Do U Have A Religious Spirit

KFLCC BIBLE STUDY
DO YOU HAVE
A RELIGIOUS SPIRIT? MATT 15:9

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I Corinthians 12:28
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Bible Study:
There are many different manifestations of religious spirits. Everything that is religious is not necessarily of
God. The following are ways to detect religious spirits:
WITCHCRAFT (GALATIANS 3:1)
One person or group of persons controlling or dominating the soul of another by a power other than the
power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit never seeks to control or dominate us in any way. There are many
forms of Witchcraft, but the common denominator is the same—Control.
Saints can and do come under the power of Witchcraft when they allow themselves to be controlled by false
teachers, pastors, or other saints. Many pastors use Mind Control and Manipulation and operate as lords
over God's heritage (1 Peter 5:3).
Husband dominating the wife, wife controlling the husband, pastors dominating the flock, organizations
and cults dominating and controlling the souls of people, can all be forms of Witchcraft. People who have
been controlled and dominated by others need deliverance from Witchcraft spirits. People who have
controlling and dominating spirits also need to repent and receive deliverance. As long as believers walk in
holiness and stay under the protection of the blood of Jesus, they need not fear Witchcraft.

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7. Building doctrinal walls and elating positions and
offices in the body of Christ which leads to separation,
pride and exclusiveness;
8. Leadership becomes dominating and controlling,
insisting on heavy (often unquestioned) submission
because they are the ones who are to hear from the Lord.
1. A vehicle for worship and grace becomes the
object and focus of our attention and worship;
i.e., baptism, the Lord's supper, spiritual gifts,
certain liturgies and forms of worship, etc;
2. Church writings and/or explanations of
Scripture become as important (and gradually
more important) than Scripture itself, whereas
those who have written, studied, or understood
them are in turn exalted
3. Seeking after supernatural highs or
experiences, believing that such are always of
God
4. Always operating on a soulish realm,
mistaking it for the Spirit, and believing that
anything emotionally charged with spiritual
overtones is of God;
5. Being fearful of anything emotional, and
insisting that we keep our religion on a safe but
elevated mental plane;
6. Making into law and insisting upon certain
church rituals, rites, methods, practices or
formulas as the only way to dress, praise, confess,
etc.;
9. You judge other people by their appearance. God judges
us by our heart, but man judges by outward appearance (1
Sam. 16:7). I have heard of many churches where young
people have not felt welcome or have even been
condemned by church leadership because they had a
tattoo, a nose ring, or dressed a certain way. (In some
legalistic churches men have to wear a suit and tie to
attend church and ladies are not allowed to wear makeup
and pants or cut their hair.) Although I believe mature
believers should dress modestly, we especially need to
allow visitors to come as they are and all believers should
dress as they feel comfortable (with moderation).
Legalistic churches that forbid folks to attend services
because of their attire have exhibited one of the signs of
having a religious spirit.
10. You try to earn God's love and salvation. Since religion
in this article refers to a man-made effort to please God—
the motivation behind those efforts in this category has to
do with following certain rules, or regulations regarding
the outward man, in order to be in right standing with
God. This is a clear violation of passages that teach us that
we are saved by grace and not by our own works (Eph.
2:8-9).
11. You try to conform to outward holiness without inward
transformation. The Scriptures teach us that God is more
concerned with cleansing the inward man (Ps. 51:6) than
our outward conformity to rules and regulations. Those
that only have a form of godliness without inward
transformation deny His power (2 Tim. 3:5). Jesus
strongly rebuked those who merely attempted to cleanse
the outer man without allowing God to deal with the heart
(Matt. 23). very religious people usually have sinful habit
patterns that eventually manifest because they don't allow
God to change their inner being. The more we attempt to
follow God merely by the letter of the law—the more it will
incite our sinful tendencies (Rom. 7:7-25).

12. You are always critical of other people's walks
with God. I have noticed that the more religious a
person is, the more critical they are of other believers
and ministers. Since they are so hard on themselves
(religious people generally don't understand grace
and walk in self-condemnation), they are also equally
hard on other people.
13. Your closest Christian relationships are based
only on ministry activities. Religious people are not
only superficial with God but with others as well.
Since they attempt to connect with the "other"
merely by activities, they are disengaged emotionally
and do not know how to connect heart to heart with
those they interface with. Church-related ministry or
functions usually hold their friendships together.
14. You perform Christian duties but have no passion
or hunger for God. Religious people sustain their
version of Christianity by performing ministry or
church attendance. They do not have a deep
relationship with God nor do they hunger and thirst
for Him.
15. You desire position and honor in the church more
than honor from God. Those with a religious spirit
hinge their life and identity upon their outward man.
Hence, they are drawn to having recognition and titles
in the church world. If they cannot legitimately get a
ministerial title from their local church, they will hook
up with an online course or other entity that will give
them some kind of badge or card signifying they are a
minister or chaplain.
16. Your identity is rooted in a lifestyle of Christianity
instead of in Christ. Mature Christ-followers receive
their main identity in the fact they are "sons" of God,
whereas religious people receive their main identity in
the things they attempt to do for God and their
church.
17. You know about the truth of Jesus but not the way
of Jesus. Religious people make a big deal about the
doctrines they accumulate through head knowledge.
They make the mistake of thinking that having good
doctrine means they are mature believers. Just
because we may know about God doesn't mean we
commune with God and know Him experientially.
18. You project righteousness but inwardly are filled
with anger and resentment.
Because Of Our Lord Jesus Christ!
Mat 6:10 Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth,
as it is in heaven.
BO OF THE EAST

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Religious Spirits in Scripture:
“REFERENCES”
Matthew 15:9,13-14; 22:29; 23:4-32—vain worship, blind leaders of the blind, tradition, error, ignorance of
the Scripture and power of God, heavy burdens, hypocrisy, love of position, religious works to be seen of men,
religious titles, pride, obstruction, hindering others, unbelief, covetousness, swearing, unmerciful, unfaithful,
unrighteous, blindness, extortion, excess, death, uncleanness, iniquity, self-righteousness, murder. Mark
8:17—lack of perception, lack of understanding, hardness of heart. Luke 16:15—self-righteousness.
John 10:12-13—wolf, hireling. Acts 20:29—grievous wolves. Romans 8:15—bondage. Philippians 3:2—
dogs, evil workers, the concision. 2 Corinthians 4:2; 11:4,13—dishonesty, craftiness, handling the word of
God deceitfully, another Jesus, another spirit, another gospel, false apostles, deceitful workers, angel of light.
Galatians 2:4; 3:1; 4:9-10—false brethren, witchcraft, turning again to the weak and beggarly elements,
desiring to be in bondage, observing days, months, times, and years. Ephesians 4:14—wind of doctrine, sleight of
men, cunning craftiness. Colossians 2:8,16—philosophy, vain deceit, tradition of men, judging in meat and
drink, new moon, sabbath, worshiping angels, subject to ordinances (touch not, taste not, handle not),
commandments and doctrines of men.
2 Thessalonians 2:7-12—mystery of iniquity, power, signs, lying wonders, deceivableness of unrighteousness,
strong delusion, pleasure in unrighteousness.
1 Timothy 1:6; 4:1; 6:5—vain jangling, seducing spirits, doctrines of devils, lies in hypocrisy, forbidding to
marry, commanding to abstain from meats, perverse disputing’s, gain is godliness.
1 Timothy 2:16; 3:5,13—profane and vain babblings, form of godliness (but denying the power), ever learning,
never coming to the truth, not enduring sound doctrine, itching ears, turning from the truth, turned to fables,
seducers. Titus 1:14; 3:9—Jewish fables, foolish questions, genealogies, contentions, strivings about the law,
heresy. Hebrews 5:11; 13:9—dull of hearing, divers and strange doctrines.
2 Peter 2:1-18—false teachers, damnable heresies, pernicious ways, covetousness, feigned words, lust of
uncleanness, despising kingdom of God government, presumption, self-will, riot, deception, adultery, beguiling
unstable souls, love of money, swelling words of vanity, wantonness.
GREEK DEF of (WORLD): The Greek word for "world" is αιων (as in eon), which means an age or a
perpetuity of specific prevailing conditions in time upon the face of the Earth. Therefore, the word "world," as
doctrinally defined in our Bible, is NOT referring to other planets in outer space but to defined as ages and
prevailing conditions during those ages on the Earth, be they past, present, or future. 1Jn_2:15 2Pe_2:20