Curses,
Covenants of Death &
Wicked Soul-Ties
Wicked Soul-Ties
(Part 3 of 3 ~ WICKED SOUL-TIES)
A
GENTLE REMINDER:
(Introduction is repeated from parts
1 & 2. In case you missed it here is
the link to both studies.
http://revelation1910.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/curses-covenants-of-death-wicked-soul-ties-part-1-of-3-curses/
http://revelation1910.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/curses-covenants-of-death-wicked-soul-ties-part-1-of-3-curses/
Skip down to, SO WHAT IS A WICKED SOUL-TIE
EXACTLY, if you do not care to read this introduction again.)
Dearest
beloved and esteemed of the most high Elohim, Shalom Aleichem! (Peace be upon
you!) Once again I find that I am greatly burdened in my heart for the
body of Messiah. This burden is born out of recent events, and
circumstances, that have caused me to realize anew just how unprepared /
underprepared we are for the days directly ahead. Why is this? It
is mostly due to our vast ignorance of eternal spiritual principles and
precepts, from “The Scriptures”, concerning covenant. This is nothing
new!
“My
people have perished for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected
knowledge, I reject you from being priest for Me. Since you have
forgotten “The Torah” (The Instructions) of your Elohim, I also forget your
children.” ~ Hoshea 4:6
My
primary motivation for writing this is because I have many friends, and family
members, in Messiah who are needlessly suffering in their finances and
in their life circumstances. Many compound their present affliction by
openly impugning the character of their Groom because they do not understand
the spiritual nature of the provision, and protection, we have been guaranteed
as partakers of His covenant of betrothal.
Hebrews
13:5-6 ~ Amplified Bible (AMP)
5 Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [Elohim] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] v.
6 So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Master is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me?
I have previously written about this covenant on this very blog site.
While it is absolutely true that we live in a world filled with every evil and great suffering, because of the curse of sin and death, which does not automatically preclude that, that is the reason we are presently suffering in our lives. Most often it is our pride that would much rather point the finger at the devil, this world, or even Yahweh Himself, rather than accept the personal responsibility of our present suffering. We do not want to readily accept the possibility that it very well might have been something we have done, or even something we haven’t done, which was the very catalyst of our present circumstance.
Unfortunately, pride will even lead us to the delusional belief that which we are suffering, as a result of our own sinful choices, is actually because of worldly or devilish persecution, due to our faith in Messiah. The greater majority of us are not suffering a “Job” like trial of our faith. Once again, it is absolutely true we will suffer abandonment, loneliness, persecutions, loss, pain, hardship, tribulations of every kind, and even death for the Messiah’s sake. (Matt 10:17-22, Acts 14:22 & 2Tim 3:12) However, more often than not, this is not the primary reason most of us suffer in our present life circumstance. This is especially true for those believers who live in the western world and developing nations.
In case you did not know it, we are
in a war! (Shemoth / Ex 15:3, Eph 6:10-18 & 2Cor 10:3-6) This
war is an all out, no holds barred, battle between the Heavenly host and
haSatan and his host and they are fighting over us! (The whole human race
and believers in the Messiah in particular.) Our adversary is over 6,000
years old and does not sleep. Just how formidable an enemy do you think
they are? I would like to submit to you, if it was not for the mercies of
Heaven mankind would have ceased to exist long ago and the community of
Messianic believers would have ceased to exist, right along, with the rest of
humanity. It is important to be cognizant of this reality because a
certain degree of strategy is needed to wage war effectually and keep our
losses to a minimum. These strategies are taught in our field manual,
“The Scriptures”.
Our enemy knows that we cannot be defeated as a result of any direct assault. (Phil 1:21) This has been proven repeatedly throughout the ages and is recorded in the pages of “The Scriptures” as well as the annals of history. This only leaves the enemy with one other option; subtly deceiving us, through the prideful wickedness of our own hearts, to inflict / afflict ourselves. The remainder of this teaching is meant to teach us three of the most effective ways they have done this over the ages.
Yahoshua made, a very specific, promise to us almost 2,000 years ago,
“I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it [a]overflows).”
Is this promise being fulfilled in your daily walk with the Messiah? There was a time in my life I did not know the fullness of this promise either. However, today, my wife and I know this promise is true, and we experience the fullness of it, every day of our lives. This is my / our hope and prayer for you too!
Question:
SO WHAT IS A WICKED SOUL-TIE EXACTLY?
Answer:
A wicked soul-tie is any physical or spiritual connection we have with another
person that influences us toward wickedness, in rebellion, against Yahweh and
His established authority, whether direct or delegated.
Most
of us have been conditioned to believe that we are physical creatures that are
having spiritual experiences rather than spiritual creations having physical
experiences. Thus, the physical man is
constantly attended to and our spiritual man is usually left to be content with
the leftovers. It is for this very
reason we must discipline ourselves to regular fasting and prayer. All too often our spiritual man is left to
starve and fasting is the quickest way to nourish the leanness of our souls.
Most
of us in our day to day lives have many physical encounters with other people
around us in words or deeds. At some
level we are conscious of a spiritual connection with each one. We leave our various encounters feeling
happy, sad, angry, peaceful, confused, fearful, etc, etc. Sometimes this feeling is because of
something that was communicated or the way in which it was communicated;
however, many times we experience a change in our thought process because of a
spiritual connection we have made with another person simply by our coming into
direct contact with them.
Simply put, a demonic spirit must have a physical being to manifest
itself through to become
known. Example: A person may have
anger in their heart toward another person and that is a spiritual wicked soul-tie. When an
angry person meets the person they are angry with and then speaks
angrily towards that person, demonstrating their
anger, that establishes the further
spiritual wicked soul-tie through the
physical contact. The same thing can be explained through “The Scriptures” concerning lusting after a person in the eyes versus physically
acting out that lust.
There
are two very prevalent factors in how strongly wicked or righteous soul-ties
effect / affect us for righteousness or for wickedness. The first is how closely and intimately we
are connected to the other person. The
second is how strongly the Set-apart Spirit or the spirit of the adversary is
operating in the other person. Every
time we interact with another person there is an exchange of wicked or righteous
soul-ties, both physical and spiritual.
There
are many examples of both righteous and wicked soul-ties in “The
Scriptures”. We will look at both. Afterward, I will close with a couple
personal anecdotal experiences of wicked soul-tie influences. The most difficult part of sharing this
understanding is convincing the skeptical mind of the ever present reality of
soul-ties and their constant influence in our day to day lives. I should know! I was one of the world’s biggest skeptics of
soul-ties and their ability to influence me when a very good friend first
taught me about them a little over ten years ago.
If
this teaching is true the Set-apart Spirit will reveal it to you in such a
powerful manifestation you will carry it with you for the rest of your life.
(1Yahonan 2:27)
However,
once accepted as an ever present reality, spiritual awareness of soul-ties and
how they influence us for Heaven’s purpose or Hell’s intended destruction is a
powerful weapon to counter every wicked device of the enemy.
There
is only one instance the soul-tie is explicitly referenced to in “The
Scriptures”. However, the theme of
soul-ties is ever present from Bereshith (Genesis) – Revelation.
“And it came to pass, when he had made an end of
speaking unto Shaul, that the soul of Yonathan was knit (tied) with the soul of
Dawid, and Yonathan loved him as his own soul. And Shaul took him that day, and would let him
go no more home to his father's house. Then Yonathan and Dawid made a covenant,
because he loved him as his own soul.” ~ 1Shemuel (Samuel) 18:1-3
THE STRONGER THE
SOUL-TIE THE GREATER THE LOYALTY
Most scholars
would argue that David and Yonathan’s soul-tie was one of set-apartness and not
a wicked one. I would fully agree with
this assessment, however, it should be noted Yonathan’s soul-tie with Dawid
caused him to form an alliance / covenant with him which was stronger than
Yonathan’s loyalty to his own father King Shaul.
Without any fear
of contradiction the strongest soul-tie in the world is the soul-tie between a
man and a woman who have known each other in sexual intimacy, whether in the
bonds of the set-apart covenant or not.
In the act of sexual union the two become one flesh (soul). It is for this very reason the marriage-bed
is honorable and undefiled. (Bereshith (Genesis 2:24) and Ibrim (Hebrews)
13:4).
“The Scriptures”
are replete with examples of a spouse leading their husband or wife to sin
against Yahweh. Hawah (Eve) led Adam to
rebel against Yahweh. (Bereshith / Genesis 3)
Sarah led Abraham to distrust Yahweh’s provision and convinced him to
sleep with Hagar, the Egyptian, to produce a son for him (Bereshith / Genesis
16). Jezebel led Ahab to falsely worship
Nimrod (ba ‘al) and Ashterah. She also
conspired with him to steal Naboth’s vineyard by falsely accusing him and
having him murdered. (1Malakim / Kings 21)
Hananiah and Sapphira conspired together to withhold a portion of their
offering and then lied about it. (Acts 5)
Most of us have
never really considered these examples with any discerning of spirit. Thus, we have never really given much thought
as to why each of these spouses where able to convince their covenant partners
to choose wickedness over the righteousness of Yahweh.
It is because of
the strength of the soul-tie! It is
imperative we guard our hearts in every relationship even in our marriage. In many cases, especially, in our marriage!
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of
it are the issues of life.” ~ Mishle’ / Proverbs 4:23
It is a profound
reality that for most married people their number one hindrance, in walking
with Yahweh, in the fear of Him, in all set-apartness, is their spouse. If your spouse is not presently walking, with
an upright heart, in the fear of Yahweh, then you better believe they are a great
liability and very well could be the greatest hindrance to your walking in
set-apartness before Yahweh.
If your spouse
is content to let you serve Yahweh, unhindered, in complete obedience, then we
are commanded to be pleased to continue to dwell with them in set-apart
covenant. (1Cor 7:12-13) However, if
they desire for us to do anything displeasing before Yahweh we must have
resolved, long before hand, to serve Him alone without compromising Truth for
peace. The flesh of an unbelieving spouse,
or even of the spouse not fully surrendered to Yahweh, loathes being in second
place to Yahweh. Only if our spouse is
also walking in a covenant relationship with Yahweh, as the Master of every
area of their life, will they fully submit to the idea of being in second place
to Him.
Consider, in
every single one of the examples given above the people knew Yahweh Elohim in a
personal relationship with Him. (The
only possible exception to this was Jezebel.)
Yet they all ended up making very costly decision(s) due to the wicked
soul-tie influence of their spouse.
WHETHER IT IS A
WICKED SOUL-TIE OR A RIGHTEOUS SOUL TIE IS DETERMINED BY THE SPIRIT OPERATING BEHIND
THE SOUL-TIE NOT NECESSARILY THE RELATIONSHIP ITSELF.
In other words,
what could be a soul-tie for righteousness today could just as easily be a
soul-tie for wickedness tomorrow. It is
100% dependent on if the person you have a soul-tie connection with is
presently walking in the fear of Yahweh or not.
It really is that simple. Since
none of us know what is going on in the dark recesses of another person’s mind
and heart it is best to guard ourselves in prayer at all times.
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and
desperately wicked: who can know it?” - YirmeYahu / Jer 17:9
“They are all
gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good,
no, not one.” ~ Mismore / Psalm 14:3
“And Yahweh saw
that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination
of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” ~ Bereshith / Genesis
6:5
Yahweh is very
clear about the condition of the human heart apart from the fear of Him in
obedience to His Torah (His Instructions).
If Yahweh does not trust my heart why should I trust my heart, apart
from the fear of Him? If Yahweh does not
trust my spouse’s / best friend’s / child’s / co-worker’s heart, apart from the
fear of Him, then why should I?
Listen to what
happens when we put our trust in another person who is not presently walking in
the fear of Yahweh.
“Thus says
Yahweh: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength,
whose heart turns away from Yahweh. He
is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell
in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.” ~
YirmeYahu / Jer. 17:5-6
Just like Adam
in the Garden, the more personal and intimate our relationship the more we need
to guard our heart that the relationship does not elevate to the status of
idolatry. It isn’t just the Devil that
wants to be worshipped! Look around
you! The flesh of man craves to be
worshipped and to worship the flesh.
Whether professionally, athletics, music, and other various talents and
abilities, in which we excel, our flesh fully desires to be recognized for our
accomplishment(s).
“A refining pot
is for silver and a furnace for gold, So a man is tried by his praise.” ~
Mishle’ – Proverbs 27:21
According to the
above “Scripture” what we do with the praises of men is the refining fire of
Yahweh’s furnace. He will try our
hearts, or allowed our hearts to be tried, so He may reveal to us if we are for
Him or against Him. (Bereshith / Genesis 22)
It is extremely important that our hearts are fully surrendered and
committed that He would get all the honor, esteem and praise before it
is offered by men. Not giving Him all
the esteem, honour and praise will always end in death. (Mishle’ 16:18 &
Acts 12)
Yahweh promised
Hawah (Eve) that the curse that fell upon all women would be the desire to rule
over their husbands. (Bereshith / Genesis 3:16)
We’ve all heard the saying “we know who wears the pants in that family.” This is a direct result of the curse from the
garden of Eden! Every woman must resolve
daily to submit to her husband’s leadership and authority, in the fear of
Yahweh. (Eph. 5:22) This is a struggle
that every woman must overcome and conquer continuously until the Messiah
returns.
The desire to
manipulate and control, (usually referred to as a Jezebel spirit although there is no spirit of Jezebel but in fact just a spirit of
manipulating and controlling), is almost
always born out of the spirit of envy, jealousy and strife. When this spirit is operating against any
individual it is always accompanied by the spirit of deception. In the assemblies of Yahweh this spirit is
most effective when it is hidden by false humility and spiritual pride. Time and time again I have witnessed the body
of Messiah ambushed and overcome with the spirit of rebellion because they did
not recognize the spiritual darkness behind the spiritual soul-tie acting
against them.
It is for this
very reason I have long believed there is no greater spiritual gift of the
Set-apart Spirit than the gift of discerning of spirit. (1Cor 12:10) Many in the body claim to have the gift of
discernment this is not a gift of the Spirit.
Most who claim to have this gift are actually operating in human logic
and reasoning. The gift of discerning of
spirit is the ability to diagnose the spirit behind any person or thing
operating in this present natural world we are all living in.
It is very
evident that this gift is neither coveted nor desired (1Cor 12:31) by the
greater assembly of Yahweh, by His favour through faith. Everywhere I turn I witness counterfeit
manifestations of miracles, signs and wonders, counterfeit doctrine and new
teachings of every kind. The spirit of
confusion is very prevalent in the body of Messiah. As it was before so it is again…
“In those days
there was no sovereign in Yisra’ĕl – everyone did what was right in his own
eyes”. ~ Shophetim (Judges) 21:25
The spirit of
confusion is everywhere… Why is this?
Without the
recognition of Yahweh’s established authority we are all as sheep to the
slaughter. In every other sector of
society and community we recognize the authority that has been established,
except one. We recognize authority has
been established in our countries, provinces, townships, businesses, place of
employment, courts of law, homes, etc.
Why is it so difficult to believe that Yahweh would establish His
authority in our communities of faith?
According to “The Scriptures”, does Yahweh ever operate outside of His
established direct and delegated authority?
Now I know that
most of those who claim spiritual authority are not truly established by
Yahweh. The reality is that anyone
walking in true spiritual authority, established by Yahweh, does not have to
make any claim to that authority. This
is why the gift of discerning of spirit is so desperately needed in the body of
Messiah! Without the gift of discerning
of spirit we cannot know if the spirit manifesting itself, in our presence, is
of Heaven or Hell.
The primary
purpose of every wicked soul-tie is to try to influence us to walk in rebellion
to Yahweh according to the authority He has established, directly and
indirectly, according to His Torah.
Conversely, every soul-tie of righteousness is seeking to encourage and
exhort us to walk in the fear of Yahweh according to the authority, He has
established, by His Torah (His Instructions).
Just as “The
Scriptures” are replete with examples of wicked soul-ties, they are equally saturated
with examples of soul-ties of righteousness.
Yahoshua and His taught ones, Shaul and Timothy, Shem, the son of Noah, (i.e.
Melchizedek) and Abraham, Ezra and NehemYah, Yahoshua and Yahonan, etc.
In closing I
would like to offer up a couple of personal anecdotes that awakened me to the
reality that not only were wicked soul-ties real, but they were constantly
against us to cause us to stumble in our desire to walk in righteousness in the
fear of Yahweh. May Yahweh be so very
gracious as to cause His favour to shine on you and confirm to your heart in the
same / similar way. If you will ask Him
to, by faith, with an upright heart, He has assured us that He is no respecter
of persons. (Ya ‘acob (James) 1:5-6 Acts 10:34)
As I stated
earlier I was highly skeptical of the powerful influence of wicked soul-ties,
when I was first taught, concerning this subject, back in the summer of
2001. Very shortly after I first heard
this teaching I found myself struggling all morning long, with a completely foreign
desire, to purchase pornographic magazines.
I did not know the source of this unrelenting attack. However, after struggling with this lustful
desire for hours I finally relented and walked over to the local convenience
store with $10 (US) in my pocket. To my
great surprise this community market did not sell any magazines of any
kind. I realized later that this store
was owned by devout Muslims and the matriarch of the family absolutely forbid
the sell of pornographic material as well as most other western periodicals.
I walked back
home grateful for Yahweh’s intervention and perplexed and confused as to why I
would have this foreign desire overwhelm me like a flood, seemingly, out of
nowhere. I immediately called the man
who had taught me about the wicked soul-ties and I explained to him the full
account of what had happened that morning.
We ended our conversation with a prayer of thanksgiving and asking that
Yahweh would reveal to us the source of this wickedness that had attacked me.
Soon afterward
it was revealed that my ex-wife had a very strong wicked soul-tie connection
with a man, through her work place, who was a hard core sex addict and he had a
special affinity for pornographic magazines.
This soul-tie had transferred through her to me and thus I was afflicted
with this specific foreign lustful desire.
Needless to say, after this revelation, was made manifest, I was a true
believer in wicked soul-ties and their ability to afflict our souls. It is no wonder some people refer to wicked
soul-ties as spiritual AIDS!
In yet another
stunning example, shortly afterward, I witnessed the very same man who taught
me about wicked soul-ties overcome with a spirit of deception right before my
eyes. Even though I knew this man to be
an honest man who loved the truth, above everything else, he could not help but
to lie to me and he actually believed his lies to be the truth. Unknown to him at the time the two other men
in the room were both presently operating in the spirit of deception.
I watched in
amazement that none of these three men could tell me the truth to save their
lives and all three men firmly believed they were telling me the truth. In other words they did not know they were
lying even though I knew by the available material facts that I was the only one
witnessing truthfully to the situation.
This is the power of the spirit of deception! We actually believe the lie to be the truth!
The moment I
recognized the spirit that was prevalent in the room that day, I simply excused
myself, severed all soul-ties with those I had just kept company with, and prayed
as I drove home that day. As I was
praying, the Spirit gave me revelation of what was going to happen in the
future in regards to two of these men. I
went home and I wrote down everything the Spirit revealed to me in my prayer
journal.
Approximately
two years later the Spirit confirmed, exactly what He had spoken to me, had
indeed transpired. At the same time it
was also confirmed to me, that it was reveled shortly after our meeting, that the
two other men were actively entertaining and operating in a spirit of
deception. Through the operation of
strong wicked-soul ties the spirit of deception kept my friend from being able
to witness truthfully, in complete ignorance, to the lies he was speaking and
actively believing to be true.
I could give
many more examples of wicked soul-ties which I have personally witnessed, but
the reality is you need to receive the fullness of this teaching by the
revelation of the Set-apart Spirit to your heart. Maybe you already have.
May I encourage
you, once you have received this revelation, to guard it always and do not let
it go. My wife and I pray often and ask
Heaven to break and severe completely any and all wicked soul-ties presently
hindering us, afflicting us or affecting / effecting us for evil in any way. It is simply a matter of habit. Here is a model prayer meant only as an
example for you to pray from your own heart.
Heavenly Father,
I ask you to severe and destroy every soul-tie from the wicked one operating in
my life right now. I ask you to set me
free from every bondage o external influence(s) in my mind and heart that is
not in complete agreement with Your Word, Your Spirit and Your purpose and plan
for my life, regardless of who the soul-tie is established with, even my
closest friends, family members and spouse.
Let only the soul-ties that are sent from You remain and have power over
my life. Do not let any of the enemy’s
plans to destroy me or to destroy another through me prevail in my life. Let every soul-tie be severed and destroyed
that is presently bringing / causing fear, doubt, sedition, lust, envy, jealousy,
division, strife among the brethren, deception, pride or any other wicked
thought contrary to Your Word! Please
bind me with ties of righteousness to You alone and only to those people which
You want me to influence at this present time for You righteousness and
purposes to be accomplished in my life and the life of my family. This I ask in Yahoshua’s name and by His
blood. Amein!
Shalom Aleichem,
In Sincerity and
Truth,
Robert McDuffie
~ Mismore 119:18
7rapturesrobert@gmail.com
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