real heart for God but there is also something there that made me really uncomfortable. I used to go visit her frequently but one day on the way over there I felt something tell me to turn around and don't go back. It seemed really irrational at the time but the following Sunday she completely snubbed me which was a total shock considering she had always been warm and friendly before. She does seem to be well-respected by the pastors though. In fact she was always following some ministry around and acting as some kind of right-hand counsel. She never presented herself as being very aggressive. She like I said before was always sweet and humble acting.

Do these sound like some of the characteristics of a Jezebel spirit? Not that she is but I've wondered about that for a long time. I always thought that a person with those kinds of characteristics would present themselves as loud, bossy, and aggressive.

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Stacey:

What you are describing in her "word of knowledge" feats is common many Charismatics. Charismatics typically misinterpret the definition of the gift of the Word of Knowledge. The Word of Knowledge is not some pseudo-psychic feat. The Word of Knowledge, more properly understood, is the supernatural ability to discover, know, and communicate deep spiritual truths. We need to remember also that for any gift to be a genuine charism gift it must be building up the Church. It is not a parlor game of telling people trivial facts about themselves. Such an approach is not of God. In fact, this approach can be a form of divination, which is a sin against the First Commandment.

The other aspect you describe of arrogance and a controlling nature is most likely a psychological flaw on her part based in insecurity and low self-esteem. That coupled with the ego-stroking charismatic "gift" and the general arrogance found in much of the Charismatic movement and the spiritual immaturity of much of the Movement, is most likely the explanation of her behavior.

Demons most often are not the cause of problems -- we make problems readily all by ourselves -- but demons do love to hitchhike on problems that already exist. They will take advantage and will exploit are weaknesses and problems that we make for ourselves and try to make them worse than they otherwise would be.

Thus, it is always possible that a demon is subtly egging her on. The Jezebel spirit, however, is usually more than arrogant and controlling, but is decidedly divisive and factional in nature and relentless about it.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.