Incomplete sermon notes on the jezebel spirit

10/29/2005

Here are a few sermon notes that I made for a teaching series in 2005. Rather than putting the entire message here, I thought you may just want to glance at the high points.

The Spirit of Jezebel

1) The Jezebel spirit is manipulative and usually gains its dominion by making political alliances, often in a seemingly submissive and demeaning manner. This spirit tries to make friends in high places & seems to work for good while trying to build up problems that don’t really exist. Once the Jezebel spirit gains authority it manifests a strong control spirit & shameless presumption. They presume to know what the cause is of everything.

2) Jezebel “calls herself a prophetess” (Rev 2:20) Jezebel is preoccupied with their own recognition. People under the influence of this spirit want to be seen, heard, & known. Look up St. John 7:18
3) The spirit of Jezebel is a form of the religious spirit. Usually it is a religion of “self”. Self-righteousness & self-help philosophies. Any effort of religion not founded on the cross of Christ is of the devil.
A) The prophetic ministry is the primary vehicle through which the Lord gives timely, strategic direction to his people, Jezebel knows that removing the true prophets will make the people vulnerable to her false prophets, which always leads to idolatry & spiritual adultery.
B) A primary strategy of the Jezebel spirit is to get people devoted to sacrifice in a way that perverts the command for us to take up our crosses daily. This perversion will have people putting more faith in “their” sacrifices than in the Lords sacrifice.

C) There is a “self-help” psychology movement that is attempting to replace the power of the cross in the church. This is an enemy of the cross. (read Col. 2:6-8)

D) When we add to the cross - we dilute the power of the cross. If you have a glass of soda 1/2 full & you add water to it - you dilute the soda.

The Jezebel spirit seeks to replace the Holy Spirit as the source of spiritual life.

These notes are incomplete but from time to time I will add more on this particular topic.