David Wilkerson – The Spirit of Rebellion | New Sermon – Must Hear

The Spirit of Rebellion by David Wilkerson | New Sermon – Must Hear
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Rebellion Is the Sin of Witchcraft
#Scripture (1 Samuel 15:23).
When the Lord showed me the kind of witchcraft present in the church today, it shook my soul. It is revealed in 1 Samuel 15:22-23: “Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.”

The Bible describes witchcraft as far more dangerous than the occult. It controls more pastors and congregations than any other kind of demonic influence. It is rebellion against the Word of God!

Don’t be quick to sit back and relax, thinking, “Thank God, that can’t possibly mean me. I’m not rebellious against God’s Word. I love the Word. I’m walking in obedience!”

That’s what I thought, too. But then God convicted me of the dangers of falling under the spell of this witchcraft! He showed me the seed of its beginnings — exactly what erupted in the Garden of Eden! We all have the seed of this sin. In fact, you may unknowingly be under the influence of this evil charm.

Jesus gives us a parable that exposes this witchcraft! I’ve read the parable of the evil husbandmen many times. I’ve prayed over it. But not until now have I seen in it the witchcraft that Jesus was exposing.

There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more that the first: and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

“But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and seize on his inheritance. And they caught him and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons” (Matthew 21: 33-41)

This parable is more than a retelling of how the Jews rejected God’s appeal from heaven — and how they would be cast aside, and the Gentiles made the husbandmen. It is also about a great supernatural battle over an inheritance. It’s about a battle between the power of Jesus Christ and the power of Satan for the souls and allegiance of mankind! It is about who is going to rule and reign in the hearts of God’s chosen! And beloved, you are either under the power of Jesus Christ or under the influence of Satan!

You see, this parable is about how a people of God can become bewitched by the devil and end up totally possessed by an anti-Christ spirit. Christ was talking here of a most powerful form of witchcraft — rebellion against the truth!

Here is the Key to this parable: “This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance” (verse 38). That is the devil speaking! “Let us create a rebellion against the Son! Let us crucify Him! We will take control!”

It is true that when the Pharisees heard this parable, “they perceived that he Spake of them” (verse 45). But Jesus is also speaking to His church! In Hebrews 6:5, we find a people who “have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come….” They have rebelled against that good Word they heard, and as a result, “they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh and put him to an open shame” (verse 6).

Who is crucifying Christ over and over again, putting Him to open shame before the whole world? Are they witches? Satanists? Homosexuals? Murderers? No!

They are those who heard, tasted, and partook of the true Word of God — and then allowed a spirit of rebellion to take root! Satan moved in, and they ended up possessed — crucifying Christ!

Believer, I tell you on the authority of God’s Word that as long as you have this spirit of rebellion in you, it is impossible for God to revive or renew you! “For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost…if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance” (verse 4,6).

I believe this means that repentance has no effect whatsoever on those who are in rebellion against the Word!

Let’s look more closely at this form of witchcraft in the church.

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