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What happens when the spirit of Jezebel is working through church leadership? This is the most frequent question I am asked in regards to this topic.
How do we discern our own possible spirit of rebellion versus a leader operating in this spirit? In other words, if I'm calling everyone who tells me what to do, "Jezebel", then I have issues.
On the other hand, if I'm involved in coercive behavior against my will with a church leader, then I need to get freedom from Jezebel. Just keep in mind that the spirit of Jezebel working through an individual wants freedom in the church so that they can have control, but the spirit of Elijah wants freedom in the church so that God can move. (A good thing) It is serious error to believe that just because a church leader asks you to do something that you don't feel like doing means that they have a Jezebel spirit.
In 1 Peter 5, Peter exhorts church leaders to "shepherd the flock of God exercising oversight", but "not lording it over them". In other words, those in spiritual authority have been instructed by God himself to not suffocate, manipulate, or make those under their care feel inferior to them in any way. Rather, church leaders are called to care for the flock of God through instruction, correction, and counsel.
Here is a profile/mindset of a church member who is under the influence of a Jezebel spirit working through a church leader:
1. "I can't visit another church, special service, etc or my church leader will become angry or verbally abusive."
2. "If I don't give them my money, they say I'm under a curse."
3. "If I leave their church, they say I will become sick, poor, or miss my destiny."
4. "My loyalty to God is measured by my loyalty to them."
5. "I cannot make any life decisions without running everything through them."
6. "I'm afraid of communicating to them how I really feel for fear of repercussions."
7. "They are constantly asking me to serve them, but they've never asked how they can serve me."
8. "I'm suspicious of other church leaders because they are always warning me of other church leaders."
9. "They consistently remind me of all that they've done for me and make me feel second class.
10. "I can't respectfully ask any questions or share my perspective or it's received as I'm being rebellious and insubordinate."
If you are serving under a church leader where more than 6-7 of these attitudes and thoughts cross your mind often, you need to find freedom from the spirit of Jezebel. If you felt sick reading those ten points, it's an immediate sign the spirit is at work against you now or has been in the past.
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Quotes
Failure to accurately interpret the signs of the times leads to a culture of prayerlessness. –Jeremiah Johnson
This is the hour to stand, to speak for truth, and to partner with God’s heart. –Jeremiah Johnson
Scriptures
Isaiah 58:1 KJV Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
1 Peter 4:17 MEV For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God, and if it begins first with us, what shall the end be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
John 3:18 MEV He who believes in Him is not condemned. But he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Hosea 6:2 MEV After two days He will revive us. On the third day He will raise us up, that we may live before Him.
Esther 4:14 MEV “For if you remain silent at this time, protection and deliverance for the Jews will be ordained from some other place, but you and your father’s house shall be destroyed. And who knows if you may have attained royal position for such a time as this?”
1 Timothy 6:10 MEV For the love of money is the root of all evil. While coveting after money, some have strayed from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Revelation 6:12 MEV I watched as He opened the sixth seal. And suddenly there was a great earthquake. The sun became black, like sackcloth made from goat hair, and the moon became like blood.
Revelation 6:15-17 KJV And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Isaiah 5:20 MEV Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who exchange darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Matthew 16:18 KJV And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
A sinister spirit is behind much of today's church growth movement.
A recent post on Facebook resulted in a long stream of comments from people shouting amen, asking me to start a church, sharing heartbreak over today's church and dropping in a bunch of fire and bullseye emojis. Here's part of what I wrote: "I'm more convinced than ever that attempting to grow churches and develop programs and ministries has made it nearly impossible to see the remnant church so many are yearning for."
Pastors, please hear me. Stop the madness! Stop counting how many people show up every Sunday morning. Stop analyzing metrics. Stop setting numerical growth goals. Stop casting vision that's centered around your local church growing. Stop. For the love of everything holy, just stop.
I know, I know. The Bible tells us that the church was added to daily: "And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved" (Acts 2:47b).
Notice, however, the Lord added to their number, not the assimilation team or the marketing team.
In fact, if we back up in the text just a bit, we'll clearly see it wasn't marketing or a seeker-sensitive, low water- level approach that resulted in growth.
With many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation." Then those who gladly received his word were baptized, and that day about three thousand souls were added to them (Acts 2:40-41).
Unapologetic preaching and a call to repentance were the impetus for growth. A Holy Spirit-infused message calling people out of a lifestyle of wickedness is what triggered the awakening—not assimilation strategies. The apostles had no need for church growth. They simply preached a transforming message in the power of the Holy Spirit and watched God move. Can you imagine the early apostles sitting around a table in the upper room discussing how to form greeter teams, what coffee and donuts to buy and how to attract people to their services? The thought of it feels like blasphemy! Yet, today's churches do just that every week. The fear of the Lord is nowhere to be found: "Then the churches throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and were built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied" (Acts 9:31).
The fear of the Lord and the moving of the Holy Spirit—not programs and ministries—resulted in growth and impact.
In fact, consider this powerful truth: False prophets and false teachers are smart enough to know what will truly attract is an encounter with the supernatural—not programs and pastries: "For false christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect" (Matt. 24:24).
If false prophets are focusing on the (unholy) supernatural, why are so many pastors and leaders tied to natural ideas and gimmicks to draw in the people? It's foolishness. We need the fresh fire of the Holy Spirit to fall. We need to eliminate the distraction and undue stress of most of our church ministries and programs—and simply gather the remnant to pray.
Focus Must Shift to the Remnant Church
I absolutely believe in church growth, but I don't believe every local church must grow numerically in order to fulfill its purpose. The stigma of small churches has haunted many a pastor. Our focus must be on the city church and regional revival as opposed to local church numeric growth. The group of people on the local level that will spur on the pursuit of revival in the city is the remnant. It's the remnant church. These are your champions of intercession, holiness and passion for Jesus. They will zealously dive deep and advance into uncharted waters.
Note that I didn't say these people are your core group or your leadership team. The remnant should be the whole of the church. Everybody going deep together. The lukewarm, apathetic people with whom so many pastors attempt to grow their churches will be alerted to their condition and then left with a decision. They will either dive into the depths with the rest of the body or they will, by their own choice, shrink back. In fact, the Bible says they will ultimately die. Pastors, why are we trying to grow our churches with the spiritually comatose?
To the angel of the church in Sardis write:
"He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars says these things: I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain but are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfected before God" (Rev. 3:1-2).
We need bold messages of awakening in our pulpits today! The call to holiness, prayer and revival must be continual. There must be a prophetic unction burning in the guts of pastors today. The goal is not church growth. It's obedience to Jesus and a lifestyle of intercession and fire!
When we understand that a group of 20 or 50 fiery, praying, devoted remnant believers can do more to minister to God and shake a city than a thousand mildly curious church goers, our energy will shift from church growth to kingdom impact. Are both mutually exclusive? No. But, the risk of compromise is great when we are attracted to numbers.
The Remnant Is Done With Church as Usual
Pastors have been duped into believing they need to (witch)craft their services in such a way that the seekers will be drawn, and not overwhelmed. They manipulate the environment to attract the largest possible group.
First, as I have already explained, the church wasn't designed for the lost. The call for all is to radically and immediately surrender and turn from their wicked ways. Creating a culturally relevant atmosphere that gives people a comfortable warming up period to the concept of God is no way to run a church. The church service was never meant to be used for evangelism. It's a believers' prayer meeting, not a place to assimilate seekers.
Second, when the lost do come in, when a move of God shakes the foundation and the neighborhood bars empty and the desperate line up at the church doors, they are not looking to be pacified and affirmed. They are ready to break! They want an encounter with deity. They don't want your programs or ministry philosophies. They want Jesus!
The remnant has had enough of these low-water approaches to ministry.
Those who are desperate for a move of God don't really care that much about being greeted with a handshake and a smile at the door as they arrive on Sunday morning, yet pastors invest much energy and focus on assimilation, hospitality, visitation and other people-centric strategies. The remnant doesn't care about being assimilated. They want to burst through the door and head to the altars alongside other desperate people.
They aren't impressed by a perfectly produced and executed worship experience led by people who haven't had an encounter with God in years—if ever.
They are not interested in the pastor's latest, greatest teaching if it's not burning with fire and dosed with anointing that can only come from hours in the prayer room.
They are bored with today's predictable, powerless, structured and forgettable church services.
The remnant simply wants to gather together with others that have the smell of fire on them and pray. They aren't looking to shake hands with others and they really could not care less about announcements, programs and special events. They want to be wrecked and rocked by the glory of God.
How far have we fallen as leaders when we think an unthreatening, casual environment would be the medicine for a spiritually apathetic people. Churches have the smell of death on them because they are attracting the dead to something devoid of resurrection power. Sometimes I wonder if there's any difference between those in the pews and those in the ground in the church cemetery next door.
A Sinister Spirit of Witchcraft is Driving Much of Today's Church-Growth Culture
My friend Jeremiah Johnson also posted this recently:
When the offerings are down ...
When attendance is low ...
When the attacks won't stop coming ...
Will you continue to preach the gospel or go back to manipulating people?
If asked why they want their church to grow, pastors will offer some spiritual answers:
We want to win the lost.
Anything healthy grows.
We want to impact our neighborhood.
While those points are good, and while there are many phenomenal pastors who are doing their best to serve God with obedience, I know there are other more honest answers to the church growth question we must consider:
If the church grows, it's evidence that people like me.
I need the money a larger group will bring into the church.
My reputation will take a hit if I can't grow the church.
If the church doesn't grow, I'll have to get another job.
I'm being pressured by my board or overseers to grow numerically.
We can only fulfill the vision if a lot of people buy into it.
I'll feel like a failure.
My identity is tied to my performance in ministry.
We have been seduced by the success of other ministries and want to have the same success.
The pressure to grow numerically is insane. Pastors are falling into depression. Recently there have been horrible headlines of pastors committing suicide. The stress of leading ministries and meeting metrics can be too heavy to bear.
The allure and demand of church growth can be seductive indeed. If the Lord isn't bringing increase (due to a failure to host the Holy Spirit and to boldly preach offensive truth), there is another spirit that is more than willing to extend a wretched, crooked hand. A demonic, wicked spirit of witchcraft thrives on control and manipulation. This spirit rebels against the methods of the kingdom and against the purity of the Holy Spirit with tactics that will minister to the leader's need for success.
Please understand me. I'm not saying all focuses on numeric growth are impure. I'm really not. It's possible to possess an apostolic and prophetic spirit and to see through the eyes of God into a future of impact and explosive growth. It's possible to discern a coming harvest. It's possible to have the heart of an evangelist and to cry out for the lost and for a church filled with new, Spirit-filled, hungry converts. It absolutely is. In fact, a passion for the harvest, a cry for souls, must radiate out of every pastor and leader. Sadly, however, the allure of church growth is rarely born from such a pure desire.
Instead, an evil spirit is invoked, rarely deliberately, usually by default as an impure passion of the heart that demands satisfaction. Pastors' souls are sold for the promise of a full house—a promise that is rarely delivered on. Further depression and failure is usually the result. Sometimes the church does explode, but not with burning zealots. Instead it's a morgue, filled with people who are numb, cold and without signs of life.
The remnant church is wising up. While I have and always will teach that we must honor pastors and refuse to move in rebellion to God's established authority, a disturbing shift must come to the church, and fast.
Pastors, we must stop using people to build our own kingdoms.
The witchcraft necessary to coerce people to give financially, to serve the pastor's vision and to build a ministry for impure reasons is extreme. It truly requires quite a few very powerful demons to anoint such a venture.
Please understand, I'm not talking about pastors who are intentionally evil and manipulative. I'm talking about pastors who have heart issues, those who try to spiritualize their ventures, those who are attempting to grow their church just like most every other pastor they know, those who have been seduced but don't know it. They need to be shocked out of their deception and into the rest and peace that comes from allowing the Lord to bring the increase instead.
The Church We Are Yearning For
Someone asked how I'd like to see church services go. Here's what I said:
Start with an hour of fiery intercession in the sanctuary prior to the service. Let it keep going as people show up for the service. Let the musicians play behind the prayer for the first 30 minutes or so of the service. Then, as prayer continues, let the musicians kick into some prophetic worship for a song or two. Open up the mic for decrees and declarations. Have the dancers and flaggers and others fill the altars. Encourage people to pace around the room or hit their face and contend. After a couple of hours or so, there might be a strong prophetic message, or just some declarations of the Word. Then flood the altars as people lead in prayers of repentance and reveal prophetic revelation that was received during the service.
Of course, that's one model, but the point I'm making is that the coming remnant church simply isn't interested in most of what is offered today—at all.
Pastors, when we realize the church service was never meant for assimilating seekers or evangelizing the lost, the stress of church growth falls off. The pressure to grow numerically can be replaced by the joy and passion of ministering to God.
Again, yes, we most definitely can believe God for numerical growth—if that's God's desire for our particular local expression of the church. And, also, there are those who will overspiritualize their small congregation. They argue that their focus on holiness and revival doesn't allow for numerical growth. Ridiculous. Remember, where the fear of the Lord, the power of the Holy Spirit and bold preaching exist, people will respond. Many will mock. Many will marvel. The city will be impacted. The local church may or may not grow numerically, but it will in spiritual depth, and the church in the city will be impacted.
John Burtonhas been developing and leading ministries for over 25 years and is a sought out teacher, prophetic messenger and revivalist. John has authored ten books, is a regular contributor to Charisma Magazine, has appeared on Christian television and radio and directed one of the primary internships at the International House of Prayer (IHOP) in Kansas City. A large and growing library of audio and video teachings, articles, books and other resources can be found on his website at www.burton.tv. John, his wife Amy and their five children live in Branson, Missouri.
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"A Dream About the Snake and Witchcraft" Megan Rotella with John Kilpatrick, Daphne, AL
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I wanted to share a dream our children's pastor, Megan Rotella, recently had. We are in a strange season right now all over the world, but especially in America. That doesn't mean it is bad or even permanent. We are just in a different place.
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"A Dream About the Snake and Witchcraft" Megan Rotella, Daphne, AL
A Dream of Two Gates
On Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 4am, I had a dream in which I was inside a fenced backyard, and I saw a snake in the grass. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was the longest snake in the world—its length stretching for over one mile. It was moving slowly in the grass due to its size, therefore I felt no fear but I wanted to get out of the yard. The only way out was to go through a series of two gates. I went through the first gate and entered a holding area, which was in front of the second gate. I knew when the first gate finally closed all the way, the second gate would open.
As I stood waiting, I watched the first gate close. A voice then spoke and said, "Get rid of the witchcraft!" I found myself holding many trinkets, included jewelry and charms with elaborate designs. As I looked at them, I was trying to discern which objects were attached to witchcraft and which ones were not. I tossed away several, but the ones I was unsure of I held on to. The second gate then opened, and I exited the holding area.
It's Time to Kill the Snake!
The dream shifted and I was now in a house with many people. My family was there as well as people from the church. The snake which I had seen in the grass, had now come into the house and was slithering along the baseboards. It was so long that it simultaneously stretched throughout every room of the house. Upon seeing the snake, I felt regret toward the items I had not thrown away while waiting for the second gate to open.
Instead of killing the snake everyone went to bed. During the night, the snake continued to move throughout the house. As it stretched from room to room, its body became taut, causing it to pull away from the baseboards and cross my bed. I felt it bump into me, jolting me awake. While still in the dream, I yelled, "That's it! It is time to kill the snake!"
I ran throughout the house, waking everyone up to alert them. Several of us, specifically my father, went searching throughout the house to find the head of the snake. When we found it, we saw the snake shrink down to one foot long right before our eyes. Upon seeing how small the snake had become, we decided to let it live because we felt comfortable and complacent with its smaller size. Once we returned to our beds, the snake stretched back to its original length of over one mile. This entire process repeated several times before the dream eventually came to an end.
The Waiting Room
After I awoke from the dream, immediately I felt insight into the interpretation. The gated holding area is where the Church stands right now. Being in the midst of significant change, we have exited through the first gate. We are now in the waiting area, getting ready to go through the second gate—a new season in our lives.
In the brief transition from one gate to the next, the Lord is telling us to get rid of the witchcraft. This speaks to things we thought were okay to hold on to from our previous season, but we must get rid of them!
If we insist on holding onto such things, dragging them into our next season, it will be an open door for the snake to come into the house. Furthermore, we cannot become complacent with a snake in our house! We have to wake up! Regardless of how small the snake may appear, we have to follow through and spiritually kill it. What is significant will appear insignificant to lull us back into complacency. Lean into the Secret Place
In this hour, I sense a great stirring causing us to lean into the secret place, spending time with God. There is a new hunger for God, compelling us to "throw away" everything that carries no heavenly or eternal purpose. We are in a season where nothing else matters except Jesus! A new hunger is growing in us. It is essential to throw away the things that seemed okay to us in our last season: old thought processes, busyness for the sake of busyness, and meaningless things that consume our time. Some things we have allowed in our lives cannot stay with us because of where we are going. Many are realizing it is meaningless—all is meaningless—except for God! The only thing that matters is God!
Megan Rotella is passionate about influencing children of all ages and seeing them encounter God through hearing His voice and experiencing His presence. She loves to help children recognize the power of the Holy Spirit inside them and discover what God says about them. Being raised as a pastor's daughter in upstate New York, she volunteered in her parents' ministry from an early age. At the age of 18, she and her family attended The Bay Revival, hosted by Church of His Presence. There she experienced the Holy Spirit and the fire of God personally for the first time. After discovering a new hunger for more of the Lord, Megan attended Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry in Redding, California for three years. Upon graduating in 2016, she moved to Daphne, Alabama to serve in full-time children's ministry.
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I wanted to share a dream our children's pastor, Megan Rotella, recently had. We are in a strange season right now all over the world, but especially in America. That doesn't mean it is bad or even permanent. We are just in a different place.
