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Sunday, July 28, 2024

Elevated Warfare; Hatred of Procreation; Black Sheep; Inside Enabled


There are many stories written about someone who is a black sheep in the family. Someone who turns to the dark side because they could not control their mind, will, or emotions. Anakin Skywalker messed up the entire universe over a girl, Queen Amidala. Isildur kept the ring which caused chaos throughout all of middle earth. Edmund Pevensie turned over all his siblings for sweeties. The real story, our story, isn’t far from that line of thinking. If humanity ever comes to realize that the black sheep of the family are hunting us like prey, we would make sense of so many childish questions. We are the prey and not the predator. If we learn our story, we will be on our way to engaging in spiritual warfare, making ourselves overcomers in the process. We don’t imagine ourselves as prey, we imagine ourselves as a race that evolved into humans who live for eighty years, and regardless of the way we live, we die. We do not consider after life on earth. We also do not consider that the strife and contention between human races is really not the center focus of our world. We are not the center focus of the universe either. We are the victims of an evil conglomerate of black sheep that have gone wild because they know there is no way out for themselves. Their choices are bringing them into death and destruction for all eternity. 


We are a small part of the story. We happen to be the race that they wish to extinguish because of their hatred for their Creator, the Creator who gave them a choice as to how to live their lives. Their Creator is our Creator. And we are created for a specific purpose, to openly show His manifold wisdom. He gave us his own mighty power and absolute strength so that we can stand in the evil day. We are prey who have been tricked into believing that we have no spiritual life, or spiritual enemies, and that we simply exist in an  non-spiritual world. Jesus made us victors and overcomers, and we do not need to be brought low by the black sheep. We can stand.  


Something we want to understand is that there is an inherent safety built into the word of the Elohim by scattering the information on each subject throughout the entire Bible. The Holy Spirit did a masterful job of preserving information by dispersing it all over several books. What I mean is, if someone threw out one book there would still be information in another. There isn’t one book dedicated to salvation. There isn’t one book dedicated to explaining the Holy Spirit. There isn’t one book solely written on Satanas. The information is distributed into many books. This means we should be knowledgable of the whole Bible in order to understand each subject. It is built-in protection. We might want to throw out the book of Enoch, or 2 Ezra, or the Wisdom of Solomon, but we can find the same information in other books which shows a corroboration in the moving of the Holy Spirit inspiring men to record information for us. The subject of spiritual warfare is a great subject peppered throughout scripture. We will start with Ephesians.  



Ephesians 6:10 G3588 For the G3062 rest, G80 my brethren, G1473   G1743 be empowered G1722 in G2962 the Lord, G2532 and G1722 in G3588 the G2904 might G3588   G2479 of his strength! G1473  


“The remainder my brothers fill with power in Yahweh and in the mighty power the absolute strength.”



The word endunamoō is a compound word meaning “in”, en, and “enable”, dunamoō, (which comes from the noun dunamis). What is in-enable? It is power inside, we are to be inside enabled. This tells us that we have to first understand the free gifts of the spirit to have the enablement, the power, that we can act upon. It is within. We are to be inside enabled in Yahweh. We are inside enabled with His kratos, “mighty power” and His ischus, “absolute strength”. This is us. We are not weak or frail. We are fully enabled. 


One of the benefits of being one of the redeemed is that we have the power and strength of Jesus Messiah inside of us. It is Christ, the Messiah, in us, the hope of glory. This is for his people and his people only. It is not for anyone outside the Body of Christ. So then if we are in the Body of Christ we will have inside enablement, Jesus’ own power and strength. Who would want to hide this information from us? Who would want us to believe we are lower than worms in this cosmos. We have to go back to review our position to understand this. 


The adam, is the first man, manfaced. The word anthrōpos means “manfaced”, which tells us our distinction from other sons of the Elohim is a face like a man. Manfaced was created in the image of the Elohim, Genesis 1:27. Were other sons of the Elohim made in the image of the Elohim? We don’t know, but as far as we do know, none have been mentioned to be made in the image of the Elohim. This tells us that we are unique. We are different. We are special. There may be some jealousy because we are made in the image of the Elohim and others are not. We have an image of the Elohim with a face distinct to anthrōpos, manfaced. When other sons of the Elohim look at us they see an image of the Elohim. We do not understand this because we have lived this way since the adam. But if we notice other spiritual beings, they look different. Cherubim, Seraphim, Ophanim, Incorporeals, Angels, Beasts, Spirits, Rainbows, Thunders, etc., all have different forms. Angels come close to humans but are still different. We know that manfaced was created as a three part being, spirit, soul, and body. Others may not have been created with spirit. The adam lost his spiritual connection to the Elohim in the garden. Jesus was able to give that back to humans, without the requirement of legislative holiness, meaning we do not need to fulfill the law to become holy as Paul tells us repeatedly. 


There is a mirror of this idea when we look at the temple. David wanted a temple to worship the Elohim, but David was a man of blood, a giant slayer, he could not build it. Solomon built the temple and a palace. When the kingdom split, defilement entered in. From that point in time, to the time that Ezekiel saw the Spirit of the Elohim taken up with the Cherubim and Ophanim and the temple destroyed, was just over 400 years. Over these years some kings were better than others and they attempted to serve Yahweh and clean up the temple, but the holiness in the temple did not last. There, alongside the Spirit of the Elohim, people worshipped idols, stars, constellations, fornicated in booths with male and female prostitutes, sacrificed children to strange gods, and passed children through the fire. The Holy spirit lived among all of this and it is a parallel to the Holy Spirit living among men in that age and in our age. Men in the previous ages had to be holy and participate in the cleansing rituals, fulfilling the laws to have the Holy Spirit in them. We see that the Holy Spirit resided with the prophets and the Zadok priests. In our age there is no temple, there is no prescribed ceremonial way to get clean, therefore everyone will die in their sins unless they accept Jesus as Messiah and believe that he rose up on the third day. The Holy Spirit dwells among men and in those who are the temple of the Elohim. Even though men are not holy, those who choose to be the temple of the Elohim are more holy than those who reject Jesus as Messiah. The Holy Spirit dwells in those temples. It is by human choice to receive Jesus as Messiah. The spirit of man is not inert it, is unholy until the Holy Spirit comes in to dwell and makes it holy. We will put on incorruption and immortality when Jesus calls from the clouds, and our bodies will be made whole. 


Genesis 3:15 tells us that there is hatred between the serpent and the woman and between their seeds, sperma, “offspring”. We should not be surprised that there is hatred on the earth, we were told right from the beginning. While Jesus comes from the woman’s seed and there is hatred between the Messiah and the serpent, we are also from the woman’s seed, putting us into a battle with the ancient serpent’s seed from our birth. Hatred rages. Technically the woman’s seed are by birth, and the serpents seed are by adoption, but there is a further technicality here as well regarding the serpents seed. Women are life givers. We do not see any other sons of the Elohim birthing life. There are no offspring of the Cherubim, the Seraphim, or the Ophanim. There are no baby angels, and teenager angels, and geriatric angels. Our race was created with procreative abilities that other sons of the Elohim do not have. We are life giving, the serpents offspring are life destroying. 


The reason we need Yahweh Jesus Messiah’s mighty power and absolute strength inside us is due to the hatred from the offspring of the serpent’s seed coming against us. Usurping the adam was what gave Satanas the authority to become the god of this world. Now we are living in a hostile world, as life givers with evil beings attempting to destroy manfaced. 



Ephesians 6:11 G1746 Put on G3588 the G3833 full armor G3588   G2316 of God! G4314 for G3588   G1410 you to be able G1473   G2476 to stand G4314 against G3588 the G3180 craft G3588 of the G1228 devil.


“Clothe the complete armor the Elohim towards the capable you stand towards the cunning arts the diabolos”. 



The word methodeia, is a compound word meaning “with travel” or “travel with”. It is the idea of travestying, something that is perverting, distorting, or misrepresenting. Diabolos is another compound word meaning “through throw”, or “throw through”, traduce or throw out lies. The word diabolos is used for Dracōn, the ancient serpent. Who was the ancient serpent of Genesis 3:15? We clearly see that the dragon, Dracōn, the ancient serpent, is called “diabolos”, in Revelation 12 and 20. There is a clear distinction between Dracōn and Satanas who is the one misleading the entire cosmos. Satanas is the god of this world, but Dracōn is the father of Satanas. Dracōn was created to sport with the angels, to prick and goad them. Job is told how to subdue his attacks. Once some of the sons of the Elohim rebelled and aligned with Dracōn, Dracōn had offspring. Then he acquired more offspring, the spirits of the children of the fallen angels. 


It is important to realize that the Elohim did not create demons. The Elohim created Dracōn and created other sons. Dracōn is a “one of a kind” being. There are no other dragons in his class, he is the only one. The other sons all have many others in their class. The idea of giving sons the freedom to choose who to follow is something a loving Father does. None of us are forced to love and serve the Elohim. We choose what we want to do. As for demons, they are the byproduct, or altered offspring, of fallen sons who choose to be led by Dracōn instead of the Elohim. They are not created beings, but perverted beings, from the originally created manfaced. Also it is clear in Job, in the Septuagint, that Dracōn was not created as “evil” but as a being who would entice or play with angels. His distortion came much like Satanas’, in pride and arrogance.   


Paul is speaking to the Body of Christ, those who believe Jesus is Yahweh and Messiah and that he rose up on the third day. He says we have complete armor and to put it on, then we can stand against the travestying, the perverting, cunning arts, against us.  



Ephesians 6:12 G3754 For G3756 [3is not G1510.2.3   G1473 4to us G3588 1the G3823 2wrestling] G4314 against G129 blood G2532 and G4561 flesh, G235 but G4314 against G3588 the G746 sovereignties, G4314 against G3588 the G1849 authorities, G4314 against G3588 the G2888 world rulers G3588 of the G4655 darkness G3588   G165 of this eon, G3778   G4314 against G3588 the G4152 spirituals G3588 of the G4189 wickedness G1722 in G3588 the G2032 heavenlies.


“That not is we the wrestling towards blood and flesh however towards the origin rulers (archē) towards authorities (exousia) toward the world ruler (kosmokratōr) the shadiness (skotos) the age this one towards the spirituals (pneumatikos) the depravity (ponēria) in the heavenlies (epouranios).”



The first simple observation is where did these non-flesh original rulers, authorities, the shady world ruler of the age, and the spiritual depravity in the lower heavens, come from? If they are not flesh why are they entering into the fleshy realm to cause us to fight amongst one another? What are these beings? These are the ancient serpents seed, by adoption. They are the rebellious ones who renounced their own citizenship under the Kingdom of Heaven to become citizens of Dracōn’s realm in the lower heavens. Dracōn has a son who is the kosmokratōr skotos, the world ruler of darkness or shady world ruler, also known as the prince of this world. The problem is Dracōn and Satanas are an incomplete unholy rulership. There is not one unholy spirit. There are many unholy spirits. Since Dracōn and Satanas have no ability to create, or procreate among themselves, all they can do is subvert what has been created. 


In Genesis 6 we find out that some of the sons of the Elohim procreated with earth women and caused a race of hybrids. The spirits of these hybrids are unclean, unholy, and demonic spirits. The hybrids DNA infiltrated humanity. David calls them the allos genos, or the old earth born. These mutants were very tall, some had long necks, some had 24 digits, some had one eye, also characterized by anger, hatred, tyranny, injustice, and immorality. The adam was created spirit, soul, and body, and these fallen angels distorted the genos of the adam, adding an unholy spirit and distorted body, but also a damaged mind. The allos genos, “another different genos” tells us that they are part human but not all human. Instead of all cat eye marbles some are speckled marbles. They are all somewhat human but different from the original adam. There was no place for the spirits of these beings who had altered human bodies and corrupted souls to go upon physical death. The spirit of men go to hades or paradise, depending on the individuals choices. This is why Jesus tells us that when a demon is cast out of a person the demon wanders dry places. These spirits want a home. They are willing to make a home in any host they can. 


We have thought of the spirit of man as simply inert or inactive but since the fall of the adam, in our six thousand year linage, man’s spirit is not inert it is unholy. This is why we need to believe on Jesus Messiah and receive the Holy Spirit, in order to join to our spirit making us holy. Our hope is not to die with an unholy spirit but to have the Spirit of the Elohim in us. We have a remedy for the evil that was done to humanity. 


Two things to note here, the human body has altered DNA, and the human spirit is also unholy due to residing demons. As a believer in Jesus our spirit takes authority over our soul and body, meaning we train ourselves to think correctly and to love others, as well as discipline our body not to over indulge and to be physically strong. In an unsaved person there is no Holy Spirit so the spirit of man is subject to the unholy spirits dwelling within that body. This is why there is no mental or emotional discipline or physical discipline. An unsaved person who calls out to Jesus has the choice to receive Him as Lord, and that choice comes with the benefit of a renewed spirit. Now that nearly six thousand years of mixing races have taken place we all have some genetic alterations, but we do not have to have an unholy spirit of man, we can have the Holy Spirit dwelling within. Therefore there is no limitation to who can get saved because it is not a physical salvation but a spiritual one. Although we have polluted DNA we can have the Spirit of the Living God living in us. 


Oddly, demons do not like their hosts. They torment their hosts, and attempt to cause bloodshed among humanity. It is the opposite of life, life giving, and love. The hatred between all women and these fallen spiritual beings and their demon sons is evident in the sacrificing of the unborn. Tricking us with words like “reproductive rights” does not make it acceptable to the Creator. This is not about reproducing, it is about not reproducing. Everyone has the right to not reproduce, to which there is vasectomy, or tubal ligation, but not the right to murder. The laziness over the use of birth control does not absolve the baby of its rights. We think of this as a voting issue, it is a spiritual issue. The hatred between the woman and the ancient serpent, and the woman’s seed and the ancient serpent’s seed, was foretold in Genesis 3. 


Peter tells us that there is a special compartment of hell for the angels who sinned. Dracōn has more than just the angelic class as sons. Dracōn is a Dragon, best described in Job in the Septuagint. Satanas is an Incorporeal, air aether, fire or light. Are there fallen Cherubim? Or fallen Seraphim? We don’t know, possibly. We do know that there are fallen Ophanim, as we see their effect on the earth. Are there fallen Phenixes or Chalkydri? We know that Dracōn was to spar, prick, and goad the angels, so other than Satanas who was not a cherub or an angel, we simply do not know.


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The church is part of the hidden mystery. No one else knew about it. 



Eph 3:8  Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

Eph 3:9  And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

Eph 3:10  To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

Eph 3:11  According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:



The kaleidoscope wisdom (manifold wisdom) of the Elohim is seen by our enemies through us, our existence, our strength in Him, our ability to stand against them, and our destiny to return with Jesus on the Day of the Lord. We will spend the seven years (when there is tribulation on earth) in the heavens praying, interceding, and preparing for the Day of the Lord.


The unholy trinity will appear during the last seven years before Jesus returns on the Day of the Lord. What precedes this is the saints who are redeemed being seized, caught up, into the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven. We know that the redeemed watch the seals being opened as chaos is being unleashed on the earth. As the first seven seals are being opened men will fight against men, reducing the population. As an estimate of 8 billion people minus 2.5 billion Christians leaves 5.5 billion people. At the fourth seal 1.375 people will die (1/4th of the population), leaving 4.125 billion people on the earth. There are no brakes here, once the seals are opened there is no turning back the death and destruction. It will be a noticeable time of population decrease. People will not be speculating if this is the tribulation or not, it most significantly will be as 1.3 billion people die. Here is a benchmark, assuming the Christians are still on the earth, if we see 2 billion people die in a very short timeframe, then the fourth seal has been opened. Just because people die does not mean we are in the tribulation, the numbers have to be staggering. One fourth of the population has to die at about the same time.


At the 6th trumpet another 1/3 of the population will die, that is 1.375 billion people, leaving 2.75 billion people on the earth. During this time there will be a temple and the son of perdition will sit in the Holy of Holies and not die. He will come out claiming to be god. There will also be two witnesses on the earth, the two people who did not die as recorded in the Bible, Enoch and Elijah. They will be on the earth witnessing and the 144,000 virgin males from the twelve tribes will be following them as they do miracles. At the end of three and one half years they will both be killed in the Shkhem Square, it will be recorded and seen around the world. Their bodies will be left there and on the third day the entire world will see them rise up. The 2.75 billion people will be told to worship the dragon, to worship the beast, and to worship the image of the beast, and to take their mark in order to prove allegiance to buy and sell. This is the unholy trinity. The unholy trinity and the humans who follow them will rise up to kill off Babylon. At this time there will be around 900 million people left on the earth who then will try to make war against the Lamb and his armies. 


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As this is a quick overview we see that the spiritual power of Dracōns seed becomes stronger as there are fewer humans on the earth. During this time it is not just random humans being murdered but those who reject Dracōn, Satanas, and their demon armies. There will be a great bloodshed of martyrs, not willing to serve the beast. The amount of demons people will “house” will grow in number, as the population decreases. The more demons people have the more insane they will become, even to the end of believing that they can make war against their own Creator, Yahweh Jesus Messiah. Today when too many demons reside in people they are either put on medications or housed in psychiatric hospitals. There is a limit to how many demons the human body can handle. Although the injured world leader who Dracōn and Satanas raises up from the dead during the tribulation will be able to contain many more demons than normal. The humans living at that time will be “programmed” or mentally stripped to be able to take in more demons, like manchurian candidates. It will be easy, we see how our water, food, and air, are all chemically altered now, it will ramp up during the tribulation. Jesus knows it all.



Col 1:15  Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

Col 1:16  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Col 1:17  And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Col 1:18  And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.



Jesus created us all and he has had a plan, it was not just a plan to rescue humans, it was a plan to eliminate the rebellious fallen sons of the Elohim. We are the plan by which they are judged. We are the ones that will judge them and we will be judging them based on their actions. They will continue to persuade humans to follow them and attempt to bring bloodshed between us. There will be no hiding. We will judge them for altering our DNA, for the demons that plague and attack us, and for death and destruction on planet earth.  


Some people believe that Christians will live through the tribulation but they will not, as several times we are told that we are spared from, saved from, and not appointed to wrath. The wrath stems from Jesus taking his hand off and allowing Dracōn to rule humans. Notice that the Holy Spirit is not on the earth at this time during the tribulation. The Holy Spirit is not dwelling on the earth or in men because the temples, the people, are risen. The only time we see the Holy Spirit on the earth during the tribulation is when the two witnesses rise up on the third day. Other than that one instance the the Holy Spirit is in the Kingdom of Heaven, not on the earth. So then is there a time when the Holy Spirit is ripped out of the Christian so that the Christian must endure the tribulation? No. This is just foolish and unlearned people promoting fear and diminishing the goodness of our Lord and Savior.


Nonetheless we are here on the earth today. Greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world. This tells us that until we are taken out of the way nothing can overcome us if we stand up and fight. It also tells us the son of perdition cannot come to power either, because greater are we who are in Christ, than the son of perdition who is in the world. We are inside enabled. We are to fight against this evil family of fallen beings. We are inside enabled with Jesus’ mighty power and absolute strength. No anti-Christ can overcome even one of us, let alone 2 billion of us. This inside enablement is for us now, not for when we come back with Jesus to cleanse the earth of all evil. Today we have Jesus’ mighty power and absolute strength. We usually direct our warfare against flesh because flesh houses the demonic spirits, the spirits of the children of the fallen angels, but we have to elevate our warfare to subduing the original rulers, the authorities, the shady world ruler, and the spiritual depravities, in the lower heavens. 



1Jn 4:4  Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.



Paul comes back to his ideas from verse ten. Paul thinks in long sentences. 



Ephesians 6:13 G1223 On account of G3778 this G353 take up G3588 the G3833 full armor G3588   G2316 of God! G2443 that G1410 you should be able G436 to oppose G1722 in G3588 the G2250 [2day G3588   G4190 1wicked], G2532 and G537 all things G2716 being worked out, G2476 to stand.


“Through this pick up the complete armor the Elohim in order that strong enough withstand in the day malicious and all work fully to stand.”



We are to pick up the armor of the Elohim to be strong enough to withstand malicious days. We clothe ourselves in the armor every malicious wicked evil day. Not just once, but every day. Usually a battle lasts longer than one day, it is many days. Pick up the armor then work fully to stand or downward labor to stand. The word katergazomai means to downward labor, kata ergazomai. The idea is that the strength and power come from heaven downward to us in labor to stand while we also have the armor of the Elohim on. The inside enablement or empowerment is activated when we battle with a downward infusion of Jesus’ mighty power and absolute strength. The accuracy of the wording here is incredible. Paul was not speaking off the top of his head, he was inspired by the Holy Spirit to tell us that we can have a downward infusion inside enabling us to fight and stand against evil. Jesus has already done the heavy lifting. 



Col 2:15  And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.



They didn’t think he would get up. They thought he would stay in the grave. They wanted to abuse him for two thousand years. They were wrong. Jesus openly triumphed over them. The grave could not hold the sinless Creator. He set them up. He set up their demise. At any point in time they could have repented but they did not. They did not have to follow Dracōn and Satanas. Jesus put us, the church, on the earth, to show them His kaleidoscope wisdom. He made us in His own image. Every time they see us they see Him too. So they hate us, they despise us. They wanted to be us. Instead they chose to trick us, tell us that we are lower than dirt, evolved from worm puke. They told us that there is no Creator, no God, and no one who loves us. They caused confusion and chaos on the earth and wanted us to kill one another. The black sheep will have their time on the earth, they will have authority over all the Jesus rejecters. But in the mean time they do not have authority over us. We have the mighty power and absolute strength of Jesus Messiah inside enabled within us. We can stand. 

Sunday, July 21, 2024

New Operational Ministry; Zeal for Greater Gifts; A Body With Many Functions; Superior Love

We are ready to put our Swedish furniture into place. We have toiled over the directions, we have studied each part, and we have studied the manual. When we initially set out to buy our piece of furniture we had a space for it in mind. We didn’t buy it on a whim and then put it together and realize we have no room for it. We took the time to consider it in the space we wanted it. We likely measured the area and made sure it would function properly where we wanted it located. Now that we considered all the aspects of the free gifts of the Spirit, we can put them into functional use as the Spirit leads. We are always subservient to the Holy Spirit which means we have to resist the push to do what we want and follow the directions instead. Paul gives us a new category of ministry and explains it to us. He also gives us guidance and direction. Paul then reminds us that we are all of one body and no one is better than another. Paul tells us to burn with zeal for the eteros gifts but that there is a superiority from heaven to earth in love. With this in mind lets look at practical ministry from 1 Corinthians 12. 

Paul wrote this section of the gifts of the Holy Spirit right after correcting a few mistakes in the Corinthian church. If we step back we see that while they had love feasts, they were doing them incorrectly. They also thought that their love feasts were communion, they were not. We have to imagine what someone was telling Paul so that we understand his response. Paul says that if you are hungry at the love feasts then eat at home. That seems silly but we can understand that some people were eating before others, maybe while the set up was going on, claiming that they were hungry. This meant that they got a “free meal” without fellowshipping with the body of believers. Paul says no more of that. He is citing manners and decorum. Then he says he wishes they were all like the spiritual brethren. Why? Because someone related the situation that the spiritual brethren were ministering by way of the Holy Spirit and the people didn’t understand it. Paul gives them the breakdown of the gifts so that when they would gather as a body of believers they would have operations of the gifts of the Spirit. Today we do have potluck’s and fellowship and other church events for the assembly, but do we allow the spiritual brethren to minister? If the spiritual brethren were asked to minister to someone would they be accepted by the body at large to minister healing? 


If you look at structures in the church we all like to categorize people in positions, functions, or offices. We like to divide people so we can judge people. We would look at someone and say that person is a pastor, or an evangelist, or an apostle, and give them a dedicated title and an ordination ceremony. Some people we title as “servants”, such as intercessors or helps. Yet the spiritual brethren didn’t have a “title” until Paul gave it to them. Paul added the “title” of spiritual brethren because people wanted everyone categorized, organized, and sanctioned. In other words, pastors don’t evangelize, teachers don’t pastor, and apostles do not prophesy. Everyone was thought to have to stay in their lane. This is how Israel functioned. The Pharisees did their thing, the Priests did their thing, the Sadducees did their thing, and the temple Scribes did their thing. No mixing or crossing of functions. But in the church the category of “spiritual brethren” supersedes all the offices and services. Someone could be an intercessor and not be a spiritual brethren. Someone could be an evangelist and not be a spiritual brethren. Someone could be serving tables and yet be a spiritual brother. Someone could be directing traffic at church and be a spiritual brother. Likewise in our churches someone could be an elder but not be a spiritual brethren. An elder may have human wisdom, societal connections, and be a generous giver, but he may not function under the direction of the Holy Spirit. This could be because that person doesn’t know or doesn’t fellowship with the Holy Spirit. Or it could also be that the person may not have or may not want that level of spiritual maturity. A pastor can shepherd people without being a spiritual brethren. We imagine this should not be the case but many times pastors are not spiritual they are counselors, encouragers, managers, and comforters. The spiritual brethren are not dependent on someones college degree, seminary degree, or denominational background. They are dependent on the Holy Spirit. Holiness is the key. Elisha was farming when Elijah was told to tap him as a successor. Elijah was both a priest of Zadok and a Levite out of Heshbon and it was prophesied that he would be taken up. Yet Elisha the farmer had twice the miracles of Elijah, so much so that his dead bones raised someone to life. Consider all the other priests from the city of priests, and yet it was a farmer who was Elijah’s spiritual successor.  


We may attend a church that has a vibrant worship service, with upbeat music, smoke, and lights. The pastor may be a gifted speaker who motivates the laity and evangelizes the lost. But it’s possible that neither minister or operate the spiritual gifts. They may utilize unacquired languages, but they may not go out ministering healing or deliverance for others. This is left up to the laity to minister among themselves. While this seems strange, the elevated people in the assembly are the pastors, the worship leaders, and the elders, but none of them may be spiritual brethren. The Holy Spirit doesn’t look for someone with a title to operate the gifts, the Holy Spirit looks for someone humble and holy. 


In the case of Corinth, we probably had the assembly leaders, then the people with titles, but no spiritual brethren until some came to town. This is why it seemed strange that there were spiritual brethren ministering at Corinth, but they were not “church sanctioned, titled, representatives”, but somewhat common people. The spiritual brethren are not looking for permission to minister. They do not need approval from pastors and religious leaders. They are commissioned by the Holy Spirit. They can minister when and wherever the Holy Spirit directs. 


Once I was at a potluck gathering of church people and someone asked me to pray for him. We were sitting in a large circle around a table and this individual wasn’t feeling well. Some people were mingling and there was lots of conversations. I asked the Holy Spirit if we should go somewhere else or stay where we were. The Holy Spirit said to stay where we were. Now all the people present believed in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. They taught the gifts of the Spirit, but they were not happy that I prayed for someone who got healed, in their presence. It was simple, I prayed with one hand on his shoulder. There was no jumping, hollering, screeching of demons, just a simple prayer at the root of the sickness. The people present started making excuses as to why it was wrong to minister to this individual. It was remarkably eye opening. Every excuse imaginable was made, the hate and vitriol was quite surprising, but in the end it was the beginning of a new era for me and a few others. We thought these people believed in the operations of the free gifts but we found out that they only believed someone with a title should minister. As painful as separations and divisions are in the body of Christ, the blessings on the other side of separating are far more wonderful because of obedience. The Holy Spirit knew what was in the hearts of the people around that table and put those hearts on full display. While some had no opinion, others were vicious. Even people who were not present had opinions. The Holy Spirit had a clear picture as to who would be a servant and who would not. This took place thirty years ago. Sometimes what seems like a bad thing is really a blessing if we are following the Holy Spirit. 


Today, with maturity, it would be easy to walk away, but back then it was painful. My perception was off. So the Lord orchestrated a couple of confirmations through people. I asked the Lord if this was of Him, that someone specific would call me, because I knew that person listened to the Lord. Within about five minutes the phone rang and that person was on the line. Then I asked again if someone else would call me, not someone specific but anyone else, and within a few hours someone else who I never talked to on the phone, did call. She had to ask someone for my number. She heard about the situation and had a few colorful words to encourage me. She said “f-them. Just f-them.” I always giggle when I think about that. I have never spoken to that person since that phone call but her obedience to the Lord that day was a great blessing, confirming that I was on track with the Holy Spirit. We put too much emphasis on leaders. They are not the Elohim and most times they are subject to emotionalism, they feel threatened and insecure. We will all face these situations, but age has its own wisdom and I would suggest that anyone in that position not be stopped by the schemes of Satanas. Stay humble and just keep moving forward with the Holy Spirit. 



1 Corinthians 12:1 “But about the spiritual brethren, not wish you not to know.”

1 Corinthians 12:4 “But variety free gifts they are but the same Spirit.”

1 Corinthians 12:5 “And variety service they are and the same Yahweh”

1 Corinthians 12:6 “And variety operations they are but the same Elohim the operative all in all.”

1 Corinthians 12:7 “But everyone given the manifestation the Spirit towards the bring together.”



Very clearly the decision for the divisions of the free gifts comes from the Holy Spirit. Yahweh chooses people for services. The Elohim, the collective Father, Son, or Holy Spirit, chooses operations. We saw that eight of the nine gifts are feminine nouns, while one, cures, is neuter. This shows us the Operative for cures could be one of the Elohim, while the other eight are parsed by the Holy Spirit. Two of the gifts are another different kind of gift. Faith and kinds of unacquired languages are for the operator. The other seven are operated for the laity. The manifestation of the spirit, operated by the spiritual brethren are to bring people together. 



1 Corinthians 12:8 “That truly for by means of Spirit give logos sophia (word wisdom) but another different logos gnōsis (word knowledge) downwards the same Spirit.”

1 Corinthians 12:9 “But another different kind (eteros) faith in the same Spirit but another different free gift healing in the one Spirit.”

1 Corinthians 12:10 “But another different energēma dunamis (operation power) but another different prophecy, but another different judicial estimation spirits but another different kind (eteros) genos glōssa (kinds/race unacquired tongues) but another different explanation unacquired tongues”.

1 Corinthians 12:11 “But all these things operate the one and the same Spirit distribute one’s own, each one just as intends.”



These free gifts are not for the elevation of the ministers but for the healing of the laity. Healing of the laity is always evangelistic. We have a title “healing evangelist” but not everyone who ministers healing stands on platforms calling for repentance, confession of Jesus as Lord, and sicknesses to be healed. It also doesn’t mean that people will be added to your church. People may not go to a church, choosing instead to read their Bible on their own. Healing someone who has a need is for the individual. We are introducing them to the Elohim and the power of the Elohim. We then step aside and allow the Elohim to work with them. It is not up to us to drag them to church, but if they would like to go we can bring them.


About forty years ago a friend and I took on the challenge to be led by the Holy Spirit. We ministered to people all over the small town that we lived in. We were working for a lady and mentioned to her that we were ministering to people and so she asked us to minister to her. To us there wasn’t anything spectacular. She had a lump on her wrist that we ministered to and a couple of other things and that was it. We didn’t see her the next day, but two days later she was ecstatic. She was so excited she communicated how wonderful she felt and mentioned that the lump on her wrist was gone. She said it was not waking her up at night and her arm wasn’t falling asleep. We had no idea that this was her situation. I was curious and asked how long she had that issue, she replied that ever since her son was born, about thirty years. I was twenty-two at the time, so the Holy Spirit had us minister to an issue this lady had that was older than we were. She went on to search out a Bible study and faithfully read her Bible. In our minds we were so amazed that we ministered to a lump that had existed longer than we had. This energized us to minister to more people. 


How then do we put this together? Simplicity in listening to the Holy Spirit is the way forward. We can start in small groups or with one or two people as prayer partners. Personally and individually praying and fasting is our base. Then meeting and praying for one another in a small group. Have a short teaching and prayer, then ask if someone wants to be ministered to. Lay hands on that person or not, it is as directed by the Holy Spirit, then pray quietly in your own prayer language, unacquired languages, until the Holy Spirit shows someone something. Speak it out. Early on there might be more explanation as “I see a seatbelt pressing into your side, were you in a car accident?” Then ask the Holy Spirit what you are to minister to, you can ask out loud, or to yourself, the Holy Spirit knows the thoughts of our heart. Or “I feel like the Holy Spirit is saying toxic relationships, are you struggling with a toxic relationship?” Ask the Holy Spirit what to speak next, wisdom, knowledge. As people get more comfortable with hearing from the Holy Spirit they will skip that part and if they see something like hips that are crooked and causing knee pain they will say “hips be straightened” or whatever. Speak to the problem. 


As people get confident in the voice of the Holy Spirit invite other people with needs to come to your small group to be ministered to. First and foremost people coming for prayer should be saved, they don’t have to be saved when they get there but should be saved when they leave. They should have some foundation in the word of God. Give that to them first. Also there may be people you do not want in your home that are asking for prayer. Get the group to go to them, either go to a public place and meet to get the person saved, and then maybe go to a park to pray for them. Not everyone coming into our homes for deliverance is coming because they are truly in need of prayer, sometimes they are there casing for demonic spiritual attacks. 


Once people are saved, ministry can start. It doesn’t mean that they will be instantly healed, it does mean that the process of their healing will start. Sometimes the Elohim heals instantly, sometimes the Holy Spirit has to correct wrong thinking, bad behavior, or demonic influence. In this case I would suggest inviting only one or two people at a time. Someone might have a word of wisdom for the person being ministered to. Someone else might have a prophecy. If the Holy Spirit is leading the ministers the person will receive ministry. If they are not healed on that day invite them next week. Build on this foundation. Now if the people in the small group are part of a church that does not believe in the gifts of the Spirit this might cause some divisions. Even if they do believe in the gifts of the Spirit it still might cause divisions. All we want to do is minister to people not take over someone’s church. Keep in mind that Jesus is the head of the church and he is very willing to send his people wherever they need to go to get healing. Even if that means going to an outside home group. We should all be thankful for the healing and not persecute the operators. 


Paul goes on in 1 Corinthians to talk about the Body of Christ. 



1 Corinthians 12:12 G2509 For just as G1063   G3588 the G4983 body G1520 is one, G1510.2.3   G2532 and G3196 [3members G2192 1has G4183 2many], G3956 but all G1161   G3588 the G3196 members G3588 of the G4983 [2body G3588   G1520 1one], G4183 being many, G1510.6   G1520 are one G1510.2.3   G4983 body; G3779 so G2532 also G3588 the G5547 Christ.

  13 G2532 For also G1063   G1722 in G1520 one G4151 spirit G1473 we G3956 all G1519 in G1520 one G4983 body G907 were immersed, G1535 whether G* Jews, G1535 whether G* Greeks, G1535 whether G1401 slaves, G1535 whether G1658 free; G2532 and G3956 all G1519 into G1520 one G4151 spirit G4222 given to drink.

  14 G2532 For also G1063   G3588 the G4983 body G3756 is not G1510.2.3   G1520 one G3196 member, G235 but G4183 many.



After the day of Pentecost a new era emerged. The people who followed Jesus and believed he was Lord and that he rose up on the third day became Followers of the Way and later known as Christians, meaning “Christ-in”. Then the people who saw that those Followers of the Way had miraculous power and heard Christ preached also became Followers of the Way no matter if they were Jews, Greeks, Romans, and no matter what jobs they held in society, all different nationalities and races were added to the church, the Followers of the Way. Paul is reminding people that we are all of one Body and we are in one Spirit. Paul just pointed out that there is a new distinction of believers who may or may not be pastors, teachers, apostles, prophets or evangelists, but the new group of operators of the free gifts of the Holy Spirit are called spiritual brethren. We are all part of the Body with different functions. 


This new category of operations in the Body of Christ has been ignored by some denominations who believe that the gifts are not operational today. Some denominations do believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit operating today, but they want to control the movement. No one controls the Holy Spirit. Pastors and religious leaders think this makes gifts of the Holy Spirit dangerous, as it might bring unwanted attention when demons scream out and people throw up during deliverance. Nonetheless, we have to ask what is best, to leave people hurting and sick, or minister to them and let the Elohim work in them. Is it wrong to heal someone on the Sabbath? Jesus didn’t think so. He thought healing was for every day. Are we aligned with Jesus or cowering in fear of what the unsaved might think?


Once again the spiritual brethren is a different category of operations of the Holy Spirit from the offices and services ministries. Anyone can be a spiritual brother if they choose. We somehow automatically think that anyone in an office or anyone in service will be a spiritual brethren but what we find out is that many times they are not. They could be if they want to be, but we should not elevate offices and services as if they are spiritual leaders. I was talking with a woman who had a very abusive past. Her son stopped speaking when he was young because he saw the abuse his mother received by his father. She was confident that there was nothing wrong with him because the “elders” prayed for him and he was not healed. I didn’t believe that was accurate. The “elders” were not spiritual brethren they were managers or in administrative positions, not out in the field ministering. Their title made them seem elevated but in fact they were the wrong people to rely on in her sons case. I would have loved to minister to this boy but the mother was adamant that he didn’t need any more prayer. What can we do when that happens? Nothing.





1Co 12:15  If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

1Co 12:16  And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

1Co 12:17  If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

1Co 12:18  But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

1Co 12:19  And if they were all one member, where were the body?

1Co 12:20  But now are they many members, yet but one body.

1Co 12:21  And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.



Paul’s point is clear. There isn’t a position that is more important in the body than another, no matter how different a hand is to a toenail. 



1 Corinthians 12:22 G235 But G4183 more G3123 rather, G3588 the G1380 [4which seem G3196 1members G3588 2of the G4983 3body G772 6weaker G5224 5to be] G316 are important; G1510.2.3  

  23 G2532 and G3739 the ones which G1380 seem G820 to be exceedingly without honor G1510.1   G3588 of the G4983 body, G3778 these G5092 [3honor G4053 2more extra G4060 1we invest]; G2532 and G3588   G809 [2indecent parts G1473 1our G2157 5decency G4053 4more extra G2192 3have];

  24 G3588   G1161 but G2158 [2decent parts G1473 1our G3756 4no G5532 5need G2192 3have]. G235 But G3588   G2316 God G4786 mixed together G3588 the G4983 body G3588 to the part G5302 lacking, G4053 [2more extra G1325 1having given] G5092 honor,

  25 G2443 that G3361 there might not be G1510.3   G4978 a split G1722 in G3588 the G4983 body, G235 but G3588 [4the G1473 5same G5228 7for G240 8one another G3309 3should have 6concern G3588 1 that the G3196 2members].



Whatever we think ourselves to be, we probably are not the most important part of the Body of Christ. When our religious leaders think of themselves as more important than others then they are in error. When our religious leaders demean those who do the will of the Holy Spirit they are in error. When religious leaders want to lord over the spiritual brethren and attempt to control the working of the Holy Spirit they are in error. One might say that they are just protecting the sheep, but truly the evidence is in the results. Some have even gone so far as to say that the devil is healing people and the people ministering are practicing witchcraft, to which it seems odd that when people are healed they give the glory to Jesus and accept him as Lord and Savior. If the devil was healing people he most certainly got the wrong result when people became Christians. All the excuses of bad leaders with sick congregations will stand before Jesus, pride will be exposed, and that truly is a shame. If a pastor or leader is not spiritual or operating the gifts of the Holy Spirit that pastor/leader can learn by submitting to the Holy Spirit if they desire. If not they should not hinder those who have submitted themselves to the Holy Spirit because the spiritual brethren are just as important to the Body of Christ as anyone else. 



1 Corinthians 12:26 G2532 And G1535 whether G3958 [3suffers G1520 1one G3196 2member], G4841 [4suffer along G3956 1all G3588 2the G3196 3members]; G1535 whether G1392 [3be glorified G1520 1one G3196 2member], G4796 [4rejoice along G3956 1all G3588 2the G3196 3members].

  27 G1473 But you G1161   G1510.2.5 are G4983 the body G5547 of Christ, G2532 and G3196 members G1537 in turn. G3313  

  28 G2532 And G3739 whom G3303 indeed G5087 [2appointed G3588   G2316 1God] G1722 in G3588 the G1577 assembly, G4412 first G652 apostles, G1208 second G4396 prophets, G5154 third G1320 teachers, G1899 thereupon G1411 works of power, G1534 then G5486 favors G2386 of cures, G484 assistance, G2941 guidance, G1085 types G1100 of languages.



Notice how Paul mixes the gifts, the services, and the offices together still in the context of the one Body. Apostles prophets and teachers are offices. Powers, gifts of cures, and unacquired languages are gifts of the Holy Spirit used by the spiritual brethren. Assistance or helps, and guidance, aka governments, and services. All of these things are important. All of these things can be used interchangeably among themselves. A pastor can be a servant, an apostle can govern a church body. Wouldn’t it be better if pastors who are servants were also spiritual brethren? It would be better if apostles who govern were spiritual brethren as well. However Paul understood that all people do not do all things, some do one thing in the Body of Christ. Hence the need for spiritual brethren. If someone spends their time in their office of calling they may not have the time to sit in a room of people who need healing. This is why the recognition of the spiritual brethren is an important function in the Body of Christ. There are people who have the time and the compassion to operate the gifts of the Holy Spirit among the laity.  



1 Corinthians 12:29 G3361 Not G3956 all G652 are apostles. G3361 Not G3956 all G4396 are prophets. G3361 Not G3956 all G1320 are teachers. G3361 Not G3956 all G1411 are works of power.

  30 G3361 Not G3956 all G5486 [2favors G2192 1have] G2386 of cures. G3361 Not G3956 all G1100 [2languages G2980 1speak]. G3361 Not G3956 all G1329 interpret.



Paul confirms that people do not do all things. Notice that Paul pairs the speaking in unacquired languages with interpretation, they go together in public ministry in the church service.



1 Corinthians 12:31 G2206 But be zealous for G1161   G3588 the G5486 [2favors G3588   G2908 1better]. G2532 And G2089 yet G2596 [3that exceeds G5236   G3598 2a way G1473 1I will show to you]. G1166  



“But zealous the gifts the greater and still downward throwing beyond path I show.”



Paul tells us to be zealous for the greater gifts of the Holy Spirit. What are the greater gifts? The two eteros gifts for the believer, internal faith and kinds of unacquired languages. Why are these greater or better? Both of these eteros gifts build individuals up in their spiritual walk. Faith matched with perfect prayer has more benefits than prayer with no inside faith. Being zealous means to burn with zeal or to desire earnestly. We are to exert ourselves in the free gifts of the Holy Spirit by fellowshipping with the Holy Spirit and understanding the voice and directions of the Holy Spirit.


Paul then says ‘and still downward superiority, (kata huperbolē) is the path I will show’. What is this downward superiority or downward throwing beyond? It is love. Love, agapē, makes us better people. When we love our brothers and sisters in Christ we are giving a free gift to someone else. Loving others whether believers or unbelievers, lets those people know that they are valued, they are wanted, and they are important in the eyes of the Elohim. Our love towards others draws them to the Messiah. This is a better way than prophesying or knowing mysteries, or having knowledge, because someone who feels lost, alone, enslaved, and broken, responds to love not prophecies. When we love others we show them their value so that they rise up and take authority over their own lives. They can then pursue the greater gifts zealously and the full operations directed by the Holy Spirit. 


We are short on loving others because love takes time. It requires that we meet more than once to encourage people in the Messiah. Love is not a quick fix, like saying a prayer and walking away. Love is better because it develops a stronger foundation in people. How many of us have known pastors who would call people forward for salvation, and after having the unsaved repeat what he prays, then he just lays hands on each one praying in his own understanding, and moving quickly down the line. This is not operating the gifts of the Holy Spirit. This is a loving act but not a superior act from heaven to earth of love. Superior love from heaven to earth requires time. Pastors do not have time. This is why the spiritual brethren should be doing the ministering in the church. 


Paul tells us to burn for the eteros gifts, not dismiss them. There is no dismissing of any of the free gifts, they are for the laity. And while we can love people so that they too want to know Jesus as their Messiah and Lord, there is still great need for the operations of the Holy Spirit in the assemblies. While gifts of healing are not what we center around and focus on, we focus on Jesus Messiah, but the spiritual brethren are a vital ministerial position in the assemblies. We should be excited that there are people willing to do the messy business of ministering to those in need. The Holy Spirit is on the earth today and has given us free gifts to utilize in order to bring together the Body of Christ. We can rejoice that we have not been left powerless.