3.3.5 Spiritual Authority 5

3.3.5 屬靈權柄5

Speaker: Ming

There is a new way to categorize the levels of spiritual warfare.

The first and most basic level of spiritual warfare is casting out demons.

The second level is the witchcraft level, which involves a form of strategic warfare. At this level, we often confront the realm of practicing witchcraft—such as the priest level, the witch level, and others actively involved in occult practices. This level is intentional and targeted—specifically attacking Christians or the children of God. Its impact is far more intense than the basic level of casting out demons.

The third level is a higher, strategic level of spiritual warfare. This kind of warfare targets evil spirits operating over regions. In the book of Daniel, a demonic prince resisted God’s messenger for twenty-one days until Michael intervened. Revelation 12:7–9 also describes a cosmic battle: Michael and his angels fought the dragon (Satan) and his angels. Verse 8 says the dragon did not prevail and lost his place in heaven. Verse 9 identifies this dragon as the ancient serpent, the Devil, Satan, who deceives the whole world, and he was cast down to earth along with his angels.

This level of warfare is completely different from both casting out demons and confronting witchcraft. It occurs not on earth but in the heavens—specifically the second heaven. In Revelation, we see Michael waging war with Satan’s angels, sent by the Father in response to the prayers of the saints. This divine command released angels to engage in battle in the second heaven. After the war, Satan and his angels were thrown down to the earth—losing their place in heaven.

According to Scripture, Satan’s domain has long been the second heaven. This battle signifies God’s intent to cleanse that realm and reclaim it for Jesus Christ. It is a preparation for the full coming of God's Kingdom—from the third heaven to the earth.

The rise of new tribes in the last days ties into this great battle in Revelation. Revelation 12:11 says that the saints overcame by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony, not loving their lives even unto death. These victorious saints—God’s earthly army—are those who enabled the angels to fight by their sacrificial lives and prayers.

This battle has a consequence: persecution. Wherever the spiritual war sweeps through, persecution often follows. It is part of what God has ordained. To send angels into the second heaven, God's army must be both victorious in life and willing to be martyrs.

Luke 4:1 tells of Jesus being led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness before beginning His ministry. This wilderness was Satan’s territory. In Greek, “wilderness” also means a place of danger and demonic power. For example, visiting a temple in India—known for demonic influence—would be considered such a place.

Many focus on how the devil tested Jesus' identity: “If you are the Son of God…” But from another perspective, this was Jesus confronting Satan’s territory first—before His ministry began. This event marked Jesus taking authority in the physical realm through a direct spiritual confrontation. Though Scripture records only a simple exchange of words, a deep spiritual battle was occurring behind the scenes. Those familiar with deliverance know that, while casting out demons may appear simple, it often involves intense behind-the-scenes spiritual conflict.

This head-on confrontation cleared the path for Jesus’ three-and-a-half-year ministry, including His death and resurrection. It’s a powerful example of spiritual warfare in action.

In John 1:51, Jesus says, “You shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.” This refers to the moment after His baptism when the heavens opened and the Holy Spirit descended on Him. The verse reveals that Jesus had authority to command angels—even as the Son of Man—demonstrating that spiritual power comes from the Holy Spirit, not human effort.

Though Jesus is God, during His earthly ministry He operated as the Son of Man—confined to human flesh, tempted in all ways as we are. His ministry was powered by the Holy Spirit, just as ours must be. Our victory in spiritual warfare depends entirely on the Spirit of God and our relationship with the Father.

In general spiritual warfare, two mindsets often emerge: defense and offense. Many believers stay in defense mode—resisting attacks when they come, standing firm as promised in Scripture. Colossians 2:15 says, “Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in the cross.” These defeated rulers were spiritual authorities in the second heaven.

But spiritual warfare is not always defensive. The Bible, especially the Old Testament, shows many examples of offensive warfare. Today, spiritual battles occur on higher levels, and our spiritual lives must mature accordingly. A spiritual infant remains in defense mode, but as we grow, we begin to engage God’s enemies directly.

The spiritual realm is more real than the natural, because it is eternal. Paul writes, “We do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen, for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.”

When engaging the enemy at high levels, we must not enter battle carelessly. Revelation 19:14 says, “The armies in heaven followed God.” Every natural event has a spiritual root. James 1:17 tells us that every good and perfect gift is from above, but confusion, sickness, and destruction come from rebellious spiritual forces. High-level warfare aims to overthrow territorial spiritual powers, whether defended or not.

Importantly, the focus of spiritual warfare is not the enemy. 1 John 3:8 says, “For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.” Still, the ultimate goal is to restore intimacy with God, not to obsess over Satan. Spiritual warfare is about the salvation of souls and transformation of the natural world.

There are four key dimensions of high-level spiritual warfare:

1. Weapons – Ephesians 6 talks about the full armor of God. In verse 18, Paul emphasizes prayer in the Spirit. Beyond armor, we also need obedience and faith. A lack of obedience gives the enemy an opening. Training in obedience during ordinary life is essential to stand strong in battle.

2. Faith – Without faith, there is no victory. In Matthew, the disciples couldn’t cast out a demon. Jesus told them it was due to their little faith. Faith is essential to winning spiritual battles.

3. Other spiritual weapons – These include fasting, praise, repentance, the Word of God, the blood of Jesus, the name of Jesus, and more.

There are four levels of high-level spiritual warfare.

The second dimension is spiritual authority. We have been given authority by God to bind and loose power in the name of Jesus Christ. In Matthew 16:19, "And I give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."

That's the authority that God has given us to be able to do that. But there's one thing: we don't get to decide what we're going to bind and what we're going to release. Why? The reason is 1 Corinthians 12:4-6: "There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit; there are differences of ministries, but the same Lord; there are diversities of activities, but the same God who works all in all."

The Holy Spirit distributes the gifts to the people as He pleases, but the ministries are distributed by the Lord, who is Christ. There is also a difference between effects, which are directed to God, and effect is that you go to Father when you need effect, if you are not sent by God, the effect is not developed, it is because the Heavenly Father has not sent it. For example, if a person who casts out demons can't do it, why, God the Father didn't send him, he didn't get cured, he didn't see the result of his prayers, he wasn't sent. This is why in Matthew 16:19, we have the authority to bind and loose powers in heaven and on earth in Jesus' name. But we don't get to decide what we want to bind and what we want to loose. This is because it has to do with effect. One of the things mentioned in this scripture is that what happens in heaven comes back to earth first, and only what happens in heaven will be reflected on earth. The higher the level of the evil spirits, the greater the spiritual power or authority we need.

We often see many people rushing into an unauthorized spiritual confrontation, “Satan, I bind you”. Many of these people are utilizing low level spiritual power, and all they are doing is making noise. When you find weakness in binding and releasing, or when you find a condition in the process of binding and releasing, you need to look for both internal and external causes. The internal cause may well be the problem with the weapons that we have just mentioned.

Whether or not you are equipped with the weapons we just mentioned, including faith, obedience, and intimacy with God, in the part of you that familiarizes you with the vessels of spiritual warfare, the external cause is probably the sending of God the Father. Of course, there are both internal and external reasons for something to happen, but we just don't know which one.

The third level we need to pay attention to is strategy. Strategy is very important at this level of warfare. It is different from praying to cast out demons. When some people pray to cast out demons, the enemy may ignore you at first, but after a certain amount of time, it will still go away, and sometimes you can use time to solve the problem in this process. However, in this area of spiritual warfare, we cannot rely on our past experiences, but rather on a strategy, or wisdom and strategy from God.

There are two things we need to be aware of in this battle. The first is that you must not lose your courage and confidence. The second is that you must not underestimate the power of the enemy. You need to pay attention to both, especially when you realize that the more you engage in this spiritual warfare, the more you realize that this is a level of power warfare that extends to life and death. In Revelation 12:11, the brother overcame by the blood of the Lamb and the word of his own testimony, and he did not love his life, even though he had to die. This is to say that this level can be extended to life and death.

This is something that really needs to be known. I would like to take the example of one of our pastors. He mentioned an incident in which he and a Korean pastor traveled to a certain country in 2007 to engage in spiritual warfare. At that time, he was relatively ignorant or the leader did not tell him what level of warfare they were engaged in. He just ran with him. Wherever the pastor went, everybody went with him. They start walking prayer, anointing, and they start doing spiritual warfare in that area. But these new recruits had no idea, he said that he was physically and spiritually oppressed when he came back to his pastor's ministry.

Because I had fellowship and ministered to him, I can still feel what he talked about, after ten years, from 2007 to 2017. This is what happened next to us, that I am currently serving a lot of pastors, and not the kind of life is weak, before their spiritual life is very strong, and powerful, now on the verge of serious depression and mental illness, why, that is, in the confrontation, they did not pay attention to a lot of things, and even the breaches of life, the ignorance came in.

I've read an example of a Presbyterian minister in Japan who was involved in spiritual warfare, written by Peter Wegener. One day a member of his church took an idol to destroy, but at the same time he said he had been warned that if the idol was destroyed, someone in his family would die. Of course, this is a kind of threat. This is a real incident. So, when he burned the idol on the patio that day, the family lost he and his wife's first child. Then within six months. Another nephew of him died suddenly.

Another famous example is in Ghana, there was a pastor who said he was going to cut down a tree because the local people worshipped it as a shrine of Satan. This pastor did not listen to the warning, and when the branch of the tree was cut down, the pastor fell to the ground and died at the same time.

We often read the accounts of martyrs. For example, in a certain country in Africa, a certain missionary was martyred, but he didn't preach any gospel there, he didn't bear any fruit of the gospel. But he still died. A lot of the reasons for this are because of a lack of common sense or a lack of strategy and authorization in this area. When you go in single-handedly, you bring a price on your life.

In the high level of confrontation, we know that the backlash is obvious. For example, Paul and Silas, in Acts 16, talked about a high level of evil spirits. In Philippi, they took control of a servant girl who was a fortune teller, and then something happened, and when she was released, there was a political backlash, and as a result, Paul and Silas were sent down to prison, and this was a confrontation.

When it comes to regional evil spirits, they can take over countries, states, regions, cities, tribes, ethnic groups, and neighborhoods, but of course they have a purpose. which is to prevent this region from receiving God's glory, or to prevent the spread of the gospel.

So, in areas where the darkness is in control, the gospel cannot be preached or the area is suppressed. Whether it is on a spiritual level or a material level, it is a hindrance, an obstacle to the growth of the church. This is the purpose of regional evil spirits.

The Israelites of the Old Testament knew regional rulers, and they even regarded God of Israel as a regional ruler, and we can see their misunderstanding of God in the Scriptures. In 2 Chronicles 28:25, "And in every single city of Judah, he burned incense with other gods, and provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers to anger", and then those gods brought about the defeat of him and of all the people of Israel, and we can see that Israel was in a very bad spiritual situation. In 2 Kings 17:10-18, we see how bad the spiritual condition of Israel was. There were idols or casts of idols everywhere on the mountains and under the trees. But these things were not enough. They also worshipped the heavenly host and serve Baal.

This is in 2 Kings 17:16, they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, made for themselves a molded image and two calves, made a wooden image Asherah, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal, and they caused sons and daughters go pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and soothsaying, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord.

This was the spiritual situation of Israel at that time, and there were also foreign immigrants, foreigners migrating into Israel's territory, Assyrians and nationalities migrating into Israel's settlements, and these new immigrants also brought in their own evil spirits, and gave them idols and shrines, and created specific names for them, as mentioned in 2 Kings 17:30-31.

The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima, and the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 

People use objects to please the local evil spirits so that they will not suffer further pain and fear from the evil spirit's further domination. This was the mindset of man at that time.

In 1 Kings 20:23-24, 'Then the servants of the king of Aram said to him, "The gods of the Israelites are the gods of the mountains; therefore, they were stronger than we, but we fight against them in the plains, we will surely be stronger than they."'

This is saying that the Aramaeans thought that the god of the Israelites was a mountain god who was a regional ruler, so if we fought with him in the mountains, we would not be able to defeat him, so we have to change our strategy this time, we have to go to the plains to fight with him, and then we will be victorious, so it shows that the people at that time knew one thing, They knew that certain spirits had power in certain limited dominions, that there were regional evil spirits, and they also knew in which region the domains of their various evil spirits were, and I believe that this was opened to them through the spiritual realm.

Of course, there is also such a record in the New Testament. In fact, as I mentioned just now, it is the very famous city of Ephesus in Acts 19. Who guarded the city of Ephesus? It was the goddess Artemis, who was the regional evil spirit of the Ephesus region at that time. The people of the Ephesus region knew that this goddess had great power, and at that time there were records of her deeds in Ephesus, that she had a supernatural ability to help her followers to escape from their cruel destiny. So, the people of that region, they call it the Queen of Heaven, or the Queen of the Universe, because it carries the map of the twelve palaces of heaven around its neck.

At that time, when we were in the mountainous area of Guizhou, to fight and deal with the power of the Eye of Heaven there, it was very special that the design of the Eye of Heaven was obviously located in the area of mainland China, but the mythological legend or altar it used was not China's own altar. It used the altar of the twelve palaces in heaven, because the twelve palaces in heaven are in charge of the universe, the power of the Queen of Heaven, or called in charge of the authority of destiny, and this kind of astrology is the use of this altar of the evil spirits, it has to reach such an altar in order to be able to open up the passage of the spiritual realm, and it has to do so.

Later, Paul established a very strong church in Ephesus. Acts 19:10 says that all who lived in Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord. At that time the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed, meaning that all the obstacles had been conquered, that is, this queen of heaven in Ephesus at that time, this regional evil spirit. We see that when the Apostle Paul and his team ministered in this region, the regional power in the region was weakened, which led to the rapid spread of the gospel, which is very fruitful.

This level is the strategic level. We have just mentioned the spiritual warfare at the regional or district level. This is what made Acts 19:10 happen and within two years Ephesus became the center of the gospel in that region. We see that Paul and his team were up against the power of the goddess Artemis. There was an event that took place that mobilized the local population to riot. So, this level is known as the regional level.

At this level, do we need to know the names of the regional evil spirits? The names of regional evil spirits are often found in the Gospel of Mark and the Book of Revelation. In Mark 5:9, 'Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion, for we are many.'

After Revelation 9, or throughout the book of Revelation, we see the names of the evil spirits, the angel of the bottomless pit is called Abaddon in Hebrew and Apollyon in Greek. Beelzebub is also mentioned there. Satan himself has 13 names, and Beelzebub is mentioned seven times.

In the Bible, we know that names have power, and that is why the name of Jesus Christ is mentioned, in the name of Jesus Christ. The Tabernacle is also referred to as the dwelling place of God, the dwelling place of His name is mentioned in Deuteronomy 12. Then the building of the temple is for the name of the LORD, it’s mentioned in 1 Kings 5:5, 'I propose to build a house for the name of the Lord.' So, we see that the name is mighty and powerful. In the Hebrew culture, the name itself symbolized certain important traits and personalities.

The New Testament often mentions that names carry power. Casting out demons in the name of the Lord, these are all references to names, including when drawing a spiritual map, and in a field like this we know that one of the reasons you can draw a spiritual map is because you know the name of the person who is in power, or you know the exact portion of the darkness power, and the fact that the spiritual map is related to the name of the enemy.

The spiritual map is a map of what spiritual forces are in control behind the corresponding environment in the physical realm, and we add it to the original map, which is called the map of spiritual power.

In Ezekiel 4:1 it says, “Son of man, take a clay tablet and lay it before you, and draw on it a city, Jerusalem.” Ezekiel then took a clay tablet and drew a map, and God told him, “Lay siege against the city. Obviously, what Ezekiel was doing was not leading an army and then rushing to the front line, which is not the same thing as actually fighting a war. But God told Ezekiel to draw this map which is the map of the distribution of spiritual power that we have mentioned, and God used anthropomorphism to make him understand the situation of spiritual warfare.

So sometimes when we are doing regional warfare, sometimes we don't understand why we need to put a nail in that place, why we need to put a stone there, why we need to dig a hole there. Many people wonder what the point is. In the Bible, we see that Ezekiel just drew a map on a clay tablet, which probably represented paper at that time, and drew it on the paper, and then began to attack it. That's how you can do spiritual things.

If you want to look into that, you can look at the spiritual fruit that Ezekiel mentions later on, which is spiritual power. When we do these things, we know that we are not doing them by ourselves. It is God who sends out angels to do the work of attacking, binding, or beheading according to the will of the Holy Spirit. This is what happens in the spiritual realm, but in the physical realm, you can only see a preview.

Regarding the question of the names of regional evil spirits, we see in the scriptures that there are some places where they are found, but in the case of Jesus casting out demons, there was only one time when he asked for the names of the demons, and basically there were no other occasions where he asked for the names of the demons. Why is this so? We all know that evil spirits have a characteristic, they lie. Especially during the time of deliverance, the name of the evil spirit given by the one being served may be a lie. This is the part we have to be careful of as ministers, and it requires the gift of discerning of spirits.

If you can't discern it, don't use it. It is a mystery in the spiritual realm that many of the words that come out of the mouth of the enemy are lies, because revealing one's own name can lead to one's own destruction. This is a mystery in the spiritual realm. In our regional spiritual warfare, names are not necessary.

The second is that there are some evil spirits that have specific names that have been identified and can be used. The names of evil spirits that have already been confirmed and affirmed, except by the enemy, the devil, can be used. For example, if the intercessors have been praying for a long period of time, and have confirmed with each other what the guards and names of the evil spirits in that area are called, then we can use this to identify what the characteristics and names of the evil spirits in that area are, and this is a more reliable source.

There is also the name of the evil spirits that have been passed down through the generations. That is, the whole region has known the name of the evil spirit. For ordinary people, for this generation of people know a common name, then this name can be used. For example, when we go to Chinatown down in Toronto, we know that there must be a homosexual evil spirit there, and we do not know which specific part it governs, or which level it belongs to. However, we know that there must be a homosexual evil spirit there because a homosexual parade is held there every year along the homosexual street, so the name of this evil spirit of homosexuality can be used by us.

The gift of discernment is one of the special gifts given by the Christian church at this level of warfare, the gift of discerning spirits, which must be present in the group, which is necessary at this level of spiritual warfare, or else there is no way to move forward.

In fact, we have just mentioned that in the Old Testament, the influence of those in power could be based on culture, life and customs. Especially when society opened the door for evil spirits to take over, these rulers came in.

For example, the Church of Pergamos, which has a place for Satan's throne, indicates that Satan's infiltration of the churches has reached a peak. A command center can be set up there to resist God's will. Those in power and those who have the ability to do so usually infiltrate through the upper levels of society, and we can see that the foundation of morality in the whole society is being eroded.

For example, drugs seem to have severely influenced our next generation, it seems that heresy is on the rise in general, and our ability as Christians to discern this has become weaker, and even this level will attack the judicial system, the education system, like this bill that has been passed, which talks about the schools not being able to pray any more, and then they want equity, and they want to allow same-sex education to be brought into the school system. This is a kind of infiltration at the level of the education system. It means that at a certain level, culturally and geographically, we give way to the dark powers. This is the influence of those in power.

It can penetrate into the society and then come on the whole level and gain this dominion, gain this authority and snatch it back from the hands of the people, that is, the influence of those who are in power. We all know that we are walking in a certain chapter of Revelation, and in that chapter, we need to understand what the regional and local levels of evil spirits are that we are facing and what the powers are that we are facing and that we are fighting against.

In Revelation 17:1-2, "Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, Come, and I will show you the punishment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the Spirit. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy..."

All the way to verse 6, the Bible reveals that in the future we will have to face a very influential regional evil spirit. As an example, the woman described in Revelation has a specific characteristic. In 17:1, it says she sits on many waters. Later, in 17:15, the angel explains to John that the waters are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.

This shows the level of influence such a regional evil spirit can attain—the power to control and influence human society on a vast scale. This spirit has authority and can affect many countries, people, nations, and languages simultaneously. How does it achieve such penetration? In our current age, it is likely through the Internet, which enables that level of reach and influence. This means a supernatural regional evil spirit could be leveraging the Internet to carry out the global deception mentioned in the Bible.

One of the characteristics of this type of ruler or authority is that wealth and plunder surround him. The glory and honor that should belong to God are given to him instead. Those who are sick, demon-possessed, or spiritually weak become his captives and servants. Without divine power to resist, it is impossible to break free from such domination. This level of darkness is clearly depicted in Scripture.

Spiritual warfare operates on multiple levels: individual, community, church, collective, national, and international. These levels form a ladder of influence, with higher powers orchestrating global deception and destruction.

For example, we see the overflow of drugs, the rise of New Age metaphysics, and the influence of media. Through various films and entertainment, a spiritual channel is broadcast to the entire world. This is what the enemy is doing in this generation. We must be sent by God to carry out the ministry of discerning spirits.

Answering Questions

Question 1: A more common question is, how do I know that God has authorized me?

Answer:

Referencing 1 Corinthians 12:4-6, the Scripture tells us that we must receive spiritual gifts, ministries, and activities, and we must be sent. But how do we know we've been sent? This is an experiential question. You'll know for sure.

Especially at the regional level, let me give a personal example. Last year, I had to go to Shenyang and Beijing. Before I went, the Holy Spirit revealed in dreams what I was going to do, the type of conference, how many people would attend, who would come with me, and what I would encounter. This didn’t happen just once; it happened several times. That’s how I knew God had sent me to Shenyang.

God also gave me a name: "rule all nations with a rod of iron." At the time, I didn’t fully understand it, but I knew it was important to obey. God told me late because of my character. I'm like Jonah—if I'd been told everything in advance, I would have fled. Because of this, God waits until I'm in the realm before revealing the mission. But when He does, it's always clear: "You must go."

Question 2: Is discerning of spirits something practiced? Are there different types of gifts in discernment?

Answer:

Yes, the discernment of spirits includes many categories, but that is not the focus of today’s discussion.

I want you to understand how the gifts of prophecy, faith, and the word are categorized. Spiritual gifts come from the Holy Spirit, who distributes them as He wills. Once someone receives a gift, they must practice it. If you receive the gift of tongues but never speak, eventually you'll feel like you can't. Not because you don’t have the gift, but because you didn’t use it.

Question 3: If I cast out demons without being sent, will it open a breach for the enemy to attack?

Answer:

Yes, and I’ve explained this before. We must be careful, but not fearful.

If God has chosen you, your only path is forward. Fear, disobedience, or lack of awareness creates breaches for enemy attacks. Let me ask: do you feel anything when you're wounded in spiritual battle? Many say "yes."

For example, after returning from ministry trips, some team members showed signs of confusion, disorientation, or extreme weakness. These are spiritual wounds. Sometimes the wounds are spiritual and invisible, but I’ve also experienced physical wounds.

Environmental issues are not signs of injury, but spiritual issues are. It can take a long time to recover from depression and low spirits caused by spiritual injury. I shared about a pastor who spent ten years healing from his wounds because his leader never explained what the mission was. He was like a soldier thrown into battle without any preparation.

Some minor wounds heal quickly. I’ve seen coworkers recover fast.

Question 4: What are the four key areas we need to pay attention to in warfare?

Answer:

1. The weapon of war

2. The authority of the spirit

3. The strategy of war

4. The dominion of the evil spirit in the area

These include the specific names of regional spirits being confronted.

Question 5: Do we always need to use all spiritual actions like nailing, salting, grape juice, altars, or oil? Or do we ask God each time?

Answer:

When you don't know what to do, don’t do anything rash. Use tongues instead. These symbolic acts aren’t always required.

Faith is what matters. Anointing oil, for example, is a symbolic act. Healing doesn’t come from the oil but from faith. Some people need a symbolic touch to feel safe, but the real power is God's.

Question 6: How do I tell the difference between a true vision and a false one?

Answer:

This is a separate topic. Visit our ministry site for a detailed article on differentiating visions from heart-generated images:

https://www.omegaministryorg.com/2011/11/blog-post.html

Question 7: Is spiritual warfare based on spiritual maturity levels when engaging in regional warfare?

Answer:

No. The level you enter in spiritual warfare depends on God's choice, not your maturity.

God may use someone who was just recently saved. I know leaders who have only been believers for one or two years. It's about obedience, not longevity. God may elevate someone quickly through one battle, allowing them to surpass others who have believed for decades. Only God knows who is ready.

Question 8: What happens in the physical world after someone is wounded?

Answer:

When there's a breach in your life, the enemy attacks. Physical signs include fatigue, confusion, depression, illness, nightmares, or family disruption. These are spiritual wounds manifesting physically.

We must recognize when we are spiritually wounded. Some people feel it in the spirit; others see physical signs. I’ve experienced both. Recovery depends on God's healing, your environment, and your awareness.

Healing can take time. Some need years; others recover quickly. Recognize it, seek healing, and don’t ignore the signs.

Then we have a condition in our life, it brings about a loss of the whole kingdom, and that is a possibility.

So, I've given many examples of this before, that when we deal with regional warfare in disobedience, it is possible that we bring down the loss of whole kingdom. But God loves and trusts us so much that He gave us the authority, knowing that some of us would make such a decision or behave in such a way, and that is God's mercy and love. But the impact for us is profound.

The second level is that after the injury, there is a part of the physical world that will happen, that is, your own life will bring about a loss, but to what extent, I haven't looked at the specifics of this very clearly, but like the examples that I cited, you can see that it may also be related to the issue of life and death.

If you really can not meet some of the requirements we announced, we would rather you leave, why? Because we don't want to cause losses.

Therefore, every time, we keep emphasizing discipline. You must obey the discipline of the authority established by God.

Q10: Can all regional evil spirits be bound?

Answer: In a real battlefield, what we see is that not all of them can be bound. You can see that when casting out the evil spirits of the “Legion”, what Jesus Christ used was to let them go to the pigs.

So not everything is a uniform operation. Including the action of laying nails, but in the spiritual realm, if my spiritual eyes are opened, I can see that the way the angels deal with it is not the same way. For example, when laying a nail, I ask my co-worker to lay a nail in that position, but in the spiritual realm, what I see is that sometimes the angels lock the enemy's feet in that position, and sometimes there are angels who come to take the enemy away directly.

This is why in spiritual warfare, tongues play a big part, not enlightenment. Tongues is the Holy Spirit praying for us with groaning can not be uttered.

Q11: someone asked how to heal a wound?

Answer: The healing program also teaches you how to deal with injuries. If you are hurt because of your emotions, then deal with your emotions. If the injury is due to bitterness, deal with the bitterness. If the injury is due to pride, deal with the pride.

Q12: If angels can deal with the spiritual warfare, why do we have to do it?

Answer: Since angels can do it, why do people have to participate in it? First of all, let me ask you one thing: in Genesis, to whom did God give this earthly realm and to whom did He give the heavenly realm in the creation of the world?

The function of prayer is to invite God to intervene in our lives. Why doesn't God intervene if we don't pray? It's because we have the right to free will, even to believe in the gospel, even to believe in God, let alone to take back our inheritance, do we have the right to free will? of course we do.

It's not that God doesn't have the ability to let angels do anything, He can direct angels to do anything, but that part is related to us, if we don't participate, if we don't invite God into this field, God is not going to force His way into this field, and this is something that needs to be done by us. Now you realize that the fight is for us, not for others.

Several things to remind in the spiritual warfare

First, Ignorance of this level of warfare, it's a trap, you don't know what you're doing, no one is teaching you, you're already in this level of warfare, and there are too many of them in this world, especially at the intercessor level.

I have read some reports about some young people who go to a place where pornography is organized because they feel they need to call the people there to repentance. So, they preached the gospel there, and the report came back that it seemed to be quite good, and hundreds of people seemed to have received the gospel. But you know what else happened is that in the next few years every single person who went there was addicted to pornography and illegal sexual behavior. This one is ignorant of this dimension. He thinks it's good, and in a few years, you'll see the results. that all these people who go to this pornographic place to evangelize are caught up in illegal sexual behavior, and that's the data that we've seen in the survey, and it's very scary.

Secondly, after entering into this level of warfare, you have to know who has chosen you, it is God, and since God has chosen you, He will protect you, and as long as you do not break the rules, He will definitely protect you, and He will help you fulfill your commission.

Under such circumstances, there should be no fear at all, but when we encounter something, fear will come, and that fear will lead us into another trap. Do you know that the enemy know you are afraid? They are fully aware of this. Once you are on the front line, once you see that there is fear, you will be attacked right away. Because it is a short-range attack, not a long-range attack, this is the second thing we have to understand.

The third is, Take it lightly. That carelessness involves life and death.

The fourth is spiritual pride, arrogance, lack of humility.

No matter which camp you are assigned to, no matter whether you are assigned as an assistant camp commander or a team member, you need to remain humble. How can an arrogant commander win a battle? How can a proud commander take advice from others?

Then we understand one thing, you must be in humility, and I have explained one thing that the spiritual maturer one should apologize first.

Fifth, don't fight alone, that is, no one for you, no other people pray for you, you don't go to participate in this kind of war, there will be a great loss.

Why? Because the enemy knows where the intercessor's power is, and he knows when you're alone, and that's the characteristic of sheep.

The sixth is not knowing God's clear guidance.

If you're in a leadership role, you need to know how to listen to God and stay close to Him or you won't be able to take the next step.

Seventh, you are waging war at the wrong time.

What does that mean? The timing is not right, and then you can't wait to fight, you start attacking, and that's very troublesome.

In fact, I saw an example of a group of people who saw that there was a stronghold in the city hall. Usually the city hall, which is the center of political power, has a stronghold, and after praying they knew that they were entering into a high level of warfare, and the problem was that one night they launched an attack and went into a spiritual warfare. The same night after he came back, he himself became seriously ill, and then his family and members of his prayer group all had dreams of very horrible things.

They dreamed that their people, their co-workers, were beheaded, their limbs were ripped off, and their parents were murdered. Though it was only a dream, it was a question of people at one level all coming into such a situation, and what does it mean? It means that they receive the vison of a high rank enemy, and they may have been given authority, but they have done it at a wrong time. So, time is very important, be patient, don't say I know what I want to do and then run ahead of God and start doing something that our commanders haven't asked you to do. I'm sorry, but you're going to suffer.

The eighth, the pompous words, the empty prayers.

Why does this affect us? Remember that all prayer comes from the heart, not from words.

I know that some of you have received prayers from us, because the Holy Spirit has given clear instructions to some of our sisters in dreams, saying that you need to prepare a few prayers for those who have no idea how to pray, and I say that it is just a reference because prayer comes from the heart, not from a fixed word that is given to you.

And then there is the last part. What we need is different levels of support, to participate in strategic spiritual warfare, if you are a weak brother and sister in this church, you need the blessing of spiritual elders, spiritual elders will help you at this level.

In fact, when he blesses you, he knows that you are already in a certain area, so he also has the responsibility to pray for you. This is the situation we are talking about. We all know that when the power of evil spirits is broken in a region, the power of God will be poured out. Not only does it bring about a dramatic response in the physical world, but it also brings about a response in the spiritual world. So, I encourage you to get involved in this warfare.

Peace to all! This is the end of our lesson. Then it's time for you to engage in the battle, and if you have any questions, we'll talk to you again, peace with you!