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The Kingdom vs The World - How they see things

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  The church within the context of the kingdom of God is an inverse parallel of the secular world, if we imagine the world as a pyramid standing upright and the church/ kingdom of God as an upside down pyramid we can reference an accurate idea of this parallel. The way of the world then is to climb to the top of the pyramid while the way of the kingdom is to climb to the bottom. This mode of operation confuses the world which lives from the natural senses; spiritual things must be spiritually discerned. When the world sees kingdom people climbing to the bottom of the upside down pyramid; their eyes say “Look they are going down in life”, and when their eyes see anyone who names the name of Christ climbing to the top of the upside down pyramid which is our figure of the kingdom in this exhortation; their eyes say “Look that one is wise, she is successful in ministry and life”. James 1:9 -           Let the brother of low degree ...

Principalities, Powers and Demons Their Differences, Their Origins and Our Authority Over Them

By Dale M Sides   Jesus made reference to something in the Bible from the book of Enoch that will revolutionize our understanding about demons and ultimately our authority over them. Jesus knew something about demons and evil spirits that we do not. If we think that we know everything on a given subject, then we have removed the possibility of learning something new. Jesus’ teaching in Luke 11:24 makes reference to the book of Enoch, chapter 15:8 which will be quoted later in this article. This passage reveals the true identity of demons—that they are not fallen angels as most Christians have assumed. With this additional insight, we can discover what Jesus knew. Then by following this trail to other related references, we can obtain the same understanding He had. The anointing of the Holy Spirit, along with this awareness, gave Jesus confidence to cast evil spirits out with the finger of God. Perhaps the same result will come to us (John 14:12). This knowledge will allow u...